Lights... Camera... ACTION!!: A Hollywood Quest

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
Hi Magoose here one of the guys helping Duke.

So we have some bad news.

The quest has been canceled as duke does not want to write it anymore.

I'm going to ask if I can take over for it, because I like this quest, and it would be a shame to kill it
TBF, Mags, you have been doing a lot of the heavylifting for the quest, so this will be in good hands. :)

To be clear to everyone, this is just me burning out on imagination of the quest, since my muse has been hitting me over the head a lot with so many different ideas that I just can't find myself too interested in this.

I'll still hang out here, though, since this still does have a sepcial place in my heart.

I'd like to thank you all for making this a wonderful experience while it lasted.

I'd also like to thank @Magoose, @Fluffy_serpent, and @Martin Noctis for doing so much to help prepare and write this quest. I couldn't have done it without you all. :D

I'll see you all around.

With so many regards, Duke William Of.
 
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[X] Plan Hello Mary O'Brian
-[X] Mary Frances O'Brian
-[X]Wonder Woman: So Lynda called in a few favors to get you into the fold as a villain. But you were happy to realize it was a three-episode arc, with you playing Ares, the God of War. Charisma was needed, so were your martial abilities, and you got to play an evil bastard. You wanted to play this.
-[X]Solomon Kane: You are looking at the Poster and then to Martin. "Well shit Martin, lets hope that people like it?" The religious undertones were very evident. "Hopefully the crazy people will see he's a good guy." DC: 0
-[X]The Media Blitz of Conan The Barbarian: You are looking at the media list that Mike put up. "Alright, who's first?" He said. (Linetail what you want to do next) DC: ???
--[X] Schedule an interview with a prominent late night or morning talk show to spread the hype nationally.
-[X]Finding Producers: Mike wants to bring more talent into the Company to work on more films of a lower budget variety than the blockbuster films that you all are producing. Mostly young talent, so he's asking you to scour Hollywood for the ideas. DC: ???
-[X]Animators for the New Regime (America): Disney will not have a stranglehold on the American Animators… So you will have to look a little closer to do it. DC:???
-[X]You Are Batman: You want to look at the script that Kennedy was paying people to write. Maybe you could provide input. (Linetail what you want to do below)
--[X] Try to push for the script of The Batman to be selected for the movie.
-[X]Breaking Bread with Alan and Company: You look at Alan and realize he was more scared of you then probably anyone else in Hollywood. time to play nice. DC: 40
-[X]A New Face: You look at the little girl and try to find the words to say. DC: 0
-[X]Robin's Need for Help: You look at Robin and realize he was not doing good. "Hey bud, what's wrong?" DC: 40
-[X]Hail to the Queen: You look at Freddie and Company and smiled. "Gland you guys could make it. I need your help with my girl, she's not going to sleep."
-[X]Recovery: Carrie smiles as she looks at you, lazing about on the couch. "You know, I can say you did this to me, and you can't deny it."
-[X]Being Called Out: You looked at the TV screen and looked at the Heavyweight Champion look at you. Ali wanted your Head and said you were nothing but a nobody. DC: 0 (You must line tail a response below this vote)
--[X] Give a counter statement to Ali defending your atheltic career and your accomplishments. Emphasize how you faced the toughest boxers in America and the world, went the distance with Bob Foster and Sixto Soria and that to say you were nothing was to say that all of your opponents were nothing. If Ali wants a fight, then we'll have a fight in LA.
-[X] Do auditions(Movies and TV Shows): You are going to go to some of the casting calls that are in the place where you can find work in. DC: 20(Possibility of only getting a commercial or TV show job, or extra work in a low-budget film)
--[X] Reach out to Mr. Rogers specifically and try to get on the show.



Okay so in regards to our daughter's name, I want Mary Frances O'Brian. Mary Frances cause that's Debbie's real name, Mary Frances Reynolds. I figured that since Cat named her daughter Sarah, we should follow suit and name the Gosling after Debbie, but we name her Mary to differentiate from Debbie with everyone calling her Mary O'Brian. We also keep Frances cause Frances is Carrie's middle name so it's a nice tradition for the firstborn daughters. It's the least Debbie deserves for being such a great mother and soon to be awesome grandmother.

In regards to the show appearences, I'm down for all of them I'm just leaning towards Wonder Woman because it vibes well with us being cast as Batman and it would be nice to do something alongside Linda. If the majority of people prefer Columbo or Mr. Rogers I am perfectly down to changing my vote without a fuss.

Now for Lucasfilms stuff. Do Solomon Kane, although @Magoose I'm confused on why this needs to be an action because part of the reward for the Eisner Division is that we didn't need to dedicate any more actions towards promoting an immediate film release like this. Moving on, further Conan promotion by prepping a teaser trailer for release in theaters. Also appear on a major late night or morning talk show to do a promotion. If people just want to focus on the teaser trailer than I can cut it down, and it might be better so that we don't get a malus.

Find producers, and I'm really hoping we can get the Muppets Movie to be made as a Lucasfilms movie because that's the major one I want for '79 since everything else is studio locked. Get more animators so we can make more anime movies. Distribute Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla to get a nice spring blockbuster and it's something that can compete alongside Solomon Kane and not take away.

Push for Overmind's Batman to be made. Play nice with Alan so we don't get fired. Have some nice fluff with Mary O'Brian and Carrie and Queen, and finally be a good friend and help Robin.

Two actions that I am willing to place in are a networking option to network specifically with Jim Henson and the Ali action:

For Ali I'm unsure of how to respond and if we should arrange a fight because our Batman casting kind of conflicts with timing. If anyone has a specific response on if we should do a fight or not I'm welcome to it.

She was born February 12th

That....doesn't make any sense. Carrie found out she was pregnant in April which means Mary was conceived in March. So that means that Carrie was pregnant for 11 whole months which is a terrifying record. I would think that our daughter would be born in December, either right before or after Christmas. Anything later and they're doing a C-section.

Also part of me is shipping Mary and George III to get together later in life. Would be pretty cool.

And Magoose, what happened to the new Scripts and what are our Directors wanting to do? Shouldn't we address what new movies they need to make?
 
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Now for Lucasfilms stuff. Do Solomon Kane, although @Magoose I'm confused on why this needs to be an action because part of the reward for the Eisner Division is that we didn't need to dedicate any more actions towards promoting an immediate film release like this. Moving on, further Conan promotion by prepping a teaser trailer for release in theaters. Also appear on a major late night or morning talk show to do a promotion. If people just want to focus on the teaser trailer than I can cut it down, and it might be better so that we don't get a malus.
But you aren't going to be releasing it per say.

These actions now give bonuses to their release.
That....doesn't make any sense. Carrie found out she was pregnant in April which means Mary was conceived in March. So that means that Carrie was pregnant for 11 whole months which is a terrifying record. I would think that our daughter would be born in December, either right before or after Christmas. Anything later and they're doing a C-section.
oh wait, wrong kid, I just made a mistake.

That was George and Marcia's kid.

Our kid was born in December... 29
And Magoose, what happened to the new Scripts and what are our Directors wanting to do? Shouldn't we address what new movies they need to make?
I'm dedicating an entire update for that.
 
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I like your plan @Kaiser Chris, my main concerns are twofold; First, I really like the idea of us going to Mr. Rogers show, mainly because of my admiration for the man, but if we could make it so that we can take the option next turn to appear in his show then I would be fine with going for Wonder Woman in this one.

The other is that, well, Magoose already said that this is the last turn for Ali, and I kinda want to give him the fight he wants. I don't know what to say, or how to reply, but at the very least we should say something to him rather than just ignore him.
 
This is the last turn for the Ali one let's accept his fight guys so we can have that rock vs black rival he always meant to be
@Kaiser Chris go for it accept the fight and also earn the respect of Ali
 
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I like your plan @Kaiser Chris, my main concerns are twofold; First, I really like the idea of us going to Mr. Rogers show, mainly because of my admiration for the man, but if we could make it so that we can take the option next turn to appear in his show then I would be fine with going for Wonder Woman in this one.

The other is that, well, Magoose already said that this is the last turn for Ali, and I kinda want to give him the fight he wants. I don't know what to say, or how to reply, but at the very least we should say something to him rather than just ignore him.

Okay I added the Ali option to accept his fight, and thankfully he lost the Heavyweight Title in February so we won't be burdened with having to defend the Belt. I also added an audition section where we specifically reach out to Mr. Rogers to be on the show so we can do that and Wonder Woman. And the good thing about the Audition is that with our A-List status it's a +20 and thus an autopass.

In order to do so I got rid of the Animator recruitment, but I consider it to be a rather good thing for now since Dreamworks will form a foundation for working on movies with Hiawatha without worrying about integrating new talent.

@Magoose What is the color of our daughter's hair and eyes?
 
Okay I added the Ali option to accept his fight, and thankfully he lost the Heavyweight Title in February so we won't be burdened with having to defend the Belt. I also added an audition section where we specifically reach out to Mr. Rogers to be on the show so we can do that and Wonder Woman. And the good thing about the Audition is that with our A-List status it's a +20 and thus an autopass.
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In order to do so I got rid of the Animator recruitment, but I consider it to be a rather good thing for now since Dreamworks will form a foundation for working on movies with Hiawatha without worrying about integrating new talent.
NOOO!!!!!

Those options are needed! We need to increase our animator pools! Look, just leave the Mr. Rogers option for next turn, and remove the option for distribution. We just put two of their films and made them money, Toho can wait for next turn as well.

Just please don't stop our animation recruitment! :cry:
 
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NOOO!!!!!

Those options are needed! We need to increase our animator pools! Look, just leave the Mr. Rogers option for next turn, and remove the option for distribution. We just put two of their films and made them money, Toho can wait for next turn as well.

Just please don't stop our animation recruitment! :cry:

I mean, if we don't pick the animators option I doubt it's going to go away next turn. Dreamworks is still going to be a functioning and robust company, there will always be unemployed or recently graduated animators along with people looking for a job shift. We can totally hold off an extra turn and like I said, it could be good to hold off of hiring for now to let the Dreamworks crew have some experience on working on a movie before becoming senpais.

But for now, I have replaced distribution with Japanese animators, because since Gundam is going to be released then Dreamworks is going to have a lot of talented people want to come over. If you want American animators, I have to get rid of Mr. Rogers or Conan blitz.

Although to be quite frank, I have no idea why we are limited to just one single TV appearence. Since it's a 3 month turn, I think we should be allowed to do two appearances because we have 90 days to do two guest star spots which is perfectly within our time frame. Only being limited to one feels like the voters are being punished for a three month turn. At the very least, can we please do Mr. Rogers and Wonder Woman or Columbo @Magoose ? The vote choice literally says that the Mr. Rogers shoot only requires a day and since it's Mr. Rogers it's going to be very lowkey and not require a lot of script memorization and blocking. Should be something where we can perfectly allow that and another TV appearence.

Also the three month turns are getting a bit frustrating when we sacrifice 18 actions in return for an extra 2 and there's so many obligation actions in both Lucasfilms and personal life that we have to chose. Not saying we have to do 30 actions, but 14 or 15 may be a little fairer. Although if you are really adamant I can keep with 12.
 
I mean, if we don't pick the animators option I doubt it's going to go away next turn. Dreamworks is still going to be a functioning and robust company, there will always be unemployed or recently graduated animators along with people looking for a job shift. We can totally hold off an extra turn and like I said, it could be good to hold off of hiring for now to let the Dreamworks crew have some experience on working on a movie before becoming senpais.

But for now, I have replaced distribution with Japanese animators, because since Gundam is going to be released then Dreamworks is going to have a lot of talented people want to come over. If you want American animators, I have to get rid of Mr. Rogers or Conan blitz.
I guess that's fine. I mostly wanted the animation push in America to make sure we can nab Tim Burton, but this works too. We can try for American animators next turn.
 
[X] Name: Katherine Maeve O'Brian

[X]Mr. Rogers Neighborhood: Fred Rogers asked that you come onto his show and be your usual self. Mostly because he wanted to show people that it was okay to look different, and to strive to be a better version of yourself. Now it's not entirely in the city, but only a day's work would be enough.


I will personally hunt down and fistfight anyone who doesn't say yes to Mr. Rogers. That man is a treasure and you will respect him, even if it is a fictional incarnation of him.
[X] Plan Hello Mary O'Brian
 
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[X] Plan Hello Mary O'Brian
-[X]The Media Blitz of Conan The Barbarian: You are looking at the media list that Mike put up. "Alright, who's first?" He said. (Linetail what you want to do next) DC: ???
--[X] If possible prepare a teaser trailer for Conan to release in theaters.

@Kaiser Chris Are you sure that we want to go for a teaser? Mike's division should do that automatically...
[]The Mike Eisner Division: The Brain Child of, of course, Mike Eisner, he wants it to become a monolith of producing hype, getting attention, and in the end, getting butts into seats at the movie theaters. Now, of course, it would require a huge amount of money, time, and effort to bring it to full operation, however, there is always something that people would need. Mike said he needs quite a bit, a new building in town that we need to Lease or buy out, hiring new people, intelligent people, who understand not marketing, but storytelling. And of course, he said that he needs your support to get it done because George is still a little hesitant to work on this when there were so many things he wanted to do to push the movie industry forward. (Cost, 45 million. Gain an Upgrade to the Eisner Division, where all Audience and Critical Rolls will now have a +50 to their rolls, in addition, there is one reroll allowed for the Audience roll. You no longer need to dedicate actions to excite movies, or make a trailer, as it is done automatically in-house. Will take effect in 1978.)
So you may want to switch to something else in the Media Blitz (or switch it back to recruit both Japanese and American animators and keep things balanced)
Although to be quite frank, I have no idea why we are limited to just one single TV appearence. Since it's a 3 month turn, I think we should be allowed to do two appearances because we have 90 days to do two guest star spots which is perfectly within our time frame. Only being limited to one feels like the voters are being punished for a three month turn. At the very least, can we please do Mr. Rogers and Wonder Woman or Columbo @Magoose ? The vote choice literally says that the Mr. Rogers shoot only requires a day and since it's Mr. Rogers it's going to be very lowkey and not require a lot of script memorization and blocking. Should be something where we can perfectly allow that and another TV appearence.

Also the three month turns are getting a bit frustrating when we sacrifice 18 actions in return for an extra 2 and there's so many obligation actions in both Lucasfilms and personal life that we have to chose. Not saying we have to do 30 actions, but 14 or 15 may be a little fairer. Although if you are really adamant I can keep with 12.
I also fully agree with this @Magoose these 3-month turns are really frustrating... We are losing 18 actions and we are not having any special action or mechanic to make up for it, they work exactly the same as with everything else even if it doesn´t make sense (like with the TV cameos) ... As Kaiser Chris Said, that seems more like a punishment than anything else...
 
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