Apparently a first draft of something calling itself the Transformers script is out on the Web.
Nice try, but no. Sorry.
The only NON-silver paper/must be read with a decoder strip (literally) version in existence is electronic, and on my hard-drive. And no, not this hard-drive. My laptop. A total of six human beings have read the draft.
Nice effort on the part of the writer, though. Keep at it. We could use you over in the SpongeBob slashfic room we've set up.
Although, if you ever, ever post something and put my name on it again, I will find you and stab in the neck with a F*CKING SCREWDRIVER. Clear? Good. Let us return to the playground.
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So is the decoder a little red slip {Man, so many posts after Don let that one go by..}? Oh, is there any industry terminology behind this new paper?
Also, not to try to offend the actual writer. Fan fiction can be good, but if that were real...
Don should have announced a search for a new screen writer.
No offense.
Just saying.
And, yeah, stealing name BAD!
So, after you put the decoder strip over the script, what are the stats?
I'm getting the distinct impression you are questioning the quality of work produced by fanfic writers. How on Earth can you question the only genre in the world that can bring Bumblebee and Yoshi from Super Mario together for sweet loving?
In all seriousness, though, can we set up a pool on how long it takes before all the fan-inspired insanity makes you wander the halls at all the big conventions this year, armed with an entire Craftsman tool kit?
And heck with Transformers... I want to see you write the Sponge Bob sequel.
Actually, I don't have anything against good fanfic. Been there done that.
One of the first things I ever wrote, like, in 4th or 5th grade, was fanfic, even though I didn't know what that was at the time.
I wrote a trilogy of short stories that transported me into "Nintendo World" or "Nintendo Land," whatever I called it, and I helped all the heroes of all the old NES games defeat their villains.
Did I play video games too much?
I actually have no problem with fanfic. Writing's writing, and if it's what helps you advance, then good. But that title page had MY NAME on it. That's what pissed me off. The fact this guy wrote a full-length feature script, which is never easy, then weirdly shuffled it off on me ... I don't know. Where's the satisfaciton in that? Hoaxing other fans? Thinking that maybe the producers will love it? Just plain attention? I'm honestly stumped.
But hey, write all the fanfic you want. Just use your own name.
I couldn't get all the way through it, so other than the opening stolen from the original Superman movie ... eh. It's the version you'd expect if you were writing maybe the animated film just for Transfans, and only Transfans.
Again though, the amount of work done for essentially, nothing,is boggling. This is a person who loves them some Transformers.
That is really strange, too, that they'd do all that and not put their names on it. After all, Alex Ford got a lot of praise for the "fan-script" he wrote for Superman. I'm not sure if it really helped him in terms of a writing career or not, but at least he got some positive response on his work. But I do see where you're coming from, as I've had a few things added to articles that I never even wrote about, and my name was still attached.
As far as fanfic goes, it used to be a lot of fun. Now, it just feels like people take things way too seriously, and you have all kinds of Internet stupidity flare up as a result. As I said to a friend, I miss the good old days, when someone just said your writing sucked and it didn't result in three weeks of Internet drama. That is probably one of the main reasons I'm not writing it anymore... oh, and the pipe dream of getting paid for what I write. =p
i thought it was great and if the real movie is half as good i would be pleased. Are you sure this isnt real?
i thought it was great and if the real movie is half as good i would be pleased. Are you sure this isnt real?Yes. Very sure. And stop pimping your script "Anonymous." J'ACCUSE !!
lol Sorry not my script, British Sarcasism doesnt come off too well.
George Lucas couldnt even get away with this.
"I don't think either of these guys had a clue how to
fight," said the witness, who described the melee like
this: Tarantino standing above a cowering,
unidentified man, "punching at his head."
It was sad to see that the guy who wrote that fraud of a "script" still had Megatron be a gun. Dude. That's well over a decade and a half of denial he must be in.... what with how EVERYBODY involved in the official end has promised that he WON'T be a gun ever again...
Maybe the fraudulent author's name also happened to be John Rogers. It's a common name, ya know.. ;)
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