tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post7858298445771779783..comments2023-10-15T05:01:43.528-07:00Comments on Bamboo Killers: Shut up about Shane Black, alreadyEmily Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02163221455899041141noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-58219418448765177512009-05-12T07:21:00.000-07:002009-05-12T07:21:00.000-07:00That's exactly why I mentioned that script in this...That's exactly why I mentioned that script in this post. Did you read the post?Emily Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02163221455899041141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-4643908892529437732009-05-12T06:45:00.000-07:002009-05-12T06:45:00.000-07:00Ever read the script for "Butch Cassidy" by Willia...Ever read the script for "Butch Cassidy" by William Goldman? Lots of personality there, WAY before Shane Black.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-59507308276346827432009-05-05T06:37:00.000-07:002009-05-05T06:37:00.000-07:00Now that I'm back at work I almost never go out on...Now that I'm back at work I almost never go out on weeknights.Emily Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02163221455899041141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-32737491312593348192009-05-04T23:13:00.000-07:002009-05-04T23:13:00.000-07:00when I met you, I thought you WERE Shane Black...o...when I met you, I thought you WERE Shane Black...or, wait a minute.<br />Yeah, naw, I feel the same way. My writing can be divided into BEFORE and AFTER reading what Shane Black wrote: If you're writing a spec for yourself and you're not having fun...you're doing something very wrong.<br />(It could also be divided into <br />BEFORE and AFTER I met Joe Sprosty, who tried to get me to buy a WW2 ambulance...or BEFORE and AFTER I found out about the Nicholl. This is a fun game.<br /><br /><br />Not.)<br />You showed me 'Tonight, He Comes'. That had a huge impact on me.<br /><br />BTW: I'm seeing 'The Limits Of Control' tomorrow afternoon, wanna go?Jeff Pulicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557790577435036365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-60747432295838140842009-05-04T12:31:00.000-07:002009-05-04T12:31:00.000-07:00Real funny, Eric.
Thanks, Matt.
Xander, I didn't...Real funny, Eric.<br /><br />Thanks, Matt.<br /><br />Xander, I didn't mind the asides in the script. I only minded all the movie references, which I think is more of a Tarantinoesque thing than a Shane Black thing.Emily Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02163221455899041141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-75082811048711728582009-05-04T11:19:00.000-07:002009-05-04T11:19:00.000-07:00Eh. It's pretty common and accepted now to have po...Eh. It's pretty common and accepted now to have pop culture asides and personal comment in screenplays. I think people point and shout at it when they don't know why they hate something.<br /><br />What they don't like is really the writer's voice. Shane Black et al are fun to spend time with. We like their voice. The MEDIEVAL twins, on the other hand, grate on your nerves, and because their voice sucks people start to notice that their voice is all over the script. Cue 'Shane Black' complaint.Xanderhttp://twitter.com/XanderBennettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-14620095023520436252009-05-04T10:39:00.000-07:002009-05-04T10:39:00.000-07:00I love the (sorry) Shane Black style of screenwrit...I love the (sorry) Shane Black style of screenwriting. I just wish more people did it well. I refer to it as the Shane Black styles as a sort of shorthand. Everybody knows what I mean when I say it. <br /><br />If you do it well, bravo. Emily's Shane Blackisms (again, sorry) were well done, witty, and kept the script fun. <br /><br />But I've also read a lot of scripts that do it, and do it poorly. <br /><br />And that's probably because the wrong writer is trying to be like Shane Black. <br /><br />Diablo seems like a rip off artist to me, while Tarantino is just his own crazy self.Recovering Booth Rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07665607001278114858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-90287486402945836412009-05-04T09:51:00.000-07:002009-05-04T09:51:00.000-07:00This post reminds me of something Shane Black migh...This post reminds me of something Shane Black might blog about.Eric Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11136171754450178535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-83984458435155335462009-05-04T09:17:00.000-07:002009-05-04T09:17:00.000-07:00Yeah I don't mind so much if other people use "We ...Yeah I don't mind so much if other people use "We see" as long as they don't use it obsessively, but I don't like to use it.Emily Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02163221455899041141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-78591393531734824152009-05-04T09:10:00.000-07:002009-05-04T09:10:00.000-07:00I wonder if those people get pissed because they a...I wonder if those people get pissed because they are deathly afraid to write outside of the rules and hate it when they see others do it and sell their stories.<br /><br />To me, if writing isn't fun for me then I'm sure as hell not going to spend what little free time I have to write.<br /><br />The only rules I follow are I don't use camera angles and I don't use "We see" type shit. Everything else is fair game.<br /><br />-JimJim Endecotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16484816992028286627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-74039605087718822892009-05-04T08:11:00.000-07:002009-05-04T08:11:00.000-07:00A-fuckin-men. I'm so sick of people always throwin...A-fuckin-men. I'm so sick of people always throwing out his name, too, when they read my screenplays. Actually, you assholes, I've never even read any of his stuff. I always have personality while I write stuff. So did Tennessee Williams (he wrote these staggeringly beautiful stage directions in his stage plays) and so did Thornton Wilder, where he'd write these funny, strange stage directions in his plays. <br /><br />Diablo Cody also has a fun, crisp style to her screenplays. I never get bored reading her stuff. Same for Quentin Tarantino. I laughed a lot while reading Inglourious Basterds. You can feel his vibe through it. that's not copying Shane Black! That's how he writes.<br /><br />yes, people. SHUT THE HELL UP.Sabina E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14679639206346030919noreply@blogger.com