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Don
Posted: June 6th, 2020, 8:18am Report to Moderator
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Terms & Conditions by Anthony Cawood (Anthony Cawood) writing as Francis Bacon - Short, Horror - A desperate dash to answer a call of nature leads to an unexpected diagnosis. 6 pages - pdf format

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That’s really good.

Nice and simple, one scene, one location - a power struggle we understand.

This idea that we agree to things we don’t know that are thrown back at us. That they use an automatic acceptance for larger purposes

Naturally this is taken a bit too far, but it’s meant to be horror etc

Not sure why he’s thrown into a hole to be honest - I may need to re read.

I could picture something like this being filmed.

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Hi writer,

Ah, yes… the ol’ EULA that appears everywhere, which no one reads… but should, especially in the coming days.

Funny, the acronym EULA; End User License Agreement is a play on words that fits your story to a tee, as in: End (the) User.

Whatever, thought that was kind of coincidental; ‘less you meant to go there.

Wondering if that ominous black hole spits out the unfortunate stall patron onto the New Jersey Turnpike somewhere?

Easily contained, works well for the theme, well done.
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Hey Francis! This is a change of speed from mad expressionist portraits, from beyond the grave too!

I suspect this is a UK or Ireland entry, owing to the name and style, but could be wrong. You, whoever you may be, I fear are going to be marked down by a few as I have in the past for injecting some comedy in an apparently more genre considered *serious* challenge.

I’m not going to though. Horror can go with comedy, and the tech is definitely there and this could be shot in an enclosed minimal space with some funky stage management. The writing had charm (so many good descriptions), it was perfectly paced and for some reason reminded me of Unlucky Alf from The Fast Show, a reference no one is going to get unless you are from the Uk, but one that if you understand it you'd realise it’s a hell of a compliment.

In a challenge where your eyes can get tired from reading so many scripts, I didn’t want this to end. That’s as big a compliment as I can pay.

Exceptional work,

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Three cubicles,


Odd way to describe it – stalls maybe?? Maybe it's a brit thing.

Well written - no complaints there at all.  

The dialogue was fine.

Ending - What a way to go  (pun intended


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I thought this was a clever concept and definitely an allegory for where medicine and healthcare could go. We could all be casually terminated in the future based on some random finding.

Two things for me - one, was that the toilet's answers were not pre-progammed. It was answering Ted based on what Ted was saying. Which I guess is the point of the assignment, but I wonder how far in the future we'd need to be for AI to be that sophisticated.

The second thing is that it lost a bit of its bite, horror-wise, because I couldn't rationally digest that these toilets and their agreements just casually lurk behind a very public and often-used restroom at the Mall, so it went more in the comedy direction for me.

Nice thinking out of the box, and I enjoyed the read -

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I had to look up septuagenarian which took me out of the story. Be careful of that.

Well written, easy to follow. Sci-fi = tick. Horror - Kind of, yeah. Near future, maybe. Budget wise I'm not sure how much it would take to pull off the retracting toilet and endless black hole but I suspect it's a lot!

The story itself was well told. I'm not sure I buy into a euthanasia restroom slap bang in the middle of the mall near the other toilets. It comes out of left-field. I think you'd have to set up a dystopian world to match this tone, which is certainly doable for the next draft.

You put in some great commentary about terms & conditions, online shopping giants like Amazon etc. Although a predictable ending it still felt satisfactory and I liked mixing in comedy with horror.

A very decent entry, great job!

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He sprints, sort of, the remaining distance and pushes the
door open.


"sort of"? Kind of awkward


Quoted Text
INT. TOILET


MEN'S BATHROOM is better, more clear.

A talking commode. Piss on a wall. What's Ted suggesting anyway? You Tube has videos of people taking a piss in a bathroom stall?


Quoted Text
Terms & Conditions


Symbols for dialog. A pet peeve of mine. Write out 'and'. Ted's dialog has the and, not the talking commode.


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Ted turns and opens the door.
Except he doesn't as the door remains firmly shut.


Either the door is open or it is closed. Does it open but slan shut in his face?


I'm not...into this. I'm out.



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Simple story, well told. Drama, fear and sci-fi.

Kind of reminded me of a Futurama Suicide Booth but more of an euthanasia box.

Well done.


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INT. TOILET.... ew. (Just kidding... it's probably a regional thing. And, I'm pretty sure I've used the same slug in the past.)

Anyway... I thoroughly enjoyed this. Kinda ticked I didn't write this myself. Looking forward to seeing who wrote this, as I need to make sure to find some more of your writing.

Thanks for sharing.


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Story:  Solid.  Great concept, sells it well.  Brings it to a satisfying end (at least for the reader, not for Ted).

Characters: Ted is perfectly confused at what is happening and at trying to fight the ghosts in the machine.

Dialogue:  Top notch. Perfect pitch throughout. Was a quick read.

Writing:  Hard to argue with anything that’s put down on the page.

Meeting the challenge:  Definitely some sci-fi with the scan machine, but pretty light on the horror.  More like comic terror, but that’s fine.  Given the quality of the writing, I can grant a pass on that part.  

Overall, great job here.


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Hi Writer,

Ha! I liked this a lot. It was a really quick and easy read, nicely paced and made me chuckle a bunch of times throughout.

This is probably my favourite one so far.


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I don’t think you even need to tell us he has to go to the bathroom.  The descriptions of his movements and the sight of the bathroom sign are more than enough for the ol’ “show don’t tell.”

I like this idea a lot.

This is a perfect idea for a short. I’m not entirely sold on the cubicle telling him he has 6 years but then essentially taking him away right then and there, but I guess you had to make it a horror. That didn't really seem justified. I think a few tweaks and this would be a really fun idea to watch.


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"teens and families" - Remember, always CAP 1st intros for all characters, even if they're not named...even if they're not human.  Just do it!

The writing here comes off as this is some kind of joke, and in a syfy horror script, this has no place, IMO.

"INT. TOILET" - Really?  We're inside a toilet?  Sick!  But, also, incorrect.

'cubicle" - WTF?  How about "stall"?

OMG, I'm getting ready to jump ship.  The writing here is so irritating.  Asides, incorrect words, odd descriptions, just not my bottle of Jager.

And now the toilet is speaking to Ted?  Fuck it.  I'm out.  Terrible.

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Very good. I don’t think the insurance companies will appreciate you exposing a project they’re undoubtedly working on even now. I realize the story is only meant to stand as a self-contained short script, but I think it has potential to be a full script with a couple of tweaks. Let MediScan still do the scan and analysis, but not the elimination. Later, an “accident” befalls the insurance risk. That way no suspicion accrues to the insurance consortium behind MediScan, and they don’t even have to remunerate the family.
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