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"Magic is what makes fantasy fantastic," someone says, "you can't apply rules to them or else it loses wonder!" I respond, "Sure, but if you want to write them you will certainly want to know how they work." Writing is all about execution, and I find applying some basic laws of physics to magic systems make them more understandable and realistic. Here, I'm going to outline my basic method for developing a magic system.
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"ULTRAVIOLET"
(1 hr., 28 min.; rated PG-13 for sequences of violent action throughout, partial nudity and language)
From writer/director Kurt Wimmer ("Equilibrium") comes this futuristic sci-fi thriller starring Milla Jovovich as a genetically altered super-woman who must save her race of genetically altered super-people from being wiped out by a government that sort of regrets having made all these genetically altered super-people. (It seems to me that if you're going to create people who are better than you, you should probably expect that they will turn on you at some point.) It was not screened for critics, probably because it's too AWESOME. Sony was probably afraid we'd write all these 4-star reviews, and then audiences would be afraid to see it for fear it wouldn't live up to how AWESOME we said it was. That, or it sucks.
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Skar, lies. Most people, when they find something unexpected on their pc say, 'Oh, I didn't see that before'. You really think not using cookies would drop sales?