tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400514519057660990.post1385416732699153402..comments2023-10-19T17:34:21.067+01:00Comments on Jason Arnopp's Bloggery Pokery (RIP): John Yorke's New Book. Plus: Win A Three-Day Course With Him!Jason Arnopphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07876042845400963850noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400514519057660990.post-20142458772915476352013-05-01T18:25:25.570+01:002013-05-01T18:25:25.570+01:00A policewoman is shot in the present day and regai...A policewoman is shot in the present day and regains consciousness to find herself in 1981.<br /><br />(Ashes to Ashes, BBC 2008-2010)<br /><br />And in a similar vein...<br /><br />A policeman is involved in a potentially fatal road accident, and awakes in 1973.<br /><br />(Life on Mars, BBC 2006 - 2007)<br /><br /><br />... Both excellent, but I'm predominantly an Ashes to Ashes fan!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400514519057660990.post-6348585580917878612013-05-01T18:03:26.540+01:002013-05-01T18:03:26.540+01:00The homeward bound crew of the Nostromo are woken ...The homeward bound crew of the Nostromo are woken prematurely from hypersleep to respond to a distress call. AlienAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08069414358589618373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400514519057660990.post-36246282974732571262013-05-01T17:17:50.799+01:002013-05-01T17:17:50.799+01:00After Libyan terrorists kill his scientist friend ...After Libyan terrorists kill his scientist friend Doc Brown, teenager Marty McFly tries to escape by driving off in Doc's time-travelling DeLorean and inadvertently ends up travelling back to 1955. (Back to the Future)Stephen O'Briennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400514519057660990.post-62873874409542629722013-05-01T16:55:12.709+01:002013-05-01T16:55:12.709+01:00A billionaire weapons manufacturer is kidnapped by...A billionaire weapons manufacturer is kidnapped by terrorists and forced to build them his most devastating weapon in exchange for his life. (Iron Man)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07435392814595411110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400514519057660990.post-32993095791464529002013-05-01T16:32:06.941+01:002013-05-01T16:32:06.941+01:00A man finds a case full of money belonging to a dr...A man finds a case full of money belonging to a drugs cartel. (No Country For Old Men)Simon Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13567166215166230117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400514519057660990.post-80029462642701290632013-05-01T16:17:47.456+01:002013-05-01T16:17:47.456+01:00A Texas oilman is sent to remote Scotland to close...A Texas oilman is sent to remote Scotland to close a land deal. (Local Hero, Goldcrest/Warner Bros.)Simon Underwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18386226526180496006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400514519057660990.post-87016583779575951332013-05-01T13:35:17.809+01:002013-05-01T13:35:17.809+01:0028 days later: Man wakes from cycle-accident induc...28 days later: Man wakes from cycle-accident induced coma to find apocalypse happened without him.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805009240037749094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400514519057660990.post-23970468114794886922013-05-01T11:48:20.372+01:002013-05-01T11:48:20.372+01:00Michael - a strait-laced military hero - enters th...Michael - a strait-laced military hero - enters the criminal underworld, when someone tries to kill his mafia boss father. (The Godfather).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03156755578090170080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400514519057660990.post-49449929657278100012013-05-01T11:31:15.267+01:002013-05-01T11:31:15.267+01:00A SETI scientist intercepts a message from another...A SETI scientist intercepts a message from another world. (Contact, 1997)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17651071519834824438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400514519057660990.post-61474481251501253872013-05-01T11:04:37.957+01:002013-05-01T11:04:37.957+01:00Chief Brody (fresh to a small-town community from ...Chief Brody (fresh to a small-town community from the big bad city where he's been fighting all kinds of crime) finds the crab covered corpse of a girl on the beach. - LOVE that a horror film can have such a character driven inciting incident! (Of course, it's Jaws!) Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14689342555264573939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400514519057660990.post-65338182244686074742013-05-01T10:58:06.189+01:002013-05-01T10:58:06.189+01:00A bank robber follows the woman he took hostage on...A bank robber follows the woman he took hostage on his last job and asks her out on a date (The Town) Vicky Hinaulthttp://www.movieemporium.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400514519057660990.post-18999085704508358592013-05-01T10:34:25.179+01:002013-05-01T10:34:25.179+01:00The reluctant son of a mafia boss seeks revenge wh...The reluctant son of a mafia boss seeks revenge when his father is gunned down. The GodfatherAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03320890640471281874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400514519057660990.post-28943879736220256382013-05-01T10:24:21.210+01:002013-05-01T10:24:21.210+01:00Watchmen: "One of us died tonight."
(A m...Watchmen: "One of us died tonight."<br />(A man is thrown through a window to his death.)<br /><br />(Also, London in June ain't gonna happen, but I'd like to enter for a copy of the book.)Sparrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03862184808702812746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400514519057660990.post-53061902972388859382013-05-01T10:17:36.055+01:002013-05-01T10:17:36.055+01:00A man hands in his resignation to an important job...A man hands in his resignation to an important job. <br /><br />It's not the most exciting of Inciting Incidents, but two series of The Prisoner are dedicated to the unspecified powers that rule the Village trying to find out just why he resigned.psibreakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09011762677216982981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400514519057660990.post-8102663064402218382013-05-01T10:04:34.100+01:002013-05-01T10:04:34.100+01:00Two out-of-work actors feel unusual, and decide to...Two out-of-work actors feel unusual, and decide to go outside (Withnail & I)Christian Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17563024805373770913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400514519057660990.post-55157572875280503452013-05-01T09:46:06.580+01:002013-05-01T09:46:06.580+01:00A plane crashes on a mysterious tropical island. (...A plane crashes on a mysterious tropical island. (Lost)Jonny Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15135968331358056585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400514519057660990.post-16280600968944179122013-04-30T22:22:39.714+01:002013-04-30T22:22:39.714+01:00A restless charmer in his early thirties is in a d...A restless charmer in his early thirties is in a dark, hip club somewhere in Paris. A little worse for wear, he deliberately kisses someones girlfriend before casually making an exit alone.<br /><br />Out he stumbles into the early dawn and starts up his moped.<br /><br />We see over his shoulder as he makes his way through the chic suburb and its empty intersections, until, BLAMMO!!! He gets blindsided by a speeding bus and we are literally thrown into the annual summer vacation of his nearest and dearest in Little White Lies. <br /><br />In his absence his friends secrets and lies unravel with both comical and heartfelt consequences.Phil Jones pwjones@hotmail.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400514519057660990.post-54454585972992207552013-04-30T15:45:45.888+01:002013-04-30T15:45:45.888+01:00The Sure Thing: College Freshman Gib tries to pers...The Sure Thing: College Freshman Gib tries to persuade classmate, Alison, to 'help with his homework' by throwing himself fully clothed into a swimming pool. It works, until he tries some of his 'smoother' moves, earning her enmity and setting them both on the path from the East Coast to LA - her to see her long-distance boyfriend; him to hook up with a 'sure thing'.<br /><br />I know it might seem that Gib's quest for a Sure Thing is what sets him on the road to LA (and inadvertently finding himself in a car share with Alison), but if he hadn't stuffed up their burgeoning romance at the outset, they'd be together; she wouldn't be going to see Jason, he wouldn't be looking for a cheap hook up and no-one would be taking a car share to LA with the unfortunate Mary Ann and Gary Cooper ("but not the Gary Cooper who's dead").<br /><br />The quest for the Sure Thing is a MacGuffin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400514519057660990.post-30005110013193626562013-04-30T14:08:45.838+01:002013-04-30T14:08:45.838+01:00A bomber pilot who ought to have died survives, sc...A bomber pilot who ought to have died survives, screwing up heaven's head count (the film A Matter of Life and Death).Hilary Hadley Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07232901237277092318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400514519057660990.post-60217066305873119712013-04-30T12:40:37.117+01:002013-04-30T12:40:37.117+01:00My favourite is Robocop's catastrophic boardro...My favourite is Robocop's catastrophic boardroom demonstration, because it's performed with such style and subtlety that it's not until after multiple-rewatches that you realise that this is where the story starts. <br /><br />You're reeling from the black humour of a business presentation that contains a screw-up far beyond a faulty Powerpoint presentation, and so you only absorb the following conversations on a semi-conscious level. An ambitious young executive capers up to his boss and declares "We've placed prime candidates in high risk areas... all we have to do is wait til some poor schmuck volunteers...". Cut to Murphy, who's fate has just been sealed.<br /><br />So what makes it so great?<br /><br />1. It doesn't even feature the protagonist. Murphy's story actually begins miles away from where he is, yet from that point onward his destiny is fixed. A lovely expression of the forces we never see or know about or understand that shape our lives.<br /><br />2. It's totally f---ed up and totally believable at the same time. Sure, the machine gun slaughter is demented, but this inciting incident is at its heart driven by something as mundane and relatable as an over-reaching young executive trying to get ahead in a major corporation.<br /><br />3. You don't realised it's happened. By disassociating the inciting incident from the protaganist, and hitching it to a mad moment of grand guignol, the film slips its story beats under the radar. I'm a big fan of those stories that are so slickly constructed that its not until the third or fourth viewing that you realise that *this* is the inciting incident, or *this* is the grasping the handle moment. Robocop's story happens to you without you realising it, meanign that you can't hear the grinding of gears, and you stay in the moment.Thorn Davishttps://twitter.com/Thorn_Davisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400514519057660990.post-59044445547295689432013-04-30T12:35:06.505+01:002013-04-30T12:35:06.505+01:00A fully armoured Knight on horseback, crashes out ...A fully armoured Knight on horseback, crashes out of a young boy's wardrobe (the film Time Bandits)Dogprophethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08752203713817370551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400514519057660990.post-44934658375703006162013-04-30T11:37:23.789+01:002013-04-30T11:37:23.789+01:00
A small town waitress falls in love with a vampir...<br />A small town waitress falls in love with a vampire called Bill. True Blood. SallyBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15049603498126757267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400514519057660990.post-33407388961668270932013-04-29T18:26:29.487+01:002013-04-29T18:26:29.487+01:00The Wire. Now I think about it, this might be ment...The Wire. Now I think about it, this might be mentioned explicitly in John's book, but I don't remember. Wire-esque phrases added for colour.<br /><br />For my cheese, the inciting incident is the moment in episode one, in the courtroom, when the Barksdale crew get D'Angelo off the hook.<br /><br />I also think that's a great example (if I do say so myself) because the five-o as a whole (if not McNutty) have a great section of uncertainty and debate. At first, nobody is going to do anything - right up until the team is put together to end the Barskdale reign in the towers.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04498588680720875075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400514519057660990.post-26898089650655816132013-04-29T15:34:00.983+01:002013-04-29T15:34:00.983+01:00A neglected and bored girl finds a door leading to...A neglected and bored girl finds a door leading to a parallel world filled with different versions of her family and neighbours [Coraline]Leilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01824115981726206966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400514519057660990.post-26462198808609904412013-04-29T14:02:25.470+01:002013-04-29T14:02:25.470+01:00Edge of Darkness
A senior police officer is confr...Edge of Darkness<br /><br />A senior police officer is confronted on the steps of his home by a face from his past. His daughter runs forward and takes a shotgun blast in the chest.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10882543653925973357noreply@blogger.com