Create Your Own TV Show Meme
gigglingkat and I had the following prompt conversation:
Kat: "Want a prompt to eat your brain too?"
Me: "Sure. Though to be honest, I might warp the prompt to go with an idea I've already had."
Kat: "oooo... OK then - your prompt is to make a TV Show out of the idea you have. GO!"
It starts as a 2-hour SyFy Channel Original movie (you know, after we've already done all the squirrels and crabs and killer robots) called The Aliens Are Coming! about a X-Files/MIB-esque government agency that investigates UFO sightings, alien abduction reports, etc. But they always wind up disproving them once all the evidence is in because in the context of this 'verse, none of these things have ever been real before, not Roswell, not nothing... until now. Dun!Dun!Dun!
The Team:
Nestor Serrano as Director Hector Rodriguez-Nichols, head of the USO (no, not that USO, although there is some debate/running jokes about what it actually stands for). A former Marine, and a bit bitter about it ("They ought to put an asterisk after 'Semper Fidelis', so that people don't miss the fine print: 'Always faithful, unless you're gay.'"), he has found happiness with Marcus Nichols (see Non-Team), also a former Marine, but less bitter about it. He's also a bit cranky about being a bureaucrat while everybody else goes into the field, and obviously enjoys himself when he's forced to take action at various points in the movie. There's a definite fatherly vibe going on between him and the team, led by...
Rachel Luttrell ( Chirp) as Sarah Heath. Heath is the sort of person who would excel at her job no matter what it was. If she were flipping burgers, she'd be the best damn burger flipper she could be. Instead, she leads a team of investigatory agents and somehow manages to wrangle all their disparate personalities and quirks into a cohesive unit.
Linda Park as Janie Sol. Janie is the lead forensic scientist. Having disproved hundreds of alien hoaxes in the course of her career, she's skeptical of everything, including the actual aliens that show up.
Lee Thompson Young (Crustaceans) as Noah Fields. As assistant forensic scientist, Noah's firm belief that aliens are out there often puts him in good-natured conflict with Janie. He's totally non-cynical and could best be described as thinking the glass is all full: half water, half air.
I was thinking Alexander Siddig (for which I named him Pete Bashir), but an actor who actually needs a wheelchair would be better. All I could find in the wheelchair-using actor of color category is Mitch Longley (who'd need a different name, but same initials obviously), but I vaguely remember him being good on Joan of Arcadia.
Character-wise PB is ironically allergic to peanuts and therefore peanut butter. He's the geeky inventor/hacker of the group and has all sorts of crazy inventions (some of which are more successful than others) including a collapsible ramp (that may or may not be physically possible, but it totally works in my head) that he uses to get places without handicap access.
Jensen Ackles as Jason Gzywacz. Jay is sort of a douchebag. The rest of the team is obviously used to it and deals with him by simply refusing to take any of his snide remarks seriously. Despite being rude to him to his face, Jay does seem to have a soft spot for PB, carrying his collapsible ramp without complaint. He sacrifices his life to save PB at the end of the movie.
Non-Team:
Steven Williams as Marcus Nichols-Rodriguez. As mentioned a former marine and currently a carpenter. Lives with Hector in the non-specific town of US/Canada Amalgam where the USO is based-- which also just so happens to be where the aliens actually show up. He winds up being pulled into the action because of his husband's job and his military experience.
Carmen Argenziano as Harrison Yates. Harry is the Crazy Old Dude Who Cried Alien, so when they actually show up in his back yard, nobody believes him.
In the second movie, The Aliens Are Coming! (Again) Jay is replaced by:
Ryan Robbins from Sanctuary as Daniel Millson. He is extremely nice and the complete opposite of Jay which causes the team to initially irrationally hate him, but by the end of the movie they have accepted him as part of the team, and he heroically dies to save them all.
For the series, entitled The Aliens Are Here!, the role of White Dude Canon Fodder will be played by various actors, each of whom eventually gets killed off.
Kat: "Want a prompt to eat your brain too?"
Me: "Sure. Though to be honest, I might warp the prompt to go with an idea I've already had."
Kat: "oooo... OK then - your prompt is to make a TV Show out of the idea you have. GO!"
It starts as a 2-hour SyFy Channel Original movie (you know, after we've already done all the squirrels and crabs and killer robots) called The Aliens Are Coming! about a X-Files/MIB-esque government agency that investigates UFO sightings, alien abduction reports, etc. But they always wind up disproving them once all the evidence is in because in the context of this 'verse, none of these things have ever been real before, not Roswell, not nothing... until now. Dun!Dun!Dun!
The Team:
Nestor Serrano as Director Hector Rodriguez-Nichols, head of the USO (no, not that USO, although there is some debate/running jokes about what it actually stands for). A former Marine, and a bit bitter about it ("They ought to put an asterisk after 'Semper Fidelis', so that people don't miss the fine print: 'Always faithful, unless you're gay.'"), he has found happiness with Marcus Nichols (see Non-Team), also a former Marine, but less bitter about it. He's also a bit cranky about being a bureaucrat while everybody else goes into the field, and obviously enjoys himself when he's forced to take action at various points in the movie. There's a definite fatherly vibe going on between him and the team, led by...
Rachel Luttrell ( Chirp) as Sarah Heath. Heath is the sort of person who would excel at her job no matter what it was. If she were flipping burgers, she'd be the best damn burger flipper she could be. Instead, she leads a team of investigatory agents and somehow manages to wrangle all their disparate personalities and quirks into a cohesive unit.
Linda Park as Janie Sol. Janie is the lead forensic scientist. Having disproved hundreds of alien hoaxes in the course of her career, she's skeptical of everything, including the actual aliens that show up.
Lee Thompson Young (Crustaceans) as Noah Fields. As assistant forensic scientist, Noah's firm belief that aliens are out there often puts him in good-natured conflict with Janie. He's totally non-cynical and could best be described as thinking the glass is all full: half water, half air.
I was thinking Alexander Siddig (for which I named him Pete Bashir), but an actor who actually needs a wheelchair would be better. All I could find in the wheelchair-using actor of color category is Mitch Longley (who'd need a different name, but same initials obviously), but I vaguely remember him being good on Joan of Arcadia.
Character-wise PB is ironically allergic to peanuts and therefore peanut butter. He's the geeky inventor/hacker of the group and has all sorts of crazy inventions (some of which are more successful than others) including a collapsible ramp (that may or may not be physically possible, but it totally works in my head) that he uses to get places without handicap access.
Jensen Ackles as Jason Gzywacz. Jay is sort of a douchebag. The rest of the team is obviously used to it and deals with him by simply refusing to take any of his snide remarks seriously. Despite being rude to him to his face, Jay does seem to have a soft spot for PB, carrying his collapsible ramp without complaint. He sacrifices his life to save PB at the end of the movie.
Non-Team:
Steven Williams as Marcus Nichols-Rodriguez. As mentioned a former marine and currently a carpenter. Lives with Hector in the non-specific town of US/Canada Amalgam where the USO is based-- which also just so happens to be where the aliens actually show up. He winds up being pulled into the action because of his husband's job and his military experience.
Carmen Argenziano as Harrison Yates. Harry is the Crazy Old Dude Who Cried Alien, so when they actually show up in his back yard, nobody believes him.
In the second movie, The Aliens Are Coming! (Again) Jay is replaced by:
Ryan Robbins from Sanctuary as Daniel Millson. He is extremely nice and the complete opposite of Jay which causes the team to initially irrationally hate him, but by the end of the movie they have accepted him as part of the team, and he heroically dies to save them all.
For the series, entitled The Aliens Are Here!, the role of White Dude Canon Fodder will be played by various actors, each of whom eventually gets killed off.