i haven't ranted for a while.. so there are a lot of things on my mind and i actually don't know where to start. hmmm...
ah, since the tab for con-ass is already open and my thoughts from last saturday are still fresh, let's have a go at it, shall we?
1) CON-CON/CON-ASS/CHA-CHA- From what I know,(and it's not a lot) The congress passed this.. bill?...as a first step to change our constitution. The opposition thinks Gloria is behind it because she plans to run for congress in the next elections and once the whole government system has changed into a parliament, she'll run for prime minister. That's it, right?
okay.
Let's take Gloria out of the equation...i dont see what so bad about abolishing senate seats? Theyre the ones who make things worse all the time, anyway (read: HAYDEN KHO AND KATRINA HALILI IN A SENATE HEARING????) if they hadn't wasted time in all that circus someone would've probably caught wind of what the congress was doing.
ANYWAY, our laws haven't worked for us over the years, its about time to change it, to make it work for everyone!
I remember my old philo teacher. he asked us once what we thought about changing the 10 commandments, of course, i agreed. Not only because it was fun to play the devils advocate but also beacause i believe that... ehh.. how do i put it... he gave them laws that were appropriate for THAT time. Since we've all evolved and times have changed, I don't see why we can't tweak the commandments a bit so we can all move forward.
Although i have no problems with any one, except for the first, commandments and no one can actually question God, lest he smite me in the middle of an indoor swimming pool with his lighting scissors. I shall leave it at that.
What i'm trying to say is, it's been 21 years since that damned constitution and a lot has changed. PLUS, no one seems to follow it anyway. I say go for the concon/conass/chacha whathaveyou and actually try to make ths country work. The only ones afraid of change are those senators who'll be losing their kurakot money.
read for yourselves: http://notoconass.com/proposed.html
2) ART/EXPERIMENTAL FILMS THAT NO ONE UNDERSTANDS- as a screenwriter, i OBVIOUSLY value story over shot. Obviously. The primary reason why i'm even in this industry is so that i could convey a message to a lot of people.
If two out of a thousand people understand your so -called "art films," Then.. what's the point, really?
You have just wasted about 2 hours of your audience's life with unconnected scenes that don't make sense, at least to the common person.
and what use will your film be if you isolate most of the population?
a waste.
that's what it is.
It's not selling out. It's being understood.
3) WRITING EVERYDAY AS PRACTICE- I have posted once before that i was told i should write everyday. I have read tips to keep on writing too, and it said to write everyday, no matter how long or how short.
I just realized- just now that i have been writing everyday. Not really toward my script, but here. I've been writing everyday for 5 years in this site.
and it's all the practice i need.