Script Heroes

Movie reviews, writing advice, and developmental edits.

[Script Heroes @Script_Heroes]

@Critical_Scribe Do y'all even watch the series? He loses his powers, worries that he can't protect people anymore, then promptly steps between a bullet and some little kids, casually ties up the bullet wound, and gets them and Lois out of danger. It's literally doing exactly what you're asking.

[Script Heroes @Script_Heroes]

Do y'all even watch this series? He loses his powers, worries that he can't protect the people he loves anymore for an episode, then promptly steps between a bullet and some little kids, casually ties up the bullet wound, and gets them and Lois out of danger. It's peak Superman.

[Fenrir the Ice Wolf @Fenrirtheicewo1]

Yeah, MAWS Clark is a total pussy, he's literally the type of guy you cannot trust in a high risk dark situation because he's literally pushed by the plot to win... never is he responsible for the win with a spine.

[Script Heroes @Script_Heroes]

The quote is fake, but y'all vastly overestimate "trained stunt person" to mean "magically invulnerable." Even a "trained" and "correct" fall hurts. Stunt doubles can and do take damage. Training doesn't make it SAFE, only safER...and easier to replace than A-list actors.

[Hoops Crave @HoopsCrave]

Zendaya says she almost quit the new Spider-Man movie during filming:

“They asked me to do my own stunt on a skyscraper without a harness. I looked at the director and said, ‘I’m rich, get a double.’

[Script Heroes @Script_Heroes]

I'm convinced that Spider-Man movies are so consistently superior because the character has a theme built into the origin. Responsibility is a good one too. Adaptable to varied plots. Demands high stakes and sacrifice, which means powerful emotion for the character.

[Script Heroes @Script_Heroes]

I am not a person who gets hyped for movies. Despite myself...I'm pretty hyped for Spider-Man: Brand New Day. The prior three have been superb. Early reviews are promising. Don't let me down, Marvel.

[Script Heroes @Script_Heroes]

@OnFloofg My guess is selection bias. Fan spaces are queer-friendly, so queer users share their identity freely. Straight/cishet users don't because there's nothing to say. It creates a perception that queerness is universal because no one identifies as anything else.

[Script Heroes @Script_Heroes]

@GryphonTaran You don't believe in semantic drift? Concept creep? We live in an age where we can see it happening in real time.

[Script Heroes @Script_Heroes]

@benjaminluk Only so much you can do here without intruding on the director. In screenplay, the narrative structure is far more important than beat-by-beat description.

[Script Heroes @Script_Heroes]

@Bananaccat1 Fandoms develop their own personalities, which means certain interpretations may come to dominate even though it isn't your preferred interpretation. You may need to learn to filter out certain tropes, switch fandoms, or accept that fanfiction is not your thing.

[Script Heroes @Script_Heroes]

Cold medicine does absolutely nothing 80% of the time. But that last 20%, it knocks me flat for ten hours and I wake up ready to fight god.

[Script Heroes @Script_Heroes]

AND it wasn't funny.

[Script Heroes @Script_Heroes]

It's a shame that such a good casting was buried by the script's complete lack of respect for itself. Masters of the Universe could not resist mocking its protagonist, theme, and every moment of sincere emotionality, which really sabotaged the story it was trying to tell.

[rosie @nickyn0mates]

he was getting slutted out to an almost absurd degree

[Script Heroes @Script_Heroes]

I have seen all of these. Most were mid. Too many cameos. Plots felt random within the universe. Didn't build up main players. Don't relate to each other. They're not crescendoing to a climax like early MCU Avengers. Doomsday might surprise me, but not for lack of attention.

[Jeremy @ManaByte]

You want setup for Avengers: Doomsday? Ok:

The concept on incursions, and that a single person can cause them, was setup in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. But you didn’t watch that.

The rules of the Multiverse and variants was setup in Loki. But you didn’t watch that.

The concept of a person being in a universe where they don’t belong (which can cause an incursion and is very, very important to the plot of Doomsday) was setup in The Marvels. But you didn’t watch that.

The X-Men being heroes defending their universe and seeing those from a different universe as a threat was setup in Captain America: Brave New World. But you didn’t watch that.

Latveria and Doom being from Earth 828 was setup in Fantastic Four: First Steps. But you didn’t watch that.

The Multiverse crisis becoming so bad that Earth 616 is aware of it as something happening in outer space was setup in Thunderbolts*. But you didn’t watch that.

There was a lot of setup for Avengers: Doomsday. But you didn’t watch it.

[Script Heroes @Script_Heroes]

@ManaByte I have watched all of these. Most of them were mid.

[Script Heroes @Script_Heroes]

@storyandplot You see this especially with writers moving from novels to scripts. An author is used to using these reactions to pace the dialogue. A screenwriter has to leave space for the actors and director.

[Script Heroes @Script_Heroes]

The more I think about The Mandalorian and Grogu, the more I'm flabbergasted by how a movie about protecting the younger generation starring a character whose defining act is violent impulse adoption ended up with a passive protagonist problem. Article coming soon.

[Script Heroes @Script_Heroes]

@chibibinch Average adult reading speed is twice as many wpm as a normal speaking pace.

[Script Heroes @Script_Heroes]

You all wanna know what love is? My husband went to a swanky dinner party, and he brought home a napkin full of my favorite candy and a cookie in his suit jacket pockets. I got to read all day in my pajamas, and now I have pocket snacks.

[Script Heroes @Script_Heroes]

A lot of IPs struggle with this. They achieve commercial success, wrap up a big, climactic battle, then they think they need to go bigger, grittier, higher stakes. They actually need to rest in victory for a bit, do some smaller stories. Else it undermines the accomplishments.

[J. Y. Song @Critical_Scribe]

My favorite premise is when you take a world that previous heroes fought tooth and nail to protect, then blow it up anyways.

Really makes it all worth it in the end.

[Script Heroes @Script_Heroes]

@Critical_Scribe A lot of IPs struggle with this. They achieve commercial success, wrap up a big climactic battle, then they think they need to go bigger, grittier, higher stakes. They actually need to rest in victory for a bit, do some smaller stories. Else it undermines the heroes' legacy.