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How would you fix ROC ?
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05-21-2018, 06:03 AM
Snakeeyesisposh
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Join Date: Sep 2013
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Let me break down the main problems. Rise of Cobra is just too weak of a movie story wise.
1. Destro's motivations for his convoluted takeover plan is never clearly explained. This is actually a REALLY big narrative problem, because without this, he's basically a LOL BLOW SHET UP PROFIT WHO CARES type of villian. Cobra Commander is worse, his motivations don't MAKE ANY SENSE.
2. Characters are not just cookie cutter traits like "BRAVERY" and "FUNNY". You have to SHOW these traits on screen, not tell us. Also, you have to SHOW the interactions and motivations between characters and how they react to each other to demonstrate character, no BARONESS IS MY FIANCEE because I SAID SO!!!
3. Plot events must have realistic consequences and continuity. When Cobra blew up Paris. . . . . no French armies were sent against Cobra. No Fred Fuchs were given. That's bad, Cobra is running blowing shet up willy nilly and no governments help? What, nanites make your soldiers almost invincibile? That sounds stupid, then how do the heroes ever win then? *Spoiler's they don't actually fight that many of them! They just talk their foes to death and auto win mostly. That's dumb.
4. Protagonists motivations. OH MY GOD, besides Duke and Snake Eyes, can you even remember what the protagonists were fighting for? You will likely have a hard time because they used AVENGING THE GI JOES and STOPPING COBRA as the motivation. No, no no no no!!! That's not a personal motivation, it would be like saying I want to save Coke-Cola, or I want to prevent Foot in Moth Disease, no one in the audience CARES!!! Show and tell us why they wanted to save Coke Cola, or prevent Foot in Mouth Disease, etc.
5. There's too much telling and not showing!!! I don't want you to spend 20 minutes talking about every single detail, condense it so you don't have to and save the telling for facts,less important events you can't show or condensed lore during conversations!
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