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Let’s start with 2 strange pick-ups from the last couple of days.

HBO has ordered a series adaptation (as in real series, not mini) of George R.R. Martin’s 7-book “A Song of Fire & Ice”, titled “Game of Thrones”.
Each season would represent a book, so it could go on for about 7 seasons, if it is picked up that is.
Did I forget to mention that “Game of Thrones” is in fact a fantasy series?
As in, magic and dragons.
On HBO.
In primetime.

Ridley Scott on the other hand is going to direct a movie adaptation of…wait for it…Monopoly.
The script is going to be penned by Corpse Bride/Monster House‘s Pamela Pettler and should be reminiscent of Blade Runner with its futuristic feel.

Meanwhile, Fox just ditched MadTV and NBC has canceled My Worst Enemy and Lipstick Jungle.
But no real surprise there.

Did you guys also hear?
The war in Iraq has ended, says the New York Times.


Oh but wait…
It’s a hoax.

And just because I’m a sucker for technology, and “the future is now”:
RED just announced today its massive new line of product and accessories, including the awesome $55,000 EPIC 617 Mysterium Monstro camera.
Just how awesome is it?
28k awesome.
That means it shoots at 25FPS images with a res of 28 000 x 9 334.
With the ability to also shoot 3-D.
Yeah, you read that correctly.

Sure, it’s only going to arrive in like 2 years, but who cares.
It’s revolutionary.

Spec Flashpoint – Part Two (B)

Part Two: Researching it
B – “Bad Guys”

This post is going to be shorter than usual, just because we already kinda riffled through it in previous posts.
That, and there’s an infinite number of possibilities you could go with for your baddie(s).

Fortunately for the show, “bad guys” are not every time really “bad”. For the sake of argument I am calling them “bad guys”, but most of the time they are really being “grey guys”.

Even though the teaser of almost every Flashpoint episode up to 1×09 has had someone holding someone else at gunpoint, “bad guys” on the show are pretty diverse.
They range from real bad guys (1×03, 1×06, 1×09), to good guys cornered into doing a bad thing to save themselves (1×05, 1×08), others (1×02, 1×04, 1×07), or just plain crazy/brainwashed people (1×01, 1×09).

For a more detailed bad guy/episode breakdown, please refer to this previous post.

“Bad guys” seem to love playing with guns in every Flashpoint episode; guns being real easy to obtain.
How many bomb threats have we had, versus how many hostage situations?
It could be an interesting twist to subtract guns and hostages from the equation completely, and have the “bad guy” use other kinds of weapon. Whether a virtual one, a psychological one, or just a baseball bat.

Also, change the situation surrounding the baddie.
Change the number, change their back story, change what is driving this mad man to kill his ex-lover. Did he/she cheat on him with a(nother) woman? Did he/she win the lottery but didn’t give him a cent? Or perhaps he/she decided to have a sudden sex-change?

Whatever the reason, the audience needs to be involved in the story.
Create on the audience a “Stockholm syndrome” so that they will not want to see the baddie hurt. Or on the contrary, make him real evil.
Make the audience emotionally involved and attached to the character.
In a bad way, in a good way, or both.

Now that was quicker than I imagined.

Anyway, next time, we’ll talk about the SRU itself… Or should I say TPS?

Squid, or no Squid?

No Squid.

That’s the official word from Snyder himself.

Yep, there’s an all-new ending for the 2h42 Watchmen movie.

You can check the whole interview with Zack over here. It is pretty revealing on what made the cut, what didn’t, and what we should expect (and hear — music!) in the upcoming movie.

There’s a 3h30 ‘Black Freighter’ version that will be available on DVD!
Awesome.

In other Watchmen news, like with Star Trek earlier this month, Paramount seems to be doing a cross-website promotional thingy; releasing promo posters on various websites (thanks EW for that crappy thumbnail!).

I’m deeply troubled I wasn’t one of those websites but, what the heck.

The Comedian still rules.

Speaking of (Star Trek that is), am I the only one shocked at how lame all these Spock (and for that matter Kirk) promo pics are?



It’s like they’re not even trying to hide the fact that he’s wearing a wig, let alone fake eyebrows.
Even in the 60s, their make-up was much better!
And I know this because, I must confess… I’m currently in a ST: TOS marathon.