posted 12-26-98 11:26 PM ET        

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we have it all here...

��the drama...
�the angst and eagerness over the wait for the Demo...and then the angst and eagerness over the wait for the full game...

��the love...
�Brother Greg and Maya: the almost romance...

��the action...
�snowball fight in the bars...
�the angst and eagerness over the wait for the Demo...and then the angst and eagerness over the wait for the full game...
�the deaths in the story...

��the suspense...
�the angst and eagerness over the wait for the Demo...and then the angst and eagerness over the wait for the full game...

��the plot...
�just look at the threads...

��the badguy...
�chrisk...need i say more?...

any ideas?

posted 12-27-98 04:27 AM ET            

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I think you can make the bad guy more complex:

Red Dog / chrisk: elusive shape-shifting terror of the Forums.

posted 12-27-98 04:40 AM ET            

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In the Test Forum I started a SMAC movie thread, here is the cast as we came up with it:

Jack Nickolson as YYYH
Liam Neeson as MikeH
Chris O'Donell as Borodino
Adam Sandler as DHE
Mel Gibson as Brother Greg Woodstock
Matthew McConaughey as SnowFire
Geoffrey Rush as Thomas A Stobie
Al Pacino As Venom
Robert De Niro as Spoe
Gilbert Gottfried as Domk
Keanu Reaves as Mortis
Anthony Hopkins as me
Bruce Boxleitner as Apocalypse
Larry the Cucumber as Larry Boy
Mike Myers as Tawdal
Bruce Willis as BigER
John Turturo as Philippe MipzLepage
Charelton Heston as AUH20
Keanu Reeves as JB
Whoever plays Ally McBeal as Maya
Antonio Banderes as Imran
Those guys you know will die in horror flicks as the newbies

posted 12-27-98 10:13 PM ET            

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Why am I associated with that weirdo? I think Elija Wood would be better suited, mainly because (1) he can act (2) he looks more like me, and (3) is closer to my age.

Also, Keanu Reeves is already Mortis.

posted 12-28-98 06:13 AM ET            

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Q, you forgot the fight as Greg's wife find the reason why he spend so much time in front of is computer! (j/k Greg!) =)

"Whoever plays Ally McBeal as Maya" [outlyr242 the rebirth]
Should I take that as a compliment or an insult?
And it's Calista Flockhart by the way.

And finaly, welcome back JB! Where have you been all that time? We missed you! =)

*Hugs*
-Maya

"The important thing is not to stop questioning."
--Albert Einstein

posted 12-28-98 10:08 AM ET            

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SMAC forums the movie... don't forget:

The great questions of mankind - religion vs atheism/agnosticism.

A propos mankind: the role of feminism.

The political thriller: left vs right.

But the really important questions:

- Does Maya look like Ally Mc Beal ?
- Who will play me ?
- What's the role of NIM ?

posted 12-28-98 01:28 PM ET            

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Wow, Antonio Banderas! Thanks! Remember, it has to be a conservative, American loving Banderas .

Now the trailer (definetly influenced by the Star Wars Episode 1 trailer)

Black screen
White letters saying: In the beginning there was nothing

5 second shot of Brother Greg walking into an empty room and looking around.

Black scree
White letters: Then it all exploded
Orchestra music starting up, playing SMAC theme, throughout the trailer over the many 5 second shots.

5 second shots:

YYYH in a blue Union uniform pointing his sword out and yelling what seems to be "Charge" (remember no sound, the music is playing)

Imran passionatly giving a speech behind a podium in front of an American Flag, and BoS written on the podium itself

MikeH wiping off a bar with the sign of the I Club behind him, minutes before it opens

Roland in front of an Austrian Landmark, with a laptop on his lap, with NIM written on the back of it

Maya sitting down, with her back on the bark of a tree, writing quotes in her notebook

Larry Boy preaching, holding a Bible out in front of him

AUH2O talking to a bunch of people with a stock ticker going behind him

Write your own five second scene, remember no sounds, the music is at full blast now.

posted 12-28-98 09:28 PM ET            

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hey...jb... i'm shocked and appalled that you would even consider that! why not have the bloody head of a stuffed animal instead...it would be rather traumatic for a lot of us...

a jumble of translucent thoughts (maple leaf overlapping a computer moving through some stars and planets overlapping notes and papers and books and plants and yin-yang) zooming out into a shot of the back of Q's head gazing out on the ocean with him holding hands with his girlfriend...and the camera zooms over his head and shows the front-right side profile of Q before fading into the next person

at the end, have the thing fade into black and a narrator saying "The journey...", and a flash of the planet..."The knowledge...", and a flash of some surreal picture of the internet...as music crescendos, increasing frequency of different images and then as music draws to a frenzy...and then stops with a sudden black screen with the title "SMAC: The Forums (or something like that)"...and then in the silence, you have the stars and legal stuff...fades out, then the address for the forums...fades to black...

posted 12-28-98 09:41 PM ET            

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*sniff* I'm glad someone realizes I died leading my troops back in the Civil War (a past life of course. Or is it I am still leading them & this is all a dream~~~~)

These forums have very little plot. Siskel & Ebert would definately give it two thumbs up. Especially if we bribe them like everyone else does. I mean, how many crap movies have they given 2 thumbs up?

Your faithful & hell-bent NIMadier general,
YYYH

posted 12-29-98 07:41 AM ET            

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Siskel and Ebert ? Is this an american "institution" ?

Reminds me somewhat of the CNN hype "police are chasing OJ Simpson"; guess 99 % of non americans who watched that just thought: "Who the **** is OJ Simpson ?". Hours of coverage, and no one explaining who the creep is...

posted 12-29-98 03:29 PM ET            

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Oops sorry, I guess we tend to forget. Siskel and Ebert are America's most famous movie review duo. They are the creme de la creme (so to speak). And yes, YYYH I do remember, I think my shot is fitting as well. What do you others think? Am I talking to myself?

Imran Siddiqui

posted 12-29-98 09:52 PM ET            

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anybody else wanting a scene in the trailer? with all of the art, it might come out to be at least 9.9mb (.avi format).

and: there are a lot of american "institutions", and most of them should have straitjackets in them...i hate to say this about my fellow countrypeople, but it's just sorta messed up like that. i think i'm going to move to the baku world...

posted 01-02-99 01:51 PM ET            

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We could have nice political intrigue... A left right fight. An american/european fight. or even better, an american/canadian fight with DJ RReble being played by... hmmm... (Do they have actors in canada? Isn't pam anderson Canadian? That's a thought... nah!)

I guess me and Tapiolan will end up played by swedish actors... Max von Sydow (the exorcist, three days of the condor) and Stellan Skarsg�rd (breaking the waves, Ronin), maybe...

posted 01-02-99 06:13 PM ET            

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DHE, foaming at the mouth running around flailing arms wildly.

Aerial shot: DHE scaling the walls of what appears to be a corporate building, with a parachute strapped to his back. He reaches the top and goes for a dive.

shot of DHE using a rubber chicken as a lethal weapon, taking out hitmen with a single swipe.

shot of DHE strapped to a mad scientists lab table. DHE sits calmly as the scientist approaches with a wicked looking scalple.
DHE-"just don't mess up my hair, alright?"

posted 01-14-99 10:00 PM ET            

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back again...y'know, i think we could have a blockbuster part here: most of the old-timers have departed and moved on, or are in hiding... we could do two things:

mystery, like find the missing oldies

war, like oldies are the underground to overthrow the newbies

political intrigue, like oldies and newbies jockying for position with spin doctors, but the oldies are dying off...and only a miracle can save them...

posted 01-14-99 11:02 PM ET            

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"But the really important questions:
- Does Maya look like Ally Mc Beal ?
- Who will play me ?
- What's the role of NIM ?" [Roland]

1) Not even close. I'm alot taller, nowhere near as anorexic, heck, I don't even have the same hair color...
2) Who cares? =) j/k
3) If we knew that, do you really think we would spend our time talking on this forum? =)

Q cubed: Ah! The newbies won't even stand a chance. I mean, Robert De Niro, Bruce Boxleitner, Al Pacino, Anthony Hopkins et al. vs "those guys you know will die in horror flicks"! They won't even see it comming! =)

posted 01-15-99 04:20 AM ET            

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Hi Maya, where have you been ? Lost in the demo ? ;-)

Mean answer to 2)... hmm... what can I do ? Ah, yes:

For 3): If the meaning of NIM was posting a lot of nonsense on forums, we would, right ?

Et maintenant, pour quelque chose compl�tement different....

Unknown voice: "Justify your existance!"
Roland: "How can I justify my existance when I doubt my existance ?"
Unknown voice: "Ehm...eh...well.... talk to you later..."

Why do people say hearing voices is bad ?

posted 01-15-99 04:10 PM ET            

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In finding the missing oldies, I think those oldies that are still here should look for them. Such as Me and Roland and Stobie. Oldies that are still around (and no YYYH, you don't count, too late)

Imran Siddiqui

posted 01-15-99 10:56 PM ET            

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hmmm...regarding the Greath War, 'Akkh

we could have the newbies as the settlers who have blatant disregard for the native life, us...and we rise up and crush them for all of the atrocities they commit on us.

posted 03-19-99 10:38 AM ET            

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And us newbies would no doubt be played by "unknown" actors since we'll only get non-speaking parts lasting for about five seconds before the more experienced oldies blow us to kingdom come. I'm lobbying for us all to played by a bunch of whining midgets. Fitting, no?

Frodo83

posted 03-22-99 10:27 PM ET            

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better yet, we could have those dwarfs from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory:

"Oompah, oompah,
Doobedy doo,
I've got a lesson
Just for you.

Never go to the
Centaur Forums,
And try to flame
The Old old veterans..."

posted 03-23-99 01:05 AM ET            

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Oh Wow! Is this thread back again? So many people to cast! What about Saras, tOfFGI, etc.?

Imran Siddiqui

posted 03-24-99 07:43 AM ET            

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I forgot I was Liam Neeson. Cool.

I've got the first scene.

YYYH strides up to the I Club, his Civil War uniform is torn tattered and bloody but his weapons are gleaming. He spits a small Clint Eastwood style cigar from his mouth and gives a classic Jack Nickolson grin,
"Well what have we here?" (you'll have to imagine the voice)
He strides through the saloon style door into the empty bar to see MikeH dressed in his Robin Hood greens with his feet up on the bar and a General Electric Minigun balanced delicately in his lap.
"Nice tights." says YYYH another variety of grin replacing the first one.
"I'm not wearing tights."
"Naughty!"
"I mean these are not tights they are practical woodland trousers, real woodsmen don't wear tights."
"Right, whatever you reckon."
MikeH flicks the safety off the minigun and the barrels start to rotate.
"You'll have to leave that gun outside stranger." MikeH indicates the BAR in YYYH's right hand, "and your sword."
"You gonna make me?"
MikeH fires the MiniGun at YYYH's feet, YYYH doesn't flinch and looks down to see the word YES spelt out with bullet holes at his feet.
"Nice." YYYH raises his BAR and shoots past MikeH's head leaving a perfect outline of his head shot into the wooden sign behind him. Upon the sign was written No Weapons.
"Not bad Stranger. Barman get this stranger a drink!.... Barman! Mmmm looks like one of your shots took out my barman."
"How do you think I achieved the red 3D effect shading?"
"Very nice. You'll still have to leave your gun outside."
MikeH and YYYH's eyes lock for what seems like an eternity. The only noise in the bar is the gentle whine of the Minigun barrels rotating. Eventually YYYH says,
"I guess I can do that. I'll have an Absolut."
"You'll have to pour your own, my barman is indisposed."