Turn 104 Results (March-April 1983)
-[X]Casting Call: It's been a while since you have done this, so it's best to get it done and done early. DC: 0 (Begin casting miniturn) Rolled:
D100 => 11
Honestly, this was going to be harder than you expected. Not because no one was coming, they were coming in droves. The problem was…
Well, you were about to make a film that would define Conan… and honestly, you wanted to make Howard proud by being careful.
(Continued in: Conan the Destroyer Casting Call)
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-[X]I am afraid this will have to be shot on location: You keep on looking at the ideas and stories, and one dreadful thought comes to you. You would have to shoot on location. Time to prepare for that… eventuality.
--[X]Write in where you will shoot on location: Greece Rolled:
D100 => 81
It turned out the Ministry of Culture of Greece and their film commissions were happy to accept your filming and would work hard to help your people get prepared for pre-production and the use of extras. They also hoped that you would show off the countryside in a way that was tasteful and happy.
However, they knew that a world like Conan would filled with violence, sex, battle, and epic music. So they asked one thing.
Please don't use the Parthenon as a set. They are trying to protect it and filming might cause damage to it.
Reward: You got approval from Greece to film there, and have all the permits in place.
Though you are prevented from shooting in Athens and using the Parthenon, for protective purposes.
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-[X]Killer Queen: Debbies return to Hollywood and stardom begins now. DC: 35 Rolled:
D100 + 40 => 136
Debbie was back, and better than ever.
(Continued in Killer Queen)
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-[X]Settling Disputes: George and David Prowse have gotten into a spat, and you think you can stop it from getting worse. DC: 30 Rolled:
D100 => 2
You thought that George was going to raise hell, and he did, David was about to go spoiling things out of revenge and the two got into a fight… a really bad one
And try as you might to get in, George was seeing red and wouldn't let you be part of it, saying that he didn't need your help. He only said one thing that made you realize that David was trying to get more money when he was already paid over a million dollars for Jedi. "He wanted to be under the helmet when I had another idea planned for him, and he decided that he would throw away all we had worked together to be the man under the helmet."
It was after that explosion that you realized that you found what George had done, and was planning to do for him.
David was going to get his own movie, with himself in the starting role. Maybe not in Star Wars, but George was going to repay David's work by being a main character in a new, original film he was working on…
And David threw it all away.… and now it's looking really bad now…
But now, try as you try to contact him, David refused your calls, Georges and Mikes. He merely said that. "I will never work for you ever again."
Critical Failure: David has left America, back to Britain, and has cut all ties with you. He has begun spreading nasty rumors about you and George.
Unknown Effect on future productions for the rest of the year among British actors.
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-[X]The Master at Work: James Earl Jones has been nothing but phenomenal, and all you want to do is see him get more work. Thats it. DC: 30 Rolled:
D100 => 35
James had only said two things to you that were happy.
"Thank you, Bruce, but I have always wanted to do the projects I have been happy with."
You then smiled. "Oh… Thank you, sir. So what's next for the life of James Earl Jones?"
He smiled. "I have been wanting to work in Theater for a while. Working in Hollywood has been fun, but a time to challenge myself on stage is something I want to do." He then paused. "If you need me for anything in a role or something else… just give me a call."
Reward: Try as you might, James is set on his own path. But he will come and do any role you ask, just give him a call.
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-[X]I Am Not Paid enough for this: So it seems there is a problem at the Lot. A few of the actors working on… the last few days of Prince of Persia, have just not wanted to go home, because they are high. And now, you have to go down there and put the fear of god into them. Rolled:
D100 => 87
You were wanting to be home with your new born son. You were wanting to not be at the Lucasfilm lot so that you would be working for a few days at home, doing the normal things that you needed to do. No you wanted to do.
No you were here, and looking at half the damn crew of Ron Howards Prince of Persia… high as hell with weed, LSD or mushrooms.
And all were on your set. All on your dime.
Ron was the same way, though he was more stoned than everyone else… though it was hashesh…
"GET UP ALL OF YOU! YOU Compreitiouns assholes!" You shouted, screaming so loud the entire lot became quiet. "I should fire everyone of you stupid bastards and scrap this damn film and make sure you give every single dime that I and george have paid you."
No that was too much. "Security, remove this filth down from my lot, and get their names, every single one of them. I want them to pay me for the loss of this days work."
They did.
Ron however, would suffer something far worse. You just didn't know what to do yet?
Reward: You put the fear of god in many many people, and have the ability to Punish Ron for causing his production to lose control.
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-[X]The Goose Game: So the USFL kickoff is coming. so lets see what the product on the field is like. DC: ??? Rolled:
D100 => 82
Carrie Roll:
D100 => 100 vs
D100 => 98
Game 1 of the USFL the first game of the USFL was between the Memphis Showboats and the Fighting Geese with a capacity crowd in the Memorial Coliseum. Football had been missing and now in the spring, with a little bit of Hollywood magic and you doing your part to help Carrie make the season begin with a bang, it was sold out.
And it was a thriller of offense and defense of equal measure. A literal perfect game of chess between two of the great teams of the league, according to the more…
Well, the biased LA media.
Steve Young played a damn near-perfect game because he had been able to find his receivers despite the simple fact that the showboat defense was suffocating the O-line the entire game, or find the gaps in the line to get a few yards down on his feet. He had to use his feet on more than twenty-five occasions on the thirty attempts he had to extend the play and find his man, and while he was sacked once, he had been able to start the year strong with 2 passing touchdowns, and 1 rushing touchdown. Though he was not the only player with touchdowns, as his Running backs got two more, he was the most important.
Meanwhile, his opponent, Ken O'Brien, played like he was the steal of the Draft and that Memphis was going to be making more noise than anyone thought possible. He was poised and confident, and even when he had two men on him trying to bring him down, he made a 21-yard pass to his double coverage receiver and had two passing touchdowns. Though he had made mistakes, he was able to get out of it just through sheer strength, and grit. And while he was walking away with the L, you knew he was coming back.
The fun thing about the halftime was that you had decided to do something fun, charitable, and unorthodox. and to allow the players to rest, you had called up Queen at the last minute to see if they wanted to do a show on your dime…
They did say they were strapped for cash because they were struggling with getting their new record to sell, and you were going to be a bro and help them out.
And oh boy, Queen, did a short 15-minute set of some of the best hits of their new album…
And they brought the house down.
Something told you that they were going to be fine now.
But the ending score of 35 to 28 told a story. Carrie's coach was being outplayed on defense, and he was struggling… yet he managed to pull it together just enough.
Carrie talked to him… but she was happy with the fact he did good in the first game.
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On Lucas TV… there was another story. The first game of the USFL season had almost 50 million viewers.
You could feel everything and everyone in the Professional football world… shitting bricks.
Reward: It was an unmitigated success.
Though there is a problem now…
How the hell are you going to do halftime whos in LA every game, Carrie wants to do that, and this is all last minute.
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-[X]We have a Situation: So Carrie is healthy, but there is a small problem. And that problem is, The kids and cats and Dog… want to meet George and you need to make sure they don't overwhelm them Rolled:
D100 => 31
To think that most of the problems that were caused by little George coming came from your animals. Ginger and the kids cats were… well they were surrounding him and training him as he was a kitten and not letting him out of their sight, no matter what you tried to do.
Mary was just happy, and unhappy with George crying all the time, and had taken to going overto Debbie's house when he was wailing, while you and Carrie cared for him. Joseph and Sarah were just focusing on other things, like their own hobbies to care.
While Carrie was… trying.
She was so tired though, caring for him, and every time you wanted to help her, she only smiled and said she could handle it.
You were starting to think she was as stubborn as you after so long.
Reward: George is home, though there is a small problem. He's putting Carrie through the ringer and Carrie won't let you help her because she wants to do it more by her self this time.
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-[X]The Art of the Siblings: So Mary has proclaimed it was a silly time. And that meant you had to grab your costume. DC: 0 Rolled:
D100 => 6
Try as you might to try and make a family time for everyone… You did spend time with them individually, rather than having a family time together.
And it was going to be hard. Because you were enjoying things.
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-[X]The Family Time: You need a night out with the family dammit! No more drama, no more work, just you and Carrie and the Kids!
--[X] Mary is really interested in building model kits like gunpla and rockets. Maybe you can spend some time with her for this hobby. Rolled:
D100 => 49
It was honestly something you should have expected since Mary began watching TV. She wanted to spend time building Gundams, and you knew a guy…
Well you owned the company so you instead got a few models and began to build them. You were not very good at it…
But Mary was a true natural at it. She was putting more robots together and than smashing them together like the toys they were that it was quite funny. She even found a way to mold pieces from different gundams and zaku units together…. She even sent pictures she took to her friends…
You later learned that some found their way to mikes desk, and by god the man… had dollar signs in his eyes again.
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--[X] Try another watercolor painting with Sarah. Maybe you'll improve this time. Rolled:
D100 => 19
You were maybe just bad at painting. You hated to say it but Sarah was doing things with a brush that was honestly making you think she was a prodigy.
And honestly it was embarrassing to see her make works that could belong in an actual art gallery.
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--[X] Play some catch with Joseph Rolled:
D100 => 93
And Joseph was still throwing the balls hard. Like really hard.
You were honestly going to be surprised that he was not really trying to do it, he just was able to do it.
You hoped that, in the future, he wouldn't hurt himself doing this.
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-[X] Research stuff, see if anything piques your interest: You may have graduated High School as a kid, but you never stopped trying to learn. DC: 15 (Write-in what you want to learn about below)
--[X] Learn Greek Rolled:
D100 => 92
Well Greek, after everything, was easy enough, after learning German.
Reward: You learned Greek, fluently.
