Hard but unfair…

I’m not sure who I’m apologizing to (I’m pretty sure no one reads this) but I think most of all I’m apologizing to myself for beeing so lazy. As you know i finished university in december but since then I haven’t gitten anything done yet, no writing and almost no reading. I watched some tv and I’m a proud owner of a blu-ray player but thats not really helping me write my screenplays.

I need to make a real plan but I’m sure that will also take some time. I hope I can beat the lazyness. Take care.

Greg

Happy new year. I hope that your 2009 is going to be as good as mine, and I know mine will be great.
As a small treat, check out this amazing video celebrating 2008 in movies.

Sorry for the long absence but I was really busy lately. Last Friday I had my final exams and now I’m a proud owner of an university degree.

Posting will resume in January but for now I just want to do nothing an relax.

Happy Holidays!!!

Greg

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Long time no post. I know but I got too much stuff going on at the moment. I have my job that keeps me pretty occupied and then there are these exams I have to take in November and December. I really dig my job but right now a day hasn’t enough hours to get everything done. I would love to prepare the hell out my lessons but until December, the bare minimum has to be enough. Don’t get me wrong, I still think that my lessons are okay (no one has complained so far) but I also think that they could be a lot better.

On the writing front thinks look bleak at the moment. I would love to write but until December I have to box my “great” ideas. I have some ideas on how to take The Passion of the Geek to the next level and I’m pretty sure that the next draft could be the one that comes close to what I originally had in mind.

On the personal front the afore mentioned time constraints also take their toll. I’m generally so tired at weekends that I don’t feel bad for staying at home. Yeah, that’s pathetic. I’m really lucky to have the HMB, otherwise I wouldn’t get out of the house. Unfortunately you don’t need to get out of the house to get really confused about “stuff” and “stuff” also doesn’t bother about how little time you’ve got. This “stuff” even keeps me up at nights and I’m really warming up to the thought of just sorting it out but then again chances are that takes even more time I don’t have. Life’s complicated or as a wise man (me) says: Life’s hard but unfair.

Of course, I could be lucky and “stuff” sorts itself out but I’m not counting on it even though I’m pretty sure that it’s time for my karma payback (I’ve been a good boy). I wonder if the phrase “Karma’s a bitch” has two meanings.

Okay, that’s it for this time, I have to sort some things out.

Tata, Greg.

I saw Hancock yesterday. Well, the movie is not really bad but it’s not good either. It’s good fun but on an overall level somethings just isn’t right. Thing is I kinda felt that there was missing something which had to be there but got thrown out during the development process.

I haven’t read any of the screenplays but I’m pretty sure that there must have been a pre suit version of that movie that rocked. The things that are there are not bad but the interesting parts are missing. There are several problems and I would like to address two them.

1. The missing villain. Seriously a Superhero movie without a villain, what’s the point.

2. What’s the point of a backstory/mythology if you’re not using it.

Thing is both problems can be solved with the help of each other. Sure my movie would be a lot different but let me try.

Thing is we have this mythology about these gods/angels/… and we have the backstory about Hancock. First of all I want to see some of the mythology. Give me just five minutes of superheroaction in Persia or Grecce or wherever and I’m happy.
You can show Hancock and Theron’s charakter together because the moment she sees him in the movie you know something’s up there. I don’t know they could defeat an army or battle other gods (some of them must be bad, they could tie them together and wait until they die of old age or so). I would use this ancient action scene as an intro that leads into the current beginning of the movie. Hancock drunk and alone.

From here I would let the movie run its course until the part where Hancocks amnesia is explained. Why not create a villain at this point. Another god who fights Hancock until they both end up almost dead and with memory loss and now wait for my spark of genius. The movie establishes that Mary (theron) and Hancock are made for each other. They love each other but their powers fade when they’re together. That means that she has to leave him to save him. But what with the other god let him die? Well thing is they’re only three of the left and he lost his memory. What’s the best way to control him? Exactly move in with him and start a family. Yeah, you read right I just turned Jason Bateman into a Supervillain.

Thing is this would lead to a great climax. Ray and Hancock learn the truth and take it from there. In the end I wouldn’t kill Ray and I think making him a real badass villain would be wrong. He’s not a bad guy, there must have been reasons why he did the things he did but I think the movie would benefit from these changes.

Sure the whole thing needs some tweeks and the ending needs some serious work but who cares now, too late.

What do you think my version or the “suit” version?

It is time for a post about my summer holidays. Since the title is not very original you can probably guess where I spent it. Yes, Berlin. I visited a friend who’s studying there and we had a really great time. I did the necessary sightseeing and I also graced the Berlin nightlife with my presence.

The trip was great and Berlin is a great city with many things to discover. I really liked the Pergamon Museum. This museum is what I call a “jaw dropper”. They had the Ishtar Gate on display which was really impressive.

The other thing I really enjoyed was a salsa club were women hat free entrance. Boy, that was a sight to see.
we had a great time in there and I managed to boost my self-esteem (not that it was necessary) but with so many beautiful woman around you get a little carried away and I have to admit that I really enjoyed the anonymity of a big city like Berlin. I even was courageous aka. drunk enough to pick up to women at once. Maybe pick up is the wrong expression, but I really did walk up to two pretty ladies and introduced myself with a great line (I’m going to share the line once I used it enough) I and I managed to get a nice smile out of them.

The rest is not to be shared.

Anyway, I really liked the city and the trip as a whole was great. Only downside, the euro was kinda high which made the trip kinda feel expensive but after a few days here that feelings gone. Things really cost a lot here.

It took me a few days to relax but now I’m full of energy again and I’m actually looking forward to the month ahead. I have my exams in November and December and I have to start preparing for them and school starts in four weeks. I decided to postpone the big “The Passion of the Geek” rewrite. After my liz paper I felt too empty t work on it and now I have to focus on the exams and my job. I think that in January I should be able to work on my creative projects and I really hope that I can bring “TPOTG” to the next level.

So that’s it for now. Stay tuned.
Greg

I just cleaned my harddrive and found the first to Winny movies. They weren’t on YouTube yet so i corrected that. Have fun with all three Winny movies.

Winny’s first Adventure

Winny’s Football Adventure

T-Winny