Overall Impression – An incredible action-horror classic that deserves a place on your DVD shelf. THE FOUR QUESTIONS Who’s your main character? – Ripley. What’s she trying to accomplish? –Professional: wipe out the aliens for good. Personal: forge new relationships with Newt and Hicks. Private: get over her fear of the aliens. Professional: wipe out… Continue reading ALIENS
Author: Jeffrey Alan Schechter
1926 Remington, Model 12, Part 2
After waxing poetic about my antique typewriter, I got a message from a fellow here in Toronto who makes me look like the real piker I am. Martin Howard is a collector of antique typewriters and has even gone so far as to have a beautiful, custom display cabinet made to show off his stunning… Continue reading 1926 Remington, Model 12, Part 2
SEVEN SAMURAI
Overall Impression – A sweeping epic that’s as fresh now as the day it was released. THE FOUR QUESTIONS Who’s your main character? – Kambei Shimada. What’s he trying to accomplish? – Professional: lead the samurai in defending a peasant village from 40 bandits. Personal: bridge the samurai/peasant caste division. Private: figure out if it’s… Continue reading SEVEN SAMURAI
1926 Remington, Model 12
Why was it that I simply HAD to own this typewriter when I saw it at the antique mart? It’s old, yet incredibly still works perfectly (needs a new ribbon). I wrote one, 120 page script on a typewriter and the subsequent several dozens of thousands of pages since were all done on computers. … Continue reading 1926 Remington, Model 12
Scripts and bibles galore
Found a cool site for scripts and bibles. Take a look! http://tvwriting.googlepages.com/index