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A one-armed young man obsesses over becoming an astronaut after a final discussion with his girlfriend, and turns to criminal actions to fulfill his desire after the space agency rejects him.
I still struggle to see the message from this as being a positive one about how inequality can be tackled. Your protagonist, the guy you want the audience to sympathise and empathise way, decides that the only way to achieve his goal is to rob banks, murder people, and hijack a rocket. It seems to mRead more
I still struggle to see the message from this as being a positive one about how inequality can be tackled. Your protagonist, the guy you want the audience to sympathise and empathise way, decides that the only way to achieve his goal is to rob banks, murder people, and hijack a rocket. It seems to me that the message is that criminal behaviour is an appropriate response to an unfair world… or maybe that’s the point? That an unfair world is the cause of these sorts of behaviours?
Do you want this to be a downer ending that says something pretty damning about mankind or something that’s about the strength of the human spirit in overcoming disability?
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Darkhorse:I think you have a potentially interesting story.? But I still think it's makes more sense emotionally, makes for a stronger story if he was the victim of the man he seeks to kill.? It is also more congruent with the your stated theme of forgiveness.That's my 2.5 cents worth.If you don't sRead more
Darkhorse:
I think you have a potentially interesting story.? But I still think it’s makes more sense emotionally, makes for a stronger story if he was the victim of the man he seeks to kill.? It is also more congruent with the your stated theme of forgiveness.
That’s my 2.5 cents worth.
If you don’t see it that way, well, it’s your story. Write the version you want to write.? I have nothing more to contribute other than to repeat that that the logline needs to clearly state the protagonist was the victim of sexual abuse.
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I haven't read through the whole thread, so some of this may have been covered - sorry. Defining the protagonist as "...crazed..." is risky. Most good protagonists are characters people can empathize with, and crazy is not something viewers will easily accept. There are rare exceptions (Joker, AmeriRead more
I haven’t read through the whole thread, so some of this may have been covered – sorry.
Defining the protagonist as “…crazed…” is risky. Most good protagonists are characters people can empathize with, and crazy is not something viewers will easily accept. There are rare exceptions (Joker, American Psycho, A Clock Work Orange, etc…), however, most of these are based on pre-existing IP and usually have a known creative team behind them. It might be best to redefine the protagonist as desperate or aspiring instead.
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