REVIEW: End of Month Reviews #81 - September 2010 [spoilers]

[Tim Munn]

On Nov 1, 7:15 pm, Andrew Perron <pwer... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 01:23:35 +0000 (UTC), Saxon Brenton wrote:
> > [REVIEW] End of Month Reviews #81 - September 2010 [spoilers]  
>
> Man.  I thought I'd put something out that month, but that's right; I let
> Just Imagine... #9 slip into October.
>
> > Considering
> > the fragmentary nature of these vignettes, and most especially the date
> > from three years ago that the first episode was written compared to this
> > year's date on the second, I'm strongly tempted to think that Tim may have
> > decided to simply finish the plot off and then clear it from his hard
> > drive.  
>
> Which would be sadface. :/
>

The first was very nearly thrown away.  I really have been strongly
tempted to delete the story once and for all, to clear up what in the
end would only be a few kb of space.That was until Doctor Pillbox
showed up.  I very nearly wrote the third installment, but had the
feeling I should wait a bit.  I don't rush these things, clearly.
Sadface would only happen if
I kicked the bucket
Someone got ahold of my writing and little notes, setting out to
finish what I started
They do a crap job of it,
Which would make me Sadface :/
from beyond the grave.

> >      I'm not fully sure what to make of them.  There aren't quite as
> > inchoate as say, the Honey Love Bunny stories from last year.
>
> This disappearance was also sadmaking!
>

> > For example, Brassica enters
> > Mantis' headquarters without trouble because Mantis left the back door
> > open, thereby allowing the hero to bypass the guards and traps; Mantis
> > pauses in his villainous rant to worry about the proper plural of the word
> > 'mantis'; or the fact that Mantis doesn't recognise Broccoli Man when
> > he's disguised as Brassica even though he's only changed his name and not
> > his costume.
>
> See, this last point I completely missed.
>
> > For example, during
> > Mantis' monologue at the start there's a cut from a medium distance shot
> > to a close up.  More change of viewpoints like this would help give a
> > sense of dynamism, but I don't know how hard they would be to set up - nor
> > how hard it would be to do other shots, such as extreme close-ups, jumping
> > between left and right profile, or even overhead shots.
>
> Yes, more of this please!
>

Agreed. :)

I use the Xtranormal service as well.  There are a few RACC-ish things
up.  I was about ready to put up segments of a short movie I was
making before it went to mostly pay service.  (If it's not free, it's
probably not for me.  They still have some basic stuff that's free.  I
hope it stays that way/get more free stuff.)  It was going to be a
creepy, awesome murder mystery, involving drugs, backstabbing and a
freaky clown.