Quoted from Ryan1 Not sure how he schedules his am-Friday reviews, so I don't know how far back in line we'd be if we ever do get chosen.  Anyway, we also have it entered in a couple contests so hopefully it gets some heat on that end.

Hey Ryan,

Congrats on the shout out.
I too endorsed your project over the others.
It had the clearest premise and cleanest logline.

We do have an amateur script picked out for this Friday.
So, I suspect that the winner here will be for next week.
Good luck!

Regards,
E.D.

Like Kev and Pia wont enter until I can write (Better). Unless I happen to drink a little to much liquid courage one night.

Then wake up thinking "I didnt do what I think I did...did I?" :]

Nifty debate about the Star Wars: Episode VII job on the blog today.
Carson put together a bunch of likely candidates.

If it doesn't clash with Pirates 5, I can see Elliot and Rossio getting the nod.
Who do you think on that list is right for the job?

http://scriptshadow.blogspot.com/

Regards,
E.D.

I thought it was an interesting topic. I had mentioned to someone last week that Chris Nolan came to mind for me because Dark Night was very plot complicated and filled with characters, similar to some of the Star Wars series.

But I also had to be honest that I don't know much more about the world of directors and writers than I do about European soccer. So I can't bring much to the conversation.

I will venture this: no matter who writes and directs it, it will make a ton of money, and no matter how the story is written, people will pan it. Nature of the beast. I'd still take the job if they'll take my name in the hat! Hope they like gangsters!

Ron Howard? Will have to think about that one.

Quoted from Electric Dreamer And I answer my own question an hour later. One of the fistful of amateur candidates this week... Is co-written by Ryan Lee! This is a chance for us to support one of our own! So , send Carson your thoughts and maybe Ryan will get a shot on the blog. Regards, E.D.

Bummer you guys didn't get picked.
I pleased my case, but the ScriptShadow masses have spoken.
And it looks like the kids American Revolution time travel thingy won out. :/

Best wishes for the contest entries.

Regards,
E.D.

Don't count it out. Carson still picks his own. There are plenty of Fridays in a year!

I do think Carson might shy away from stoner comedies. We've all had some bad experiences with those.

But the log is more competently written than 98% of the ones he sees, and the concept has appeal.

I think it'll at least get a look.

Out of the five listed, I thought people would gravitate toward the Monster Mash logline.  Seemed to have the most broad appeal.  I read the first 30 of Defender's Day, but it wasn't my bag.  I'll resubmit next month just to keep the title in Carson's head.

I couldn't stand the Monster's Mash script.
There was one posted here that it reminded me of.
But the script here at least had masturbating werewolf humor.

Defender's Day kinda turned me off as well.
The kid was a jerkwad and the villain had a lisp and an eye for dark meat. *shiver*
Well, at least it isn't a pirate script, I hope.

E.D.

I gave Somnia a read the other day, pretty average script even though the logline says otherwise. You'll probably find a better horror on SS. Some parts are incredibly cliched and it follows the classic Blade Snyder beat method, so most of the time it's really predictable. Wondering what Carson will give it.

I actually liked Somnia.  A new take on the creepy little kid genre.  Some parts were definitely reminiscent of other films, but it took this concept of the unleashed power of the boy's mind and created a very distinctive world with it.  There were no wasted pages or irrelevant description in this.  Even some of the elements I thought were random in the early part of the script(i.e. the Four Square) were woven tightly into the story's fabric by the end.  The writers didn't wait too long to display the kid's power.  When the image of the dead son first shows up, it was a powerful moment and then the stakes kept escalating from there.  I can see why this one made the Blood List.

Maybe it's because horror isn't my thing.

Carson just gave it an impressive... Maybe I need to flick through it again.

Gonna read Somnia this morning.
But I did check out the Kaiju script from yesterday.
I liked the idea but a 130 pages on making fun of Godzilla seemed a bit much.

I keep trying to get through that Defender's Day script.
Three tries just to get to page 60.
Too many devices and coincidences for my taste.

Also checked out the hyped amateur script, A Rose in the Darkness.
Very non structured read. More like an indie drama with cannibalism.
Couldn't get past the half way point, even though the pages read clean.
Anyone else check it out?

Regards,
E.D.

And I read Somnia all the way through this morning...

This is a solid script.

I dig the high concept of...
What if a good kid is capable of Bad Seed mojo?

And once the astute authors brought genuine conscience into the script, it shines.
Carson nailed all the things I liked and one of the things I didn't care for...

The overabundance of explanation at the end felt like way overdone.
Like three times as much back data than was needed.
An odd misstep for an other understated story.

The other one was Jessie's culpability on the page.
I felt it was a big missed opportunity to have her outright lie to Mark.

I wanted a big fat lie delivered to the husband, face to face.
She pledges to stop trying to live in the past and be there for Cody.

Why did I want the lie? It's the theme...
Of living in the past so much, it turns you into a present day monster.

Had Jessie been more actively deceiving her husband, the ending pays off way better.
Then both Jessie and Cody are victims of their own flaws.
The obsession consuming everything around them... literally!

I think that arc would've launched this script into orbit.
As is, this is some seriously fine work!

Regards,
E.D.

Quoted from Ryan1 Hey, thanks for the shout out boys.  Sent Carson the log and script just the day before he sent out that email, so it took us by surprise seeing it listed.  Maybe the fact that  it's a stoner com appealed to him.  It's kind of a risky move putting it out there on Front Street, but we liked how the script came together.  Not sure how he schedules his am-Friday reviews, so I don't know how far back in line we'd be if we ever do get chosen.  Anyway, we also have it entered in a couple contests so hopefully it gets some heat on that end.

Hey Ryan,

Dunno if Pia is still getting the InkTip e-mails...
So, I'm gonna post this notice here.

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Good luck with the script!

Regards,
E.D.