tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post591981060026632379..comments2024-03-07T20:15:45.996-08:00Comments on The Bitter Script Reader: Thursday Throwback: Playing with someone else's toysThe Bitter Script Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16575166527272639709noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-12736669942027862522010-07-15T10:47:23.546-07:002010-07-15T10:47:23.546-07:00BSR, this is one of the most common questions I fi...BSR, this is one of the most common questions I field at the script analysis company where I work. I tell the inquirers pretty much what you said (you can't sell what doesn't belong to you), encourage them to use it as a sample if they feel they absolutely must write it, and direct them to John August's post here: tp://johnaugust.com/archives/2009/use-book-without-permission. I will start sending them to this post as well.Chaia Milsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02323371613659813840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-66563208000585387612010-07-15T01:41:33.775-07:002010-07-15T01:41:33.775-07:00Of course, the drawback to that is that fan-writte...Of course, the drawback to that is that fan-written scripts tend to read like bad fan-fic. A while back there was a fake script for Transformers 3 which was a very clear effort to re-mold the storyline into an homage to the original animated series. I don't think it ever would have worked on the big screen. <br /><br />For as vocal as "classic" Transformers fans are, they aren't the viewers that made that franchise two of Paramount's biggest films. <br /><br />I've also read Batman and Green Lantern fan-submitted scripts that were way too "inside baseball" and never would have worked as feature films. <br /><br />Writing a good movie is hard and something that takes experience. Writing a franchise film requires an even more advanced skill-set and it's not something that a writer is going to grasp on their first or perhaps even their second script. So if you figure that most of the people who make this mistake are writing Fantastic Four 3 as their first script, you'll see how most of the writing wouldn't be good enough for a sale even if said writer stood a snowballs chance in hell of selling it.The Bitter Script Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16575166527272639709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-74198732860344187252010-07-15T01:22:01.330-07:002010-07-15T01:22:01.330-07:00I have to admit though, sometimes some of those fa...I have to admit though, sometimes some of those fan-envisioned ideas of playing with others' characters turn out to be loads better than what Hollywood actually *does* give us.<br /><br />I remember about ten years ago, spending late nights at work talking with friends about how we'd do a G.I. Joe movie or a Dukes of Hazzard movie if given the chance... and in both of those cases, the actual films failed, in creativity and in matching the original promise and premise of the original source material.Craig Byrnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02915982732984809425noreply@blogger.com