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I would love to see a few more stories out of TNA that don’t result in an odd finish for the sake of continuing a barely held together angle. What’s wrong with a pair of professionals trading wins and losses in a scripted sport, with each encounter adding a level of depth to their overall feud, resulting in a big blow-off match at a major PPV? I thought that was the tried-and-true method of the business.

The traditional format of a piece would be: Character, Conflict, Complication, Crisis into Climax followed by denouement. If one chooses to forgo this order there should be some justification as to why.

The characters were one-dimensional. We knew what they were doing at the time and their relation to one another, however there was absolutely no depth to them.

The conflict is there in a very simple way.

Complication is built into the conflict.

Crisis is toward the end and yet it is not climactic– well not for the viewer anyway. There is no closure, no solution and things are left unjustifiably hanging mid-air.

The shock value ending was uncomfortable and awkward. Again, if there was a purpose to it, then it would be fine, but there was none aside from attempting to elicit a cheap reaction.

In a sense, the piece had all the finishing touches and superficial necessities but the “drawing board,” part was overlooked in a very big way.

thanks for watching and reviewing BFF–sorry you didn’t enjoy the film any more than you did but i appreciate the coverage of short films by your website. that’s great that you figured out the story so quickly but 30 seconds? it made me go back and see where 30 seconds actually falls in the running time of the picture and at that point the two lead characters have barely begun to speak any dialogue. you would give hercule poirot a run for his money with your powers of deduction! i suppose you did add the caveat of ‘about’ so that might add a few seconds on to your estimate but still, excellent job! perhaps a career in the police force is in your near future.

good luck with your website until then. thanks again for the coverage and happy that you enjoyed the work of thomas sadoski who is a really talented actor.

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What? This list can’t be about “Actin Stars” because I know for a fact that Jackie and I cannot be at the lower end of this ladder. However, this list correctly ranks steroid usage within “Action Stars,” in which case this list is gold. Just move Bruce Lee down near us and replace Bruce Willis with Mickey Rourke and then you’ve got yourself a solid list kid.

Time for me to go back to the Delta Force.

Norris out.