FOFC Movie ReMake Challenge Part II: The ReMakening (Signup Thread)

[sabotai]

Originally Posted by NorvTurnerOverdrive

how bout this. we'll put you on the 'alternate list' and in the odd chance that someone vanishes (which has happened before) we can call you up. alright by you?

Sounds good.

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

i sent pm's to wade and tarcone

[wade moore]

I'm out. Osatwork URL got blocked at work last week making it a lot harder to keep up with one if these. Good excuse to give someone else a shot.

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

no sweat. thanks for the heads up. now just waiting on tarcone

[Chief Rum]

That means that we can for sure add sabotai, I believe, unless he wants to remain an alternate.

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

sabotai's back in.

PARTICIPANTS

Grover
larrymcg421
NTO
Coffee Warlord
Subby
Chief Rum
SackAttack
Dark Cloud
Surtt
Carman Bulldog
ntndeacon
Suicane75
JediKooter
TRO
sabotai

???
tarcone

[Young Drachma]

Since you asked for suggestions...

Rather than draft, why not just people pick their projects and then release them at a certain date.

Kills the whole need for people needing to be here at a particular time, people can tease elements of what they want as they know it,

In real life, Jonah Hill works on one movie and then leaves to work on another one. Halle Berry can wrap up post-production of her one indie flick before going to work on X-Men Reloaded or whatever the heck. Seems like there's no real reason to restrict the field in that way artificially. I feel like the FOFC audience is "critical" (heh) enough to sniff out the stuff they don't like and if five people pick the same guy, welp...seems like those five folks are probably gonna either get skewered the public for their reaches accordingly (or rewarded, as it were.)

adds more suspense since we won't know what direction people will go,

minimizes the whole peanut gallery factor of folks shitting on your shitty picks as you make them

and lastly, it seems unrealistic (and unfair) to limit the budgets.

I doubt everyone would pick $250m even if it were fair game for everyone to have it, because not every project would require that kind of money and I think given that literally anyone can vote and given the open-ended nature of voting; there seems to be no real reason to make it so limited other than that's how we've always done it.

I realize it sort of makes it less of a "draft" game if there's no actual draft, but...seems these improvements would make it work better, more realistic and ultimately, it becomes a contest of pitching movie ideas to studio execs (aka, the voters) and seeing which ones get made and which ones don't.

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

that would probably be an idea best explored prior to 15 people signing up for a draft. not that i don't see what you're saying but

a. drafts are fun
b. while you may have an idea in mind with picks that are off others radar there is always 'the fear' looming that you could get trumped

for instance, i have an idea that's completely contingent on one (fairly coveted) person. if i lose out i'll have to go with plan b (note: there is no plan b) but imo it's part of the fun

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

speaking of fun where's tarcone? i coulda swore i saw him. hmm

[chadritt]

I think maybe after two drafts well have hit that point. I personally was only able to come up with a director, one I would watch do almost any film at this point, and possibly a movie they would fit but wouldnt mind throwing that idea out to the board for actors and other suggestions eventually.

[Grover]

Originally Posted by NorvTurnerOverdrive

that would probably be an idea best explored prior to 15 people signing up for a draft. not that i don't see what you're saying but

a. drafts are fun
b. while you may have an idea in mind with picks that are off others radar there is always 'the fear' looming that you could get trumped

for instance, i have an idea that's completely contingent on one (fairly coveted) person. if i lose out i'll have to go with plan b (note: there is no plan b) but imo it's part of the fun

I agree with norv, I can only speak for myself, but the reason I get into this is because we're drafting. That's what makes the entire thing fun. Submitting projects doesn't have that same excitement.

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

Originally Posted by chadritt

I think maybe after two drafts well have hit that point. I personally was only able to come up with a director, one I would watch do almost any film at this point, and possibly a movie they would fit but wouldnt mind throwing that idea out to the board for actors and other suggestions eventually.

dunno. we'll see. i think it's a matter of imagination. i'm interested to see how we'll do with more drafters.

[chadritt]

Fair enough, Im honestly just looking forward to what you guys are able to come up with this time around. the first one was fascinating to me.

[Izulde]

You can go ahead and put me on the waiting list, since it looks like y'all are full up?

[Grover]

What about the budget model with 16 participants?

[tarcone]

Im in

[tarcone]

I have to think of the project. Obviously Flash Gordon wasnt the way to go.

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

whoops. tarcone's in.

[tarcone]

Just showed.

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

Originally Posted by Izulde

You can go ahead and put me on the waiting list, since it looks like y'all are full up?

we'll keep ya in the bullpen. if someone doesn't show (which has been the case before) you're in

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

Originally Posted by Grover

What about the budget model with 16 participants?

no biggie. you'll see

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by tarcone

I have to think of the project. Obviously Flash Gordon wasnt the way to go.

Flash Gordon came on last night on one of the movie channels I have. I admit I stopped to watch it to remind myself what it was like, simply because of your project choice the last time.

In retrospect, I actually think it's an excellent choice to remake, except for one thing--it just wasn't as catchy as some of the other remake choices. I really feel the movie we choose, above and beyond all other choices, is the primary mover when it comes to votes.

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

alright, someone (anyone) answer the following:

up or down?

[tarcone]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

Flash Gordon came on last night on one of the movie channels I have. I admit I stopped to watch it to remind myself what it was like, simply because of your project choice the last time.

In retrospect, I actually think it's an excellent choice to remake, except for one thing--it just wasn't as catchy as some of the other remake choices. I really feel the movie we choose, above and beyond all other choices, is the primary mover when it comes to votes.

Yep. I agree about movie choice.
And my daughters and I watched it also. We love that movie.

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by Grover

I agree with norv, I can only speak for myself, but the reason I get into this is because we're drafting. That's what makes the entire thing fun. Submitting projects doesn't have that same excitement.

+1.

I like DC's out of the box thinking, but as a past participant, there was nothing more fun than watching the draft go by pick by pick and watch each draftee build their project. It's different than drafting a fantasy football team. It was just more imaginative.

I think you'll see what we mean once we get going, DC.

[tarcone]

I will let the CR choose since I chose last time

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by NorvTurnerOverdrive

alright, someone (anyone) answer the following:

up or down?

Down, cuz I am above you.

[tarcone]

Drafting was a great way to go. I had in my mind what i was looking for. I got robbed a couple times on selections. So I had to readjust my gameplan. Kind of if an actor had read the script and said no. The production team would have to adjust on the fly.

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

draft order according to DESCENDING join date

Grover 11/1/11
NTO 1/22/08
Carman Bulldog 8-4-05
JediKooter 12-23-04
tarcone 7/3/04
Surtt 11-12-03
Suicane75 9-6-03
ntndeacon 4-10-03
Coffee Warlord 10-28-02
larrymcg421 10/7/02
Dark Cloud 4-22-01
TRO 10-25-00
sabotai 10-22-00
Chief Rum 10-21-00
SackAttack 10-20-00 (1/11/81)
Subby 10-20-00 (2/5/77)

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

ha! that's what ya get for screwin with me! i'll have the draft thread up shortly

[Grover]

Oh god, first.

[Young Drachma]

AGECISS!

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

blame chief. tarcone had the old guys first (heh. old guys. i'm older than both of em)

[tarcone]

Are all picks from 1st draft off limits?

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

Originally Posted by tarcone

Are all picks from 1st draft off limits?

nope. we're not doing that. there's too many people. everything is fair game

[SackAttack]

Man, age before beauty, assholes. What's with screwing over the FOFC vets?