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Post by RJ Alden Lackie on Feb 1, 2014 20:46:51 GMT
The Compass Network Presents...
Name: Trinity Written By: Alex McKinnon Premise: Diana of Themyscira makes her way to Gotham to prevent the end of the world. Airdate: February 1, 2014TRINITY [PDF] Trinity is a #TheNewYear project and part of Compass' DC universe, so please read, review and enjoy! Feel free to discuss the script in this thread, whether a more formal review, some jotted-down reactions, discussion amongst readers, or even just kudos to the author. Please be kind and constructive.
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Post by Dex Macleod on Feb 2, 2014 22:14:28 GMT
Downloaded, cropped and loaded onto the tablet. I'll probly get it read and have a review up over the week.
After putting it on my tablet I read the first page just to make sure I didn't mess up with the cropping and next thing I knew I was on page 8. Very strong start so far. The first three pages or so are definitely a shocker.
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Post by Alex McKinnon on Feb 6, 2014 16:57:28 GMT
Trinity was the first screenplay I ever attempted, so it's naturally my most brazenly ambitious. The characters involved are some of my dearest favourites, and I set out committed to the supremely arrogant goal of writing a masterpiece that could be a definitive work for every single one of them. At the time, I loved them so desperately, so completely, that I was incapable of believing anyone could share their stories like I could. Professionals included.
As I've matured, I've become less possessive and less convinced of my own exquisite potential. But I still clutch to the demented dream of making everyone love these characters like I do. So I've never stopped working on Trinity. To this day, I still find myself coming back to it, making little tweaks here and there, refining, and even overhauling. The man hours spent on it dwarf any of my other projects, easily. I've never aimed higher.
That all being said, don't hesitate to poke and pry and tear at it. It's not my baby. It's my tribute. And I want it to be as glorious as possible.
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Post by Dex Macleod on Mar 3, 2014 4:58:07 GMT
Due to real life constantly getting in the way this has taken me way longer than I thought it would. So rather than a formal review these are just some of the notes I jotted down while reading.
The introductions are great. Oddly enough though Diana’s introduction seems to be the most thin. I’m not sure I would have cared much for her if I hadn’t already read her script. And as much as I love Clark’s first scene I think it would have been so much more impactful had the two friends he was with been Pete Ross and Lana Lang.
I’ve always preferred the Superman who’s sort of afraid of his own powers and this is one of the better interpretations of that I’ve seen.
The Plot is essentially the classic “heroes meet, fight each other for a while, then team up to take on the real bad guy” story but it’s got enough of its own thing going on that it doesn’t feel like a cliché. For one, despite the fact that the action barely ever lets up we still get a whole lot of good character work throughout the script. Superman and Batman are especially well defined people here.
The fights are amazingly well written. Batman going toe to toe with both Superman and Wonder Woman and remaining somewhat “realistic” is a tough task but here there’s a fine balance between Batman being able to hold his own and still constantly highlighting the fact that he’s just a man.
Like with the Wonder Woman script the action is intense and rarely lets up but here I think it’s a bit more organic for lack of a better word. The fight scenes tend to really propel both the story and the characters forward really nicely. Not that “Wonder Woman” was just mindless action, it’s just a bit more thoughtful this time around.
I really liked the twist at the end with the creation of Bizarro as the actual evil Wonder Woman was sent to destroy. At least I think that’s what happened I don’t remember anyone specifically stating that Bizarro is Diana’s true target but I may have just been more tired than I thought.
This one's inspired me to stop being so lazy and get some of my own DC stuff finished.
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