Howdy,

I had two thoughts recently:

The first was from watching The Nice Guys. Amelia pays Russell Crowe because people were asking around for where she lives and other information about her.

It’s terrifying to think that it would be trivial to find that information now. So much of the movie would be people searching on the internet. Amelia would not know people are tracking her, they would just show up.

I’m curious how a story could capture this. How a story could take advantage of that creepiness. There are definitely shows that show a stalker or detective using the internet. I don’t have much from memory except someone typing on the internet for a specific reason. I remember the first episode of YOU that showed how creepy social media can be. I remember it was the in-person elements that the online stalking enabled that showed how creepy it was.

I guess, at the very least, the internet can be the way to get random clues for a mystery that don’t feel forced. I’m also curious if there’s a way to show the magnitude of the creepiness. I still want people to feel how creepy online data can be from a personal perspective, and I also want to highlight the creepy, larger than comprehension web that it creates. Almost, the existential dread that comes from something being so powerful, yet impossible to fully comprehend. A monster that we created.

The second was from watching The Sandman. It felt like a high budget Syfy show. The world had the highest priority over story beats and characters. THat’s not to say there wasn’t character and story beats, rather the world created interesting situations (is there a situation where no one can lie in anyway).

It gave me a new perspective to make stories. You can make a world and that can still be interesting. And if you make a world, your world can highlight interesting situations.

Bye,

Lucas

Howdy,

I had two thoughts recently:

The first was from watching The Nice Guys. Amelia pays Russell Crowe because people were asking around for where she lives and other information about her.

It’s terrifying to think that it would be trivial to find that information now. So much of the movie would be people searching on the internet. Amelia would not know people are tracking her, they would just show up.

I’m curious how a story could capture this. How a story could take advantage of that creepiness. There are definitely shows that show a stalker or detective using the internet. I don’t have much from memory except someone typing on the internet for a specific reason. I remember the first episode of YOU that showed how creepy social media can be. I remember it was the in-person elements that the online stalking enabled that showed how creepy it was.

I guess, at the very least, the internet can be the way to get random clues for a mystery that don’t feel forced. I’m also curious if there’s a way to show the magnitude of the creepiness. I still want people to feel how creepy online data can be from a personal perspective, and I also want to highlight the creepy, larger than comprehension web that it creates. Almost, the existential dread that comes from something being so powerful, yet impossible to fully comprehend. A monster that we created.

The second was from watching The Sandman. It felt like a high budget Syfy show. The world had the highest priority over story beats and characters. THat’s not to say there wasn’t character and story beats, rather the world created interesting situations (is there a situation where no one can lie in anyway).

It gave me a new perspective to make stories. You can make a world and that can still be interesting. And if you make a world, your world can highlight interesting situations.

Bye,

Lucas