A SyFy success story (you're not gonna like this...)
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Funny how writers like that never seem to get any work. Instead, we get the wonderful people who screwed up Heroes unbelievably, like they were sabotaging the show on purpose, and are now giving us such gems as The Event and The Cape. Or the catastrophe of SG:U. Someday, somebody must explain this phenomenon to me.
Actually, a friend of mine wrote one--and there were multiple drafts and revisions. It sounded like a lot of work.
I'm jealous anyway.
I know what happened. Your friend's draft was too good. They had to hammer it down to Skiffy quality.
^^ It'd be interesting to see what notes they gave to him regarding what they wanted revised.
No, they just get work writing books.
speaking of rubbish films, here's a random true story - back in Spring of 2008, Uwe Boll actually asked me if I could write a sequel to In The Name Of the King, set in China.
Three years on, I still never got beyond two paragraphs of brainstorming, so I guess the answer to that one is no, I bloody can't!
(I'm not sure whether this is because I just couldn't come up with that sort of story, can't handle the medium, or just couldn't do it for *him*)
But a cheapo creature feature I could!
Me too, just to get that close to Debbie Gibson.
(All together now: "ewwwww...")
Hell, I'd watch this movie three times before I'd sit through another hour of Stargate: Universe. Good going, SyFy.
And yeah, writing any script that's filmable is a lot of creative work and just plain work - a lot more work than, say, generating five thousand clever "ideas for the next Star Trek series" to post on an Internet BBS.
Just as well. I like your work, and if you wrote that film I might have been tempted to watch it.
No, they just get work writing books.
speaking of rubbish films, here's a random true story - back in Spring of 2008, Uwe Boll actually asked me if I could write a sequel to In The Name Of the King, set in China.
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More randomness:
I remember when Somtow did "Bram Stoker's THE BURIAL OF RATS" for Corman. That sounded like an interesting challenge!
Actually, a friend of mine wrote one--and there were multiple drafts and revisions. It sounded like a lot of work.
I'm jealous anyway.
They are very specific in what they are looking for in a script. Certain things have to happen, and at specific times in the script. A friend of mine worked on one, and it's a very tough template to follow.
It's not like it'd take more than an afternoon... it's basically monster Mad-Libs.
Actually, a friend of mine wrote one--and there were multiple drafts and revisions. It sounded like a lot of work.
I'm jealous anyway.
They are very specific in what they are looking for in a script. Certain things have to happen, and at specific times in the script. A friend of mine worked on one, and it's a very tough template to follow.
Plus, as I understand it, there are tight budget restraints. You can't just write a pitched battle between the entire U.S. Navy and two dozen giant lobster-sharks without figuring out how to film it in Slovenia with only three actors and one rowboat.
This can require some creativity . . . .
Well In the Name of a King 2 got made... in Vancouver... with Dolph Lundgren.
Speaking of Uwe Boll:
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPgkwRvC1ZM[/yt]
^^ re:In the Name of the King 2, I like this writer's credits. Don't get me wrong, everyone needs to start somewhere, but I couldn't help but find the resume amusing.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2359037/
Uwe is insane but he's gotten more films made than I have so who am I to talk?
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2359037/
Uwe is insane but he's gotten more films made than I have so who am I to talk?
Why? Crappy low budget films that people get a kick out of watching have been around for decades.
Indeed.
Clearly, the time has come to remake NIGHT OF THE LEPUS.
Or maybe WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST?
He's no Ed Wood.
I'm working on it, but right now with our budget constraints, we're trying to decide if we want to spread out the money so we can cast Richard Greico, Don "The Dragon" Wilson and Debbie Gibson and make it an ensemble, or spend all that money on one big name and get Corey Feldman.