Every aspiring screenwriter has his or her share of favorite and influencing works, works that they would like to draw comparison towards, as far as quality and effectiveness goes. This sometimes leads to direct replication of an existing work and at times, multiple works. Then, they are disguised just enough to avoid drawing direct and immediate comparison, or so it can be labeled an original work. It is important not to make a habit of this (or do it at all) because in reality it won’t be more than an obvious collage of excerpts of other people’s work. A real life example of this, I think, is the film Eagle Eye. As the reviews pointed out, this film is a migraine inducing combination of the Mission: Impossible, Bourne, James Bond franchises and everything in between. Not to mention 1983’s Wargames. …click here to read more

In an effort not to undermine the importance that I think radio has, it being a format I am a huge fan of and look forward to learning a lot about, I have decided to start a daily broadcast of random episodes of shows from the Golden Age of Radio. In this day and age radio dramas get bumped, in favor of radio programming that just isn’t as important or as useful. For those of us who are real fans of Old-Time Radio, the lack of these shows have made us rely on books on tapes, that while good, do not offer the satisfaction (for lack of a better word) of knowing that you can flip on the radio and catch a good detective drama. …click here to read more