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    • Magoose said:
    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. :D

    I'll see you all around.

    With so many regards, Duke William Of.
     
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    • Alright! The vote has added an option to renew shows! This means we can renew some of our old TV Shows and make new shows as well!

    Thanks @Magoose!!!

    Now, what to renew and what to add?

    Daredevil is a must, and we can try to make G.I. Joe now as well, aside from that we should also make Are you Afraid of the Dark? so that it becomes a staple of the 80s horror era.
     
    overmind said:
    Alright! The vote has added an option to renew shows! This means we can renew some of our old TV Shows and make new shows as well!

    Thanks @Magoose!!!

    Now, what to renew and what to add?

    Daredevil is a must, and we can try to make G.I. Joe now as well, aside from that we should also make Are you Afraid of the Dark? so that it becomes a staple of the 80s horror era.
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    I'm for Are you Afraid of the Dark and GI Joe. As much as I'd like to start Star Wars: Droids I think we have enough cartoons for right now. I like the real life Psyche show but I don't' really care if we do it right now. Do you think we could pull off Talent in the 80s?
     
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    TV Mini-Series Pitch: All We Marsmen
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    • Now this, this is something that I've had on my mind ever since I started researching on both; the works we owned already from Philip K. Dick, but also those who many people wanted to adapt yet never managed to. In OTL, this is one of the works that nearly managed to make it to the silver screen, with Brian W. Aldiss, one of the veteran and venerable authors of Science Fiction in both America and Britain, writing scripts for an adaptation which he hoped wither Stanley Kubrick would direct (which he flat out rejected) or the BBC would make a TV series about it (they pulled the plug despite him already having worked on the scripts).

    At the same time, David Cronenberg is a massive Philip K. Dick fan, nearly directing Total Recall, and on an interview flat out admitted to having read his entire library of works hoping to find any that he could adapt as well. I know I've already had him direct other works that I clearly hope he agrees to, but this is something that he can't say no to, and something he might even be more than willing to commit to. It might not be a full-on movie, but I think the contents of the book can better be adapted in a Mini-Series format, as it has a contained story, but it still has too much content to be limited to a movie.

    Thus, I give you:

    TV Mini-Series Pitch:
    All We Marsmen

    GENRE: Science Fiction/Dystopian/Psychological

    SUBGENRE: Drama/Time Travel

    FORMAT: TV Mini-Series​

    Set Up: Adapted from Philip K. Dick's 1964 novel Martian Time-Slip. It's the near-future and an overpopulated Earth has started colonizing the solar system. Our story takes place on Mars—a cold, dry, and arid world where isolated homesteaders live in various, independent colonies that each represent a vested interest back on Earth. The UN keeps the peace between them, but the de facto power on Mars is the powerful Water Works Union, headed up by the tyrannical Arnie Kott. Upon this world, Jack Bohlen, a schizophrenic man will have to find a way to make ends meet, while trying to aid a young kid, Manfred, as he deals with his own issues. The story is a satire of the business world and suburban life on Earth.

    Showrunner: David Cronenberg
    Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
    Writer: Brian W. Aldiss

    Jack Bohlen: He is an "ex-schizophrenic" and repairman with a good heart, as he's willing to aid those who need help or are in need. He and his wife Silvia have one child, David, and lead what would be considered, on Mars, a normal settler's life. However, Jack constantly worries that the schizophrenia he fled from on Earth will reach him once more. He begins suffering from visions which distort his image of people into death and rot and machinery. During the story, Jack tries to keep control, and enters into an illicit relationship with Artie's secretary, eventually meeting Manfred and trying to help him. At the end, he fixes his relationship with his wife, and manages to live a good life.

    Played By: William Hurt
    Alternate: Lance Henriksen

    Arnie Kott: He is the Supreme Goodmember of Water Workers' Local, Fourth Planet Branch, the most powerful man in the union town of Lewistown and one of the most powerful on all Mars. He enjoys his power and flaunts the luxuries with which he surrounds himself. His life is all about money and control. Brusque, quick to anger, and superficial, Arnie, as he insists on everyone calling him, will seek revenge against those who cross or threaten him. Yet he is dependent on his servant Helio for conversation and advice, and he uses people: the minions from the union who do his dirty work; his girlfriend, Doreen; and the Bleekmen who are like annoying animals to him.

    Played By: Roy Scheider
    Alternate: Robert A. Silverman

    Manfred Steiner: He is a ten-year-old autistic boy who lives at Camp Ben-Gurion in the Jewish colony with other "anomalous children." He has never spoken a word and does not interact with other people, but Manfred's autism allows him to move through time and to see his own future. Sadly, he sees only horror and destruction, never creation or invention of good things to come. Manfred's world is one of overwhelming sensory stimulation and terrifying visions. When Arnie realizes the potential for gain if he can tap into Manfred's precognition, he hires Jack Bohlen to invent a device for communicating with Manfred. Thus Manfred's life changes as he leaves Camp B-G to be near Jack and Arnie.

    Played By: Christian Bale
    Alternate: Neil Patrick Harris
    Dr. Milton Glaub: He is a psychiatrist who works part-time at Camp Ben-Gurion, a home for "anomalous children." Milton struggles to make ends meet because his wife cannot control her spending. When he is disappointed in his hope to get on Arnie's payroll, Milton takes out his anger towards Arnie by threatening to dismiss his son, Sam, from Camp B-G and send him to an institution on Earth. When this attempt fails because of a counter threat from Anne, Milton at least knows enough to admit defeat. Although Milton tends to think of people in terms of the Freudian behavioral category into which they fall, most of the time he does try to do what is right by his patients.

    Played By: Harry Dean Stanton
    Alternate: M. Emmet Walsh

    Doreen Anderton: She is a Union Treasurer and Arnie Kott's girlfriend. She meets Jack and Manfred when they are brought into Arnie's schemes. While she is unnerved by Manfred, she is sensitive to Jack's situation because she has a schizophrenic brother. She seems to genuinely love Jack and is willing to give up all her luxuries from Arnie to be with Jack. She is practical however, and when Arnie dies, she knows that everything will change and that there will be nothing to keep her and Jack together. Even though they still love each other, they will not need each other's comfort, and she is wise enough to know that Jack needs and wants to go back to his ordinary life with his wife and son.

    Played By: Kim Basinger
    Alternate: Barbara Hershey

    Heliogabalus: He is a member of the dwindling Bleekman race, and Arnie Kott's house servant. He is loyal to Arnie and does his duty even though Arnie treats him as if he were an imbecile. Helio is actually very knowledgeable and wise. He is the only one able to discern the true nature of Manfred's autism and what it means for all of them. He can communicate telepathically with Manfred, see what Manfred sees, and understands what Manfred's visions mean and why they are so terrifying to the boy. Helio knows how to help Manfred in ways that no one else can comprehend, and it is Helio who advises Arnie to go with Manfred into the mountains to the tribal mystics to find the answers he seeks.

    Played By: André Roussimoff
    Alternate: Peter Mayhew

    Norbert Steiner: He is Manfred's father, runs a legitimate health food business and a black-market business on the side. He and his wife live with their four daughters next door to the Bohlen's and often try to weasel extra water or other favors from their neighbors. Steiner keeps the existence of Manfred a secret because of the shame associated with having an autistic child (it is assumed that the parents of such a child must be defective themselves). Steiner diligently visits his only son but resents Manfred for the burden his disorder has placed on the family. When he learns that Camp B-G may be forced to close, and faced with having Manfred destroyed or having to take him home, he commits suicide.

    Played By: Martin Sheen
    Alternate: Stephen Lack

    Otto Zitte: He is an employee of Norbert Steiner in the black-market food business. After losing his union card and his own similar business, the ambitious Otto Zitte lets his vices get the best of him. After Steiner's suicide, Zitte has the opportunity to take over the business and use it as a vehicle for preying upon lonely housewives. With his particular talent for seduction, Zitte manages to get even Silvia Bohlen into bed. His scurrilous new world comes to a sudden halt, however, when Arnie, out of greed and jealousy, destroys Zitte's stash of goods. In a rage of vengeance, Zitte finds Arnie and shoots him.

    Played By: Richard Dreyfuss
    Alternate: James Remar

    Leo Bohlen: He is Jack's father, a successful real estate developer in his late seventies from New York City. His business involves acquiring cheap land and reselling it for a large mark-up in price once its value has increased. Jack finds this kind of operation distasteful because he sees it as taking advantage of the less savvy. Leo thinks it is just good business and travels to Mars to scope out a possible bonanza in the F.D.R. Mountains. It is Leo's interest in seemingly worthless property that piques Arnie's curiosity and involves him in unsuccessfully trying to beat Leo to the punch through the time travel that he believes Manfred and the Bleekmen can enable.

    Played By: Richard Attenborough
    Alternate: Dennis Weaver
    Silvia Bohlen: She is Jack's wife, a homemaker disillusioned with her life on Mars. She takes pills to help her sleep at night and pills to wake her up in the morning. She is generally unsympathetic towards other people's problems, but she does help out when she should, yet she resents having to do so. She fantasizes about having an affair, but when she actually does have one with Otto Zitte, she decides it was a horrible mistake and resolves to give her marriage a second chance.

    Played By: Teri Garr

    David Bohlen: He is the son of Jack and Silvia Bohlen. David Bohlen is a normal boy growing up on Mars. He attends the Public School where instruction is delivered by Teaching Machines. David scores on par with his achievement group, relieving Jack's fear that his son will be a schizophrenic like he is.

    Played By: Seth Green

    June Henessy: She is the Bohlen's neighbor. As someone who typifies suburban culture, as neighbor, friend, and fellow housewife, June Henessy is the person to whom Silvia Bohlen confides her problems. June has had six affairs, and she keeps her friends well-informed about her extramarital activities.

    Played By: Sandra Bernhard

    Anne Esterhazy: She is the ex-wife of Arnie Kott. She owns a gift shop in the colony of New Israel and is involved in all the political and social happenings on Mars, taking on many causes. Arnie dismisses her as a "do-gooder" but relies on her insider information and valuable advice nonetheless. They still often collaborate on business deals and are friends.

    Played By: Melinda Dillon

    Mr. Yee: He is the calculating owner of a repair company; Mr. Yee is Jack Bohlen's employer. He came to Mars from China for a more profitable business. Yee leases Jack's services to Arnie Kott, hoping for further business with this powerful man and eventually sells Jack's contract to Arnie for a hefty price.

    Played By: Jon Polito

    A.N.: We have the entire library of Philip K. Dick, and there are some of the best ideas and literature I've ever read. Seriously, I thought that at best we'd do Total Recall and Minority Report, but there is so much more with which to work with. That's without even touching The Man in the High Castle (which, oddly enough, I did not like), but I'm sure we can do a bit more there. Aside from this, I'm thinking on a fantasy series to balance out Science Fiction for now.
     
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    • wabbitking said:
    I'm for Are you Afraid of the Dark and GI Joe. As much as I'd like to start Star Wars: Droids I think we have enough cartoons for right now. I like the real life Psyche show but I don't' really care if we do it right now. Do you think we could pull off Talent in the 80s?
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    We should be able to, so I don't see why not.

    Now, I think we should renew all our shows save from the ones that are for one season, or we don't have a plan for yet. Liberty's Crystal Skeleton is one that I think would work better as an anthology show rather than a serialized or episodic one. It would let other writers (I.E. you guys) create stories in this sandbox both in the current era or the past after the fall to better explore this new world. But for now, I have yet to write for season two of the show.
     
    overmind said:
    We should be able to, so I don't see why not.

    Now, I think we should renew all our shows save from the ones that are for one season, or we don't have a plan for yet. Liberty's Crystal Skeleton is one that I think would work better as an anthology show rather than a serialized or episodic one. It would let other writers (I.E. you guys) create stories in this sandbox both in the current era or the past after the fall to better explore this new world. But for now, I have yet to write for season two of the show.
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    I don't think I'm up for writing for it but I do have a suggestion for a faction. A quick google search tells me that the first Ghost Dance (or a precursor to it) was preformed in 1869 by a man named Wodziwob. So a Native American faction who thinks they caused the apocolypse with the Ghost Dance or a similar ritual could be fun to watch.
     
    Okay, so what about Miami Vice? Are we delaying it? Because I'm okay with delaying it so that censors don't get their meaty claws on it.
     
    Alright then, here's a plan for the next season of our shows. I'd like to thank @Kaiser Chris for his help during the making of this plan and the suggestions for some of the shows.

    [X] Plan Something Old, Something New
    -[X]Delay it: You can't risk Vince's baby getting axed by censors. He has a vision you want to keep (New Action Available)
    -[X] Shows to Renew:
    --[X] Johnny Quest Season 2
    --[X] Luke Cage Season 2
    --[X] Lyberty's Crystal Skeleton Season 2
    --[X] Lawyer's Dozen Season 3
    --[X] Cupid Season 3
    --[X] Family Ties Season 2
    --[X] Remington Steele Season 2
    --[X] The Gentleman's Club Season 2
    --[X] The Nguyens Season 2
    --[X] Mafia Season 2
    --[X] Atomic Betty Season 2
    -[X] New Shows:
    --[X] Daredevil
    --[X] Are You Afraid Of The Dark?
    --[X] Salem's Lot
    --[X] GI Joe: A Real American Hero
    --[X] Fillmore!

    Now, for the continuing shows, basically all shows we made last year get to continue, with thr exception of G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra as that was an OVA. Mostly due to the argument that the shows don't have enough prestige, nor much of a fanbase, to survive if we take them off the air for a year or two.

    Now, for our new shows; we have Daredevil to continue the Marvel TV Universe, Are You Afraid of the Dark? in order to capitalize on the Horror boom of the 80s, Salem's Lot for the same reasons and to get more Stephen King's adaptations out there, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero to begin one of the best and most iconic american cartoons, and of course Fillmore! because I loved the show, and I'm sure even adults are going to find it difficult not to watch what is basically a 70's Police Drama in Middle School.
     
    Hey I don't know if folks have seen dropouts Gamechanger but a show like that would be great for both scouting and showcasing improvisational talents
     
    Movie Pitch: Dredd: 2000 A.D.
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    • I've only read some of the 2000 A.D. comics where Judge Dredd is involved in them, but I have to admit that they were quite entertaining. When after that I went on to see the Judge Dredd movie of 95', well...okay I liked it at first, but that was mostly because I had only seen some of Judge Dredd and was not sure if this showed something that happened later or if the character changed in some way during some time when I had not been watching.

    That and I'm also a Sylvester Stallone fan, and if he was in that movie it could not have been that bad.

    Then again, I think that it was mostly the ones who knew the most about Judge Dredd who disliked the film, because it was somewhat fun. The later movie however, it was an amazing smorgasbord of violence, and frankly I don't think I've had more fun hating a villain as I did then. However, I would have liked it if Dredd had shouted a bit more, and a had a bit more of a sinister presence. Hopefully we can work with that with our current actors.

    Thus, I give you:

    Movie Pitch:
    Dredd: 2000 A.D.

    GENRE: Action/Thriller/Cyberpunk

    SUBGENRE: Crime/Suspense/Drama

    FORMAT: Movie​

    Set Up: Based on the character created by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra. In a dystopian future Earth, the area between New York and Boston has become a crime-ridden urban mass of 800 million people known as Mega-City One. Keeping the peace are combination policemen-judges who make the arrests, determine guilt and then execute the sentence. Judge Dredd is among the best at what he does and he is assigned a rookie, Cassandra Anderson, who did not meet the minimum requirements for the job but who has one talent most do not: she is a mutant with psychic abilities. They soon find themselves inside Peach Trees, a 200-story building that houses, among many others, "Ma-Ma" Madrigal; a gangster who produces the drug of choice in Mega City, Slo-Mo. Ma-Ma shuts the building down determined that Dredd and Anderson will never see the light of day again.

    Director: Richard Stanley
    Composer: Basil Poledouris

    Judge Dredd: He is a renowned Senior Street Judge in Mega-City One with the authority of judge, jury and executioner. He is an extreme character, and he administers justice with an extreme lack of prejudice, in a way, personifying the idea of "the ends justifying the means". Dredd also speaks with a raspy and harsh vocal tone akin to "a saw cutting through bone".

    Played By: Mel Gibson
    Alternate: Kurt Russell

    Cassandra Anderson: She is a recruit Judge that is trying to pass her exam and become a rookie Judge. She is also a genetic mutant with powerful psychic abilities who can sense the thoughts and emotions of others. As a young child, her abilities attracted the attention of Psi Division and Anderson was taken from her family to undergo intensive training alongside other cadets at The Academy of Law.

    Played By: Jodie Foster
    Alternate: Elizabeth McGovern

    Judge Volt: He is a Street Judge in Mega-City One. One night he and another judge respond to a Judge's under fire call from Judge Dredd and Cassandra Anderson who were being attacked in the Peachtree Block. He attempted to enter but was denied entry by the Ma-Ma Clan's techie. The clan techie said that they had lost control of their system during a war protocol drill and were unable to comply.

    Played By: Robert DoQui
    Alternate: Felton Perry

    Chief Judge: She is the head of the Judge's Council (The Council of Five). She runs the Justice Department. She comes to check on Dredd and Anderson personally after they take down Ma-Ma, and presumably would have sent them backup earlier if their communication with the Hall of Justice had not been cut off, or she had known about the corrupt judges who responded to their distress call.

    Played By: Margaret Avery
    Alternate: Phylicia Rashad

    Judge Lex: He's a street judge with two decades of experience. He's like Dredd in that he's a tough-as-nails street judge who's no doubt seen it all, only Lex is also a self-serving, murderous bastard who doesn't stand for anything other than his next paycheck.

    Played By: Tom Atkins

    Judge Alvarez, Kaplan and Chan: Three Judges deployed alongside Lex to Peach Trees. Like him, they're all corrupt and working with Ma-Ma. Though they don't fare as well as Lex, all of them except Kaplan still manage to put up a much better fight against Dredd than Mama's goons.

    Judge Alvarez
    Played By: Desi Arnaz Jr.

    Judge Chan
    Played By: Mako

    Judge Kaplan
    Played By: Kelly Lynch
    Madeline "Ma-Ma" Madrigal: An ex-prostitute turned drug lord (with a penchant for excessive violence) and leader of the Ma-Ma Clan who have taken over the entire Peach Trees block. Despite her nickname, she is anything but maternal, as she does not care whatever happens to her men, and is willing to sacrifice them all in order for her to win and/or escape.

    Played By: Sigourney Weaver
    Alternate: Meg Foster

    Kay: He is Ma-Ma's main enforcer and supplier of the new drug they are manufacturing known as Slo-Mo. He's crass and very nasty, albeit only to Anderson and Dredd, who are his enemies. He actually relishes in how sick in the head he is, even bragging about it at some points, and is implied to be a Serial Killer and rapist. Like most sociopaths though, he's also an idiot.

    Played By: Yaphet Kotto
    Alternate: Keith David

    Caleb: The second in command to Ma-Ma as well as her main enforcer, sharing the position with Kay (He stays close to Ma-Ma while Caleb works down the block). Caleb approaches his job in a ruthless and efficient manner, keeping a calm air of professionalism in his work, however he's not too proud to beg for his life.

    Played By: Jonathan Banks
    Alternate: Ray Wise

    The Clan Techie: He is a technician working for Ma-Ma. He's not really a bad guy and only works for Ma-Ma because she terrifies the living shit out of him (she gouged out his eyes with her bare hands in order to make way for his implants), he's surrounded by violent drug dealers who obey her commands, and he wouldn't make it 5 floors if he tried to run.

    Played By: Sean Penn
    Alternate: Eric Stoltz

    Big Joe: He was a lead enforcer for the Ma-Ma Clan. When Ma-Ma locks down Peachtrees block in attempt to stop the Judge's leaving with Kay, Big Joe and several other members of the clan attempt to kill Dredd and Anderson.

    Played By: Christopher Malcolm

    Japhet: He was a low-ranking enforcer of the Ma-Ma Clan. He was a man who cared deeply for his family and was rightly fearful of the Clan. He is wounded during a failed ambush, and is then executed by Anderson for the crime of attempting to kill a Judge.

    Played By: Billy Drago
    Ethan Zwirner: He was a junkie and small-time criminal who was addicted to Slo-Mo and killed by Dredd at the beginning.

    TJ: He was the medic at the Clinic known as Med Center, located in the Peach Trees Building of the Peach Trees Block of Sector 13. He's a pragmatist who sides with whoever can guarantee his life.

    Amos and Freel: They were not an official member of the Ma-Ma Clan. As Dredd ascended up the Peachtrees block, alongside Anderson and their prisoner (Kay), Freel and his friend and criminal partner Amos follow, and stand off against Dredd outside an elevator.

    Cathy: She is Japhet's wife and mother of his child. She aids the Judges in order to protect her family, but does not want their thanks nor to have anything more to do with them.

    Rosa: She is a food court kitchen employee, in a Mega-City One block known as "Peach Trees". She was taken hostage by Zwirner before being "rescued" by Judge Dredd.

    A.N.: As a cyberpunk movie, this could work best in the 80s, and using the gritty look that Richard Stanley achieved with Hardware (though perhaps also a bit darker, and with a bit more budget that can make it look a bit more realistic as well). I had been thinking if we should get Paul Verhoeven for this one, but in the end I figured that I'd rather keep him for Robocop (and perhaps find a way to make the sequels not suck so much as well).
     
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