Writers/Blockbusters Screenwriting Podcast

#34 - Men in Black (1997)

Oct 28, 2022
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
The First Men in Black Movie
01:47 • 2min
3
Titanic: A Comparison
03:21 • 2min
4
The Blues Brothers With UFOs
05:13 • 2min
5
Ed Solomon's Bill and Ted
07:29 • 1min
6
The Ghostbusters of the 90s
08:59 • 2min
7
The Normal Man in a Crazy World
11:25 • 2min
8
The Log Line for Cocky-Gag
13:02 • 2min
9
The Importance of a Log Line in a Movie
15:12 • 3min
10
Bill and Ted: A Movie About Fun and Games
17:57 • 2min
11
Why Premise Delivery Doesn't Work
19:46 • 3min
12
The Giganor
22:55 • 2min
13
The Extraordinary Ordinary
24:53 • 2min
14
The Coward Character Arcs
26:39 • 5min
15
The Archilium Battle Cruiser
31:25 • 2min
16
The Retagunist
33:38 • 2min
17
The All Is Lost
35:27 • 3min
18
The All Is Lost Moment
38:11 • 3min
19
The Praise of the Killer Speech
40:57 • 3min
20
The Power of Escalation
44:07 • 3min
21
Script for Escalating Premise Delivery
47:16 • 4min
22
Blades and the End of Private Ryan
51:15 • 2min
23
The Importance of Escalation in Movies
53:28 • 2min
24
The Two Main Characters Comic Concessions
55:02 • 2min
25
Tommy Lee Jones' Obsession With the Job
56:40 • 2min
26
Will Smith and the Common Man
58:28 • 2min
27
The Comedy of Edgar the Bug
59:58 • 2min
28
The Importance of Comic Obsession
01:01:43 • 2min
29
The Importance of Breaking Into Three
01:03:20 • 3min