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Posted by: Don, October 14th, 2015, 6:27am
... soon.
Posted by: DustinBowcot (Guest), October 14th, 2015, 6:47am; Reply: 1
Dim drums throbbing, in the hills half heard,
Where only on a nameless throne a crownless prince has stirred,
Where, risen from a doubtful seat and half attainted stall,
The last knight of Europe takes weapons from the wall,
The last and lingering troubadour to whom the bird has sung,
That once went singing southward when all the world was young,
In that enormous silence, tiny and unafraid,
Comes up along a winding road the noise of the Crusade.
Strong gongs groaning as the guns boom far,
Don John of Austria is going to the war,
Stiff flags straining in the night-blasts cold
In the gloom black-purple, in the glint old-gold,
Torchlight crimson on the copper kettle-drums,
Then the tuckets, then the trumpets, then the cannon, and he comes.

From Lepanto ~ Chesterton
Posted by: AnthonyCawood, October 14th, 2015, 6:59am; Reply: 2
Exciting!

And nice poem Dustin
Posted by: IamGlenn, October 14th, 2015, 9:27am; Reply: 3
Beautiful. I'm excited.

Last October was my first OWC. That year has flown by!
Posted by: Reef Dreamer, October 14th, 2015, 10:22am; Reply: 4
Cool...but what.

We know it will be a horror, but what kind. Guesses here...

I'll go first, it must include a character killed with a root vegetable!
Posted by: Dreamscale (Guest), October 14th, 2015, 10:24am; Reply: 5
Must contain at least 2 1/2 hippos.
Posted by: Equinox, October 14th, 2015, 1:12pm; Reply: 6
What about an evil hamster as antagonist?
Posted by: IamGlenn, October 14th, 2015, 2:22pm; Reply: 7
Protagonist must have penis fingers?
Posted by: AnthonyCawood, October 14th, 2015, 3:23pm; Reply: 8
Glenn

That already kinda exists, quite funny too, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101799/
Posted by: Reef Dreamer, October 14th, 2015, 3:59pm; Reply: 9

Quoted from IamGlenn
Protagonist must have penis fingers?


Good idea....until...


Glenn

That already kinda exists, quite funny too, http://www.imdb.com/title/


WHAT.... :o :o :o
Posted by: IamGlenn, October 14th, 2015, 4:35pm; Reply: 10

Quoted from AnthonyCawood
Glenn

That already kinda exists, quite funny too, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101799/


My kinda film..
Posted by: stevie, October 14th, 2015, 4:45pm; Reply: 11

Quoted from Reef Dreamer
Cool...but what.

We know it will be a horror, but what kind. Guesses here...

I'll go first, it must include a character killed with a root vegetable!


You can beat an egg but you can't beet a root.... ;D


Here's a real horror story - Jeff goes on 'Naked And Afraid'. He and 20 other nude freaks must search the Arizona boondocks for jute to weave into denim shorts.

Posted by: jwent6688, October 14th, 2015, 5:10pm; Reply: 12
If that coveted mug is the grand prize, I'm in. Vodka keeps eating out the bottom of my dixie cups.
Posted by: Dreamscale (Guest), October 14th, 2015, 5:30pm; Reply: 13

Quoted from jwent6688
If that coveted mug is the grand prize, I'm in. Vodka keeps eating out the bottom of my dixie cups.


James, go up to red Solo cups.  You can even wash them out and use a 2nd or 3rd time, and they hold a good amount of ice and vodka.

Posted by: Dreamscale (Guest), October 14th, 2015, 5:34pm; Reply: 14

Quoted from stevie
Here's a real horror story - Jeff goes on 'Naked And Afraid'. He and 20 other nude freaks must search the Arizona boondocks for jute to weave into denim shorts.


Or what about...

Based on the actual events when Stevie showed up at the local hospital with an aardvark shoved up his arse.  Once it was surgically removed, the real horror begun for this small Australian town of whackos.

Posted by: Don, October 14th, 2015, 5:51pm; Reply: 15

Quoted from DustinBowcot
Dim drums throbbing, in the hills half heard,
Where only on a nameless throne a crownless prince has stirred,
Where, risen from a doubtful seat and half attainted stall,
The last knight of Europe takes weapons from the wall,
The last and lingering troubadour to whom the bird has sung,
That once went singing southward when all the world was young,
In that enormous silence, tiny and unafraid,
Comes up along a winding road the noise of the Crusade.
Strong gongs groaning as the guns boom far,
Don John of Austria is going to the war,
Stiff flags straining in the night-blasts cold
In the gloom black-purple, in the glint old-gold,
Torchlight crimson on the copper kettle-drums,
Then the tuckets, then the trumpets, then the cannon, and he comes.

From Lepanto ~ Chesterton


Wow!  I really liked that.  

But, actually, it is suppose to hearken to MacBeth:

"A drum, a drum!
Macbeth doth come."

'cuz MacBeth is one of my favorite Shakespeare plays and it has witches and witches are in keeping with the season.
Posted by: Don, October 14th, 2015, 5:53pm; Reply: 16

Quoted from jwent6688
If that coveted mug is the grand prize, I'm in. Vodka keeps eating out the bottom of my dixie cups.


Say it with me everyone.  "This isn't a contest.  It is a challenge.  There are no winners."

But, yeah.  There might be a mug or underwear or a cat's head sent through the mail.

Maybe.

- Don
Posted by: stevie, October 14th, 2015, 6:05pm; Reply: 17

Quoted from Dreamscale



Based on the actual events when the Rams D showed up at the local hospital with aardvarks shoved up their arses. The Patriots have footage of the initial training ground mishap



Posted by: stevie, October 14th, 2015, 6:06pm; Reply: 18

Quoted from Don


Say it with me everyone.  "This isn't a contest.  It is a challenge.  There are no winners."

But, yeah.  There might be a mug or underwear or a cat's head sent through the mail.

Maybe.

- Don


Cats head or diamonds pretty much the same hardness Don.  ;D
Posted by: Grandma Bear, October 14th, 2015, 6:35pm; Reply: 19
I want that thong!!!
Posted by: wonkavite (Guest), October 14th, 2015, 7:35pm; Reply: 20

Quoted from Don

But, yeah.  There might be ....a cat's head sent through the mail.

Maybe.

- Don


Cool!  Sawyer's been p*ssing me off, recently. Pia, you sure you won't take him?  :P
Posted by: Dreamscale (Guest), October 14th, 2015, 8:08pm; Reply: 21

Quoted from Grandma Bear
I want that thong!!!


I want to see you in that thong, Pia!   :P :P :P :P :P :P

Stevie would like to see himself, wearing that thong, as it would bring back memories of the 80's, wearing those redonkulously tiny, tight, denim shorts he always used to sport.
Posted by: stevie, October 14th, 2015, 8:32pm; Reply: 22
127 Hours  - horror short

Logline: An adventurous thong faces unheralded horror as it becomes wedged in the crack of an Arizonian screenwriter.
Posted by: MarkRenshaw, October 15th, 2015, 2:19am; Reply: 23
This is a first. Me finding out about a OWC before it’s actually started! I may enter, it’s been a while since my scripts were mercilessly cut to shreds.

In fact I’ve already started writing it. It’s called Thongnado – Free Willies. A tornado of thongs whips around the earth’s magnetic field, causing them to go back in time to the eighties. There, they attach themselves to all the Killer Whales in Seaworld and lift them up out of the evil theme park. The now Thong-Wearing-Killer-Whale-Nado, along with a few souvenirs they picked up on the way, like William Shatner’s toupee and the cast of Baywatch, travel back to the present to save Earth from a massive Thong Probe which is destroying the planet with its powers of sexy elasticity. The globe saved, the now Thong-And-Toupee-Wearing-Killer-Whale-And-Cast-Of-Baywatch-Nado stand for president but are beaten by a ungodly Donald Trump/Sarah Palin hybrid who enslave the human race and turn us all into cabbage patch dolls.

I think I’m gonna win unless Don goes for the usual ‘shoestring budget’ thing. Then I may have to cut William Shatner's toupee.

-Mark
Posted by: Reef Dreamer, October 15th, 2015, 5:39am; Reply: 24

Quoted from Dreamscale


I want to see you in that thong, Pia!   :P :P :P :P :P :P

Stevie would like to see himself, wearing that thong, as it would bring back memories of the 80's, wearing those redonkulously tiny, tight, denim shorts he always used to sport.


For money you can see me in mine....ok you can't, even for a lot of money  ;D
Posted by: DustinBowcot (Guest), October 15th, 2015, 7:57am; Reply: 25

Quoted from Reef Dreamer


For money you can see me in mine...


How much will you pay us? You have to consider the shock value. Somebody could die. Best to have insurance too.
Posted by: Grandma Bear, October 15th, 2015, 12:48pm; Reply: 26

Quoted from wonkavite


Cool!  Sawyer's been p*ssing me off, recently. Pia, you sure you won't take him?  :P


Are you sure he's not pissing you off because he knows you keep saying bad thiings behind his back? ;D

Actually, my son's neighbors moved away in a hurry a few days ago and left their orange cat behind. We're trying to find out if they're going to come back and get it or not. If not, I'll probably adopt that one. I can't believe people do stuff like that.  :-/
Posted by: Reef Dreamer, October 15th, 2015, 3:07pm; Reply: 27

Quoted from DustinBowcot


How much will you pay us? You have to consider the shock value. Somebody could die. Best to have insurance too.


Too true...it's not pretty.

But hey, the weekend is approaching  8)
Posted by: Pale Yellow, October 15th, 2015, 8:06pm; Reply: 28
I have the most unique mug of the bunch :)
Posted by: Pale Yellow, October 15th, 2015, 8:11pm; Reply: 29
Drunken...skype...guess the challenge...up until midnight...tomorrow night? Anybody??
Posted by: Dreamscale (Guest), October 15th, 2015, 10:43pm; Reply: 30
Me...me!!! Pick me!!!!!

;D ;D ;D ;D
Posted by: stevie, October 16th, 2015, 3:33pm; Reply: 31
To save time we can start the inane traditional queries about the challenge criteria....

So Don? The mime in the wheelchair wearing denim shirts, who's birthday is in May and follows the Rams?

They can't just be the quiet type with a slight limp wearing denim jeans, with a birthday on April 30 and who actually follow the Patriots but loathe the Seahags with a passion?

Can you clarify this please? It may affect my script.

;D 8) ::) ??) :X :-/
Posted by: stevie, October 16th, 2015, 4:05pm; Reply: 32
I'm out.

I forgot that the raptor attack on page 8 that happens at 10pm Halloween night was supposed to be OUTSIDE the abandoned motel.
Posted by: Dreamscale (Guest), October 16th, 2015, 6:09pm; Reply: 33
Let's keep it real simple-like...

Horror, present day, in October - main Antag Stevie and his short shorts.

Tagline - Horror has a new face...and arse, and his name is Stevie.
Posted by: stevie, October 16th, 2015, 7:15pm; Reply: 34

Quoted from Dreamscale
Let's keep it real simple. Like me.  Real simple...


Bit harsh on yourself there bro. You're not a bad bloke. Just stay away from Australia, is all.
Posted by: Dreamscale (Guest), October 16th, 2015, 8:50pm; Reply: 35
Sub genre...

A man on a mission to kill will wear the shortest shorts since 1980.  You have to see it to believe it.
Posted by: Don, October 16th, 2015, 9:06pm; Reply: 36
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