Short Circuit remake in the works

[Spitfire]

It's even worse then that. I have a conceptual story telling class and my teacher is someone whose been around the film scene for awhile. He told us he had some writer friends who write scripts and sell them off to studios. They told him they get screwed out of credit on movies because the studios buy their script and 20 or so other scripts of the same type of movie and combine them together into one script.

So the guy who writes the finial is just taking the best scenes out of each script and mashing it into one. That was quite shocking to find out. So his words of advice were "Never become a writer in Hollywood, you'll get screwed." Guys an awesome teacher. Never pulls punches when he's lecturing just speaks his mind.

[Warhorse]

Originally Posted by Spitfire666xXxXx

It's even worse then that. I have a conceptual story telling class and my teacher is someone whose been around the film scene for awhile. He told us he had some writer friends who write scripts and sell them off to studios. They told him they get screwed out of credit on movies because the studios buy their script and 20 or so other scripts of the same type of movie and combine them together into one script.

So the guy who writes the finial is just taking the best scenes out of each script and mashing it into one. That was quite shocking to find out. So his words of advice were "Never become a writer in Hollywood, you'll get screwed." Guys an awesome teacher. Never pulls punches when he's lecturing just speaks his mind.

I've got a friend who works in movies, and he pretty much declared the same thing. Studios are being run by a bunch of greedy, money hungry hacks of executives, which probably inherited their jobs as opposed to someone who has worked from the ground up. A good many of the execs are very proud and know it alls, in terms, if it's not their idea, then they wont except it. You know the types.

[Ecto Jedi]

That's why you copyright your sh*t and sue the pants of anyone who steals from your script.

[Spitfire]

Originally Posted by Ecto Jedi

That's why you copyright your sh*t and sue the pants of anyone who steals from your script.

You sold it to the studio, it belongs to them now. You get your 10 grand for it and that's it. If you tried to sue them you'd lose because you got paid. It sucks you get no credit but if you want to eat you that's the sacrifice you make.

[Jester]

Could you use your copy of the script as a "See, they cut and paste this script together, here's my contribution."?

[Hero]

No Disassemble!

How about somebody tries to remake a bad film instead...

===HERO

[Brodie]

Short Circuit remake?!

Well, finally. Thank GOD.

[Jester]

Poor Number Johnny 5.



Another victim of the Movie Media's Malfunction.