Calvin & Hobbes vs. Some Toilet Paper
It works!
Know It All Joe’s Screenwriting 101 – Writing Good Dialogue
Here is my Screenwriting lesson for the day.
So I have a young couple (early to mid-twenties) that lives next door to me. They’ve been yelling and arguing for weeks. Here is the argument tonight as she tried to get away from him.
Harold Ramis and the Caddyshack Script
Harold Ramis… the man and his talent will be missed.
November 21, 1944 – February 24, 2014
Caddyshack
Animal House
Ghostbusters
National Lampoon’s Vacation
Meatballs
Stripes
Groundhog Day
Back to School
And the list goes on.
The Amazing Animated Spider-man Script & Writer’s Guide
Spider-man: The Animated Series that aired on Fox from 1994-1998 was the best of all the animated Spider-man programs to date. Each episode actually consisted of a story and an attempt at character development. As storytelling in live action television seems to have evolved over the years, many of these animated programs (not included the prime time ones) have de-evolved. I feel as if the newer animated programs have really been dumbed-down and their target audience seems to be aimed at five year olds (which is fine if you’re a five year old).
How To Draw Comics The Marvel Way
I loved comic books as a kid. I still sometimes enjoy them as an adult (and I use that word loosely). I came across this fun little book a while back entitled “How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way.” Now it’s not so much a lesson in how to draw. It’s more of a lesson on how to draw characters in the style that Marvel does it, hence the title. No one is going to become a great comic book artist from reading this book but it is informative. It’s definitely an old one, but I think the styles probably still hold true today. But then again, what do I know. I can barely scratch two sticks together to form a stick figure.
Scripting Through Time: “The Horns of Nimon” Doctor Who Script
I’ve been a huge ‘Doctor Who’ fan since before I could drink and fu…. uh, err, ummm… I mean to say drink milk and have fun. Yay! Milk and fun.
My first and favorite ‘Doctor Who?’ Why Tom Baker of course. I’m not ashamed to admit that I used to go to ‘Doctor Who’ conventions when I was a kid. Though I may not admit it on a first date – or a second, maybe third or tenth date. Probably best to wait until after the wedding. (Let’s just say that I’m very happy ‘Doctor Who’ has finally gone main stream.)
My Final Thought on the 2014 Winter Olympics
When they said that Bob Costas had pinkeye, this is what I went to.
And then I realized what they meant.
I’m not really sure what’s worse. Either way, poor Bob. See you in four years Winter Olympics.
The Force of the First Draft of “The Star Wars” Script
As any true Star Wars fan knows by now, George Lucas’s first draft of “Star Wars” was radically different than what we eventually saw on screen. And I mean radically different! I think it’s the perfect example of why you don’t shoot your first draft and serves as a lesson to all writers that the real writing begins with the rewrite.
Shia LaBeouf Steals Homeless Man’s Bag
Shia LaBeouf– tortured artist? Plagiarist? Lactose intolerant? Or just plain cruel human being?
In this first segment I like to call “Shia LaBeouf’s Bag of Shame,” well, the bag of shame goes to Shia LaBeouf. News sources (don’t quote me) tell me that Shia LaBeouf apparently, most likely, allegedly, categorically, fundamentally, inconceivably, and most certainly doubtfully stole a homeless man’s paper bag to wear over his head on his red carpet walk at an international film festival in Berlin so that he could proclaim that he was “not famous anymore.’