Growing Around Growing Around: A slow moving trainwreck. (General Thread)

[Piga Dgrifm]

Enter would normally take a show with this many unexplained questions and call it an atrocity, but it's A-OK when he does it.

 

[MrsFrizzle]

Enter would normally take a show with this many unexplained questions and call it an atrocity, but it's A-OK when he does it.

If it was a local phenomenon explained by magic, it could work. Like a witch put a spell on Sunnyside (or whatever the town's name is) so that parent and child roles are inverted there.

The idea that this could work for an entire world is just too ridiculous to get over.

 

[Piga Dgrifm]

Making it just one town would be so much better, and there could even be some actual humor in how surrounding towns treat them.

 

[Petronella]

If he made it so Sunnyside was the only city like that, he could even do a "fish out of water" episode where the family sees how other towns are set up. Bonus points if he gave the episode a "respect everyone's differences" moral.

 

[Piga Dgrifm]

But, of course, that would require creativity and competence.

 

[Anchuent Dictata]

If it was a local phenomenon explained by magic, it could work. Like a witch put a spell on Sunnyside (or whatever the town's name is) so that parent and child roles are inverted there.

The idea that this could work for an entire world is just too ridiculous to get over.

Precisely this; like a Hippie Commune or other bizarre microcosms that simply couldn't exist across broader society. I wouldn't begrudge him for going with magic as a setup at this point because it would be a significant improvement of their logic.

 

[Trombonista]

Should I repost my GARMS script here?

 

[Anchuent Dictata]

GARMS?

The term isn't ringing any bells.

 

[JU 199]

I know I'm kind of late (know little about Mr.Enter) but this show idea seems somehow equally cliche while boldly finding new ways to fail.

 

[Piga Dgrifm]

Here, Kyle sums up Timmy:

If you can't read his handwriting, it says: "No. Too small. This sucks. No personality."

 

[Anchuent Dictata]

So I guess Sally's some kind of would-be politician going by the "Interview" thing, what does Timmy do?

 

[Shokew]

Here, Kyle sums up Timmy:

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If you can't read his handwriting, it says: "No. Too small. This sucks. No personality."

Why did he bother in the first place? Stupid question, I know. But still...

 

[Piga Dgrifm]

So I guess Sally's some kind of would-be politician going by the "Interview" thing, what does Timmy do?

He runs a lemonade store, and... has freckles, and... That's it.

 

[Jewelsmakerguy]

Here, Kyle sums up Timmy:

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If you can't read his handwriting, it says: "No. Too small. This sucks. No personality."

While I agree it looks generic, Kyle's proven to us his shit's not that better.

Though this is coming from someone that can't draw worth a damn, so hey, who am I to talk?

 

[Anchuent Dictata]

Well shit, Enter could make him be a competitive youth bodybuilder (Note: I do not endorse underaged competitive bodybuilding), what with lugging around 50 pound+ cases of lemonade all day.

Body dysmorphia plotline, anyone?

 

[Piga Dgrifm]

Well shit, Enter could make him be a competitive youth bodybuilder (Note: I do not endorse underaged competitive bodybuilding), what with lugging around 50 pound+ cases of lemonade all day.

Body dysmorphia plotline, anyone?

Enter'd just whine about 'unfortunate implications', and miss the message entirely.

 

[Trombonista]

GARMS?

The term isn't ringing any bells.

Growing Around Radioactive Mutant Squirrels.
Basically, I jokingly suggested that the parent-child role reversal could be explained by radioactive mutant squirrels ruling the world. @Nayolfa seemed to genuinely like the idea, so I wrote a stupid script on page 90 of the original Enter thread.

Again, should I repost my stupid script here?

 

[FK 635]

Okay, here's a question. Why? Why do his fans like his scripts? If anyone else wrote them, no one would care. They're harmless fluff that leave you with (to quote Phineas and Ferb, a much better cartoon) "an intense, burning indifference." Not only is there nothing unique about them, there's nothing...anything...about them that stands out. Even if they used the same old cliches, the same old ideas, there are ways to put a unique spin on them, to have fun with them, to make them entertaining, and the few scripts I've read don't have any of this.

Are his fans' tastes really that awful? Are they letting their love for Enter deter their better judgement? I'm imagining the answer is "yes," but it's really bothering me more than it should.

How do they think they can pull this off? The scripts aren't anywhere near properly formatted, and if they want to get it on television, as others have pointed out, Enter has made a few "enemies" out of some influential cartoon writers, to the point where he's gone on longwinded rants on how awful they are in his eyes or some nonsense.

Also, does anyone know how easy/difficult it is to work with Enter? He strikes me as incredibly stubborn.

 

[MrsFrizzle]

Post your script, trombonista! Or link the original post.

I was thinking about this today while waiting for a bus, and I was just floored by how much Enter's preconceptions limit the possibilities of this idea. Nobody can be stupid, nobody can be an asshole, nobody can be humiliated even for a second, nobody can have a significant conflict with anyone they're close to, nobody can be in love...

 

[Gazelle_Bro]

Chat that I had with Enter yesterday.

[3/4/15 10:41:41 PM] Touka: The Sally ask thing. How long did it take to make?
[3/4/15 10:41:52 PM] Johnathan Enter: A few hours, why?
[3/4/15 10:43:22 PM] Touka: Good to know. So how long is it currently?
[3/4/15 10:43:49 PM] Johnathan Enter: Not very long. It shouldn't take you more than 15 minutes to see everything.
[3/4/15 10:44:18 PM] Touka: Ah cool. What kind of stuff do you plan on including in it?
[3/4/15 10:45:08 PM] Johnathan Enter: Honestly, when I get the assets for it, I could take people through a longer, extended episode where they'd be able to talk with the characters and get to know them better
[3/4/15 10:45:28 PM] Touka: Like all of the characters? Or just the females?
[3/4/15 10:45:37 PM] Johnathan Enter: All of the characters, why?
[3/4/15 10:46:12 PM] Touka: Just wondering. It's an interesting project to hear from you. How long would make it overall?
[3/4/15 10:46:44 PM] Johnathan Enter: As long as I'd need for the plot. It wouldn't have the time constraints of a typical episode.
[3/4/15 10:47:14 PM] Touka: I know it wouldn't. What kind of plot would you have for it? Or would it just be a kind of plotless thing?
[3/4/15 10:47:56 PM] Johnathan Enter: I'm not sure. It could just be a general slice of life thing, or I could use a concept that I couldn't fit in a typical episode