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Bobble-ageddon by A guy clutching at straws - A NASA pilot must overcome a peculiar fear if he is to save Earth from impending doom. 5 pages - Short, Comedy, Sci Fi
I like the title, and good job on not having horror as one of your genres.
Trying to force the comedy hard from the start with the title page and the BOBBLE IN. Lets hope the script holds up.
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HECTOR Seriously, don't do it! Doc come on! I'm trusting you-- DR. NUTT Alright Hector
Doc, come
Alright, Hector
So I thought this was going to be amazing, it had a really strong first page in my opinion then it started to fizzle a bit.
Why was Hector afraid of Bobbleheads? And I get you had to set up for the joke about budget cuts but why on earth would they train Hector in the first place?
I think I get that this is meant to be absurd, but it's too over the top for me.
To me it would have made sense to BOBBLE OUT if that's what you were going for.
The writing is damn good, I'm pretty sure I know who this belongs to.
Comedy is subjective and all that, many may love this. Just too much for me.
Well, sorry to say but this one just escapes me. I guess I'm not into this type of sci-fi. I'm not into Starwars and such. Some of the lines were funny though. The genres are there.
One thing though - you've got only 5 pages. So the problem should be apparent early on to pull us in. I didn't see that happen here.
pg. 1 - ‘…We don’t know why.’ this made me lol pg. 1 - I can picture the asteroid smashing into the planet happening so suddenly being funny, though I would add some alien dialogue before this, maybe something hopeful, or romantic? pg. 2 - “The problem is his mind.” funny, over-the-top. pg. 2 - I like the quickdraw of the bobblehead, funny stuff. pg. 3 - I like the the non-professional relationship between Dr. Nutt and Hector, it is funny. pg. 5 - I like the pilot's face turning goofy, could look funny, the twist ending is also very comical.
This was funny and I like the concept a lot. I feel there was room for more comedic lines between the doctor and pilot, especially during the administering of the prescription.
Okay, finished reading. Page one (first half) was hilarious. Unfortunately, for me, it didn't hold through the rest of the script...
The visuals are great. A giant bobblehead statue... awesome. Floating through space... just as awesome.
I would have liked to see you pull that same comedy through the other pages.
For example: a fighter-style space ship. Why? Why, in your world, is the craft so plain? I'm thinking... what would counter a bobblehead? One of those drinking bird toys -- you know, where you tap the bird and it swings down to drink? What kind of ship could be based on something like that? (Just spitballing.) Point is... I wish you would have pulled the visual insanity through the full script.
Still, it was a fun take. REALLY liked the use of the bobblehead. That'll be hard to top.
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This started off pretty well with some great opening lines, and then tried to maintain that through the rest of the script, but it was pretty hit and miss after that.
I actually liked this for what it was, a fun take on the Armageddon asteroid calamity type movie. And I thought the ending was actually quite a blast (more or less).
I could just see Randy Quaid speeding away to destroy the asteroid and blowing up the bobble head instead, which actually sounds like something Randy quaid would do.
Was the script 5 star worthy? Maybe not, but it was a helluva fun ride in my opinion.
Best of luck, Gary
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Bounty (TV Pilot) -- Top 1% of discoverable screenplays on Coverfly I'll Be Seeing You (short) - OWC winner The Gambler (short) - OWC winner Skip (short) - filmed Country Road 12 (short) - filmed The Family Man (short) - filmed The Journeyers (feature) - optioned
Through the first page, I thought "Yes! Someone wrote a decent fusion!" But then the dialog and characters derailed me. Definitely some funny moments and good banter but it went just ridiculous. The best character was 'Super' which is sadly not a character at all.
I think this might be one of SS long time writers that scrambled in the 72 hours. Good work, writer!
I saw BOBBLE IN: then immediately searched the comments to see who crucified you for it... strangely no one. I'm not going to either, it set the tone immediately.
I am heavily biased towards Sci-Fi - So I enjoyed it, it was a fun read and a welcome relief from horror. Another entry where I think the writer probably had some fun writing it.
Also another entry with a strong start which wanes in the middle - a victim of the time restraint I would assume.
Sorry, I don't have anything useful to add - good job, criteria met.
holy cow give us some pathos: Rome is finally built - haha thumbs up, writer
irony galore follows
All right… if this isn't on par with space epics such as Interstellar then I have no clue…
It was funny, sure in parts very juvenile and some humor was very flat, quite repetitive flat, then as a whole, however, it didn't let off the attempt at humor for even one second, what I appreciate.
Absolutely meets the criteria. I like the opening images. The giant, alien bobblehead being worshiped by the citizens is pretty funny and appropriate.
I like that the writer just let go and had fun writing this. The read is a breeze to get through.
Though the plot is meant to be over the top, a little hard to buy into the jet fighter destroying an asteroid, the single pilot Air Force stuff. And why is he terrified of the bobblhead?
I won't give it high scores, but so far I don't have high scores for any of them, so it won't hurt you. I'm looking for that one story that might stand out, and maybe there won't be one. 72 hours was tough.
This absolutely must be a first in the history of screenwriting...
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SUPER: Vicarnium - Home of the largest bobblehead statue in the universe. SUPER: ...We don't know why.
This made me chuckle.
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We glimpse a large asteroid following in the statues wake.
*statue's
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DR. NUTT You don't do this, we all die! And I will personally scour whatever afterlife your fat ass goes to and give you an eternity of suppositories.
A little over the top, isn't it?
Okay, finished. I really enjoyed this one. Original take on the parameters, well written, most of the humor landed... The ending wasn't great but I liked the final punch.
Hmm by rights I should love this, right? Comedy dude, absurd situation?
But for some reason - no slight on the writer, great concept - I didn’t laugh at all! There were no zingers to make it snap. It was just pretty much reaction stuff by Hector. These type of comedies need to be zany crazy from the start- ok the first scene was pretty good. But it fizzled into a nothing sort of story The ending is quite sad too lol
Anyway good effort but didn’t tickle my funny bone