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MacDuff
Posted: May 17th, 2006, 4:02pm Report to Moderator
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I understand slasher or zombie, as they're usually they same tired cliches about fear and survival ... but anime is usually philosophical, fresh, and intellectually stimulating.  I don't understand your prejudice.  What's your problem with anime?


It's probably just Phil's preference. I don't really read comedy scripts, I just stick to the horror, dramatic or sci-fi.


Also - I've noticed a trend on the people who have responded to this thread, but maybe it's just me?


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Quoted from MacDuff


Also - I've noticed a trend on the people who have responded to this thread, but maybe it's just me?



No you're right, we're basically the SimplyScripts Superpowers.  Pick your cool name now.

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I understand slasher or zombie, as they're usually they same tired cliches about fear and survival ... but anime is usually philosophical, fresh, and intellectually stimulating.  I don't understand your prejudice.  What's your problem with anime?


I've never found anime to be anything you suggest, whether reading it or watching it.

That's just my tastes.


Phil

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I'm going to go ahead and throw my two cents in here.... just because I've got a feeling i am among the immature folk discussed on this thread.

I'm actualy glad to see this discussion... it's clarified a few things for me, that i think i may have mistaken about some of the members on this board.

Message boards can be tricky sometimes cause you can't always tell the intentions behind what someone is saying because you cant see them... or what happened to me - you can take something someone said to someone else.. thinking they said it to you...and then its just a big mess.

The work in progress board i'll admit i got a little carried away with. i'd been writing for years, but id never actually handed my material off to anyone outside of my circle of friends. when i came to this board - i was so anxsious to get feedback on what i had come up with from real writers... i started posting the ideas i had had for scripts.... and that rubbed a lot of people the wrong way. i didnt know at the time it was about "one idea...one script....come back when youve finished" i have since stopped doing that....  trial by error.

i'm not here to crash the party. im not here to start pointless threads. infact the threads that i have started that have gotten me into trouble was - not so subtly calling out some of the veterans of this board to be nicer to newbies.... not knowing to the extent of how jaded and irratied the site had become in general because of newbies and amatures posting halfass scripts and disappearing. or whiners trying to get their scripts read when they wont read anyone elses.

thats NOT me.

the thing to keep in mind is newer memebers don't know and understand yet the kind of "established society" you all have created here. theres a way of doing things... a process... and not all new memebers are aware of that right away.

as for me.... well i have learned a lot on this site....including proper formatting of a script, the three act structure, the heroes quest... ect ect.... and despite some of the arguments and tirades i have gotten into on in this forum.... i want to point out... i am reading other peoples scripts... i've giving the best criticism i can come up with (most of you are better writers then i so i leave the play by play edits to you) and at the same time i have taken both positive and negative feedback seriously.

I am a serious writer....even if my personality and comments may say otherwise.


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Andy Petrou
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Breanne, well said my dear! I am impressed by how well you made your points, really I am! And that goes for everyone else too. George, Phil, Bert, Greg, Stew ... I think you all made some very valid points too.

Unfortunately, I've turned into more of a watcher rather than a reader these past few months. I've not had the time to participate in the way I'd like to, so I've just cut back on my SS contact as a result. I have however kept myself aware of the newly written stuff by the regulars, and when life slows down a bit, and I get settled after I relocate to CA, I hope to be able to engross myself in those scripts once more. I've said that I'll read certain people's scripts and I will stick to that!!! I'm just unsure right now as to when I'll be free to. Till then, I've remained distant because my personal life has been hectic and the priority for me as of late.

I miss it here, a lot, but at the same time I'm still able to see how you guys and gals are getting on, which almost fills the void. I feel even more ecstatic when I hear how well some of you are doing with your work! When you do well, I feel happy! So yeah, we are a well developed online community here.

** Kudos to Don and all the rest of you for contributing to this gem of a site **  

I do understand how frustrating it is for the people here who are trying to make a career out of their passion for writing. Having a reputable forum and site to relay back to contacts is crucial, so yes, we all have a right to be concerned with any shifts in moods or changes on the forum. It's not just Don's responsibility to make this place the best screenwriting site online,  it's everyones. Everyone who gives a damn about their passion that is, and who can behave maturely. Contributing in a positive manner too is also important I might add!!

I've noticed that in the last year or so, what with various departures from the forum and newbies arriving, that things have changed a bit, but not radically. I have however noted the number of younger members, but that isn't the thing I take issue with at all. Not the age. I only get irritated by the immaturity. This applies to the adults aswell as the teens. Having a laugh is one thing, behaving like an asss is another. This is where mods could perhaps step in a little more --->> delete - delete - delete!!!!!!!! I know from being a moderator on another forum, that it's sometimes tricky to be tough, but sometimes you just have to be, to keep some people in line...

This leads me onto this next point and an important one to note. Wes...Steven, I prefer, I think you do a great job hon, and I have to be honest here, I can't even list who all the other mods are, because I see Wes as being the most active. I hope you realise that you are appreciated around here. I sometimes sense that you might feel otherwise and if so, lemme just send you an online bitch-slap to correct you. I think you're very influential around here and are always fair, so keep doing what you do.

I'm sure the other mods are also keeping things ticking over too, and thanks again for doing what you do too... but I do think that the site could benefit from perhaps another moderator in the most active sections of the forum.. I agree that it should be a member who regularly frequents the board too. This is in no way a reflection on the other mods here, just that I think that due to the rapid expansion of the site, it could very well benefit from one more person keeping things also in check.

I like how Don has things set out here and I think that having a second portal button, which excludes the off-topic stuff, would be too confusing. Why not just go to the main home page instead, and concentrate in the areas which do appeal to you? Just think it makes more sense than having two portals to choose from and is unnecessary work for Don.

Sometimes venting is what can make a difference, as long as it doesn't get out of line. Getting things off one's chest can bring people closer together and in a way, I think this thread has done that... so far... I hope it stays like this.. civil that is!!!!!! We'll see...!

All in all, I think we all just need a group hug and a butt cheek squeeze or three. Mike? Bert? Greg? Phil? Anyone? Anyone?  


Andy xxx

PS - HeroDreamer - We all can be misunderstood from time to time.. and when we are, it can suck.. a lot!! I think you mean well, but it takes time to get to know people and even then online, it's difficult to do that. I just hope that we all can try to understand one another better from now on. Hello btw  

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Andy Petrou
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Alan, that's still not what this thread is about, and you're taking it off topic, again. Instead of telling us who we could learn what from, perhaps you could learn to keep a topic on track!

Phil isn't interested in Anime! There's no need to take it personally! It's not an attack on you. We all like to read certain genres, formats or whatever you want to call it. It's HIS choice what he wants to read at the end of the day and I highly doubt that you're going to convince him just because are fond of it! Each to his or her own.

Please give Breanne and the others here the courtesy to keep this important thread on topic.

Andy
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[Post deleted because MacDuff made me feel guilty -- and it wasn't that great anyway]

Good point, MacDuff.  Sometimes (most times) it pays to think twice prior to posting.


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Bert - I think you forgot your first thoughts.

Always leave it to Andy to cool the heat and suggest a group hug. Awwwww.....



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Quoted from Alan_Holman


It's not a genre ... it's a format! -- a format which can include many genres in the same script!  Charlie Kaufman could learn a lot about meaningful madness from Yoji Enokido.  Alan Ball could learn a lot about human drama from Izô Hashimoto.  Kevin Smith could learn a lot about ... well, he's doing okay.  And the late Stanley Kubrick should have learned a lot from Katsuhiro Ôtomo and Osamu Tezuka and Kôichi Mashimo.  The cream of the crop who write for anime in Japan are the best screenwriters in the world, and if you're an adult who wants to have a mature discussion about screenwriting, you shouldn't be prejudicial against the ones who can teach you the most about any genre ... becuase anime is the format which does all genres best.  



Stanley Kubrick had more to learn than Kevin Smith, huh? - very well thought out comment.


Alan,

You and I have done a pretty good job of avoiding each other. I pretty much disagree with you on d*mn near everything you say. Let’s just be honest here. We don’t like each other. And I’m okay with that.

But if the Kubrick remark is a jab at me, it only reinforces my already low opinion of you.

There is a thread to discuss your favorite anime, Alan. I dropped by there. It’s still there.



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[Post deleted because MacDuff made me feel guilty -- and it wasn't that great anyway]

Good point, MacDuff.  Sometimes (most times) it pays to think twice prior to posting.




no sh!t....

i wish you had posted that a week ago


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I apologize to the other posters for my last post. I was incensed because I started a serious thread to discuss a serious topic and Alan, as usual, is trying to turn it into an advertisement.

I don’t mind the playful remarks. They lighten the mood and I appreciate that.

But what Alan is doing is taking the opportunity to turn the subject to anime to hock his anime script that just got posted. I know this because this is what he always does. And it made me angry. That and the Kubrick remark.

So I apologize and I would like for this very important dialogue to continue.

Brea



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its all good. the best response against someone who is driving you nuts is no response at all...



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Quoted from Breanne Mattson
But what Alan is doing is taking the opportunity to turn the subject to anime to hock his anime script that just got posted.


You mean reposted, right?


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Let's just all sit down and hold hands.

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All in all, I think we all just need a group hug and a butt cheek squeeze or three. Mike? Bert? Greg? Phil? Anyone? Anyone?  



You could squeeze mine if I had one, but alas, I am a human stick figure.

So what I suggest, is that we all get out our bags of marshmallows, start up the bonfire, and sing Kumbaya.  Who's got the guitar?

Now, let's go read something!

P.S. - I love you all.  More than you will ever know.

P.P.S. - That's because I hide in the bushes very well.



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