The Wishlist of Crack: thoughts, ideas, delusions
Since I don't have anything to recap this week - and since this is the kind of things I actually think about more than I should - I decided to post this mini-list of crack ideas. Feel free to throw in your own. Maybe you're displeased with your current fandom and think it should veer off in a crackier/angstier/whatever direction. Or you'd love to recast some character whose actor annoys you. Or you think your favourite characters deserve a spin-off and you have ideas for it. That kind of thing. XD
1. In light of watching the first episode of Dracula last week, I thought a little about the "flashback at first sight" kind of thing (as shirogiku called that). Your typical scenario: a vampire boy sees a human girl, has a flashback and instantly deja vu's in love with her because she's the spitting image of his old wife/girlfriend from 100 before. Of course as the show progesses he will discover that she (possibly but not necessarily) has a personality of her own and will fall even more in love with her.
Now, my appeal to the universe: can we PLEASE have a show, in which the vampire meets a girl, realizes she's the spitting image of his previous flame and... runs for the hills! Maybe it's because his ex was a horrible person. Or because he - le gasp! - cares more about what's on the inside than what's on the outside. OR he's already dating someone and when he sees the doppelganger, he simply goes: whoa, that's weird. Can we hold off on the destiny part for once? Especially since this resemblance seldom means anything good for the girl.
That said, can we for once have a female vampire and a human boy? (See how I'm not asking for gay vampires? That's because they're usually of the yaoi manga quality, and that's kind of scary. Or, you know, The Lair. We shall speak of this no more.)
This also gives me a thought: what if Crumb, instead of this:
was played by this:
No, I'm not crazy. And no, I don't mean: what if there was Cutler instead of Crumb? I mean: what if Hal's new recruit was the spitting image of his old recruit? Imagine the mindfuck! Especially considering how Cutler died and all the history between them. Every episode would have been Making History (bonus points if the Gower-recruit died in every episode like Kenny because we know Andrew's great at it).
(c) speakless
2. Speaking of spin-offs, I'd love a series (at least a mini-one) about these two from Spartacus:
The fans have this theory that they settle down and start a goat farm after the finale. I'm all for it. There has not been nearly enough of them in the series; make up for it, the violent dude who wrote the series!
And as I've already said before, I'd love a Sherlock-centric spin-off of Murdoch Mysteries except darker and edgier and maybe a bit more focused on the mental issues. We already have our Sherlock who lives in a made up world:
(c) anyothertoo
Now, what if Damien Molony played Moriarty? Every Sherlock needs a Moriarty (we already have one Irish Moriarty, but Damien can do a believable English accent too, so...)
Somebody write this! Now I wonder what has to happen to a guy to make him believe he's Moriarty (provided he has the same thing that David Kingsley has). XD
3. Recasting. Has it ever happened to you that you liked the character but hated the actor? Or you liked the idea of a character but hated the way the character was ultimately written and played? Take Captain Hatch from Being Human s5 for instance. I hated the idea of the devil on BH ever since I learnt the first spoilers, but I actually like some devils (like Lucifer in SPN f.ex.). I have nothing against Phil Davis, but imho, Captain Hatch is a poor rip-off of the cabbie from Sherlock 1x01. Shiro once mentioned that it'd be cool if smn like Ben Whishaw played the devil. After seeing The Tempest where he played Ariel, I can actually imagine that:
The idea of the devil being a creepy old guy is not cool. Moreover, Hatch looks so malevolent and so transparent with his card games and his three sixes that I honestly can't understand how nobody had figured that out. Now imagine the cute, scrawny Whishaw turning into smth like this:
Not to mention him sharing screen time with Molony and Robertson.
On a crackier note, how about recasting the Red Queen from Once Upon a Time in Wonderland? No offence to Emma Rigby, but the Queen needs to be more expressive. So I propose Joe Walker.
(c) mamaumbridgesays
Imagine red instead of pink.
Jafar, did you get my text?
Anastasia meeting the Knave again:
(c) mamaumbridgesays
Well, you get the idea, right? Joe Walker has the presence and he can play pretty much anything. Except I fear that if this had been the Red Queen, the good guys (and Jafar) would have had no chance to win. XD
So... anyone else got any crazy ideas? ;)
1. In light of watching the first episode of Dracula last week, I thought a little about the "flashback at first sight" kind of thing (as shirogiku called that). Your typical scenario: a vampire boy sees a human girl, has a flashback and instantly deja vu's in love with her because she's the spitting image of his old wife/girlfriend from 100 before. Of course as the show progesses he will discover that she (possibly but not necessarily) has a personality of her own and will fall even more in love with her.
Now, my appeal to the universe: can we PLEASE have a show, in which the vampire meets a girl, realizes she's the spitting image of his previous flame and... runs for the hills! Maybe it's because his ex was a horrible person. Or because he - le gasp! - cares more about what's on the inside than what's on the outside. OR he's already dating someone and when he sees the doppelganger, he simply goes: whoa, that's weird. Can we hold off on the destiny part for once? Especially since this resemblance seldom means anything good for the girl.
That said, can we for once have a female vampire and a human boy? (See how I'm not asking for gay vampires? That's because they're usually of the yaoi manga quality, and that's kind of scary. Or, you know, The Lair. We shall speak of this no more.)
This also gives me a thought: what if Crumb, instead of this:
was played by this:
No, I'm not crazy. And no, I don't mean: what if there was Cutler instead of Crumb? I mean: what if Hal's new recruit was the spitting image of his old recruit? Imagine the mindfuck! Especially considering how Cutler died and all the history between them. Every episode would have been Making History (bonus points if the Gower-recruit died in every episode like Kenny because we know Andrew's great at it).
(c) speakless
2. Speaking of spin-offs, I'd love a series (at least a mini-one) about these two from Spartacus:
The fans have this theory that they settle down and start a goat farm after the finale. I'm all for it. There has not been nearly enough of them in the series; make up for it, the violent dude who wrote the series!
And as I've already said before, I'd love a Sherlock-centric spin-off of Murdoch Mysteries except darker and edgier and maybe a bit more focused on the mental issues. We already have our Sherlock who lives in a made up world:
(c) anyothertoo
Now, what if Damien Molony played Moriarty? Every Sherlock needs a Moriarty (we already have one Irish Moriarty, but Damien can do a believable English accent too, so...)
Somebody write this! Now I wonder what has to happen to a guy to make him believe he's Moriarty (provided he has the same thing that David Kingsley has). XD
3. Recasting. Has it ever happened to you that you liked the character but hated the actor? Or you liked the idea of a character but hated the way the character was ultimately written and played? Take Captain Hatch from Being Human s5 for instance. I hated the idea of the devil on BH ever since I learnt the first spoilers, but I actually like some devils (like Lucifer in SPN f.ex.). I have nothing against Phil Davis, but imho, Captain Hatch is a poor rip-off of the cabbie from Sherlock 1x01. Shiro once mentioned that it'd be cool if smn like Ben Whishaw played the devil. After seeing The Tempest where he played Ariel, I can actually imagine that:
The idea of the devil being a creepy old guy is not cool. Moreover, Hatch looks so malevolent and so transparent with his card games and his three sixes that I honestly can't understand how nobody had figured that out. Now imagine the cute, scrawny Whishaw turning into smth like this:
Not to mention him sharing screen time with Molony and Robertson.
On a crackier note, how about recasting the Red Queen from Once Upon a Time in Wonderland? No offence to Emma Rigby, but the Queen needs to be more expressive. So I propose Joe Walker.
(c) mamaumbridgesays
Imagine red instead of pink.
Jafar, did you get my text?
Anastasia meeting the Knave again:
(c) mamaumbridgesays
Well, you get the idea, right? Joe Walker has the presence and he can play pretty much anything. Except I fear that if this had been the Red Queen, the good guys (and Jafar) would have had no chance to win. XD
So... anyone else got any crazy ideas? ;)