I don't know if I am too harsh, but I am really surprised at how bad 9 out of 10 of the amateur logs he posts are. It's possibly some of them have decent concepts but the log is poorly worded.

It actually seems in most cases, however, that the concept AND the description of it are surprisingly weak. I'm not sure what it means. He gets sent so many emails on scripts that I guess it's hard to pick through and find those with potential.

Maybe it's me, though. I might not be cut out for this work. I am reading deeper into Three Hundred Years as we speak, and I'm still baffled at what this is supposed to be. Is it supposed to be animation? There is no tension, almost no conflict, no character goal yet(escape seems impossible to him); and definitely no humor.

Even from the perspective of exploring this philosophically...man. They could explore what would happen to humans if they no longer existed in the "wild" and only as pets. Maybe that could be interesting. But there is NOTHING different about these pet humans!

And there are SO many other problems, too. If someone sent me this script for notes it would suck, because it would take forever. There are so many problems to point out. Not with the writing, but literally everything else.

Like I said, I really wonder if I'm in the right business. I feel like the guy that doesn't get the joke sometimes.

Quoted from Grandma Bear I haven't really liked any of the scripts he rates high. Maybe that's why my script emails come so sporadically.

Some of his choices are questionable but I remember reading The Dogs of Babel a while back, which was number 1 on his original list and I loved it. Just a really good script and it deserved to be there.

Quoted from nawazm11 I just find it strange how somebody would latch on to this type of script. It's easily got a 100 million budget. There are better scripts out there with barely any budget and they chose this... It just doesn't make any sense.

I agree that this would be a big budget. I found it a bit of a hit and miss to be honest. I think the main characters whole obsession over Opera was weak; the scene where they meet in the adoption centre needed more to give them a better connection for me to relate to. I did there was some nice moments between Norman and Jack though.

There was a lot of exposition but it was needed to be fair, a lot to cover and explain. It did move up a gear as expected in the last act with a gladiator type scenario which I thought was a good addition. I wasn’t completely thrilled with the ending but that’s merely just my high expectations for these characters to do the impossible in this story.

Quoted from leitskev But the aliens look like something from a cheesy 50s drive in movie, or maybe an episode of Lost in Space.

I agree with this, they were some funny looking aliens but I've dated worse.

I'm thirteen pages into 300 Years...
So far I'd give it --

[X] What the hell am I reading ?!?!

Please tell me this gets better...
And that Beavis and Butthead aren't going to help Jack save the world.

Oh yeah, one other thing...
Fantastic Planet much?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070544/

E.D.

Got to read this. Skipped alot of it though since I was able to get where the story was heading in around pg 40. lol. I saw this as disney sci fi/ comedy animation. If this is not so, I have no idea then. They would need to involve more interaction btw Oprah and Pixar.

I presume the author is a pet lover since he made this as a message towards animal cruelty. lol.

Gabe

Finished 300 Years...
And it didn't get much better after page thirteen.

Honestly, there were many times I thought this was a pisstake.
It's so a bunch of stuff that adds up to mush.

Too adult for kids.
Too naive for adults.
Not funny enough to be a comedy.
Not plot driven enough to be for adults.

I DON"T KNOW WHO THIS MOVIE IS FOR.

Who's the target audience here?
Bet sparks are gonna fly on the blog today.
Wouldn't be surprised if Carson planned this to increase traffic.

Regards,
E.D.

I think there is more to the story about this script, and I have my suspicion, but I'm not going to speculate in public since I don't really know. Watch, this will go on the be the next Alien!

He didn't post the review... I was actually a little pumped for it. You can see from his comments though that he obviously adored the script.

Yeah, I posted some notes. I upped Brett's too, since we SSers gotta stick.

Here's my actual post on the blog...

Well, the aborted review is disappointing.
I read the entire script and agree with the lion's share of substantial criticisms.

There are two things going in this script's favor.

1) Peter is a stout writer.
Even though I was turned off by the content, his pages read very well.

2) The concept is very high and easily conveyed to the thickest of industry folk.
However...
I'm surprised no one's made the comparison here to a well known film.
So, I guess I'll be the one...

Fantastic Planet.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070544/

I *think* it's the only animated film to win at Cannes?
Anyway, this one's done this concept so well.
All that I see here in Peter's script is a thin reworking with a Disney veneer.
The Fantastic Planet is swapped out for the oh so not fantastic Earth dome deal.

I strongly recommend all those involved in the projects get familiar with it rather soon.
I'm a big believer in being "movie aware" when polishing up my high concepts.
I hope there's something in that film that will help elevate this script's content.

The comment has a Vote Up of 3.
Whatever that means. LOL.

Regards,
E.D.

I voted up once for you. Don't see too many SSers there, surprisingly. Dfrizzel is there.

No comment from me but I'll "up" the comments you two wrote.

Now it will be 4!

Up to 12. Doing better than Romney!

Dat reference .

I think I liked the wrong comment then, control-f wouldn't work with disqus so I just skimmed the page until I saw the first one with your id. Which was less than one sentence. Found it this time around though.

I cant find 300 years on script shadow.

Anyone have a link or tell me where its at lol?