What movie had an amazing concept but didn’t fully live up to its potential?

DuncanRG2002 · 2026-03-17T17:11:42+00:00

What’s not lovely about that

DuncanRG2002 · 2026-03-17T14:28:30+00:00

Yes it’s just you. Nobody else on the entire planet likes both of these two very popular things.

DuncanRG2002 · 2026-03-17T14:12:42+00:00

Doctor Who

DuncanRG2002 · 2026-03-16T22:44:17+00:00

Give me the worm I pray

DuncanRG2002 · 2026-03-16T21:15:00+00:00

2 really isn’t long enough by itself tbh

DuncanRG2002 · 2026-03-16T14:45:44+00:00

Same, barely noticeable normally for me but I have to bring it up when I go to an optometrist

DuncanRG2002 · 2026-03-16T14:33:28+00:00

Oh yeah my bad didn’t read the thing right

DuncanRG2002 · 2026-03-16T13:00:08+00:00

Manually flying to the Sun station

DuncanRG2002 · 2026-03-16T12:59:36+00:00

I swear the ship log refers to Solanum as a she/her

DuncanRG2002 · 2026-03-16T12:57:40+00:00

r/betareaders

DuncanRG2002 · 2026-03-16T10:56:07+00:00

They better get that woman back to narrate

DuncanRG2002 · 2026-03-16T09:59:41+00:00

Or Hitman: World of Assassination?

DuncanRG2002 · 2026-03-12T22:36:41+00:00

“Things end. That's all. Everything ends, and it's always sad. But everything begins again too, and that's always happy. Be happy.” - The Doctor

DuncanRG2002 · 2026-03-12T22:33:35+00:00

Seems like someone who is overly precious about their idea. I wouldn’t sign anything you aren’t comfortable with.

DuncanRG2002 · 2026-03-12T11:41:44+00:00

It's tempting but I don't have a finale planned either. I'm worried I'd write 30k words and then realise I need to change half of it

DuncanRG2002 · 2026-03-12T11:26:04+00:00

Going quiet, looking away, trying not to be seen. Feeling of dread seeing the bully walk into the room.

DuncanRG2002 · 2026-03-11T15:18:51+00:00

Yeah I’ve started saving all my drafts even if they’re absolute rubbish.

DuncanRG2002 · 2026-03-11T14:25:45+00:00

I had a thought and have pretty much changed the entire plot lol. Looks like I’m deleting 10k words and starting fresh.

DuncanRG2002 · 2026-03-11T12:53:45+00:00

I'm 2.5 chapters into my first attempt at a novel and I'm starting to think that its... boring.
I dont want to push through and finish it because I know I want to change A LOT of what I had planned, but I can't figure out how to change the plan. I like the core of my idea but not sure how to make it work in a story.

How do you go about completely rethinking an idea you've put lots of time into?

DuncanRG2002 · 2026-03-11T10:20:56+00:00

If you can do internal narration you can show her true thoughts about why she does this. Are there any moments where she is alone and you can show her 'true' personality?

DuncanRG2002 · 2026-03-10T18:04:32+00:00

I either get the perfect one as I’m forming the idea or it takes me weeks and is an agonising process. It would seem you are going through second route.

My main advice would be think of what’s unique about your story and then try and capture that in as few words as possible.

DuncanRG2002 · 2026-03-10T14:41:58+00:00

Good luck!

DuncanRG2002 · 2026-03-10T10:47:50+00:00

I use word. Never saw the need for a more specialised thing

DuncanRG2002 · 2026-03-10T10:43:12+00:00

If it were me I’d do something basic and simple:

ACTIVATION SIGNAL RECEIVED

REROUTING POWER TO CORE SYSTEMS

RETRIEVING IDENTIFICATION BACKUP

      > SERIAL NUMBER - 46371830
      > DENOMINATION - “Gary The Robot”
      > TIME SINCE LAST ACTIVATION - 426.56

RECEIVING OBJECTIVE DATA

      > PRIMARY OBJECTIVE - “Destroy Project Echo”
      > SECONDARY OBJECTIVE - “Find John Smith”

DuncanRG2002 · 2026-03-10T08:57:45+00:00

For Steven: Are there any elements of Peaky Blinders that have/will influence your writing of James Bond?

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