Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Apologies for the lack of posting

Sorry I haven't posted in yonks. Between being ousted from my casual job and needing to look for something new (and more permanent), I just haven't had the time or motivation to properly come up with new ideas...and more importantly, new scripts.

And I don't quite feel as inspired as before to churn out scripts anymore. I'm not sure whether it's because of my changing priorities in real life, especially with that whole job thing occupying the bulk of my thought-time, or something else entirely.

I must honestly say that a part of it would be attributed to not having actually seen too many drafts for the scripts that have been written so far. So far there's been the draft for the Devastator and Ladiesman217 scripts...and that's all. :(

I know it's my fault for churning out way too many scripts over a short period of time, and it coincides with Theo's re-exam, plus the other stuff he needs to do in real life. But at the moment, I don't think I'll contribute more scripts until I've at least given Theo a chance to catch up on some of the scripts that have been posted already. It'd only be unfair to him to churn out even MORE scripts and add more burden on him.

4 votes so far! So we've got at least four readers, albeit irregular readers? I wonder if people know they can actually vote for MORE than one favourite...

Tuesday, August 7, 2007

The world's greatest detective meets his match and more!

And no, I wasn't talking about Sherlock Holmes, but good ol' Bats. The idea struck me this morning when I was the in the perfect environment for my mind to be unleashed, namely, the bath.

Anyways, hopefully this might be a longer running thing than just a one page comic. I don't have to be a seer to foretell that LOTS of work will have to be done on the script. Am already bouncing quite a few ideas and scenarios in my mind. Unfortunately, the script will have to be kept under wraps for the time being, as I don't wanna spoil and surprises (hopefully good ones) for any reader out there.

For the heck of it, I might even get Bats to say the infamous "I'm the goddamn Batman!" line, eh?

Saturday, August 4, 2007

300 vs Transformers (II)

A bit of visualization in my fever addled mind...

Panel 1 - King Leonidas addressing his 300 Spartans, a la the famous scene from Braveheart.

Leonidas: "We have taken on ALL challengers and we have ruled the Box Office this year! We have shown that we're not just men, we're Spartans!"


Panel 2 - Leonidas continues. (maybe a shot of Peter Parker sitting on his bed sulking like in Spidey 3, and Capt Jack Sparrow making like a BBQ-ed bird, playing on the "Sparrow" name)

Leonidas: "Spider-man? Pfah, what an emo weakling! Shrek couldn't tame us! The pirates were a bunch of sissy men! WE RULE HOLLYWOOD THIS YEAR!

Panel 3 - And Tonight! We will dine in hell! FOR SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

Panel 4 - A huge robotic foot comes out of nowhere and stomps Leonidas flat. A speech bubble comes out from above (off panel).

Optimus: "Autobots! Transform and roll out!"

Panel 5 - The 300 disperse with random lines being uttered by random Spartans.

Line 1: "Well, it was good while it lasted."

Line 2: "Men in costumes just can't beat robots."

Line 3: "I can't believe Bay just pwned Snyder."

A miniaturised Megatron, hiding among the Spartans, turns to a miniaturied Starscream and says: "You fail me yet again, Starscream."