Can Prometheus Build On Mystery Without Killing It?
I’m off to see this years Big Sci-Fi Film, Prometheus, tonight. Naturally, I want to write about what I make of it, but I also want to write about my …
Why Mass Effect 3′s Fans Are Wrong About The Ending – But So Is BioWare (Part 4)
So after looking at how the problem with Mass Effect 3’s ending is a reliance on a major plot point that BioWare didn’t allow players to influence while letting them …
Why Mass Effect 3′s Fans Are Wrong About The Ending – But So Is BioWare (Part 3)
In my first post in this series on the controversy over the ending of the video game Mass Effect 3, I posited that the true fault that caused fan upset with that ending is a lack …
Why Mass Effect 3′s Fans Are Wrong About The Ending – But So Is BioWare (Part 2)
In my first post in this series on the controversy over the ending of the video game Mass Effect 3, I posited that the true fault that caused fan upset with that ending …
Why Mass Effect 3’s Fans Are Wrong About The Ending – But So Is BioWare (Part 1)
To say that audience expectations of Mass Effect 3 were huge would be an understatement. One pundit claimed that the Mass Effect trilogy of games is “the most important science …
The Prequel and the Anti-Pay-Off
As an aspiring writer, I’ve become very interested in how stories work – see, for example, my examination of how closely the plot of Aliens follows the Hollywood Formula. Naturally, I’m just …
Applying the Hollywood Formula: The Protagonist and Act Two
As I explained in my post before last, I’m practicing the writing of an outline using the Hollywood Formula as a template. In order to get a feel for how the …
Bug Hunt: A Practical Example of the Hollywood Method – Part 6
I’ve spent a good chunk of the last couple of weeks dissecting the plot of the movie Aliens by seeing whether the three-character, three-act Hollywood Formula holds true within it. We’ve …
Bug Hunt: A Practical Example of the Hollywood Method – Part 5
And so we come to the final act of the movie Aliens, where, according to the Hollywood Formula, we’ll see our Protagonist resolve her issues with her Relationship Character and, in doing so, …
Bug Hunt: A Practical Example of the Hollywood Method – Part 4
Welcome back (or welcome, if you’ve just stumbled across this series) to my analysis of how the Hollywood Formula plays out in the plotting and action of the movie Aliens! As of part four, I’m …