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[ivysaur12]

Rumor is Warner Bros will get no comedy pickups.

 

[GungHo]

I'm actually watching it now and the opening/title sequence didn't hit until literally 15 minutes in... the hell? Now it's 10:20 and there are still credits on screen.

If I were a showrunner and had a show like Good Wife where I show parodies of other shows in-universe, I'd totally have a procedural spoof where the credits clearly ran the length of the show.

 

[ivysaur12]

If I were a showrunner and had a show like Good Wife where I show parodies of other shows in-universe, I'd totally have a procedural spoof where the credits clearly ran the length of the show.

The Good Wife credits already don't show up until like 20 minutes into an episode

 

[Danthrax]

"Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris" will be the variety show's official name.

 

[ivysaur12]

http://deadline.com/2015/05/lucifer-pilots-fox-pickup-speculation-1201422265/

UGH. IT WAS SO BAD.

 

[a secret-boss]

Constantine renewed lol

 

[Patryn]

http://deadline.com/2015/05/lucifer-pilots-fox-pickup-speculation-1201422265/

UGH. IT WAS SO BAD.

I kind of want it to get picked up just so I can see the MASSIVE freakout the Bible Belt will have when Fox says it's airing a show named "Lucifer".

 

[ivysaur12]

Constantine renewed lol

Uh, where do you see that?

I would be for it for the TVBTN crow, but.

 

[G0523]

Uh, where do you see that?

I would be for it for the TVBTN crow, but.

I think he's trolling. Hence the "lol". I don't see it anywhere.

 

[Danthrax]

Constantine renewed lol

you can't just joke about that stuff, man

 

[TheAbsolution]

Constantine renewed lol

That's not funny.

 

[ivysaur12]

I'm doing this in email (so quote to see it and then go to the links), but here's an example of how much of a hack Tom Kapinos is. First page of Dead People and Lucifer. First. Fucking. Page.

 

[TheAbsolution]

I'm doing this in email (so quote to see it and then go to the links), but here's an example of how much of a hack Tom Kapinos is. First page of Dead People and Lucifer. First. Fucking. Page.

UGH.
That is so bad. Oh my god.

 

[a secret-boss]

I was "lol" because I know it has a small chance of being renewed

 

[Kabouter]

I'm doing this in email (so quote to see it and then go to the links), but here's an example of how much of a hack Tom Kapinos is. First page of Dead People and Lucifer. First. Fucking. Page.

Wow man, wow.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

I'm doing this in email (so quote to see it and then go to the links), but here's an example of how much of a hack Tom Kapinos is. First page of Dead People and Lucifer. First. Fucking. Page.

lmao

 

[Patryn]

I'm doing this in email (so quote to see it and then go to the links), but here's an example of how much of a hack Tom Kapinos is. First page of Dead People and Lucifer. First. Fucking. Page.

Yikes.

 

[ivysaur12]

I read them back to back, and they're truly fucking awful. I'm mostly indifferent on most things, but holy fuck. No.

IT'S NOT EVEN A FUNNY FUCKING JOKE WHY WOULD YOU PUT IT IN THE FIRST TWO PAGES OF YOUR PILOT LIKE SOMEONE GOT PAID THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND WILL MAKE MILLIONS ON THIS IF IT GOES TO SERIES EVEN FOR 13 EPISODES OH MY GOD I AM SO ANGRY RIGHT NOW

 

[Clevinger]

Dunno what you're talking about. That dialogue seems pretty cool.

Spoiler

I am so not shocked to find out he wrote/produced Californication.

 

[G0523]

I'm doing this in email (so quote to see it and then go to the links), but here's an example of how much of a hack Tom Kapinos is. First page of Dead People and Lucifer. First. Fucking. Page.

Just by reading that I got that "watch out we got a badass" meme in my head.

 

[Zaph]

I read them back to back, and they're truly fucking awful. I'm mostly indifferent on most things, but holy fuck. No.

IT'S NOT EVEN A FUNNY FUCKING JOKE WHY WOULD YOU PUT IT IN THE FIRST TWO PAGES OF YOUR PILOT LIKE SOMEONE GOT PAID THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND WILL MAKE MILLIONS ON THIS IF IT GOES TO SERIES EVEN FOR 13 EPISODES OH MY GOD I AM SO ANGRY RIGHT NOW

You're just getting too old.

 

[Hamlet]

I'm doing this in email (so quote to see it and then go to the links), but here's an example of how much of a hack Tom Kapinos is. First page of Dead People and Lucifer. First. Fucking. Page.

Haha, oh wow.

 

[ivysaur12]

Dunno what you're talking about. That dialogue seems pretty cool.

Spoiler

I am so not shocked to find out he wrote/produced Californication.

I think my first reaction was "who the fuck is this douchebag" *imdb* "oh"

 

[DieH@rd]

Constantine renewed lol

 

[Tucah]

I read them back to back, and they're truly fucking awful. I'm mostly indifferent on most things, but holy fuck. No.

IT'S NOT EVEN A FUNNY FUCKING JOKE WHY WOULD YOU PUT IT IN THE FIRST TWO PAGES OF YOUR PILOT LIKE SOMEONE GOT PAID THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND WILL MAKE MILLIONS ON THIS IF IT GOES TO SERIES EVEN FOR 13 EPISODES OH MY GOD I AM SO ANGRY RIGHT NOW

I laughed at this 10x more than I laughed at that repeated joke.

 

[DieH@rd]

lol @ those scripts and Ivy's screaming

 

[Dan]

I'm doing this in email (so quote to see it and then go to the links), but here's an example of how much of a hack Tom Kapinos is. First page of Dead People and Lucifer. First. Fucking. Page.

Between this and Damon Lindelof's Prometheus script, I'm convinced that everything I ever learned about screenwriting is wrong. The path to success is writing like a dumbass teenage bro. You can never be too informal.

 

[ivysaur12]

Between this and Damon Lindelof's Prometheus script, I'm convinced that everything I ever learned about screenwriting is wrong. The path to success is writing like a dumbass teenage bro. You can never be too informal.

It's my least favorite way of writing. It's like, maybe engaging, but your witticisms in action are never going to make it on to the screen. Neither is your thesaurus-cited prose (hi, Sense8).

Just write like a normal human being. Be engaging, let your words flow, but, I don't know -- action lines are the least important things to make SUPER FUCKING AWESOME when writing? No one will read them closely anyway, except for production. Just write good dialog.

(That's not say to write, like, spartan-ass action lines. But write like a human, not like that)

 

[Sober]

I read them back to back, and they're truly fucking awful. I'm mostly indifferent on most things, but holy fuck. No.

IT'S NOT EVEN A FUNNY FUCKING JOKE WHY WOULD YOU PUT IT IN THE FIRST TWO PAGES OF YOUR PILOT LIKE SOMEONE GOT PAID THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND WILL MAKE MILLIONS ON THIS IF IT GOES TO SERIES EVEN FOR 13 EPISODES OH MY GOD I AM SO ANGRY RIGHT NOW

Clearly you miss the huge meta joke where they are in the same shared universe.

Spoiler

please send help they have me held captive

 

[Danthrax]

I'm doing this in email (so quote to see it and then go to the links), but here's an example of how much of a hack Tom Kapinos is. First page of Dead People and Lucifer. First. Fucking. Page.

It's not even a good joke, WTF

[edit] welp, you already covered that in a later post, OK

[edit 2] I get the feeling that those scripts were written by people who adore every Jim Butcher novel ever written.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

NBC Picks Up Comedy ‘People Are Talking’

People Are Talking is described as an unabashed comedy about two diverse couples who are neighbors and best friends. As they go through life side-by-side, they can’t help but analyze and obsess about everything. From topics such as sex and race to the fact that the trusted new baby-sitter might just be a porn star, nothing is out of bounds for this wildly outspoken foursome. The cast includes Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Meaghan Rath, Tone Bell and Bresha Webb.

 

[WarrenMax007]

I'm doing this in email (so quote to see it and then go to the links), but here's an example of how much of a hack Tom Kapinos is. First page of Dead People and Lucifer. First. Fucking. Page.

LOL at the same dialogue.
Other than that, it looks ok to me.

 

[ivysaur12]

Bianca Kajlich went from Rules of Engagement to Undateable. She has to give the fucking best pep talks in May. Or she's deep in therapy. Either one.

LOL at the same dialogue.
Other than that, it looks ok to me.

does it.

 

[WarrenMax007]

NBC Picks Up Comedy ‘People Are Talking’

OH FUCK. Marc-Paul Gosselaar? I'm so watching that.

does it.

There is nothing OH MY GOD KILL IT WITH FIRE tryly afwul in there.
Half of the time when people in this thread are talking about something like OH MY GOD IT'S SO BAD i have no idea what they are talking about.
Yeah, that repeated joke is like what? Other than that nothing made me shake my head.
Then again you are the one who reads a lot of scripts, so you know more than i do.

 

[Norwegian Rudo]

Yesss. Cheerleader Death Squad HERE WE GO.

They 100% are picking up a CBS show, so CDS seems very likely.

 

[WarrenMax007]

http://deadline.com/2015/05/lucifer-pilots-fox-pickup-speculation-1201422265/

UGH. IT WAS SO BAD.

Wait what? Studio City is not going forward?

 

[Dan]

It's my least favorite way of writing. It's like, maybe engaging, but your witticisms in action are never going to make it on to the screen. Neither is your thesaurus-cited prose (hi, Sense8).

Just write like a normal human being. Be engaging, let your words flow, but, I don't know -- action lines are the least important things to make SUPER FUCKING AWESOME when writing? No one will read them closely anyway, except for production. Just write good dialog.

(That's not say to write, like, spartan-ass action lines. But write like a human, not like that)

Write like a professional adult. You're not trying to amp up 12 year-old boys during recess with cool, crude descriptions of supposed badassery. You're not a kid with a sugar rush narrating playtime with action figures.

There are an awful lot of people who should be sharing their scribblings on an Ain't It Cool News-style site rather than receiving paychecks from studios.

 

[ivysaur12]

Write like a professional adult. You're not trying to amp up 12 year-old boys during recess with cool, crude descriptions of supposed badassery. You're not a kid with a sugar rush narrating playtime with action figures.

There are an awful lot of people who should be sharing their scribblings on an Ain't It Cool News-style site rather than receiving paychecks from studios.

Preach.

Looks like, joining People Are Talking is Unt. Suzanne Martin, Strange Calls, and Superstore. That's also with Telenovela, Coach, and most likely the renewal of Undateable for NBC comedy next year.

 

[ivysaur12]

Um.

I guess the CW is picking up one pilot and it's Cordon?

 

[Patryn]

Um.

I guess the CW is picking up one pilot and it's Cordon?

They're not picking up the DC Superhero Hour?

Interesting.

 

[ivysaur12]

They're not picking up the DC Superhero Hour?

Interesting.

Not a pilot. They already picked it up.

 

[beat]

Surely the word adorkable will live on, won't it? *snicker*

#actually, "adorkable" was coined before New Girl's marketing machine ever started up.

 

[WarrenMax007]

Um.

I guess the CW is picking up one pilot and it's Cordon?

No CDS?

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

No CDS?

Damn. Taylor Gildersleeve was about to become a household name. #sugardaddies #lifetime

 

[ivysaur12]

No CDS?

Nope. Passed on.

I'm really bummed about it.

 

[jamesinclair]

Hart of Dixie cancelled.

CW failed us all

 

[ivysaur12]

Messengers canceled

 

[RatskyWatsky]

Um.

I guess the CW is picking up one pilot and it's Cordon?

No CBS series? Hm.

 

[ivysaur12]

No CBS series? Hm.

Very odd.

 

[beat]

I'm doing this in email (so quote to see it and then go to the links), but here's an example of how much of a hack Tom Kapinos is. First page of Dead People and Lucifer. First. Fucking. Page.

Besides the dumb reused joke... Just about none of that first page is the Lucifer from the comics, which btw are very good.