Ugh! Script Smash!

Hey guys,

Man, I'm having a terrible time writing the 2nd draft of the script!

Even editing it down I'm still running longer than I want. I want to make a 30 minute move and every thing I do is about an hour long.

I'm going to take some time and really re-think what type of story I want to tell.

Truth is, I probably already know what I need to do, and I am resisting it.  I wanted to tell an origin story but that is really what is bogging down the movie.  I'm really thinking I need to go the way of the '89 Batman movie. In that movie, the beginning of the movie introduced us to a world where Batman already existed. I now think that is what I need to do.

The problem is that a meteorite is what gives everyone in Xam and Power Dog's world their powers. This means that when the camera fades in, there is no origin story for anyone.  Batman '89 at least got to tell the origin of the Joker.

That said, I really think it is what I need to do.  I am putting way too much time into the telling of the origin of each character and how they learned to use their powers.  Although that may be interesting (I think it is but I can't imagine anyone else cares) it isn't what this movie needs.


So, I am going to spend the next week or so seeing if I make my new approach to my movie work.

I will let you know how that goes.

Later!