Here’s what Cedar says:
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
The blog ought to start a section called:
MUSE FANS FOR A KOKOPELLI AND COMPANY MOVIE
This section would be used to allow Muse fans to give out ideas regarding the creation of a film version of “Attack of the Smart Pies.”
Examples:
Who do you think should play a certain Muse?
Descriptions of various houses?
Who should play Emma and Darien Drinkwater?
How bout Ms. Krishnamurti (Yes I know it says Ms. My family dosen’t believe in saying Mrs.)?
And finally:
Tell other people what props you plan to buy and send to the Muse crew, so they have less work to do, in making the ultimate dream come true.
PS: THIS MOVIE IS THE KIND THAT MUSE FANS WILL WANT TO SEE IN THEATERS!
Okey-doke, Cedar, here’s your special section. And a-WAYYY we go!
mrahr!
My first question is: animation, live action, or a combination of the two?
*thinks she could possibly have the blogs strangest first post*
sometimes the first word that comes to your mind relly isnt even a word…
ok, movie!!! sweet!!!
live!!! yessss. so some of the muses would have to be computer animated
or…. the whole movie could be in that new type of comp animation (examples: the final fantasy; polar express)
i had this relly great idea for a muse movie in 7th grade + i mailed it to yall but i think it got thrown in the FMP-wait, that was so long ago, the FMP didnt exist, ha. i think kokopelli met “kokokelli” in it. (i posted more info about this character on one of the older threads)
it was the first post! mrah!
GREAT QUESTION ROBERT!
IN MY OFFICIAL LETTERS TO MUSE, I HAVE SAID THAT I THINK THE MOVIE SHOULD BE MOSTLY LIVE ACTION!
EXCEPTION:
KOKOPELLI, BECAUSE HE IS A MERE SHADOW, SHOULD BE COMPUTER ANIMATED. THIS WOULD ALLOW HIM TO MOVE ALONG THE WALL, AND VANISH INSIDE OTHER SHADOWS.
AND IN CASE YOU’RE WONDERING HOW HE THROWS PIES:
WHEN SHADOW KOKO MOVES HIS ARMS IN AN UPWARD MOTION, THE OBJECT OF HIS DESIRE FLOATS MAGICALLY INTO THE AIR. IF THE SHADOW KOKO MAKES A THROWING MOTION, THE PIE WILL SPURT DIRECTLY AT THE INTENDED VICTIM!
PS: WHEN HE EATS, THE FOOD HITS THE WALL, AND THEN SEEPS AWAY INSIDE KOKO’S SHADOW!
Mrah!
I vote live-action for the real world bits and animated if we go into kokonino county. all the muses would be animated.
Who’s writing the script? Cedar? Larry G? The MB? She-who-must-not-be-named? The muses?
Who’s on the muse crew? And what’s their address? (i might actually send in props if i find any…
)
FORGIVE ME FOR POSTING SO MANY THINGS ON HERE!
I’M JUST VERY ENTHUSIASTIC!
I WILL STOP AT NOTHING TO HAVE THIS ACOMPLISHED!
I JUST WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING TO EMOGRL:
WHAT A FABULOUS IDEA ABOUT KOKOPELLI MEETING “KOKOPELLI!”
MAYBE WE COULD USE IT IN A SCENE AFTER EMMA HELPS AEIOU AND FEATHER DESTROY THE PIE MACHINE!
KOKO COULD MEET HIS GOOD SIDE, WHICH WOULD JUST APPEAR OUT OF NOWHERE, AND TRY TO COAX HIM TO GO SAVE EMMA FROM MR. DRINKWATER!
WHAT A GREAT IDEA!
THANKS A BUNCH!
Live action, just because I’m enough of a sadist to want a REAL Urania to get pied. Also Crraw would be funny.
Umm…hmmm. Can we get Danny Elfman to write the score? That’d be awesome. I love Danny Elfman. We want a board to decide actors-wait, we are the board. Never mind!
Rhonda: Tom Hanks!
Loki: Yeah. He’s hot.
Stig: That aside, who would he play?
Rhonda: Darien Drinkwater?
Stig: Uhh…no. We could find a Hindustani actress to play Mrs. Krishnamurti.
Loki: Robin Williams?
Rhonda: Naah…
I would love doing props…*thinks of her fire stick* we were doing a thing on slavery in class. and then we did these play like thinks.
**things
Live Action outside Kokonino County, and the muses should all be animated, while the people are real. In my opinion.
HOWDY EBETH THE LURKER!
AS OF YET, THERE IS NO OFFICIAL MUSE MOVIE MAKING CREW!
THE IDEA IS TO ANOY THE MUSE MAGAZINE STAFF, LIKE A BUNCH OF KIDS DID WITH THOSE “PLEASE WRITE A CAT ARTICLE” LETTERS!
IF ENOUGH KIDS BEG FOR THEM TO DO IT, THEY MAY FINALLY GIVE IN!
AS FOR YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE SCRIPT WRITING!
I’VE BEEN SENDING IN MY OWN VERSION OF THE SCRIPT, IN A SERIES OF LETTERS TO THE MAGAZINE, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD ALL POST OUR OWN LITTLE SAMPLES ON THIS PAGE!
LET’S ALL WORK TOGETHER NOW!
SEE YOU IN A BIT!
Yeah! Go Sphinx!
Oooh we get to flood the mag with letters? Sweet!
Emily’s idea is good. Animation in Kokonino Kounty, live action outside.
I JUST REMEMBERED!
I TOLD THE MAGAZINE I THINK JIM CARREY SHOULD PLAY KOKOPELLI, AND THEY LIKED THE IDEA!
HOW SWEET IS THAT?
I love the idea! You should post the script here, and we could all contribute, sorta like RRR only shorter(maybe) and based off of a book.
I think it should be a musical. Are you listening, Queen J.?
oh my gosh jim carrey playing koko…that would be hilariously perfect. ive always imagined koko having carreys voice
maybe an asian actor could play aeiou… who was in memoirs of a geisha? wasnt her name ziyi zhang or something like that?
and what about urania? for some reason, i visualize her (as a “real” person) looking like the white witch in C of N…
ooooooooooooooooooooh it could be a relly screwed up musical like corpse bride or……. a (G rated!) version of rocky horror show
Cool, a movie on the muses! Why don’t we start on something about Kokopelli?
Well duh, he’s our favorite muse!
Hmm. Well, I suppose that this could be a possibility. However, I’m not sure if Muse is the kind of thing you could make into a movie. It’s more of an educational thing. Bet hey, if they make it, I’ll watch it!
Oh, hi defcon pilot! UP SO LATE, HRM???
No, I wasn’t taking of the world. Nope. Yeah, I wasn’t. Not at all. Naada. That’s such a silly question! Why would I be taking over the world?
Hey, let’s use the theme song from Kangaroo Jack!
Yes, I’m listening. I can post the first few scenes if you’re interested. Even though people like Celebrian and ChinTsu, and Elasse-Adae-not-spelled-Elasse-Ade’ehl are in it. The inside jokes don’t make much sense to people from later than the Gaboomba.
Ikol: They don’t make much sense, period.
Stig: Oho! Swordfish! Funny! Hahahahaha!
Rhonda: *falls over laughing* Et cetera! Ohohohoho! Hahaha! Heeheeheehee!
i havnt read the muse book.
its very sad.
how do you get it?
Jim Carrey? Gawsh, no. That would be vaguely terrifying.
PLEASE EXCUSE MY ABSENCE!
I WAS HAVING SOME TROUBLE WITH MY COMPUTER!
I HAVE THOUGHT UP SOME IDEAS ON EMMA!
DESCRIPTION OF EMMA:
EMMA, IN MY MINDS EYE, IS A TROUBLED GIRL NEARING ADOLECENCE. SHE DRESSES IN A PUNK-ISH SORT OF OUTFIT.
OUTFIT:
1.BLACK VEST
2.WHITE SHIRT WITH THE WORD TROUBLE WRITTEN ACROSS IT IN RED LETTERS
3. RATTY BLUE JEANS
4. A SKULL SHAPED EARING, AND A SKULL AND CROSSBONES SHAPED RING (IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY)
IDEA:
AT THE END OF THE MOVIE, EMMA IS MUCH HAPPIER, SO SHE CHANGES HER OUTFIT TO SOMETHING MORE CHEERFUL!
HOW’S THAT SOUND?
I’LL BE BACK IN A BIT!
I’M GOING TO READ THE BLOGS FROM YOU OTHER FOLKS!
PS: IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO ASK. I’LL ANSWER THEM AS BEST I CAN.
NOTE: I DON’T HAVE AN OPINION ON WHO SHOULD PLAY THE OTHER MUSES OR EMMA. I DO HAVE OPINIONS ON KOKO AND DRINKWATER THOUGH.
KOKO= JIM CARREY
DRINKWATER= TIM CURRY (TIM SEEMS TO BE GOOD AT PLAYING SLOBS)
THAT WOULD LOOK CLASSY ON THE ADD POSTER DON’T YA THINK?
JIM CARREY, TIM CURRY, IN KOKOPELLI AND COMPANY
HAS A NICE RYTHYM!
WELL BYE!
HA, FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES!
SOMETHING TELLS ME I’LL BE POSTING QUITE A FEW THINGS ON HERE BEFORE ANYONE ELSE COMES BACK!
ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING TO ZALLIE:
IN REGARDS TO THE VOICE OF KOKOPELLI, IF YOU DON’T LIKE JIM CARREY, HOW ABOUT ANTONIO BENDERES?
WHO DO YOU THINK WOULD QUALIFY?
PICK SOMEONE WHO WOULD BE ABLE TO DO KOKO’S VOICE.
IN CASE YOU DIDN’T KNOW HOW TO SPEAK LIKE KOKO:
WHEN SPEAKING LIKE KOKOPELLI, REPLACE ALL R’S WITH L’S, UNLESS R IS THE LAST SOUND IN THE WORD.
EXCEPTION: DOCTOR. I DON’T KNOW WHY. I MADE THE LANGUAGE UP.
EXAMPLES OF HOW TO TALK LIKE KOKO:
U(R)ANIA= U(L)ANIA
C(R)AWW= C(L)AWW
GI(R)L= (GI(L)L – PRONOUNCED GAL, SO AS NOT TO SOUND LIKE A FISH
(R)ACECAR= (L)ACECAR
AND SO ON
HOW TO SAY “DOCTOR EZE MOMOH:”
DOCTOLEZE–MOMOH
SAY DOCTOL AND EZE, AS IF THEY WERE ONE WORD
MAKE A BREIF PAUSE BEFORE MOMOH!
FORGIVE ME ROBERT AND ROSSANE, IF THE OTHER BLOGGERS START CALLING YOU ‘LOBERT’ AND ‘LOSSANE.’
I’M GOING TO GO AND SEE IF I CAN FIND ANY QUESTIONS TO ANSWER, OR IDEAS TO COMMENT ON.
SEE YOU IN A FEW MINUTES!
I think the humanoid Muses (Urania, Aeiou, Pwt ect.) should be live action, while the others are animated. And Kokonino county should be either animated or filmed in the real Coconino County, in Utah. I’ve been there. They have a lot of kokopelli souveniers and stuff. The real thing is, iif they have an actor for Pwt, we’ll finally know what gender he/she is!
I also think that Emma should be twelve or thirteen, and kinda depressed at the beginning, though not so extreme. Then at the end, she’ll be happy and make some friends and stuff. Maybe Emma Watson (Hermoine from Harry Potter) could play her.
Maybe they’ll have Pwt’s impersonator cross-dress. Then we’ll be REALLY confused. Cedar, Emma’s outfit sounds personally very cheery to me. Oh well.
Emma should be 13, and Drinkwater 50s, and Krishnalmurti younger than that. Also, car crash scene shown at beginning of movie, then a “Twelve years later…” before Feather meets Emma at the mall. You know?
Can I get some help with the musical? I need people to suggest songs that the Muses/staff/readers would sing. OK?
The caps hurt my eyes.
ill make the lyrics for the musik!
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Dont you mean 2/4 time? Or 4/4? I havent played in 2/2…
how do u get the muse book?????????????????????????
you order the muse book off the back of the mag.
Whatever you do, don’t make the Muses 3-D. It looks horribly terrible,(or terribly horrible), changing something from 2-D to 3-D, unless you are talking about video games. You could, however, create a 3-D video game. Oh, and in the theaters, animate the flying pies in 3-D so that way the audience will feel like they’re really getting pied!
Or throw real pies.SOME IDEAS I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON:
TO VIOLETFIRE:
WHAT A GREAT IDEA, TO FILM THE MOVIE IN THE REAL COCONINO COUNTY.
ALSO TO VIOLETFIRE:
I THOUGH EMMA WATSON AS EMMA SOUNDED LIKE A FUN IDEA. HOWEVER WE MUST KEEP IN MIND, THAT EMMA W. IS ACTUALLY ALMOST AN ADULT. MUCH TO OLD TO PLAY A YOUNGER TEENAGER.
TO QUEENIE (J):
I FULLY AGREE WITH THE WHOLE CAR CRASH AS PROLOGUE THINGY. IN FACT, IN MY SECOND OFFICIAL LETTER TO MUSE, I SENT THEM A BRIEF SCRIPT IDEA, SHOWING THE CAR CRASH. I CHANGED IT AROUND SOME, SO AS TO ADD MORE DRAMA. IN MY VERSION, EMMA’S PARENTS SWERVE TO AVOID THE OUT OF CONTROL DRINKWATER, AND THEIR CAR GOES HEADFIRST OFF A SMALL CLIFF. IT HITS THE GROUND, AND THE FRONT END EXPLODES ON IMPACT! THE EXPLOSION KNOCKS EMMA UNCONCIOUS, AND PERAMEDICS GET HER OUT A FEW SECONDS LATER.
ALSO TO QUEENIE (J):
A MUSICAL WOULD BE KIND OF NICE. I THINK, IF YOU WANNA FIND OUT WHAT SONGS THE CAST WOULD SING, YOU SHOULD SEND A LETTER TO THE MUSES, ASKING THEM WHAT THEIR FAVORITE NATIVE SONG FROM THEIR BIRTHPLACE IS. YOU’LL PROBABLY GET SOME BOGUS ANSWER FROM KOKO, BUT THAT’S TO BE EXPECTED.
MUSE MUSICAL CONTINUED:
HERE’S A THOUGHT. INSTEAD OF MAKING A MUSICAL BASED ON ATTACK OF THE SMART PIES, MAKE ONE THAT FITS IN MORE WITH THE EDUCATIONAL SIDE OF THE MUSES. YOU KNOW, HAVE SONGS AND DANCE, BUT ALSO TAKE MOMENTS OUT OF THAT, TO HAVE THE MUSES PRESENT THE FACT OF THE WEEK.
MUSICAL PLAYOUT:
PART ONE
OPENING- MEET THE MUSES (HOST SHOWS THE AUDIANCE A SIMPLE 2-D SLIDESHOW)
ACT ONE- PERSON DRESSED IN CROW COSTUME, READS POETRY (CRAWW’S ACT)
ACT TWO- AEIOU COMES ON STAGE, AND VIA CRAWW, TEACHES US ABOUT THE HISTORY OF COMPUTERS. SHE AND CRAWW THEN DANCE FOR FIVE MINUTES.
ACT THREE- CHAD TEACHES US A BIT OF SCIENCE, THEN DANCES HIS FAVORITE NATIVE DANCE (WHATEVER THAT MAY BE)
ACT FOUR- KOKO COMES OUT WITH URANIA. BREIF SLAPSTICK MOMENT, AS KOKO HURLS PIES AT URANIA, AND VARIOUS CANDIES INTO THE AUDIANCE, WHILE TAPDANCING.
ACT FIVE- URANIA LEAVES THE STAGE, AND KOKO SITS DOWN ON A STOOL TO PLAY HIS FLUTE, WHILE HOPI DANCERS MOVE GRACEFULLY AROUND HIM.
ACT SIX- A 12 MINUTE LONG KOKOPELLI AND COMPANY, DEPICTING PWT AND CRAWW, FIGHTING-OR RUNNING-IT OUT.
ACT SEVEN- FEATHER COMES ON, AND TEACHES US ABOUT GARDENING, WHILE KOKO DANCES AROUND THE STAGE, MAKING FUN OF HIM.
ACT EIGHT- URANIA DANCES A SEVEN MINUTE LONG GREEK DANCE, THEN TEACHES US ABOUT THE NIGHT SKY.
ACT NINE- BO COMES OUT, AND SPENDS FIFTEEN MINUTES DELIVERING STRANGE, AND BARELY KNOWN FACTS TO THE AUDIANCE.
ACT TEN- MIMI COMES OUT, AND GIVES A TEN MINUTE LECTURE ON GETTING ALONG WITH PEOPLE. THEN SHE DANCES HER FAVORITE ABORIGINAL DANCE, ALONG WITH A SUPPORTING CAST OF TWENTY ABORIGINAL DANCERS.
BREAK
PART TWO
ACT ONE- KOKO COMES OUT, AND ENGAGES THE AUDIANCE IN A 30 MINUTE PIE BAKING LESSON.
ACT TWO- THE ENTIRE MUSE CAST DOES A 4 MINUTE BALLET NUMBER.
ACT THREE- CHAD TEACHES US HOW TO MAKE ‘ITTY BITTY FIREWORKS’ AT HOME.
ACT FOUR- PWT AND CRAWW DO A 9 MINUTE TRAPEZE NUMBER, WHILE FUNKY ELECTRIC MUSIC PLAYS IN THE BACKROUND.
ACT FIVE- KOKO COMES OUT, AND DOES A 20 MINUTE INTERACTIVE STAND UP COMEDY NUMBER. HE LOOKS FOR PEOPLE IN THE AUDIANCE, INVITES THEM UP ON STAGE, THEN MAKES FUN OF THEM. VERY KOKOPELLI-SH.
FINAL ACT- FACT OF THE WEEK. THE WHOLE MUSE CAST COMES ON STAGE, AND GIVES A HUMOROUS PRESENTATION, TO DEMONSTRATE THE FUN FACT OF THE WEEK.
THE END
I’M GOIN G TO START WRITING A SPECIAL MESSAGE FOR THE ‘MUSE MOVIE?’ THREAD NOW, SO IT OUGHT TO BE POSTED AS NUMBER 44. IT MAY ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS YOU GUYS ARE BOUND TO ASK ME SOONER OR LATER.
SEE YOU IN A BIT.
You order the Muse book from the company, which has a link from the main fanpage. Relax, Darkie.
My music software thinks Flanders and Swann are rock. Hahaha!
Rhonda: *guitar riff* January brings the snooooow *snarl, guitar riff* makes yer feet and fingers glooooooow *drums* No, it isn’t working.
Ikol: I should hope not. Be that as it may…
Stig: The Pythons beat F+S flat.
Rhonda: No! I really must protest!
OKAY I’M BACK, HERE TO DELIVER A SPECIAL MESSAGE.
THE MUSE MOVIE AS SEEN BY CEDAR!
TITLE: KOKOPELLI AND COMPANY
RATING: PG- FOR MILD VIOLENCE, AND SCARY SITUATIONS, INCLUDING CHILD IN JEOPARDY SEQUENCES
PLOT: WELL, YOU ALL KNOW THAT OF COURSE
ADDED MATERIAL: KOKO TURNS AGAINST EMMA FOR A BREIF PERIOD, AFTER SHE HELPS FEATHER AND AEIOU DESTROY THE PIE MACHINE. THIS WOULD CREATE DRAMA, BECAUSE KOKO WOULD THEN HALF TO RACE TO EMMA’S RESCUE, BEFORE IT WAS TOO LATE.
KOKO’S INTELLIGENT AIR TERMINAL: IT’S HIDDEN INSIDE HIS FLUTE.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ENJOY ART-
THE OFFICIAL ADD POSTER, AND VIDEO COVER DESIGN:
THE OFFICIAL POSTER HAS A BLACK BASE.
AT THE TOP OF THE POSTER ARE THE MAIN ACTORS:
JIM CARREY
TIM CURRY
IN
BELOW THE ‘IN’ IS AN IMAGE OF A WHITE KOKOPELLI, BENT OVER IN HIS TRADITIONAL FLUTE PLAYING POSTURE.
ON HIS BACK SIDE, IS THE FACE OF EMMA.
HALF OF HER FACE IS CONCEALED BY THE SHADOWS OF THE BLACK COVER, SO AS TO SEEM MORE CREEPY IN A COOL WAY.
ON KOK’S STOMACH SIDE, IS THE FACE OF MR. DRINKWATER, WHICH IS MORE CONCEALED IN SHADOW THEN EMMA’S.
BELOW ALL THAT, IN GOLD LETTERS, IS THE TITLE:
KOKOPELLI & COMPANY
THE VARIOUS PRODUCTION INFORMATION IS PLACED BELOW THAT.
SO THAT’S THE OFFICIAL ART DESIGN.
WHY DON’T YOU GUYS MAKE UP YOUR OWN.
BONUS ART IDEA-
POSTER FOR KOKO AND URANIA:
PICTURE OF KOKONINO COUNTY
JIM CARREY, TIM CURRY, IN, AT TOP.
GOLD TITLES AT BOTTOM.
RUNNING DOWN THE CENTER OF THE POSTER, IS AN IMAGE OF THE PIE FLINGING ARM, THROWING A PIE TOWARDS THE SCREEN.
KOKO (GREY THIS TIME) IS PLACE AS A SHADOW AGAINST THE CLOUDS ON THE LEFTHAND SIDE OF THE ARM.
URANIA IS PLACED ON THE RIGHTNAD SIDE, LOOKING SLIGHTLY APREHENSIVE, AS IF SHE IS LOOKING OVER HER SHOULDER AT SOMETHING.
THAT’S THE END OF THAT.
ROMANCE DEBATE:
THERE WERE PERIODS IN THE BOOK, WHEN I GOT THE IMPRESSION THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A SMALL ROMANTIC INTEREST BETWEEN EMMA AND KOKOPELLI.
WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK?
SHOULD THERE BE AN AKWARD “SHOULD I TELL HIM/HER?” MOMENT BETWEEN THE TWO?
IF THERE IS, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE BETTER IF KOKO NEVER ACTUALLY TOLD HER FACE TO FACE.
WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS:
DR. EZE MOMOH WOULD TELL EMMA “KOKOPELLI WILL WATCH YOU. BECAUSE KOKOPELLI LOVES YOU.” AS HE PUTS THE KOKOPELLI PENDANT AROUND HER NECK.
THAT WOULD BE SWEET I THINK.
SO THAT’S ALL FOR NOW.
PS: REMEMBER. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, JUST ASK.
PPS: IF THEY ARE REALLY IMPORTANT, YOU SHOULD PROBABLY PRINT THEM IN CAPITAL LETTERS.
BYE.
a muse movie would be great, but i think it would attratct too many people here (half the reason i like posting here is because my posts arent flooded by 6000 others before anyone reads them
just a thought
No, please not jim carrey. As much as i love him, he is not koko…
The Koko/Emma thing…i dunno about that either.
Ad sounds amazing though.
Oh yeah, and movie peoples don’t actually make the ratings…i mean we can have a rating we’re shooting for, but the rating peoples give us the rating…so it’d probably have to say unrated on the poster (until it was rated of course.
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HOW ABOUT ANTONIO BENDARES FOR KOKO?
If there is to be a movie, Larry Gonick should do the script. I would be more authentic that way.
wow cedar you are relly getting into this…..
um, i always associate koko w/ a malicious teenager voice.
oh + speaking of malicious teenager stuff, i thought of some bands whose musik would make good additions to the soundtrack. now i know that a lot of ppl here arent into malicious teenage rock/emo stuff, but i think it would @ least develop kokos character a bit. anyways:
yellowcard
freaken a (i relly dont like this band, they remind me of koko a bit)
fall out boy
green day
If it’s green day, please please please *gets down on knees* spare us from their newer songs.
I think for music we should have only a couple rock/emo songs and have John Williams do the rest. John Williams…John Williams…All hail. *bows to john williams*
Seriously though, some places need ominous movie soundtrack ooh aah scary timpanis stuff. *drumroll*
Ebeth, what’s wrong with Green Day (although I am NOT a green day worshiper like several UNSAVOURY characters in my town) and I think john williams and weird al should do it TOGETHER. Cause Weird Al is the BOMB.
I agree with emogrl, the movie should be that cool new computer animation….
Yes Yes Yes movies rock
Well, I think Christopher Walken should play one of the muses, I don’t know which one, but he would be good for the part. Otherwise, I agree with the computer animation thing that Super Girl agreed with emogrl, yeah.
first post. a muse movie would rock.
pierce broznen should be in it!
emogrl! ur u like emo in real life! cool, omg. so am i. im in my h/s emo click.
could someone plz help me? my LB is talking just for the sake of talking now, + its relly annoying the heck out of me. earlier he was making up (not good) stuff about me + telling my dad. im out of revenge ideas.
Oh yeah, it should TOTALLY be a museical. Best. Thing. Ever. Since Muse magazine, of course. I think the muses and kokino county shoud be hand drawn style cartoons, but the people should be real. Like in that movie…what’s it called…oh yes, Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Or Space Jam. Take your pick. But I don’t think computer animation would look too good. Jim Carrey would be a good Koko voice, but someone else could do it. How ’bout Chris Rock. Okay, I know: weird idea. Is that Doc Brown guy stiill alive? He could do Chad. For some reason I hear Crraw as Joe Pesci. Ooo! I know who would be perfect for Chad: Bill Nye the Science Guy!
there seems to be a sort of emo “witch hunt” going on now, @ least @ my skool, + its so stupid. *goes to random thread to elaborate on this; honestly, we need some clutter control in these threads*
P.S. I haven’t read the book yet, so don’t take me too seriously.
I have listened to Weird Al. Have you heard Fish Heads?
Yes, I agree with yesterday’s_kinked_moose. Bill should be Chad. His personality fits *almost* perfectly. Also, a musical would be interesting, but I’m not sure it would work. I stand by what I said before, though:
isnt bill retired?
chads like 15!!
15 as in 15 years old? He is?! Here’s some weird ideas for who should do Koko’s voice:
Weird idea #1. Kel Mitchel (remember Kenan and Kel? Kel’s the no hair one. The two were also in Good Burger, an utterly stupid and quite funny movie. Speaking of Good Burger, how about the dude who played Fizz?)
Weird idea #2. Jakkie Chan.
Wierd idea #3. Steve Oedekerk. (Director of Ace Ventura. Need I say more? He also stared in the parody Kung Pow! which mocks kung fu movies everywhere. ‘Taco Bell, Taco Bell. Product placement with Taco Bell…’
Who was Syndrome’s voice in “The Incredibles”? He might make a suitably obnoxious Koko.
thats Jason Lee
(i just ran 78 steps to find out [seriosly, i counted])
#65 I like all your ideas, good burger was funny and i was guessing on chads age
what musik does koko play?
opps :opps: wrong alias
how embarasing
omg the guy who did sindromes voice would be a perfect koko. i always think of koko playing some lively jazz type thingie
Bill Nye isn’t retired as far as I know. In fact, he was on Num3ers recently. I just thought of someone who would do a great Crraw! Jamie Farr (I think that’s his name) the guy who played Klinger on MASH. Okay, so he’s probably all old or dead, but still… And Radar would be a good Feather. I imagine Feather as sounding kind of like Larry the Cucumber, but that’s just me. Something sneaky sounding for Koko.
Num3ers?
dont you mean numbers…
Being a newcomer to this Blog, I have a simple comment:
A MUSE® Movie? I am utterly bewildered and, in the words of a freakazoid I know, ‘weirded out”.
No, Numb3rs is a TV crime show where the people always end up using math to figure it out…….It’s quite cool, actually. The main character is a math genius.
I just heard Yellow card on the radio.
Also, if we are going to make this a live movie, it is going to need feakishly realistic costumes. Unless I don’t get what live means.
And muse blog in general is a really cool thing. I don’t have AIM, so this is it.
i just got AIM today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! uhhhhhhhhhhh… how do you use it??? i know… ive only been online for a month, ok??
@kokopelli#13, Post 42: I agree.
And yes, I am up “so late”. I’m up even later, too. Next weekend, I think I’ll stay up ’till 0500.
HOWDY ONCE MORE!
IN REGARDS TO THE IDEAS OF CHAD BEING PLAYED BY
BILL NYE OR CHRISTOPHER LOYD ‘THAT DOC BROWN GUY:’
IF IT ENDS UP BEING AN ANIMATED MOVIE, I THINK EITHER OF THOSE WOULD BE GREAT. I’M HOPING IT’LL BE LIVE ACTION THOUGH, SO I DON’T REALLY THINK IT WOULD WORK.
IDEA FOR LIVE ACTION CHAD: SAMUEL L. JACKSON.
HE PLAYED FROZONE IN THE INCREDIBLES.
IN REGARDS TO YESTERDAY’S-KINKED-MOOSE’S IDEA ABOUT GARY BURGHOFF ‘RADAR’ PLAYING FEATHER:
B-R-I-L-I-A-N-T!
I’M NOT SO SURE ABOUT JAMIE FARR AS CRAWW THOUGH!
REGARDING THE MUSIC:
MAYBE THERE COULD BE A COUPLE OF SONGS THAT PLAY AT THE END CREDITS, BUT I THINK IT SHOULD BE MOSTLY INSTRUMENTAL.
INSTRUMENTAL EXPLANATION:
THE SCORE SHOULD BE MADE UP MOSTLY OF FLUTE MUSIC,
CONSIDORING THAT IS THE INSTRUMENT OF THE MAIN CHARACTER.
OTHER POSSIBLE INSTRUMENTS:
HARP
AUCOUSTIC GUITAR
BIG ORCHASTRA DRUMS (FOR DRAMATIC MOMENTS)
OBOE
VIOLENS (FOR SAD MOMENTS)
PLUS VARIOUS CHOIRS AT CERTAIN MOMENTS.
PS: MY 6 YEAR OLD NEPHEW WANTS JIM CUMMINGS, THE CURRENT VOICE OF ‘WINNIE THE POOH’ TO PLAY PWT.
PPS: DON’T WORRY, I DO NOT AGREE ONE BIT.
SEE YA’LL IN A BIT.
It’s spelled “violins”.
Also, I am preternaturally intolerant of sentences written in all capitals.
SORRY DEFCON PILOT.
I PRINT IN CAPITAL, SO AS TO STAND OUT MORE!
LET’S JUST SAY I’M DESPERATE FOR THIS MOVIE TO GET MADE.
VIOLINS, GOTCHA.
IMPORTANT (THEREFOR SHOULD BE PRINTED IN CAPITAL LETTERS) NOTICE:
GO TO ‘THE WORLD’ SECTION.
SELECT ‘MUSIC AND LYRICS.’
LOOK FOR MY QUOTE NEAR THE BOTTOM.
IT IS A SONG I WROTE MYSELF, WHICH WAS INSPIRED BY KOKOPELLI.
PS: IT’S A LOVE SONG, BUT A GOOD ONE. NOTHING SAPPY OR ANYTHING.
WE COULD PLAY IT AT THE END CREDITS.
GO READ IT, THEN COME BACK AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK!
If you want to stand out, just add a less than symbol strong greater than symbol Text you want to be big (“strong”) less than symbol and backslash strong greater than symbol. That’s the HTML code you need. Here’s an example:
Hi, I’m vid. I’m a left handed bisexual Canadian who hates eggs so much that if I told you how much your face would explode! And I hate pickles. God help you if I find pickles.”
#66-Syndrome would be amazing as koko.
I say ANIMATED ANIMATED! The Muses cannot be real people. It’s just not possible! How many 2-d people have you seen today walking down the street? How many of them had a box for a head?
I think larry g should draw the animation, or at least the basis so we can get some techies to put it in the comps and animate it. Sort of a rocky and bullwinkle movie style. Then emma+other humans can be live action…
If we’re really gonna do this, where will we get money? I don’t know about you, but i don’t have a million dollars sitting around on my dresser…
We need a sponser or something…maybe the co will help…
as for music, i think clarinets or oboes would work better for when koko plays. It’s the same shape, it should make the same sound. But flutes is still a good idea for happy bits. y’know, nice sunny day in kokonino county…
We should have pb&j write a bunch of theme songs. On the shawm if it must be…
lol
Right well idea-ed out for now. This sounds really cool cedar.
emogurl-
so i read your comment (number 60, i believe)
“there seems to be a sort of emo “witch hunt” going on now, @ least @ my skool, + its so stupid. *goes to random thread to elaborate on this; honestly, we need some clutter control in these threads*”
i completely know what you mean by the “witch hunt.”
it’s those few “trendy” persons who completely ruin everything that starts as a positive movement.
isn’t it horrible how 90% of the emo kids out there are poseurs *rants on*
Yeah, have something like that Roger Rabbit movie. Have the actual human characters, like Emma, be live action, and the muses and various other things be animated, either frame-by-frame or 3D.
OTHER BLOGGERS CAUSE BRAINSTORM!
I HAVE THOUGHT OF SOME NEW ACTOR IDEAS:
CHRIS ROCK- THE VOICE OF CRAWW
(HE HAS A ZANNY VOICE, AND CRAWW SEEMS LIKE A ZANNY CROW)
MIRANDA OTTO- URANIA
(SHE HAS A FACE THAT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL, SMART, STRONG, AND AT TIMES, MYSTERIOUS. THESE ARE VERY URANIA-ISH QUALITIES. BY THE WAY, SHE PLAYED EYOWYN IN LOTR)
ELLEN DEGENERES- THE VOICE OF BO
(ELLEN HAS A FREINDLY WARMHEARTED VOICE, SOMETHING I THINK BO IS GOING TO NEED. BESIDES, SHE’D PROBABLY SOUND FUNNY AS A COW)
SO AS OF NOW, MY PERSONAL CASTLIST IS AS FOLLOWS:
JIM CARREY- KOKOPELLI
TIM CURRY- MR. DRINKWATER
GARY BURGHOFF- FEATHER
SAMUEL L. JACKSON- CHAD
CHRIS ROCK- CRAWW
MIRANDA OTTO- URANIA
ELLEN DEGENERES- BO
__________________________
SO I GUESS THAT LEAVES JUST THREE MORE MUSES, PLUS EMMA.
AT THE MOMENT I’M STUMPED
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
what about ellen degeneres playing mimi?
Make it a cartoon!
ok, first of all, MAKE A MUSE MOVIE?!?!?! ARE YOU CRAZY?!?!?! I mean, it doesnt apeal to me, but I havent read the book. second of all, we would have to determin how to pronounce pwt’s name, and that would ruin the mystery. third of all, in the case that you ABSOLUTLY MUST make the movie, it should be animated, thats just my opionin, probabley by larry gonick
Ishmael,
Welcome! We had an Ishmael on the blog who now calls herself Lusifer Ink. or sometimes Jessie. You’re a different Ishmael, aren’t you?
i think I’m going to die under all of these people and names. You don’t mind if I just call everyone who came here since Febuary “Hey you”, do you?
You think you’re confused? Rosanne and I have to read every single message.
but you have loads of time. and your parents dont tell you to get off the computer constantly. well, i assume they dont.
hey, i still think we should do a thread on names. name origins, name meanings, your name, my name, your brother’s name, everything but your last name, why pheonix’s name is tree, the excess of people named rosanne spector living in california who are 44, ten reasons why you should stop changing your name and confusing em the possibilities are endless.
A muse movie sounds like a good idea! If it happens it should be strickly animation.
Ishmael,
Welcome! We had an Ishmael on the blog who now calls herself Lusifer Ink. or sometimes Jessie. You’re a different Ishmael, aren’t you?
I think so, I migt be a clone, or a alternate personality though.
I still strongly object to the jim carrey as koko thing.
Eowyn as urania? Awesome.
(after lotr, miranda otto no longer has a name of her own. She’s just eowyn.
)
Chris rock…
hmm…
he should be koko i think.
did we ever decide on animated vs. live-action? Did animated win? i think it did… *counts votes* is this a democracy anyway? A republic? Or is cedar absolute dictator with her staff of advisors? Has ishmael come to take over? Maybe that’s why! Once we’re all sufficiently confused by her name, we will bow to her will, right? Are we ever sufficiently confused for that? I probably am right now. Am I? Why is nobody online? Why do i never seem to have choklit? Why am i wearing my hoodie when it’s so warm out? What is our purpose in life? What is the ultimate answer to life, the universe, and everything? What’s that? 42? Really?
I need something pointlessly productive and aimlessly purposeful. Maybe i’ll get a job…
HOWDY EMOGRL!
ELLEN MIGHT WORK FOR MIMI IF I WERE HOPING THE MOVIE WAS GOING TO BE FULLY ANIMATED. BUT I AM GOING TO STICK WITH MY CURRENT IDEA.
MY CURRENT IDEA (FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN’T SEEN IT):
KOKOPELLI IS A COMPUTER ANIMATED SHADOW, WHICH MOVES ALONG THE WALL, AND CAN VANISH INSIDE OTHER SHADOWS.
TO FIND OUT MORE:
SCROLL UP TO POST # 7.
THE REST OF THE MOVIE, EXCEPT FOR VARIOUS SPECIAL EFFECTS, IS DONE IN LIVE ACTION.
ELLEN IS NOT AUSTRAILIAN, AND THEREFOR WOULD NOT MAKE A VERY CONVINCING MIMI.
BO HOWEVER, WILL MOST LIKELY BE PLAYED BY A REAL BROWN COW, USING THE EFFECTS THEY USED ON ‘STUART LITTLE’ OR ‘BABE’ TO MAKE HER TALK.
BECAUSE OF THIS, IT WOULDN’T MATTER WHAT PART OF THE WORLD HER ACTOR WAS FROM.
THAT’S ALL I CAN SAY TO THAT.
PS TO EMOGRL: IF YOU WERE REFFERING TO THE FACT THAT MIMI IS THE KIDEST OF ALL THE MUSES, I UNDERSTAND YOUR IDEA. REST ASSURED, THAT THE ONLY REASON I DISAGREE WITH IT, IS BECAUSE I AM HOPING FRO IT TO BE MOSTLY LIVE ACTION.
NOW I’M GOING TO WRITE AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR ROBERT AND ROSSANE.
Noooo *moans* animated! animated! Please?!
QUICK NOTE TO EBETH THE LURKER:
YOU JUST GAVE ME A WILD IDEA! WHY NOT SET UP A LITTLE VOTING POLL SOMEWHERE ON THE BLOG, FOR FANS TO DECIDE WHAT KIND OF MEDIUM THE FILM SHOULD BE!
VOTE ON A MEDIUM
() LIVE ACTION WITH KOKOPELLI AS A COMPUTER ANIMATED SHADOW
() FULLY ANIMATED
OH AND NO, I AM NOT THE DICTATOR.
I WAS HOWEVER, THE ONE WHO SUGGESTED THIS THREAD.
I TAKE THE WHOLE THING VERY SERIOUSLY.
YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW SERIOUSLY I TAKE IT, IN MY NEXT POST.
STAY TUNED.
PS: NO OFFENSE, BUT A HE.
Whoops.
Sorry Mr. Cedar. 
lol
I would totally be evil dictator of everything if i had the chance. The world, the universe… *sigh* oh well. I can be evil dictator on nationstates and terrorize the populace there i guess.
Well, you know my vote. Animated all the way!
SORRY ABOUT THE MISSING ‘I’ ON THE PS FROM # 98.
MY MOST URGANT POST THUS FAR!
VERY IMPORTANT POST TO ROBERT AND ROSSANE:
QUESTION: HOW MUCH DO THE GEEKY MUSE EDITORS KNOW ABOUT WHAT GOES ON IN THE MUSE FAN PAGE?
REST ASSURED. I KNOW THEY AREN’T AS DUMB AS THEY’RE MADE OUT TO BE. THEY JUST HAVE A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR.
REQUEST: IF THEY ALREADY KNOW ABOUT OUR CAMPAING FOR A MUSE MOVIE, WOULD ONE OF YOU ASK THEM IF THEY HAVE SPENT ANY TIME CONSIDORING IT.
TIP: IF THEY REFUSE TO EVEN HAVE A CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS THIS HUGE OPPERTUNITY, YOU COULD BOTH THREATEN TO RESIGN.
OKAY I’M JUST KIDDING ABOUT THAT.
I KNOW BLACKMAIL IS SLEAZY.
I’M SURE YOU’LL THINK OF SOMETHING THOUGH.
AFTER ALL, I HAVE STARTED REFFERING TO THE TWO OF YOU, AS “GOD.”
YOU’D BETTER TALK TO THE EDITORS FAST ‘GOD’ BECAUSE I’VE GOT A GREAT THEATER RELEASE DATE IN MIND:
JANUARY 10TH 2008.
THIS WOULD GIVE THE MUSE CREW ALMOST A FULL 2 YEARS TO MAKE THE FILM!
REST ASSURED, THAT KIDS ACROSS THIS GREAT NATION WILL BE WHISPERING THINGS LIKE-
-“R&R, THE B-TRAY-R’S”-
– BEHIND YOUR BACK IF YOU DON’T TAKE UP THIS GALLENT TASK.
OKAY I KNOW YOUR LAUGHING NOW.
ADMIT IT.
SEE YA’LL IN A BIT.
PS: I MEAN IT!
Aww that’s a mean pun. *snickers evilly* What? who me? snickering evilly? Never.
lol
i dunno if 2 yrs is enough though…well…i dunno. maybe. but maybe not. hoom…
The folks in Illinois know the blog is here, but they don’t read it. They really have no clue what they’ve unleashed.
As for making movies, you know, Carus Publishing (Muse‘s parent company) really isn’t geared up for that. It takes money and know-how. I don’t know much about how movies get made, but I suspect that somebody influential in Hollywood–say, a director or movie star with Muser children–would have to take an interest in Smart Pies, buy the movie rights, hire someone to draw up a rough screenplay, and then start wheeling and dealing. (Hm… Madonna’s children are too young. Does Tom Hanks have kids? …) They’re the ones you have to lobby.
Oh, and please don’t call Rosanne and me gods. It’s not necessary, and it makes us uncomfortable. Just send virtual choqlut. That’s always welcome.
Is there a reason for the q in “choqlut” GAPA? *gasp* An added party to the Great Choklit War, perhaps?
Yay!
I can see how being called/calling people god might make people nervous. doesn’t bug me though-i have a friend who calls everybody god. Sorta reminds you of that weird book where that one martian guy goes around telling everybody “thou art god”.
Wow…i’m arguing with my friend over the proper usage of the word “honey” as an ironic insult. And we both have at least three pages yet. Huzzah for our complete lack of lives…
OKAY ROBERT AND ROSANNE, I PROMISE NOT TO REFER TO YOU AS GODS ANYMORE.
PLEASE NOTE: THE ONLY REASON I DID SO, WAS BECAUSE IT OFTEN FEELS LIKE YOU KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT EVERYTHING. AND IF YOU DON’T KNOW IT, THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN’T FIGURE OUT.
HEY, THAT’S JUST HOW I FEEL.
OFFICIAL REPLY TO POST # 102:
PLAN:
PHASE ONE-
ASK THE MUSE EDITORS AND LARRY GONICK, WHAT THEY THINK OF A MUSE MOVIE BASED ON LARRY’S BOOK.
PHASE TWO-
IF THEY AGREE, THEY SHOULD PROCEED TO PITCH THE IDEA TO WARNER BROTHERS, OR NEWLINE CINEMA PRODUCTIONS.
PHASE THREE-
IF ONE OF THE TWO AGREE, SEND THEM A FEW DOZEN COPIES OF THE BOOK, AND GIVE THEM DIRECTIONS ON HOW TO FIND THE ‘MUSE MOVIE?’ THREAD.
PHASE FOUR-
ONE OF THE TWO PRODUCTION COMPANIES READS THE BOOK, CONSIDORS THE MUSE FAN’S SUGGESTIONS, HAS A CONFERENCE, AND GETS TO WORK.
PS: THE MAGAZINE IS SO DARN POPULAR, THAT THE MOVIE WILL PROBABLY GROSS AT LEAST $3 MILLION DOLLARS.
ONCE AGAIN, BE ASSURED THAT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF KIDS WILL BE THOURGHOULY DISSAPOINTED IF THEY DON’T SEE THE WORDS
KOKOPELLI & COMPANY
ON THEIR TOWN’S THEATER BILL BOARD IN 2008.
SO PLEASE, AT LEAST TRY TO HELP US OUT ON THIS.
I MAY BUILD YOU A SHRINE ON MY FRONT LAWN IF YOU DO.
JUST KIDDING.
Hundreds of thousands? Last time I checked, the magazine had a circulation of about 50,000, but some of those go to libraries, and some get passed around families. I suppose Muse might have about 100,000 readers. Of course, the number should be in the millions.
Here’s an idea: a thread for ideas about how to spread the word about Muse (starting with PWT PWNS t-shirts). Maybe I’ll create that topic in a day or two.
hmm…i think robert has a point about needing connections. studios as popular as warner bros and new line probably get tons of scripts…
Any MBers out there happen to have famous parents in the movie making business???
lol jk…sort of.
Oh yeah and one thing about muse, it’s a bit expensive. i mean we know it’s worth every penny but the fact remains, it costs more than most mags you see. And i know it has to be more expensive if it has less readers, and around and around and around and around…and yeah.
Another reason it’s expensive is that it doesn’t carry ads. Most magazines make most of their money by selling advertising. Ever flipped through one of those glossy fashion magazines? You can’t find the articles! You can bet they’re raking in the profits.
Prices are complicated. If the publishers cut the price, would people buy as many issues? They’d have to, for the company to make the same amount of money. Clearly the people in charge don’t think that would happen. (There is a $5-off deal inside the March issue, though.)
you’re not real gods. you’re like … deities, or whatever. like the Muses. or maybe like the gods in mythology, where they are very human-like, but still higher than muses.
yeah, if you back-order some issues, you will notice adverts. nowadays its just occasional adverts for stuff the nice editor people think we will like. or more carus stuff.
hmmm…hey, maybe we need to hav a little, um, convention to sort this idea out? hey, fundraising would be a good idea! theres always shirts (i know pretty much all the ppl here hav @ least one idea for a new muse shirt), but what else….hey, you know…i relly dont know exactly what the company could do, but a lot of skools out there would probably like some interesting curriculum programs-you know, ones that kids would actually pay attention to, for a change? a skool curriculum w/ muse as a centerpiece would be an incredibly good idea. i mean, theres math, science, history in general as well as art history, world history, mythology, etc.
if the company ever needs some extra funds, this would be a good way to get them!
Brilliant idea! MuseBloggers had fun not long ago designing a Muse Academy on the Skool thread, but a Musocentric curriculum might be more practical.
We could hold the convention in (does quick calculations) Singapore!
or…..not
Stop looking at me like that
Live, but no computer animation. I want to see the Mimi costume that would result in.
CLEVER THOUGHT:
TRY AND GET THE MUSE CREW TO SET UP A PLACE ON THEIR OFFICIAL WEBSITE, WHERE WE CAN SEND CONTRIBUTIONS GEARED TOWARD THE MAKING OF A DARN MUSE MOVIE.
BONUS THOUGHT:
CAPTION FOR DONATION MESSAGE ENDS WITH THE WORDS:
THE PROCEEDS FROM THE FILM WILL GO TO HELP-
– HURRICANE KATRINA VICTIMS
– PEOPLE IN THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES
– EDUCATION PROGRAMS
– AND OTHER HUMANE ORGANIZATIONS
SUGGEST THIS TO THE MUSE CREW, AND THEY’D FEEL TOTALLY GUILTY REFUSING THE IDEA.
WORKING TOGETHER, WE CAN BREAK THE BARRIERS!
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Jason Lee (Syndrome) would make an awesome koko-but-shouldnt he have an arazonish accent?
#115: yeah, we know you are. JK! hehe
I think Ellen DeGeneres would be a good Mimi (I’m sure she could fake an Aussie accent) and Sandra Bullock would be a good Bo. Boy, with the names we’re coming up with, this would be one expensive movie. Chris Rock as Crraw? Great. Perfect. Is Gary what’s his name still alive? He was probably in his twenties in mash and that was in the 70s so…he’d be like 60 or something. Um…Cedar? Have you ever considered the possibility that you take this just a bit too seriously?
The muse shirts that already exist are good for spreading the word, but ones for the other muses would be good. Although, people who already have the two that are out might not buy them. I mean, if there was a shirt for every muse…I dunno, I just think people wouldn’t want to buy that many T-shirts. If we had a shirt that advertised Muse more directly, that would be good. It would have something witty on it. The epitimy of museness, and people who saw it couldn’t help but subscribe.
There was a t-shirt that said “Muse…art, literature, science-and pie throwing!” with the Muses on it, but I think it got discontinued. I would buy lots of Muse t-shirts, actually. Bring them on!
How about Musifying some things you could use in school–say, book covers? Or pie-shaped pencil boxes? Think there might be a demand?
Or little buttons that say ASK ME ABOUT THE KO-KONSPIRACY. No, wait, better yet: *DON’T* ASK ME ABOUT THE KO-KONSPIRACY.
Or:
MORE KOKPELLI 4 PREZ strickers or buttons
(he could almost certainly beat Pedro)
The Muse Convention should be on PI(E) Day!!!! That would be COOL.
I put a HPB sticker on my binder, but nobody has asked about it. I dunno, pie-shaped pencil boxes might not fit well iin desks. How about pencils with the muses and quotes on them? You know, like those Dilbert ones. I think there should be a Muse hoodie too. What is a Muser to do when cold weather sets in?
I think it sould be live action, with the Muses cartoonized and sort of cut-and-pasted in, like they did with Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
(“You bloody English K’ni gits! Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries!”)
By the way, they should have said blackcurrants. Have you ever been to England? It’s practically their national food! there is (to name just a few) Blackcurrant Gum, Juice, candy, cookies….
I tried to interest the publishers in WWKD (What Would Koko Do?) bracelets a few years ago, but they just gave me blank looks.
I would totally buy one of those!
well they probably didn’t want people to think about that…because then they might start doing what koko does.
I wear my koko shirt all the time but none of my oohian friends get muse. Sarah usually strikes a dramatic pose and rambles about greeks, jacob yells “Okochobi!!!” because his mom is obssessed w/koko (the real koko, not the muse) so he calls him okochobi. Everybody else just stares or runs away, or stands there reading it overandoverandover like it might possibly make some sense after the twentieth time.
Face it. We’re weird, us musers. Go us!!!
121-i like the button idea too.
maybe we could also make fake fbi jackets w/ mostly harmless on them and stuff like that…and i totally agree with ykm about the hoodies. Seriously, i live in hoodies. Whether it’s freezing cold or toasting.
124-Monty python! Me loves!
maybe we should have a “spread the word” thread for this stuff…it’s kinda clogging up the movie thing.
HEY OTZI, YOU JUST GAVE ME AN ODD IDEA!
TO ANYONE WHO READS THIS, ON AN UPCOMING SUNDAY, IF YOU HAVE THE CHANCE, SET UP A MUSE MAGAZINE BLOCK PARTY ON, WELL, YOUR BLOCK.
SOME PARTY IDEAS:
ORDER A LARGE SHIPMENT OF MUSE BACKISSUES.
HAVE A BIG OUTDOOR PICNIC, AND EVERYONE CAN BRING SOMETHING.
AND AFTER DESSERT, THERE COULD BE A BIG PIE THROWING PARTY.
PS: BE SURE TO BUY A TON OF WHIPPED CREAM FOR PIE THROWING.
__________________________________________________
DONATIONS:
AS A BONUS, SET UP A LITTLE TABLE, WHERE PEOPLE CAN DONATE MONEY, TO THE CAUSE OF MAKING THE MOVIE.
IF MORE PEOPLE BECOME INTERSTED IN MUSE, MORE OF THEM WILL JOIN OUR CAUSE.
ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY MUSE BLOCK PARTY IDEAS?
#125: the bias ppls mightve thought it would stir up some religious controversy, no offense. but i think it sounds kewl!
think about this ppl: teachers want new textbks like kids want candy (when my skool bought new dictionaries in 8th grade, i actually saw my principal take one + go show it off to several teachers like a kid showing off a new toy). if the company was to make a muse-centered curriculum (ideas: texts w/ the muses hanging around in the margins to help confused ppl understand what the text actually says, math activities made by that cool ivars guy, etc), kids would actually pay attention in class, + teachers would be like “yeah! the littl rugrats arent complaining anymore!”
I’M ON MY WAY TO LARY GONICK’S OFFICIAL WEBSITE TO SEND HIM AN E-MAIL.
HOPE YOU’LL ALL DO THE SAME.
PS: REMEMBER TO SUGGEST THE FOLLOWING THINGS:
1. IF YOU AGREE, WE WILL START SENDING THE MUSE CREW DONATIONS, WHICH THEY IN TURN, CAN SEND TO WHATEVER PRODUCTION COMPANY SOUNDS BEST.
2. PART OF THE PROCEEDS FROM THE MOVIE COULD GO TO HELP THE LESS FORTUNATE, SUCH AS HURRICANE KATRINA VICTIMS, AND PEOPLE IN THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES.
THE IDEA IS TO MAKE THEM FEEL GUILTY.
IF WE SEND THEM MONEY, THEY’D FEEL BAD USING IT ON THEMSELVES AFTER WE SUGGEST THE WHOLE ‘HELP OUT THOSE IN NEED’ THING.
THIS IS JUST GETTING BETTER ALL THE TIME!
Yeak! I am SO drawing Koko on all my book covers. I allready draw him on all my tests.
I JUST SENT MY LETTER TO MR. GONICK!
HOPE IT GOES WELL.
ME TOO! YAAAAAAAAAAY FOR CEDAR!! (NOTE HOW I AM USING CAPITALS IN YOUR HONER)
HONOR, actually. But all the publicity is a great idea. And you people should make every muse a T-shirt, and one for the whole magazine. And, you could put an article in Muse about the movie so that other Musers, and not only MuseBloggers would be in on it.
I draw him on my tests too. And my worksheets. And my notes. And the extra-credit postcard i did for Social Studies last week. And I draw the others as well, but they’re harder, not being stick figures.
Cedar recently sent me an email from my web site, but when I replied this morning, my reply bounced. Apparently, the return address had been mistyped.
So… to all and every: I do reply to all my email (eventually), so if you do use the form on my web site to contact me, please be careful to enter your return address correctly–if you want a reply!
Here’s what I said about the movie idea:
I agree that a Muse movie would be fun. (Tho I’ve been more thinking of a cartoon series, I’m open to anything.)
But let me caution you against taking up any kind of collection. Donations won’t make it happen! I’m imagining you all came up with the idea because you wanted to do *something* to help and weren’t sure what else to do. Yes?
What you may not realize is that simply by writing letters to Muse and posting to the blog you are helping. When it comes time to make a “pitch” to producers, animators, etc., the fact that there are loyal and enthusiastic fans counts for a lot. So hang in there, keep writing (and encourage others to do likewise) and be patient. These things can take time, years, even. In the meantime, I have some ideas for another book up my sleeve…
There should totally be a Mostly Harmless T-shirt. Then we could convert Muse and HG2TG fans alike.
But then wouldn’t we have to kill everybody that looks at it?
No, no–that’s the brilliance of it. By being completely open about MH, you guarantee that nobody will take it seriously. People will think, “If they were really up to something, they’d be hiding it.” By the time they realize how wrong they were, it will be too late.
By the way, did anybody notice that 134 was a message from Larry Gonick? Pay attention, Musers!
I noticed! Sheeshers GAPA, (where the heck did i get the word sheeshers anyway?!?!?) we can be observant! sometimes…erm…well, about once a year…
Well in that case a mostly harmless shirt would be awesome. Although i’m not exactly sure if i’m part of it or not. Are all musers automatically in the Ko-konspiracy, or just musebloggers, or just gaboomba’ers? Very mysterious, this mostly harmless plot.
Cheese!
Excuse randomness. I’ve been having a random cheese obsession today. Always fun.
Are we gonna have a muse rocks promote muse type thread or not?? T-shirt ideas thread? Secret plot to spread muse all over the world thread? Everybody go shamelessly advertise muse at every opportunity thread? Come on GAPA!
Ohooooo……If i write to the question and answer page When are they gonna make a Muse movie would you guys answer and get the editers to think about it?
And everyone should write to Muse and ask about the movie.
NOW.
YAHOO IN REGARDS TO # 134!
IT WAS A BIT SHOCKING WHEN HE TOLD US THAT DONATIONS AREN’T THE KEY. BUT ISN’T IT GREAT THAT WE HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE MASTER?
I HAD TO TAKE A FEW DEEP BREATHS WHEN I SAW HIS NAME ON THE THREAD.
WOULD YOU BELIEVE I E-MAILED HIM ONLY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, AND HE’S ALREADY POSTED A SPECIAL MESSAGE ON THE BLOG!
SO FROM NOW ON, SEND NO DONATIONS, JUST LETTERS.
AND UNLESS YOU’RE UNCOMFROTABLE DOING SO, PLEASE:
1. TELL US IF YOU SENT A LETTER TO THE MAGAZINE, OR EVEN BETTER, TO GONICK.
2. THE IDEAS YOU POSTED IN THE LETTER.
3. WHAT THE GIST OF THE REPLY WAS.
REMEMBER: LARRY REPLIES TO ALL HIS E-MAILS (EVENTUALLY) SO BE SURE TO SEND HIM A BUNCH.
IF WE ALL SEND LETTERS PERIODICALLY, WERE BOUND TO GET ATTENTION.
WHO KNOWS?
MAYBE ONE DAY, IN AN UPCOMING ISSUE, MUSE WILL PRINT A SPECIAL ANOUNCEMENT, REGARDIUNG-
“THE RECENT RAMBLING RUCKUS IN REGARD TO THE CREATION OF A MUSE MOVIE!”
MUSE BLOGGERS, TELL YOUR FREINDS. SPREAD THE WORD.
TOGETHER WE CAN ACHEIVE VICTORY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
SEE YA’LL LATER.
I think Mostly Harmless might be trademarked. By DNA’s people or something. So we may have to think of another catchy catchphrase. Hmm……. any suggestions? The Kokonspiracy is a good one. Any others?
HOWDY EBETH!
READ POST # 127!
I WROTE DOWN SOME IDEAS FOR A MUSE BLOCK PARTY!
THROW ONE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ON AN UPCOMING SUNDAY, AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
PS: BE SURE TO TELL EVERYONE AT THE PARTY ABGOUT THE MUSE FAN PAGE, AND HOW TO GET TO THE BLOG’S CURRENTLY MOST POPULAR (OR SO I WOULD LIKE TO THINK) THREAD.
WHAT A WICKEDLY CLEVER IDEA JADESTONE AT # 140!
I CAN’T BELIEVE I DIDN’T THINK OF THAT!
LET’S ALL BUG THE PISS OUT OF EM NOW FELLOW MUSERS!
Daonations were never the key.Having money isn’t gonna make a movie company notice us. They’ve got plenty of it. What we need is publicty. Which we can get by………hmm. How can we appeal to the non-Muse population?
I just sent Larry two emails. Go me!
Bug the piss out of Em? That’s not very nice…….
i’m gonna go send one to the company now…the cricket peoples *chirpchirp* right…yeah…
^^ YES! I WILL SERIOUSLY TELL EVERY SINGLE PERSON I RUN INTO TOMORROW ABOUT MUSE! WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THIS! W00T FOR THE CAPS LOCK!
OKAY! BUT SOMETIMES IT HURTS MY EYES. (HINTHINT CEDAR)
146- Why thank you, Cedar. I’m flattered. Anyway when we do send muse letters be sur to post them on the blog so everyone can read them. A thread for that might be nice…(Hint hint, GAPA). Ill start one now.
I sent two to Larry….maybe he replied. I’ll go check.
Cool! He did! Yay! Now I can tell all my friends that I have communicated with the flamablamablous Larry Gonick, the creator of the also flamablamablous Kokopelli and Company comic strip! Yay!
This is what i wrote to the publishing peoples. Idk what they can do, but whatever, just so they know we want a movie…
This might be under book marketing, but idk so i put it here. Anyway, there’s a whole bunch of eager musers who want a movie version of the amazing larry g’s “Attack of the Smart Pies.” Just so you know. A movie would be totally flamablamablous, and we’d go see it twenty times in the theater and make you lots of money. XD This idea came from Cedar, and here’s a nice link to where we’re all shouting and waving flags (virtual flags of course) for a movie. Idk if html works on here, but i’ll try it all the same… MuseBlog movie thread
Well that’s about it. Muse rocks! Eat your Weetabix and spam!
OKAY VIOLETFIRE, I THINK I’VE DONE ENOUGH CAPITAL!
FROM THIS MOMENT HENCEFORTH, I SHALL PRINT STRICTLY LITTLE TEXT. EXCEPT IN VERY SPECIAL SITUATIONS.
By the way Violet, yahoo on sending two letters to the master.
Good for you.
You know, I bet if everyone on this blog sends a muse movie letter to the magazine before the month of March is over, the entire April, or at least May issue of the letterbox, will have nothing but please for justice.
By the way, from now on, I think we should post the replies we get, so we can tell if we’re moving forward, or simply staying in one spot.
See ya’ll in a bit.
So sending letters will help Muse?
Yes!!
Mwahaha, start the spamming…
GAPA: NO! BAD DOG! SIT!
Ebeth: Awwww…*sulks*
lol jk
Send LG email, all of you! He’s nice.
where has everybody been?!?
HELLO-O-O?!?
You said it Violetfire.
Oh, by the way, I had a question for Robert or Roseann.
In terms of popularity, how does this thread rate?
On a scale of 1 to 10?
Just curious.
They might give us an idea of how well we’re doing.
Thanks.
Do we have any ideas of who would be a good Pwt yet? He’s a toughie.
Whats Larry G’s email? Is there a link allready? (checks) I didnt find one…
I think Syndrome from The Incredibles is a little too evil for Kokopelli. Koko isn’t evil, just mischievious and a little insane. Wait, everybody of any mention anywhere is insane. Hmm….
# 165!
You can e-mail Larry at his official website, which you can find on the links bar in the blog
# 166!
I heartily agree with you. Syndrome’s actor doesn’t seem right for Koko.
I’m still sticking with either Jim Carrey or Antonio Banderes
I don’t know of Antonio Banderes. Is he from Arizona? Does he have an Arizona accent? Is there even such a thing as an Arizona accent?!
VIOLETFIRE!
Antonio Banderes is a spanish actor, who has starred in a couple of Zorro movies, plus as Puss in Boots from Shrek 2.
He is the only person other then Jim Carrey that I can think of who might be good as Koko.
PS: Antonio has a Spanish accent. But that’s not to bad. He would probably still be good enough.
QUESTION FOR ANYONE: Does anybody know of any good native-american comedians?
If neither Jim or Antonio works out, an actual Hopi comedian might do the trick.
What do you think?
167- Thank you!
170- We dont watch many movies. Beleve it or not, i dont think either of us has seen Zoro. And no, i dont know any Native American comidians. How would somene play Koko anyway? Wear all black? Or woould it be like a human virson of Koko?
Antonio Banderas is a Spaniard-he’s quite famous, actually. I don’t like Jim Carrey. Would Eddie Murphy work? (“Take back Joe Piscopo-take back Eddie Murphy! Give ’em all someplace to go!”) And as for the man behind Syndrome, he is adaptable. You know? Maybe the man from the Producers who played Leopold? What’s his name? He’s a fabulous actor-would he work?
JADESTONE?!!!
As you are doubtless aware, I am a strong supporter of the live action side of the whole medium battle.
However, there are a couple of things I think would be best animated.
Those being KOKO and the FLYING PIES!
You asked how someone would play Kokopello, so here’s how my idea works:
1. A camera crew films the various locations in which Koko is to appear, and the other actors do and say their lines, as if they are talking to him.
2. A computer animation crew, animates Koko’s shadow, moving along the wall, or rock, or even the ground. I know it doesn’t fit in with the comic strip, but some things need to be changed for film. Plus it would also allow Koko to vanish within other shadows, adding to the whole ‘How did he do that?’ mentality.
3. Jim Carrey or Antonio Bandres, preferably the first, records Koko’s lines, and the editors add them to the scene.
4. The finished product is a mixture of live action, and computer animation, which gives a slightly less human feeling to Kokopelli.
As for the pies, they are computer animated because I doubt you could find enough cows to make all the cream Koko would need.
SO THERE’S THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION!
See ya.
Whoops! I just realized I spelled Koko’s name Kokopello at one point on my last post!
That’s the Italian version of the name.
Wow, that’s cool. Thanks Robert.
By the way, has anyone sent the Muse crew any props for the film yet?
Forgive me if it’s been taking up office space.
Hey, wait here a minute!
Don’t forgive me! Cause let me tell you something Muse crew, the fight for justice will not cease, until justice is delivered!
GO KIDS FOR A MUSE MOVIE!
PS: It’s okay if you hate me by the end of the year 2006!
Bye
Man, it seems like I’m the only Muse-er with any time on their hands.
Where is everyone?
Well while the rest of you are gone, I’d like to take this moment to post a really wierd idea, which probably wouldn’t work, but is worth mentioning anyway.
How about Johnny Depp as Kokopelli?
Now while this sounds like an exciting idea, it probably wouldn’t work, and I’ll tell you why that is.
Johnny Depp, as most of you probably know is the big star of the Disney’s Pirates of the Carribean trilogy (it’s going to be a trilogy eventually) starring as Captain Jack Sparrow.
Now this is only going to make sense to those who have seen the movie, but if you think about it, many of Jack Sparrow’s actions and behaviors, make him seem like a human version of ‘The Lord of the Tricksters.’
If he was cast as a character with similar feattures, it might seem sort of type cast-ish.
I don’t know, what do you guys think?
Next time you watch Pirates of the Carribean, look for these Jack actions:
1. Scene in which Jack meets up with the two soldiers gaurding the ship know as the Interceptor.
Gaurd: “This ship is off limits to suvillieans.”
Jack: “I’m terribly sorry I didn’t know. If I see one, I shall inform you immedietly.”
Very Kokopelli-ish.
2. Scene in which the imprisoned Jack Sparrow meets up with two of the cursed pirates, who turn into skeletons in the moonlight.
Cursed Pirate: “His fortunes aren’t improving much.”
Jack: “Worry about your own fortunes gentlemen. The deepest circle of hell is reserved for betrayers, and mutineers.”
Angry cursed pirate reaches through the jail cell bars, and grabs Jack by the throat with a skelatal hand.
Jack stares at the hideos fingers grasping his neck.
Jack (calmly): “So there is a curse? That’s interesting.”
Also very Kokopelli-ish.
And finally:
3. Scene in which Jack is dueling his nemisis, Captain Barbossa, and Barbossa thrusts his sword straight through Jack’s body. Jack seems pained for a second, until he backs up into the moonlight, and we discover that the little devil has put the curse on himself in order to evade death.
Jack tingles the cursed gold coin in his fingers.
Jack (in regards to his skelatal appearance): “That’s ineresting.”
Jack turns to look at Barbossa
Jack to Barbossa: “Couldn’t resist mate.”
Jack grins.
Very, very Kokopelli-ish.
I’m sorry if this doesn’t make sense to some of you.
I’m not going to explain it right now, since this isn’t a thread for other movies, just a thread for the ultimate cinema treat.
Keep up the good work freinds.
Hey Cedar. I think Johnny Depp might be pretty good at the Koko-humor, but I’m not sure if his voice is quite right. We’ll have to have auditions for the part, so that the producers can hear how the different actors sound with Koko’s lines. Plus, we should think about the actors/voices for the other Muses. The humanoid ones (Urania, Mimi, Aeiou, Chad, Pwt (s/he’ll be hard because we’ll have to choose a girl or boy for the part, thus deciding what sh/he will be)) can be played by real people, but others (Kokopelli, Feather, Bo (unless we have a pretty big budget, we’re not gonna get a real cow), and Crraw (same as Bo)) will have to be animated.
HELLO?!?!?!? WHERE ARE YOU?!?!?!? I thought at least Cedar would be here……..
Hey Violetfire!
How about finding someone who has a voice that doesn’t sound completely male, or female, but sort of both. That way we’ll still be confused. All the evidence sor far points at male. I have never seen Pwt reffered to as a girl. Well most readers seem to reffer to them as kids, but I like to think of them as grown adults. So let me refrase that. I have never heard of Pwt reffered to as a woman.
PS: Pwts name will probably the source of a lot of bloopers on the DVD bonus feattures, considoring the evidence seems to suggest it pronunciation resembles a quickly performed raspberry.
See ya.
I wonder if everyone is over on the ‘Boosting Muse’ thread, or at ‘Muse convention.’
Hmm.
What’s the most popular thread at the moment?
I should go there.
Live-action Muses will probably give me nightmares….. I would like 2-D animation, in the style that the comics are drawn. That way, I won’t have nightmares about strange-looking Muses.
I’m also saying this because I HATE, and I mean HATE, when they do a live-action movie of a comic strip or 2-D TV show. It completely ruins the strip/show. The live-action Garefeild with CG Tabby? Terrible, and Jim Davis sold out. Live-action Fat Albert? Terrible. Live-Action Scooby-Doo, with CG Great Dane? Terrible.
As for content, I’d have to read “Attack of the Smart Pies” first. I’m trying to decide beetween Lady and Tramp DVD or Attack of the Smart pies…… *starts singing* Hes a Tramp, But we love him…..
FREINDLY THOUGHT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WANT TO SEE A 2-D CARTOON VERSION OF THE MUSE MOVIE:
Maybe the DVD bonus feattures could include a 2-d, cartoon style, animated short, based on Larry Gnick’s ‘Lard of the Rings.’
That would be absaloutly fabulous!
It wouldn’t be the end of the world if the big movie was 2-d, but I would be very dissapointed.
Animated movies are never as good as live action movies, becasue an animator can only draw a certain amount of emotion into a character’s face with a cartoon. With live action, there can be much more feeling to the movie.
What do you think?
Well I’ll see you all tommorow.
Why I’m writing this, I do not know.
No one’s here.
Oh well, maybe tommorow.
Bye.
It is possible to do a mix of Traditonal 2-D and live action. You could do 2-D for Bo, Crraw, Feather and hot pink bunnies. There ARE going to be HPB, right?
Yes I know that Cooper, but it’s just my opinion that that often ends up looking rather cheesy.
I am going to stick with live action/ Koko computer animated.
But I would like to see a cartoon version of ‘Lard of the Rings’ on the DVD.
I thought you were going to put on a script or something?
AND WHERE THE HECK ARE YOU, ANYWAY???????
Hey i got an email back from the musish peoples from the co! (Yes it is quite sad that i haven’t checked my yahoo since April 4th…*hides in shame*
lol) This is what they said…
A movie, you say? That makes me want to eat a tub of popcorn at the very thought. Grand idea! We’ve been hearing quite a bit about this lately. Thanks for writing in!
“We’ve been hearing quite a bit about this lately” sounds promising.
HOWDY VIOLET AND EBETH!
To Violet: I will do it today, unless the computer crashes on me again. It better not. Please forgive my extreme lateness.
To Ebeth: That’s great!
I wonder if the GAPAs know how many letters the editors have recieved on the subject?
You don’t happen to know GAPAs, do you?
I happen to know two GAPAs.
Sry, just me and my wannabe grammar-freakness. XD lol
But, being only as yet in the status of wannabe grammar freak, i have no clue how a grammar freak would actually say that.
Oh well.
Ok, being extremely bored and in need of hyperness, i shall go eat some CHOKLIT!!! Yay!
GAPA and a million musers: BUT SUGAR DOESN’T MAKE YOU HYPER!!!!
Ebeth: Oh well. I scoff at science. Not really.
Actually, doesn’t choklit have caffeine in it or something? Oh well, this is all quite irrelevant to the topic. So long, and thanks for all the fish!
Finally!
Please note: I apologize for the absense of scene number two. It got lost somehow, so only the Muse crew has seen it. It basically shows what life was like at Drinkwater’s before Ms. Drinkwater died, and Darien’s temper took a turn for the worse.
Other then that, I hope you enjoy these samples.
I’ll be back with more later.
SCENE#1- The car crash
BLACK SCREEN
GENTLE VERSION OF THEME MUSIC (FLUTE MUSIC PLAYED BY KOKOPELLI) BEGINS TO PLAY
TITLE: JIM CARREY
TITLE: TIM CURRY
TITLE: IN
TITLE: KOKOPELLI & COMPANY
WE OPEN TO A SHOT OF A PEACEFUL COUNTRY ROAD WITH GRASSY HILLS AND APPLE TREES IN THE BACKROUND
THE CAMERA PANS ALONG THE ROAD AS THE OPENING CREDITS PLAY
TITLE: ALSO STARRING (NAMES OF THE OTHER MUSE ACTORS)
TITLE: AND INTRODUCING ___________ AS EMMA
THE CAMERA CONTINUES TO MOVE PEACEFULY THROUGH THE COUNTRYSIDE
KOKO’S VOICE: “HEY. HOW Y’ALL DOING? Y’ALL COMFY AND STUFF? GOT YOUR POPCOLN HANDY? I THINK SOMEONE IN THE FILST LOW JUST SPILLED SOME. I KNOW, THEY’RE THINKIN, ‘HOW IN GOD’S NAME DOES HE KNOW WHAT WE’RE ALL UP TO?’ PATIENCE FOLKS, WE’LL GET TO THAT A LITTLE LATER.”
THE NEXT SHOT SHOWS A BLUE TRUCK DRIVING ALONG THE ROAD
THE WINDOWS ARE BLURRED SO WE CAN’T TELL WHO’S DRIVING, BUT IT APPEARS TO BE A MAN AND A WOMAN BICKERING
WE CAN’T MAKE OUT WHAT THEY’RE SAYING, BUT IT SEEMS TO BE VERY HEATED
THE MAN IS POUNDING THE DASHBOARD LIKE A LITTLE KID, AND YELLING VERY LOUDLY
KOKO’S VOICE: “NOW WHAT DOES HE THINK HE’S DOIN? HE BETTER GET A HOLD ON HIMSELF, OR HE’S GONNA HULT SOMEONE.”
THE NEXT SHOT SHOWS A LOVELY GREEN FORD DRIVING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION
THE CAMERA ZOOMS THROUGH THE WINDSHEILD AND INTO THE CAR
THE OCCUPANTS CONSIST OF A MAN, A WOMAN (EMMA’S PARENTS) AND A FOUR YEAR OLD GIRL (EMMA)
KOKO’S VOICE: “NOW THIS IS MORE LIKE IT. A NICE LITTLE FAMILY OUT FOR A DLIVE IN THE WILDELNESS. I MEAN, THEY COULD USE SOME FASHION SENSE, BUT HEY, WHAT YE GONNA DO?”
A CATCHY TUNE OF SOME SORT IS PLAYING ON THE FAMILY’S RADIO
THE NEXT SHOT SHOWS THE BLUE TRUCK ZOOMING MUCH TO FAST DOWN THE ROAD
KOKO’S VOICE: “WHAT THE HECK? THIS GUY IS NUTS. DO YOU SEE THIS FOLKS? LOOK AT HIM! WHAT A LOONY!”
THE MAN IS NOW SHOUTING WITH HIS HANDS OVER HIS HEAD
THE GREEN FORD PREPARES TO TURN A LARGE CORNER DIRECTLY NEXT TO A SHORT CLIFF
THE BLUE TRUCK PREPARES TO TURN THE SAME CORNER
THE MAN ACCIDENTLY CHANGES LANES IN HIS DISTRACTION
KOKO’S VOICE: “YOU’RE TOTALLY SCLEWED UP YOU IDIOT! GET BACK IN THE-”
KOKO’S VOICE IS CUT SHORT AS THE TWO VEHICLES MEET AROUND THE CORNER, AND EMMA’S MOTHER OR FATHER (WHICHEVER ONE IS CHOSEN TO BE THE DRIVER) SWERVES TO THE LEFT TO AVOID THE TRUCK
UNFORTUNATELY, THEY NEVER NOTICED THE CLIFF
THE CAR GOES OVER IT, SOARING THROUGH THE AIR, AND LANDING WITH A TERRIBLE CRASH IN THE MIDDLE OF SOME LARGE ROCKS
THE FRONT END EXPLODES ON IMPACT
THE SCREEN GOES BLACK
KOKO’S VOICE: “WELL THIS SURE SUCKS.”
THE NEXT SHOT SHOWS FIREFIGHTERS AND PARAMEDICS HELPING THE UNCONCIOUS EMMA OUT OF THE CAR
THEY CARRY HER OVER TO A GUERNEY AND LAY HER DOWN ON IT
ONE PARAMEDIC CHECKS EMMA’S PULSE
PARAMEDIC: “SHE’S ALIVE.”
FIRE CHEIF: “OKAY LET’S GET HER TO A HOSPITAL.”
A DIFFERENT PARAMEDIC: “WHAT ABOUT HER PARENTS?”
A WOMAN FIREFIGHTER STANDING NEAR THE CAR SHAKES HER HEAD
THE PARAMEDIC SIGHS
PARAMEDIC: “WELL, I’LL TALK TO HER WHEN SHE WAKES UP.”
FIRE CHEIF: “GOOD LUCK.”
THE PARAMEDICS PUT EMMA IN THE AMBULANCE AND DRIVE OFF
THE CAMERA ZOOMS SLOWLY INTO THE SKY AS THE FIREFIGHTERS CONTINUE TO REMOVE THE CAR FROM THE ROCKS
KOKO’S VOICE: “WELL I SUPPOSE YOU’RE HOPING THAT DOSEN’T HAPPEN AGAIN. I’M WITH YA.”
THE SCREEN GOES BLACK
SCENE#3- DARIEN SNAPS
A CAPTION APPEARS ON THE SCREEN
CAPTION: 3 YEARS LATER, ___________ DRINKWATER PASSED AWAY-
NEW CAPTION: MR. DRINKWATER, WHO HAD BEEN DOING VERY WELL IN TERMS OF CONTROLLING HIS TEMPER, STARTED TO
TAKE A TURN FOR THE WORSE, AFTER THE DEATH OF _____________ DRINKWATER
CAPTIONS STOP
THE SCREEN LIGHTS UP AGAIN
WE ARE BACK IN THE DRINKWATER’S HOUSE, BUT THERE IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT ABOUT IT
IT DOESN’T LOOK AS WELL KEPT
IN FACT IT LOOKS DOWNRIGHT SLOB-ISH
THE CAMERA STROLLS PAST THE FIREPLACE, WHICH IS COVERED WITH SOOT
IT PASSES THE KITCHEN, WHERE, IF ONE PEERS CLOSLEY, THEY CAN SEE OLD SODA CANS AND PIZZA BOXES LITTERING THE TABLE
IT STARTS MOVING SIDEWAYS DOWN THE HALL
IT STOPS AT THE STAIRS
2 SECOND PAUSE
SUDDENLY, A DOOR UPSTAIRS OPENS, AND TWELVE YEAR OLD EMMA WALKS OUT OF IT
SHE IS DRESSED IN A MORE PUNK-ISH OUTFIT THIS TIME, SUGGESTING THAT THINGS ARE STARTING TO GO DOWNHILL FOR HER
SHE WALKS DOWN THE STAIRS
SIDEVIEW OF EMMA, AS SHE REACHES THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS
THE CAMERA PANS OVER A LITTLE, AND IT BECOMES APPARENT THAT MR. DRINKWATER IS APPARENTLY PLAYING WITH SOMETHING ON A LITTLE TABLE AT THE END OF THE HALLWAY
EMMA: “WHAT ARE YOU DOING DARIEN?”
DARIEN: “OH EMMA. I WAS JUST HOPING YOU MIGHT HAPPEN BY.”
EMMA WALKS TOWARDS HIM
EMMA: “WHADYA NEED?”
DARIEN: “REMIND ME AGAIN HOW YOUR PARENTS DIED.”
EMMA LOOKS SHOCKED AND SCARED
THE CAMERA PANS DOWNWARD, TO THE LEVEL OF THE TABLE, AND IT BECOMES APPARENT, THAT MR. DRINKWATER IS ACTING OUT THE CAR CRASH WITH A GROUP OF LITTLE GLASS FIGURINES
DARIEN STARES AT EMMA, AS SHE STARES IN HORROR AT THE DISPLY IN FRONT OF HER
EMMA GULPS
DARIEN STARES
EMMA GLANCES UP AT HIM
DARIEN: “WELL? YOU HAVEN’T GIVEN ME AN ANSWER. WHAT HAPPENED?”
EMMA SUDDENLY BECOMES VERY BRAVE
SHE TURNS AND LOOKS DARIEN DIRECTLY IN THE EYE
EMMA: “I’LL TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED YOU GOOD FOR NOTHING PIECE OF CRAP.”
DARIEN FROWN, BUT EMMA STANDS HER GROUND
EMMA: “NO WAIT. I’VE GOT A BETTER IDEA. I’LL SHOW YOU.”
EMMA TURNS TOWARDS THE GLASS TABLE, AND QUICKLY SMACKS ALL OF THE GLASS FIGURINES OFF THE TABLE
THE FIGURINES GO FLYING EVERYWHERE
DARIEN TRIES TO CATCH A LITTLE GLASS HORSE, AS IT SOARS IN THE DIRECTION OF THE KITCHEN, BUT IT HITS THE FLOOR AND SHATTERS, BEFORE HE CAN CATCH IT
DARIEN’S HAND COMES DOWN ON TOP OF THE BROKEN GLASS
HE DOESN’T MAKE ANY PAINED NOISES, BUT HE DOES SEEM SURPRISED
HE LAYS ON THE FLOOR FOR 3 SECONDS, WHILE A SMALL TRICKLY OF BLOOD APPEARS FROM BENEATH HIS CUT HAND
EMMA GLARES AT HIM
DARIEN SNARLS LIKE A DOG
DARIEN: “THAT’S FRIGGIN IT!”
HE PUSHES HIMSELF TO HIS FEET
HE TURNS TO FACE EMMA
EMMA BRAVELY STANDS HER GROUND
DARIEN STARTS WALKING SLOWLY TOWARDS HER
DARIEN: “‘A GOOD FOR NOTHING, PIECE OF CRAP’ AM I?”
HE GRABS EMMA BY THE SCRUFF OF THE NECK WITH HIS UNCUT HAND
EMMA SUDDENLY SEEMS FRIGHTENED
DARIEN SLAMS HER INTO THE WALL
DARIEN: “WELL LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING EMMA. YOU’RE NOTHING BUT A CRAZY LITTLE BRAT. I’VE HAD ENOUGH, DONE ENOUGH, PUT UP WITH ENOUGH. I HATE YOUR STUPID GUTS. YOU BETTER NOT EVER CAUSE TROUBLE AROUND HERE AGAIN. AND HERE’S SOMETHING JUST TO REMIND YOU.”
DARIEN TAKES A SWING AT EMMA’S FACE WITH HIS CUT HAND, WICH IS FULL OF PIECES OF SHARP GLASS
EMMA LEANS HER HEAD TO THE SIDE, AND DARIEN’S HAND HITS THE WALL INSTEAD
IT PUNCHES RIGHT THROUGH, AND HIS BIG ARM DISSAPEARS ALONG WITH IT
EMMA DUCKS, AND RUNS AWAY UP THE STAIRS TOWARDS HER ROOM
DARIEN SPITS ON THE FLOOR
THEN, INSTEAD OF MERELY PULLING HIS ARM OUT OF THE WALL, HE SLAMS IT TO THE SIDE, MAKING A LONG GASH IN IT
THEN HE PULLS HIS ARM OUT, AND HEADS FOR THE STAIRS
EMMA IS ATTEMPTING TO BACK UP SOME BOOKS, AND CLOTHES INTO HER BACK PACK
SHE LOOKS OVER HER SHOULDER AS THE DOORKNOB TURNS
SHE JUMPS UP AND RUNS TOWARDS THE WINDOW, AS DARIEN BURSTS INTO THE ROOM
DARIEN: “GET YOUR BUTT BACK HERE EMMA DRINKWATER!â€
EMMA JUMPS THROUGH THE WINDOW, FALLS TEN FEET, AND LANDS ON A SMALLER GABLE ABOVE THE ENTRY WAY
DARIEN LOOKS UP, WITH A FRIGHTENED LOOK IN HIS EYES, AS THOUGH CHECKING FOR WITNESSES
EMMA COUGHS, AND PUSHES HERSELF UP
SHE LOOKS UP
DARIEN: “STAY RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE, YOU LITTLE PIECE OF FILTH.â€
DARIEN JUMPS OUT THE WINDOW, LANDING WITH A HEAVY THUD ON THE GABLE WITH EMMA
EMMA BACKS UP
DARIEN PUTS ON A MALICIOUS GRIN
EMMA BACKS AWAY
DARIEN: “YOU KNOW WHAT I’M GONNA DO WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON YOU, YOU LITTLE BRAT? I’M GONNA_â€
ALL OF A SUDDEN, DARIEN STOPS TALKING
SOMETHING SEEMS TO HAVE FROZEN HIM IN HIS TRACKS
EMMA, WHO IS NOW AT THE EDGE OF THE GABLE, FROWNS AT HIM
DARIEN (SEEMINGLY TO HIMSELF): “NO. WHY SHOULD I?â€
EMMA: “WHAT?â€
DARIEN: “THE GIRL IS MINE.â€
EMMA LOOKS BEHIND HER
IT ISN’T ALL THAT FAR TO THE GROUND
EMMA GULPS
SHE TURNS AROUND BEHIND HER
DARIEN SHAKES HIS HEAD
DARIEN: “THE GIRL IS MINE I TELL YOU!â€
HE STARTS TOWARDS HER
BUT BEFORE HE CAN CRAWL TWO FEET, HE REARS UP AND STARTS SHREIKING IN PAIN
EMMA FROWNS WITH A LOOK OF CONFUSION AND FEAR ON HER FACE
DARIEN DOUBLES OVER: “STOP THE NOISE! STOP IT! I DON’T LIKE IT!â€
EMMA TURNS AROUND, AND HANGS HER LEGS OVER THE EDGE
DARIEN MAKES A VIOLENT PUNCHING MOTION
WHATEVER IS POCESSING HIM, SEEMS TO VANISH
HE SUDDENLY SEEMS TO NOTICE EMMA, ON THE EDGE OF THE GABLE
DARIEN: “NO!â€
HE LUNGES FOR HER
EMMA JUMPS DOWN, JUST AS DARIEN’S BIG FINGERS CLOSE AROUND THE STRAPS OF HER BACKPACK
SHE SLIPS OUT OF HER BACKPACK, AND LANDS ON THE SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF THE FRONT DOOR
DARIEN TAKES A DEEP BREATH, LOOKING SOMEWHAT SHOCKED
EMMA IS ALSO BREATHING HEAVILY
SHE PUSHES HERSELF UP
HER LEFT ARMS IS BLEEDING
SHE LOOKS UP
DARIEN IS ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB UP THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE, BACK INTO HER BEDROOM
EMMA TAKES ONE LAST DEEP BREATH, THEN GETS UP AND RUNS OFF DOWN THE BLOCK
DARIEN TURNS AROUND, JUST AS HE IS ABOUT TO CLIMB BACK INTO EMMA’S ROOM
DARIEN FROWNS AS EMMA RUNS OFF DOWN THE STREET
DARIEN: “JUST YOU WAIT!â€
EMMA DISSAPEARS DOWN THE BLOCK
DARIENPOUNDS THE LEDGE WITH HIS BIG HAND
DARIEN: “SHIT!â€
PLEASE NOTE: Forgive me for using foul language and violence in the last scene, but I don’t want this movie to end up being some dorky, badly scripted film for little kids. I want it to be the kind of movie that will appeal to all ages. That people will come to and leave the theater saying “that was really good.†And remember I mentioned it would have child in jeopardy sequences? This was the first.
Oh and by the way, that thing that was ‘possessing’ Mr. Drinkwater, was the voice of Mimi, who was shouting very loud in Darien’s ear, to keep him distracted while Emma escaped.
Okay. On to scene number four!
SCENE#4- MYSTERIES AT THE MALL
THE NEXT SHOT SHOWS EMMA RUNNING DOWN THE BLOCK
PEOPLE STARE AT HER BLOODY ARM AS SHE PASSES
EMMA RUNS FOR 4 SECONDS WORTH OF FILM
SHE STOPS, OUT OF BREATH NEXT TO THE DOOR OF A BIG BUILDING
SOME PEOPLE STOP AND STARE AT HER ARM
EMMA LOOKS UP AT THEM
EMMA (RATHER RUDELY): “WHAT?â€
MAN: “ARE YOU ALRIGHT?â€
EMMA CLUTCHES HER ARM
EMMA: “OH YEAH. I’M OKAY. I JUST SLIPPED IN THE PARK. EVERYTHING’S
OKAY.â€
WOMAN: “ALRIGHT. YOU GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF.â€
EMMA: “THANKS, I WILL.â€
ANOTHER MAN: “HAVE A GOOD DAY.â€
EMMA: “HAVE ONE YOURSELF.â€
THE PEOPLE SMILE, AND WALK OFF
EMMA TAKES A DEEP BREATH, AND OPENS THE DOOR TO THE MALL
SHE WALKS INSIDE
FUNKY MUSIC STARTS PLAYING THAT FITS IN WITH THE ATMOSPHERE OF HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE RUNNING AROUND WILLY NILLY
EMMA WALKS FORWARD INTO THE CROWD
THE SHOT CHANGES
THE NEXT SHOT SHOWS FEATHER WALKING THROUGH THE CROWD, ABOUT THIRTY FEET TO THE RIGHT OF EMMA
A MIDDLE AGED WOMAN STARES AT FEATHER AS HE WALKS PAST
FEATHER GIVES HER A NERVOUS SMILE
A GROUP OF WELL DRESSED CONSERVATIVE LOOKING MEN DROP THEIR BAGS AS FEATHER GOES BY
FEATHER WINCES
ONE MAN TO ANOTHER MAN: “MUST BE SELLING SOMETHING.â€
OTHER MAN SHAKES HIS HEAD
FEATHER PICKS UP HIS PACE, CLEARLY EAGER TO ESCAPE FROM THE CROWD OF OBNOXIOUS HUMANS
THE SHOT CHANGES TO EMMA
SHE IS ALSO RUNNING QUITE FAST NOW
THERE IS BLOOD DRIPPING DOWN HER ARM AND ONTO HER TATTERED JEANS
GO TO WIDE SHOT OF FEATHER AND EMMA RUNNING TOWARDS EACH OTHER THROUGH THE CROWD
WIDE SHOT LASTS TWO SECONDS
CUT TO CLOSEUP
FEATHER AND EMMA BUMP INTO EACH OTHER
FEATHER: “OH. I’M S-SORRY.â€
EMMA: “THAT’S OKAY.â€
SHE DOESN’T SEEM TO TAKE NOTICE OF FEATHER’S ODD APPEARANCE
FEATHER: “ALRIGHT.â€
EMMA RUNS OFF
FEATHER FINGERS THE FRINGES OF HIS OVERCOAT
THEY ARE SPLATTERED WITH BLOOD
PEOPLE STARE AT FEATHER
THE NEXT SHOT SHOWS FEATHER STANDING IN A LONG LINE
HE SEEMS TO BE THINKING (OR IN FEATHER’S CASE, TRYING TO THINK) HARD
FEATHER: “SHOULD I GET A DOZEN ALL ALIKE, OR A VARIETY PACK?â€
CUT TO SHOT OF STORE AT THE END OF THE LINE
WE CAN JUST MAKE OUT THE WORDS CRUSTY GLOP ON THE SIGN ABOVE THE DOORWAY
FEATHER LICKS HIS BEAK
ALL OF A SUDDEN, A HAND APPEARS FROM WITHIN THE LINE AND TAPS FEATHER ON THE SHOULDER
FEATHER SPINS AROUND
EMMA IS STANDING THERE, WITH HER LEFT ARM RAPPED IN A BANDAGE
SHE HAS HER HANDS ON HER HIPS AND IS SMILING
EMMA: “LONG LINE.â€
FEATHER (NERVOUSLY): “Y-Y-YEAH.â€
HE TURNS AROUND AND GULPS
EMMA STARTS FEELING FEATHER’S WINGS
FEATHER WINCES
EMMA: “WHAT IS THIS SUPPOSED TO BE? CAUSE IF IT’S SOME KIND OF COSTUME, THEN I CAN TELL YOU, HALLOWEEN WAS MONTHS AGO.â€
FEATHER (WITHOUT LOOKING AT EMMA): “NO IT’S NOT A COSTUME.â€
EMMA: “ARE YOU A SUPERHERO?â€
FEATHER: “NO.â€
EMMA: “AN ALIEN?â€
FEATHER STARTS TO TURN AROUND
EMMA HOLDS UP HER HAND
EMMA: “YOU DON’T NEED TO ANSWER THAT. I KNOW THERE’S SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT YOU.â€
FEATHER: “UH, UH-â€
EMMA: “SO I WAS WONDERING. CAN YOU HELP ME?â€
FEATHER SUDDENLY DOESN’T SEEM AS NERVOUS
FEATHER: “IS IT SOMETHING TO DO WITH PLANTS?â€
EMMA GIVE HIM A WEIRD LOOK
FEATHER: “BECAUSE I’M NOT MUCH GOOD FOR ANYTHING ELSE.â€
EMMA: “OH.â€
FEATHER: “BUT MAYBE I COULD-â€
FEATHER IS INTERRUPTED BY THE SOUND OF MORE FALLING PACKAGES
HE AND EMMA LOOK TO THEIR LEFT AND SEE AN AUSTRAILIAN WOMAN, WITH A FEATHERED HEADDRESS SHOPPING IN A STORE TITLED
THE GENDER GAP
PEOPLE STARE AT HER AS SHE HOLDS A TIE-DYE SHIRT TO HER CHEST
FEATHER TO EMMA: “SO ANYWAY, MAYBE I COULD-â€
MORE CRASHING BAGS
FEATHER AND EMMA WHEEL AROUND
THE NEXT SHOT SHOWS A TALL, ATTRACTIVE, AND SMART LOOKING WOMAN, WRAPPED IN LOVELY PURPLE SILK, WITH HER BLOND HAIR TIED UP IN A LARGE BUN ON TOP OF HER HEAD
A CHOIR OF GREEK SINGERS (URANIA’S THEME) STARTS PLAYING
PEOPLE STARE IN SHOCK AT URANIA AS SHE WALKS TOWARDS EMMA AND FEATHER
EVEN EMMA SEEMS SLIGHTLY SURPRISED
URANIA WALKS UP TO FEATHER
URANIA TO FEATHER: “HAVE YOU SEEN MIMI?â€
FEATHER JERKS HIS THUMB OVER HIS SHOULDER, AT THE GENDER GAP
URANIA: “THANK YOU.â€
SHE WALKS BRISKLY INTO THE STORE
MORE CRASHING
EMMA TO FEATHER: “WHO WAS THAT?â€
FEATHER: “A-A FRIEND OF MINE.â€
EMMA AND FEATHER TURN TO LOOK AT URANIA AND MIMI
THEY ARE CLEARLY HAVING SOME SORT OF CONVERSATION, BUT WE CAN’T MAKE OUT WHAT THEY ARE SAYING
THIS LASTS FOR 5 SECONDS
SUDDENLY, MIMI SHOUTS OUT
MIMI: “GET AWAY FROM ME!â€
SHE RUNS AWAY FROM URANIA AND OUT OF THE STORE
URANIA TO MIMI (LOUDLY): “WAIT MIMI! YOU CAN HELP!â€
URANIA STOPS AT THE DOORWAY OF THE GENDER GAP
FEATHER AND EMMA STARE AT HER
URANIA SIGHS
URANIA TO FEATHER (WITHOUT LOOKING AT HIM): “THANKS FOR YOUR HELP FEATHER.â€
FEATHER: “YOU’RE WELCOME. WH-WHAT’S GOING-â€
EMMA: “HOLY CREAM PIES.â€
URANIA ROLLS HER EYES
URANIA: “OH CRAP.â€
FEATHER LOOKS UP
FROM OUT OF NOWHERE, A STICKY STRAWBERRY CREAM PIE SMACKS INTO HIS FACE
FEATHER IS THROWN OVER BACKWARDS BY THE IMPACT
HE LANDS ON THE GROUND NEXT TO EMMA
URANIA RUNS OVER TO HELP FEATHER TO HIS FEET
EMMA HELPS AS WELL
FEATHER STAND UP
HE TRIES TO PULL THE PIE OFF HIS FACE
IT WON’T BUDGE
FEATHER (VERY MUFFLED): “WAT-F-DS-STF?â€
EMMA LOOKS TO HER RIGHT: “DOUBLE HOLY CREAM PIES.â€
URANIA SPINS AROUND SO THAT THE UNBUNNED PART OF HER LONG HAIR COVERS THE LEFT SIDE OF HER FACE
PIES ARE COMING IN THROUGH THE WINDOWS AND HITTING THE WALLS AND FLOORS EVERYWHERE
PEOPLE ARE RUNNING HELTER SKELTER, SHOUTING IN PANIC
EMMA: “WHOAH.â€
FEATHER (MUFFLED): “WHF-GOOING-UN?â€
URANIA PUTS ON A SMALL FROWN, HER HAIR STILL COVERING HALF OF HER FACE
URANIA (VERY SOFTLY TO HERSELF): “KOKO.â€
URANIA TURNS TO FEATHER, AND HER HAIR FALLS BACK TO HER SHOULDERS
URANIA TO FEATHER: “WE GOTTA GO!â€
FEATHER (MUFFLED): “WHF?â€
URANIA GRABS THE PIE TIN AND JERKS IT OFF FEATHER’S FACE
URANIA: “COME ON!â€
FEATHER RUNS OFF AFTER URANIA
EMMA STARES AFTER THEM
SUDDENLY, SHE GETS A SLY LOOK ON HER FACE
SHE RUNS OFF AFTER THEM
THE NEXT SHOT SHOWS FEATHER AND URANIA RUNNING THROUGH THE PARKING LOT, DODOGING PIES AS THEY FALL ALL AROUND THEM
A PUMPKIN PIE LANDS SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF AN OLD MAN’S SHOPPING CART
THE MAN LOOKS UP AT THE SKY WITH A WEIRD LOOK ON HIS FACE
MAN: “THANK YOU.â€
URANIA PULLS UP HER SKIRT SO SHE CAN RUN FASTER
FEATHER STEPS ON AN UPSIDEDOWN PIE TIN AND SLIDES UNGRACEFULLY ACROSS THE PARKING LOT
URANIA RUNS AFTER HIM
THE SLIDING FEATHER IS NOW HEADING STRAIGHT FOR AN ONCOMING CAR
FEATHER: “HOLY TURNIPS!â€
URANIA LUNGES FOR FEATHER AND PUSHES HIM TO THE GROUND
THE CAR GOES OVER FEATHER AND URANIA, WITH THE TWO MUSES LYING BETWEEN THE WHEELS
FEATHER AND URANIA TAKE A DEEP BREATH
URANIA PUSHES HERSELF UP AND HELPS FEATHER TO HIS FEET
URANIA: “COME ON!â€
SHE RUNS OFF
FEATHER LIMPS AFTER HER
A STICKY VANILLA CREAM PIE HITS FEATHER IN THE BUTT
FEATHER: “WHOA!â€
FEATHER TAKES OFF RUNNING
URANIA AND FEATHER RUN FOR SIX SECONDS WORTH OF FILM
THE NEXT SHOT SHOWS THE TWO MUSES COMING UP TO A BIG ROCK WALL
URANIA RUNS HER FINGERS ALONG THE WALL
SHE CHECKS TO SEE IF ANYONE IS WATCHING
NO ONE IS
A SECRET DOOR IN THE ROCKWAY OPENS
URANIA: “COME ON FEATHER.â€
FEATHER: “OW, OW, OW.â€
THE TWO MUSES RUN INSIDE
THE DOOR CLOSES BEHIND THEM
THEY BOTH TAKE DEEP BREATHS
URANIA WIPES SWEAT FROM HER FOREHEAD
FEATHER ADJUSTS HIS OVERCOAT
URANIA: “Y-Y-YOU OKAY?â€
FEATHER: “Y-YEAH. YOU OKAY?â€
URANIA: “I’M FINE.â€
FEATHER: “OKAY.â€
URANIA: “IVE GOTTA GO.â€
FEATHER: “OKAY. BYE URANIA.â€
URANIA: “BYE.â€
URANIA RUNS OFF
PLEASE NOTE: THE CAMERA IS NOT SHOWING US ANY OF KOKONINO COUNTY YET
FEATHER TAKES ONE LAST DEEP BREATH
THEN HE PULLS SOMETHING OUT OF HIS BAG
IT LOOKS LIKE A TANGERINE WITH BUTTONS AND A SMALL SCREEN ON IT
FEATHER PRESSES SOME BUTTONS
AN IMAGE COMES UP ON THE SCREEN
ELECTRONIC VOICE: “DESIRED PERSON OR DESTINATION?â€
FEATHER: “THE GIRL I MET AT THE MALL.â€
COMPUTER BEEPS
AN IMAGE OF EMMA STANDING WITH HER HANDS ON HER HIPS, SMILING, APPEARS ON THE SCREEN
SHE IS STANDING DIRECTLY BEHIND FEATHER
EMMA ON SCREEN: “YOU KNOW YOU’RE JUST A WEE BIT STUPID IF YOU ASK ME.â€
FEATHER: “WOWEE!â€
FEATHER SPINS AROUND, STUBBING HIS TOE ON A ROCK
FEATHER: “OW, OW, OW!â€
FEATHER HOPS AROUND HOLDING HIS FOOT
EMMA SNIGGERS
FEATHER BACKS INTO A CACTUS
FEATHER: “YOW!â€
FEATHER FALLS FACE FIRST INTO THE SAND
EMMA LAUGHS AND RUNS OVER TO HELP HIM UP
FEATHER COUGHS AND SPITS OUT SAND AS HE STANDS UP
FEATHER TO EMMA: “WH-WH-WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?â€
EMMA: “I THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU’D HELP ME.â€
FEATHER: “WELL OF COURSE I’LL HELP YOU. I MEAN I’LL GET ONE OF MY FRIENDS TO HELP YOU. BUT I CAN’T DO IT HERE. YOU’VE GOTTA GET OUT. GO BACK OUT. WE CAN HELP YOU FROM THERE.â€
EMMA: “HOW?â€
FEATHER: “IT’S A LONG STORY.â€
EMMA CLUTCHES FEATHER BY HIS OVERCOAT
EMMA: “I CAN’T GO BACK OUT THERE.â€
FEATHER: “OF-OF COURSE YOU CAN.â€
EMMA: “DRINKWATER WILL FIND ME.â€
FEATHER (DUMBLY): “TH’THAT’S NOT SO BAD. YOU LOOK LIKE YOU COULD USE A GOOD DRINK OF WATER.â€
EMMA: “NO YOU WACKO. DRINKWATER IS MY FOSTER FATHER.â€
FEATHER: “BUT I-â€
EMMA (SHOUTING): “HE PRACTICALLY MURDERED ME JUST NOW!â€
SILENCE
FEATHER STARES AT EMMA
EMMA SEEMS NERVOUS
EMMA: “YOU’VE GOTTA HELP ME.â€
FEATHER TAKES A DEEP BREATH
FEATHER: “OKAY. YOU CAN STAY. BUT JUST FOR A LITTLE WHILE.â€
EMMA JUMPS UP
EMMA: “THANK YOU.â€
FEATHER GETS TO HIS FEET
EMMA: “SO WHAT IS THIS PLACE?â€
FEATHER: “IT’S KOKONINO COUNTY.â€
THE NEXT SHOT SHOWS KOKONINO COUNTY IN ALL ITS SPLENDOR
A DRAMATIC VERSION OF THE THEME STARTS PLAYING
(PLEASE NOTE: THIS DRAMATIC THEME WILL PROBABLY BE THE FIRST PIECE OF MUSIC ON THE SOUNDTRACK ALBUM)
THE CAMERA MOVES SLOWLY OVER THE LANDSCAPE FOR 20 SECONDS WORTH OF FILM
FEATHER TO EMMA: “LET’S GO TO MY HOUSE.â€
EMMA: “OKAY.â€
THEY WALK OFF TO THE RIGHT
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Maybe you guys could post your own script ideas here.
PS: I THINK WE SHOULD START POSTING BUILDING DESIGN IDEAS. ANYONE GOT A PARENT WHO’S AN ARCHITECH?
PLEASE TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK!
A movie of any kind would definitely be fantastic! I don’t care whether it’s live action or animated; any movie with the muses is a movie I’ll want to see!
Hooray for Stupidity! It’s his birthday today! In honor of this imaginary person, everyone should post ideas on this story! Hooray for him! Hooray for Cedar! Hooray for me because I thought up this wonderful idea!
LiveStrong!
Cedar—Quit with the caps lock for heaven’s sake! You’re giving us all headaches! You have a NAME above your posts. So—QUIT WITH THE STUPID CAPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I apologize Kokopelli #13.
The script is copied from a letter I sent to the Muse crew.
The script was caps locked so it would stand out more.
Why don’t you post your own script ideas?
IDEA: Write a script for the scene where Emma tells Feather about her life, we learn about Intelligent Air, and the coded message is introduced into the plot.
I’ll be sending in my version in a few days.
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:
Starting today, I am going to start e-mailing famous people, and asking them to stop by the ‘Muse Movie?’ thread and post something.
Included in my list are:
Jim Carrey
Ellen Degeneres
Mirranda Otto
Samuel L. Jackson
Plus:
Operah (if she writes in, it’s as good as made)
Johny Depp
Elijha Wood
Sean Astin
Viggo Mortenson
Ian Mcelen (I have no clue if I spelled his name properly)
Those are just some of the people I plan to write to.
If we can get at least one of them to stop by the ‘Muse Movie?’ thread, then we’ll be even closer to acheiving justice.
Cedar, that’s great but i really think you should cut down the language in that one scene…i mean i know what you mean when you say you don’t want it to be just a dorky kid’s movie, but i think there are better ways to fix that than adding in swearing. Besides, there wasn’t any of that in the book, and people love that. I like koko’s V/o in the first scene, that was really good. As is feather’s “Holy turnips!” I don’t remember if that was in the book or if you made it up, but it’s great and i shall use it often. XD
wait…. wasn’t the crash like this:
emma’s car is stopped at a stop light, and drinkwater is behind the car. drinkwater doesn’t stop fast enough, and pushes the front half of emma’s car into the path of an oncoming brick truck, which flattens the front end (and emma’s parents). drinkwater then makes a quick getaway, feeling guilty.
EBETH and LIBRO!
I made up ‘Holy Turnips.’
I hypped up the car crash to make it way more exciting for the movie.
Ask yourself, which is more dramatic.
Car’s front end is flattened by brick truck?
or
Car goes over cliff and front end explodes?
BIG NEWS!
Tommorow I am going to email Ellen Degeneres at her show’s website, and ask her to swing by the ‘Muse Movie?’ thread and post a comment.
You can see my list of stars to shoot for at comment number 197.
Hope you’ll email your favorite celebrity and tell them what we’re up to.
HA! We’re winning!
I have a plan!
Today I am going to send emails to both Ellen Degeneres, and Oprah Winfrey at the same time. Press send button, close window, press other send button, close window.
That way, they will both recieve the emails at roughly the same time. Just imagine if we could get both Oprah and Ellen to stop by the ‘Muse Movie?’ thread in a single day.
This movie is in the bag.
And now, because no one else has bothered, I am going to start making some detailed set designs.
DRINKWATER HOUSE:
Number of levels on house: 2
Paint color: dark green
Location/ color of front door: north/ oak wood red
Kitchen positioned: on north side of house (to left of front door)
Family room: same (to right of same)
Emma’s room: upstairs/ same (above front door)
Exercise room: southeast side (down hall from kitchen)
Mr. Drinkwater’s study: southwest side (down hall from family room)
Porch located on south side of house outside exercise room
INTERIOR PAINT COLORS:
Entryway, family room, and hallway connecting family room and kitchen = peach
Kitchen = sky blue
Family room = lime green
Exercise room = plain white
Emma’s room = mold green (for a disturbing look)
Stairway leading up to Emma’s room = light brown (stairs = tan shag carpeting)
INTERIOR DESIGNS:
KITCHEN:
Kitchen is medium sized
Table is located in dead center of room
Stove and oven are located nine feet to the left of the table
Cabinet is located to the right of the stove
Twelve feet to the right of the table, is a little card table for a Sunday poker game
The kitchen table is made with pine wood, and is painted dark blue
The card table is mere brown plastic (not fancy)
FAMILY ROOM:
There are three matching comfy chairs, with bright red roses all over them, positioned to the south side of the room
The TV is placed six feet in front of the chairs
It is medium sized (black)
There is a pretty little coffee table in front between the chairs and the TV
Next to the two windows located on the north side, is a tall bookshelf, filled with all sorts of smart looking reads (as the film progresses, the books become dusty, suggesting that Mr. Drinkwater has no interest in them)
The bookshelf is dark red
EXERCISE ROOM:
A silver treadmill is located in the south side corner
A black bike machine is located two feet to the left of that towards the north side
In the center of the room, is a set of big weights
A martial arts practice mat is located by the wall on the west side
(The dusty nature of the exercise room suggests that Mr. Drinkwater stopped using it after Ms. Drinkwater’s death. Emma probably continued to use it though)
EMMA’S ROOM:
A small bed is located in the corner on the east side of the room
There are a number of heavy metal band posters on the mold green walls
Emma’s closet is located on the west side of the room, and contains lots of punk outfits
There is a window located to the north side of the room
The gable above the front door is located ten feet beneath it
INTERIOR PROPS:
ENTRYWAY:
#1 shoe rack/
#1 coat rack
#3 five pairs of shoes (two to Emma, two to Ms. Drinkwater, and one to Mr. Drinkwater)
#3 coats (Emma’s = black Ms. D’s = crimson Mr. D’s = mud brown)
#3 pairs of gloves (Emma’s = black leather, Ms. D’s = tan Mr. D’s = orange)
KITCHEN (first appearance):
#13 tall glass cups
#10 aqua blue pottery style dinner plates
#10 pine tree green pottery style dessert plates
# 20 forks/spoons/butter knives
#1 wall clock
#1 vase of daisies (vase = dark blue)
KITCHEN (later appearances):
#5 pizza boxes
#12 soda cans
(Everything else is the same, only dustier)
FAMLY ROOM:
#40 books
#5 coffee cups
#2 remotes (1= TV, 2 = DVD remote)
#2 vases of roses (vases = earth brown)
(Everything stays the same, but it gets dustier)
EXERCISE ROOM:
#60 paper cups, strewn thoughtlessly over the room
#13 empty chip bags
#14 pairs of gym socks, tossed into a corner
#1 bathrobe tossed on top of the treadmill
EMMA’S ROOM:
#6 heavy metal band posters
#12 pairs of socks scattered over the floor
#6 dusty stuffed animals
#3 leather vests (fourth is being worn by Emma during first half of film)
#14 pairs of shirts (strewn over floor)
#14 pairs of pants (strewn over floor)
#25 pairs of underwear (strewn over floor)
#1 pencil jar
#4 pens
#6 pencils
#2 erasers
#1 stack of papers
THE END
That was the best I could do without having drawings
I’ll do Feather’s house a little later
How about Nicole Kidman as Mimi?
My sister thought of that.
Just paint her skin to look more light brown, and we’ve got a good Mimi.
Nicole is from Austrailia.
What do you guys think?
i think its a good movie script. i think it is also copywrighted by larry gonick and carus publishing ‘n stuff. but i really would like to see it made.
Cedar instead of just plain computer animation it could be motion capture. You know, those sensor things they put on people? So that the movements look natural.
And nice script BTW.
Well I finally got the letters to Ellen Degeneres and Oprah Winfrey sent.
Due to security messures, it was actually my adult sister who sent them.
So if Ellen or Oprah comes on here, and addresses me as Christian, just ignore it.
With any luck, we may be hearing from them in not to long.
Eh? I don’t get it.
200-Holy turnips! I think larry g’s version of the crash is more believable though. I mean, how do you get out alive if the car explodes???
Ceader, I think you’re taking this a little too far.
But a movie would be amazing!
EBETH
When the car hits the ground, only the front end explodes. It plows into the ground, and the blast merely knocks Emma unconcious with a few minor injuries.
I realize it is rather unbelievable, and you’re right that the original version is proabaly better. But for the sake of big screen drama, I hyped it up a bit.
As for #211- Copper Yeti: (blows raspbery)
FEATHER’S HOUSE:
EXT:
Shaped and colored like a giant white onion
A palm tree sticks out through the roof, to represent the leaves
The front door is pine, and faces east
A large garden is located on the southeast side of the house
There are four windows, one on each side of the house
INTERIOR PAINT COLORS:
Main room= earth brown
Bathroom= lime green
GARDEN PROPS:
#1 three gallon watering can
#1 hoe
#1 rake
#4 various sized trowels
#12 various garden stakes
INTERIOR PROPS:
#1Small wooden kitchen table is located three feet to the left of the front door (no color)
#1 bowl of fruit is placed on the table (bowl= red and orange plaid pattern)
#1 blue plastic bin filled with carrots
#1 small cabinet positioned on the north side of the room, next to bathroom (cab= spruce)
#14 various gardening tip books placed on shelf
#1 kitchen cabinet placed five feet to left of kitchen table
#1 sink
#1 stove/oven system
#3 forks, #4 spoons, and #7 knives visible on counter next to sink
#5 pots visible in sink
PLEASE NOTE: There has been some speculation about weather or not Feather is an actual bird, or just a person wearing a mask. Based on his body build, the evidence seems to suggest human. Therefore, I suggest the following props:
#1 bird mask placed on bedside table (Feather’s head is under the covers, so we never get to see his actual face. When Emma knocks on the door, Feather sits upright with the covers over his head. The next shot shows the masked Feather answering the door. Due to Muse magic, the masks beak moves as Feather speaks)
#3 different fringed overcoats (There are n o wings attached, which furthers the whole human or bird mystery)
UNDECIDED SCRIPT IDEA:
Suppose we have a shot that shows Feather from behind, without his mask on. He has no hair, and his skin is painted orange. He puts the mask on over his head, and then turns around to go somewhere.
What do you think?
THE END
CHAD’S LAB
EXT
Main building is a 100 foot rectangular shape
Various smaller square shaped buildings are placed along the main building every 10 feet
All of these smaller buildings have doors on them
There are three Intelligent Air stacks protruding from the roof, just like in the book
The main door is located on the north side of the main building
The telescope dome is located directly over the main door
INTERIOR DESIGN:
The telescope is huge (about 30 feet long) and is painted gold
The telescope/entry room is a huge 40 foot circular room, with hundreds of various scientific looking devices located along the wall
CHAD’S OFFICE:
Chad’s office is filled with little references to Muse Magazine
References:
A billboard with various blueprints on it including the designs for ‘Barf Canyon Coaster’ and the ‘Invisiray’
On Chad’s desk are a number of muse-ish looking figurines, plus a Muse coffee cup
If you look closely, you can spot a large stack of old Muse magazines in a cubby to the left of the desk
INERIOR PROPS:
#700 various vials
#50 dismantled computers
#12 dismantled kitchen sinks
#300 microwave ovens
THE PIE MACHINE:
The pie machine is huge. The main body is 30 feet high, and 40 feet long.
There are various 15 foot wide computer screens, located on various spots of the main body.
A 25 foot long pie flinging arm protrudes from the top of the main body.
The ceiling opens to allow pie flinging.
THE END
Special announcement:
I’ve decided to share my first official Muse Movie letter with you guys.
I’ll go collect it now.
Dear Muses and fellow Muse readers,
My name is Cedar. You may have seen me on the Muse fan page blog site. I have posts in
ideas/requests, Muse, Muse, Muse, and movies/books. If you visit the blog and look for me,
you will notice that I have posted extensive ideas regarding the creation (hopefully) of a live
action movie based on Larry Gonick’s Kokopelli & Company-In-Attack of the Smart Pies. In the hope of getting more feedback, I’m posting my ideas here. So here now, Muse movie ideas Part One.
Title: Kokopelli and Company
Rating: PG-For mild violence and scary situations, including child in jeopardy sequences
Based on the book by: Larry Gonick
I’m not going to explain the plot here. That would take up too much space. Let’s just get down
to business.
One of the first ideas I ever posted on the Muse Blog, was that I thought Jim Carrey should do the voice
of Kokopelli. I invented a special voice for Koko and Jim is really good at doing special voices. If you’ve
ever seen the film version of Lemmony Snicket’s, A Series of Unfortunate Events, you will know what I
mean.
Kokopelli talk:
When speaking like Kokopelli, replace R’s with L’s. This should be done with all all R sounds, unless R is
the last letter in the word. With the exception of Doctor.
Examples:
U(R)ANIA= U(L)ANIA
LITTLE (R)ED (R)IDING HOOD= LITTLE (L)ED (L)IDING HOOD
PE(R)FECT= PE(L)FECT
As for the tone of his voice, Kokopelli should sound slightly sinister, but have a friendly sound to it
as well. As Doctor Eze Momo, he should sound completely freindly, with no hint of creepiness.
I have no idea as to who should play the other Muses or Emma, but I do think that Tim Curry should
play Darien Drinkwater. I’ve only seen him in two things, Ferngully-The Last Rainforest and Monk.
He seems to have a knack for playing gross slobs. Since Darien is a total slob, I think Tim could really do it.
JIM CARREY
TIM CURRY
IN
KOKOPELLI & COMPANY
I think that would look classy on the ad poster.
Regarding how Kokopelli should be portrayed physically, it wouldn’t work to cover
Jim Carrey, because Koko is not 3D.
Therefore, I think that Koko should be computer animated.
This would allow him to look exactly like he does in the comic strip. It would also enhance his creepy
side.
SIDE BAR- Kokopelli usually seems very lighthearted, but he took on a slightly sinister side in the book.
He was still lovable, old Kokopelli, but something was a little different about him. You know how
Captain Jack Sparrow from Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean-The Curse of the Black Pearl, is portrayed
as a bad guy with good intentions? Kokopelli is sort of like Jack in the book. He sometimes seems evil, but it turns out he’s just a bit of a butt-head.
THE UPSIDES OF KOKOPELLI AS AN ANIMATED SHADOW:
1. As a shadow, Koko is more elusive because he can easily blend in with other shadows. For example,
I posted an idea in the Books/Movies section of the Muse Blog, were Koko turns himself into a floor lamp.
For the full description, go to http://WWW.MUSEFANPAGE.COM, go to the blog section, and look for Books/Movies. If Koko can easily vanish, then Feather has good cause to say “How did he do that?”
2. Koko’s shadow can feel different, depending on the lighting around him. If he’s in a cheerful happy mood, the lighting should be bright and happy. When he’s busy making nasty plots, the lighting should
be more dim, so that he flickers in and out of view.
3. To me, Koko seems more interesting as a shadow. After all, how many shadows can interact with the world around them. For example, when Koko moves his shadow hand upward, he can raise things off the ground. Imagine Koko lifting a cream pie without even touching it, and swinging his shadow arm to hurl it at Urania. It’s not exactly the same as in the book or comic strip, but I think it would add a
cool effect.
And finally,
4. As Dr. Eze Momo, Kokopelli becomes 3D, and moves around like a normal person. However, if one looks
closely, they will notice that Eze doesn’t seem to have a body. Those who have read the book, will
remember, that Eze always kept his hat brim turned down. This makes sense, because it’s not common to see a suit walking around with no one inside it.
OFFICIAL AD POSTER/ DVD and VHS COVER ART:
The poster is black. Kokopelli will be white, and placed directly in the center, shown in his classic hunch-backed flute playing posture. On the left-hand side of Koko, placed directly next to his hunched back, is the face of Emma. Only half of her is visible, the other half bein g hidden in the shadows of the black cover. On Koko’s right side, cuddled into Koko sucked in stomach, is the face of Darien Drinkwater. His face is more concealed than Emma’s, and therefore more devious .
EMMA AND DARIEN’S LOOKS:
Emma looks about twelve years old, with shoulder length curly brown hair. Her facial expressions often
seem to pass the message that she is often afraid, yet brave.
Darien is bald, except for a small hint of hair on the back of his head. He does not have a full beard and
mustache, but he does have a lot of stubble. He also has a very nasty smile.
SO THAT’S HOW IT STARTED.
Has anyone sent in any props?
I haven’t cause I’m to busy writing.
218- Ok, you’re a bit too into this. Kudos for your enthusiasm, anyway. and virtual choklit.
URANIA’S HOUSE:
EXT:
Urania’s actual house is fairly small. It is a little cottage on top of a huge stone pillar.
The pillar is 400 feet around, and 600 feet tall, with a staircase winding up it.
The pillar is composed entirely of hippo sized stones, much like the pyramids.
The cottage is surrounded by all sorts of astronomical devices.
INTERIOR OF COTTAGE:
The cottage has 4 rooms.
The main room comprise of a small kitchen/ library.
There is one bathroom.
One office space.
And one bedroom.
INTERIOR PAINT COLOR:
Jet black, with constellations painted all over the house.
PROPS:
#1 hand held telescope
#1 blue ball (I have no clue why Urania walks around with a blue rubber ball)
#1 tiny round table
#1 very large bookshelf. The bookshelf takes up most of the main room, and is filled from top to bottom, with all sorts of astronomy reads.
#1 very small stove/oven system
#7 forks, #7 spoons, and #7 knives
#1 pair of sandals
#25 various calculation tools
PLEASE NOTE: All of this suggests that Urania doesn’t get a lot of visitors.
THE END
Wow. Just, wow.
walls that are painted jet black tend to make the room very dark. perhaps you could try a light purple?
EM!
Black seems apropriet, because it reflects on Urania’s love of outer space.
Maybe we could have purple silk hanging from the ceiling, to mimic Urania’s outfit.
MIMI’S HOUSE
EXT:
Mimi lives in an ancient looking stone house
There is one window carved into the east north side
The roof is made of straw
The door faces northwest, and is made out of birch wood
There is a small garden of various cactuses out front
INTERIOR DESIGN:
One room (one very messy room to be exact)
Mimi’s table is built into the house, and is placed in the center of the room
There is a fire pit placed five feet to the left of the table
There is a bookshelf built into the wall to the left of the front door
PROPS:
#13 pizza boxes (all lying around on the floor)
#26 soda cans (same)
#45 CDs (same)
#100 various scraps of paper, bottles, cardboard, and whatnot (s-well do I have to say it)
NO INTERIOR PAINT COLOR
THE END
Okay, I’m gonna leave the rest of the designing up to the Muse crew.
Next?
I.A Terminal designs!
There is a kid in my class named Darrien…
KOKOPELLI:
Koko’s I.A terminal is hidden inside his flute. There is a secret tune that allows him to shoot images from his flute, which appear on the wall, looking like a slide show with no projector.
URANIA:
Urania’s I.A is hidden in a blue moon ring she wears on her left index finger. She presses her finger to the moon, tells it what she wants to see, and then the image is projected into the air.
FEATHER:
Feather’s I.A is the color of a tangerine, and is covered with little buttons and knobs. It also has a small video screen, with a projector option, displayed in the right hand corner.
CHAD:
Chad’s I.A is hidden within his hat. To activate the terminal, he simply removes the Hat, turns it upside down, and gives it a shake. Whatever he wants to see, will automatically shoot out of the hat, and fill the room like a wide-screen TV.
AEIOU:
Aeiou’s I.A is inside her laptop. Where else?
PWT:
One of the yellow beads on Pwt’s necklace is the button that activates his I.A. The image projects from the hidden button.
CRAWW:
Craww’s I.A is hidden within his “Corves Rex†crown, which makes a cameo appearance in the film.
BO:
Bo doesn’t have an I.A terminal. It wouldn’t make any sense if she had one. How is she going to operate it? The only idea I could possibly come up with, and it sounds a little weird: Have a comical sequence, with Feather milking Bo, and have some sort of image appear in the milk bucket. I don’t know what it would be, but that’s an idea.
MIMI: Mimi wears a peace symbol necklace, which projects I.A images onto a wall.
PLEASE NOTE: Most of the Muses probably won’t use their I.A’s. I’m just telling you where I think they should be located, so that we can keep an eye out for them.
Here’s the next script sample!
Guess what!
YOU GUYS ARE GETTING TO SEE IT, BEFORE I SEND IT TO THE MUSE CREW!
SCENE#5- AN INHUMAN STORY
THE NEXT SHOT SHOWS EMMA AND FEATHER, SITTING AT FEATHER’S TABLE
EMMA IS MUNCHING ON A TASTY LOOKING CEASERS SALAD
FEATHER IS FIDGETING NERVOUSLY
EMMA LOOKS UP AT FEATHER
EMMA: “THIS IS REALLY GOOD.â€
FEATHER: “GLAD YOU LIKE IT.â€
EMMA TAKES ONE LAST BITE, SETS DOWN HER FORK, AND WIPES HER MOUTH WITH A NAPKIN
EMMA: “THANK YOU.â€
FEATHER: “YOU’RE WELCOME, UH, WHAT DID YOU SAY YOUR NAME WAS?â€
EMMA: “NAME’S EMMA.â€
FEATHER: “OH. OKAY. WELL EMMA, YOU SHOULD PROBABLY BE GOING NOW.â€
EMMA (STERNLY): “I TOLD YOU, I CAN’T GO.â€
FEATHER LOOKS AT HER BLANKLY
EMMA ROLLS HER EYES
EMMA: “DRINKWATER.â€
FEATHER: “YES, THAT’S A GOOD IDEA. OUR BODIES ARE 80 PERCENT OF IT AFTER ALL. I’LL GET MYSELF A GLASS.â€
EMMA: “NO YOU DOPE. HE’S MY DARN FOSTER FATHER.â€
FEATHER: “OH YES. TELL ME, WHAT’S THE DEAL WITH THIS DRINKWATER?â€
EMMA: “WELL, I SHOULD PROBABLY START AT THE BEGINNING.â€
FEATHER BEGINS CLEARING THE TABLE AS EMMA SPEAKS
EMMA: “WHEN I WAS FOUR YEARS OLD, MY PARENTRS WERE KILLED IN A CAR CRASH.â€
FEATHER: “OH. I’M SORRY.â€
HE STARTS WASHING DISHES
EMMA: “AFTER THE ACCIDENT, I STAYED IN FOSTER HOMES FOR THREE YEARS. NOBODY KEPT ME FOR LONG. I WAS TOO WILD, THEY SAID. DESTRUCTIVE, THEY CALLED ME. AND MEAN. THAT WAS TOTALLY UNFAIR OF THEM. I NEVER HURT ANYONE! AT LEAST, NOT BADLY. AND I NEVER BROKE ANYTHING. WELL, AT LEAST NOT ON PURPOSE. AND IF I DID, IT WAS NEVER VERY EXPENSIVE.â€
FEATHER STARTS LOADING HIS DISHWASHER
FEATHER: “GO ON.â€
EMMA: “ANYWAY, NOBODY WOULD HAVE ME FOR LONG. NOBODY, THAT IS, UNTIL THE DRINKWATERS.â€
FEATHER: “OH YES.â€
FEATHER OPENS A CABINET, AND TAKES OUT A BLUE GLASS CUP
EMMA (GRUMPILY): “OOOOH.â€
FEATHER: “GO ON.â€
EMMA: “ANYWAY, I WENT TO THEIR HOUSE WHEN I WAS SEVEN. THEY WERE SO SWEET. THEY NEVER, EVER RAISED THEIR VOICES AT ME. AND I PULLED SOME PRETTY GOOD ONES ON THEM, TOO, ESPECIALLY MR. DRINKWATER.â€
EMMA CHUCKLES, THEN GO’S BACK TO LOOKING SERIOUS
EMMA: “ANYWAY, DARIEN DRINKWATER USED TO BE THE SWEETEST MAN YOU’D EVER MET. HE ALWAYS PUT UP WITH ME. NO MATTER HOW UGLY THE PRANK. HE’D JUST SHRUG IT OFF, AND WISK ON DOWN TO THE DOCTOR’S OFFICE TO HAVE HIS BUTT BANDAGED.â€
FEATHER: B-?â€
EMMA: “ON ACCOUNT OF THE BURNS YOU KNOW?â€
FEATHER: “BU-?â€
EMMA: “NEVER MIND. THE POINT IS, HE ALWAYS PUT UP WITH ME.â€
FEATHER TAKES A SIP OF WATER
FEATHER: “AND WHAT ABOUT HER?â€
EMMA: “MS. DRINKWATER DIED LAST YEAR.â€
FEATHER: “OH. SORRY.â€
EMMA: “YES. SHE WAS NICE. COME TO THINK OF IT, THAT’S WHERE THINGS STARTED TO GO DOWNHILL.â€
FEATHER: “HOW SO?â€
EMMA: “AFTER SHE DIED, DRINKWATER BECAME MORE IRRITABLE, AND LESS PATIENT.â€
FEATHER: “YAM?â€
FEATHER OFFERS EMMA A BOWL OF YAMS
EMMA: “NO.â€
FEATHER PUTS IT BACK ON THE COUNTER
EMMA: “ANYWAY, THIS MORNING, WHEN I CAME DOWNSTAIRS, MR. DRINKWATER WAS STANDING IN THE HALL, PLAYING WITH SOME GLASS FIGURINES THAT USED TO BELONG TO MS. DRINKWATER.â€
FEATHER PICKS UP HIS CUP, AND TAKES ANOTHER SIP
EMMA: ANYWAY, I WALKED UP TO HIM, AND HE SAID HE WAS GLAD TO SEE ME. THEN HE STARTED REPLAYING THE ACCIDENT WITH THE LITTLE FIGURINES.â€
FEATHER: “UH-HUH?â€
EMMA: “AND THEN HE ASKS ME WHAT HAPPENED NEXT.â€
FEATHER: “WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?â€
EMMA JUMPS UP
EMMA (LOUDLY AND ANGRILY): “THIS!â€
EMMA SWIPES HER ARMS ACROSS THE TABLE, AND THE FRUIT BOWL GO’S FLYING ACROSS THE ROOM, SAILS OUT THW WINDOW, AND LAND IN A COMPOST HEAP IN THE GARDEN.â€
FEATHER STARES AT EMMA IN SHOCK
EMMA: “WELL, IT WASN’T GOOD ANYWAY.â€
FEATHER: “G-GO ON.â€
EMMA: ANYWAY, THAT GOT HIM PISSED OFF TO NO END. HE PINNED ME TO THE WALL, AND TRIED TO SMACK ME. BUT I DUCKED OUT OF IT, AND GOT OUT OF THERE FAST. IT’S A GOOD THING HE’S REALLY BIG, OR HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH ME. I MANAGED TO GRAB A FEW BELONGINGS.â€
EMMA POINTS TO HER BACKPACK, LYING IN A CORNER
EMMA: “ANYWAY, I RAN TO THE MALL, AND THEN I MET YOU AND A COUPLE OF YOUR FRIENDS, AND THEN THESE HUGE CREAM PUFFS STARTED FALIING OUR OF HEAVEN, AND YOU GUYS RAN OFF.â€
FEATHER: “YOU FOLLOWED US?â€
EMMA: “APPARENTLY.â€
FEATHER GULPS DOWN THE REST OF HIS WATER, AND PLACES THE CUP IN THE DISHWASHER
EMMA: “ANYWAY, I ONLY HAVE ONE THING FROM MY PARENTS. DARIEN GAVE IT TO ME ON MY SECOND DAY WITH HIM AND ___________ DRINKWATER. HE KEPT THE OTHER HALF FOR SAFEKEEPING.â€
FEATHER: “OTHER HALF OF WHAT?â€
EMMA: THE CODED MESSAGE FROM MY PARENTS.â€
EMMA GETS UP FROM THE TABLE, WALKS OVER TO HER BACKPACK, UNZIPPS THE FRONT POCKET, AND TAKES OUT A STRIP OF PAPER
THE PAPER READS: QAZXRCGB
EMMA HOLD IT UP
FEATHER STARES AT IT
FEATHER: “QUAZ-XRERCE-GEEBEE? WHAT ON EARTH DOES THAT MEAN?â€
EMMA: “I HAVE NO CLUE.â€
FEATHER SCRATCHES HIS BEAK
EMMA STARTS TO WALK OVER TO THE TABLE AS SHE SAYS HER NEXT LINE
EMMA: “THE THING IS… I’M TIRED OF LIVING WITH FOSTER PARENTS. I JUST WISH I COULD HAVE MY FAMILY BACK. I THOUGHT THE DRINKWATERS SEEMED LIKE FAMILY. BUT I WAS WRONG.â€
EMMA SITS DOWN
SHE PUTS HER HEAD IN HER HANDS
THREE SECOND PAUSE, AS FEATHER STARES AT EMMA WITH CONCERN
WHEN EMMA’S FACE EMERGES, IT IS COVERED IN TEARS
FEATHER REACHES INTO HIS YELLOW PURSE, AND TAKES OUT A LITTLE SILK HANDKERCHIEF
FEATHER: “HERE.â€
FEATHER HANDS EMMA THE HANDKERCHIEF
EMMA: “THANK YOU.â€
EMMA DRIES HER EYES
END OF SCENE
You know what I oughta do sometime?
Create a Muse Movie thread article on Wikipedia.
Wikipedia allows people to sign up and create their own articles, which is probably why theres so much stuff on it.
I could write a glowing article about the possiblity of a Muse Movie, and encourage people to stop by.
Plus it would be a major boost for the Museblog, and Muse magazine.
Well, at least I could try sometime.
It might be a while, but it’s worth a try.
Oh and by the way.
PLEASE COME ONTO THE MUSEBLOG ELLEN DEGENERES!
I’ve already written her two letters.
Cedar’s personal- ALMOST COMPLETE- castlist:
Jim Carrey….Kokopelli
Tim Currey….Mr. Drinkwater
Mirranda Otto….Urania
Samuel L. Jackson….Chad
Zayh Zing….Aeiou
Gary Burghoff….Feather
Chris Rock….Craww
Ellen Degeneres….Bo
STILL LEFT TO COVER:
Egyptian comedian….Pwt
Indian actor….Ms. Krishnamurti
Twelve year old girl….Emma
I’m stumped on those last 3.
I vill be Emma! Zen, you can all zee vhat a brilliant actrezz I am! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!
Now, there’s an idea: cast a Muser as Emma. With all the raw talent we have on this blog alone, it should be a snap.
man! if you cast musers as people can musers do other things? i will do costumes +make-up!!!! i am a costume fanatic! ceder, there is this special format for film scripts that i HATE but thought you should know about it! it is really difficult to do (my languige arts teacher makes us do it!) but it makes your script look “profeshinal” (i hate spelling!) awsome idea, by the way! a muse movie! you also did a great job getting people to read this thread a lot! awsome!
I’m 2 years younger than emma, but I have ACTING EXPERIENCE!! And plus, I live by Chicago, so I can go to the Muse offices and convince them to make Cedar’s dream come true!!! I’ll google egyptian comedian…
Younis Shalabi and Mohmed Sobhi. Two Egyptian comedians.
Google ’em.
Or Dakota Fanning could be Emma.
Thank goodness someone else is on here finally.
Thanks for the tips.
I’m still hoping Ellen will come on.
I’ve sent her two letters.
When the Muse crew finally surrenders, and sells the ‘Kokopelli & Company’ rights to some film company, I think all female Muse readers at the age of 12 should audition for the part of Emma.
Heck, I think all 12 year old Muser girls should send in a short video of themselves to the Muse crew right now, just to encourage them.
You can do it.
Tommorow (hopefuly) I’m going to start work on my next letter to Muse.
Eventually, when all of the letters have been written, I’m going to compile all of them (excluding #3 which was lost somehow) into a big Muse Movie virtual book, and resend it to the Muse crew.
It will be a while till that happens, but when it does, you guys can help me.
Hopefully you, like I, save the letters who write to Muse.
When I finish my last letter to Muse, which ought to happen some time at the end of 2006, or in the early part of 2007, we should all resend each and every Muse Movie letter we ever wrote, in a Muse Movie Requests virtual book.
When that time comes, the Gapas can set up a thread where readers post all of their Muse Letters. From there, Robert and Roseanne can copy the letters, and send them all to Muse.
I would assume they can do that, since they know how to manipulate computers in ways that the average person could never dream of.
Keep writing.
2 a combo of the two or maybe in KC humans could be a kind of animation and muses another.
I have a feeling I’m going to lose my bid for mostly live action.
I’ll keep fighting for it though.
Speaking of live action vs. animation, I’ve had some thoughts recently about Kokopelli.
With all the amazing effects around today, a 2D animated shadow on the wall, would look pretty stone age.
So what if the animation crew, animated Koko to look like a regular person, but with no facial feattures, and made of shadow.
It’s simple really.
Using the motion capture system they used with Andy Serkis for Golloum/Smeagol in LOTR, Jim Carrey walks around, saying his lines, and performing his actions.
Then, they perform whatever proccess they used, to transmit the actor’s actions, into the computer, and the computerized Koko, does whatever Carrey does.
HOW WOULD A 3D KOKOPELLI LOOK:
Basically, the effect is that there seems to be the shape of a person there, but effects are used, to make it seem as though the person is made up of nothing more then an intensely dark shadow.
And of course, Carrey would probably have to wear some sort of box, with wires sticking out the top, in order to create Koko’s hair.
What do you think everybody?
Should Koko be 2D (like in the comic)?
Or should we use the advantages of the 21st century, and create a new twist to the trickster?
I vote 2D.
NOTE: I am going to continue to treat him like a 2D character in my script samples, since I’m not sure how he would behave exactly, if he were 3D.
We’ll have to leave that up to the film crew.
HEY NEWCOMERS!
If you didn’t see it already, let me tell you, they just started a Muse Movie? Part two thread for scripts.
Stop by.
We can still use this one for non script ideas.
Robert’s vote on how to animate Kokopelli: I think he would need to be freestanding. If he were just a shadow, you’d always have to have some sort of background nearby on which to “cast” him. That could be very inconvenient.
I’d say, keep the “shadow Koko” in reserve as a special trick he can use to conceal himself when secretly following someone, etc. It would be an excellent demonstration of his powers and would be much more effective if not overused.
I think I understand your point Robert.
But if he were a non traditional 3D advanced shadow, then all you’d need is sunlight.
When the sun shines through him, the other Muses can see him.
If the sun is down, then he vanishes.
Thanks for your opinion Robert.
You know, I could go to the Apple store with a disc of some Koko pictures, and animate them on that new program Motion that comes with the Macbooks. Or I could just buy the program package. Or I could use Macromedia (see post 21 on th enew Muse Movie thread)
I’m not sure what you mean by “shadow”, but I think you could do kokopelli the way they did Gollum in the Lord of the RIngs Movies, so he’d be 3-D.
Antonio Banderas as Koko!!! Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And maybe I could be Emma if I’m not 58 by the time we finish this. I am 10 so lets HURRY UP, Museish Peoples!!
Skipper.
The book said that Koko was ‘nothing more then a silleoute.’
Sorry if I spelled that wrong.
If he were 2D, audiances might get rather bored.
If he were 3D, then audiances would wonder what was going to happen next.
If 3D Koko is in a dark room, with lots of candles, his body would come in and out of view, as he walks past the candles.
Creepy in a cool way.
You know, like Koko is.
2D would be just like the mag and book.
3D would give it some pizazz.
Besides, a 2D shadow would be constricitve.
You’d have to keep him plastered to the wall.
He wouldn’t have much free movement.
Looks like 3D is winning.
Any desert plant experts out there?
We need do decide what sort of plants to have in the movie.
oooh! me!
If Kokino County is really based on Cocino County, AZ, than here are the plants you want. Some of them aren’t entirely accurate, as they would really live more south of where Cocino is, but that doesn’t matter.
1) Saguaro cacti Those are the tall cacti with arms. Say it “sawaro” not “sagwaro”. They beautiful cacti. They can live up to be 250 years old and can get up to… really tall. I’d say I’ve seen saguaros grow to be 30 ft. 2) Prickly pear cacti. Those are the ones with flat, pear shaped pads growing off one another. Color varies from darkish green to light green to purple to burgundy.
3) Cholla cacti (say it cho-ya). There are a lot of types. I would suggest jumping cholla, staghorn cholla, and of course, the all time nasty, teddy bear cholla (it looks doft and fuzzy, but trust me, it’s not). Cholla also grows in sections, like prickly pear, but they are longer an thinner.
4) Barrel cacti. Pretty self explanitory. They look kinda like a short, squat form of the saguaro without arm. Intersting facts- they always grow leaning south, and their large, fish-hook spines turn red in the rain.
5) Palo verde. This is short, spindly type of tree with teeny leaves. It’s bark is smooth and green (a lot of the photosynthesis happens in the bark, because the leaves are so small). Has spines.
3) Desert broom Large shrubby plant that, well, looks like a broom. It gorws lots of fuzzy white cotton like stuff in the fall.
I would suggest googling them to get some pictures. If you want more, just ask. I have a feeling that was way too much though.
I’m going to look for you at the Muse Convention Skipper.
I imagine we’ll all be wearing nametags.
I’m going to look those plants up on wikipedia.
They all look great.
It will offer lots of stumbling comedy for Feather.
That Prickly Pear looks painful.
Great work Skipper.
PS: Have you sent in any props?
I haven’t sent in any props yet, becasue I’m to busy writing.
I suppose I should send them some concept art sometime soon though.
Hey, that’s a good idea.
I’d better go tell everybody about it at the ‘scripts’ thread.
THE MUSE MOVIE PACKAGE PLAN:
You’ll need a fair sized box.
1. Gather up as many props as you can.
These could be old shirts for Emma to wear, or pieces of fabric to make clothes with. You could send in seed packs for Drinkwater’s garden. If you can get your hands on a cactus seed pack, send some of those. Send in glass jars with fake mold in them for Chad’s lab. Send a handheld telescope for Urania. Ask your parents to help you shop for clothing. Send whatever you think would be helpful.
2. Send at least one set design. This will help the Muse Crew with creating the enviroment for the film. If you’re good with clay modeling, send in a little clay sculpture of your favorite set. Make sure to build it so the roof can be lifted off. The Muse Crew will want to see the interior.
3. Send in a few concept drawings. This will give the Muse Crew a feel for what we’re wanting to see in the moive. If your really good at drawing, find a picture of whoever you think should play a live action Muse, and then touch the photo up, to make them look like that Muse. I once drew a picture of Samuel L. Jackson, and then touch him up to look like a realistic version of Chad.
4. Send in at least one script idea, and a letter explaining why this movie should be made.
Hope it goes well.
Please tell me if you plan to go along with my scheme.
I can drop it off at the office.
238-I patently refuse to. I really, really do. You’ve as much chance of making me do it as a whelk in a supernova. I stutter, I’m ugly, and I have no stage or camera presence. Also, I would rather stick my foot in a bacon slicer.
MUSE MOVIE SONGS (of which I am in charge, under C.):
“Weird Science” by Oingo Boingo
“Hold Your Attention” by Cedar
“We Will All Go Together When We Go” by Tom Lehrer
“Wild West End” by Dire Straits
“Somebody’s Leavin” by Little Feat
Jeeves and Wooster theme song (Will attempt to track this down)
Voyage of the Mimi theme
“Tainted Love” by Soft Cell (representing the Drinkwater/Emma relationship
Hey, maybe we could have a little feature in the movie detailing the role Musers had in the making of the movie. It could show our dogged perserverence and hardworking pursuit of our goal, tireless dedication, and all around-wonderful amazing job being amateur filmwriters.
(257),
Oh, rubbish, QJ. I’ll bet you’re breathtakingly beautiful and just telling us otherwise to mess with our minds. That’s just the sort of devious trick you’d play. Can you deny it?
“The Making of the Muse Movie” would make a nice extra on the DVD.
By the way, “Wild West End” is my favorite song in the world. I don’t think there’s a place for it in a “Smart Pies” movie, though, unless the location changes to London. (Which would be great fun, come to think of it.)
Great Cedar, just 2 questions:
1) Where do we send the stuff?
2) The Muse crew doesn’t exactly exist yet, does it?
I really need to buy that book now.
Answers to Skipper’s questions:
1. You send it in packages, to the address where you send normal Muse snail mail.
2. The Muse Crew reffers to the people who work at the official Muse Offices. It’s just what I call them.
Have fun.
I’m glad you like my song Queenie J.
I’m hoping to have it play at the end credits.
Question for Kiki-the-great:
When you say ‘I can drop it off at the office’
are you reffering to hte post office, or do you live near the actual Muse offices.
Or is it just an expression I’ve never heard before.
PS: If you do live near the Muse Offices, I suggest you make an extra big contribution.
If your parents have a pickup truck, ask them if you can fill the back up with boxes, and then drop them off at ‘The Office.’
I hope you mean what I think you mean.
By the time we finish with the package project, the Muse Crew is gonna hate me for suggesting it.
PLEASE KEEP IN MIND!!!!!!!!
If the magazine posts a message, asking us to stop sending packages, but it doesn’t give any indication that they might be making the movie, then don’t listen. Protesters never get anywhere by just lying back and taking it.
If htey do give indications, then I suggest you do stop, in order to appease them.
PS: If you’re forced to keep sending stuff, be sure to include a note, explaining why you had to.
PPS: All hate mail may be directed towards me. They know my e-mail address.
Please tell us what you sent.
258-Oh, yeah, sure. Which is why I won the “Ugliest Girl At Camp” prize two years in a row. We’re just going to use the instrumental strumming from ‘Wild West End’, and maybe we could morph it, so to speak, into another song for the scene involving Feather taking Emma to Kokonino County.
I just bought some ReelBlood (it’s fake) and sent it to the Muse offices, just for fun. I don’t know what they’ll do with it, but I feel better knowing that they have it if they need it.
What kind of camp gives out an ugly prize? Now I know you’re pulling our collective legs. Sorry, QJ. Henceforth you’re Queen Julietaini the Incomparably Dazzling. Have fun at camp.
Brilliant Q.J
Fake blood. They can use it for the part where Emma cuts her arm *
*read my first script sample on the original thread.
Whoops.
I forgot!
We are on the original thread.
It’s number 191.
Good job Queenie J.
wow, just read Cedar’s script. I repeat, WOW
what rating are we aiming for? I’m guessing PG, but maybe PG-13
PG Sir Robin.
That’s the most sensible.
Not to old (PG-13) but not to young (G)
I will not be pleased if it gets a G rating.
There are some G movies I enjoy, but this would not be one of them.
PS: Glad you liked my script.
Go post your own on part 2.
I’m still waiting for you guys to copy and paste your letter replies here.
I have a feeling the GAPAs are too busy to write letters on our behalf, so I don’t think they can do it.
Come on you Mostly Harmless Musers, let’s see what you’ve got.
Quick question for GAPAs:
Do the Muse Crew ever have, ‘What are kids interested in?’ confrences?
Do you know if they’ve disscussed this very popular idea?
Or is that a secret know only by the Muse Officials?
Cedar (271),
I don’t think so. Muse Mail and MuseBlog are their main ways to hear from readers.
Thanks Robert.
Do the editors come on here and read our posts to get ideas for articles????? Oooo!!!! HI EDITORS!!!!! HI!!! DO AN ARTICLE ON AMERICA’S SOUTHWEST!!!! THANKS!!!!
According to Robert, in an earlier post, the Muse Crew doesn’t visit the blog. And that’s probably a good thing for all you Mostly Harmless Musers.
Post your letter replies.
I’m waiting to see what you’ve got.
Paul Baker
Larry Gonick
Donna Jackson
Nancy Kangas (blognickname: Nak)
Rebecca Lasley
Dana Mannino
Paul Baker (blognickname: PB&J)
Polly Shulman (blognickname: Pollyhymnia) (2/1/06)
Samantha Sordyl (blognickname: Samablamablous)
Do. Don’t know how many of those are
Muse writers/editors….
I really want to help with this. But, unfortunatly, I havn’t read the book.
Our library doen’t have it. So I can’t really help with the set, tho I would love to make drawings of it. *sigh* I hope I can read it soon…I’ll just have to stick with letters and stuff(stuff as in suplies and props).
Those of you who haven’t read the book, can make a contribution through the ‘Muse Movie Package Plan.’
See post number 255 for details.
You don’t have to know the book, you just need to be an observant fan of the Muses.
You can be included in this great task.
Starting tommorow, I’ll be away for about nine days.
My family usually goes fishing this time of year, and I always go with them.
Enjoy me while you can.
It’s amazing how many posts this thread has.
My goal is to have it be the first thread to have 1,000 posts.
That would be hip.
Well I’m back.
I got back a little earlier then I thought I would.
I missed you guys.
w00t!!!! WELCOM BACK CEDAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hey cedar! welcome back! What’s the list of people for? People to email? i did larry g, the PB&J knows about it (btw he’s on there twice) PAW and Dana M. probably can’t do anything really and neither can Lady Bunniful i think. Or Pollyhymnia. Froody as they are, they’re not really the most connected with muse, or at least the bit that we could get a movie out of. Does Nak know? Or Samablamablous? I’ll do them, if nobody else does.
you know, I was thinking: it seems highly unlikely that muse would make a movie at this point, since the readership/number of interested people I don’t think is large enough to make it profitable. However, since a bunch of you seem really interested in having something of that kind (and being involved with the production, which I doubt we would be if it was professionally done, unless some of you are really good actors), maybe we could make mini-movies and post them on youtube and sites like that?
Hey pals.
Thanks for the welcome back.
By the way Lizzie:
The way I see it, if the movie gets good reviews, and has a good trailer, then it will attract even people who’ve never heard of the magazine or novel.
You don’t have to know, or like, the book to like the movie.
The novel version of LOTR bores me senseless.
But I think the movies are groovy.
I sometimes wonder how they made it so exciting.
At no point in reading what I managed to read, did I feel any sort of tingle down my spine.
‘Smart Pies’ isn’t a super tingler, but it’s defintly a lot better the the LOTR books.
If the movie is well made, and the trailer makes it look excitng, then people will come to see it.
That’s what publicity is all about.
Making the product eyecatching, and interesting.
Lots of previews, particularly the animated ones, seem to focus on only the dumbest moments in the movie.
Animated trailers drive me nuts.
That’s another reason we should make it live action.
Most live action movie trailers play out better then the animated ones.
Preview makers seem to put every effort into making cartoon previews look really stupid, and every effort into making live previews look exciting.
Sorry to all you LOTR book fans.
I’m getting excited to see the Muse 10th Anniversary Issue.
With any luck, they’ll put in an article or a one pager on our efforts to get a Muse Movie made.
I’ll be very unhappy if it’s not at least mentioned.
I’m surprised I haven’t seen any letters about it in the letterbox.
Maybe they’ll publish one of my letters in the mag.
Now there’s a cool thought.
Hey!
What sorts of things have you sent for the package plan.
I’ll bet they’re secretly calling film companies, and just waiting for the right moment to spring the news on us.
286- well, when did you start sending the letters? It takes about four months for each issue to be published, I believe..
I sent my first letter right before I discovered the blog, and I’ve been sending them off and on ever since.
I’m meaning to send the nest one sometime soon. But it needs to be proofread, and I haven’t had time.
Soon though.
Mike Myers might work to play Kokopelli.
Jim Carrey would still be my first choice though.
I’ve invented a special voice for Koko, and it sounds a bit like Shrek’s voice.
Kokospeak:
U(r)ania= U(l)ania
(R)acecar= (L)acecar
Docto(r)= Docto(l)
To talk like Koko, just imitate the voice of Shrek, and replace Rs with Ls. Unless R is the last sound in the word. Except in the case of Doctor (Doctol Eze Momoh).
What production company should do the movie?
Warner Bros does Harry Potter.
They might be good.
Newline Cinema did LOTR
They’d be great too.
Those would be my first choices.
Which one would you pick?
Neato!
Only a few more posts, and we’ll reach 300.
I’ll do a few more posts so we can get there.
Well it doesn’t seem as though Wikipedia will be putting up the article I wrote advertising this thread.
It was pretty good, but there must have been something about it that didn’t fit up to their standereds.
Oh well.
Soundtrack plan:
The soundtrack should featture various flute music as it’s main theme, and have an orchestra of of breath instruments (or whatever you call them) drums, and violins.
Soundtrack plan #2:
For one peice of music, imagine an orchestra with 100 flute instruments.
That would be cool.
Only five more to go.
First track on soundtrack:
1. Kokonino County
The track is devided into 3 sections.
Section one = Introduction to Kokonino County.
During this section, a loud orchestra version of the theme music from when Emma first reaches Kokonino County with Feather plays.
Section two= Opening music
All of a sudden, the orchestra version veers off, and a gentle flute version of the theme, which plays at the opening credits, starts playing.
Section three= Murder music
The gentle music stops, and some scary drum/violin music begins playing. The drums are gentle at first, but they gradually build up intensity. They go really quickly as Emma’s parent’s car goes over the cliff. It stops suddenly, indicating impact.
End of track.
Track 2 = The song I wrote for the movie.
‘I Wanna Hold Your Attention.’
I have plans for the other tracks, but I can’t remember them at the moment. I’ll have to get the chart.
I’ll post them later.
One more to go.
YES!
WE MADE IT!
300 POSTS!
300!! W00T! YEAH!! *parties* *pies everyone in celabration*
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My signiture Key-lime. Yum.
If we need to send them a demo of the music you wrote, I could play the flute parts of it. I could also write some music on Finale(lets me write music and play it on the computer).
I have a music writing software, but by the time my folks are able to help me figure it out, the movie may as well have been made.
If there are any Musers out there who have decent recording equitment, that would be a big help.
I’ll start jotting down music plans now.
Music plan
By Cedar
Those of you who have decent recording equitment, can make a contribution, by recording basic theme music, for the movie.
This basic theme music, will be the first to play on the soundtrack, and there will be two types of it.
The Orchestra type, and the gentle type.
Things to keep in mind:
1. The music should be entirely your own creation. Do not copy from someone else. Give it your own style.
2. When recording the Orchestra version of the theme, try to make it sound a little peppier then the gentle version. For the gentle version, try to make it sound a little more solomn, reflecting the whole Emma side of the story. As the film progresses, and Emma becomes happier, the gentle version of the theme, becomes happier as well.
More in the next post.
My personal ideas for the theme music.
The basic them music, which can be played on the piano, should be 80% cheerful, 15% spooky, and 5% sad.
This reflects the tone of the story.
Mostly cheerful, with a bit of scary and sad content.
The orchestra version, is 95% happy (and peppy) and 5% spooky (for dramatic effect) with no sadness.
The gentle flute version of the them, is 30% sad, another 30% spooky, and the last 40% happy.
When writing the basic them music, keep in mind that it shouldn’t be goofy. Remember, this is not the slap-stick magazine version of Muse. This is the life can be tough version of Muse.
But life is also fun.
And that’s what we want to reflect in the music.
The feeling that things aren’t going so well at the time, but in the end, it will all work out fine.
Good luck fellow Musers.
Now, is this music going to be used throughout the movie also? Because then you might want to have just sections of each peice for different parts. Unfortunatly, I have not had the pleasure of reading the book (GRRRRRR Library) so I don’t know which comes where. For instance, is it happyspookysad? Or spookysad hapy? Or happyspookyhappysadhappy? I do not know…
Howdy Jade!
The music we would want to provide, is just the theme music. And yes it would play at verious times throughout the soundtrack. We would leave the writing of other music, up to whoever the film crew chooses to do the score.
The first track on the soundtrack, the one we would be providing, is split, as you know, into two parts. The orchestra version, and the gentle version.
Movie version:
The movie opens with the gentle version.
It starts out happy, and stays happy for about 3 minutes (2 of which consist of the opening credits) then it morphs suddenly into spooky violins and drums, as we realize that something bad is about to happen.
The drums slowly build up speed, and then they go really fast as the car goes over the cliff. They stop suddenly, signaling impact.
The orchestra version comes later, when Emma enters Kokonino County.
The orchestra for the intro to Kokonino County is, as you know, is 95% happy, and 5% spooky. With no sadness.
Soundtrack version: (which we will be providing)
The soundtrack version opens with an extended version of the orchestra theme. After two minutes of the orchestra, the music veers off into the gentle theme, which lasts the same amount of time as in the movie. With one key difference.
In the movie, sad music plays as the paramedics take Emma away.
In the soundtrack, the music stops apoun impact.
Be sure to mention that in a note with the sample.
Hope that clears things up.
Okay, that makes sence.
Glad I could clear it up.
Hey Jade, have you sent anything in for the Muse Movie Package Plan?
I’m finally going to get a chance to finish editing my most recent letter.
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I finally got the letter sent.
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Now for more soundtrack plans!
I already jotted out the first track.
Let’s move onto the third track.
The second track, is the song ‘I Want to Hold Your Attention.’
Track 3: At Drinkwater’s
This track, sarts with a gentle version of the Drinkwater theme, which takes place during the orphanage scene.
The music changes to a completely different, yet still gentle tune, signaling dinner.
After dinner is over, an ominous version of the Drinkwater theme begins, signaling a leap forward in time, to the point where Emma sarted confronting Darien.
This lasts briefly, and then a loud, scary version of the Drinkwater them begins, as Darien begins chasing Emma up the stairs.
This loud, scary music, last until Emma escapes off the roof.
END OF TRACK
Track 4: Urania’s Chior
Urania’s them, is a chior of greek women.
The piece begins, at the point where Emma and Feather begin climbing the stairs to Urania’s house.
The stair climbing scene, lasts for an entire minute, and so the track does too.
END OF TRACK
Track 5: Feather’s House
Feather has a lively piccolo/harp theme.
The track begins as Feather and Emma, first enter the house.
The track plays for the full extent of their time in the house.
The soundtrack version, ignores any music that might play, during the ‘Old Muses’ slideshow.
It pays attention, only to Feather and Emma.
MORE LATER.
Okay, I’n back.
Time for more soundtrack plans.
Track 6: Chad’s Lab
The track begins with some pretty/eerie music, which plays while Emma and Feather are examining the giant telescope.
This lasts briefly, and then veers off into a more electric music feeling, signaling our first view of the room with the pie machine.
The electric music gets more enegetic, as the camera actually shows the first wide shot of the machine.
The music dies down, and fades out, as Chad and Koko’s conversation ends.
END OF TRACK
Track 7: Kokopelli/ “Doctoleze-Momoh”
In the middle of Chad’s music, a different track (this one) also takes place. In the movie, the two tracks are combined. Mostly playful, but slightly creepy flute music plays, while the elcectric Chad music, plays too.
In the soundtrack, the two tracks are seperate.
The track begins as we get our first glimps of the little trickster.
Then, the music changes to mostly creepy, and slightly playful, signaling the scene in which Koko cons Feather into doing his bidding.
The music changes again, this time to an all playful flute/drum beat, as the scene where Drinkwater meets Momoh, begins.
It ends, as Momoh leaves Drinkwater.
END OF TRACK
More in the next post.
Track 8: At Mimi’s
Dijeridoo music plays, as Emma Feather and Urania, walk up the garden path, to Mimi’s front door.
The Dijer music suddenly developes a dopey feeling to it, when a still tired Mimi, opens her door.
The music suddenly bursts to life, when Mimi relaizes who’s at her door.
It calms down, as Mimi decides to let them in.
The music changes to a more funky Dijer style, which sounds like an album Mimi might be listening to.
In the movie, the Dijer music stops, when Mimi begins talking to Drinkwater on her I.A Terminal.
In the soundtrack, it skips directly to the smart pie theme.
A very fast paced version of the main orchestra theme begins playing, as smart pies begin falling through the roof.
A drumbeat sounds, as Feather is knocked out.
The dopey Dijer music plays one last time, and fades out as Feather loses conciousness.
END OF TRACK
Track 9: Kokopelli on trial
A mysterious, very mildly silly version of Koko’s flute them plays, as Mimi talks to Koko.
This track lasts only as long as Mimi talks, and ends as Urania says she didn’t write the letter.
END OF TRACK
Track 10: The Smartest Pie
A scary version of Koko’s theme begins, as Koko loses his temper with the other Muses.
A scary electric version of the main orchestra theme begins, as the pie machine grinds into action.
An exciting drumbeat rythym begins, as Feather, Emma, Aeiou, and Craww, race to stop the machine.
Many different tracks are mixed together, as the gang tries to stop Koko’s terrible contraption.
Fast paced versions of Feather’s, Chad’s, Koko’s, and Urania’s themes, play all at once, making for a completely confusing piece of music.
The track ends with an enormous drumbeat, as the pie machine is destroyed.
END OF TRACK
More in next post.
Track 11: Koko’s Lesson/Emma Leaves
Note: I invented a scene for the movie, in which Feather confronts Koko about his selfcenteredness.
The track begins, with a mixed track version of Koko and Feather’s themes.
This plays while Feather is talking to Koko.
Feather’s music stops, as he leaves Koko’s house.
In the movie, this music took place after Emma left, but in the soundtrack, it takes place before.
The musicchanges to a sad version of the music that played when Emma had her first meal with the Drinkwaters.
The music ends, as Emma leaves Kokonino County
END OF TRACK
Track 12: The Bank/32 Million Dollars/Happy Ending
The Track begins with a scat-singing version of the main theme, as Emma, Momoh, and Ms. Krishnamurti, wait in the lobby of the bank.
The gentle version of the theme begins, as Emma opens the safe from her parents.
A mostly sad, but slightly happy version of the Drinkwater dinner music plays, as Emma reaches the end of her searching.
A mysterious version of Koko’s theme plays, as Emma discovers the Kokopelli pendent.
The bank music ends, as Momoh dissapears up the stairs.
The music suddenly changes to a playful version of the main orchestra theme begins, as Drinkwater wakes to find himself surrounded by Momo, and the cops.
A mixed track version of the scary Drinkwater music, and playful Koko’s music, plays as Momoh fights Drinkwater.
The music ends, as Drinkwater rolls into his cell.
The music changes, to a peppy version of the main orchestra theme, as the final, just for fun, pie fight begins.
The musicends, as Feather licks his lips 9from the donut) and the end credits start.
END OF TRACK
END OF SOUNDTRACK
my dad didn’nt let me use my real e-mail
That’s a bit off topic T-M-F-A.
Let’s stick to the movie.
What haven’t we discussed?
We’ve done extensive talks on who should play various characters.
We’ve discussed set ideas.
We’ve done soundtrack plans.
We’ve talked about what kinds of plants there should be.
I created MMPP (Muse Movie Package Plan).
I’m not sure what we should explore next.
Any advice GAPAs?
How could I go about getting a production company interested in buying the rights to the movie?
I suppose I would have to write a letter or two to a production company (probably Warner Bros), and tell that about our mission.
Then I would give them the Muse Crew’s email adress, and tell them how to contact Larry Gonick.
There will be no peace for the Muses, until the Musers get their way.
(evil laughter)
Sometime soon, I’ll try and find the official Warner Bros. website, and write them an email about our efforts.
If I could get a big production company interested in buying the rights, then we’d be hom free.
It might not happen for a little while.
But I’ll try and do it before August is over.
It’s a shame I couldn’t get Ellen Degenres or Oprah to come on here.
I suppose they’re both too busy.
Would be nice if they could though.
Next: The Koko photo plan!
THE KOKO PHOTO PLAN:
We’ve decided that Koko ought to be 3D. But how do you show the Muse Crew what that’s gonna look like?
Here’s how I’ll do it:
1.Take a picture of my 13 year old younger brother Harry (he’s about the right hight for Koko) in the Kokopelli flute playing position.
2. Put Harry’s photo into the computer.
3. Find a picture on the computer of a dark grey fog.
4. Morph the two photos, to make it look as though Harry is made of fog.
5. Use drawing tools to make his head square shaped, and take away any facial feattures.
6. Add Koko’s spikey hair with the same drawing tools.
7. Place the newtrickster onto a desert backround.
That’s my idea.
Any others?
I’d love to hear em.
I’ll be glad when school is out.
Or is it?
Am I the Museblog’s biggest customer?
That would be kind of cool.
Think you could post a no comments chart, listing the amount of posts from each blogger so far.
Further thoughts:
Winners of:
Longest post
Most smilies
Could be fun.
Let’s get back to the movie now.
I oughta make some blueprints based on my set designs.
My folks know a lot about building, so they could help.
That could be my contribution to the MMPP.
I bet other Musers have already sent in bluprints.
If they haven’t, they should.
Good luck.
Maybe we should talk about merchendise ideas.
I’ll get started in the next post.
MERCHENDISE IDEAS:
TOYS:
1. Muse action figures (poseable)
2. Fully functional pie machine (with catapult systym)
3. Urania’s laser wand
4. Muse/Emma/Drinkwater/Ms. Krishnamurti mini figures (non-poseable)
Next post= Games
GAMES:
1. Kokonino County Candy Land Game (for little kids)
2. Kokonino County Monopoly (for insane people)
3. Kokonino County themed cards (for everyone)
4. The Game of Life-Kokonino County Style (end taglines)
NINTENDO:
1. Kokopelli and Company-Attack of the Smart Pies-Gamecube
2.K&C-Intelligent Air, and other Muse Marvels-A video archade game for Gameboy Advanced
3. Kokopelli and Company-Attack of the smart pies Jr.- A humor filled learning game for ages 5 and up
Next post= Adult collectibles
ADULT COLLECTIBLES:
1. Authentic Urania Umbrella
2. Urania’s Blue-moon Ring
3. Pwt’s Necklace
4. Emma’s skull and crossbones earring/ skull ring
SIDEBAR: K&C-Jr. is for Nintendo 64 (I forgot)
5. Muse bronze figures (in a variety of poses)
6. Craww’s Corvus Rex crown in 14 Karat Gold (for decoration)
7. Mimi’s headress
8. Aeiou’s Headdress
Next Post= I’m not sure what
I’m going to write my next letter to the Muse Crew now.
See you later.
We could also find a way to do online type games. Like “Help Pwt catch Craw” and “Pie the Muses” and that sort of stuff. Then once gamers got interested, we could have them join our cause. I think we should also set up a muse chatroom about the movie(not part of the blog, somewhere else) where we could discuss plans easier and instantly. Maybe we could even set up online confrences with the muse people about the movie. Somthing to think about.
Please excuse the smushed in nature of this post. The computer messed it up for some reason when I copied and pasted.
SCENE#7-CHAD’S LAB
THE NEXT SHOT SHOWS A LARGE, FACTORY LIKE BUILDING (CHAD’S LAB)
INTELLIGENT AIR STEAM IS ISSUING FROM THE THREE
SMOKESTACKS ON THE ROOF
FEATHER: “CHAD INDUSTRIES.â€
EMMA: “WOW.â€
FEATHER AND EMMA WALK TOWARDS THE DOORS, WHICH OPEN AUTOMATICALLY
THEY ARE NOW INSIDE A HUGE DOME SHAPED ROOM
THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF SCIENTIFIC LOOKING THINGS ALL OVER THE PLACE
EMMA STARES IN SHOCK
FEAHTER FIDGETS NERVOUSLY
EMMA: “WHAT DOES IT ALL DO?â€
FEATHER: UM, WELL IT, IT’S A COMPLICATED-ER-UM-IT-IT DOES-â€
EMMA: “HEY LOOK! THERE’S A TELESCOPE OVER THERE!â€
EMMA WALKS OFF TOWARDS THE HUGE TELESCOPE
FEATHER FOLLOWS
EMMA CLIMBS UP SOME STAIRS TOWARDS THE EYEPIECE
SHE PEERS INTO IT, AS FEATHER CLIMBS CLUMSILY UP THE STEPS
EMMA: “OOOH.â€
FEATHER TRIPS
FEATHER: “OOOH!â€
EMMA ADJUSTS A KNOB ON THE EYEPIECE
EMMA: “AHHH.â€
FEATHER BUMPS HIS SHIN ON ANOTHER STEP
FEATHER: “AHHH!â€
EMMA: ‘FEATHER COME LOOK.â€
FEATHER: “C-COMING.â€
FEATHER MAKES IT TO THE TOP OF THE STEPS, AND WALKS OVER TO THE EYEPIECE
HE PEERS INTO IT
THE NEXT SHOT SHOWS FEATHER’S VIEW THROUGH THE EYEPIECE
A LARGE RINGSHAPED OBJECT IS VISIBLE THROUGH THE EYEPIECE
FEATHER PULLS BACK: “IT-IT’S A GIANT D-D-OOOOOH-â€
HE FALLS OVER BACKWARDS
THE SCREEN GOES BLACK
END OF SCENE
Excuse smushiness
SCENE#8- “IT NEEDS TO BE MORE PLECISE.â€
THE NEXT SHOT SHOWS EMMA’S FACE COMING BLURILY INTO VIEW
EMMA: “FEATHER?â€
FEATHER OPENS HIS EYES WITH A DORKY EXPRESSION ON HIS FACE
FEATHER: “HI.â€
EMMA: “YOU PASSED OUT.â€
FEATHER: “ARE YOU AN ANGEL?â€
EMMA: “I’M EMMA. I’M THE DRINKWATER GIRL.â€
FEATHER: “OH THANKS. I AM FEELING A LITTLE PARCHED.â€
EMMA GRUMBLES
EMMA: “WHERE’S CHAD?â€
FEATHER SUDDENLY COMES TO HIS SENSES AND SITS UPRIGHT
FEATHER: “HOW LONG HAVE I BEEN OUT?â€
EMMA: “THREE MINUTES.â€
EMMA HELPS FEATHER TO HIS FEET
EMMA: “CHAD.â€
FEATHER: “OH YES, LET’S GO AND FIND HIM.â€
THE NEXT SHOT SHOWS A LONG WHITE HALLWAY
THERE ARE MANY DOORS ON EITHER SIDE
FEATHER: “CHAD’S MANY LABS.â€
EMMA: “DOES HE DO ALL THIS WORK BY HIMSELF?â€
FEATHER: “WELL I HEARD HE EMPLOYS ROBOTS TO HELP OUT WITH THE DIRTY WORK. HE DOES ALL OF THE ACTUAL INVENTING THOUGH.â€
EMMA AND FEATHER STOP NEXT TO A BILL-BOARD
IN THE CENTER OF THE BILL-BOARD, ARE THE DESIGNES FOR CHAD’S ROLLER-COASTER, ‘BARF CANYON.’
FEATHER SHUDDERS
EMMA: “BARF CANYON?â€
FEATHER: “TRUST ME. KOKOPELLI NEVER SHOULD HAVE TOLD CHAD ABOUT THAT DREAM OF HIS.â€
EMMA: “KOKOPELLI?â€
FEATHER GULPS
EMMA: “IS HE THE EVIL MUSE OR SOMETHING?â€
FEATHER: “WELL, IN A WAY SORT OF. A GOOD SORT OF WAY. SORT OF GOOD.â€
THEY START WALKING AGAIN
EMMA: “HOW DOES INTELLIGENT AIR WORK?â€
FEATHER (AKWARDLY): “WELL IT-ER-IT-OH, HERE IT IS.â€
FEATHER POINTS TO A DOOR TO THE LEFT
THE SIGN ON THE DOOR READS ‘TEACH LAB’
FEATHER: “THIS IS WHERE CHAD SPENDS MOST OF HIS TIME. HE-â€
SUDDENLY, THE VOICE OF KOKOPELLI, STARTS COMING FROM BEHIND THE DOOR, WHICH IS SLIGHTLY AJAR
KOKOPELLI: “MISSED, MISSED, MISSED. WOLTHLESS PIECE OF JUNK!â€
FEATHER: “OH VENUS FLYTRAP.â€
EMMA: “WHAT’S WRONG?â€
FEATHER JERKS HIS THUMB TOWARD THE DOOR
FEATHER: “HIM.â€
EMMA AND FEATHER LEAN TOWARDS THE DOOR TO LISTEN
A SECOND VOICE, THIS TIME THE VOICE OF CHAD, CAN NOW BE HEARD FROM WITHIN THE ROOM
CHAD: “NOT WORTHLESS. THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT THE MACHINE LACKS PRECISION. IT NEEDS TO BE MORE PRECISE.â€
THE SHOT CHANGES
THE NEXT SHOT SHOWS KOKOPELLI TALKING TO CHAD
KOKOPELLI APPEARS TO BE A HUMAN SHAPED FORM, WITH A SQUARE HEAD, SMALL WAIST, AND SIX THIN SPIKES OF HAIR (PLUS NO FACIAL FEATTURES) MADE ENTIRELY OUT OF SWIRLING DARK FOG, AND BLACKNESS
HE LOOKS LIKE A BLACK HOLE IN HUMAN FORM
HE IS ALSO SLIGHTLY TRANSPARENT, AND CAN MORPH INTO ANY SHAPE HE WANTS
KOKOPELLI’S SHADOWY BODY, SUDDENLY MORPHS INTO SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE A SHADOW VERSION OF CHAD
KOKOPELLI (IMITATING CHAD’S VOICE RUDELY): “IT NEEDS TO BE MORE PLECISE.â€
EMMA (SOFTLY): “WOW.â€
FEATHER: “HOW DOES HE DO THAT?â€
KOKOPELLI MORPHS BACK TO HIS NATRUAL FORM
KOKOPELLI: “ANY IDIOT CAN SEE IT NEEDS TO BE MORE PLECISE. NOW CAN WE JUST STOP ALGUING, AND GET TO WOLK?â€
CHAD: “SCIENTISTS APPRECIATE ARGUMENTS. IT HELPS US TO SHARPEN OUR WITS, AND IMPROVE THE MIND.â€
KOKOPELLI: “THEN YOU MUST HAVE HAD HALF AN ARGUMENT.â€
EMMA GIGGLES
FEATHER GULPS
CHAD: “WE CAME CLOSE.â€
KOKOPELLI: “NOT CLOSE ENOUGH. IF ALL I WANTED TO DO WAS THLOW PIES AT FEATHER, WE’D BE FINISHED. HE’S SO DUMB I CAN DO IT BY HAND.â€
EMMA: “WELL THAT WASN’T VERY NICE.â€
FEATHER SMILES NERVOUSLY
KOKOPELLI: “BUT ULANIA IS HALDER. SHE’S SMALTER. AND WOLSE, SHE’S ON TO ME. I CAN’T GET WITHIN ALMS LEACH.â€
CHAD: “ADJUSTMENTS ARE POSSIBLE.â€
KOKOPELLI: “LEALLY?â€
CHAD WALKS OVER TO A TABLE WITH SOME BLUEPRINTS ON IT, AND UNROLLS THEM
CHAD: “LET’S REVIEW HOW THE MACHINERY WORKS.â€
KOKOPELLI MORPHS INTO A SHADOWY WHIRLWIND, AND SPINS HIS WAY OVER TO CHAD, SENDING PAPERS FLYING EVERYWHERE
CHAD’S HAT FALLS OFF, AND HIS DREADLOCKS BECOME FRAZZLED
CHAD CALMLY PUTS HIS HAT ONTO HIS FRAZZLED HEAD, AND CONTINUES WITH IS EXPLANATION
CHAD: “YOU RECENTLY GAVE URANIA A NEW HAIR RIBBON, WHICH WAS SECRETLY IMPLANTED WITH A POWERFUL RADIO TRANSMITTER. THE RIBBON SENDS A SIGNAL TO THE GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM, WHICH COMPUTES HER EXACT LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE. IT THEN BEAMS THE DATA TO COMPUTERS HER IN MY LAB, WHICH ADJUST THE FLINGER ARM, TO CATAPULT IN HER DIRECTION.â€
KOKOPELLI (IN BORED VOICE): “AMAZING. A TOTAL BRAIN STIMULANT.â€
HE WHIPS OUT HIS SHADOWY FLUTE FROM NOWHERE, AND BEGINS TO PLAY
FEATHER: “HOW DOES HE DO THAT?â€
CHAD: “THE PROBLEM WITH GPS IS THAT IT ISN’T PRECISE ENOUGH. IT CAN ONLY PINPOINT URANIA’S POSITION TO WITHIN TEN FEET.â€
KOKOPELLI INCREASES THE VOLUME OF HIS FLUTE PLAYING
CHAD (LOUDLY): “URANIA IS ALSO A MOVING TARGET. IT TAKES TIME FOR THE PIE TO TRAVEL FROM HERE TO HER. BY THE TIME IT LANDS, SHE’S MOVED ON. IT CAN’T KEEP UP WITH HER.â€
KOKOPELLI STOPS PLAYING HIS FLUTE
HE MORPHS INTO SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE A BED MADE OUT OF SHADOWS
EMMA: “WOW.â€
FEATHER: “WOW.â€
CHAD ROLLS HIS EYES, AND WALKS AROUND TO THE HEAD OF THE BED
HE PULLS BACK SOME SHADOWY COVERS, AND CLIMBS INTO THE KOKO BED
CHAD: “KOKO.â€
NO REPLY
CHAD (LOUDLY): “KOKO!â€
KOKOPELLI’S TORSO AND HEAD APPEAR FROM WITHIN THE BED
HE IS WEARING A NIGHTCAP
KOKOPELLI: “I’M UP!â€
CHAD: “THERE’S STILL HOPE, IF WE USE, SMART PIES.â€
KOKOPELLI: “DON’T ALL PIES SMART WHEN THEY HIT YOU.â€
THE TRICKSTER CACKLES
EMMA LETS OUT A LITTLE SNIGGER
FEATHER: “HOW DOES HE?-â€
CHAD: “IF THERE WERE SOME WAY WE COULD PUT INTELLIGENCE DIRECTLY INTO THE PIES THEMSELVES, WE COULD CAPTURE IMAGES AND WIRE THEM DIRECTLY TO THE PIE’S MEMORY CIRCUITS.â€
KOKOPELLI: “YOU’RE LEALLY BOLING YOU KNOW.â€
CHAD: “KOKO DO YOU KNOW ANYBODY WHO OWES YOU A FAVOR?â€
KOKOPELLI: “COULD BE ARRANGED.â€
CHAD: “SOMEONE WHO WOULD STAY NEAR THE OBJECTIVE AT ALL TIMES?â€
KOKOPELLI: “SOMEONE SORT OF STUPID. WHO WOULD JUST LULL AROUND AND NOT BOTHER TO THINK TOO MUCH?â€
CHAD: “LET US SAY PATIENT. NOT STUPID KOKOPELLI.â€
KOKOPELLI: “WHATEVER CHAD.â€
CHAD: “WELL THEN-â€
CHAD’S VOICE DROPS TO A LOW WHISPER
EMMA AND FEATHER STRAIN TO HEAR
CHAD: “MURMER-MURMER-MURMER-CAMERA-BLA-BLA-BLA-BLA-BROADCAST-YA-YA-YADA-RELAY-DUH-DUH-DUH-DUH-IMAGE.â€
EMMA: “WOW.â€
FEATHER: “WHAT DID HE-â€
KOKOPELLI SUDDENLY MORPHS INTO HIS NATRUAL FORM AGAIN, WITH CHAD IN HIS ARMS
KOKOPELLI: “CHAD I TAKE BACK EVELYTHING BAD I EVER SAID ABOUT YOU. AND EVELYTHING ANBODY ELSE SAID EITHER.â€
KOKOPELLI PUTS CHAD DOWN
CHAD BRUSHES HIMSELF OFF
KOKOPELLI: “HOW SOON CAN YOU HAVE IT FINISHED?â€
CHAD: “I’LL PUT IN AN ALL-NIGHTER. IT’LL BE READY BY MORNING.â€
KOKOPELLI: “PLAISE THE LEMON MELINGUE GODS!â€
KOKOPELLI SKIPS OFF TOWARDS THE DOOR, STRAIGHT TOWARDS EMMA AND FEATHER
FEATHER: “OH VENUS FLYTRAP!â€
KOKOPELLI SUDDENLY MORPHS INTO A SHADOWY VENUS FLYTRAP WITH LEGS
A FLY FLIES INTO HIS MOUTH, AND HE SNAPS
FEATHER (SOFTLY): “EMMA GO!â€
EMMA: “WHY?â€
FEATHER: “JUST GO. GET OUT OF HERE NOW.â€
EMMA RUNS OFF, JUST AS KOKO REACHES THE DOOR, STILL IN FLYTRAP FORM
FEATHER OPENS THE DOOR
KOKOPELLI: “GOT ANY BUGS BUDDY?â€
FEATHER: “YES, I DO. AN ENTIRE ARMY OF APHIDS IN THE CABAGE PATCH. NOT TO MENTION THE HUNGER BUG IN MY STOMACH. I HAVEN’T HAD A DECENT DONUT FOR A LONG TIME.â€
KOKOPELLI SNAPS AT ANOTHER FLY
FEATHER WINCES AS KOKO CHEWS IT UP
KOKOPELLI: “FEATHER-â€
HE CHANGES BACK INTO HIS REGULAR FORM
KOKOPELLI: – “YOU, ARE PELFECT.â€
FEATHER: “THAT CAN’T BE GOOD. I DON’T KNOW WHY. BUT IT CAN’T BE GOOD.â€
KOKOPELLI: “GO HOME AND GET SOME SLEEP FEATHER. I NEED RESTED AND SMART. I MEAN, RESTED.â€
KOKOPELLI SNIGGERS
FEATHER GULPS
KOKOPELLI: “GO, GO, GO!â€
FEATHER RUNS OFF NERVOUSLY
KOKOPELLI CACKLES EVILY
THE NEXT SHOT SHOWS EMMA PEERING AT KOKO FROM BEHIND ANOTHER LAB DOOR
EMMA: “WOW.â€
END OF SCENE
I hope the Muse crew likes the morphing Koko idea.
It seems like something he would be good at.
I especially like the idea of Chad climbing into Kokopelli’s covers, and shouting at him.
Plus, the idea of Koko wearing a nightcap sounds kind of absurd.
In a good way.
Now what should we discuss while I’m waiting to have my current letter proofread?
Hmmmmm.
I know.
Starting at next post, we’ll discuss the premier party in Chicago.
Here we go!
KOKOPELLI AND COMPANY- CHICAGO PREMIERE
Date: June 10th, 2008
Premiere party starts at 9:00 AM
Film starts at 10:00 AM
Supposing the movie is 2 hours, movie ends at 12:00 AM
Unfortunatly dinner is ready now, so I have to go.
I shall return tommorow.
Kokopelli should be always shown in profile and 2D, like in the cartoons. He should be a Koko-shaped absence of light, but if he wants, he can become a shadow or disappear.
MORE MUSE MOVIE PREMIERE:
During the party, there will be lessons in cartooning from Larry Gonick, as well as a special lecture about the creation of the ‘New Muses.’
There will be tasty foods from the ‘New Muses’ birthplaces, and music from those reagions as well.
There will be an autograph signing for 1 hour after the film (first come, first serve system).
The celebration will end with a live version of ‘I Wanna Hold Your Attention’ by Cedar.
That’s all I have.
Patrick Dahl from Hollywood, says that he can help us move the Muse Movie along.
This is just great.
I’ve had a breakthrough idea regarding the fight between animated or live action medium.
Go to ‘Muse Movie-Part 3’ to read about it.
I think it might satisfy us all.
what fight?
The fight to have a Muse Movie made of course.
And the fight to decide wether it should be live or animated.
I’d be happy with live action, and a brief animated sequence.
I could live with fully computer animated (but I wouldn’t like it as much).
I’ll kill whoevers responsible if it ends up being cartoony.
I’ve asked Patrick Dahl on Muse Movie 3 to ask Samantha, who I assume works with the Muse Crew, to ask Larry Gonick what production company he wants to make the movie.
Hopefully he’ll have an answer for us sometime.
I once suggested that Larry Gonick start writing a whole series of K&C books, that got longer with each volume, like the Harry Potter books.
Now I have anew idea!
After this movie comes to theaters, if it gets really good reviews, we’ll start making plans for a sequel, dreamed up entirely by the Musers.
The only thing I have in my head at the moment, is that it will answer the question of weather Chad and Urania will ever get married, like some Musers believe.
It will be the Musers sequel.
But I’m getting ahead of myself.
Let’s stick with the current project for now.
As I said, my next letter to the Muse Crew is going to be extra long, now that we have a real person from Hollywood at our feet.
Usually I just include 1 or 2 script samples.
This time, I’m gonna do FIVE!!!!!
I wish I was phsycic, so I could tune into Patrick Dahl’s thoughts, whenever he was busy trying to help us get this movie made.
I would tune out to anything else, so as not to intrude on privacy.
Heck if all the Musers were phsycic, we could send messages back and forth, while we weren’t on the blog.
Of course that might give us all headaches eventually.
Sometime soon, I’m going to try and make a contribution to the MMPP. Hopefully before September is over.
I don’t know what I’ll send, but I’ll think of something.
One day, in the not to distant future, I will repost all of my script samples, into one huge post.
This will be translated, most likely, into:
Muse Movie? Part 4: The Full Script *
* With the exception of one scene, which waslost after being sent to the Muse Crew.
It would be fun to read the entire script without other posts in between.
We are now—
— halfway to 400 posts.
Before you know it, we’ll be to 500, which is halfway to 1000
1000 posts.
Wouldn’t that be something.
As far as I Know, no other thread has reached a thousand.
And unless there’s a certain post number the GAPAs make us stop at, there’s no reason why this can’t be the first.
Some things that were changed from the book in my script:
1. Car crash
Book= Car gets rammed into the interscection, and gets flattended by a brick truck.
Movie= Car swerves to miss other car, and goes over a small cliff, the front end explodes, leaving the back end/Emma, intact.
2. Emma’s escape from Drinkwater
Book= Barely mentioned.
Movie= Hyped up quite a bit. Darien chases emma onto the roof, and then is distracted by a screaming voice in his head, which turns out to be Mimi. Emma jumps off the lowest parto f the roof, and onto ground. Her arm is cut, and she runs to the mall to go get bandages.
3. Scene in which Feather and Urania run through the parking lot to escape Koko’s falling pie storm.
Book= Fairly boring, but funny.
Movie= Still funny, but more dramatic.
4. Scene in which Feather tries to locate Emma on his I.A terminal, and it turns out she’s right behind him.
Book= Not included.
Movie= Added for humor.
5. Koko’s morphing ability.
Book= Not included.
Movie= Added to make Koko appearer sneaky and sinister. He’s a little like ‘Captain Jack Sparrow.’ When you first meet him (or at least when non-Musers first meet him) it’s hard to tell if he’s good or bad. In my upcoming script samples, I will try to make it unclear as to the nature of his character. He turns out good in the end, but he seems bad at first.
When translating a book to a movie, I feel it’s important to adapt it to the audiance that you want to capture.
Jack Sparrow appeals to kids and adults, because he’s a mystery to be solved, and is hillariously funny.
Just like Kokopelli.
It’s a shame we can’t get Jhonny Depp to play Koko.
That would be typecasting of course.
I sear, Sparrow is just like a human version of the ‘Lord of the Tricksters.’
LIGHTING ISSUES:
Opening scene:
The opening scene takes place on a beautiful country road, and should therefor be light and pleasent. Therefor it should be bright and sunny lighting.
Paramedics scene:
Something unpleasent has just happened, but it is still daytime.
Therefor it should be cloudy, and slighty spooky, but not dark.
Orphanage scene:
At this point, we don’t know about Drinkwater’s true being, but we do know that Emma is unhappy. Therefor it should be a mixture of mostly light, but a little bit of dark lighting.
Drinkwater dinner scene:
It should be mildly dark lighting, but in a pleasent sort of way. A happy family sitting down to dinner.
Emma confronts Drinkwater scene:
This scene should start out with sunny bright lighting, because we don’t know what’s going on yet. As things become more clear, the hallway becomes darker. When Drinkwater attacks Emma, it suddenly becomes bright again, to invoke surprise.
Emma and Drinkwater on roof scene:
It is obviously the middle of the day, so it should be bright and sunny. The scary element is added by the fact that Drinkwater is obviously trying to hurt Emma.
Mall scene:
Lit how the average mall is lit
Parking lot scene:
Still daytime, but a little more cloudy.
Introduction to Kokonino County scene:
Darker lighting at first.
As we get our first big view of the County, everything suddenly becomes bright and happy.
Feather’s House scene:
Lit in the same way as the Drinkwater Dinner scene, but slightly less cheerful.
Outside Chad’s Lab scene:
Semi-dark lighting. It’s more in the evening now.
Inside the dome scene:
Darker, to mkae one focus on the stars more. The platform with the telescope on it is lit up.
Hallway to room with Chad and Kokopelli scene:
Lit up brightly.
Kokopelli arguing with Chad scene:
Semi-dark, in a slightly unpleasent way. There is just a bit of sunny lighting, being emitted by verious lamps around the room, to give us a hint that Koko is really okay.
That’s all I have for now.
I’ll write out more once I’ve written out my next set of scripts.
I’m going to start work on my next set of script samples now.
There’s going to be extra this time.
They’ll be on ‘Muse Movie Part 2’ in a few days.
There are now two new samples on part 2.
Hope you like them.
Another sample has been added to ‘Part 2.’
Go check it out.
I’ll be leaving later tonight for L.A. So enjoy me while you can.
Lighting-
I think that for parts of Kokoino County we should have sort of a dappled light patteren on the ground, sort of like the bottom of a swiming pool to give it a more “unhuman” effect. And maybe they could have opposite shadows, like little splases of light. But then Koko might be off a bit. Hmm. What do you think, Cedar?
And sorry I havn’t been on too much. I’ve got a lot going on bewteen High School, tennis, hockey, and homework. I’ll try to sty active, tho.
I think having special lighting for Kokonino County sounds great Jadestone.
Kokopelli does not cast any shadows, because he is a shadow.
I think the light in Emma’s world, should seem dull, and completely unexciting, and the light in Kokonino County, should seem to have some sort of magic about it.
Great idea.
I’ll have to remeber to tell the Muse Crew about our decision to do it Shrek style animation in my next letter.
I hope they haven’t started designing stuff for a live action.
Although that would be fine with me if they did.
THE LETTERS TO BIGSHOTS PLAN:
A good way to accomplish something big, is to get someone big interested. One bigshot is good, but imagine if we had a bunch of bigshots on our side.
Here’s the plan:
1. Find some kind of contact information for your most favorite director, writer, actor, etc. and tell them what we’re trying to do.
NOTE: Make it as short as you can. We don’t want them to get bored.
2. Hope they reply.
3. If we each send letters or emails to a whole bunch of Hollywood bigshots, people may get interested.
More bigshot ideas in my next post.
Why didn’t I think of it before!!!
I am such a dweeblezit!!!
Write a letter to the newsreporter of your choice, telling them about our efforts. Come to think of it, I wouldn’t be surprised if dear Patrick has been doing something of the nature already.
The press can be anoying sometimes, but I think we may need them on this.
It may be a while before I can manage to write someone, but I’ll try it.
Ooo, funfunfun. I’ll have to start reading the newspaper more, and thinking of stuff… Grrr I neeeeeeeeed that book! How can I properly help without it?! I am going to have to result to begging my parents to buying it off Amazon, arn’t I? Meh. But I wants it, the precious…
You could make a contribution to the MMPP Jadestone.
NOTE ON MMPP:
I’ve realized that the MMPP serves a slightly different purpose, now that we’ve decided to have it be computer animated.
Actually it serves two purposes:
1. If it’s animated, then the things we send in, can be used as guides.
2. If they go with live-action, it will serve the same purpose as before.
I’m going to go do some more work on the book now.
Well, I’ve finished with the introduction, and I’ve started work on chapter one.
You’ll be able to read some of the book at:
MM-Part 5- Behind the Scenes with Cedar.
At least that’s how I see it.
MM-Part 4, is the complete script.
o0O0o idea!!! Maybe once you have the script, we can have different musers(or musebloggers!) do voices for the script! Then we can send it to them and see what they think and stuff. Grrr gotta go, more on this later.
that’s a totally froody idea, although we would all have to have some sort of a convention…*cough, cough*
Ahh. true. Well, we couldeach do a section of the script, send them to the gapa, and maybe have them send it to one of us so we could splice it together. Can anyone do that? I might be able to, but I dunno. Grr, this whol distance thing and not being able to actually talk can be anoying. Can’t wait for the muse convention.
HOW TO DO VOICES FOR THE SCRIPT:
(Or at least how I would do it)
My family has a stereo systym in the kitchen, which allows you to record music, and, if you have a microphone, your own voice.
Here’s how you do it.
1. Pick a character you want to be (make sure you tell other bloggers first, so we don’t all send in the same thing) and then highlight each of that character’s lines with a bright yellow marker. You can copy the script from the blog, and print it out.
2. Doing this will require you to start and stop the recording process a lot. As soon as your line is done, press the stop button, to discontinue recording. Then find your next line, and start recording again. Stop, when that line is finished, even if it’s only one word.
NOTE: If a character has two lines in a row, don’t bother stopping. Stop only when your character should stop.
FINALLY:
Send your voiceover of your chosen character to the Muse Crew by snail-mail, and be sure to tell them who you’re supposed to be. The Muse Crew can then edit the various tracks together, in order to make one big voiceover.
WE SHOULDN”T BE GIVING OUT PERSONAL INFO LIKE ADRESSES, SO WE CAN’T SEND THE DISCS TO EACH OTHER.
I would do it if we could, but we can’t.
Hey Jadestone!
I just thought of an idea that might simplify your voiceover idea.
This task can be completed only by girls though.
If you have access to any recording equitment whatsoever, then pick your favorite scene with Emma, and do a voiceover of her.
You’ll probably all be too old to play Emma by the time the movie is ready for recording, but it will encourage them anyway.
Good luck.
I think we should write letters to Dreamworks.
They did Shrek, and as far as I know, they’re the company you want if you’re making a computer animated movie.
I shy away from Pixar, becuase they’re associated with Disney, and I don’t want Disney buying the rights to the best children’s novel ever.
Disney is not good at adapting books to movies.
They would screw up the characters, add dumb songs, and
turn it into a screwball comedy.
Don’t get me wrong, I think those are funny, but this isn’t a screwball film.
Well it’s October.
Maybe some new kids will come and join us.
I should mention MM on some of the new homepage threads to attract newcomers.
Of course!
Why didn’t I think of it before.
Hmmm… I’ll have to try recording a voice of Emma, then. Maybe I could get some of my friends to help and do a scene. I’d have to send it by snail mail, but I think I’ll try. Oh, and can you post the whole script soon? I’d like to show a copy to my old reading/LA teacher and see what he says. He’s a great techer, he might have some sugestions.
JADESTONE:
Your wish is my command.
I’m going to go and finish the scene I’m currently working on, and then post every scene I’ve done so far, in a super-post on
MM-Part 2.
Muse Movie-Part 4-The Complete Script, will featture every single scene in the movie once I finish it.
Get ready for the sneak peak.
So eventually, I did get to thinking about who I would like(out of my friends) to do voices for the characters for a scene to send in to Muse. I think one of my friends, Jess, would be able to do a good part of Emma. She’s an actress(as are many of my friends); so sh should be able to do a good voice. Plus, from what I’ve heard she sounds a bit like Emma might. I think another guy I know could do Feather really well, he talks quietly but his voice is sort of deep. He’s really shy, tho, but I think my other friend could convince him to do a part.
All in all, I did not make much progress today. But I tried.
MUSIC IDEA
I was thinking that we could have a flute-theme intro and stuff to the movie, because of kokopelli’s flute. It could play at opening and ending credits, possibly.
My idea is to have the music be made up of an orchestra of breath instruments.
There are occasional drums and stuff during dramatic mometns, and a couple of tracks such as the Drinkwater dinner scene may use other instruments.
But for the most part, the music consists of flute, piccolo, recorder,
occarina, etc. etc.
See posts- 296, 297, 304, 305, 306, 307, 311, 313, 314, and 315 for more of my music ideas.
I have created a simple piano version of the main theme music on my digital music editing software.
It’s not perfect, but it’s okay.
Perhaps the premier should be held outdoors at night in
Coconino County.
There would be hundreds of chairs lined up, with a huge screen in the middle of the desert.
More on this in the next post.
I just posted an idea for the premiere, but it didn’t appear.
Maybe it’s just late for some reason.
Well if not, then here it is again:
Why not have the premiere on a super-sized screen out in the middle of the real Coconino County?
More in my next post.
I hope I didn’t just repeat myself for nothing.
Ah good. No mistakes that time.
MORE ON SUPER-SIZED SCREEN:
I’m not sure exactly how large a normal sized movie-theater screen is. I do know it’s big though.
Imagine six of those stuck together. Three on the top, three on the bottom.
A movie screen as tall as a six story building (at least). Maybe even taller.
Now that would be smashing.
Odd. It’s doing it again.
Repeat idea:
HAve six regular sized movie-theater screens stuck together to make a humungolicious size screen.
Hmmm.
Perhaps the blog is having problems.
I’ll leave for now.
I still think we should consintrate more on making it happen, first. I mean, once a film place buys the rights to a book, technicly they can do whatever they want with it and we(or Mr. Gonnik) wouldn’t have anything to do with it
Jadestone 385:
Not be a part of it anymore?
OVER MY SHOT, BEATEN, STABBED, BURNED, CRUSHED, DECAPITATED, MAIMED, DRAWN AND QUARTERED, DIGESTED BY DOGS, THEIR DUNG THROWN INTO A RIVER OF LAVA, BODY!!!!
We’ll just have to start sending our ideas to whichever company wants to make the movie.
We’d better find a company that is willing to let everybody take part, because cedar is basically doing half their work for them! And if larry g isn’t involved i’ll pie them. XD
Yeah… okay, so from what I know, there are a few aproaches to what we can do:
The first is to convince a company to buy the rights to the book, then they would handle all the making and stuff but we wouldn’t get a say. I vote for choice two.
Which is… we(Cedar, mainly) be the scriptwriter for the whole thing.(well, not all of it, but yeah). We would have to snazz up the script, ad more detail, very elaborate discriptions of what was where and when, descriptions of ppeople, and out the whole thing in scriot-format. Then we could send it to several studios we think would be good, ect. Then we would be part of it more, it would be the actuall script that they used in the movie.
What do you think?
Idea number two sounds great. Just what I had in mind.
Thanks again Jade.
We will need to send them loads of ideas, like we’re doing now with the Muse Crew. THat way they’ll be up to their necks in it, and they won’t be able to escape the Muser’s wrath.
Cause if whatever company decides to make the movie, dosen’t allow us to be involved in at least some way, I will destroy them.
Finacially of course.
Not far off from 400 posts.
How exciting.
INTERESTING IDEA FOR KIDS WHO GO TO PUBLIC SCHOOL:
Make a brochure for the Museblog on your computer, make copies, then give them to all the kids and teachers at your school.
Don’t spend a lot of time talking, the brochure shuould tell them what they need to know, just say something like
‘I highly reccomend this sight. Here’s a brochure,’ and then walk away.
Unless it’s your best freind, in which I see no harm in chatting up a storm.
This could give us a big boost in membership to the blog, and with two new GAPAs on board, I don’t see how that can hurt.
Good luck.
Hmm… but the blog allready has lots of faithful followers. Maybe just brsures for muse. With a section on the Muse movie.
I’ll be leaving for California in a bit.
I’ll post when I get my hands on a computer there.
I’ll be here for just a few more posts though.
The idea is to get even more kids to come here Jade.
Then, if they like it (which they will) they’ll tell their freinds, who will tell their parents, who will tell their freinds, who will tell their kids, who will (and so on).
And pretty soon, if we’re lucky, every child in America with an internet connection will be a member of Museblog.
PS: I imagine the GAPAs are currently feeling a strong desire to do me some type of bodily harm.
Well I’m in California now.
Turns out we were doing the Sabastapole part of the trip first.
I’ll be going to bed in a bit, but I have enough time for a few posts before that.
Just four-
– more posts –
– to go till –
– we reach –
– 400 POSTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOOOOO!!! *dances* Shweet!! *pie and sparkling juices for all* Let’s have a party! *sends out invites* *turns up music* Guess what? I think it’s time for another Muse Movie thread! Who’s with me?
Good idea.