Misfires

Sometimes it just goes purple.

I, at any given time, have dozens of potential ideas circling through my head.  Of those many, a few are good enough to be jotted down in my idea files.  And of those, a couple were worthwhile enough to write out as blog posts.

And they fail miserably.

A lot of the time, I just roundfile them.  Once in a great while I’ll still post it, but give warning about it.  Sometimes I can figure out what went wrong and rewrite it, and then post it.  For these, I thought I would do something different.  I am going to post the titles and short synopsis of a few failed posts here, as well as why I feel they didn’t work.  It gives you, the handful who actually read this blog, a look into the thought process that I go through.  It also gives me, the author, a relatively easy posting.  So without further ado…

Star Power

Once upon a time, films garnered most of their audiences due to the main star.  Nowadays they occasionally try to return to that method to bring in more fans.  Why doesn’t it work like it once did?  (This was based on the media coverage for the movie ‘The American’.)

Talk about opening a can of worms.  I started with this idea, and while writing it, it kept evolving.  Tangents would constantly pop up, and I would run with them as well.  I added my ideas of what factors could make a popular film; be it directors, subject matter… what have you.  And when it was finally typed out, it was an unfocused mess.  Hell, my ‘Avatar’ review was more concise than this.  And in the process of seeing if this could be salvaged, I came to realize that I just didn’t give a toot about the original idea.  So here is its final resting place.  But out of this mess, there is still potential for one of the ideas that spun off from writing this.

BEHOLD THE POWER OF THE VAGINA-PINK LIGHTER!!!

Through my not-so scientific observations, I deduced that if you go to parties, the only way to ensure your lighter doesn’t get stolen is to possess one in that garish pink color offered.

This one I love because of the great title.  Unfortunately, a great title does NOT a posting make.  This post ended up being a rather silly ramble that really went nowhere.  At least I finally got to post the title…

(And why would a non-smoker carry a lighter?  To use it as an opening to talk to ladies who do, of course.)

Assumption Experiment

I propose an experiment in human stupidity where I set up a couple stanchions and proceed to stand between them like I was waiting in line. I would then film the results, which I believe would be that people would line up behind me for no better reason than that there is a line.  I would then post the results.

Some things should not be done while angry and/or frustrated.  That now includes blog postings.  I am tired of people not paying attention to their surroundings and constantly repeating their mistakes.  After cooling down and thinking it over, I realized the idea was pure shit.  No chance other than this for this idea to see the light of day.

My favorite Doctor…and Companion

Where I would talk about my favorite incarnation of The Doctor from ‘Doctor Who’ and my favorite travelling companion of his, and why they were my favorites.

A good idea in theory, but with The Doctor it all comes down to which one you first really watched.  The companion portion of this posting was far more interesting, and in fact overshadowed everything… and that became a problem for me.  So in the end, I just let it go.  (For the record, they are Jon Pertwee as the third Doctor and Catherine Tate as Donna Nobel.)

The Day I… (Title never completed)

I reveal an incident from my youth where I got a glimpse of something that I knew had great meaning to me, but didn’t know why until later in life.  It was a glimpse of what I was… gleaned from of all things, a ‘Star Blazers’ episode.

This is one of the very few topics I will most likely rewrite and post properly.  Part of the problem was that I would start to stray off the main topic (the revelation) and ramble about the incredible goodness of ‘Star Blazers’.  (Hell, this might actually become TWO different postings…)  I also need to edit the clip I have with the revelation in question, and that requires me to quit procrastinating.

Another problem is that some people may interpret what I learned in a literal way rather than symbolically like I did.  And that the revelation sounds harsher about me than I mean it to.  But it is accurate; I just need to word it better.

The final problem is that I could never figure out a decent title for this post.  While the beginning works, nothing else clicks.  Maybe the muse of inspiration will take a dump of good ideas upon my head.

(And no, I am not telling what the revelation was, or even the episode I saw it in.  As I said, I hopefully will be able to finish this to the level I would like, so why give it away early?)