Personally I was hoping for the Peternart. Which as well all know, is superior to a Cuisinart and what Cuisinart users have really been wanting.
CBS/Paramount sues to stop Axanar
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Wow, we've released 55 of our productions in that same amount of time. Of course, we're in it to have fun rather than the lucre.
Given that you're comparing an outdated amateur script to a script written by a professional director that had 2 to 3 years more time in development, I'm not sure how fair you're actually being. Don't get me wrong, I'd be mildly surprised if Alec ever releases an Axanar film, even a 15 minute one. I just don't understand why anyone would feel the need to tilt the scales against Alec when he's already so effectively sabotaged himself.
My vocabulary word for the day.
The only thing you can made with the Peternart is Turd Salad.
Which will soon be called the Turdinart.
. . . . that you will never get because of "software" problems.The only thing you can made with the Peternart is Turd Salad.
I'd humbly suggest that even if you'd gone for feature-length films with industry-standard production quality and special effects; but with the same dedication and perseverance you'd still have more to show than Poor Alec Peters
I already got myself some. Disappointed that it was only 3 in a bagLucre or, in the holiday season, gelt.
OTOH I have this 3 pound chocolate coin I've been saving for a special occasion, so....
Also to be fair, you started the comparison by bringing up Inception in the first place. I just took it to it’s logical conclusion.
The point being: Inception took awhile because it was complicated. Axanar is a fairly straightforward script. Most amateur screenwriters would have at least written three Axanar-esque scripts in that time.
Alec has to be writing his script using Professor Harold Hill’s think system.
Ya think?
I thought he was using Notepad?
Actually, you didn't. My point was that taking a long time doesn't make your script good OR bad. I was replying to a message that talked about how the time he was taking indicated that it would be a bad script, and my counter point was that Inception took a long time, and it was a good script, therefore time doesn't actually determine the quality of the script. You then took the position that time should have made the script better, which was basically the polar opposite of the original position I was replying to.
I agree that shorter scripts should take less time, but I fail to see how being an amateur would make you a faster writer. If you're an amateur who plans to make something for public consumption, wouldn't you take your time to get it right?
I'm trying to finish a roughly 120 page script before my Christmas vacation, so I can hardly hold Alec to a lesser standard, though. (I think I'm up to 92 pages, counting outlining notes.) Seeing as he has a massive head start, let's see if I can produce a final draft before him.
People knock Notepad, but I use it all the time. It's simple, loads fast, takes up little memory, and it's really useful when you want to copy only the text from something and not the formatting. Notepad++ is pretty cool, but it has an everything-and-the-kitchen-sink mentality that I don't care for. I kinda just want Notepad with tabs, a slightly better Find/Replace and maybe spellcheck.
Not that you'd want to use it for scripts. I'm using Google Docs, and I can barely stand it, but at least it's easily accessible from the library or work. I think I'll switch to Celtx or some other form of screenwriting software after I'm done with the rough draft.
notepad++ can do plain text just fine, can support dozens if not hundreds of simultaneously open tabs, can search across the tabs, and its greatest benefit over notepad is you can set it to autosave changed tabs even down to each few seconds. if your machine hangs, you don't lose your work as you would if you were opening a bunch of notepads.
I thought there was a limit of $50K per production?
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