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Mother Nature's Joke - OWC (currently 4652 views) |
Don |
Posted: April 24th, 2016, 9:56am |
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LocationVirginia Posts12760 Posts Per Day 1.93 |
Mother Nature's Joke by Cameron Gray (Cammygray1983) - Short, Comedy, Super Hero Movie - An Iraq war veteran with PTSD reveals more than his psychiatrist was expecting. 6 pages - pdf, format
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cbead |
Posted: April 24th, 2016, 10:26am |
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LocationSunny Coast. Qld. Australia Posts135 Posts Per Day 0.12 |
Now that was funny.
Fantastic writing, and a huge LOL moment (Spoiler) when the 2 hamsters got it on.
Best one so far!
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Dreamscale |
Posted: April 24th, 2016, 11:15am |
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LocationCave Creek, AZ Posts10503 Posts Per Day 2.56 |
Pretty good. Some funny moments.
Writing-wise, decent. Missing Flashback headings. Character descriptions are clunky and contain unnecessary info, yet lack some important info, as well. Dialogue doesn't seem very realistic to me, but not terrible, either.
Overall, I think you could have made this funnier, and I personally was waiting for/hoping for the classic hamster joke (ala Richard Gere).
Good creative take on a difficult OWC. |
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James McClung |
Posted: April 24th, 2016, 11:22am |
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LocationWashington, D.C. Posts3412 Posts Per Day 0.69 |
This wasn't bad. The comedy was a little broad for my taste, but the concept is fun, both to read and to ponder. Let me get this straight: An unaroused human turns into an unaroused hamster *when* aroused and vice versa. What a miserable life. I almost have to wonder if he'd actually be in a constant state of metamorphosis due to his sexual frustration or if the stress of said frustration would wear his body down and leave him unable to become aroused.
The physical gags worked well. I'm inclined to say they were a little redundant, but that's not necessarily true; you were able to add a new element/context each time, even though the gag is essentially the same. The dialogue was near-consistent exposition though. Mischa's office was essentially an exposition hub. Also, I've mentioned to another writer before that they ought to brush up on their therapy; therapy scenes in scripts are so often generic and movie-ish in the most cliche way.
Not for me, per se, but well-done for the most part. |
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Equinox |
Posted: April 24th, 2016, 1:20pm |
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LocationGermany Posts445 Posts Per Day 0.31 |
Nice one, really good idea and well written. Don't think you'd need Saddam here (hard to cast this time of the year), but Harold's 'struggling' is really funny to read. Good job! |
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Posted: April 24th, 2016, 1:36pm |
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LocationUpstate New York Posts1669 Posts Per Day 0.51 |
I enjoyed this... funny stuff.
Well written from start to finish, one of the better scripts for sure.
great job on entering |
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Wes |
Posted: April 24th, 2016, 1:39pm |
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LocationOakland, CA 94602 Posts174 Posts Per Day 0.10 |
Really funny. Best one yet. There are quite a few more jokes that could be played out here But I understand we're keeping it to 6 pages. My heart goes out to the poor guy. Jez, he can't even mastrubate.
Nice work. |
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Reef Dreamer |
Posted: April 24th, 2016, 4:22pm |
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LocationThe Island of Jersey Posts2537 Posts Per Day 0.92 |
That's good work.
A wacky basis serves up the visual laughs. And you placed it into decent settings.
Going to be a contender.
well done.
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khamanna |
Posted: April 24th, 2016, 4:24pm |
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This was pretty funny.
The story is pretty good, nice twists and pay off in the end. I liked it a lot. I wish you started a bit late into the story - might be just me, I don't like introductions at the beginning.
Overall it's pretty good! |
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AnthonyCawood |
Posted: April 24th, 2016, 5:01pm |
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LocationUK Posts2739 Posts Per Day 1.42 |
Liked this one a lot and genuinely funny throughout.
Great job |
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stevie |
Posted: April 24th, 2016, 8:57pm |
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LocationDown Under Posts3006 Posts Per Day 0.80 |
Hmm, this didn't grab me early but ended up quite funny. The final punchline had the potential to be funnier but I guess the writer may have been rushing?
6 laughs out of 10 |
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DanC |
Posted: April 24th, 2016, 10:59pm |
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LocationBuffalo NY Posts1251 Posts Per Day 0.88 |
This was funny. I got a good laugh. The only issue is that it seemed like a joke brought to life, rather then vise versa.
The writing was fun. She's kinda unprofessional, but, that's okay. It was a fun read.
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MarkRenshaw |
Posted: April 25th, 2016, 4:48am |
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LocationUK Posts1463 Posts Per Day 0.69 |
The Saddam element feels a bit wrong, as does the unprofessional psychiatrist but the rest of it was very creative and funny. I do feel for the guy who Hamsters up every time he is aroused. You came up with very inventive ways of him transforming, which used the same comedy element but in different ways and it was a nice ‘pay-off’ at the end. Great job.
-Mark |
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IamGlenn |
Posted: April 25th, 2016, 6:15am |
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Liked this one. A bit slow to get going, once it did I kind of guessed where it was going. Well written and the punchline at the end was very good. One of the better ones for sure!
Good stuff.
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Dustin |
Posted: April 25th, 2016, 7:22am |
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This one is good. I think the punchline lets it down a little. Needs a little bit more effort. A consider. |
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