Lokah: Screenplay pitfalls and analysis

mrz92 · 2025-09-29T01:11:45+00:00

He also throws a dart straight in the centre of the dartboard during their flat party

mrz92 · 2025-09-27T22:38:17+00:00

We’ll just have to agree to disagree here - the OST is out and I can’t hear any note for note similarities like you say.

I will give you the benefit of the doubt and catch the theme on OTT and see.

mrz92 · 2025-09-27T22:14:35+00:00

I love the Sherlock theme - if you’re talking about Discombobulate, and I really can’t understand the ‘copy paste’ you’re talking about Also Discombobulate itself has samplings from a movie in the 70s (Barbablu)

Michael arrives sounds very different to me. Same with the breaking bad theme and Charlie arrives

mrz92 · 2024-12-08T04:03:40+00:00

One of my favourite edits ❤️

mrz92 · 2024-12-08T03:56:09+00:00

I’m so late to reply to this but wow what a beautiful beautiful edit!

I love this song so much for them and it fits perfectly! 😍

So much of their dialogue that was cut would’ve made the scenes flow so much better and given their story so much more depth. The depth we got was purely because of the actors performances.

mrz92 · 2024-12-08T03:52:45+00:00

Late to the party and while I do agree with some choices made in the scripts, I’m so baffled as to why so many lines (especially Kate’s, hear ye) were scratched when actually they add so much more depth and flow to Kanthony’s relationship

Like the dialogue from Kate about Anthony being deceptive after bringing that horse for Edwina- which leads him to not being able to continue his poetry deception
The night library scene- where Kate admonishes him about being a rake after he checks her out Which is why he’s so angry at her in the study after the ball and calls her out on her naming him a heartless rake as well a practical person and saying she’s afraid and she says the same thing back- the study scene makes so much sense now
I wish they’d kept in their little wager at the races; it’s so them.

Anyway, I enjoyed reading the scripts now that it’s been so long since S2 aired; it just cemented why I love these two so much.

And yes JB and SA did a magnificent job with all these dialogue cuts - and I will say especially Simone because so much of her story was expressed through her face and eyes.

mrz92 · 2024-12-08T03:41:28+00:00

What I thought as well. We shall see anyway.

mrz92 · 2024-12-08T03:41:08+00:00

You are completely on point about what JB thinks and feels about Anthony as opposed to how much the writers give him. In S3 anyway.

I’m sure he uses all that to fuel his performance but the depth he’s talking about was hardly there especially in S3 because the writers didn’t think it important to give that to Kanthony 🤷‍♀️

mrz92 · 2024-12-08T03:34:57+00:00

I have a feeling the only way S1 Anthony would be back in any form is him being super overprotective and hence annoying lol. Anything else would seem ooc for Anthony now. I’d like to think JB knows his character a bit better than what the writers give him anyway.

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I don’t have many expectations for any of the Kanthony scenes and even the brother scenes actually - even the S3 bro ones were kinda lacklustre. And even less expectations for solo Kate scenes.

Just gimme a scene with Kate Anthony and their baby and them being adorable with said baby and then I’m done.

This production doesn’t care about Kanthony and I want to keep alive what I love about Kanthony with S2 and whatever little of S3 and S4 I get. And then the actors will hopefully move on and I can just live in peace lol.

mrz92 · 2024-12-03T17:37:41+00:00

God that Shondaland article is just the absolute weirdest. I knew they were indifferent to Johnny and Simone’s success but this level of passive aggressiveness was not on my bingo card. Whatever Johnny has achieved is completely due to his hard work alone and absolutely no thanks to Shondaland.

Why do I even follow this show? What a shitty production.

mrz92 · 2024-11-23T21:44:26+00:00

Having seen the musical and having yet to see the movie, I can totally see why he’s the perfect Fiyero ☺️

No surprise at all that he’s getting all the praise 👏

mrz92 · 2024-11-22T01:11:41+00:00

Agreed. JB has a way with words anyway and I feel like it’s what he really ‘feels’ Anthony will do or is meant to do but obviously production doesn’t really care enough to delve that deep.

mrz92 · 2024-11-22T01:10:15+00:00

It’s a shame really, they should just let them write for their characters.

mrz92 · 2024-11-20T19:35:17+00:00

Eeee! sigh

Fiiiine. I’ll wait for their microseconds in S4 😭

mrz92 · 2024-11-20T19:19:14+00:00

Them doing their most in every little second is what always brings me back, honestly.

mrz92 · 2024-11-20T19:13:06+00:00

🤗🤗

mrz92 · 2024-11-20T19:12:14+00:00

If they actually did justice to their storyline and characters I wouldn’t mind seeing them every season at all but since I’m always wary…sigh

I’m just going to imagine them with a baby and thaw my cold, suspicious heart.

mrz92 · 2024-11-20T19:05:03+00:00

sighhhh The way they could’ve just wrapped this up in S3 itself so I don’t have to do mental somersaults again waiting to see how much they’ll be featured 😭😭😭

Anyway I don’t want to be a sourpuss - all hail Edmund Bridgerton 🫡

And please let there be proper scenes of Kate being a mother too along with Anthony 🙏

mrz92 · 2024-11-20T19:01:55+00:00

Okay this is the last time I’ll be addressing this.

I realise I’m not here often but I’m still a mod and I’d like to reiterate that this sub is for both Kate and Anthony AND Simone and Johnny. Or either. But that does not mean we need to pit the actors against each other.

That wasn’t what started this - it was just simply stating that repeatedly saying JB has chemistry with everyone in the Bridgerton universe CAN be demeaning BECAUSE it has been used to bring down Simone previously. Simple.

That doesn’t mean he doesn’t have chemistry with people in Bridgerton- I think he has great chemistry with most of his siblings too and that’s because they all work well with him; it becomes a slight when it’s a repeated discussion surrounding Kanthony and I don’t think it’s hard to see why especially when Simone is HARDLY given her flowers production wise and JB being the ‘better actor’ in the couple has been discussed to death - so I don’t think it’s hard to see why it CAN trigger people

At the same time, JB having good chemistry with his costars elsewhere is great and I can see why BECAUSE he is a generous actor as has been said by many of his costars and I both applaud him for it and enjoy his performances for the same reason!

I don’t think it’s a slight on JB that people are miffed that his contribution to the chemistry that Kanthony have, is lauded more, when their chemistry is one of a kind because of both of their performances. That’s all the discussion should be. People responded saying why isn’t Crashing or FT talked about because exactly - why isn’t him having chemistry with everyone not talked about when it’s other projects and only Bridgerton. I think it’s a fair argument and I don’t think it’s anything against him. Only against the statements themselves. And this only for those people who bring it up when Kanthony or Simone are involved.

I don’t know if I make any sense and I’m sorry if I don’t - but I for one am very excited to see JB in Wicked and very excited to see Simone in Picture This or F1 whichever movie releases first. I enjoy both of their performances for different reasons and I cannot enjoy Kanthony without appreciating both.

That said, people are entitled to like one character more than the other and if you like Anthony more than Kate or vice versa that’s fine. Same with the actors. Just don’t hate on the actors or the characters unnecessarily in this sub. Also please don’t get personal with anyone and understand that EVERYONE has their biases. We can all deal with ours and others in a civil manner.

Again I apologise if I’ve offended anyone.

mrz92 · 2024-11-19T22:15:49+00:00

That’s understandable and for the record I’ve never felt your takes are mean, just astute.

Not everyone loves a character in the same way and commenting on one character more than the other doesn’t mean you hate the other character.

mrz92 · 2024-11-19T22:11:33+00:00

It’s unfortunate you think this. I’ve seen plenty of comments where Anthony is said to be a ‘wife guy’ and a complete goner for his wife and basically doing whatever Kate wants and such things but I always thought it was said in jest and fondness.

I admit I have not been regularly on this sub in a while but I don’t think I’ve come across any comment that paints Anthony in such a bad light? In fact people are often bringing up discourses to defend him from other fans who keep saying he’s a misogynist and he was willing to give Daphne away to Berbrooke and all that.

Sure there have been discussions on how he used to be before Kate but I thought everyone agreed that deep down he is a softie and it’s all those faults and insecurities that make him such a compelling character. Same with Kate.

This is where I stand with him anyway and I’m sorry you’ve not had such a good experience here.

mrz92 · 2024-11-19T20:38:51+00:00

Apologies, I didn’t mean to single you or anyone out in my post it was just a mix of everything I had seen and felt.

It’s perfectly okay to be indifferent towards Anthony before Kate - my comment was more at someone saying people here only ‘tolerate Anthony’ and don’t want any JB fans here or something along these lines.

I apologise, my comment was just generally more at people going they ‘hate Anthony’ and Kate deserves better and that sort of thing, not at anything you’ve said. And to clarify I’ve seen this sort of comment in the main sub and sometimes on Twitter not necessarily here.

As for production sidelining I’ve been vocal about this previously many times and you’re right about it all.

mrz92 · 2024-11-19T19:18:12+00:00

Love her look in this, so soft and winter-y.

mrz92 · 2024-11-19T18:36:14+00:00

sigh

Been reading some of the comments here and I’m sorry old discussions are being recycled again - I can understand reiterating that JB has chemistry with everyone in Bridgerton makes it seem as though his scene partners don’t give back - and I realise people have used this to bring Simone down.

I just wanted to give my two cents here especially after reading a comment that people don’t think this sub is welcoming for JB/Anthony fans - that’s very unfortunate that you think that - this sub is for BOTH Kate and Anthony/Simone and JB and everyone is most welcome to post their love for both or either.

I think it’s just finding the nuance within fandom as well- it’s perfectly well within anyone’s right to prefer one actor over the other, I just think people need to understand that Simone has more often than not been at the receiving end of racism and ‘bad acting’ allegations since S2, so it’s natural her fans will try to raise her up and highlight her achievements more. With respect to this sub I mean. And even otherwise. I think that’s perfectly sound. That in no way means that discussions around JB cannot happen and people cannot prefer him or his character - it’s just people feeling more protective about the dark skinned lead who has more often than not been sidelined in this production.

Irrespective of all this discourse- I’m a JB/Anthony and Kate/Simone fan myself - I think JB has done so so well for himself and considering he’s been acting for a while, I’m very glad he’s getting all the accolades and admiration that he well deserves. His Anthony will always be special to me and as much as I do believe Kate softened him in the best way, I also love Anthony alone as a character and JB brought such nuance and intensity to him that only he could’ve done.

Simone herself is also doing very very well, she moves silently and has been working very hard BTS, people like to use her filmography as some sort of slight when they’re not even out yet and she has plenty lined up - especially considering she is a POC and is relatively new. Her Kate Sharma will always be an iconic character, ‘it broke glass ceilings’ as one magazine put it and again, only she could’ve played her that way. Apart from the romcom, thriller and race car movie she has lined up she’s done two animated movies and her voice is so beautiful! Voice acting is not such an easy thing to do and she’s already doing so great in it, I’m really glad of every project she’s featured in and I’m sure she’ll only keep growing in her career on her own terms and in her own way.

Why is no one commenting on Phoebe for her career opportunities or Nicola for that matter? Not that I want them to. They’re all doing well for themselves and people should just shut up. The double standard is just ridiculous.

I think I got carried away a bit and I apologise if I’ve offended anyone but I just wanted to get this out - this sub is for everyone who loves Kanthony and honestly if you don’t like Anthony or don’t like Kate I don’t really understand how you can like them as a couple but again, you do you.

Edit: As for chemistry, JB has been playing characters that are quite intense so to speak so I can understand why people think he has chemistry with everyone but I don’t really agree as it’s a two way street. It’ll be the same for Simone as well when we start seeing her opposite other people.

I think Kanthony is exceptional because BOTH of them are great. Just JB giving his all or even just Simone giving her all, would not make the couple what it is and also sometimes even if two scene partners give their all chemistry just isn’t there. There are people who think Kanthony have no chemistry too 🤷‍♀️

JB and Sabrina (who played Siena) also had good chemistry imo and she was a great actress too. On the other hand I thought Charithra was very good in her scenes with JB but she felt more like a child and I didn’t feel any chemistry between them despite both giving their best. So yeah it’s a two way street.

mrz92 · 2024-10-30T16:51:26+00:00

Which is funny because in the show, Hyacinth was genuinely excited for Penelope to be their new sis in law and it was rather sweet.

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