Topic: Thoughts on another possible board.

What would you guys think about (more specifically, would anyone actually use) a board on here, like Reviews, called Pitches and Rewrites? It'd be along the same lines as Reviews, but more in the vein of what Jake posted in his awesome "Mending Steel" thread.

I mean, it's one of our favorite things to do around here, really trying to figure out the central reason a movie doesn't work right, and then figure out a clever solution for that problem, whether it's tone or motivation or plotting or whatever. And it can be done for pretty much any movie that isn't perfect, so there's a lot to be done with such a thing.

I'm imagining a semi-default framework for a thread being something like

"Movie Title Fix by User"

Movie Title

My specific problems with it, and why I think they're problems

Medium-length treatment write-up of my "draft"

And discussion would ensue.

Bear in mind, we all like reading these things when they happen, but what I'm really curious about is how many of y'all would actually enjoy posting a thing on at least a monthly basis. New movies, old movies, whatever. Would that get any use?

Teague Chrystie

I have a tendency to fix your typos.

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I'd be down for that. Seems like a fine idea. (Jake's "Mending Steel" treatment is inspired, so it would make a solid first entry if he wanted to cross-post it on such a board.)

Often the reviews posted to the Reviews board contain this kind of rewriting/re-imagining of plots anyway, so making it its own thing would be pretty cool, I think.

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Makes sense, so just name Reviews to Reviews, Pitches and Rewrites since it's all kinda related.

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I think separate boards would be better, so when you connect to the forum you can instantly see when someone has written a fix (which would not be the case with one single board for reviews and fixes).

Unless you think it would make the board list a bit crowded. But we only have four boards at the moments, it's not that big.

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I think it would be better if it was less 'Hey, here's how I'd fix it' and instead more of a collaborative spitball session. That way it'd be more accessible to anybody who just has an idea where to go as opposed to a full on rejigging.

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Trey wrote:

Makes sense, so just name Reviews to Reviews, Pitches and Rewrites since it's all kinda related.

That would be a good plan considering the review board is not our most used part of the forum

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I like this idea.

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Why not? It's not like extra boards cost money.* I can post my prequels and finish fixing the Matrix sequels.

(*Do extra boards cost money?)

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Dorkman wrote:

Why not? It's not like extra boards cost money.* I can post my prequels and finish fixing the Matrix sequels.

(*Do extra boards cost money?)

I smell a Kickstarter coming...

"The Doctor is Submarining through our brains." --Teague

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Yes, they cost TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS YOU HAVE THREE DAYS PEOPLE GO GO GO.

I'm liking this Kickstarter joke.

Anyway, no, can add as many boards as I want. I could add a board called "Everybody Shit on Saniss" and it would mean nothing to me. Fear me.

Teague Chrystie

I have a tendency to fix your typos.

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Teague wrote:

Anyway, no, can add as many boards as I want. I could add a board called "Everybody Shit on Saniss" and it would mean nothing to me

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Squiggly_P wrote:

I'll let someone else decide what to do and then bitch about their solution. It's a win/win for me.


But, what if you actually like their solution? What then? Huh? ANARCHY! That's what!

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Teague wrote:

Anyway, no, can add as many boards as I want. I could add a board called "Everybody Shit on Saniss" and it would mean nothing to me. Fear me.

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I like the idea too.  why not?  Although I will probably seldom contribute a full fix.  I've never had a movie really make me angry enough to want to fix it, but I'd love to hear how others would fix it.  BTW, The Searchers is on!

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I'm game.

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I doubt I would post in it, but I would love to read em.

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I like this idea 'cause it may encourage folks on the forum to write more fixes, which are usually pretty awesome. Plus I think it would encourage more discussion of movies that you guys haven't done a commentary on yet.

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I like the idea of exploring movies out there that haven't been commented on or are too old to feel like we need to comment on.
Personally, there are several movies that inside my tastes, but not necessarily interesting enough to all the others out there to warrant a commentary. This might be a good way to explore more aspects of film world, without feeling like it HAS to be a commentary.

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Great idea.
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Saniss wrote:
Teague wrote:

Anyway, no, can add as many boards as I want. I could add a board called "Everybody Shit on Saniss" and it would mean nothing to me. Fear me.

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You don't want to go down that road with me, kiddo.

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Finally! A place for my Space Jam 2 script!

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We should write Twister 2 as a community project.

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