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

[Duke William of]

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

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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.

I'll see you all around.

With so many regards, Duke William Of.

 

[NathanHale117]

Well John Milnius is going to see some truly nightmarish stuff because... russia suppressing revolts is NEVER pretty. And since John is also making a documentary, about his time in romania and changes we already have in this timeline, the image of russia is going down the drain, world wide far earlier than we currently experience in otl.

 

[Nova_kaiser]

LucasTV…

"George, I'm starting to think that you are a narcissist for naming everything after you?" You asked.

George frowned. "Really? Coming from the guy who punches reporters who come close to him when you walk to the office?"

Fair enough. "You know what, fair enough." You looked at the room that was now the TV headquarters. "Who's going to run this place?"

George shrugged. "Eh."

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Ugghhhh. Why does everthing have to be named after Lucas...

 

[Fanhunter696]

Ugghhhh. Why does everthing have to be named after Lucas...

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Basic branding... At this point everyone recognises the Lucasfilms brand, and keeping the Lucas- part in our other projects/divisions makes them immediately recognisable.

 

[Schehera Zade]

It's no different than what any other company does. Disney is a great example within the same sphere as Lucasfilm.

 

[Magoose]

I'm going to be absolutely shameless and say we crib some scenes from MW2 and MW3 to add into Red Dawn. (World in Conflict is also another good source.)

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John wants to set the film in Seattle instead of Alaska.

So we'll get plenty of the great pacific northwest, as well as you know... other stuff for urban warfare.

Well John Milnius is going to see some truly nightmarish stuff because... russia suppressing revolts is NEVER pretty. And since John is also making a documentary, about his time in romania and changes we already have in this timeline, the image of russia is going down the drain, world wide far earlier than we currently experience in otl.

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If John gets PTSD, you'll learn it.

And that depends on how Russia is doing, what with rolling tanks down the streets?

It's no different than what any other company does. Disney is a great example within the same sphere as Lucasfilm.

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Yep.

 

[Magoose]

I have just realize something: Bruce has an effect on people.

He does the impossible so everyone else thinks it's possible and do it anyway

 

[Nova_kaiser]

Basic branding... At this point everyone recognises the Lucasfilms brand, and keeping the Lucas- part in our other projects/divisions makes them immediately recognisable.

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But what about the things behind the scenes which don't need public brand awareness? Also you're saying it as if Bruce is a completle no-body with no marketability. It's my pet peeve about this quest that everything goddamn thing NEEDS to be named after Lucas but c'est la vie I guess.

 

[Magoose]

We can always name other things after us.

Like our potential video game company.

Or something else.

But Bruce dosent seem to be the type to care all that much.

At least right now.

 

[Schehera Zade]

But what about the things behind the scenes which don't need public brand awareness? Also you're saying it as if Bruce is a completle no-body with no marketability. It's my pet peeve about this quest that everything goddamn thing NEEDS to be named after Lucas but c'est la vie I guess.

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You misunderstand. It's not about Bruce having no marketability, it's that we aren't marketing an individual at all. The reason why Lucas is being pushed onto branding is because it's the name of the company, it just so happens to also be the name of George Lucas. If it were any other company name, similar patterns and trends would follow. Also, yes, even behind the scenes stuff follows that branding. Look at pretty much anything developed by Disney. Everything either has Disney slapped on or is an extension of the Disney brand, like the Imagineers. It's generally atypical for company divisions or products to have absolutely no continuity between the names.

 

[overmind]

We can always name other things after us.

Like our potential video game company.

Or something else.

But Bruce dosent seem to be the type to care all that much.

At least right now.

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Hmm, I like LucasArts though, so perhaps something else.

Besides, Bruce willl soon get enough of the fame when the Batman films debuts, not to mention Dune where I had him cast as Duncan Idaho. And if we continue making said movies according to the books then he will appear in everysingle one of them. And that's saying something considering how some of the books have time-skips in the thousands of years.

 

[Magoose]

But I have one thing I'm a little worried about.

Would other studios look past his pulpy, sci fi place and see th very talented actor he is?

Not that we care we can whatever the hell we want. I'm just asking the question.

 

[Fanhunter696]

By the way, @Magoose how much would it cost to fund a PR division that had, among other functions, the mission of smoothing things out with the press and networking actions by giving them a bonus?

But I have one thing I'm a little worried about.

Would other studios look past his pulpy, sci fi place and see th very talented actor he is?

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We have Scorcesse on our payroll... If we want to play against our usual character we can always take the role of the protagonist of one of his character-driven dramas.

 

[Magoose]

By the way, @Magoose how much would it cost to fund a PR division that had, among other functions, the mission of smoothing things out with the press and networking actions by giving them a bonus?

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It would take Bruce getting better at working with the media.

As well as a couple million dollars.

But as of right now, we can't because of Bruce's malice.

We have Scorcesse on our payroll... If we want to play against our usual character we can always take the role of the protagonist of one of his character-driven dramas

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Or even Brian, Steve or do it ourselves…

Yeah I kinda forget how stacked our directors lineup is.

 

[overmind]

It would take Bruce getting better at working with the media.

As well as a couple million dollars.

But as of right now, we can't because of Bruce's malice.

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You know, I've taken Bruce's hatred for the media as given, but I forgot how he got it.

Or even Brian, Steve or do it ourselves…

Yeah I kinda forget how stacked our directors lineup is.

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Perhaps we should try for a more seripus and focused drama next time then. Show that we have some range in it.

I would ask for a part in The Emerald Pimpernel, but we're about to begin with Star Wars. Unless we can do both?

 

[Magoose]

You know, I've taken Bruce's hatred for the media as given, but I forgot how he got it.

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Nat 1 for making some papers release a poperatzi photo of Carrie pregnant and running that as a headline where Bruce was basically blackmailed into doing several interviews.

And then Bruce become a pariah of the media.

Among other omakes

 

[Fanhunter696]

It would take Bruce getting better at working with the media.

As well as a couple million dollars.

But as of right now, we can't because of Bruce's malice

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You know, I've taken Bruce's hatred for the media as given, but I forgot how he got it.

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Well OTOH, the main reason for hiring a good PR team ASAP is because Bruce is pretty bad at it abd it hates dealing with it... Hiring experts to delegate on things that you are not good at is always a wise move.

Or even Brian, Steve or do it ourselves…

Yeah I kinda forget how stacked our directors lineup is

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True, but nothing says "Character Driven Drama" as Scorcese

 

[Nova_kaiser]

You misunderstand. It's not about Bruce having no marketability, it's that we aren't marketing an individual at all. The reason why Lucas is being pushed onto branding is because it's the name of the company, it just so happens to also be the name of George Lucas. If it were any other company name, similar patterns and trends would follow. Also, yes, even behind the scenes stuff follows that branding. Look at pretty much anything developed by Disney. Everything either has Disney slapped on or is an extension of the Disney brand, like the Imagineers. It's generally atypical for company divisions or products to have absolutely no continuity between the names.

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Look we had this duscussion already, we both made our points clear. The only thing I want is one facet of the company named after Bruce as an homage.

 

[Xsplora]

We can always name other things after us.

Like our potential video game company.

Or something else.

But Bruce dosent seem to be the type to care all that much.

At least right now.

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My read on Bruce is what he really wants is good entertainment. He wants to tell stories, he wants to listen and share the stories you find important to tell. The stories you are passionate about, not the stories that sell. If only all these people would stop getting in the way of him doing that with them wanting money, power and control and not good stories.

In a different time and age he would be the foremost master of shadow puppet on cave wall for a neolithic tribe and would have been as happy learning and sharing the tribes stories. He would get excited when a new wanderer appeared in the Tribes valley hoping they had new stories not afraid of the new stranger and what they might bring

I also expect he would have found Neolithic Carrie, and done the best he could to fix her life, Killed the impossible to Kill mammoth and prevented the tribe from starving during the big cold. He would probably be busy helping neolithic George who has this incredible idea about painting things on cave walls using ochre so you don't need a storyteller to remember the story.


As for leaving his mark on the company I expect the part he cares about is that his name is on the credits of movies he facilitated somewhere.

But as to name a Part of the company wouldn't the legal department love the name the Gooses Garden? Seems innocuous until you realize what the consequence of raising a gooses Ire. Ask Warner or Mohammad Ali. Or just anyone who has been savaged by a goose.

 

[Fanhunter696]

By the way I have been checking thst when Apple entered the stock market in December of 1980...

On its IPO it released 4.6 million shares at $22 per share... So if we wait until december 1980 we can buy the 100% of the company at its stock prize for $102 million.

So if we buy it in these years we probably could get it for $80 millions.

 

[Schehera Zade]

By the way I have been checking thst when Apple entered the stock market in December of 1980...

On its IPO it released 4.6 million shares at $22 per share... So if we wait until december 1980 we can buy the 100% of the company at its stock prize for $102 million.

So if we buy it in these years we probably could get it for $80 millions.

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Buying all of it like that would be way too much metagaming I think. Maybe a bit less lol

 

[Nova_kaiser]

My read on Bruce is what he really wants is good entertainment. He wants to tell stories, he wants to listen and share the stories you find important to tell. The stories you are passionate about, not the stories that sell. If only all these people would stop getting in the way of him doing that with them wanting money, power and control and not good stories.

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Okay I agree , that still does not go against having something named after him in a company he spent years and millions.

In a different time and age he would be the foremost master of shadow puppet on cave wall for a neolithic tribe and would have been as happy learning and sharing the tribes stories. He would get excited when a new wanderer appeared in the Tribes valley hoping they had new stories not afraid of the new stranger and what they might bring

I also expect he would have found Neolithic Carrie, and done the best he could to fix her life, Killed the impossible to Kill mammoth and prevented the tribe from starving during the big cold. He would probably be busy helping neolithic George who has this incredible idea about painting things on cave walls using ochre so you don't need a storyteller to remember the story.

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What? Why are you talking about the neolithic?

But as to name a Part of the company wouldn't the legal department love the name the Gooses Garden? Seems innocuous until you realize what the consequence of raising a gooses Ire. Ask Warner or Mohammad Ali. Or just anyone who has been savaged by a goose.

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I guess but Bruce is not a legalist so his would not spend a lot of time there so his influence would be small, I see it more as a Mike division perhaps being fulled with rage and trying to prevent another Toho-esque disaster. Also geese are not scary. Unless there are some diffrences between American and European geese, they leave you alone and if they chase you just kick them.

 

[Nova_kaiser]

Buying all of it like that would be way too much metagaming I think. Maybe a bit less lol

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What is metagaming by your standerds?

 

[Schehera Zade]

What is metagaming by your standerds?

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Utilizing meta knowledge to min max or avoid certain consequences that you would otherwise face. There are degrees to this, of course. I don't have a problem with buying a controlling amount of stock(I forget what the actual term is), or even necessarily most of it. I can't say that I really like buying all of it though, not only because it's basically a "I win" button, considering the immense success of Apple, which is the whole reason why we're trying to get stocks of it in the first place. It is also just screws with things in general, particularly with Gavin being employed there. Jobs is already paranoid about Gavin joining to try and push them out and take over, and doing that would only exacerbate those concerns.

 

[Nova_kaiser]

Utilizing meta knowledge to min max or avoid certain consequences that you would otherwise face. There are degrees to this, of course. I don't have a problem with buying a controlling amount of stock(I forget what the actual term is), or even necessarily most of it. I can't say that I really like buying all of it though, not only because it's basically a "I win" button, considering the immense success of Apple, which is the whole reason why we're trying to get stocks of it in the first place. It is also just screws with things in general, particularly with Gavin being employed there. Jobs is already paranoid about Gavin joining to try and push them out and take over, and doing that would only exacerbate those concerns.

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Would 51% be too much for you? If that's too much we can probably 'own' 30% to 49% of Apple and still be in a very commanding position. Like for example Elon Musk owns 12.95% of Tesla and as the biggest owner he has a lot of power in the company. Though keep in mind that with Magoose dice we still can be totally f*cked over with a bad dice roll.

 

[Schehera Zade]

Would 51% be too much for you? If that's too much we can probably 'own' 30% to 49% of Apple and still be in a very commanding position. Like for example Elon Musk owns 12.95% of Tesla and as the biggest owner he has a lot of power in the company. Though keep in mind that with Magoose dice we still can be totally f*cked over with a bad dice roll.

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Nah, I'm perfectly fine with 51%.