Thread:Panzysoldat/@comment-31330278-20190725214555/@comment-31330278-20190808222616

1A. Until you'll feel comfortable to share the concepts, here's a fanfic I wrote:

https://scream.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:ScaryMovie53/Scream_Noir

https://scream.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:ScaryMovie53/Scream_Noir_2

1B. Alice and Ginny were symbolic, and sometimes it takes time before the story become what we know today. Maybe the fact Tommy left us after part 6 is what made everything after part 7, except for (maybe) "Freddy vs Jason" and the remake for part 1, go the hell. Jamie Lee Curtis is the only Laurie I know. Hope you won't feel the same about the new actress who'll play Sidney in the future reboot.

2A. The real jerks of "Sre4m" were Gale (she practically lost all her character development from earlier parts. Her treatment to Judy was entirely uncalled for) and Rebecca (i'm not saying she deserved to die, but she's the second victim in the history of the franchise that no one would morn about). Maybe that was part of Gale's crazy jealousy toward Judy. Because Judy never treated Dewey like a punching bag, and the thought of an independent husband made her mad. Her novel was a mess, and she wanted to at least have Dewey as down on his luck as she was. Dewey was more desperate than jerk. Like the desperation Sidney had in parts 1 and 2.

2B. Even those who kill for no reason were at least defined characters with personality. I admit that having no motive is part of why not everybody relate to horror, but not all motiveless villains are empty characters. Michael just never strikes me as a real character other than his white mask and knife. Just like you said, his tragic incarnation is better. The complete opposite than Chucky.

3. The original idea was with Derek, Hallie and Debbie. The draft Mickey was supposed to be nice for real, and ended up tied up, with Derek and Hallie stabbing him simultaneously. And then, Debbie asked her soldiers to toss a coin. Hallie won and Debbie shot her because she won. And then she shot Derek. The ending was supposed to be with Cotton supposedly saving the day, only to kill Gale and fighting with Sidney. Honestly, this idea was so horrible that the good people had to pretend it leaked on the internet. They just couldn't admit it.

4. It would definitely be better than what the showrunners do now. I searched for Jill E. Blotevogel and found her on facebook, but she never answered me when I asked her about the third killer's identity. Did you had more luck with finding a confirmation?

5. I might need to watch it again then. The part where Sidney injured him before he swept her off her feet actually worked perfectly, because it saved him the need to injure himself the way Jill did. That was part of his reason to hurt her without leaving scars and injuries. It's a reversed wounded gazelle gambit. No injuries, no sympathy. Beth forgot it, because hurting Liv with the most grievous injuries possible was more important to her than her own life. Roman knew better.

6. Not a too big advantage. These two are a worse team than the raptors of JP2. They were stupid enough to stab each other before stabbing Sidney, and then turned on each other for petty revenge ("you stabbed me? I'll show you stabbing!"). And that even if we don't take in count the possibility that Billy had Stu on his killing list. Mickey was very skilled, but his recklessness and tendency for crazy gambits would be his downfall. No way he could kill a war veteran like Hook Man.

7. He would be ineffective even without the damage. But just for fun, in a funny story where he is, his nickname would be Starface (sheriff star and all). Doofy would be mugface (he made Cindy drop her mug of coffee when she realized he just pretend he's retarded), Bobby would be Riverface (his whole reason of existence was... You know what), Ray would be wayansface (played by Shawn Wayans and gone crazy after the show was cancelled), Sidney would be Queenface (the name explains itself) and Gale would be Novelface (she wrote the novel about Cotton's innocence and verbally abused Sidney for a year after publishing her novel).