Agreed. And the impression I'm getting is that will play a more significant role in this film.

That's fine, fireproof. This thing's gonna take some time anyways, so Friday's fine.

As for lines, just pick the juicy ones you like for the character you want, maybe 3 or so and go to town.

Here's a copy of the story: https://www.dropbox.com/s/qohzj6dh510ob … 281%29.pdf

The Desolation of Smaug is a literal location in Middle Earth. It's on the map.

Current Cast List

Austin - Dorkman, Tomahawk
Feng - Teague
Charli - BDA, Eddie
Gustav - fireproof78, bullet3
Boy - Rob
Antoinette - ?
Amaya - ?
Jimmy - Saniss
Caucasian brawler - Eddie
Sailor - Rob
Xiao Pei - ?

I've listed everyone who's expressed interest in a particular role. We have a few contenders for some of the meatier roles. May I suggest gladiatorial combat to determine the winner? An audio clip would be a less cool alternative.

ON AUDITIONS: I was thinking if you are one of the people that will need to audition, that you pick maybe 3 bits of dialogue of your preferred character so I have a basis of comparison?

NOTE: If you don't specify what role you want, you might end up with a one-liner or possibly not making the cut. Lock in early if you want to chew some scenery!

Our current volunteers:

Graphics
1. BigDamnArtist

Voice Acting
1. auralstimulation
2. drewjmore
3. Rob
4. fireproof78
5. Tomahawk
6. BigDamnArtist
7. Teague
8. bullet3
9. Saniss
10. Rob
11. Zarban
12. Dorkman
13. Eddie

Music
1. auralstimulation

Character List:

(M/F) = Male or Female
% = Percentage of pages where the character has a speaking role

Austin (M): Main character; grizzled and sarcastic private dick - 84%
Feng (M): Monk (Asian); polite and warm - 15%
Charli (M): Cafe owner; kind to customers, admonishing to Austin - 21%
Gustav (M): Master engineer (German); proud, intelligent, cunning - 31%
Boy (M): Mysterious; bright, clever, cheerful - 21%
Antoinette (F): Austin's secretary; sassy and opinionated - 21%
Amaya (F): The client; princess (Asian); quiet, reserved and traditional - 21%
Jimmy (M): Barkeep; gossipy, sly - 10%
Caucasian brawler (M): Xiao Pei's lacky; big, strong, dumb - 5%
Sailor (M): Sailor; salty (?) - 5%
Xiao Pei (M): Mobster/monster (Asian); dangerous, full of himself, evil - 10%

The Story:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/6rdispo5ac5br … 20Mohr.pdf

Have a read, pick the character you'd like to play and let me know. I'll update the cast list accordingly. As per BDA's suggestion, if we have 2 people vying for the same role, I'll get each interested party to send me a short audio audition.

Oh yeah. You've got the right voice for Austin, Dorkman.

Just heard from my buddy. He's got actor friends and might have a lead on some female talent.

Teague, can you ask the other FIYH crew if they'd be interested contributing? I know Mike expressed interest earlier on in the thread and Trey has a voice made for this kind of thing.

SAMURAI COP
While I only recently heard of this movie while watching RedLetterMedia's Half in the Bag show, apparently it's been a cult classic for quite a while. It's about a cop who is brought onto the LA police force who is also a samurai. Supposedly he's fluent in Japanese and lives the way of the samurai. I never saw that happen in the film. I think it's safe to say the movie doesn't live up to the box art.

So Samurai Cop is tasked with bringing down a drug cartel run by an insane but oddly sympathetic Japanese (samurai?) man. His henchmen are faceless Asians. His samurai? A big white guy who is the main antagonist of the film and a bald Asian guy who doesn't do anything whatsoever.

The dialogue is stilted and hamfisted. The acting is atrocious. The production value is near zero. The soundtrack is awesome in that late 80s cheesy kinda way. I swear it was shot on super 8. The EDITING, if you can call it that consists of hard cuts between fights, character interaction and sex scenes. There's one cut in particular where they talk about needing to get somewhere and as soon as the guy finishes saying that sentence BAM, we're there. I got whiplash.

It's fun and funny to watch with some memorably awful quotes. Definitely a movie to get together with your friends and watch. It didn't feel like it reached it's cult status potential with me personally, but I can see why people enjoy the movie.

Here's a taste:

Note: the version I saw looked nowhere near as nice as this trailer.

I have this problem where I can only play Minecraft in fits and starts before boredom sets in and I abandon it for another 3 months. I find that switching up the way I play Minecraft helps.

This last playthrough, I decided that mining and exploring could wait and I'd instead focus on building a homestead and getting a farm going. I build a nice little log cabin on a hill and spend hours finding and retrieving livestock. I built a stable and found two horses and I also planted crops and trees.

Now I've got enough resources to survive without worry (except at nights, but I'm working on it) and can get to mining. Not gonna lie, mining is fucking boring. The only excitement I get from it is when I find a massive crevasse or mine.

Another thing that I find REALLY helps keep things fun is to play with at least one other person.

Great! So here's where we're at cast-wise atm.

Graphics
1. BigDamnArtist

Voice Acting
1. drewjmore
2. Rob
3. fireproof78
4. Tomahawk
5. BigDamnArtist
6. Teague
7. bullet3

Sure, I can PM you guys the box.com info.