#megadoc

[evilhaginfo]

‘MEGADOC’ is playing on the Criterion Channel since December 16.

Video reproduction via Criterion Collection.

[alexanderwales]

I watched the Megalopolis doc Megadoc, and I think it's underlined something that I've been thinking more and more over time: pantsing is pretty much strictly inferior to plotting, with the exception that pantsing is a lot more fun.

Now, it's different for film than it is for writing, because film is horrendously expensive and, taking place in physical reality, requires physical objects that take time and labor to make. You have a shooting schedule that you have to stick with, and a budget that you can't balloon too much, and if you want someone to wear a different dress than the one that was prepared, you have to wait for wardrobe to get everything in place, during which time you have to pay everyone who's on set.

But having just finished writing Untitled Villainess Otome, which was largely on the improvisational side of things, and while it was fun, and while I'm approximately happy with it as it stands, I kept thinking about how much I was learning in the process of writing, and how much work it would be to shape it into its "final form".

So the correct thing to do, IMO, is just to get everything exactly correct on the first draft, and to do that, you have to understand where and when you can improvise, and also preplan as much as possible so you have a framework for improvisation later. You want to be able to bring the bones in and lay the meat and skin down on them, but do it in such a way that the bones are robust to changes in the muscles, and so you don't wind up with an abomination.

And if you're making a film and you really feel the need for everything to be "alive" and not pinned down, to have freedom, then for fuck's sake make a low budget movie where you're not pissing money every minute you're waiting on wardrobe or set design or actors.

[isuckatnicknamess]

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[sesiondemadrugada]

Megadoc (Mike Figgis, 2025).

[dogwelder]

Janky Movie Posters, Part TWENTY!

It's the return of fake movie posters for real movies based on real movie posters for other movies!

I've actually made about twenty-five of these since the last time I posted any here, but some of them are below my already low standards for acceptable jankiness, so I'm just posting my ten favorites. If you want to see the rest (along with more pictures and very short comments about the movies) you can find them on my blog that no one looks at. YOU COULD BE THE FIRST!

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MCR FANS (POLL)—

Hey there! As a handful of you know, I’m currently working on creating a megadoc of information on the Long Live the Black Parade Tour. I think Im currently about 2/3 of the way done, but have hit a bit of a roadblock.

@omtai has transcribed the dialogue of each show, which I’ll be adding to this document.

Currently, all of the information is formatted in a Google Sheet. Because the dialogue tends to be lengthy, I can’t decide if it would be better to fit all of that into a sheet, or just link to a separate document?

TLDR: I’m making a LLTBP megadoc, and for the audio transcriptions, I can’t decide if it would be better to put it in the spreadsheet or a separate doc.

Pros and cons:

Spreadsheet: all of the information would be in one place, but it’s weird to format long text on sheets

Separate doc: Easier to format, but breaks up the megadoc into two places

how should I add the transcripts?

format it all into the spreadsheet

link to a separate document

secret third option (explain in notes)

Voting ended onAug 11, 2025

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[haverwood]

Megadoc Mike Figgis USA, 2025 ★★★ oh this is so much my jam. I did like MEGALOPOLIS so I guess I was an easy sell, but I still think this is good. one of those "unlimited access" projects that usually work out (for the viewer, at least)

there's a part where the director is asked by two actresses what he thinks about a certain scene, and the guy's like "I don't think, I just observe" and my mind went straight to Herzog. right then, a 3rd actress says "that's very Werner Herzog of you". loved that bit.