For those of you novice comic book readers (or not so novice!) looking for a brush up on all the weird ways in which the Marvel writers (and DC,and... ah, heck they all do this once in a while) get away with making characters do things that are not 'normal' and/or you ever had a small shudder when you heard the term "Parallel Universe" because you thought, "Now, how does that differ from Alternate Timeline?" --- here is a rundown of the differences...Merci, Amy:
1) "OUR" WORLD: the mainstream Marvel universe (pretty self-explanatory)
2) ALTERNATE TIMELINES: These take place in our world, but involve something that "went wrong" that causes some problematic, horrific future. Major examples of alternate timelines are Days of Future Past, Age of Apocalypse, and recently Here Comes Tomorrow. In order to prevent the terrible future, someone must go back to prevent the specific incident that started the chain reaction.
- Days of Future Past: Caused when Senator Kelly was assassinated. Prevented when adult Kitty went back in time, inhabited her younger self, and stopped the assassination.
- Age of Apocalypse: Caused when Legion killed Xavier. Prevented when Bishop goes back in time to kill Legion.
- Here Comes Tomorrow: Caused when Scott left the school, leaving the students in others' hands after Jean's death. Prevented when Phoenix rewound time and telepathically "nudged" Scott to stay at the school.
Because alternate timelines cause new scenarios and relationships, certain people can be born that may not exist in our world. Examples are Rachel Summers from DFP and Nate Grey from AOA.
Obviously, alternate timelines can be affected by people from our world (see above ways that the timelines were "prevented." )
3) PARALLEL WORLDS: These are NOT our world, but rather a parallel dimension with parallel people and places, but probably unique circumstances. This is a pretty common theme in a lot of sci-fi books and TV shows. (We all have a parallel in another dimension, etc.)
Examples of this are the Mutant X parallel world, as well as the numerous parallel worlds that the Exiles visit in each issue.
A key difference between parallel worlds and alternate timelines is that nothing "went wrong" on the parallel world to make it different from ours. It simply IS different from ours in certain ways, simply by nature.
Obviously, parallel worlds can be affected by people from our world. "Our" Havok was sucked into the parallel Mutant X world and the Exiles move from dimension to dimension.
4) RE-TELLINGS: Similar to parallel world, but main difference is that a re-telling exists INDEPENDENTLY from all others. It re-tells the origins and stories of the characters, but basically keeps their personalities the same.
Technically speaking, the X-men movies and cartoons are re-tellings.
In the movies, Wolvie and Rogue are rescued by Storm and Cyke, and that's how they end up at the mansion. In the X-Men Evolution cartoon, Storm and Wolvie are adult teachers in charge of teenage Scott and Jean. Obviously, this is not how it is on "our" world, but these are re-tellings of how it all came about. In the comics, the Ultimate X-men issues are re-tellings. (For instance, Wolvie first comes to the mansion because he was sent by Magneto to kill Charles) Again, that didn't "really" happen, but that is how this particular series is presenting the character's origin.
A good way to tell the difference between a re-telling and alt timelines and/or parallel worlds is that a re-telling can NOT be affected by people from our world. It exists completely separately and independently from the mainstream Marvel universe. Polaris from "our" world is not going to be suddenly sucked into the Ultimate X-men issues any more than she would suddenly be sucked into an X-men cartoon. If she does appear in a cartoon or the movie or an issue of Ultimate X-men, she will have her own introduction. She would not just be whisked out of our world, and dropped into the re-tellings. Again, re-tellings can NOT be affected by people from our world, but alternate timelines and parallel worlds CAN and ARE affected by people from our world.
5) WHAT IF'S: These are hypothetical scenarios. They basically tell us "if this had happened, then this is what would have come after." It should be noted that some What If issues do actually take place in parallel worlds rather than just as a hypothetical situation. The issue itself will tell you whether it's hypothetical or something that occurs in a parallel world.
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Jack and the Animaniacs
So over the years, we've realized that we are drawn to shows/movies whose protagonist is named Jack.
You have the sadistically heroic Jack Bauer from 24
You have the even more twisted Jack Bristow from Alias
You have the I-don't-want-to-be-a-leader-although-I'm-destined-to-be-one Jack Shepherd from Lost
You have the charming Jack Davenport who played the stuffy British soldier who maybe had a heart but oh yeah, not really Commodore Norrington from Pirates, and from Coupling where he really shines as Steve Taylor.
But we have other things that we just latch on to and obsess over. We decided we're more than just fans. And we really don't act out on our obsessions (unless you call this blog an 'acting out') so we aren't stalkers, per se.
We're monomaniacs. So it was the word of the day one time on dictionary.com. Sue me.
Now...this blog really does have a point, hang on... Remember the old cartoon show Animaniacs? The goofy Wakko, Yakko and Dot and all their fun times? Sure you do. And the annoyingly lovable, completely addicting theme song they had? Sure you do.
Well, I changed up the lyrics to reflect our selfish little cable show obsessions. Get the tune in your head and sing along everybody!
(this was obviously before the Holy Trinity was renamed to the Four Horsemen thanks to Mr. Purcell. But work with me)
CHORUS 1
We're Monomaniacs
We're zany to the max
We happen to obsess
Over all people named Jack
We're Monmaniacs!
VERSE 1
There's Bristow he's the coolest
Cuz he's watchin' out for Syd
There's Bauer he's the toughest
Even though we hate his kid
There's Davenport he's dreamy, we'd totally grab him
We're Monomaniacs!
CHORUS 2
We're Monomaniacs
We're obseh-ehssed to the max
There's Jem and She-Ra, Lost and Phoenix
And Sparrow's hairy back
We're Monomaniacs!
VERSE 2
We seem to like a certain number
That would be the Three
There's trilogies and trinities
Of Star Wars and Holy
Don't mess with Carlos, Hugh, or Bale, we'll smack your l'il heiny
We're Monomaniacs!
CHORUS 3
We're Monomaniacs
We love Tony in tight slacks
Without a shirt is better, even more so from the back
We're Monomaniacs!
VERSE 3
Other things we seem to like
They go in waves but just
Give us jeans, and scruffy looks
And that will make our Lust
Match our analyzing things from Harry Potter to Dust
We're Monomaniacs!
You have the sadistically heroic Jack Bauer from 24
You have the even more twisted Jack Bristow from Alias
You have the I-don't-want-to-be-a-leader-although-I'm-destined-to-be-one Jack Shepherd from Lost
You have the charming Jack Davenport who played the stuffy British soldier who maybe had a heart but oh yeah, not really Commodore Norrington from Pirates, and from Coupling where he really shines as Steve Taylor.
But we have other things that we just latch on to and obsess over. We decided we're more than just fans. And we really don't act out on our obsessions (unless you call this blog an 'acting out') so we aren't stalkers, per se.
We're monomaniacs. So it was the word of the day one time on dictionary.com. Sue me.
Now...this blog really does have a point, hang on... Remember the old cartoon show Animaniacs? The goofy Wakko, Yakko and Dot and all their fun times? Sure you do. And the annoyingly lovable, completely addicting theme song they had? Sure you do.
Well, I changed up the lyrics to reflect our selfish little cable show obsessions. Get the tune in your head and sing along everybody!
(this was obviously before the Holy Trinity was renamed to the Four Horsemen thanks to Mr. Purcell. But work with me)
CHORUS 1
We're Monomaniacs
We're zany to the max
We happen to obsess
Over all people named Jack
We're Monmaniacs!
VERSE 1
There's Bristow he's the coolest
Cuz he's watchin' out for Syd
There's Bauer he's the toughest
Even though we hate his kid
There's Davenport he's dreamy, we'd totally grab him
We're Monomaniacs!
CHORUS 2
We're Monomaniacs
We're obseh-ehssed to the max
There's Jem and She-Ra, Lost and Phoenix
And Sparrow's hairy back
We're Monomaniacs!
VERSE 2
We seem to like a certain number
That would be the Three
There's trilogies and trinities
Of Star Wars and Holy
Don't mess with Carlos, Hugh, or Bale, we'll smack your l'il heiny
We're Monomaniacs!
CHORUS 3
We're Monomaniacs
We love Tony in tight slacks
Without a shirt is better, even more so from the back
We're Monomaniacs!
VERSE 3
Other things we seem to like
They go in waves but just
Give us jeans, and scruffy looks
And that will make our Lust
Match our analyzing things from Harry Potter to Dust
We're Monomaniacs!
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Funny Twilight Blog
http://cleolinda.livejournal.com/630150.html#cutid1">
Even if you don't or have never read the Twilight books, this blog is definitely worth checking out. This gal is F-U-N-N-Y.
Then start roaming around the rest of her site.... go ahead, you know you wanna...
And this one alone makes me think she needs to at LEAST be a guest host on our cable show, if not the Executive Producer
http://cleoland.pbwiki.com/Baby's+First+Gray+Hair
p.s. Sorry my linking capabilities aren't working now. Guess I need more exposure to harsher Gamma Rays.
Even if you don't or have never read the Twilight books, this blog is definitely worth checking out. This gal is F-U-N-N-Y.
Then start roaming around the rest of her site.... go ahead, you know you wanna...
And this one alone makes me think she needs to at LEAST be a guest host on our cable show, if not the Executive Producer
http://cleoland.pbwiki.com/Baby's+First+Gray+Hair
p.s. Sorry my linking capabilities aren't working now. Guess I need more exposure to harsher Gamma Rays.
Doll Alterations
So my friend and I have tossed around the idea of doing a Cable TV show a la Wayne's World where we analyze and completely trash the Entertainment world as we know it. Complete with bad camera work and housed entirely in my basement (that's finished, don't worry) this could be our claim to fame in the world of YouTube-isms and people being famous for bashing Britney or jumping on treadmills for cryin out loud.
Some crazy segment ideas; hopefully you know the acronyms of the movies (Lord of The Rings, Star Wars):
We should go beyond "Doll Alterations",and have a segment every few weeks where we use our dolls to actually reenact scenes from shows or movies.
It wouldn't be as much fun for LOTR, SW, and such because those already
have action figures and playsets. But if we customize a bunch of figures
and do 24 scenes, it could be hilarious.
"OK, we've customized a Bishop action figure with dress pants and a
button-down shirt, and now he's Curtis, and he's going to have to chase
the black Barbie doll (Marianne) out into the parking lot."
"This BRATZ doll is Kim Bauer, and she's going to follow the Dukes of
Hazzard Bo Duke doll down into his bunker."
"We've removed the dress robes from the Senator Palpatine prequel action
figure, put a suit and some wire-rimmed glasses on him, and now he's Mike
Novick. Make sure he grips that cell phone accessory *really* close to
his face. Now he's going to lock the brunette Barbie (Lynn) in the supply
room playset."
Some crazy segment ideas; hopefully you know the acronyms of the movies (Lord of The Rings, Star Wars):
We should go beyond "Doll Alterations",and have a segment every few weeks where we use our dolls to actually reenact scenes from shows or movies.
It wouldn't be as much fun for LOTR, SW, and such because those already
have action figures and playsets. But if we customize a bunch of figures
and do 24 scenes, it could be hilarious.
"OK, we've customized a Bishop action figure with dress pants and a
button-down shirt, and now he's Curtis, and he's going to have to chase
the black Barbie doll (Marianne) out into the parking lot."
"This BRATZ doll is Kim Bauer, and she's going to follow the Dukes of
Hazzard Bo Duke doll down into his bunker."
"We've removed the dress robes from the Senator Palpatine prequel action
figure, put a suit and some wire-rimmed glasses on him, and now he's Mike
Novick. Make sure he grips that cell phone accessory *really* close to
his face. Now he's going to lock the brunette Barbie (Lynn) in the supply
room playset."
Mental Four Horsemen??
So Cable Show Partner and I have labeled the Four Horsemen of the male species as Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Dominic Purcell, and Carlos Bernard. Beautiful charming specimens who absolutely trash every other male on the planet in terms of looks, wit, movie/tv performance and in Mr. Purcell's case, a voice that can only be described as "liquid chocolate sex" - they cause us to swoon at every take, and the criteria for being inducted into the Four Horsemen is a tough one. They can NEVER look bad. Long hair, short hair, mutant hair (Jackman as Logan in X-Men), facial hair, ribs showing (Bale in The Machinist), paunch showing (Carlos in Season 4 of 24)....whatever... they ALWAYS look good. Honorable mention goes to Daniel Craig but he doesn't pull of the facial hair thing and his smile is a bit scary. Plus it used to be the Holy Trinity until Mr. Purcell came along, so if we ever do decide to induct someone else, we'll need to rename the group to represent the numerical change. (Fab Five? Too easy - we'll need to be more creative)
But we didn't want to stop there. We decided a Mental Four Horsemen might be in order. Ya know, to throw out some recognition to all those crazy writers that we think are the bomb as well. (Yeah, I just said they are the bomb - sue me)... I do believe Lindelof/Cuse from Lost should be on here, but other geniuses of the entertainment world who have proven their worth have also proceeded to go off the deep end and therein lies the rub.
For instance, no matter how awesome or horrible a movie is, if Hugh
Jackman is in it, he's still gonna be sexy. But if we're giving status to
the people behind the stories, that can change over time. Examples:
**CHRIS CLAREMONT**
20 YEARS AGO: Wow! This man is awesome! Not only is he responsible for
Days of Future Past, one of the very first alternative timeline stories in
all of comic-dom. But he's the creator of the Dark Phoenix Saga. What a
rich, epic story that still touches readers on a very personal level!
TODAY: Have aliens replaced him with a Pod Person? His current stories
are crap; he seems to not understand characters that he himself created,
and he can't even retain continuity within a single mini-series anymore!!
**GEORGE LUCAS**
20 YEARS AGO: What a genius! He conceived this epic story that touches
on good vs evil, but is so rich in characters, love, betrayal, sacrifice,
humor, etc!
TODAY: (chanting as we march outside the gates of Skywalker Ranch) "Kill
George Lucas! Kill George Lucas!"
See our dilemma?
But we didn't want to stop there. We decided a Mental Four Horsemen might be in order. Ya know, to throw out some recognition to all those crazy writers that we think are the bomb as well. (Yeah, I just said they are the bomb - sue me)... I do believe Lindelof/Cuse from Lost should be on here, but other geniuses of the entertainment world who have proven their worth have also proceeded to go off the deep end and therein lies the rub.
For instance, no matter how awesome or horrible a movie is, if Hugh
Jackman is in it, he's still gonna be sexy. But if we're giving status to
the people behind the stories, that can change over time. Examples:
**CHRIS CLAREMONT**
20 YEARS AGO: Wow! This man is awesome! Not only is he responsible for
Days of Future Past, one of the very first alternative timeline stories in
all of comic-dom. But he's the creator of the Dark Phoenix Saga. What a
rich, epic story that still touches readers on a very personal level!
TODAY: Have aliens replaced him with a Pod Person? His current stories
are crap; he seems to not understand characters that he himself created,
and he can't even retain continuity within a single mini-series anymore!!
**GEORGE LUCAS**
20 YEARS AGO: What a genius! He conceived this epic story that touches
on good vs evil, but is so rich in characters, love, betrayal, sacrifice,
humor, etc!
TODAY: (chanting as we march outside the gates of Skywalker Ranch) "Kill
George Lucas! Kill George Lucas!"
See our dilemma?
Lost Family Tree - Org Chart
Not sure if this link still works - I tried and got through once, but then couldn't again. Basically it's a little org chart of who is connected to who on Lost and how.
http://unchartedisland.wildeggplant.com/lost-chart/
Go there, try to comprehend, and come back...
This seems like a pretty sweet attempt to connct everyone.....but they are missing some stuff, I think. There is no line between Penny's dad (Widmore) and Desmond that I can see. There should be, right?
There is also no connection between Kelvin and Kate's military dad, Sam. I thought they were in the same platoon or something?
Another observation: For all the off-island people on here, there is no Cassidy, the gal that Sawyer conned and helped Kate. And had Sawyer's baby! She ties in at least 2 characters, so why isn't she on here?
And last I checked, Jack and Ana never consummated any kind of on-island realtionship....or have I blocked out some Jack-AnaLucia kissing scene? There should not be a green line from Jack to Ana Lucia. A blue line with "met at airport bar" or something, yes....
Interesting note: Sun and Jin are just kinda floating out there....they aren't connected to anyone else except themselves. Perhaps if this chartmaker knew what you found out about Sun's father's connection with Hanso....?
I see a pretty sloppy, funny cable show segment with us trying to make a much better, life size chart....One whole wall in my basement plastered with head shots of everyone, and the 2 of us tangled in red, blue and green yarn trying to tack on the connections. Dammit, Amy, where's the scissors? My red yarn is all spinning outta control!!!!!!!!!!
http://unchartedisland.wildeggplant.com/lost-chart/
Go there, try to comprehend, and come back...
This seems like a pretty sweet attempt to connct everyone.....but they are missing some stuff, I think. There is no line between Penny's dad (Widmore) and Desmond that I can see. There should be, right?
There is also no connection between Kelvin and Kate's military dad, Sam. I thought they were in the same platoon or something?
Another observation: For all the off-island people on here, there is no Cassidy, the gal that Sawyer conned and helped Kate. And had Sawyer's baby! She ties in at least 2 characters, so why isn't she on here?
And last I checked, Jack and Ana never consummated any kind of on-island realtionship....or have I blocked out some Jack-AnaLucia kissing scene? There should not be a green line from Jack to Ana Lucia. A blue line with "met at airport bar" or something, yes....
Interesting note: Sun and Jin are just kinda floating out there....they aren't connected to anyone else except themselves. Perhaps if this chartmaker knew what you found out about Sun's father's connection with Hanso....?
I see a pretty sloppy, funny cable show segment with us trying to make a much better, life size chart....One whole wall in my basement plastered with head shots of everyone, and the 2 of us tangled in red, blue and green yarn trying to tack on the connections. Dammit, Amy, where's the scissors? My red yarn is all spinning outta control!!!!!!!!!!
book titles
Here are some books I'd like to check out at the library one day. If they don't exist, they should. Brush up on your seasons of 24 and other cable-show-worthy shows (x-men, star wars, Alias...)
Fun Times at Toshi Station, by Luke Skywalker
DroidMaking in the Outer Territories, by child prodigy Anakin Skywalker
Everyone Hates Me, by Halle Berry
We Don't Care, Halle, by Kelly & Amy
Loving Your Costumes Without Murdering Your Writers, By Princess Leia
(posthumous foreword by her mother, Padme Amidala)
At Least You *HAVE* Costumes, by Mystique
Smouldering 104: The Head Tilt, by Tony Almeida
Hacksaw Techniques, by Jack Bauer
Encyclopedia of Red Hair Color, by Dana Scully
Why I'm Not in More Movies, by Carlos Bernard, Guy Pearce, Michael Vartan,
Matt Damon, Gillian Anderson and Michael Biehn
Why I'm In Too Many Movies by Tom Hanks, Tommy Lee Jones, Jude Law and
Adam Sandler
My Evil Twin Has Taken Over My Body and Made Me Do These Stupid Re-Edits
by George Lucas
How To Get the Most Phlegm from Everyday Spanish - by Ramon and Hector Salazar
When Your Dad is Your Boss by Audrey Raines. Fwd by Kim Bauer
Immunity: Avoid Prosecution the B*tchy way by Nina Myers. Illustrations by Mandi the Terrorist
Disappearing Act by Behrooz Araz. Prologue by Lynn Kresge
Share Your Access Codes! by Paula Schaeffer
Telling Tall Tales to Turn on Your Boss by Michelle Dessler
Turning Chemistry On by Tony Almeida (fwd by Michelle Dessler)
Turning Chemistry Off by Sydney Bristow (fwd by Michael Vaughn)
Last Minute Sympathy by Ryan Chappelle
Strong (aka b*tchy) Black Women by Halle Berry. Foreword by Carrie
Turner and Marianne Taylor
When Ballsy goes B*tchy by Sherry Palmer
Smouldering 101 by Tony Almeida
Kissing Your Brother Is Not So Bad by Leia Skywalker-Organa-Solo
How to Go to Prison the Most Sympathetic Way Possible by Tony Almeida. Foreword by Jack Bristow.
Playing Hard to Get...At First by Michelle Dessler
When Not To Rob a House by Wolverine
Continuity Shmontinuity by Stan Lee, Chris Claremont, JJ Abrams, and
Chris Carter. Foreword by George Lucas.
Fun Times at Toshi Station, by Luke Skywalker
DroidMaking in the Outer Territories, by child prodigy Anakin Skywalker
Everyone Hates Me, by Halle Berry
We Don't Care, Halle, by Kelly & Amy
Loving Your Costumes Without Murdering Your Writers, By Princess Leia
(posthumous foreword by her mother, Padme Amidala)
At Least You *HAVE* Costumes, by Mystique
Smouldering 104: The Head Tilt, by Tony Almeida
Hacksaw Techniques, by Jack Bauer
Encyclopedia of Red Hair Color, by Dana Scully
Why I'm Not in More Movies, by Carlos Bernard, Guy Pearce, Michael Vartan,
Matt Damon, Gillian Anderson and Michael Biehn
Why I'm In Too Many Movies by Tom Hanks, Tommy Lee Jones, Jude Law and
Adam Sandler
My Evil Twin Has Taken Over My Body and Made Me Do These Stupid Re-Edits
by George Lucas
How To Get the Most Phlegm from Everyday Spanish - by Ramon and Hector Salazar
When Your Dad is Your Boss by Audrey Raines. Fwd by Kim Bauer
Immunity: Avoid Prosecution the B*tchy way by Nina Myers. Illustrations by Mandi the Terrorist
Disappearing Act by Behrooz Araz. Prologue by Lynn Kresge
Share Your Access Codes! by Paula Schaeffer
Telling Tall Tales to Turn on Your Boss by Michelle Dessler
Turning Chemistry On by Tony Almeida (fwd by Michelle Dessler)
Turning Chemistry Off by Sydney Bristow (fwd by Michael Vaughn)
Last Minute Sympathy by Ryan Chappelle
Strong (aka b*tchy) Black Women by Halle Berry. Foreword by Carrie
Turner and Marianne Taylor
When Ballsy goes B*tchy by Sherry Palmer
Smouldering 101 by Tony Almeida
Kissing Your Brother Is Not So Bad by Leia Skywalker-Organa-Solo
How to Go to Prison the Most Sympathetic Way Possible by Tony Almeida. Foreword by Jack Bristow.
Playing Hard to Get...At First by Michelle Dessler
When Not To Rob a House by Wolverine
Continuity Shmontinuity by Stan Lee, Chris Claremont, JJ Abrams, and
Chris Carter. Foreword by George Lucas.
Cable Show - Introduction
My friend and I have decided to have a "wayne's world" type show in my basement, pathetic obssessions, rantings and all. This of course is tongue in cheek right now, but our brains are on overload anyway to fill the show with the stupidest, funniest, weirdest "segments" in order to make it a real show. The subjects will be regarding the book/movie/tv/theater world and what we are currently obsessing about at the time. Obvious topics will be: harry potter, star wars, 24, lost, hugh jackman, christian bale, carlos bernard, dominic purcell (affectionately called the four horsemen) as well as old alias, x-files, lord of the rings, and anything else we are currently "in to" including celebrity hunks we are currently lusting after.
Wanted a space to keep track of all the "ideas" for this - i'll just use this blog: may not make sense right now to anyone reading this, but it's for my benefit more than anyone else's.
--Theme song will be "All Fired Up" by Pat Benatar. Name of the show "All Fired Up" or "AFU" because we are acronym-a-holics
--Every week we'll have different segments such as:
Book titles (see following posts)
Watching certain episodes or movies, and making comments MST3K style.
Analyzing whatever in an in-depth way. Harry Potter questions, 24 questions, Lost questions - anything that is "hanging" with no concrete ending, we'll theorize it to death.
HOTM list (hunk-of-the-moment...who they are and why they deserve to be on our list)
People we hate list (need a cool acronym for this. Halle Berry, Antonio Banderas, Rosie Perez...dont' use "hate" but annoying would be more appropriate.
Famous HOTMs and the products they SHOULD be pushing (and why)
Acronym/Abbreviations List Update: SBM, FHTMA (credit to AIG site), ROTK, ESB, Voldy,
Agent Malone/Missing Persons update
Drinking games for 24 (and other shows as appropriate)
Favorite Drink (Amaretto, Mojito, where to get the best drinks PF Changs)
Four Horsemen Wannabes (and whether or not they may ever dream of qualifying)
Pagan Gods Prayer (please put Carlos Bernard and Jack Davenport in a movie together, i.e.)
Big Obnoxious Word of the Day (and using it correctly)
Dream Interpretation (Han Solo & Deo / Lucas Mafia / 24 Nina's not really dead
Poem/Rhyme tribute to one of the HOTMs or wannabes
Doll Alterations (24 style)
Obviousness-es that we feel are a GIVEN and SHOULD've Happened in our fantasy world: Twins should've been born on Dagobah; Everyone knows Tony didn't deserve prison after S3; Tony & Michelle shouldn't have BOTH died; Padme should've kicked ass in Ep3; Antonio Banderas is the devil spawn; Benicio Del Toro is our general kickaround guy for "ugliest man alive" etc etc.
Lesbian Opinoin (have susan on show)
Guest Stars!!! (best part! oh we can dream.)
Wheel of Filler (whatever we feel like to fill the last few minutes)
We can also have a ticker running across the bottom to inform the viewers of any obviousness-es we feel they should just *know* so we aren't repeating ourselves.
Call-In Segment/Q&A: When the dork from Newark calls in and tries to give us coherent examples of why Emma is such a well-devloped character, we'll give him the what for. Also, tie in to dream-analogy. Callers can tell us their weird tv/movie dreams and we'll try to interpret it for them. Need someone to screen the calls? Or do we take them blind? Could be dangerous.
Wanted a space to keep track of all the "ideas" for this - i'll just use this blog: may not make sense right now to anyone reading this, but it's for my benefit more than anyone else's.
--Theme song will be "All Fired Up" by Pat Benatar. Name of the show "All Fired Up" or "AFU" because we are acronym-a-holics
--Every week we'll have different segments such as:
Book titles (see following posts)
Watching certain episodes or movies, and making comments MST3K style.
Analyzing whatever in an in-depth way. Harry Potter questions, 24 questions, Lost questions - anything that is "hanging" with no concrete ending, we'll theorize it to death.
HOTM list (hunk-of-the-moment...who they are and why they deserve to be on our list)
People we hate list (need a cool acronym for this. Halle Berry, Antonio Banderas, Rosie Perez...dont' use "hate" but annoying would be more appropriate.
Famous HOTMs and the products they SHOULD be pushing (and why)
Acronym/Abbreviations List Update: SBM, FHTMA (credit to AIG site), ROTK, ESB, Voldy,
Agent Malone/Missing Persons update
Drinking games for 24 (and other shows as appropriate)
Favorite Drink (Amaretto, Mojito, where to get the best drinks PF Changs)
Four Horsemen Wannabes (and whether or not they may ever dream of qualifying)
Pagan Gods Prayer (please put Carlos Bernard and Jack Davenport in a movie together, i.e.)
Big Obnoxious Word of the Day (and using it correctly)
Dream Interpretation (Han Solo & Deo / Lucas Mafia / 24 Nina's not really dead
Poem/Rhyme tribute to one of the HOTMs or wannabes
Doll Alterations (24 style)
Obviousness-es that we feel are a GIVEN and SHOULD've Happened in our fantasy world: Twins should've been born on Dagobah; Everyone knows Tony didn't deserve prison after S3; Tony & Michelle shouldn't have BOTH died; Padme should've kicked ass in Ep3; Antonio Banderas is the devil spawn; Benicio Del Toro is our general kickaround guy for "ugliest man alive" etc etc.
Lesbian Opinoin (have susan on show)
Guest Stars!!! (best part! oh we can dream.)
Wheel of Filler (whatever we feel like to fill the last few minutes)
We can also have a ticker running across the bottom to inform the viewers of any obviousness-es we feel they should just *know* so we aren't repeating ourselves.
Call-In Segment/Q&A: When the dork from Newark calls in and tries to give us coherent examples of why Emma is such a well-devloped character, we'll give him the what for. Also, tie in to dream-analogy. Callers can tell us their weird tv/movie dreams and we'll try to interpret it for them. Need someone to screen the calls? Or do we take them blind? Could be dangerous.
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