Comments on: Chris Livingston’s Merchants Of Brooklyn Movie Script

By: SomeDude

SomeDude — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 22:56:16 +0000

Worked on the game. This is so awesome.

By: A Concerned Citizen

A Concerned Citizen — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:23:17 +0000

I’m New here, I came over from FirstPersonShouter though so immediately flocked to this. Good Job Dagda

By: Nonomu198

Nonomu198 — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:17:42 +0000

Hehehe, nice work, Dagda.

By: CloakRaider

CloakRaider — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:32:00 +0000

That twist at the end blew my mind.

And I loved the character of THE PRESIDENT OF BROOKLYN.

By: McNostril

McNostril — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:34:35 +0000

A lyrical masterpiece to accompany what will surely be called the most influential movie script of 2009.

By: J-Man

J-Man — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:16:16 +0000

All hail Dagda

By: Bret

Bret — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:53:32 +0000

We all learned a lesson today.

A lesson about cavemen and really shitty rap.

By: Chijts

Chijts — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:01:28 +0000

I didn’t think you could manage to pull off more lyrics, how wrong was I!

By: Mobba

Mobba — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 13:14:07 +0000

Excellent.

By: Ispep

Ispep — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 09:28:12 +0000

I hear they need a new poet laureate soon…
get your application in now :P

that stuff is GENIOUS :D

By: Dagda

Dagda — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 08:07:21 +0000

Here’s a longer version for you all. Think I can come up with more, we’ll see.

Cavemen, MOTHERF***ERS!
(Listen up to my sound)
We livin’ here in BROOKLYN
(Take a good look around)
We gotta build SKY BRIDGES
(All over the town)
Ya’ll better hold ON TIGHT
(Cause shit’s about to go down)

In the vats at BIT’s where
We was born and raised
When they said to build those bridges,
We was hardly fazed
Neolithic engineering
Just one flaw in their plan
Shoulda known they couldn’t handle
This much real caveman

My man Jake’s a PIT FIGHTER
(I’m a killer, ain’t no lie)
Arm lost to a CHAINSAW
(Shoulda seen the other guy)
So he got a ROBOT ARM
(They didn’t really tell me why)
Transforms into DIFFERENT WEAPONS
(A hundred ways to make’em die)

Now they say the city’s sinking
But we work all the while,
Days spent building, nights spent fighting
True neanderthal style
Tudor courtiers in my grill now
Takin’ tea breaks? Bitch, please
Spend my time at the museum,
Hangin’ with the OCs

By: Justice

Justice — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 22:56:13 +0000

Such a pity that there’s almost no way the game can live up to it’s description…

Thankfully Chris is here to help us envision what could have been… :D

By: Palms

Palms — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 22:21:29 +0000

Seriously, I could just watch the beginning of 2001: A space oddyssey for hours on end. Forget the actual space bit, just give me the cavemen. Lots and lots of cavemen. In fact, I would say that the whole of that movie is AWFUL, but the Cavemen scenes make up for it.

By: Palms

Palms — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 22:19:13 +0000

I’m all for people having their own view, some people like tomatoes, for instance. Some don’t. But this…this is CAVEMEN!!! Cavemen in the future!!! With robotic arms!!! BUILDING SKY BRIDGES!!!

I think people, including me, think this is awesome, because it’s such an amazingly retarded, yet at the same time amazingly … amazing premise for a video game. It certainly is a break from tradition. But if you don’t like it that’s fine, I guess it’s not for everyone. Maybe one for the cavemen connoisseurs =D

By: Littleedge

Littleedge — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:05:50 +0000

@Palms

As in “wtf are you talking about” or as in “how couldn’t you like the concept?”

I’m just one of those guys who don’t like things like that.

By: Bret

Bret — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:05:00 +0000

You couldn’t understand. Only… only the President
of a sinking city could understand.

By: Mr. Brit

Mr. Brit — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:55:45 +0000

Wtf. It’s funny, sure. It cleverly spoofs common hollywood cliches and it does the poorly plotted game justice but really? Is it worth all this obsessing? This seems really extreme…

By: Palms

Palms — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:41:26 +0000

@Littleedge

…you don’t like the concept!? … I’m sorry I…I just don’t know what to say…

By: Little Green Man

Little Green Man — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:04:55 +0000

DO THE RAP DAGDA!!!! YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO. Also, Caps-lock does make me imagine the person shouting in my face.

By: Littleedge

Littleedge — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 16:41:43 +0000

First Person Shouter is an awesome blog. He and you, Pentadact, are awesome. I dunno how you can keep a blog as awesome as this going.

I found the screenplay funny, but kind of stupid. Nothing on him. I’m a bit biased since I don’t like the whole concept.

By: Palms

Palms — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 16:29:07 +0000

@Jason L

Dump him

By: Pentadact

Pentadact — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 16:07:11 +0000

Add my voice to those braying for a full version, Dagda.

By: Jason L

Jason L — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:18:38 +0000

‘Woo’ might be better as ‘Ugh’, but otherwise that’s great.

Believe it or not, I have a friend who didn’t think this was terrific in every way.

By: Chijts

Chijts — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:58:22 +0000

Sweet lyrics Dagda… or should I say FIDDY!

By: Smurfy

Smurfy — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 12:59:46 +0000

I envision this to the tune of that one song from Red Alert 2. The one where they have sound clips of people saying “ti-ti-time is running out” and “it’s a nuclear device!”

By: J-Man

J-Man — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 10:38:40 +0000

@Dagda:

Please do. That’s as funny as the script.

By: Dagda

Dagda — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 03:00:55 +0000

I actually started writing the lyrics for the hypothetical crappy rap song at the movie’s end.

I’m tempted to write a whole song’s worth, I really am.

By: Jazmeister

Jazmeister — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 02:04:59 +0000

I normally don’t read people’s screenplays on the internet; it’s mostly to do with my glasses and whatnot, and… well anyway.

After convulsing madly to the clip, I may just bother my arse to read this one.

(I did read most of the spy one, honest. I read it all, just in sporadic, non-linear sections)

By: Bret

Bret — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:15:31 +0000

It’s a great work of art, no doubt.

In fact, if it wasn’t for Scott Pilgrim, Valve, and Pixar, existence would now be futile. Nothing can ever match that script.

By: Lack_26

Lack_26 — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:50:09 +0000

I love his blog, (and yours) in fact both RSS (this site and FPShouter) feeds are next to each other.

Anyway, I would dearly wish for this movie to be made. But I doubt anything could match the images that this sends flowing through my brain.

By: Palms

Palms — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:35:55 +0000

Chris should write more. In fact, I would like to see him make a website which he regularly updates with his opinions on games. Maybe he could review demos or something, I dunno, I’m not an idea’s machine.

Seriously, there’s so much talent on the internet, it makes you wonder how people like those who make movies like Epic Movie are in business.