I started a new PGL thread to discuss this studio facet of last night's episode.
Everyone in the room agreed one or both of the other two scripts were better.
I haven't read the scripts, but just the set up of Feast sounds like the second 'bar' half of that Tarrantino film with Clooney in it (I forget the title). Sean of The Dead used the bar as a vehicle too but it was part of the characters' back story and used well. So this 'bar' concept isn't fresh, either.
Everyone also agreed Feast had big script problems, including introducing a dozen characters in the first 10 pages.
With this in mind I ask : WHY does the studio think a bad script can be commercial?
Is that a commentary on HW studios' opinion of audiences?
Do they think audiences are so stupid, you can just throw a recycled idea and bad writing at them, and audiences will come in droves because it's a genre film.
Or, could it be, the other two scripts were too original and the studio guys could better envision Feast because it WAS a recycled idea?
Add to this - - the trailer for the next episode showed a studio guy beating up on the writers. That was interesting. First they elevate these guys, 'Great script.' then they smash them to the ground: 'Youe script sucks and I'll get other writers & replace you if you don't rewrite it."
And KUDOS to Matt Damon for telling the studio guys off.
Everyone in the room agreed one or both of the other two scripts were better.
I haven't read the scripts, but just the set up of Feast sounds like the second 'bar' half of that Tarrantino film with Clooney in it (I forget the title). Sean of The Dead used the bar as a vehicle too but it was part of the characters' back story and used well. So this 'bar' concept isn't fresh, either.
Everyone also agreed Feast had big script problems, including introducing a dozen characters in the first 10 pages.
With this in mind I ask : WHY does the studio think a bad script can be commercial?
Is that a commentary on HW studios' opinion of audiences?
Do they think audiences are so stupid, you can just throw a recycled idea and bad writing at them, and audiences will come in droves because it's a genre film.
Or, could it be, the other two scripts were too original and the studio guys could better envision Feast because it WAS a recycled idea?
Add to this - - the trailer for the next episode showed a studio guy beating up on the writers. That was interesting. First they elevate these guys, 'Great script.' then they smash them to the ground: 'Youe script sucks and I'll get other writers & replace you if you don't rewrite it."
And KUDOS to Matt Damon for telling the studio guys off.
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