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« Reply #15 on: August 08, 2011, 08:27:34 PM » |
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You know how, on the HPPodcast they had steward Gordon on, and he said the reason for the creation of Re-Animitor was a reaction against vampire and werewolf movies? We're living in a similar situation - the exception is that all the vampires and werewolfs are sexy teen in high school. So, my idea for a lovecraftian TV show:
Young Re-Animator
Young loner Herbie West arrives at Miskatonic High School in New England in order to further his studies after the death of his father. There he befriends Dan Cain, a carefree 'loveable loser'-type. There is an instant animosity between West and science teacher Mr. Hill. West creates a labratory in the attic of his house, hidden from his mother. When Dan discovers that West has re-animated his dead cat, Dan becomes a reluctent partner in research to defeat death. Dan's girlfriend Megan, daughter of Principle Halesy dislikes West.
Much Romance, fright and Laughs are had by all. The first season would follow West up to the point of creating the reanimation agent. Other season could have zombies attack the school, West creating a re-animated girlfriend, other sexy teen drama stuff with the living dead....
I'd watch that, TS! You would also have to add the stereotypical football jock who harasses West because he is a nerd and later dies in a DWI car accident only to be reanimated by West and becomes his undead nemesis (maybe in season 2 or 3). I figure that the downside would be it couldn't be gory. The reason these sexy teen monsters genre works is because the monsters are made to be mostly sexy, and only once and a while scary. So for the plot to work, the reanimated would have to be mostly normal - with the exception of the desire to cannibalize. Then again, it would be one of the most subversive shows ever - my wife gets mad at me when the sexy teen vampires 'get it on' that's really, you know, necrophila. "But it's not the same!" Well, with this show, it would be very difficult to deny there's any odd sexuality going on with our sexy teen zombies. Of course, this could lead to some pretty interested storyline (female reanimated student becomes a man eater, LITERALLY. Very Special Episode-type show with a character coming-to-terms-with necrophila as a metaphor for coming to terms with homosexuality.) Quick, someone get the CW on the line! |
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« Reply #16 on: August 09, 2011, 05:22:08 PM » |
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You could rework Cool Air so Munoz has a woman in love with him and they can never consumate their romance, and then he decays and she isn't sure she ever wanted to, but lays flowers on his gravestone anyway once, or twice, a year. And Pickman could be teaching art to upper-crust Bostonian maidens, one of whom follows him back to his secret pad, and then all hell breaks loose. Oh wait... someone did that already... http://froggyflix.lefora.com/ |
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« Reply #17 on: August 12, 2011, 03:51:44 AM » |
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Memphis Beat: The King. In Yellow.
Hendricks and Whitehead investigate a series of seemingly unrelated robberies, and uncover the dark secret behind the mysterious Elvis impersonator who wears a blank mask and yellow jumpsuit.
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TheMediocreYoungishOne -Tom-
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« Reply #18 on: August 12, 2011, 04:43:18 AM » |
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Arthur Jermyn's Mama's Family
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"I never ask a man what his business is, for it never interests me. What I ask him about are his thoughts and dreams." H.P. Lovecraft - In a letter to Maurice W. Moe, January 1929
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We are the Borgcraft. Your knowledge will be correlated. Insanity is inevitable.
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« Reply #19 on: August 13, 2011, 03:31:02 PM » |
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Dream-Quest the reality television survivor show.
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« Reply #20 on: August 17, 2011, 01:32:13 PM » |
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« Reply #21 on: August 17, 2011, 01:49:19 PM » |
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 HOLY CRAP! You have GOT to be kidding me! Bob
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« Reply #22 on: August 17, 2011, 02:48:20 PM » |
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LOL, did you read the cast of teenage characters??? Crawford Tillinghast, Harley Warren, Megan Armitage, Staci Carter!!!
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'Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.'
Robert E. Howard, "The Tower of the Elephant"
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« Reply #23 on: August 17, 2011, 08:51:52 PM » |
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The real housewives of Arkham County.
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« Reply #24 on: August 17, 2011, 10:17:36 PM » |
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That post was 3 years ago, so I doubt we'll be seeing this show any time soon. Though the company responsible still has it listed on their website as "in development", complete with a pitch package that details each character and the pilot's synopsis. It's hilariously terrible if you have the time to read it  |
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TheMediocreYoungishOne -Tom-
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« Reply #25 on: August 18, 2011, 06:17:55 AM » |
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The real housewives of Arkham County.
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« Reply #26 on: August 18, 2011, 08:46:08 AM » |
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The real housewives of Arkham County.
There are women in Arkham? Only ones possessed by their own fathers. Kind of makes it "uncomfortable" when trying to "close the deal" with a date. Bob |
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« Reply #27 on: August 18, 2011, 08:14:33 PM » |
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i figured "Arkham COUNTY" could cover a lot of territory - you could have Asenath Waite, Lavinia Whately (not much of a wife, not much of a house - but a kickass mom!), a big-eyed woman from innsmouth who wears high collars to cover her gills... and there are a few other narrators who briefly mention their wives and never call them by name, like Dan Upton.
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« Reply #28 on: August 19, 2011, 08:25:59 AM » |
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For some reason, I am now picturing the Innsmouth woman as the local Marrie Kay representative.
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« Reply #29 on: August 19, 2011, 04:54:30 PM » |
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Flipper-ware lady. Were-flipper-ware ladies. Moonlighting as Dagon's Witnesses.
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