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Topic: Reboot One Thing However You Want

You get one thing: game, tv show, movie, comic book, 5th grade hairstyle, whatever, to reboot and remake today.

You also get to make it however you want.

Be as brief or detailed as you want.

Points are awarded for non obvious answers*. So QI rules essentially, let's make something interesting.

To get things rolling, I'm going throw out there:

Dinotopia, Yes, this Dinotopia: http://www.pariscine.com/sites/default/files/posters/dinotopia.jpg
Done as an HBO miniseries, using practical dinosaurs as created by a collaboration of Stan Winston studios and the Walking With Dinosaurs workshop mixed with CG dinos when required (ala Jurassic park).

I absolutely fell in love with the concept of Dinotopia (Short short version: a magically isolated island hidden in a storm, where a civilization exists in harmony with Dinosaurs in a mutually beneficial relationship. Also, some dinosaurs are super smart and can talk. In the TV series, 2 brothers crash land their plane in a storm, wash up on Dinotopia, they can never leave, one digs it, one doesn't. Adventure!) when I was in middle school/high school. And would love to see it reborn as something with some meat to it, and as something that wouldn't be afraid to go really hard with the fantasy horror ideas, along with the Dino gore. Plus, look at this art (From the novels), could you not see this being done by the Game Of Thrones crew? I think it would be amazing.

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdwytd2N081rk9y3eo1_1280.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vVC1Gsxek3s/TA5epNcP_oI/AAAAAAAADUk/POTsOdISP_0/s400/dinotopia+006.jpg
http://onlyhdwallpapers.com/thumbnail/market_dinotopia_dinosaurs_desktop_1850x1191_hd-wallpaper-641379.jpg

Unfortunately Dinotopia kind of falls into the same category as Avatar in most respects, I absolutely love the universe and the world building, and most of the ideas that are put forth, but unfortunately it falls flat. At least in Avatars case it pulled off the visuals and was very pretty, and only faceplanted on having a decent story. Dinotopia just falls flat on it face in almost every respect, granted most of that was due to it being a Disney Channel special, so all I'm left with is the really great concept and a heart full of shattered dreams.

(BTW, if this interested you enough to go try and watch the series...I will warn you..it's bad...like really bad. Which is why I seriously want a reboot tongue)

Now you go.





*The points don't matter.

(Sorry if this is a little proto-new-forum, but I think it'll be fun)

Last edited by BigDamnArtist (2013-06-25 21:51:42)

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Re: Reboot One Thing However You Want

Gall Force.

http://cdn01.animenewsnetwork.com/thumbnails/max500x600/encyc/A867-22.jpg

The plot to this 1986 anime is simple. A race of female looking Solnoids are locked in a galactic struggle with the Paranoids, a race of, basically, green goo. The tech has gotten to the point that they can destroy suns, signaling mutual destruction is in the cards. A small group from each side has decided the only option is to fuse the two species into a third species, to stand between the two as a buffer. The story follows a handful of Solnoids with no idea about the greater situation, and no power to change it.

There were various sequels, after the original three episode arc, but most never really captured the heart of the original, trying to turn it into a more normal narrative. What, exactly, right and wrong are in that universe decidedly depended on where you were and what you knew. If you are a soldier, your leaders sacrificing thousands of you is evil. For the leader, it helps save the species. For those looking on from the sideline, it's a sign the species should not be saved.

There's a lot you can do with that. And, hey, a race of lesbians! (that's one change to be made to the original: we see no overt romance between any of the characters in the anime)

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Re: Reboot One Thing However You Want

Squiggly_P wrote:

There is no Poochie.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xHNKQe1yA9U/TpSpLRJVqGI/AAAAAAAAASQ/IdIqdpRcaiI/s1600/Pochi-785101.gif

There's never any love for Poochie.

But seriously, those both sound awesome.

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EDIT:I'd been thinking about mine for a couple days now, and actually putting it down like this has just driven it into my head, I can't stop thinking about it. I'm seriously considering writing my own version of this... cause you know, it's not like I'm not writing enough massive projects I'll never get to make atm. Gaah, make it stooop.

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Re: Reboot One Thing However You Want

The original Gall Force is amazing. For one, they gleefully steal from everywhere (the first episode turns into the original Alien for 10 minutes). They shoved two hours worth of plot into the original 80 minute episode. The body count is also high. I won't say more than that smile

(also, the character designs are by the legend Sonada Kenichi, who did the original Bubblegum Crisis, Riding Bean, and Gunsmith Cats)

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