Jules Troy

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    2,822

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    19

 Content Type 

Posts posted by Jules Troy

    'Star Trek Continues' (2013)

    in Objectivist Living Room

    Posted

    On 5/4/2023 at 7:54 AM, Michael Stuart Kelly said:

    Peter,

    Because I have decided to do family time, I'm watching some shows with my stepson every night. (He's high-functioning autistic, but cool. :) ) His whole aesthetic is Marvel and DC. We are going though Agents of Shield. We are in the middle of Season 5 right now.

    There are some interesting ideas, but because I am so deep into storytelling study, I can see the seams in the plots and they are starting to get boring. :) 

    What's more, the producers and writers are on a kick of creating so many parallel realities and having their main characters shapeshift from good guy to bad guy so often, it's hard to root for anyone. (I wonder if this is having an effect on younger people and helping make them ADD and confused.)

    Add to that, each main character goes through bouts of self-doubt where they wonder if the Shield team would be better off without them and the ensuing chewing on razorblades dialogue and throughline has to play out. Most of the good guys are "inhumans" who are not accepted well by society. They are humans with human DNA mixed with alien DNA and each has a specific superpower. But some of the good guys are human only.

    The evil villains always want to take over the world and universe in the name of Hydra and the good guys are always faced with SAVING THE WORLD. There are weird alien races who often look like Norwegian myth characters or blue Roman gladiators goosed up with alien-looking stuff. They keep an eye on mankind to make sure humans don't destroy everything. Don't forget the obligatory rock 'em sock 'em scenes that are little more than fistfights and gunfights. Throw in a little romance of the true love type, some themes (and names) based on the Bible of all things, one-off weird stuff that pops up now and then, and the gimmick that most main characters who die come back, and that just about wraps up that portion of the Marvel universe.

    In the middle of that mess, there are some interesting characters, though, all centered around a daddy figure (named Phil Coulsen) who always makes sure things turn out all right in the end. Quake is kinda sexy, especially for the teen and twenties crowd, and the scientist-medical doctor lady (Jenna) reminds me of Mary Poppins. :) 

     

    These kinds of shows are not written by single authors. There is a place called the "writer's room," which is a large table with 6 or 8 writers or so sitting around it. Their job is to "break a story," which basically means brainstorm and outline a story using certain standard formulas and templates. And there is a huge presentation board at the front. Negativity is banished. The writers throw out ideas and the ones that people in general like or think can be ginned up into something get written on the board. There are often places on the board like Opening, Ending, Climax, Act 2, and so on and the different ideas are thrown into these spaces. They also define their characters and traits as they go along.

    Once the board if full of felt-tip written ideas and there is no more room to write, they discuss and narrow this list down until there is a balance of ideas following an outline that will fill out a specific time interval. Then one of them takes all that home, spends a day or few writing, and comes back with the script of a show. The writers read it, comment, then the one running the room (called the "show runner") makes changes and sends it on to production.

     

    The reason I mention this is that by Season 5 in Agents of Shield (there are 7 seasons, groan... :) ), I think the writer's room has become nothing but drug-laced parties with a lot of enthusiasm for breaking a story. In the case of Season 5, the plot twists and bouncing all over the place is so frequent, it's hard for the audience to follow. Looks to me like the drug of choice in the writer's room for this season is cocaine or similar. :) 

    btw - I don't watch Star Trek much, but I bet by now in today's culture, the writer's room for that series evolved into a kindred holy mess, too.

    :) 

    Michael

    In Picard they brought back 7 of 9.  She is still hawt AF.  Plot? We don’t need no stinking plot mang!

    • Smile 1

    China Blue and China Dirty

    in 4 - Politics

    Posted

    7 hours ago, Marc said:

    No idea who that is but I am Going to laugh because it is you and sure that it's funny! 

    Ralph Klein Supreme Overlord of Alberta 1992-2006.  He was the only politician that actually kept his promises.

    Brought Alberta out of the red into the black.

    yup

    He said he was going to make it more difficult to collect welfare and slashed Benefits.  Welfare people whined.  He bought them bus tickets. Yup said don’t like it? Leave or god forbid get a job.  At the time Alberta was booming.  The only people that didn’t have jobs didn’t want one.  Sent everyone in Alberta a cheque for like 4-500 bucks from oil royalties.  Every premier since he retired has reversed/fucked everything he did.

    • Like 1

    China Blue and China Dirty

    in 4 - Politics

    Posted

    On 11/20/2022 at 7:44 AM, Marc said:

    Thank God though that we have Premiere Danielle Smith in your home Province! 

    Doesn’t matter.  Alberta is just a sacrificial lamb to Ottawa’s largesse.  The entire country could hate the libtards but if they get the vote of Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal the rest of us plebs get to take it up the tailpipe.

    • Upvote 1

    Transgender Jazz - Follow the Money

    in 4 - Politics

    Posted

    3 hours ago, Michael Stuart Kelly said:

    Jules,

    You nailed the brainwashing foundation.

    Just tack on the government money scam to pay for it all from cradle (almost) to grave, transgenders being guinea pigs for Big Pharma and transgenders being suppliers of body parts for trafficking and the whole thing is complete.

    Human livestock being treated like livestock.

    Don't forget, the people behind this prance about as if they were superior to us...

    But in reality, they are moral monsters.

    Michael

    These fucks are making Himmler smile from the grave…

    Transgender Jazz - Follow the Money

    in 4 - Politics

    Posted

    Yo..trans community you have all been manipulated into joining the Volunteer  Eugenics Program.  Congratulations no gas chambers or concentration camps required.    You all are just willfully walking off the cliff and actually bitching and screaming at people that are saying “wait a minute maybe you should think about this.”

    Carry on Darwin awards, nothing to see here.

    • Like 1

    Canadian Politics: Boring beyond Belief, or just Dull and Tedious?

    in 4 - Politics

    Posted

    Trudeau and family are flying over Alberta one day.  As they are flying one of his children says “Hey dad can I have a loonie to throw out the window to make one Albertan happy?”

    ”Sure thing son, here ya go!”  (Hands him a loonie)

    Hey daddddd can I have 2  toonies to throw out the window to make 2 Albertans REALLy happy???

    Just then the pilot leans back and says:

    “Why don’t you throw your dad out the window and make all Albertans happy!”

    • Like 1
    • Thanks 1
    • Smile 1