On the conceptual side...

[ksk2]

...Is there any philospophy, belief system/practice, myth, or historical character/event that you'd love to anthropormorphize and make into a character?

Mine would be...


The Ulster Cycle

Meritocrats gone Wrong

The Cathari

Grainne O'Malleigh

The final European Crusade (which happened in Southern France).


Of course, I'll be dying to hear Nem's answers... ;)

[Bill Marquardt]

How about "Revenge of the Luddites" ?

Bill X.

[Crowfeeder]

hmm..

The Children's Crusade, that ended in a massacre.

Dramatisation of the 15C french novel, Tirant lo Blanc.

Dramatisation of Abel Ganz's making of Napoleon.

The celtic Tristran & Isolde.

The Duncton Wood novels...

The Siege of Malta, 1565. The renaissance Alamo, except the Mexicans lost in this one...

...and so may more.

Naturally, anyone taking inspiration from the above should send food parcels to this starving writer, and do a fine job of the script or else be hunted down and all your shoes changed for a smaller size... mmm, revenge...

Crowfeeder

[Nemesis Unbound]

Sorry to disappoint, but I can't say I have ever thought of doing this. My writing tends to espouse my own philosophy/beliefs. If I were interested say, in a particular period in history, I would write a historical screenplay. If I were interested in a particular work of literature I would adapt it. If I were interested in a particular mythology or series of tales I might adapt it for television, etc. Usually when I find material outside of my own invention that interests me I would much rather make use of it as is than drawing upon it as the basis for an original script. On the other hand I may sometimes come upon something which I do not like but which helps to inspire an original idea. In fact I would say things that I dislike tend to spark more creativity in me than things I enjoy. When I encounter something I like I tend to want to leave it as it is, whereas when I come upon something I dislike I want to challenge whatever notions it puts forth, prove it wrong or satirize it and show the world its flaws.

[Goreomedy]

How about an Animal House type film located at a Masonic Lodge? Hmmmmm? Hmmmmm?

-- Gore

[ksk2]

If the team that brought us Crimewave were on board, that could be hilarious. Especially if the script dealt with alchemy as well... hmmm...

[Couchguy]

Bill...there is already a "Revenge of the Luddites" in real life. His name is Ted Kaczynski, and he's the Unabomber.

Your pal,
Couchguy

[steeves]

a good story has a (big) piece of YOU, the writer, inside it.

personally i always wanted to write a sex comedy about the amish (i mean, hey, they can't watch it so they can't complain) but as a complete heathen the only part that i could get into would be the sex stuff so i don't think i could pull it off.

hmmm, amish porn: film at 11

[ksk2]

That reminds me of when you said that the last "safe" people to lampoon were the Amish. But I think that Australians are still a good go... ;)

But please, no porn starring anyone that churns butter or wears those hats; the mere idea gives me nightmares...

[Zeeman13]

I saw an Amish porn once. They showed a woman's naked forearm. No kidding. Very hot.

[steeves]

that butter churning can be pretty suggestive (think bill murray and the ball cleaner in caddyshack)

oh and sorry if my amish joke was a repeat - but forgive me, i just turned 40 so it's all downhill from here, repeating myself, bulk-purchases of depends, all that you know

oh and sorry if my amish joke was a repeat - but forgive me, i just turned 40 so it's all downhill from here, repeating myself, bulk-purchases of depends, all that you know

but on the bright side, every morning i wake up i've forgotten that i've alzheimers (please: it's a joke! no mydoghasalzheimershowcouldyoubesocruel stuff. thanks in advance.)

[ksk2]

Steeves, I'm...

:rollin

But I still think you should satiroze my countrymen anyway. Fair's fair, especially since they bitch about being confused with Brits, then can't tell the diff betwixt a Maple Leafer and a yank. And what they say about those yanks...

[jetty]

I saw an Amish porn too. They showed a guys socks (worn). When the woman picked them up, she blushed (In fact she almost passed out). It's was quite titillating.

jetty

[Nemesis Unbound]

Arghh! Another thread hijacked by the Amish Porn debate! :eek

[ksk2]

... All ya'll haveta do ta bring us back on track is tell us somr things that you'd like to win an award for... no log-lines, no synops, just a notion with tha lotion...

[PteranoDon]

The Amish women bring their daughters to Iowa City to shop at K-mart on the weekends. Van loads of them. The girls walk around the store in their long home-made dresses with their little doily hats on top their pinned-up hair. They giggle and blush at about everything they see.

I tell you, there is nothing sexier in all the world.

[ksk2]

Yer a sick (---), 'Don. But never go away... If you did, Dom Irerra and Will Durst would be crying...

[Nemesis Unbound]

No no its impossible you see, there is simply too much enthusiasm on this board for the topic of Amish porn. :eek

[callit]

I heard the gay Amish were seeking the right to march in the St. Patrick's Day Parade.

[Nemesis Unbound]

There are gay Amish? What's next, buttons!?