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Lost in deep space, the crew of a rescue ship must cooperate with an alien rebels to find a way home.
"Forced to side" ?seems weak. ?Isn't what they must do is fight with the rebels. ?And what "forces" them to get involved -- what is the inciting incident? ?Being lost seems to be their initial predicament rather than the inciting incident. The ?inciting incident?would be the event that forces them tRead more
“Forced to side” ?seems weak. ?Isn’t what they must do is fight with the rebels. ?And what “forces” them to get involved — what is the inciting incident? ?Being lost seems to be their initial predicament rather than the inciting incident. The ?inciting incident?would be the event that forces them to detour for the length of the 2nd Act (at least) through the battlefield of the aliens.
(And what is the “McGuffin” ?the rebels ?have that the humans need to get back home? And what is the “McGuffin” that the humans have that the rebels need to win their battle? ?Both sides MUST need each other to achieve their respective objective goals.)
See lessBLOODLUST When a peace-loving Hindu man witnesses his brother and girlfriend murdered in a convenience store robbery it triggers one of his past lives as an 8th Century Norse Berserker. Now he must fight to control the bloodlust before it destroys him and more innocent lives.
The logline seems like a variant of ?the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde syndrome. ?Which always has dramatic possibilities. ?However...>>>When a peace-loving Hindu man witnesses his brother and girlfriend murdered in a convenience store robberycan be reduced to :?When a peace-loving Hindu witnesseRead more
The logline seems like a variant of ?the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde syndrome. ?Which always has dramatic possibilities. ?However…
>>>When a peace-loving Hindu man witnesses his brother and girlfriend murdered in a convenience store robbery
can be reduced to :?When a peace-loving Hindu witnesses the murder of his brother and girlfriend
>>>Now he must fight to control the bloodlust before
Well, his Hindu personality loses the fight, right? ?The Norse “Beserker” (whatever that is) wins. ?Because that is what the genre demands, that characters act out their worst impulses. ?So isn’t the plot really about what happens after the chthonic Norse character breaks out?
See lessA snide vigilante with a super-elastic body is pestered by a reporter who insists that she fight against an emerging evil that is determined to conquer the world.
My theory is that ?a super hero is ?more marketable if he or she has franchise potential. ?Because that's what studios are looking for in super hero characters. ?(One reason is because super hero stories require a lot of eye-candy, CGI. ?That costs. And studios want to recoup that cost over severalRead more
My theory is that ?a super hero is ?more marketable if he or she has franchise potential. ?Because that’s what studios are looking for in super hero characters. ?(One reason is because super hero stories require a lot of eye-candy, CGI. ?That costs. And studios want to recoup that cost over several movies.)
But in order to do that, the super hero must have a defining characteristic/strength that sets him or her apart from all the other super heroes vying for screen space. ?And I just don’t see that, yet, in this character.
What is there about this heroine that sets her apart from all the others, that’s new, different?
(And incidentally, what is her Achilles heel, her vulnerability which when — not if — the antagonist discovers he can exploit to not merely defeat but kill her? ?Even if it is not practical to shoehorn that into the logline, it’s gotta be in the script.)
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