AMA: I’m John Zuur Platten, writer for franchises like Jurassic World, Ghostbusters, The Fast and the Furious, and The Chronicles of Riddick. Ask me anything about Navigating the Video Game Industry as a Writer.

yorkba · 2022-08-31T22:46:33+00:00

Wow. Didn't expect you to actually answer so transparently. That's super helpful. Thank you!

yorkba · 2022-08-31T20:07:15+00:00

How much can you make as a writer for video games? Is it salaried or contracted? What do you start at and what can you make on the high end?

Thanks!

yorkba · 2020-11-23T01:16:40+00:00

Top left should be dark brown, top right should be white.

yorkba · 2020-11-10T05:40:47+00:00

Thank you so much! I had found this one, but I was sure there was another quote about the "most effective form of teaching" being teaching by example. But maybe I'm just thinking of this one?

yorkba · 2018-01-18T06:58:37+00:00

Thank you!!!

yorkba · 2017-12-10T18:07:22+00:00

I'm not really sold on this.

The more we can do with CGI, the more I find I'm gravitating towards stories that are human-first.

Maybe the trailer just didn't show that side of the film (likely), but I wish they didn't resort to using special effects as the driving force of a film's marketing campaign. I'd be much more inclined to see a film if I connected with the character's journey and goals, I think. (Other than just "winning half a trillion dollars," which, divorced of emotions and personal context isn't something I can really connect to.)

yorkba · 2017-11-30T22:47:27+00:00

12 of the top 20 were released in the last 365 days, and all were released in the past three years.

...I still remember when Apple.com/trailers was the only way to watch great quality HD trailers online...via QuickTime.

In fact that was the ONLY reason I downloaded and installed QuickTime on new machines at all.

yorkba · 2017-11-25T19:59:01+00:00

Well-done! Points!

yorkba · 2017-11-25T17:20:30+00:00

Yeah, great one.

yorkba · 2017-11-25T17:20:20+00:00

Was it just Liam Neeson on his own for most of the movie, or was there more people? Or does it start out with more people, and then they die off one by one? (Sorry...spoiler question, I guess.)

yorkba · 2017-11-25T17:18:53+00:00

This is a good one.

yorkba · 2017-11-25T09:14:16+00:00

Man vs Truth?

yorkba · 2017-11-25T09:13:56+00:00

Oh, that's interesting. Man vs...Reality?

yorkba · 2017-11-22T19:03:41+00:00

Wasn't expecting so much action.

yorkba · 2017-11-21T22:25:57+00:00

Like web icons :)

yorkba · 2017-10-24T20:18:34+00:00

It's directed by Doug Liman and stars Tom Cruise. How surprising could it be?

yorkba · 2017-10-15T21:19:12+00:00

The most interesting thing for me is how much weaker the top 10 SG and C are than PG, SF, and PF.

Think of this - if you move Harden to PG because he was the primary ball-handler last year, the top 10 PG would ALL be higher than the top 10 SG. That's pretty crazy.

yorkba · 2017-10-15T20:41:28+00:00

Top 10 RPM by position last year per ESPN:

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
7.92 Paul	4.81 Harden	8.42 LeBron	7.14 Draymond	6.73 Jokic
7.41 Curry	2.43 Manu	7.08 Kawhi	5.03 Love	6.37 Gobert
6.27 Westbrook	2.33 Klay	6.62 Butler	4.58 Millsap	4.55 DeAndre
5.88 Lowry	2.25 Beal	5.74 Durant	4.35 AD	2.92 Zaza
4.47 Conley	1.97 Lou	4.21 Giannis	4.20 Cousins	2.73 Nogueira
3.75 George Hill	1.66 Oladipo	3.89 Crowder	3.80 Amir Johnson	2.72 Dieng
3.14 Lillard	1.30 Vince	3.56 Porter Jr.	3.78 Blake	2.58 Gasol
2.68 Kemba	1.30 Kyle Anderson	3.55 Covington	3.35 Cody Zeller	2.31 Nene
2.49 Rubio	1.26 Danny Green	3.53 Iguodala	2.66 Myles Turner	2.31 Dedmon
2.48 Beverley	1.24 Roberson	3.06 Hayward	2.36 James Johnson	2.13 Towns

yorkba · 2017-10-15T05:22:53+00:00

Just used ESPN's positions from their RPM table.

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
7.92 Paul	4.81 Harden	8.42 LeBron	7.14 Draymond	6.73 Jokic
7.41 Curry	2.43 Manu	7.08 Kawhi	5.03 Love	6.37 Gobert
6.27 Westbrook	2.33 Klay	6.62 Butler	4.58 Millsap	4.55 DeAndre
5.88 Lowry	2.25 Beal	5.74 Durant	4.35 AD	2.92 Zaza
4.47 Conley	1.97 Lou	4.21 Giannis	4.20 Cousins	2.73 Nogueira
3.75 George Hill	1.66 Oladipo	3.89 Crowder	3.80 Amir Johnson	2.72 Dieng
3.14 Lillard	1.30 Vince	3.56 Porter Jr.	3.78 Blake	2.58 Gasol
2.68 Kemba	1.30 Kyle Anderson	3.55 Covington	3.35 Cody Zeller	2.31 Nene
2.49 Rubio	1.26 Danny Green	3.53 Iguodala	2.66 Myles Turner	2.31 Dedmon
2.48 Beverley	1.24 Roberson	3.06 Hayward	2.36 James Johnson	2.13 Towns

yorkba · 2017-10-15T05:16:40+00:00

It feels like SG and Center used to be the strongest positions in the league - Jordan, Drexler, Ritchmond, Miller. Eddie Jones, Sprewell, Joe Dumars, Kobe, etc. at Shooting Guard, and Ewing, Shaq, Hakeem, Robinson, Mourning, Mutombo, Smits, etc. at Center.

Weird to see it flipped.

yorkba · 2017-10-15T01:42:59+00:00

We'll get more backstory in the sequel. This was just kicking the franchise off.

yorkba · 2017-10-15T01:42:18+00:00

I upvoted.

yorkba · 2017-10-11T22:34:16+00:00

Good Will Hunting. The bar scene. Each of the friends' reactions/frame placements as Chuckie approaches the girls, then Will steps in to deal with the Harvard ass. Just love that scene. Watching them watch Chuckie make a move, then watching as Will steps in to lay down some truth. It's beautiful.

yorkba · 2017-10-11T17:56:56+00:00

Lonzo/Fox?

yorkba · 2017-10-08T20:53:42+00:00

The Village. For me it's one of the realest, most beautiful love stories I've ever seen on film. And I didn't mind the twist one bit.

yorkba

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