The Green Arrow Script Review

The Green Arrow script by Justin Marks is based on DC Comics characters.

The Green Arrow aka Oliver Queen starts off the story as a rich kid billionaire, an unfortunate event leads him to become a super hero dressed in a costume that goes around fighting crime.  In other words he's another Batman.

He gets framed for murder committed by someone else and sent to Super Max Prison.  Where he is befriended by another inmate.

The script, well written was basically Prison Break with comic book characters.

What I learned was you can have a premise or plot similar to stuff done before, just put a new twist or hook to the story.

For example Lethal Weapon and Rush Hour were the same plot - two detectives go after a crime syndicate.  The story for Lethal Weapon is a retiring detective is forced to take on a suicidal partner.

For Rush Hour is was more or less an action comedy and the different approach to policing between the American detective and the Chinese detective.

So in creating a story start with What If?  For example:  What if a super hero gets sent to prison?

Do your what ifs and then see if something else has been done before and then try and put a different hook to the story.