Imaginary Conversation Between 2 Storywriters.

The topic says everything, so no introduction needed, no beating around the bush, no nothing. Just straight to the point. Let's call the two storywriters as A and B for a certain movie *cough*Knowing*cough*.

A: Hey, it's getting harder to make a good story that everyone likes nowadays la. The audience is getting smarter n smarter, its like they've developed exquisite ability to predict the storyline. We can't give them a surprise!!! I even heard that in one movie called "infections", the audience laughed at that show, but its a horror movie! How how? Any idea a?

B: No problem. We just simply give them something in the plot, which appears to be an important clue to all the mystery, but ends up with no importance whatsoever. Yea, what say u a stone? We shall make it that someone creepy gives the Chosen One a bloody stone. It'll make people think that the stone is friggin' important. And whazza, bam, whush, the stone ends up being just a stone!!! Yea, that'll get them going. Yea!

A: Wow! You're good! You're da man, man! But we're doing mystery then? Audience smarter and cleverer nowadays la! What can we do to make them captivated?

B: Hm, looking at the trends these past few years, people like horror(Ju-on, The Ring, name ur pick), mystery( numb3rs, da vinci code, pink panther, name ur pick), end of the world type(I am legend) and many more. So we just put everything interesting into one movie. We shall make a movie about Armageddon coming, aliens, horror, people dying, prophecy, and everything! Yea! We're gonna make a movie about everyone going to die according to a prophecy - written in numbers of course -, and a hero that is going to solve the mystery and save the world! Yea!

A: Wow! You're God, man! But then the story will be predictable also wat. Everyone will know that the main hero will save everyone.

B: Elementary. We'll just have to make it as though the Armageddon is inevitable, no matter how hard the "hero" does, he'll NEVER save the world. Ha! How's tat? In the end, everyone dies, Earth dies, and the alien brings some of the humans to another planet! HAHAHAHAHA. I'm a genius! Yea!

A: Goodness gracious, this movie's a masterpiece lah. We'll sure hit it big now. Yey! But our budget's limited. And since the casting wants Nic Cage as the main protagonist, and factor in the CGI department's payroll, we're short on cash to hire a good female protagonist. How ah? Plus, we haven't sort out the female protagonist's characters. How how how??

B: Tsk, no matter. We can simply pick one aspiring actress out of the lot. They'll be more than happy to appear in a blockbuster movie of the year!!! RAWR! And about the characters, we have more than enough share of courageous, witty, knowledgeable, and impressive heroines of late. The audience has got bored with them all. What say you we make a totally annoying and paranoid heroine. That'll win us the Oscar for Best Picture, I daresay! Yea!

A: Wow, you ARE a genius lah! Pro pro!

B: Yea! Hahaha! Let's drink to the success of this film. Yea!