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Post by melmac on Jul 29, 2006 10:17:17 GMT -5
No...I am well aware that all of your stories are fake...as well as the game threads. Even our stories would be fake, but it would be similar to your concept of missing scenes, which are your most realistic endeavor. The thing with the missing scenes, however, is that they are missing scenes to actual canon stories. Most, if not all the stories I've written could've been potential stories they did had the show had a proper third season and beyond. I could see in particular "Identity Strike" and "Scenario Switcharoo" possibly happening if they did have a proper third series. With all the gripes Bill has when Ralph doesn't want to use the suit, it'd been funny to see him, though as Ralph, wear the suit. And... who'd not want to see Pam wear the suit and learn a few things while wearing it Ralph could've picked up? Or, even funnier, have her pick up Bill and fly him in the air, where she had all the power? Yes, fanfiction means the stories are fake (hence the term fan fiction), but who knows what would've happened if ABC decided not to cancel the series (a mistake IMO). That's the way I see them when I read any and all fanfictions for "GAH." Unlike "Doctor Who," all the stories I've read could've been possible stories (well, save the crossovers, but the ideas in them could've been used in a different form.)
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Jul 29, 2006 18:28:38 GMT -5
I doubt that the two you mentioned would ever have happened. Mainly because the concept of the show as SJC described it was how it ruined Ralph's life and those who had to deal with it. Not how it ruined his life and then how others came to understand and respect because magically THEY had to wear the suits too. Missing scenes are still the best and most believeable because they ARE canon-based...not wild fantasies.
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Post by melmac on Jul 29, 2006 22:57:03 GMT -5
Well honestly out of the two Identity Strike would've been interesting because they could've had that "Great now were each other permanently" philosophy. They might've done it where Bill has to go teach a class and fails miserably or Ralph had to go to the FBI and because he does too good a job Carlisle takes him to the doctors to get checked out. There's the possible human aspect with it and yes, when they switch back, you could see how being the other could've ruined their lives.
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Jul 29, 2006 23:03:53 GMT -5
I saw that movie too. *In walks Kirk Cameron and Dudley Moore* I loved you guys in LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON.
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Post by melmac on Jul 29, 2006 23:47:26 GMT -5
I saw that movie too. *In walks Kirk Cameron and Dudley Moore* I loved you guys in LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON. Never seen it. No comments about that one idea I had sent you through PM in regards to a fireman's olympics?
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Jul 30, 2006 11:03:31 GMT -5
I have never heard of a Fireman's Olympics...although he already did the WINTER OLYMPICS. It's called IT'S ALL DOWNHILL FROM HERE.
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Post by melmac on Jul 30, 2006 18:11:21 GMT -5
No, it wasn't. Couldn't be either, as it was in a non-Olympics year. (1983, and '84 Russia skipped the Los Angeles Olympics as we did the '80 Moscow Olympics). They didn't split them until 1994, when they did the Lillehammer Olympics.
A fireman's Olympics really exists. The participants in full turnout gear (SCBA gear and the other stuff you see in firefighter shows) have to run up a fire tower, reel up a 150 foot (I believe) roll of firehose, run down with it (which weighs about 20 pounds). Then they have to hammer a sliding beam using a sledgehammer across a set of metal bars, then pull a charged firehose through a slolom of cones. The fire the hose at a target, and after knocking it down, have to drag a 200 pound dummy 50 yards to the finish.
It's pretty interesting actually, though I could just have it where he's decided to train as a volunteer firefighter and as they go through practice strange things happen. Or, what I originally plan is that he is undercover with Bill's help as a firefighter to smoke out why firefighter's have been injured with no plausible reason. A loner firefighter's doing it.
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Jul 30, 2006 23:29:59 GMT -5
No plausible reason for injury...and someone trying to find the truth...where have I heard that before? *In walks Jarod and the cast of THE PRETENDER* Right. You could always have him at a fire safety lecture they used to give...where he is taking Kevin through the house with smoke to practice stop, drop, and roll and something happens. Then he TAKES it to Bill.
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Post by melmac on Jul 30, 2006 23:33:48 GMT -5
Like Ralph's at the school or at a firestation with Kevin where a firefighter's showing how to do firesafety and something happens, such as the guy catches fire or a valve drops on his head? Or Ralph gets injured showing Kevin firesafety and he gets burned, which then Ralph goes to Bill? I think I've got a rough idea where you're going, but not quite sure.
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Jul 30, 2006 23:38:55 GMT -5
Anything could happen. A real fire could break out...think arsonist...and Ralph saves the kids and such...then he finds out who almost handed Kevin a permanent recess pass...revenge is one of the ultimate motivators.
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Post by melmac on Jul 30, 2006 23:42:07 GMT -5
Irony... have to be careful, as Ralph does help out Tony in the earthquake story I've written. Despite being injured himself, even with the suit's help, Ralph's very worried about Tony and Pam, both of whom are seriously injured. Ralph also has to really think about every action he does in order to keep the kids safe from the roof collapsing.
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Post by melmac on Jul 31, 2006 0:33:26 GMT -5
Also, in a current WIP, Aidan receives a flash explosion to the face and is temporarily blinded. It happens at the school too (Acetelyne torch), so that's pretty ironic you'd have the same idea. (right now, Aidan's was a true accident). I could combine both these ideas (and include Kevin at wherever he works at) and make it work. I'll have to think about it (and yes, it might be discarded in favor of what I do have), but it does make a bit more sense than what I've currently written.
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Jul 31, 2006 7:11:07 GMT -5
Back on topic, after we finish the first game thread is anyone interested in doing my earlier suggestion of possibly rewriting the episodes more from a Pam perspective...or at least giving her some more responsibility and such?
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Post by missdavidson on Jul 31, 2006 22:37:25 GMT -5
I suppose it all depends on what's going on at the time. . .Mel's looking for a job. . .I might be able to do a little something despite looking for a job and some personal things going on. . .IMO let's give a tentative yes on that. We just have to agree on an episode. I don't think we would HAVE to go in order. I kind of like the idea of starting with DIVORCE VENUSIAN STYLE, since we (Derek and I) think Pam should've been taken up in the spaceship along with Bill and Ralph. What do you guys and gals think?
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Jul 31, 2006 22:55:30 GMT -5
Well if we start with one of the BEST episodes, we might be disillusioned to try and tame the episodes NOT as good to begin with. Going in order gives us that sequence when the characters are still new to each other.
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