Not sure how I did it, but wrote six pages in one sitting. Eleven total from last time.

Came up with some interesting ideas for SURF WAX, so once this baby is done i'll finally get to writing that.

Not really. Quitting my job was really the factor that helped. Making a wage slave salary got in the way in my creativity. Being broke helps tremendously!

Getting back into Game of Thrones. Probably will finish the first season this week.

^
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EDIT: My contact got back to me!! He loves the DEUX logline and wants the script ASAP!! YES!!!

So it is.

http://www.mediafire.com/view/?rtczrcou257rlkc

If anyone's interested, this is TECH:

An ensemble cast of tech support reps try to survive abusive customers and wild in-house antics, meanwhile a vengeful customer is en route to find and destroy the call center!

These are two actors at the top of my head who can play the two main characters:

Hoodie - Jessie Eisenberg

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Indian - Aziz Ansari

http://imageshack.us/a/img716/9762/azizansari.jpg

An extra one: New Guy - Cal Robertson (He's too old now but he would've been perfect for the part)

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I'm also thinking of changing a couple of the names cause "Indian" and "Obese" may come off as racist or rude.

I'm pretty sure that everyone thanked Kenny's post just for the 8 bit version of Call Me Maybe.

Good luck Kenny just let me know when I have to fly over for the filming.

Be sure to prep up, I need more gay vampires for this film!

And thanks for the support everyone. It's a step forward but i'm still waiting to see if there are gonna be any takers. Good thing i've been working on more material, like buying more tickets to the lottery. I also submitted the script for a review on a script reader's blog, preparing myself for the worst but hoping for the best.

^Cornell's song is way superior by comparison. I think the last Bond song that was as cool before that was Garbage's World is Not Enough.

Ricky Gervais is following me on Twitter for some reason.

I hope to hell it gets made. Reading the script a ways back, it felt like just the kind of movie I'd want to go see in theaters. Really want to see how it would end up somewhere other than my mind's eye.
I don't often read scripts, but in the few cases that I have, it's for movies I haven't seen yet. And when I finally get around to seeing the actual movie, it's always really interesting to see how things look and change in the final product compared to how I pictured them.

I remember you were one of my early supporters and gave it a rave review during your harsh cynical review period. That was a great sign, cause since then I have not heard a really bad thing about the script though I did get alot of pointers on how to make it better. Even my screenwriting co-worker thought it was incredibly well-written which came as a shock to me. And there are still more revisions come, i'm gonna focus the eighth draft on making it more visual especially on the organization's backstory, bringing Angel in the story earlier and thensome.

My worst fear is that it'll come out of my hands and they'll get Marky Fucking Mark to play Revolver or whatever. I don't care if the damn thing makes a +100 million, I don't want that to happen at all. I'm real adamant in directing it myself but I have to prove that i'm worthy to the task, so in the forthcoming months i'll probably be posting short movies.

Sounds promising as hell.
So who would you have playing Revolver if you could pick anyone?

Had a Revolver since day one. DEUX was a short film before and a guy I met in film class played the role in it. His performance was pretty much the basis of the character from there on, before Revolver was just a generic stock "smart ass" character.

I recently got into contact with him and he's incredibly stoked about reclaiming the part. He says he loves the script and is giving me input on line rewrites and other story revisions. He just needs to brush up on his acting which he hasn't done in awhile. But he IS Revolver, no question about it. Just like Michael J. Fox is Marty Mcfly, I shit you not.

But if for WHATEVER reason that cannot be arranged (and believe me, i'll be bummed out completely) the next go-to guy is gonna be Aaron Paul from Breaking Bad.

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Riku mentioned him ages ago. It wasn't until I started watching Breaking Bad that I realized he's my backup Revolver. The way he speaks and acts is almost perfect! His agent needs to get ahold of the script but i'm holding off on that still, cause the other guy is more fitting.

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Bluecast wrote: OL has made me very sad.

I hate to break it to you too, but...he's soon to be a married man.

Just thought you should know.

I think Shogun's gonna be your biggest problem casting-wise. Who the fuck is gonna be able to pull off being an arrogant, cocky cunt one minute, then turn around and be some frightened paranoid fool the next (and actually make it LEGIT ?)

Revolver's character can be played by most (in spite of any "perfect castings" you have), but Shogun's defo gonna be difficult. Likewise with Rev's handler. Don't let her be a smokin hottie with glasses, she's gotta be ugly, coz in Rev's situation, you'd have to do a lot of explainin as to why he doesn't just bang the shit out of her.

I'm gonna have to get Christoph Waltz to play Shogun. That motherfucka can play anyone.

In all seriousness, i'm gonna need to change Shogun a bit more cause he's too similar to Revolver anyway. And being a complete paranoid bastard from the start would kill some of the tension (seriously where's the threat in a guy who constantly shit his pants?) I'm thinking of integrating more of his paranoid nature in his opening dialogue so it would make sense he'd go full blown paranoid in the next scene to motivate Revolver to stop fucking around, then regress back to being determined to kill Revolver. But even in the beginning, he still needs to be imposing. It's a real delicate balance. I'm sure I can find an actor who can pull that off.

As for Angel, the best I can do is make her "plain" cause no actress is gonna want to play an ugly girl, let's be honest here. Unless they're looking to get an Oscar which there is no chance with this movie. No studio exec would want that either cause sex appeal sells. But now that i'm integrating her more, the pressure will probably be to make her the love interest. I'm completely against forced romance but if I have to make it happen, then it has to be convincing.

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The man may have been a bastard in alot of ways but he does have many words of wisdom.

Jesus Christ, why do people just stand there?
Fucking ridiculous. I don't pretend to be some kind of particularly fight-capable badass or anything, but nothing would have stopped me from pulling that psycho off and planting a fist in his face.
Seeing people just stand by like that while someone obviously incapable of helping himself is being attacked... that's just sad.
You'd like to think that people are willing to stand up for eachother when it really becomes necessary, but a video like that just makes that idea seem a little too optimistic. The worst people in that video are the ones that just backed up and let it happen.

I do agree with that. It's a weird social psychological thing. Basically, people would help but they sometimes assume other people with more initiative would go out and do the deed for them. But as a consequence, everyone in the room is thinking the same thing.

This is the most notorious case of that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Kitty_Genovese

I paid taxes and earned this. When I was working I only made 3G a year. I don't care who doesn't like it. I went through hell to get it. We went through hell. Getting this was no easy task. It was 2 years of daily hell fighting the courts and those weekly trips to WFS and this hit they gave us. I don;t care what you guys think of me posting that and even if you get angry. I earned it as much if not more so then when I did work. Also news flash millions of people in the US disabled old and young doing the same thing. They all earned every penny. The money isn't just given. It's earned and a great chunk of that is based on the taxes & SS taxes I PAID when working,so I am just getting the money back I paid. So no I won't be quiet. I have no reason to. It's no different than retirement.

And no one is disputing the fact why you should earn it in the first place. I just find it odd that the person who said that above was once the same person who said this below:

What I earn and how much I have is no ones business.(why do you make topics wanting to know personal info about people?)

http://www.shenmuedojo.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=37804

And you should be, I don't mind reading what you intend to do.

Though in my opinion, me being a notoriously private person when it comes to personal affairs other than creative stuff, I think it's best to keep it at a minimum. Gloating about amounts and things like that tends to be worrysome if I do it (openly on a public forum unregistered people can read, no less), I always worry about people breaking in knowing full well what I have if I show it off so I don't. But that's my personal take on it.

As for the VP debates, i'm not. I'll probably just wait for the "highlights" videos to come springing up from my youtube subscriptions.

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Holy shit. AWESOME!

Speaking of hanging things on walls, i've been meaning to tack on my records on there.

http://i.imgur.com/6nPp6.jpg

It looks great. I'd get a few paintings as well. Any posters i'd hang now are movie posters, preferably signed ones. But then if I get an office, i'd hang them there instead.

They actually think it's smart to talk shit about others and that it's cool to act superciliously. In reality, it's shallow and boring.

Dude, you're the last person who should be saying that.

Oh, us!

Juggling a couple of projects but the biggest thing I decided to do in DEUX (after watching a couple of clips from WANTED and listening to NIN's Everyday is Exactly the Same, which I love) is make a more prominent bad guy.

My original intention was to make the DEUX games on a national scale. But instead for the first film, i'll play it off as a chapter (under the ruse as the main operation) run by a solitary man who upholds the "dignity" of the original games, terrorizing the Angels into being as meticulous as possible to make sure their contestants don't get out of line. And the Angel who lets Machine Gun Bastard run about gets shot in the head (and properly cleaned off the face of the earth), to be made an example out of.

Once this new villain is killed or arrested, the DEUX chapter disintegrates and is made public. It's thought that this is the end of DEUX...until its found and revealed by Angel post credits that there are actually many more chapters and the DEUX coalition, on a national level, has not been shut down. In fact, they want everyone involved in that chapter dead and buried. Setting the stage for the sequel.

I decided to do this cause Shogun, as antagonistic as he seems, isn't the real badguy. He's just a pawn in the first movie and will eventually form a reluctant alliance with Revolver to fend off the Coalition's forces in the sequel.

The biggest issue is being able to integrate this new addition in the script (I think its very well paced already) but I think I can make it work.

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30 minutes of Twelve Tales Conker. Presumably from a playable copy that exists in the hands of an ex-Rare employee.

silent killer wrote: damn dude. Slow the fuck down. Conversely, good job. Leave it to a lifelong gamer to almost singlehandedly raise the birthrate of Japan, but someone has to do it.

And welcome back, man!

Dorian wrote: And it was unique enough for people to unjustly hate it.

Like Heavy Rain?

So if the game's method of interaction is so broken to the point where it induces extreme migraines or impossible to use, you'd still play it?

Cause old school Resident Evil and Shenmue, they may not have the most fluid controls but they're bearable. So therefore they're playable. Shit like Superman 64 literally gave me massive headaches playing it, rendering its playability useless. Anything else like motion games or the new wave avant garde stuff really depends on how they make their game interactive.

Don't really side with Mittz saying its factual or OL saying its completely subjective, its all consensus with me. And if a majority says its downright unplayable, then its downright unplayable. If its split down the middle or teeter-tottering, then it's all up for grabs at that point.

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I keep forgetting i'm subscribed to this guy.

For the record though. I do agree with Dorian on Peter not being too into games anymore . Yes he still loves Shenmue but he just hasn't seemed to be into gaming in a sense of finishing a story based game. On PSN he has been playing CoD lately, and some Red Dead , yes it has a great story, but I think he finished it along time ago. And FIFA 13 . He got Sleeping Dogs new and I don't think he finished much of that.

This is just an observation on my part, I am not calling him out for this, just observing. Peter I know is a better man than me and he is looking forward to better things than video games.

How can someone not be into games and be STILL PLAYING GAMES AT THE SAME TIME?

That's called changing your taste. It happens all the time. What you really liked before changes when you get older for various reasons like subject matter, having the time to commit, and so on. Not being into games means you're limiting your playtime or even eliminating it altogether. All this talk about not being tuned into games like its a higher plane of existence is pretentious as hell.

I really appreciate the suggestion guys but i'm not very interested in the position. Even though I browse and post every day at my leisure, it's just that--my leisure. Being a mod or admin means it'll be like a job and it's not gonna be very fun to be here once that happens. Plus I do work pretty hard behind the scenes, hate to take time out of my own personal work just to go in and say "STFU OR I'LL CASTRATE YOU" in the nicest way possible.

The only time i'll ever accept is if it's High Noon and all the other sheriffs in town high tailed out of here. But there are still good people in their respectable positions.

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I agree. What made Avenegers so eventful was the fact every main Avenger (minus Hawkeye) had their own movie.

Justice League is more gonna be like "hey hey, look over here! you like Avengers?! well we have BATMAN in our superhero group, BATMAN! you remember Batman don'tcha, even though its not the same Batman you liked in TDK, its still Batman! We also have a few other people you might have not heard of before, but still...Batman! And Superman too if by the off-chance you liked that other movie that had him in it!"

You'll probably see me looking down, posting on the Dojo on my phone when they do one of those multi-screen things showing off the nominees.

I just got offered alot of money to write a script and I have to be in Alaska to do it...waiting on the terms for this deal...

I liked Green Lantern, it had its problems (too much Ryan Reynolds styled comedy) but it was solid. It'd be pretty cool if they included him in there with this new Superman.

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I don't see anything "upset" about it. Just passionate.

The "nerd rant" comment followed by "loljustteasingbro" sounds more defensive being disguised as kidding around.

Working on the second draft of Project Exodus some more. Mostly simplifying the plot and getting straight to the point much faster before the main characters are introduced.

Once this version is done, it'll hopefully be the draft where we can be able to release it and reveal exactly what it is. It's been this big secret for so long and i've been dying to tell more people about it. I'm real excited at its potential. For the time being, i'm printing out both the first draft of that and the final for TECH so I can red ink the hell out of them, finding out ways to make them better.

Bluecast wrote: OL before you type another wall. I'm teasing you

Backpeddling, backpeddling.

Mitsuzuki wrote:

Bluecast wrote: I knew it because he is a mod and popular the usual bunch would rally for him

If you're referring to my post, I didn't realize he was a mod. But it was a nice sidestep attempt from the truth of the statement at hand.

Or maybe he's teasing again. Kinda hard to tell.

Oh c'mon man, only teasing with ya.

No need to get upset. Maybe you're not getting the sarcasm. Its all fun and games.

The right people? But I thought you guys were voting for Mitt?