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.
The Phantom was written between 1929 and 1963, thus it should be in the public domain. There may or may not be a copyright notice, but if there was then it has not been renewed.
The Phantom was written between 1929 and 1963, thus it should be in the public domain. There may or may not be a copyright notice, but if there was then it has not been renewed.
I don't know how long it takes stuff to enter the public domain in 1980s but right now it's until the death of the author and 70 years afterwards. And Lee Falk doesn't die until 1999. Also wiki says the Phantom started out in 1936 not 1929.
And I'm not an expert but doesn't the timer for public domain start when a character first appears? And anything newer added to that character can't be part of the stuff we're doing .Like when the first issue of superman comes into public domain people can't have him flying because superman originally could only jump real high. Or how People aren't doing a bunch of in color micky mouse cartoons just because steamboat willie became public domain.
I'm just saying we might want to talk to our legal team or cut a deal with Lee Falk even if it's public domain. Just to make sure we don't get bit in the ass by adding something not in the public domain. Plus it's kind of a dick move making a movie about something and not giving the guy who made the character anything.
I'm just saying we might want to talk to our legal team or cut a deal with Lee Falk even if it's public domain. Just to make sure we don't get bit in the ass by adding something not in the public domain. Plus it's kind of a dick move making a movie about something and not giving the guy who made the character anything.
Genre:action
Subgenre: post apocalyptic/dystopian
Format:Live action movie
After a global war resulted in widespread oil shortages and ecocide, civilization collapsed, and the world descended into barbarism. Now, former policeman Max Rockatansky, haunted by the death of his family, drives his supercharged black V-8 Pursuit Special around the desert wilderness of Australia, scavenging for food and petrol with his Australian Cattle Dog. He outmaneuvers a small group of marauders led by the unhinged biker Wez using his driving skills and a sawed-off shotgun. He steals some gasoline from the wrecked vehicles of one of his pursuers and inspects a wrecked semi-trailer and prime mover.
Later, Max tries collecting an apparently abandoned gyrocopter's fuel, but is ambushed by the pilot. Max overpowers the man with his dog's help, sparing his life in return for being led to a working oil refinery the pilot has discovered. They arrive during the daily attack on the facility by a motley motorised gang, whose members include Wez.
The next day, Max witnesses several cars leave the besieged compound and get chased down by marauders. He rescues Nathan, the sole survivor of one car, and strikes a deal to return him to the complex in exchange for fuel, but the man dies shortly after Max gets him back, and the leader of the settlers, Pappagallo, says the deal died with Nathan. The settlers are about to confiscate Max's car and cast him out of their compound when the marauders return to parley. A feral child who lives in the refinery compound kills Wez's partner with a metal boomerang and Wez wants revenge, but the gang's leader, a muscular masked man called "Lord Humungus", offers to spare the settlers' lives in exchange for their fuel supply and leaves for the day. However, several of the settlers suspect Humungus has no intention of letting them survive.
With the settlers split about what to do, Max offers his own deal: he will bring them the semi-truck he saw earlier so they can try to haul away their tanker full of oil, if they return his car and give him as much fuel as he can carry. The settlers agree to let him try, and that night Max sneaks past the marauders on foot carrying fuel for the truck. He encounters the Gyro Captain and forces the man to fly him to the truck, which he is able to get started. It is somewhat damaged as Max passes through the marauders' encampment on the way back to the refinery, but he makes it, followed by the gyrocopter.
Max refuses Pappagallo's entreaty to accompany the settlers to a fabled northern paradise, opting instead to collect his fuel and leave. Wez catches him using Humungus's nitrous oxide-equipped vehicle and causes him to crash. A Marauder kills Max's dog and is about to kill the seriously-injured Max when a Marauder named Toadie attempts to siphon the fuel from the Pursuit Special's tanks, triggering the car to self-destruct. Left for dead, Max is rescued by the Gyro Captain and returned to the compound.
Despite his injuries, Max insists on driving the repaired truck during the escape. His support consists of the Gyro Captain, Pappagallo in a separate vehicle, three of the settlers on the outside of the armoured tanker, and the Feral Kid, who jumps on the truck as it is leaving. The marauders pursue the tanker, allowing the remaining settlers to flee their compound in a caravan of smaller vehicles after rigging the refinery to explode.
Pappagallo and the three settlers are killed and the Gyro Captain is shot down. Max turns the truck around and, as he is fighting with Wez, Humungus collides with the truck head on, killing Wez and himself. The truck rolls off the road and the surviving marauders survey the scene, only to abandon their chase when they see the tanker leaking sand and not gas. As Max carries the Feral Kid from the wrecked tanker, he inspects the sand pouring out. The Gyro Captain drives up and the two share a grin as Max realizes the tanker had been a diversion the whole time. They rendezvous with the settlers, who transported the fuel in oil drums inside their vehicles.
The Gyro Captain succeeds Pappagallo as leader of the settlers and takes them north. The Feral Kid, revealing himself as the film's narrator, relates that he became "Chief of the Great Northern Tribe" when he grew up. He concludes by saying that he never saw the Road Warrior again.
With how good we where with the first one i would be surprised if they didn't trusted us to distribute the 2,it was released in december 1981
Did y'all know that the Magic Tree House had an anime!? Crazy to learn about that, but it inspired me to write a pitch for it. Good thing too, since we've been lacking in terms of kiddie content, though I have others on the way. I, of course, attributed writing credits to Mavis, especially since I like the idea of her making this show specifically for her daughter. For the actors, I chose Scott Menville and Patty Maloney, both of which worked together on the animated Little Rascals cartoon OTL as Spanky and Darla. As for Tress MacNeille, I just thought that she'd be able to exude a sufficiently maternal aura for the character of Morgan. I imagine the series would obviously follow all of the OTL books, of which don't yet exist in the thread timeline, but also maybe some additional episodes beyond that? Who knows. Anyway, here ya' go!
Animated TV Show Pitch:
The Magic Treehouse Written by: Mavis Kingsley
GENRE: Adventure SUBGENRE: Edutainment/Time Travel/Fantasy FORMAT: Animated Television Show SET UP: Jack and Annie, a young brother and sister pair, discover a magical tree house filled with books with the ability to whisk them away to different times and places around the world. Together, Jack and Annie use their knowledge of history and other subjects, as well as good ol' fashioned courage to solve problems, complete missions, and help those in need wherever and whenever they're needed.
Jack: The older brother who is almost 9 years old, he is known for his love of books and learning. He also tends to be more cautious than Annie. Jack has brown hair, wears red glasses, and is taller than Annie. Voiced by: Scott Menville
Annie: The younger sister at 8 years old, she is known for her bravery, impulsive decisions, and for being very empathetic and caring for the people and animals around her. Annie has medium-length blonde hair, often worn in double braids, and bangs. Voiced by: Patty Maloney
Morgan Le Fay: An enchantress and the owner of the Magic Tree House who sends Jack and Annie out on their missions. She resides in the realm of Camelot and is King Arthur's half-sister on their mother's side. Morgan works in magic along with Merlin, though they operate independently as well as together. She exudes a kind, motherly aura. Voiced by: Tress MacNeille
Did y'all know that the Magic Tree House had an anime!? Crazy to learn about that, but it inspired me to write a pitch for it. Good thing too, since we've been lacking in terms of kiddie content, though I have others on the way. I, of course, attributed writing credits to Mavis, especially since I like the idea of her making this show specifically for her daughter. For the actors, I chose Scott Menville and Patty Maloney, both of which worked together on the animated Little Rascals cartoon OTL as Spanky and Darla. As for Tress MacNeille, I just thought that she'd be able to exude a sufficiently maternal aura for the character of Morgan. I imagine the series would obviously follow all of the OTL book, of which don't yet exist in the thread timeline, but also maybe some additional episodes beyond that? Who knows. Anyway, here ya' go!
Animated TV Show Pitch:
The Magic Treehouse Written by: Mavis Kingsley
GENRE: Adventure SUBGENRE: Edutainment/Time Travel/Fantasy FORMAT: Animated Television Show SET UP: Jack and Annie, a young brother and sister pair, discover a magical tree house filled with books with the ability to whisk them away to different times and places around the world. Together, Jack and Annie use their knowledge of history and other subjects, as well as good ol' fashioned courage to solve problems, complete missions, and help those in need wherever and whenever they're needed.
Jack: The older brother who is almost 9 years old, he is known for his love of books and learning. He also tends to be more cautious than Annie. Jack has brown hair, wears red glasses, and is taller than Annie. Voiced by: Scott Menville
Annie: The younger sister at 8 years old, she is known for her bravery, impulsive decisions, and for being very empathetic and caring for the people and animals around her. Annie has medium-length blonde hair, often worn in double braids, and bangs. Voiced by: Patty Maloney
Morgan Le Fay: An enchantress and the owner of the Magic Tree House who sends Jack and Annie out on their missions. She resides in the realm of Camelot and is King Arthur's half-sister on their mother's side. Morgan works in magic along with Merlin, though they operate independently as well as together. She exudes a kind, motherly aura. Voiced by: Tress MacNeille
Yeah, it had an anime film. It blew my mind to find that out.
I loved this show so fucking much as a kid. Ming-Ming was always my favorite, and I absolutely adore this art. That's all I wanted to say.
Animated TV Show Pitch: Wonder Pets Created by: Hannah-Barbera Studios Written by: Mavis Kingsley
GENRE: Adventure SUBGENRE: Children's Content/Edutainment/Musical FORMAT: Animated TV Show SET UP: Following the adventures of three classroom pets: Linny the Guinea Pig, Ming-Ming Duckling, and Turtle Tuck who travel around the globe helping rescue animals who need their help, saving the day by using teamwork.
Animated TV Show Pitch (potantialt novel and comic serie pitch ?)
Goosebumps
Genre:Horror/supernatural
Subgenre:Novel/anthology/children
Format:tv show live action
Plot:An horror anthology (tough they are reocuring charachter,place and moster sometime) serie in wich in every protagonists in these stories are teens or pre-teens who find themselves in frightening circumstances, often involving the supernatural, the paranormal, or the occult and often finish meeting a grim fate.
God i loved those when i was a kid and still now to be honest,i dreamed of being the monster and having fun,i think it coud do a godd kidie content.
I think it would be better if we wait to have R.L stine to write the books
Sophie's father had been ducking her calls and giving excuses every time she had tried to talk to him. He had quit a well-paying job with significant benefits with the O'Reilly Foundation to run a show for Lucasfilm. Yes, Lucasfilm was Run by O'Brain, who had also set up the Foundation but giving up a safe, regular job for entertainment work? Why did he have to take the role, and what was he doing that was so secret or so shameful that he couldn't tell his daughter?
Yes, Her father was a decent manager, good at organizing people and dealing with the usual unexpected troubles and always seemed to have what was needed. He had said it was from his work as a Supply Sergeant in Vietnam. Mum said it was from when he and a few friends were roadies in a third-rate band from before he was drafted. Sophie was desperately afraid that he was relapsing to those dark days just after he had returned, Crippled from his service in Vietnam when a stupid younger Sophie had demanded a hug with two hands and her father had gone from almost coping into near-suicidal depression. Thank god that the O'Reilly Foundation had come along and given him a job that used the talents she still had despite being crippled. And now he had given that job, that security up? She was very concerned.
Technically, she wasn't supposed to be here. Aaron wasn't someone she would normally spend time with, but he was willing to talk her into the university grounds so she was willing to make the sacrifice. It was the best way to get close to where her father was supposed to be. So far, she hadn't been impressed by his latest project. There was uneasy air to the crowd. This park was one of the locations for the tour of Marcoses virtual idol Lynn Minmay, but as far as she or anyone else could see, there was no stage, no projection curtains, no speakers, nothing. The only thing hinting at a potential stage location was a concrete pad with cement blocks and steel loops sitting haphazardly around and on the pad. The posters outside the park were the only feature that told the mostly university-student crowd they were in the correct location.
While it was still early, some students were becoming restless. A few even tried to move the massive concrete blocks to impress their dates with feats of strength. That included Aaron, her supposed date for the evening, and a choice she already regretted.
Finally, less than an hour before the free concert's posted start, things began to happen. Some sort of semi-futuristic truck thing was painted with Macross imagery pulled up. A figure in a full-body mechanical space suit jumped from the cargo bed behind the cab. Bright signalling lights lit up on the armour as the pilot used integrated speakers to direct the crowd to let the truck through to the concrete pad.
The Voice distorted as it tickled something in her brain, familiar somehow.
Moving through the newly formed gap in the crowd were a second and third truck, both less futuristic and carrying scaffolding and containers. The futuristic truck pulled up just behind the concrete pad and deployed legs. That seemingly signalled several more construction space suits to exit the futuristic truck and get to work.
The first figure connected each new figure to individual cables running from the futuristic truck. The figures then checked each other and, at an unseen signal moved smoothly into Carefully choreographed action Comparable to either dancers or a F1 pit crew.
The orange figure moved to the front of the concrete pad, flexed as though pretending to be a body builder, reached forward with his left hand and… slowly lifted a half-ton cement block like they were showing off. Pivoting in place on its left leg, the figure effortlessly moved the block into its new position. The suit stretched as if it hadn't just casually swung a giant block around and put it down with micrometre precision. The orange suit then walked onto the next misplaced block and repeated the routine to the crowd's laughter. Then the next and the next. The same planting of feet, the same slow lift with the left arm interspaced with infrequent signals to the other suits with its right.
A blue figure had deployed a crane over its shoulder to pick up and move scaffolding frames, only staggering slightly under the weight and then effortlessly manipulating them into position on the recently moved cement blocks with the same level of theoretical showmanship. A third figure in green livery jumped down from an impossible height where it had secured bolts at the top of the projection screen. It quickly attached the stage frame with the oversized air drill mounted to its armour.
More tech-suited figures moved around further back with similarly showy actions, completing similar tasks with a stunning level of coordination, performers in a strange high-tech dance. They never cross each other's paths and were always in the perfect position to complete a job.
Excitement was building in the crowd as the projection screen finished being assembled, and the last elements were screwed together. Sophie barely notices Aaron moving away from her as he focuses on the first signs of the show's start rather than the girl, who was clearly uninterested in him. Sophie Barely noticed him leaving herself.
Something about that Orange suit had caught her attention. It couldn't be, it wasn't possible.
She tracked its motion as the suits withdrew and, the work lights cut, and the music started for the performance of the virtual idol Lynn Minmay.
Slipping through the crowd as the performance got underway was easy, sneaking around the back of the stage less so as more vigilant security stood guard over still unsecured cables. Still, her approach wasn't stopped as the security guard was distracted by the performance on screen.
Behind the stage was her goal. The futuristic truck and the maddeningly familiar movements of the Orange suited figure. Surrounded by similarly suited figures, some with their helmets off, and just behind the blue one with the crane on his suit still deployed, was her target. Her impossible target. It moved like her father. It sounded like her father. But it couldn't be her father. Her father had come back from Vietnam all Right, as he joked, missing his left arm and leg. And yet here he stood or someone so similar as unable to tell the difference. She had to know.
A shout from security was ignored as she rushed past, it. She ducked under the arm of the green figure, still holding the oversized Tool. And finally, she was in front of the orange-clad figure.
"Dad?"
The figure stiffened.
"Dad, I know it's you."
The figure's right hand came up as if to run its fingers through its hair just as her father always did when he was stressed.
"I don't know what you are talking about?" the figure unconvincingly tried.
"Two hands, Dad. That's what you promised me before you went to Vietnam. When you got back, you would hug me with two hands, not one around me and one around Mum."
Everything seemed to freeze, and Sophie plunged ahead. If it was her dad, she would let him have it; if not, they would at least understand why she had ignored security to try and get close.
"But you didn't; you left one hand over the other side of the Pacific. It was years, Dad before you started being halfway normal again, and then you seem to throw it all away to be a roadie again? What was I supposed to think? Why wouldn't I come looking for you to make sure you were okay? You were not saying anything, just like before."
A crack of a radio muffled from the inside of the suits around her.
"Sarge, did you tell your folks what you were up to?"
"Dad?" she tried again.
The orange figure moved up his left arm and did something with the helmet, taking it off in a practised motion.
"I will need a hand getting it back on again." Her now-revealed father muttered.
"Ask your daughter to help get it back on. You won't need it till teardown. Talk to your daughter." the blue-suited figure said before gesturing the other suits to walk off, giving father and daughter at least the illusion of privacy.
"Is this real? Is that really you, Dad?"
"Yes, Babygirl."
She threw herself at him heedless of the hard surface of the Armour he was wearing. Almost involuntarily, his right arm came up to catch her, as he always did when she was younger. The left remained stubbornly at his side.
"Two Hands Dad."
"Babygirl…"
That crackle over the microphone again. "Pressure reduced. Commerce hugging Sarge."
Slowly hesitantly, the left arm rose to join the right and closed around her.
The hug objectively was not good. The suit her father was wearing was heavy and stiff in all the wrong places. The left arm was too stiff and tight and not in the right place. But she would always look back on it as perfect.
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It was later. The helmet had been reapplied, and her father had left to lead the teardown of the stage. She had been stuffed into the back of the High-tech-looking truck filled with a crew of People from Lucasfilm, led by a man who introduced himself as Carol Spinney. They had been a friendly bunch who had woven a tale for her.
Her father had been contacted as an organizer per Lucasfilm's policy of offering veterans jobs whenever possible. When the ILM wizards saw him, they had an idea for a different job he was uniquely capable of.
Effective power armour bordered on fantasy for the sheer difficulty of producing it. Making it also match an animated show that inherently only followed the laws of physics when it wanted to would require outright magic.
There was no way Lucasfilm could build a working set of power armour that could do all they wanted within the advertising budget given to them to Hype Macross. Their best experts were unsure if it could be done even if they had been given the time and resources required for the Apollo program. Apparently, someone called Mary disagreed, and that was all that Lucasfilm needed to consider the project to at least fake it viable.
The challenge of powered exoskeletons was threefold. Power, control, and size, well and cost and reliability but for short-term use they were lesser issues.
The wizards came at it sideways and ended up with Solutions. For Space in the armour for components and controls, they borrowed a trick from Star Wars and R2D2, a series of identical-looking power armours with a single component that worked. The winch, the air tool and the leg shock absorbers. Finally, Sophie's father offered the Wizards an opportunity. If the pilot was already a missing arm and leg, well the space saved could be filled with framework and mechanical components that could allow superhuman feats.
Power would come from the truck, removing the need to carry power on the suit itself and reducing size again. it just required caution to ensure the cables never tangled.
Control remained complicated. The technology did not exist for a full-bodied person to use an exoskeleton effectively. Her father started at a disadvantage already missing an arm and a leg. While some controls could be implemented in the suit, complete control was impossible. Maybe in the future, with vast computers to translate twitches into full motions, but for now more low-tech solutions had to be used today. Enter Carol and his apprentices.
Carol had done work with Jim Hension and a mixed puppet real world show he was annoyingly mysterious about. He spoke of the issues a puppeteer faced and the workarounds they used, treating the power armour more as a dual-person puppet rather than a single-person enhancement device.
It still was not easy to pull off, and the show they produced she saw earlier required a lot of practice and pinpoint timing. Moreover, with the limited suits the coordination she saw earlier was not a byproduct of the tour but the only reason it was possible. The pilot had to be perfecty in position and on time every time.
It was even more critical for her father's job. A suit lifting half a ton could only stand in specially reinforced locations to lift, could only move its pistons at a slow speed and would still be dangerous if anything went wrong.
Compared to that, issues with cost and reliability were secondary. For the Wizards, as long as it didn't break in the middle of a show, it was fine. Custom-fitting a suit for one wearer that would break after a few uses was practically business as usual for the entertainment industry.
It did require a massive amount of time and practice commitment form her father and secrecy was important so as not to spoil the illusion but to not have told her anything and let her worry? In a fit of childishness, she demanded a second hug as recompense. She didn't expect the laughing agreement that it could be after the show.
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For an audience member who did not know, The illusion was complete. Viable and practical power armour existed. Lucasfilm had it and had chosen to style it after their most recent anime. It astounded, entertained, and inspired. It made people wonder if they could build something like that, too.
And trying was the first step to actually making it real. Would people be willing to try if they were certain that they knew it was an illusion? Would her father have hugged her today if ILM had decided to wait until they could build an exoskeleton for real?
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Sophie, seeing the crowd stay around to watch the Semi puppet suits in action again and feeling the phantom of the hug she knew wasn't possible yet had desperately wanted still around her shoulders, had to admit it was a convincing illusion. Or was it no illusion and instead technology that needed a bit more work before it started appearing in factories or on veterans, allowing them to walk, run, and hug for real again?
Lucasfilm had in front of a crowd of student engineers demonstrated how Real their newest Real robot series was. The half-ton blocks were still half a ton and just as hard to move as before the performance. There was new wear on the exposed bolts that they had seen metal frames bolted to that took the weight of real people. No smoke no mirrors it really happened.
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Tomorrow, questions will be asked in class, and lecturers and professors will have no answer. Tomorrow, student after student would vow to watch the show, buy the merchandise, scrutinize everything and anything for a hint of how the armour worked, and see if other engineering gems were hidden between the frames.
Tomorrow, students would hit books harder than before, having seen proof that wonders could be produced with enough understanding. They determined that after they had understood this obviously possible technology, they would go on to build their own Gundam and perhaps even their own lightsabre.
Tomorrow, a daughter would tear into a prospective boyfriend for abandoning her. Tomorrow, she would ask a somewhat confused guidance Councillor what she needed to get into mechanical engineering or, failing that, puppetry so she could build prosthetics.
But Tomorrow is not today, and today a sleepy daughter fell asleep in the back of a truck on the way home, held safely in both of her father's arms.
A possible result of the unknown of Mary handing over working Macross themed exoskeletons.
Yes today the USA has shut down their project to determine viability of them in the field but more specialized uses are ongoing.
One of the most promising areas is in giving capacity back for the disabled.
The three functional components, I mentioned are based on commercially available exoskeletons today.
There are also non powered versions that are being implemented that rely on Springs and similar. Now can anyone guess why Carol Spinney might be interested in a non powered exoskeleton that makes it easy to hold one hand over their head and perform precise control tasks for long periods of time?
Out of curiosity I checked out the development of Alejandro Jodorowsky's Du Dune, because I wondered why some people were against hiring him despite the cool art, storyboards and stuff like that that reached us, and... yeah.
Not taking it might have been the right idea,it was at the point of being ridiculous that it's hilarious, I think Mike would have defenestrated him, for example he wanted: In the casting Alain Delon, Mick Jagger, Orson Welles, his son, Salvador Dali (dali wanted to be paid $100,000 per hour or $634,000 per hour today with inflation and this in order to have the record of highest paid actor in history).
He wanted Pink Floyd on the soundtrack, Moebius on the storyboard,he had planned a 14 hour long film (although when we see how the 84 dune is too full of info he may have had a reason), H.R GIeger at the special effects and he wanted to write his film in a castle.
So yes it could have been funny and fascinating (trainwreck type of fascinating probably) but I understand better the no(although as a consultant it could be interesting).
Out of curiosity I checked out the development of Alejandro Jodorowsky's Du Dune, because I wondered why some people were against it despite the cool art, storyboards and stuff like that that reached us, and... yeah.
Not taking it might have been the right idea,it was at the point of being ridiculous that it's hilarious, I think Mike would have defenestrated him, for example he wanted: In the casting Alain Delon, Mick Jagger, Orson Welles, his son, Salvador Dali (dali wanted to be paid $100,000 per hour or $634,000 per hour today with inflation and this in order to have the record of highest paid actor in history).
He wanted Pink Floyd on the soundtrack, Moebius on the storyboard,he had planned a 14 hour long film (although when we see how the 84 dune is too full of info he may have had a reason), H.R GIeger at the special effects and he wanted to write his film in a castle.
So yes it could have been funny and fascinating (trainwreck type of fascinating probably) but I understand better the no(although as a consultant it could be interesting).
so why haven't we made a toy division of lucas film yet? since merch is where the real money is... there is a reason that basically all the big ip of the 80's and 90's are toy line companies first that use their money to create content on tv to drive sales. Like transformers or he-man. or gundam or...canon star wars.
The money made in the box office or tv or home entertainment is literally just a fraction combined of what the official merch produce. official lucas film merch would increases our money by an order of magnitude while also giving us the chance to give kids and collectors high quality products and let us protect our brand by owning the rights to create our merch instead of letting someone abuse the license. Not having this is like george or us letting some rich dude change a script by throwing money at it if this were the movie division we talked about
so why haven't we made a toy division of lucas film yet? since merch is where the real money is... there is a reason that basically all the big ip of the 80's and 90's are toy line companies first that use their money to create content on tv to drive sales. Like transformers or he-man. or gundam or...canon star wars.
The money made in the box office or tv or home entertainment is literally just a fraction combined of what the official merch produce. official lucas film merch would increases our money by an order of magnitude while also giving us the chance to give kids and collectors high quality products and let us protect our brand by owning the rights to create our merch instead of letting someone abuse the license. Not having this is like george or us letting some rich dude change a script by throwing money at it if this were the movie division we talked about
eh fair enough, so we just went the canon route of screen then, I just figured building something ourselves where we get all the revenue would give us more freedom and money to produce content or give away to a good cause. I wouldn't say no to becoming apple big in terms of finance...not that we actually need to be but why reach multi billion when you could reach trillion
Although we could expand it into a general merchandising department or open divisions for things other than toys.
Clothing, printing, food, decoration, furniture, accessories, electronics, etc. division
We already have merchandising like that but having dedicated infrastructure and people to it could improve rentability
I don't really have much to say about this pitch, other than the fact that it was apparently a pretty controversial comic back in the day and that Chaykin apparently wanted to make a movie out of it, so I'm also going to make a movie pitch of this for Fox with his preferred actress.
Charlton Comics Presents...
Black Kiss
Writer: Howard Chaykin Artist: Howard Chaykin
Set in Los Angeles in the 1980s, it opens with Dagmar Laine, a transsexual prostitute and lover to former 1950s film star Beverly Grove, searching for a reel of film taken from the Vatican's collection of pornography. The reel has been sent to Father Frank Murtaugh by his brother who is a Cardinal in the Vatican. Laine tries to grab the reel from Father Murtaugh but the reel is stolen by a nun.
Laine and Grove then get Cass Pollack, a jazz musician and ex-heroin addict who is on the run from the Mafia, to steal the reel in return for them providing Pollack with an alibi. Pollack is also on the run from the police, due to the Mafia killing Pollack's wife and daughter and Pollack being the only suspect.
Laine and Grove, who look virtually identical, provide Pollack with a lead as to where the reel is after the death of Father Murtaugh. This takes Pollack first of all to an occult bookshop called "The Oath of Incannabulata" where he steals a copy of a book about the mysterious "Order of Bonniface". After the bookshop he ends up in a funeral home called "Tanas" where he finds a number of celebrities indulging in bizarre rituals.
Going through Murtaugh's possessions, Pollack finds an invitation to the next meeting of the "Order of Bonniface". He attends this and discovers the Order was formed at the beginning of Hollywood's movie era and that they worship Charles 'Bubba' Kenton, a 1920s film star who was also married to Beverly Grove. He discovers that Kenton forced Grove to give their daughter Sophie up shortly before Kenton became a vampire. After becoming a vampire Kenton forms The Order of Bonniface and turns many of his followers into vampires, including Beverly Grove. This gives Grove the chance of revenge over the loss of her daughter and she switches Kenton's alarm clock so that he wakes during the day and dies in the sunlight.
However The Order want the reel of film as it shows Beverly Grove and Bubba Kenton together in a pornographic film which shows that Grove is much older than she claims to be to the world. They hope she can turn them into vampires and therefore give them eternal youth.
However one of The Order, a young woman called Magda, wants Grove to only make her a vampire. This is because she is Grove's granddaughter, in addition to the nun who stole the reel from Father Murtaugh earlier in the story. Pollack becomes caught in the middle as everyone around him attempts to win, leaving Pollack in a position where he seems unable to survive.
Did you know that Neil Gaiman wrote the book that Coraline was adapted from? Did you know Coraline was originally a book?? I didn't. You learn something new everyday. This movie scared the ever-loving shit out of me as a kid, specifically the scene where the fake parents give her the buttons for her eyes so that she can stay with them forever. That shit genuinely traumatized for years. I was originally making this pitch for us, but the more that I think about, the more I think this will work better in the Dark Disney catalogue. It definitely fits the bill of being dark, but it also does line up with more standard Disney fairly well. I also thought that it'd be good to give Disney a larger catalogue since we pilfered so much of the Disney Renaissance catalogue. I decided to put our sister Cat, as the the writer since I figure as an author, she could have released the book earlier in the timeline and then it's being adapted by Disney. Maybe I'll make a book pitch later for Cat to write Coraline. I also decided to put Tim Burton as the producer here since I felt that he just kind of lined up well with the project, although I don't think he'd be able to get away with stop-motion for this, maybe make it a condition of being able to do Nightmare Before Christmas in stop motion that Coraline must be animated. I don't know, I'm just trying to justify some of the cool pictures I found. I decided to forgo writing up a cast, but I think Laura Mooney would probably do well as Coraline. Anyway, I'll put out maybe one more pitch before leaving to get ready for my class. I'll do more pitches after that. Hope y'all enjoy!
Disney Pitch Coraline Produced by: Tim Burton Written by: Catherine Powell
GENRE: Horror/Fantasy SUBGENRE: Dark Fantasy/Supernatural/Children's FORMAT: Animated Movie
SET UP: While exploring her new home, a young girl named Coraline discovers a secret door. Behind the secret door lies an alternate world that closely mirrors her own but is better in many ways. She rejoices in her discovery, until Other Mother and the rest of her parallel family try to keep her there forever. Coraline must use all her resources and bravery to make it back to her own family and life.
I thought that we should try and give Kurosawa some more work, so I decided to give him this movie to add to his directorial line up as live-action instead of animated. This'll be it for now, I'm going to go finish getting ready for class.
Movie Pitch Grave of the Fireflies Written and Directed by: Akira Kurosawa
GENRE: War/History SUBGENRE: Coming of Age/Tragedy/Anti-War FORMAT: Movie
SET UP: Based on the 1967 semi-autobiographical short story of the same name by Akiyuki Nosaka and set in the city of Kobe, Japan in June 1945; the story follows Seita and Setsuko Yokokawa, siblings and war orphans, as they desperately struggle to survive during the final months of World War 2.
In March 1945, American Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers destroy most of Kobe during the close of World War II. Military children of an Imperial Japanese Navy captain, Seita and Setsuko, survive, but their mother is severely injured and later dies. Seita conceals their mother's death from Setsuko to keep her happy. The siblings move in with a distant aunt, and Seita retrieves supplies he buried before the bombing and gives everything to his aunt, save for a tin of Sakuma drops. As rations shrink, the aunt convinces Seita to sell his mother's silk kimonos for rice. Seita also uses some of his mother's money in the bank to buy supplies.
Their aunt, brainwashed by the Imperial cause and only concerned for her wellbeing, keeps most of the supplies for herself, her daughter, and her male lodger while becoming verbally abusive towards Seita and Setsuko, accusing them of leeching off her. After she forces them to provide for themselves, Seita and Setsuko leave by July and move into an abandoned bomb shelter. They capture and release fireflies from the marshes into the refuge for light. The next day, the fireflies die; Setsuko buries them and reveals their aunt told her their mom died, then mournfully asks why they died so soon. As they run out of rice, Seita steals from farmers and loots homes during air raids, for which a farmer brutally assaults him. A police officer realizes Seita is stealing due to hunger and makes the farmer back off.
When Setsuko falls ill, a doctor explains that she is suffering from malnutrition. Desperate, Seita withdraws the last of the money from their mother's bank account. After doing so, he becomes distraught when he learns that Japan has surrendered and that his father is most likely dead, as most of Japan's navy has been sunk. Seita returns to Setsuko with food but finds her dying. She later dies as Seita finishes preparing the food. Seita cremates Setsuko's body and her stuffed doll in a straw casket. He carries her ashes in the candy tin along with his father's photograph.
That September, Seita dies of starvation at a Sannomiya train station surrounded by other malnourished people. A janitor is tasked with removing the bodies before the arrival of the Americans. The janitor sorts through Seita's possessions and finds the candy tin, which he throws into a field. Setsuko's ashes spread out, and her spirit springs from the container and is joined by Seita's spirit and a cloud of fireflies. They board a ghostly train and, throughout the journey, look back at the events leading to their deaths as silent, passive observers. Their spirits arrive at their destination: a hilltop bench overlooking present-day Kobe, surrounded by fireflies, healthy and content.
I thought that we should try and give Kurosawa some more work, so I decided to give him this movie to add to his directorial line up as live-action instead of animated. This'll be it for now, I'm going to go finish getting ready for class.
Movie Pitch Grave of the Fireflies Written and Directed by: Akira Kurosawa
Isn't it the movie that induce depresion and despair ?,like "will ruin your week" level of depresion ?
I think i vaguely remember a critic that said "it's a very good movie but avoid it if are sensitive to depresion" or something close.
Title: Brighter than a Star Format: Television Show Genre: Celebrity Game Show
Brighter than a Star focuses on contestants testing their general knowledge on Hollywood against their trivia subjects, the Hollywood stars themselves! Each episode will feature a celebrity guest star from TV or Movies facing against contestants in Hollywood themed trivia rounds with the contestant having a chance to receive money as a prize while the celebrity guest star can donate their winnings to their charity of choice.
There will be three rounds with each participant trying to get ten correct questions. The first round is general Hollywood trivia. The second round is trivia based off of the celebrity guest in their career and personal details. The final round consists of trivia based off of a randomly selected genre, film series, studio or actor/filmmaker. The monetary prize will be $1,000.
Title: Brighter than a Star Format: Television Show Genre: Celebrity Game Show
Brighter than a Star focuses on contestants testing their general knowledge on Hollywood against their trivia subjects, the Hollywood stars themselves! Each episode will feature a celebrity guest star from TV or Movies facing against contestants in Hollywood themed trivia rounds with the contestant having a chance to receive money as a prize while the celebrity guest star can donate their winnings to their charity of choice.
There will be three rounds with each participant trying to get ten correct questions. The first round is general Hollywood trivia. The second round is trivia based off of the celebrity guest in their career and personal details. The final round consists of trivia based off of a randomly selected genre, film series, studio or actor/filmmaker. The monetary prize will be $1,000.
That actually sounds super interesting. I don't like game shows, but I'd probably watch at least a couple of episodes. Maybe the prize should be increased though? Maybe $2,500 or $5,000? $1,000 seems a bit low.
This is the kind of film that, in my opinion is much better than the source material. I don't know what the hell happened in the 90s for people to suddenly like the edgy kind of comics that this movie adapted into a more coherent (and more enjoyable) version. Seriously, who the hell wants to see or read about a man who can do whatever he wants with no consequences whatsoever (and I mean anything, dear God some of the things shown in the comic are sick!).
Anyways, the film actually has some sort of message in it, and I think it can work with Tarantino, who can give it that touch of his for gratuitous violence and make it even better.
Thus, I give you:
Movie Pitch: Wanted GENRE: Action/Adventure/Thriller
SUBGENRE: Crime/Comedy/Drama
FORMAT: Movie
Set up: The anxious, clumsy and abused office clerk Wesley Allan Gibson has a hell and boring routine life; his obese boss humiliates him all the time and his girlfriend betrays him with his colleague and best friend during working period. When he meets the sexy Fox, Wesley is informed that his father was a professional killer that belonged to an ancient organization called "The Fraternity" and was killed by the skilled and powerful Cross, a hit-man that has betrayed the Fraternity. Wesley learns that his anxiety actually is a manifestation of his latent abilities and he joins the society under the command of Sloan. Trained by Fox, he changes his personality and attitude, being prepared to face Cross and find a hidden secret.
Director: Quentin Tarantino Composer: Danny Elfman
Wesley Gibson: He is a meek 24-year-old who works in a cubicle but learns he is heir to a career as an assassin when contacted by Fox, a member of the Fraternity where his father used to work at. After being trained by them, he gains the confidence to stand up to his boss and abusive girlfriend, chasing his father's killer, only to discover the truth; he'd been set up by the fraternity in order to kill his father, and now he needs to stop them and get revenge in the process.
Played By: Matthew Broderick Alternate: Matt Dillon
Fox: She is an accomplished member of the Fraternity and zealous follower of their code who mentors Wesley. She is understanding towards Wesley, willing to help him get adjusted to his new life, though she also followed the orders to kill him. At the end, when given the order to kill Wesley in order to keep their positions of power, she remained faithful to the code (as well as Wesley) by killing all the other members of the Order, including herself.
Played By: Michelle Pfeiffer Alternate: Joanne Whalley
Sloan: He is the leader of the Chicago Fraternity, a master assassin, and the former partner of Mr. X. He called upon Wesley to take out Cross, a rogue assassin who had betrayed The Fraternity. Unknown to everyone, Sloan has been creating his own Kill Orders ever since his own name appeared. When Wesley confronts Sloan to avenge his real father, Sloan tells all the agents the truth, and that every person currently with them had their names come up. At the end of the film, he's killed by Wesley.
Played By: Morgan Freeman Alternate: James Earl Jones
Cross: He is a rogue assassin who has left the Fraternity. Cross was their most skilled assassin until he discovered their leader, Sloan, was targeted by the Loom of Fate and had begun manufacturing his own kill orders to hide it and profit from it as assassination service for rich clients who want to remove undesirable people. Sloan turned the Fraternity against him, forcing him to flee and kill all assassins who may go against him and his son.
Played By: Harrison Ford Alternate: Bruce O'Brian
Earl Spellman/The Gunsmith: He is a Fraternity member who trains other members on how to master a gun. He taught Wesley how to curve bullets and how to use a handgun with a different tactic.
Played By: Peter Weller
The Exterminator: He is an expert in explosives who makes bombs and attaches them to rats. was one of the few friends Wesley had in the Fraternity. During his assassination training, The Exterminator introduced himself during his first visit to the Textile Mill's Recovery Room.
Played By: Bruce Willis
The Repairman: He is an assassin who says he "breaks bad habits" by violently beating people. His role was to break the spirit of a trainee and teach them how to feel no pain so that they could be molded into an assassin.
Played By: Arnold Schwarzenegger
The Butcher: He is a knife-expert who trains Wesley in knife fighting in the room called The Slaughterhouse. Both of them faced each other in the end, where Wesley won and killed him.
Played By: Steve Daskewisz
Pekwarsky: He was a member of the Fraternity, a friend of Cross and an expert in making bullets and ammunition. Wesley traced Pekwarsky to a monastery in Moravia, where he agreed to arrange a meeting between Wesley and Cross. After Fox tried to kill Wesley, he told him the truth.
Played By: Christopher Lloyd
Mr. X: He is an assassin from the Fraternity, and the one Sloan tricked Wesley into thinking was his true father. Mr. X was killed by Cross at the beginning as he was getting too close to killing Wesley.
Played By: Pierce Brosnan
Barry: He is Wesley's co-worker and unfaithful best friend who was sleeping with his girlfriend. He ends up admiring him when he stands up for himself.
Cathy: She is Wesley's unfaithful and toxic girlfriend who demeans him at every turn. Wesley dumps her and kisses Fox in front of her, leaving her hurt.
Puja: She was an ammunition expert who masqueraded as an office worker and was working with Mr. X, it is not known if she knew about the Fraternity. She was killed by Cross at the beginning.
Janice: She is Wesley's abusive office boss in his previous work as an account manager. Janice is an obese, pessimist boss who always wants to find happiness in her workers' mistakes. She even mocks their work if she desires so.
A.N.: I'm thinking we can have this movie done by the late 80s, perhaps a couple of years before the 90s if possible to give enough time for all actors to grow up or get more experience. It can still work if done during the mid-80s though.
Honestly I'm more concerned since Miyazaki will be the one to make it in OTL. I'm not exactly against him but it feels like this should be his thing since his artstyle honestly makes it the best (Not to mention I'm not sure if he already has the idea and that this could fall under plagiarism.).
