Is That You in Your Avatar? Part 4- Page 36

[ABSteel]

Posted: 4/21/07 at 1:11pm

I think so too!

[D2]

Posted: 4/21/07 at 1:12pm

You're a writer, Abs. You should know that word. And if you don't, look it up. And I stated that as succinctly as I could.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 4/21/07 at 1:13pm

oooooh SNAP!

[ABSteel]

Posted: 4/21/07 at 1:15pm

suc·cinct:
1. expressed in few words; concise; terse.
2. characterized by conciseness or verbal brevity.
3. compressed into a small area, scope, or compass.
4. Archaic.
a. drawn up, as by a girdle.
b. close-fitting.
c. encircled, as by a girdle.

[ABSteel]

Posted: 4/21/07 at 1:22pm

I wrote my one hundredth page today!

I have about fifteen more pages before I'm F-I-N-I-S-H-E-D!

[vmlinnie]

Posted: 4/21/07 at 1:23pm

Sorry, but I'm off this. Finished what?

And taz, sorry for slow reply, but yes, I love The Mission. Morricone is a genius.

[ABSteel]

Posted: 4/21/07 at 1:26pm

For the last year I've been writing a screenplay. I wrote the 100th page today. It'll be a lot longer than 115, but that's my target length. When I finish this draft, I've gotta go back and cut cut cut!

[D2]

Posted: 4/21/07 at 1:27pm

Rath, I can just see you and Sally now - you all in your black leather bustier, with the red silk garters and the whip, and Sally chained to the bed, screaming "Don't Rath! Don't. Stop. Don't. Stop. DON'T STOP! DON'T STOP, DON'T STOP!!!!!" while you, a sweet smile on your face, tease her and murmur "You like that, Little Girl? Huh? You like that?"

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 4/21/07 at 1:28pm

She calls me Rath?

[vmlinnie]

Posted: 4/21/07 at 1:30pm

You forgot the role-play, D2.

Btw, those images will haunt me for the rest of my life.

And ABS, that sounds really cool. How long are screenplays usually? I have the one for Titanic, which is 150 pages.

Updated On: 4/21/07 at 01:30 PM

[D2]

Posted: 4/21/07 at 1:30pm

That's part of your sick, twisted little Home Depot inspired game.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 4/21/07 at 1:31pm

What's Home Depot?

[ABSteel]

Posted: 4/21/07 at 1:32pm

A standard spec(ulation) screenplay is anywhere from 110-120 pages. Someone like James Cameron, who has a few hits under his belt (Terminator, etc), can stretch that to however long he wants his script to be. Peter Jackson can do the same thing.

But us lonely, aspiring screenwriters have to follow the rules.

[vmlinnie]

Posted: 4/21/07 at 1:35pm

If you read it, though, you can see that they cut plenty of it in post-production. Every page differs somewhat from the film. He could have fit it into 120 if he had cut before rather than after.

I was planning a novel, but I now think it might make a better screenplay. We'll see. I have plenty of other things to worry about first.

[ABSteel]

Posted: 4/21/07 at 1:38pm

I've read the screenplay, too. It's a great film, but the dialogue sucks.

My screenplay started out as a novel. I buried myself under 300 pages before reworking it as a screenplay.

[D2]

Posted: 4/21/07 at 1:40pm

Rath, how the hell should I know what Home Depot is? It's just something I heard Jack McFarland say in a WILL & GRACE episode referencing Lebanese women.

Abs, you are right about TITANIC - some of the worst dialog ever in one of the best films, EVER! Well, maybe not the best ever, but a damn good film.

Updated On: 4/21/07 at 01:40 PM

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 4/21/07 at 1:41pm

Oh gotcha.

I can't imagine finding much joy in a place like that.

[D2]

Posted: 4/21/07 at 1:43pm

No, someone would have to be carried in there, don't ya think?

[vmlinnie]

Posted: 4/21/07 at 1:43pm

My problem is that I try to do a Stephen King, but I'm not 1% of the writer that he is. I came up with story, but I just couldn't decide how it should end. There is a situation, and I don't know that characters well enough to decide how they would treat it. What they would do. I think maybe after writing the rest I might know by the end how it should go, but it's a pretty poor idea, methinks.

I'd bet any money that yours does better than mine, and I haven't even written mine yet.

And yes, the dialogue in Titanic isn't the best. It's hard to enjoy just reading it, let alone watching it. Mind you, I do like the film. For some reason a lot of people hate it, and it's mostly because it's so popular that they want to seem like movie buffs and experts, and slate it. My reckoning, anyway.

[D2]

Posted: 4/21/07 at 1:46pm

Any kind of runaway success breeds contempt, Linnie.

[D2]

Posted: 4/21/07 at 1:47pm

BTW: Rath, remember what I said the other night about the XANADU marquee? Check the main board.

[ABSteel]

Posted: 4/21/07 at 1:48pm

I used to know every line in TITANIC. Seriously. I'd watch it and follow along. Sometimes act out scenes. Sometimes. When no one was home, with the windows and doors closed.

The producers should brought someone else in to work on the dialogue. Maybe Cameron didn't want anyone touching his script. I dunno.

Dialogue is definitely something he needs to work on.

[vmlinnie]

Posted: 4/21/07 at 1:58pm

I know every line in Titanic still. I also know every line in a few TV shows, Les Mis, and a few other things. The King and I, Much ado about nothing, because I recently did those.

Horner's score is very nice also. Used to love that, especially the bag pipes bits. Very well done.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 4/21/07 at 2:03pm

Yeah, D, I saw it the day after you mentioned it.

I've now become too lazy to type out "D2".

[D2]

Posted: 4/21/07 at 2:05pm

Or Deet.