1st September 2005, 6:41 AM
I feel like a one man legged man in an ass kicking contest.
At this point we'll just have to agree to disagree.
About flashbacks, they're a crutch used for weak story telling. Unless of course the story uses them as part of the through line and spends very little time on the character in the current situation until the resolve of the story. Ie: Forest Gump
The rules and guidelines I mentioned have nothing to do with causing movies to become identicle to eachother. That comes from producers trying to capatalize on trends. The guidelines are based on your through line, protagonist arc, antagonist arc (point of connection), character bibles (usually applies to TV but I use them for film scripts), story pacing, story arc, 3 (- 4 - 5) act paradigms and subplot comparison story telling (and release), the call to action, commitment to act (4 other general rules that depend on genre/context), "logical foundation theory", audience reward, audience participation, 'infinite' viewpoints theory (context), hidden meaning, contextually hidden meanings, and then about a 50 other guidelines depending on the genre you're trying to tell. These guidelines are the difference between something retarded like The Cave and something breathtaking like Gone with the Wind.
I have not seen Lain, but I have seen hundreds of anime movies and TV shows and I can tell you that the guidelines are not there. And even while at school they showed us how Japan has a different take on story telling albeit not as advanced as western story telling, with their own set of guidelines which is very much based on japanese culture. For every Lain, there is a thousand Dragon Ball Z's. For every Azumanga Daioh there is a thousand borderline anime pornos, so while I haven't seen these particular movies it only makes sense as they're in a sea of krap and have to be discovered.
About the ID and ego discussion, I know what i'm talking about and I know what i've learned. Freud is one of the major pillars to how we understand the human brain today and it's thanks to him that therapists can actually help people. you can question the idea of the subconscious all you want but it's a WORKING theory that we can actually see and measure, we cause the same effects to happen over and over and it is a thing itself which can be studied. and for those reasons it is considered a combination of sciences and logic. That's what the brain is.
At this point we'll just have to agree to disagree.
About flashbacks, they're a crutch used for weak story telling. Unless of course the story uses them as part of the through line and spends very little time on the character in the current situation until the resolve of the story. Ie: Forest Gump
The rules and guidelines I mentioned have nothing to do with causing movies to become identicle to eachother. That comes from producers trying to capatalize on trends. The guidelines are based on your through line, protagonist arc, antagonist arc (point of connection), character bibles (usually applies to TV but I use them for film scripts), story pacing, story arc, 3 (- 4 - 5) act paradigms and subplot comparison story telling (and release), the call to action, commitment to act (4 other general rules that depend on genre/context), "logical foundation theory", audience reward, audience participation, 'infinite' viewpoints theory (context), hidden meaning, contextually hidden meanings, and then about a 50 other guidelines depending on the genre you're trying to tell. These guidelines are the difference between something retarded like The Cave and something breathtaking like Gone with the Wind.
I have not seen Lain, but I have seen hundreds of anime movies and TV shows and I can tell you that the guidelines are not there. And even while at school they showed us how Japan has a different take on story telling albeit not as advanced as western story telling, with their own set of guidelines which is very much based on japanese culture. For every Lain, there is a thousand Dragon Ball Z's. For every Azumanga Daioh there is a thousand borderline anime pornos, so while I haven't seen these particular movies it only makes sense as they're in a sea of krap and have to be discovered.
About the ID and ego discussion, I know what i'm talking about and I know what i've learned. Freud is one of the major pillars to how we understand the human brain today and it's thanks to him that therapists can actually help people. you can question the idea of the subconscious all you want but it's a WORKING theory that we can actually see and measure, we cause the same effects to happen over and over and it is a thing itself which can be studied. and for those reasons it is considered a combination of sciences and logic. That's what the brain is.