http://www.metafilter.com/tags/treasureplanet Posts tagged with 'treasureplanet' at MetaFilter. Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:28:19 -0800 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:28:19 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/73109/How%2DGodzilla%2Dand%2DSinbad%2Dwere%2Dlost%2Dand%2Dother%2Dtales After a lengthy hiatus, Terry Rossio is once again writing columns on screenwriting and other aspects of the film trade for <a href="http://www.wordplayer.com/columns/welcome.html">Wordplayer</a> (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/39388/Schmucks-With-Underwoods">previ</a><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/37313/Well-At-Least-It-Has-Three-Acts">ously</a>). New articles include a dissertation on the use of <a href="http://www.wordplayer.com/columns/wp48.Dramatic.Irony.html">dramatic irony</a>, a fascinating story about <a href="http://www.wordplayer.com/columns/wp46.Lens.Magic.html">a single vacation photo and the strange twists of life</a>, and an insider's look into <a href="http://www.wordplayer.com/columns/wp47.100.Million.Mistake.html">how good stories get killed, and which battles are worth fighting</a>. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0744429/">Terry Rossio</a> is one half of a writing team with partner <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0254645/">Ted Elliott</a>. They are the team behind Alladin, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Shrek, but also, as they will sadly admit, behind Godzilla, Treasure Planet, and The Puppet Masters. Rossio's stories of dealing with both successes and failures are compulsively readable and enlightening as to what goes into making a film from the ground up, and how it can so easily fall apart. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.73109 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:28:19 -0800 alladin godzilla movies piratesofthecaribbean puppetmasters screenwriting shrek sinbad tedelliott terryrossio treasureplanet wordplayer writing Navelgazer