This is your chance to discuss the week’s amateur scripts, offered originally in the Scriptshadow newsletter. The primary goal for this discussion is to find out which script(s) is the best candidate for a future Amateur Friday review. The secondary goal is to keep things positive in the comments with constructive criticism.
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TITLE: A Slight Atmospheric Disturbance
GENRE: Period Piece/Ensemble Comedy
LOGLINE: On the eve of the Second World War, an idyllic Midwestern town does all it can to fight off a Martian invasion. Sadly, the space invaders are nothing more than Orson Welles and the actors of the Mercury Theater On The Air.
TITLE: Cause and Effect
GENRE: Action, Sci-fi
LOGLINE: “Change the world, one past at a time.”
TITLE: The Swampland
GENRE: Action Thriller
LOGLINE: Two rivals, a Catholic priest losing his convictions, and a faithless scientist losing his confidence, must save Chicago from disappearing.
TITLE: The Other Star Wars
GENRE: (Comedy/Satire)
LOGLINE: When President Reagan announces his Strategic Defense Initiative, it sets off a chain of increasingly outrageous misunderstandings between the KGB, CIA… and George Lucas. Only a fanboy-slacker can help avert nuclear disaster.
TITLE: Leprechaun Treasure
GENRE: Fantasy Comedy
LOGLINE: A half-human, half-Leprechaun named Meirleach O’O’Connor is tasked with finding and returning the fabled “Golden Bear,” which the evil Leprecollins has stolen He’ll enlist the help of Sasquatches, trolls, and the only African American leprechaun in existence.
WHY YOU SHOULD READ: This is one of the craziest scripts I’ve ever read. NO ONE is safe after reading this. It will polarize people beyond belief!!!
