tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post952556802484139427..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: My worst scriptBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-24893049177704062412013-10-08T11:11:18.436-07:002013-10-08T11:11:18.436-07:00Finally I write like Ken Levine...Finally I write like Ken Levine...chuckcdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-53989472308663642492013-10-06T21:20:22.779-07:002013-10-06T21:20:22.779-07:00Wow. You get paid for scripts that don't air??...Wow. You get paid for scripts that don't air???<br /><br />I'm in the wrong business.Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09092985199027690430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-47433773949668814282013-10-06T20:33:45.949-07:002013-10-06T20:33:45.949-07:00Another comedy concept for somebody who knows the ...Another comedy concept for somebody who knows the industry: Some operator figures out how to bundle those odd obligations -- a script written because a network was committed to pay for it; a studio's promise to produce a star's vanity project; a use-it-or-lose-it option on a comic book property; an actor who lost a lawsuit to get out of a project; etc. <br /><br />And out of nowhere this big-name package is penciled in for a major summer release after a "tentpole" was suddenly made unreleasable by a star's image-destroying hijinks.<br /><br />The one little problem is that the big and small names the operator roped in not only hate the project with a passion; they hate each other almost as much as they hate him. And the operator sees his dreams evolve from a direct-to-video cult item (profitable because so little of his own money is in it), to the possibility of a genuine blockbuster, to simply escaping a location shoot with his life as the company breaks into warring factions, literally making different movies as rivalries grow homicidal.<br /><br />The end would be the operator somehow surviving, but not making a penny. The annoying film student making a documentary about the production, on the other hand, ends up with a monster hit.<br /><br />Again, send studio swag and it's yours.DBensonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-49718969332219744032013-10-06T16:10:38.597-07:002013-10-06T16:10:38.597-07:00Upcoming attractions that may be of interest to di...Upcoming attractions that may be of interest to discerning viewers of British TV programmes:<br /><i>Dancing on the Edge</i> by Stephen Poliakoff <a href="http://www.starz.com/originals/dancingontheedge" rel="nofollow">on Starz this month</a>. Black jazz band hobnobbing with the aristocracy in '30s London. (John Goodman, Anthony Head, Jacqueline Bisset et al.)<br /><i>Burton and Taylor</i> by William Ivory <a href="http://www.bbcamerica.com/burton-and-taylor/" rel="nofollow">on BBC America this month</a>. (Dominic West, Helena Bonham Carter). No match for your double Emmy nominated <i>Liz & Dick</i>, naturally.<br />No need to thank me. I see it as missionary work.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06248182899977033579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-61613765514613857652013-10-06T14:44:56.945-07:002013-10-06T14:44:56.945-07:00Hey, that wasn't THAT bad. Can we see the rest...Hey, that wasn't THAT bad. Can we see the rest? :)Brian Drakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01233187184688491057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-34428007014208228492013-10-06T13:12:53.016-07:002013-10-06T13:12:53.016-07:00I'm going to guess that the vehicles you menti...I'm going to guess that the vehicles you mention for Peter Scolari and Faye Dunaway were, respectively, DWEEBS and IT HAD TO BE YOU. The latter was pretty poor - heavyweight female top executive falls in love with a widowed handyman with several kids and has trouble adjusting. But I had a sneaking fondness for the former, in which Farrah Forke tried to help an office of software-coding geeks understand the needs of the ordinary people their software was intended for. <br /><br />wgWendy M. Grossmanhttp://www.pelicancrossing.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-79368165898732268282013-10-06T13:12:40.557-07:002013-10-06T13:12:40.557-07:00I'm going to guess that the vehicles you menti...I'm going to guess that the vehicles you mention for Peter Scolari and Faye Dunaway were, respectively, DWEEBS and IT HAD TO BE YOU. The latter was pretty poor - heavyweight female top executive falls in love with a widowed handyman with several kids and has trouble adjusting. But I had a sneaking fondness for the former, in which Farrah Forke tried to help an office of software-coding geeks understand the needs of the ordinary people their software was intended for. <br /><br />wgWendy M. Grossmanhttp://www.pelicancrossing.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-53137294669656750392013-10-06T11:44:12.338-07:002013-10-06T11:44:12.338-07:00You still spent more time on that script than Diab...You still spent more time on that script than Diablo Cody does on coming up with dialogue that doesn't rely on teen-speak and pop culture references as a substitute for characterization.Hamidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-64109870684311754752013-10-06T10:21:52.251-07:002013-10-06T10:21:52.251-07:00Who's on deadline, What's the point, I Don...Who's on deadline, What's the point, I Don't Know why CBS bothered.Every dollar of itnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-31224567097959307992013-10-06T10:18:27.814-07:002013-10-06T10:18:27.814-07:00In this age of meta-irony or whatever the hell it&...In this age of meta-irony or whatever the hell it's called, this script will be discovered and performed by a school theater group, like a retarded "Waiting For Godot."Scooter Schechtmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-20365524001144231082013-10-06T09:59:40.496-07:002013-10-06T09:59:40.496-07:00A masterpiece! And the check cleared. You guys are...A masterpiece! And the check cleared. You guys are geniuses. Plus you were on time for lunch. I am in awe.Mike Botulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03280479229678291508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-71374793971007767862013-10-06T09:07:52.670-07:002013-10-06T09:07:52.670-07:00To quote Philip J. Fry:
"It took me an hour ...To quote Philip J. Fry:<br /><br />"It took me an hour to write. I guessed it would take me an hour to read."Eduardo Jencarellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16873808287070632108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-27456251301627227142013-10-06T09:06:35.685-07:002013-10-06T09:06:35.685-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Eduardo Jencarellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16873808287070632108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-68774640768289615452013-10-06T09:04:42.771-07:002013-10-06T09:04:42.771-07:00I actually remember Big Wave Dave's. I liked i...I actually remember Big Wave Dave's. I liked it and I especially liked seeing Kurtwood Smith in a comedic role, as I only knew him prior to that for being the evil killer in Robocop and the strict dad in Dead Poets Society.Hamidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-24803389895413572392013-10-06T08:01:43.295-07:002013-10-06T08:01:43.295-07:00But was it better than anything you've seen on...But was it better than anything you've seen on WHITNEY?VincentSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-40203771814177348472013-10-06T06:59:16.546-07:002013-10-06T06:59:16.546-07:00Beat me to it! I was going with "Two and a Ha...Beat me to it! I was going with "Two and a Half Men."T.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17847744868968851680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-36332173578023793802013-10-06T06:28:02.649-07:002013-10-06T06:28:02.649-07:00Still better than any episode of "Small Wonde...Still better than any episode of "Small Wonder" that I saw...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08257635960429601938noreply@blogger.com