Posted in Film, Games, Writing on Jun 5th, 2010 No Comments »
It occurred to me recently why I don’t generally like sci-fi that much, and conversely why I love a good historical setting. I want a world I can believe in, that subtle sense that these places are real, and you could go there if only you could charter a plane, or a time machine… Sci-fi [...]
And the Oscar for best use of gaming nostalgia goes to… P I X E L S
Posted in Film, Games, Writing on Jan 23rd, 2010 No Comments »
The story discussion continues. Again, SPOILERS… The heart of a good story are its characters. They don’t have to be likeable, but they have to be interesting and above all believable. Sometimes a character will say or do something that just seems wrong… People change, certainly, but you know that character would not make that [...]
Posted in Film, Writing on Dec 5th, 2009 No Comments »
FOCUS Deleted scenes are deleted for a reason. Maybe this is controversial, but I felt Peter Jackson got a little carried away with the extended editions of The Lord of the Rings. Now, I *love* Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy, but with the exception of The Two Towers I find the cinema version vastly [...]
Posted in Film, Writing on Nov 29th, 2009 No Comments »
I’ve been meaning to write a post about this for a while. Stories are fragile things. One false note can easily pull apart that carefully constructed illusion and your audience, once you’ve lost them, are lost forever. Sometimes you can’t help but wonder what possessed someone to make such baffling story-choices. I’m going to use [...]