The Formula............ just make one up.

Sparky Kronkite

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The 'pick' for Movie and/or TV show formulas.........

Love
Sex
Jealousy
Violence
Agnst
Strife
Politics
The car chase
Horror
Fear
Sport
Wealth
Poverty
War

(Name others/add to list. Then........)

Pick any 5 representing your idea of what formula makes for a great movie or TV show.
 
I want them all damn it. I want alot for my $8. I wonder if there is one out there that has it all?

But sinece I follow the rules, sometimes....

sex (did ya expect anything else from me?)
strife
fear
horror...


okay I like black and white monster flicks. You know the ones. The guys in the rubber suits. The chicks in skirts and heels that fall down when being chased. The elderly, absent minded professors who in the last minute save the day, with their studly assistants. The assistant has to either fall in love with his daughter or die to save the world.
 
Space
Race
War
Death
Birth
Rebirth
Conspiracy
Controversy
Meeting of the minds
Meeting of the self
Ego implosion
Ego explosion
Ego
Id
Odessey
Illuim
Smurfs
Hurricanes
The planet Mars
Beyond
 
rejection
injustice
treason
humiliation
abandonment
powerlessness
 
Well, I think I actually saw a non-formulaic show once, but if I had to choose, right now:
Explosions
Guns the size of jetskis
Bigger explosions
Terse, macho quips
One more, really, really big explosion
 
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