At 4/8/14 12:21 AM, Natick wrote: but i'm willing to guess that one of the ten commandments of good screenwriting is to never drown your audience in exposition without balancing out any emotional expression from the characters
i.e. "Show, don't tell."
here's a drinking game: take a shot every time one of the characters in that film says anything along the lines of "i feel..."
Yeah that kind of thing is just the worst.
At 4/8/14 12:43 AM, Dr-Worm wrote:At 4/8/14 12:21 AM, Natick wrote: here's a drinking game: take a shot every time one of the characters in that film says anything along the lines of "i feel..."Yeah that kind of thing is just the worst.
At 4/10/14 12:35 AM, Sense-Offender wrote:At 4/8/14 12:43 AM, Dr-Worm wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFBhR4QcBtEAt 4/8/14 12:21 AM, Natick wrote: here's a drinking game: take a shot every time one of the characters in that film says anything along the lines of "i feel..."Yeah that kind of thing is just the worst.
actually, i was getting at the sheer lack of how many times they even bring up feelings and just keep explaining the lore, WHICH IS COMPLETELY REDUNDANT BECAUSE THE FANS ALREADY KNEW ABOUT MOST OF THIS STUFF AFTER WATCHING AN ENTIRE SHOW, SHYAMAYLAN.
sorry for that outburst, i'm still just amazed at how disastrous that script is. funny clip though.
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