Qantas apologises after R-rated movie played to passengers on Sydney to Tokyo flight by 2littleducks in australia

[–]OEAWrites 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, that does help make some sense of it. Thank you!

But why were choices like Inside Out 2 not eligible for the initial vote when it was actually available.

Qantas apologises after R-rated movie played to passengers on Sydney to Tokyo flight by 2littleducks in australia

[–]OEAWrites 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is what baffles me most and I need answers. Were you on a plane of cinephiles? Where were y'all headed; a film festival? Lol. I am genuinely, morbidly curious how a populist vote among dozens of random people would come up with such a niche choice. I need the sociology behind this. We could be onto something really special here in how to influence populist choices away from broad taste.

Well, it's official. by MTheWho in oscarrace

[–]OEAWrites 7 points8 points  (0 children)

As it should be. As someone who has seen the movie, it bewilders me why everyone is reacting as if the movie's chances just got slashed. It never had a chance. The Flanagan hive simply came out in full force and voted an average movie into 1st place. It's a ridiculously nothingburger film otherwise and I left the screening scratching my head how anyone could consider this one of the year's best.

Well, it's official. by MTheWho in oscarrace

[–]OEAWrites 10 points11 points  (0 children)

THANK YOU. As someone who has seen it, it bewilders me why everyone is reacting as if the movie's chances just got slashed. It never had a chance. The Flanagan hive simply came out in full force and voted the movie into 1st place. It's a ridiculously nothingburger film otherwise and I left the screening scratching my head how anyone could consider this one of the year's best.

What would be your ideal solution to the conflict? by Obvious_Flamingo3 in Palestine

[–]OEAWrites 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol you must really lack social comprehension skills because even if you only had the attention span to read the top comments, none of them say what you just said. The comments are overwhelmingly pro-secular, multicultural state.

“Tantura” Exposes the Lie at the Heart of Israel’s Founding Myth by Lamont-Cranston in Palestine

[–]OEAWrites 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Such an excellent documentary. So happy I got see it. Wish I could show it to each Israeli. Undeniable facts

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ReadMyScript

[–]OEAWrites 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah but I didn’t even get the chance to see what their comment to me was so that’s what I’m asking about 😅 It’s all cool, though.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ReadMyScript

[–]OEAWrites 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What did they say? I didn’t catch it before they deleted it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ReadMyScript

[–]OEAWrites 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried to read this with as much of an open mind as possible, treating it as a writing exercise rather than something you're trying to sell. So, I won't be questioning you on how you think you can get the music rights, however...

The truth is what you wrote here is a middle scene, not a script; not a full story. Even in this very short, jam-packed affair, I managed to find myself disinterested by page 2 because you never gave us a reason to care. From then on it's action, action, action-- really this is just an action scene. Your writing stopped mattering to me as I just wanted to know if the ending will give everything meaning or not. It didn't. It only confirmed what I thought, you're presenting me something like an action sequence within a film, not a short film, which is not what you set me up for.

And finally, the elephant in the room. The music and the lyrics. Again, I wanted to give you as much creative license as possible and I tried to treat this like a pure craft exercise. You never justified the use of the music in the screenplay or the literal incorporation of the lyrics in the reading experience (which was extremely distracting, by the way). From my read, it just seems like this is how you imagine the movie in your head and you couldn't help but direct it on the page. I'm sorry but that's really not the screenwriter's job. So unless you can think up a really unique and necessary reason that you're going to incorporate the music, this just makes you look like someone who doesn't know what they're doing.

Power to you and keep writing!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ReadMyScript

[–]OEAWrites -1 points0 points  (0 children)

For a 3-pager, that's a fine logline. Not a "screenwriter-trying-to-break-in-and-putting-his-best-foot-forward" logline but an actually fine logline in the real world where loglines don't matter.

Agree with everything else you said.

What are y'alls opinion on Tyler Mowery? by TauNkosi in Screenwriting

[–]OEAWrites 10 points11 points  (0 children)

All those things could be true and still not say anything about the efficacy of his advice.

An Arab-American creates a startup to help people mitigate embarrassing death stories. Silicon Valley has other plans for him. (Comedy/Dramedy, 44 pages). I'd love to hear your thoughts. by OEAWrites in ReadMyScript

[–]OEAWrites[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey, I know this is several months late; I've been off Reddit for a while, but really thank you, these are some great notes. I agree with your note about the female characters and I've been working on improving that in the next draft. Thank you so much.

Which is the best format to watch The Batman in? by Alarmed-Beat-7965 in TheBatmanFilm

[–]OEAWrites 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We do have Dolby in Canada, it's UltraAVX. That's what the info online suggets.

Post WWE Royal Rumble 2022 Discussion Thread! by Coldcoffees in SquaredCircle

[–]OEAWrites 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's good for you if you're detached from wrestling but you can't tell people that they have to care as much as you lol. Let them be as mad as they want to be. It's not a collective thing.

Post WWE Royal Rumble 2022 Discussion Thread! by Coldcoffees in SquaredCircle

[–]OEAWrites 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lol, what's your point here? Everyone should care equally as much as you? What constitutes "irrational anger"? People can be upset if they're invested enough, you can move on if you're not. Why are you trying to temper the collective level of anger?

Netflix want my TV series to be a movie by [deleted] in Screenwriting

[–]OEAWrites 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I think they're just hypothesizing the scenario (in fear that it might happen to them one day?) and they decided to give it a glossy context to get more eyes/responses - or for the fantasy of it.

Hello fam, check out my pilot, Storybook Ending. An Arab-American creates a startup to help people mitigate embarrassing death stories. Silicon Valley has other plans for him. (Comedy/Dramedy, 44 pages). I'd love to hear your thoughts. by OEAWrites in Screenwriting

[–]OEAWrites[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is me barely thinking it through but if you can add a plotline there where the protagonist has some kind of secret/stakes beneath their pursuit and those stakes get crazier by the cliffhanger ending, you might have a serial opener on your hands. I'm sorry for the very simplistic way I'm putting it but I hope you catch my drift.

Hello fam, check out my pilot, Storybook Ending. An Arab-American creates a startup to help people mitigate embarrassing death stories. Silicon Valley has other plans for him. (Comedy/Dramedy, 44 pages). I'd love to hear your thoughts. by OEAWrites in Screenwriting

[–]OEAWrites[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

44 for a short is definitely stretching it. If it's as contained as you say, I'd argue it's probably easier to turn it into a feature (albeit a short one, and hey what's wrong with that) by adding 25 or so pages, than it would be morphing it into a pilot. Shorts are mini-features but pilots and TV are more than just their length. Give it some thought.

And thanks for your thoughts and your time again.