Updates to the weblog

Hello to all my fellow travelers and readers of Something To Say If Anyone Hears.

I wanted to point out that I have altered the process of commenting on this blog.  I had noticed that while the site has been generating a lot of buzz; only four comments were posted.  So, I wondered; what could be done to increase web traffic and provide a more interactive approach?

Well, I was able to include Disqus software as part of the commenting experience.  For that to happen, I altered the settings of commenting so that any person can now comment on the blog.  I do hope this will help to increase traffic and have the site become more interactive.  Soon to come, I reiterate, will be Twitter and Instagram posts, video weblogs which may also involve a good deal of production, perhaps a podcast; and at a later time I will look further into using WordPress software if the blog needs expanding. 

So, in another matter, how would we open the proposed Doug revisited movie?  Here is how I would open it.

It starts with animated prototypical shots of chaos and confusion of some evil overlord wreaking havoc on a major city.  Perhaps it is Dr. Klotzenstein yet again.  Suddenly, in the sky, we see Quail Man (looking like Doug) and his sidekick that looks like Porkchop, the dog of the Funnie family.  Using his powers of patience, intelligence and speed; Quail Man is able to outsmart Dr. Klotzenstein with his new mind control device.  The visuals are all stunning, action packed, and then...

The film stops.  We see it is a conference room near Marvel Studios where Doug Funnie and Porkchop are looking at rough footage and dailies to start the latest film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.  In the conference room, Doug and some of the movie executives and the film's director (likely J.B. Spigett) are going over how the visuals of the movie are excellent.  Doug, however, is a bit suspect on how the plot seems to be all cookie cutter.  He suggests the need to reshoot some scenes this early in the production.  While the executives tend to agree, one that seems to resemble and might be indeed Stan Lee, says something like:

"We may need another half million to cover costs"
"Doug, the fans expect a linear narrative, not self reflection" or some words to that extant.

It is then that we hear the first, and likely not the last, Beeyou which occurs when Doug cannot get a word in edgewise.

We leave the conference room to return to Doug's impressive home near the area where he now does a video journal on his website and synced to other sites like, say, Me View and Open Life.  It reaches at least hundreds of thousands of views each post; and as he begins his new video blog, we begin to notice that a lot has changed in Doug Funnie and his life since we last saw him in 1999.

As I said, this is an ongoing process.  More of my story treatment on revisiting Doug will come as I can think of them. 

Oh yes; I plan a seeing a movie tomorrow.  I had been interested in seeing Chappie.  Has anyone seen it?  If so, is it that much of a disappointment, or perhaps just misunderstood?  Let me know in the comments section.

Talk to you later

Robert