SupperHero ™

Writer. Liberal. Eater of sandwiches. 🏳️‍🌈

[SupperHero ™ @TalentedRighter]

“You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ― C.S. Lewis.

[Hollywood Script Reader @HwoodScrptReadr]

I encourage you all to read this post and accompanying article, both of which make a lot of good points. But there is one thing I want to push back on and *WARNING* this is gonna be a rant.

The job of development executives is not – and should not be – "developing real movies from scratch." That is what writers do. Development execs are there to identify good material. Some of them are good at it. Some are bad. Some of them simply do not know the difference. They look who's attached – cast, director, etc. – and base their entire decision on that. Either that or it's IP, which still does not tell you much about the overall quality of a script.

The other part of their job is actually developing the material through rounds and rounds of story notes. Sometimes the scripts get better. Sometimes they don't. Some simply cannot be fixed which takes us back to the first part: discerning good from bad.

Now that's not to say that these are not very smart people. They are. What they are not are writers. Many of them start out as assistants and if they're good at their jobs they get promoted. But being a good assistant also has very little to do with writing.

In fact, reading scripts is only one small part of an exec's job and they mostly do it on nights and weekends. Daytime is for phone calls, emails, and meetings. There may be some execs who will close their office door (if they have one), sit down at their desks, and read an entire script from start to finish without stopping to take a single phone call. I say "may" because I have never met one.

Here is the part where I am admittedly biased, but I believe to be true. Experienced script readers – or story analysts as they're called – are generally much better at this.

Why? Because it's our only job. Reading scripts, writing coverage, and doing breakdowns and notes on existing projects. We are mostly free of politics – though not entirely. By that I mean the execs we read for mostly want us to "call 'em like we see 'em." We don't have relationships with the agents, managers, and producers who are the ones submitting material to the studios.

More to the point, we don't have to call them up to pass and say things like "I liked it but it's not for us" or "we have something similar in development." In other words, we don't have to lie – most of the time.

Sometimes we find out something is someone's pet project and are asked to "be more constructive." This is code for "pretend you liked it more than you did." Thankfully I don't get a lot of that. When an assistant sets up a call with you and an exec it is almost always bad news and often results in you having to rewrite your coverage. But that's the gig.

Does that mean I'm always right? I mean I always THINK I'm right. Except when I'm wrong. But as long as my batting average remains well above .500 I get to keep my job. So far, so good.

Moreover, most of us have written a script or two or ten. Some of us have even sold or optioned a project. Now before you state the obvious I will beat you to the punch. "If you guys are such good writers, why are you still readers?"

For this I have no defense except to say that this is a tough business – feast or famine, really – and some of us require a steady paycheck in order to not starve to death.

What I will say is that writing a screenplay, good or bad, gives you a perspective on the process that someone who has never written one simply does not have. There are of course some development execs who are also writers, some very good and successful ones in fact. Those are the minority, however.

I know some of them prefer the term "creative exec" because it has the word "creative" in the title, but the truth is most of them are not creating shit.

You now know why I choose to stay anonymous.

[Vincent @Vincent_AINotes]

这就是我一直想找的科幻美术参考！

Paul Chadeisson的《Second Skin》，把“巨型结构”和“赛博废土”结合得太完美了。

这细节，这光影，简直是给AIGC创作者和概念设计师的一课。👇

[Philosophy Quotes @philosophors]

“And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.”

— Haruki Murakami

[Gangster Cinema Central @GangsterCinema]

Tom Sizemore's menacing glare in the coffee shop scene in Heat was brought about through his extensive training in lethal force. Michael Mann explains

"Right here, Sizemore does something very interesting. He had the cold look in his eye, which anybody encountering, communicates without any words or histrionics - lethal potential. It’s a belief in himself as his character, Cheritto, that Sizemore got from the work we did in pre-production. You have to do the work, feel you have the aptitude and the capability of being that lethal, and then the moment's there."

Michael Mann’s quote comes from the director’s commentary track on the Heat DVD.

[Sculpt Her Body - ABS | GLUTE | YOGA @sculptherbody]

My dad's hack for releasing neck tension in 60 seconds

[SupperHero ™ @TalentedRighter]

"The sky....she has fallen."

[The Hollywood Reporter @THR]

Breaking: Netflix Backs Out of Warner Bros. Bidding, Paramount Set to Win
https://t.co/c99xh1Q8PR

[Demonologist For Hire @MrDemonologist]

A nervous priest. A supposed werewolf. A misunderstanding.

https://t.co/niYi4gpOBj

[Oliur @UltraLinx]

Can you read 900 words per minute? Try it.

[Estimate of The Situation @EOTS_Comic]

amazing what you can find in the archives

[SupperHero ™ @TalentedRighter]

If I were granted one wish from a genie, it would be to eat linguine with Sydney Sweeney.

#poem

[Demonologist For Hire @MrDemonologist]

*It’s live 🐍
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[Demonologist For Hire @MrDemonologist]

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Haunted by an ex. Hunted by a snake.
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[Valentina Vee @valentinavee]

Okay yeah let’s talk about it.

It’s because we literally don’t use those lights anymore to light anything, let alone women.

And also because modern actresses don’t want to be lit this way. 🧵

[internet hall of fame @InternetH0F]

In 1987, 34-year-old Gary Stollman pointed a handgun at David Horowitz during a live broadcast on KNBC-TV in Los Angeles 😳

[SupperHero ™ @TalentedRighter]

I want to hear his side of the story before I plan my next move....

[ScreenTime @screentime]

Sydney Sweeney has officially called off her wedding with Jonathan Davino and is now single

(via: @people)

[Jay Alto @theJayAlto]

this guy is one of the world's best 'competitive programmers' and has a video explaining exactly how to learn hard things

[SupperHero ™ @TalentedRighter]

Oft, that's hitting had today.....

[KAG3-CO @Kag3C]

@bindureddy @DrClownPhD Like combat cats better!

[DepressedBergman @DannyDrinksWine]

Mads Mikkelsen's high school graduation photo, 1980s.