Mr. Enter's Writing Tips General Thread

[Piga Dgrifm]

If he hates cliffhangers this much, he must HATE the 1960's Batman show.

 

[Hodor]

If he hates cliffhangers this much, he must HATE the 1960's Batman show.

Well I think that he probably has never eve-

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[Steamboat_Bill]

@Piga Dgrifm: He'd probably find other things to hate about the 60s Batman show besides the cliffhangers.

Shame. He'll never know why Adam West is the greatest Batman of all time.

 

[The Jumping Dwarf]

I hope he doesn't. As far as we know, Enter is just some sperg. If he were to hate 60s Batman he'd officially have no soul.

 

[Sanae Kochiya]

What I like to do is get a strong foundation: a good story. A story is something to fall back on if your humor fails, and it's easier to make sure that you have no plot holes than making sure each of your jokes work.

With regards to GA, someone call the irony police, since GA reeks of lacking a stable foundation (did we ever get that bloody series bible?).

Also, I think Enter misses the point of some "gag" shows, like the obvious ones he hates like Family Guy or Simpsons or the ones that I'm sure he hasn't actually watched, like the Looney Tunes (namely anything from Bugs Bunny or the Roadrunner). We aren't watching them for the "story" or "continuity," but because they're funny. Does their humor age well? Sometimes, no. Some Family Guy or Simpsons episodes definitely haven't aged well with time, but for the most part they're amusing. It's just a bunch of obtuse scenarios with a lot of jokes thrown in - adding continuity would be completely redundant. These shows weren't meant to have a stable continuity.

 

[Reverend_Lovejoy]

Enter: I write a lot, that means that I'm a good writer who can give out advice.

Wesley Willis: I've recorded a lot of songs, that means that I'm a great musician who can give out music advice.

Chris-Chan: I've drawn a lot of pictures, that means that I can give out drawing advice.

Do you see where I'm going with this?

 

[Teddy]

If he hates cliffhangers this much, he must HATE the 1960's Batman show.

He would hate a lot of the shows from then (cartoon or not). Many of them had cliffhangers.

Geez. Enter needs to lighten up.

 

[Gazelle_Bro]

did we ever get that bloody series bible?

Enter's still working on it according to a conversation I had a while back with him. He said they'll fully develop the bible after they finish the pilot.

 

[The Jumping Dwarf]

Enter's still working on it according to a conversation I had a while back with him. He said they'll fully develop the bible after they finish the pilot.

So never?

 

[Gazelle_Bro]

So never?

Pretty much. He refuses to listen to reason when it comes to it, because the bible needs to be done before the pilot. But then I remember Enter is an animation god, so he has his own rules.

 

[Steamboat_Bill]

@Reverend_Lovejoy: Wesley Willis should not even be mentioned with those two.

@Teddy: The 60s Batman show, admittedly, got its cliffhangers over and done with in two episodes. Underdog did so in four. Rocky and Bullwinkle, however, could go as long as forty... So he might hate that.

 

[Swiggity Swooty]

Have a sense of morality throughout the episode. The characters you've shown us as protagonists should be the ones doing the good things and the antagonists should be doing bad things. What the good guys do to the bad guys is... a tough one. The safest option is to have the good guys succeed in spite of the bad guys' effort, but the most common one is having the good guys beat the bad guys. One Coarse Meal fails because the good guy is doing an evil action (among other reasons). Never have one character beat up on another because YOU think that it's funny.

Enter must have the vision of a dog if he thinks writing should be this black and white.

 

[Piga Dgrifm]

Never EVER have complex characters that do bad things sometimes.

 

[chimpburgers]

And that's the Enter School of writing for ya. Dogmatic oversimplification and bullshit designed to make your show as boring and safe as possible. No more Breaking Bad or Better Call Saul people.

 

[Steamboat_Bill]

So it's the Hays Code, essentially.

 

[The Perplexing Ms. Escape]

What about shows like Invader Zim where the protagonist is the villain?

 

[Teddy]

So it's the Hays Code, essentially.

I don't know about that. If I'm correct, the Hays Code was conservative towards taboo (at the time) subjects like sex.

Enter is just a whiner who wants everything to be his way. When in reality that'll never happen.

 

[Steamboat_Bill]

@Teddy: A big part of the Hays Code was that no villain could get away with a crime, IIRC, and that good guys couldn't do flagrantly evil things.

 

[Reverend_Lovejoy]

@Reverend_Lovejoy: Wesley Willis should not even be mentioned with those two.

@Teddy: The 60s Batman show, admittedly, got its cliffhangers over and done with in two episodes. Underdog did so in four. Rocky and Bullwinkle, however, could go as long as forty... So he might hate that.

I actually like Wesley. He always came across as being genuinely nice and he was legitimately entertaining despite his mental issues. He also researched every topic he ever sang about, which is a rarity in today's world.

That being said, he was never a very good musician. He just made the best out of what he had.

 

[Hodor]

If he hates cliffhangers this much, he must HATE the 1960's Batman show.

Well I think that he probably has never eve-

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-n seen the 1960's Batman show. Even if he has, I think the appeal of its camp, self-parody, and goofy humor would fly right over his head. Especially if he's never seen the old '40s serials that inspired it.