"Think before you ask these questions, Mitch. Twenty points higher than me? Thinks a big guy like that can wear his clothes?"

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Chad Collier
Digital Bitch
J. Random VFX Company

heheh... just re-watched that this past weekend, for about the 47 millionth time. I wonder if it'll ever come out on DVD.

Either way, I still don't know what the hell he meant by "RR".

--G.
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Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/

It has to just be a matter of time. They're releasing Cannonball Run this summer, fer cryin out loud. (Cannonball Run II has been on dvd for a while now) It's high on my list of wants on dvd.

That and Convoy. Heh. My wall-o-dvd's is pretty...diverse.

>Either way, I still don't know what the hell he meant by "RR".

Oh, I assumed you did. Pretty sure he means a Round Robin, setting up a storyline with several people and having each person write a peice in order, with the next writer feeding off the events of the last. Can have interesting results if done well, or really pathetic ones if done poorly. If you didn't know. If you do, then, cool. You do. Right.

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Chad Collier
Digital Bitch
J. Random VFX Company

ImproFanFic has gobs and gobs of round robin stories, and it's actually about a fifty/fifty split between original and fanfiction, all of it with an anime flair. (I've only actually read Magical Girl Hunters, but I keep meaning to read some other stuff.)

-- Sean --

http://www.thebrokenlink.org The Broken Link 4.0 is live!
"Imagination is more important than knowledge." -- Albert Einstein
"It's not easy being green." -- Kermit the Frog

Ah, OK. We've attempted a few of those on the GweepNet internal newsgroups, but never called them that; the first one was "The Continuing Saga", and so I tend to just think of them as "sagas".

The last one, The Epic, never went anywhere, which is too bad, because I was quite fond of the character I'd invented for it.

--G.
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Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor in Chief, Netadmin
Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/

We should really just co-opt the characters used in that proto-story, and write something new.

I would dearly love to see the adventures of Special Agent Ski Lime-Rickey, Rodney, and Nigel Cadmium presented in a coherent form...

--truss.
Don't mind me, I'm just a ficus tree.

Yes! More fiction! More ways to utilize EPU's creative force!

This is a good thing, isn't it?

Peter Eng

>
>--truss.
>Don't mind me, I'm just a ficus tree.

(singing)
Oh can't you see,
I'm that ficus tree.
Am I in my pail,
Or that mug of ale?
(/singing)

Lyrics by Jeff Bohnoff - and just be happy I can't remember anything but the chorus.

>>>The last one, The Epic, never went anywhere, which is too bad, because
>>>I was quite fond of the character I'd invented for it.
>>
>>We should really just co-opt the characters used in that proto-story,
>>and write something new.
>
>Yes! More fiction! More ways to utilize EPU's creative force!
>
>This is a good thing, isn't it?

Yeah, that's exactly what we need - another freakin' project! AAAAAA!

--G.
swamped
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Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor in Chief, Netadmin
Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/

Well, he did say more fiction.

::ducking::

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Chad Collier
Digital Bitch
J. Random VFX Company

::snarf::

hehe, hey Gryph, time to give Pandora her box back;)

-={(Astynax)}=-
"I'm a Pantera's box you do not want to open!"

On the other hand, I've been writing both of the primary characters for just about as long as you have (hell, I named Nigel)... so I wouldn't have any damned excuse for not producing any material on that project. ;)

--truss.
Considering the idea of posting the existing Epic material somewhere...

In the Vault would seem appropriate, provided your partners-in-cr... er, comrades-in-arms approve.

:)

Eric J. Heckathorn
ericjh@stargate.net

http://www.gweep.net/~jer/Saga/
http://www.gweep.net/~jer/Yarn/

, in case anyone's interested in reading.

--
jer@gweep.net
Ceci n'est pas une .signature

Also, after a little research and an afternoon of bumrushing Napster, I compiled and burned a Real Genius Soundtrack (they never released an official one). I managed to get all but one of the songs that are listed in the end credits (as well as on the imdb), and that song was never recorded to a real album anyway, so I'm probably glad I didn't find it. I added some quotes to flesh it out and whipped up some labels for the disc and jewel case, and voila, the one soundtrack I always wanted but never could get. I love technology.

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J. Random VFX Company

Cool. Very cool. I am (slightly) jealous. :)

--G.
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Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor in Chief, Netadmin
Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/

This requires, of course, that the compiler post a track list for the rest of us, thus saving us the effort of looking it up on our own. ;)

Ard

Ard Sumhenner
Ronin Research, Silicon Valley, CA

Absolutely, as soon as I get home tonight, as I do not have it with me here at work, and I'll add the play order and what quotes I used. Also, the basic list I used is at:

http://us.imdb.com/Soundtracks?0089886

The song that I couldn't find is 'The Tuff Do What' by Tonio k. I have a feeling it was a friend-of-the-producer/director deal, and probably only exists on a bit of tape over at Paramount somewhere.

I might be convinced to make a few copies as well. Drop an email if you're really interested in that. Keeping in mind that I reserve the right to play god if everyone who subscribes to this forum sends me email asking for one. ;)

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As promised, here's my tracklist with quotes used:

1. Carmen McRae - You Took Advantage of Me
2. the 'standing on a pyramid in sun-god robes' quote
3. Don Henley - All She Wants to Do is Dance
4. "That's a wonderful story Bodie. I've noticed you've stopped stuttering." "I've been giving myself shock treatments." "Up the voltage."
5. Y & T - Summertime Girls
6. "Can you hammer a six inch spike through a board with your penis?" "Not right now." "Girl's gotta have her standards."
7. Bryan Adams - One Night Love Affair
8. The afore-quoted "Think before you ask these questions, Mitch." scene
9. The Comsat Angels - I'm Falling
10. "I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates who said, 'I drank what?'"
11. The Call - The Walls Came Down
12. The System - Pleasure Seekers
13. Laslo's explanation of how he intends to win the Frito Lay sweepstakes. "Well, this batch makes 1,650,000. I should win 32.6% of the prizes, including the car." For some reason, although I know it's probably way off base, I always associate Vaughn with Laslo. :)
14. Chas Jankel - Number One
15. The Textones - Standing in Line
16. Jordan and Mitch in the bathroom "Are you done?" "Uhh, I can't start." "Because I'm here?" "I think so." ::pause:: "Weird." (Gods and Goddesses bless Jordan :) )
17. Paul Hyde and the Payola$ - You're the Only Love
18. "OK GOD! LEMME HAVE IT!"
19. Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World
20. "What's this?!" "It's a laser beam, bozo!" "What's it for?!" "Not what, where!" "What?!?" "Follow it! It's a suprise!"
21. Chaz Jenkel - Number One (12" Remix) (found it on napster, possibly on a lark. You're basic mid-80's remix, but it's my favorite song out of the bunch and it seemed like a nifty way to end the disc.)

There you have it. Makes a great little cd, IMHO. Enjoy.

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Chad Collier
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J. Random VFX Company

>What? There isn't enough room or bandwidth here to run a railroad.
>
I was thinking of a round robin fic..
As for rail road.. Maybe BUT You'd need some specialized tools...
:)

Here are 2 examples of Round Robins, I appear in them briefly and then I get Kenny'd in a horrible and brutal manner..

http://www.subreality.com/sc/scrr/hwnrr98.htm The Subreality Halloween Party Massacre

http://www.subreality.com/sc/scrr/hwnrr99.htm The Subreality Halloween Party Massacre 2

In the first one I get beheaded and used for a running gag as I just quit writing this one fic a short time prior to this fic, and in the second one needless to say Wolvie is still my favorite even though he did eat me along with Hank McCoy...

Well there is one thing I am sorta looking for.. Since South Florida is not so rampant with Comic shops/Card dens as other parts of the world ( I only know of 2 in Broward CO and Miami-Dade's not that safe for my person..)

I'm not really in to local music..
I might have to check some of those places out with my tour guide..
Fan
Random Quote of the Moment
"Isn't it time for 'Here I come to save the day'?"
>>Like what else is there to do?
>
>Depends on what you're into. I'm told the Boston Science Museum is
>excellent, although I must make the shameful confession that, the only
>time I was there, it was closed (I was there to see a movie, and the
>Mugar Omni Theatre keeps different hours than the museum itself).
>There are a number of clubs in the Central Square area of Cambridge
>(Central Square stop on the Red Line), if you're looking for local
>music and all the cigarette smoke you can eat. Downtown is chock full
>of Historical Significance, what with Faneuil Hall, the Bunker Hill
>Memorial, USS Constitution, and so forth.
>
>>Who'd be interested in running a RR somewhere on here?
>
>What? There isn't enough room or bandwidth here to run a railroad.
>
>--G.
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>Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor in Chief, Netadmin
>Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/

>Well there is one thing I am sorta looking for.. Since South Florida
>is not so rampant with Comic shops/Card dens as other parts of the
>world ( I only know of 2 in Broward CO and Miami-Dade's not that safe
>for my person..)

The huh? You aren't looking hard enough.

long Yahoo Yellow Pages URL here

I used Pompano as a starting point, have at it. It's been a while since I've actually lived in Broward, but I used to go to a place on Oakland Park Blvd just west of University called the Comic and Gaming Exchange which used to be a great shop at the time. Can't vouch for it now, but it's worth a look. By the above list it's still there, and apparently also calling itself one of the Past Present & Future Comics as well (there's one of those up in West Palm Beach on Military Trail between Belvedere and Okeechobee Blvd. which is a *huge* store, and they have several scattered up and down the coast).

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Ahh, well, you can adjust that search to where ever you are. If nothing else, the Comic & Gaming Exchange is worth a weekend drive at least.

>How long ago did you live down here?
>maybe we sorta know the same people?

I graduated from Coconut Creek High in 1990 (The Pompano/Margate/North Lauderdale area) and moved up to West Palm with my parents later that year. Moved up to Tallahassee to go to FSU in '92, graduated there in '96 and moved out to the Los Angeles area shortly thereafter. My parents run a family buisness in Oakland Park that's been around since '61. I get back to see the 'rents as often as I can manage, and I still have a one or two friends out in West Broward, so I get down there when I'm in town as well. Most everyone I knew then scattered like ants after high school, though.

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>Depends on what you're into. I'm told the Boston Science Museum is
>excellent...

yes! it is very cool
of course, you kind of have to respect anywhere that has daily demonstrations of a 60 foot tall Van DeGraaf generator...most impressive

>There are a number of clubs in the Central Square area of Cambridge
>(Central Square stop on the Red Line), if you're looking for local
>music and all the cigarette smoke you can eat. Downtown is chock full
>of Historical Significance, what with Faneuil Hall, the Bunker Hill
>Memorial, USS Constitution, and so forth.

Other places I'd recommend

• Durgen Park (in quincy market)...pretty damn good food, not TOO expensive...and it's been around since well before my dad went to school there (he graduated in the '60s)


• Toscanini's - if you're an ice cream lover (show of hands? oh, stop lying already and raise your damn hand :) There are several of these, but the one I'm familiar wiht is in the MIT Student Union...I recommend their German Chocolate Chocolate ice cream with hot fudge on top...but I'm a confirmed chocaholic


• Boston Aquarium - very nifty, as long as you like aquariums...last itme I was there they had a huge penguin exhibit on the main floor...I had to restrain myself from shouting, "Pen Pen!" :)


• Freedm Trail - a walking trail past many of the bit tourist sites...a word to the wise, though...if you're visiting in June/July, you may want to avoid this, or bring lots of sunblock, and LOTS of water
  

I'm sure there's more, but those are all the ones I can think of

And that's a block or two from Quincy Market & Fanueil Hall...

I happen to work in the South Market building at Quincy Market.

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