Quoted from Reef Dreamer Does that mean you both suck....err.....not going there.....at all.....get out of my head

Out of your head? But I'm in your head, Bill. Whispering, hypnotizing, WARNING you to skip over my script as if it were a snake with three eyeballs and a jagged tail. It's a suckfest, yes!

Quoted from Pale Yellow Out of your head? But I'm in your head, Bill. Whispering, hypnotizing, WARNING you to skip over my script as if it were a snake with three eyeballs and a jagged tail. It's a suckfest, yes!

pLEASE SKIP KIJE AS WELL.

Seen a few reviews saying there needs to be an explanation for what's going on.

This is, in my humble opinion, incorrect.

It is an integral part of the fantasy genre that supernatural happenings occur and there is no explanation. Any explanation actually would have the effect of taking it out of the fantasy genre.

For instance: In a Horror Fantasy...if the explanation is a rational one..it becomes straight Horror or Science Fiction Horror and is no longer fantasy. If it is an established supernatural explanation..it would become Supernatural Horror.

When the kids go through the Wardrobe into Narnia it's because that's what happens.

It's not because there is a wormhole in the wardrobe....if there was the story would be Science Fiction and not Fantasy.

Not having a go at anyone...just pointing out genre conventions.

It's not a legitimate criticism of Fantasy scripts, that they are in fact, Fantasy.

Quoted from Scar Tissue Films Seen a few reviews saying there needs to be an explanation for what's going on. This is, in my humble opinion, incorrect. It is an integral part of the fantasy genre that supernatural happenings occur and there is no explanation. Any explanation actually would have the effect of taking it out of the fantasy genre. For instance: In a Horror Fantasy...if the explanation is a rational one..it becomes straight Horror or Science Fiction Horror and is no longer fantasy. If it is an established supernatural explanation..it would become Supernatural Horror. When the kids go through the Wardrobe into Narnia it's because that's what happens. It's not because there is a wormhole in the wardrobe....if there was the story would be Science Fiction and not Fantasy. Not having a go at anyone...just pointing out genre conventions. It's not a legitimate criticism of Fantasy scripts, that they are in fact, Fantasy.

Couldn't have said it better myself. All things fantasy/horror should not need explaining. If it were the other way i.e., clearly spelled out then David Lynch, for one, would have no fans.

That said there needs to be some cohesive entertaining/intriguing story to follow and a main character to get behind imh.

Alright, time to unleash the third batch!

Quoted from Ryan1 Alright, time to unleash the third batch!

The third batch has been unleashed.  Note: We are getting to the edge of the scripts I've read, so there may be entries in this batch that do not fit the theme.  Did a quick scan on them.  I'll give them a deeper read tonight and tomorrow.

Don

Quoted from Scar Tissue Films Seen a few reviews saying there needs to be an explanation for what's going on.

Maybe they meant "where the fuck is the portal concept?" because out of the 3 that I took the time to read, I didn't see anything like that.

Don, great show you always put on here.
Truly impressive.


Folks, you don't need to be spoonfed everything.
A reader (cough, cough: audience VIEWER!) is expected to bring something to the table themselves.
"Stuff" just happens in SciFi/fantasy/fiction.

Kind of wished I had seen fantasy in the same way - would have been quite a lot easier just having something appear.

Where was that wardrobe when I needed it

That's the magic of magic.

Don, I didn't know you took time to read the entries. So, you're running this thing and reading the entries. That's impressive.

Don is Da man.
He's a hipster  

The next batch is up.  

Cold Alone by David Carol - Short, Horror - A  man receives a message from his recently deceased wife and visits her grave. (PG) - pdf, format

The Nightmare Door by Larry Huckenstuffit - Short, Horror - A conniving Housemaster recounts a bedtime tale to a sleepless young student. (PG) - pdf, format

Justice at Sundown by Betsy Ross - Short, Horror - A man wakes up, tied to a chair in a greenhouse on Halloween. With only a strange man to keep him company and even stranger things happening outside. (NC17) - pdf, format

Nathan Green by Adam Stein - Short, Horror - When a woman struggling to deal with her recent separation buys a jacket from a thrift store, she inadvertently lets another bad man into her life. (R ) - pdf, format

Liquide Bone Danse by Luther Rinn - Short, Horror - It's All Hallows Eve, and whilst attempting to cling to a worthless existence, an aging priest must come face to face with his sordid past, and the darkness it has begot. (R ) - pdf, format

Quoted from LC The October 13 Witches challenge had 47 entries so this is a walk in the park imh.

I love witches.  Witches are cool

Quoted from Scar Tissue Films Seen a few reviews saying there needs to be an explanation for what's going on. This is, in my humble opinion, incorrect.

I get that.  I have mixed emotions.  On the one hand, I want to understand the motivations.  On the other hand, I get that it is fantasy and not everything needs to be explained and that it isn't explained leaving you thinking about it after the story is over is kind of the point.  Janet's script is like that.  It left me thinking, "I can't figure it out.  How does that work? Why did the protag do what he did?"  In the end, my rationale was, "Janet did that on purpose just to fuck with the reader."  

Quoted from dead by dawn Maybe they meant "where the fuck is the portal concept?" because out of the 3 that I took the time to read, I didn't see anything like that.

In my mind, I was open to the broadest possible interpretation of doorway, door, portal, or etc., even a Brigadoon otherworld would work for me.

Quoted from khamanna Don, I didn't know you took time to read the entries. So, you're running this thing and reading the entries. That's impressive.

I really like this theme and I'm crazy curious to see how each person interprets it.  Thus far, only one person came close to what I had in mind. However, thus far, ALL the entries that I've read have been crazy out of the box interpretations of the theme and limitations. Nothing what I was expecting, but totally nailing the theme and limitations in my opinion.  


Early in the week, I read the entries as they come in.  Sometimes I even make comments when I let you know the script has been received.  It is the later entries that I don't get to until later in the week.  So, this is why sometimes a script that doesn't meet the theme slips by.

Quoted from Don In the end, my rationale was, "Janet Darren did that on purpose just to fuck with the reader."   I've read have been crazy out of the box interpretations of the theme and limitations.

Don understands. i think.