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SimplyScripts Screenwriting Discussion Board    Screenwriting Discussion    Simplyscripts Collaborative Effort  ›  Showdown #8 James vs Darren - CONGRATULATING Moderators: Mr. Blonde
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  Author    Showdown #8 James vs Darren - CONGRATULATING  (currently 4438 views)
mcornetto
Posted: April 22nd, 2011, 7:59pm Report to Moderator
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Quoted from Ledbetter


By the way Michael, I keep having siezures from your Avatar.


Then it's working.
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Ledbetter
Posted: April 22nd, 2011, 8:00pm Report to Moderator
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Relax, don't do it....

Should I kill Mugatu...
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A – Cool idea. Total Recall for people who are sick with reincarnated hosts. I think. Wasn’t sure about the Bible at the end.

B – Another cool idea. The parrot is the reincarnated husband. Easier to understand. Some grins.

I pick B.
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LC
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Both of these were entertaining. And, yep the parrot is a cool idea.

But, my vote's with A - really like the SciFi nature of it. Not too sure about the bible ref. either... but no matter.


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Hmm.  Another tough one to decide who to vote for.  The ideas behind both stories are pretty creative and I liked the premise equally to both of them, but both were pretty rough in the execution.

I liked the first half of A and followed it pretty good, but got lost at the end.
I liked the first half of B, but I didn't like how the story was told through an amateur news broadcast.

I'm leaning more towards A because I think the writing is just a little bit cleaner and just a little bit more fluid.

But I think the main reason I'm going to choose A is because I really didn't like the amateur news broadcast in B and the more I'm thinking about it, I think it really tears the story down for me.

But both stories still started out with very interesting premises and this was a great logline.


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Ryan1
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Didn't particularly take to either story this time.  Two very different approaches and a tough call as to who to vote for.

A.  This was by far the more audacious of the two stories.  Very intriguing setup with the lady meeting the reincarnated version of her husband.  But, the story sort of fell apart for me here.  I wanted to know more about the reincarnation process.  This clone has been alive for eleven years and this is the first time that Julie is meeting him?  What was the "disorder" that Laura was referring to?  I got the feeling with the technology in this story that it should have been set further in the future.  I mean, the clone was created in the year 2012, if my math is correct.

So, a good idea, but the execution was flawed and the details of the story were nebulous.  And the ending felt very rushed.

B.  A  funny idea, a dude reincarnated as a parrot.  But aside from this clever idea, the story just didn't offer much.  Not a wise choice to tell the entire story by way of TV reports.  We never got to see the wife confront her husband, the parrot.  That could have been comedy gold right there.  

The banter between the news anchors didn't work, IMO.  And the ending just left me confused.

So, both scripts had clever concepts, but both ultimately didn't work because of the execution.  Gotta pick one though, and I'm going for A because it was more visual and had glimmers of a real story.
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Dreamscale
Posted: April 23rd, 2011, 3:55am Report to Moderator
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Hmmmm...and  DJW votes for himself? Are you frickin' kiddin' me?  Damn, dude...
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mcornetto
Posted: April 23rd, 2011, 4:12am Report to Moderator
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There's no rule about voting for yourself except that you shouldn't make it obvious which one you voted for.

And it's neck and neck.  Looks like I'll be saving my vote as the tie breaker.  
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Dreamscale
Posted: April 23rd, 2011, 4:25am Report to Moderator
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How can it be that you can (or should) vote for yourself?  We've had numerous close calls, and a vote here or a vote there, at an appropriate time can change the tide.

PATHETIC once again.  Darren, you are so fucking WEAK!!!

I literally cannot believe this is acceptable.  Damn, peeps...c'mon...rise up and speak your mind.
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Dreamscale
Posted: April 23rd, 2011, 4:27am Report to Moderator
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James...vote for yourself....quick!!!!  You win, bro!!!
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LC
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Jeff, if you can vote for your own entry, maybe you can vote twice. ?? I think it's fine and dandy to review your own OWC script, but not sure about voting for yourself in a two-day challenge, doesn't seem quite right to me.

EDIT:
Hmm, just noticed Mc'C's remark that you can indeed vote for yourself... um, okay.

I've no idea if you can vote twice however, haven't tried...



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Dreamscale
Posted: April 23rd, 2011, 4:58am Report to Moderator
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HUH?  You can vote twice for yourself?  That makes sense...

C'mon guys and gals...what is this coming to?  Complete and utter HORSESHIT!!!!!!

I'll vote again for B!!!!!!
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jwent6688
Posted: April 23rd, 2011, 5:21am Report to Moderator
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I'm cool with it Jeff, and how do you know Darren didn't vote for me??? I'm not gonna vote. If it comes down to it, more then happy to let Cornie decide.

James


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Dreamscale
Posted: April 23rd, 2011, 5:27am Report to Moderator
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Well, we just got another "phantom" vote here.

This entire challenge is so fucked up.
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jwent6688
Posted: April 23rd, 2011, 5:29am Report to Moderator
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How the hell do you see who voted for what if they don't comment?

James


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