Comments on: Ops stops

By: Dino

Dino — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:32:34 +0000

Here is a brand-new comment to try.

By: Dino

Dino — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:25:27 +0000

And another test as well. Right here. Changed again.

By: John August

John August — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:23:29 +0000

This is a test of the commenting system update.

By: Paige81

Paige81 — Mon, 07 May 2007 21:07:34 +0000

Thanks for sharing with everyone what happened. I was sooooo looking forward to watching this series, especially that Luke Mably, my favorite actor, was supposed to be in it. I had heard that the Fox network had signed him up for some series and, reading this, I am pretty positive Ops must have been it. I have had a look at the downloads section and I must say that now I am even more disappointed it didn’t go ahead. Bummer!

By: firebrand

firebrand — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 10:01:33 +0000

Listening to Pepito (what a dickhead, by the way) speak seems to reinforce the notion that Venezuela is â€œone of the most dangerous places in the world.â€? And with Hugo Chavez as President, that isn’t so far off IMO. In any case John, thanks for putting up the versions of the pilot as downloads. It’s a rare treat to get an insight like this into what does and doesn’t make a TV show in Hollywood.

By: max

max — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 23:49:03 +0000

For a few weeks now I've been seeing trailers for "The Unit", a show premiering on CBS from Shawn Ryan (The Shield) and David Mamet (Fucking Fuck Fuck, the Motion Picture). Before I heard who was involved I thought this was "Ops", or a mutation thereof. Perhaps a post from you reviewing this show, from the point of view of someone who developed something very similar, would be helpful to writers who spend months (or years) developing a project, only to see it appear in some other form somewhere else (without run-on sentences).

I would have asked you in person at the WGAw event, but my parole officer has warned me against meeting other screenwriters (again). Thanks for the great interview.

By: Ken Levine

Ken Levine — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 07:28:22 +0000

John,

The sad part is that your pilot nightmare is the rule not the exception. Your post brought back Viet Nam flashbacks for my own once promising but now dead pilots. I too wrote a post about the pilot process. Less specefic, maybe a tad more bitter.

By: John August

John August — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 23:43:33 +0000

Hey Pepito --

Why don't you read the pilot, rather than a summary of it on another site? You might be surprised that:

The bad guys are mercenaries, too.
The military-industrial complex is the Big Bad of the show.
There are no secret files.
You're a fucking idiot.

By: Jeb

Jeb — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 21:12:48 +0000

It is always amazing how much time and money businesses spend on pointless maneauvering, such as canceling the prior-president's projects across the board. But, such is life.

Six months for two feature scripts? No wonder you are so prolific.

By: Guyot

Guyot — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 01:42:43 +0000

Welcome to my world…

By: Pepito

Pepito — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 01:23:49 +0000

I'm glad your show was cancelled, you fucking son of a bitch. Thanks for trying to give your pea-brained viewers the impression that your mercenaries would be real heroes stealing "secret files" from PDVSA (the Venezuelan oil company) and showing Venezuela as "one of the most dangerous places in the world". Fuck you.

Assholes like you are those who give your "compatriots" their warped view of the world. Why don't you show the shit that's happening in your own country, instead of showing "brown" people as tyrannized by their own governments and needing the help of good ol' America to come to their rescue? Is this your contribution to your national myth?

I can't possibly express how disgusted I am by your little show. If you want to make money, why don't you adress a problem that you guys have yourselves, like the incompetent idiot that rules the world and that your own people elected? I guess you are not ashamed of profiting from the fear culture that your own government has helped further and that it comes up with everytime they need to pass another law that attempts against your civil rights. Orange alert! Orange alert!

Fuck you...again and again.