Announcement
 

I don't think I'm giving too much away if I announce that the Fiver By Committee will finally, FINALLY be published in this year's anniversary event. It was supposed to be in last year's, but the whole event was moved to this year for reasons of suckage.

Since that's still not for a while, I'm considering starting FBC2 early. It's high time we got another one going. We'll need a movie with enough popular appeal that everyone who wants to participate has seen it, or easily can. Any suggestions?

Why not aim for something big? I say we go for Blade Runner, or even 2001.

Yeah, it needs to be something big enough that a vast majority of the forumgoers here are familiar with it.

How about Raiders of the Lost Ark? Or Jurassic Park?

I'd suggest Matrix: Reloaded, but it's not nearly as memorable and I'm sure everyone would love a chance to work with different characters.

Yeah, not Reloaded. One FBC per franchise is plenty. 2001 and Jurassic Park are good examples of the sort of thing we're looking for; another would be, say, Terminator.

Once we have enough suggestions, I'll arrange a poll of the checklist variety, and we'll see what gets the most votes. (It's hard to narrow it down to one choice; best if people can just check off the ones they're familiar with.)

I may own Blade Runner, but I've never seen it.

Okay, suggestions: The Fifth Element, Armageddon, Independence Day, ET, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Jaws.

Is there a Serenity Fiver anywhere?

Sorry, Serenity is mine (and if it weren't, it would go to Jade or Derek -- whoever won the fight to the death). Those other ideas are good, though.

I figured that if there wasn't a Serenity fiver already then it was in the works.

Why do I feel like I've already read a Fifth Element Fiver? I couldn't see one on 5M.net, but has someone else somewhere on the net done one?

Not on the net. I do have a submission for it (likewise intended for last year's event), but you could only have heard about that from the author or me, and I know I didn't blab.

I'm pretty sure that's the only other suggestion that's already spoken for, by the way. Not many movies are called, since only staffers can usually do so; if any more pop up, I'll try to flag them quickly.

Hmm....a movie that a lot of people have seen...

Nothing's coming to mind except a request to NOT do a hardcore, niche movie this time.

My request is not to do ET (even though I suggested it) because I hate that movie. Why do people think the wrinkly little brownish alien is cute? WHY?

I like the Jurassic Park idea, myself.

Nate, when you're in the minority on something, you don't have to like it, but it's no good denying it. In no way is The Matrix a "hardcore, niche movie."

I'd like to vote for Terminator II.

Gatac

What, minorities can't make requests? Pleas? Anguished screams?

I don't think ET is cute. Not at all.

I guess Jurassic Park is okay, even though it's been well over ten years since I've seen it.

My whole purpose behind the "please no hardcore" thing is that I don't like hardcore scifi and I wanted to actually play a role in this one. Sue a guy for wanting to contribute.

How about Indiana Jones?

Uh...Dr. Strangelove?

^ Don't even joke about that.

TFE is mine, and hopefully it will see the light of say sometime reasonably soon. If it's published before Tron is however, I may have to track down Zeke and do bad things to him. I'm talking things that would make Barney the Dinosaur cringe, here.

I like the suggestions of Independance Day and Terminator, though I'm somewhat baffled at the description of The Matrix as hard SF.

Nate, I had no objection to your point itself. It's well taken. I just don't see how it applies to The Matrix, which, for better or worse, was the most popular and successful sf movie in years. It made sci-fi hip for a while, the way Star Wars once did. That doesn't make it a good movie, but it made it a good choice for FBC. You were just an unfortunate exception -- there'll be one or two no matter what we pick.

SHHH! PHJ will be so mad if you spoil people about that!

Jaws has been called by me. But really, I've only written one scene and I'm not sure I want to keep it or not.

I second Jurrasic Park or Indiana Jones. :)

Where did I say Matrix is bad? I don't want to watch it, ever, but that doesn't necessarily imply "bad", just "it's not my style."

What's TFE?

You didn't actually say the Matrix was bad, just heavily implied it.

TFE: The Fifth Element


ijdgaf why don't we think about doing Jaws then, with your one scene set in stone? Or better yet, with your one scene highlighted with blinking text and a border and your name in neon lights, just to annoy everyone else.

You've got my vote!

Not to be a cynic, but isn't the plot of Jaws rather simplistic?

Jaws: Argh!
Everyone: Gak!

The End

:)

For the hell of it:

Shark: Da Na. Da Na. DaNa DaNa Da Na DA NA DA NA
Seawood: Do you mind?
Shark: Sorry. Got a tone to set.

Who or what is Seawood?

I always thought it was "Daaa dum, daaa dum, da dum da dum..."

The next big forum war: 'No it's da dum!' NO IT'S DAAA DUM!' 'NOOOOO! It's...' etc.

Is Seawood the boat? (We're gonna need a bigger boat...)
It's been ages since I've seen Jaws. And I don't have it on video, damn! I'll have to hire it.

He's on holiday at the moment. Yes, on holiday to the bottom of the loch.

What can we say? He just got on our nerves one too many times.

You are a strange person.

No, not person. People? Thing? Things? Miscellanea?

I think that fits. You are a strange miscellanea.

The MPD is less pronounced than it used to be. We mostly work together now, you see.

(Now I just have to wait for my cue to say, "You will be.")

EDIT: When I say mostly, I should mention that PJH is off doing his own thing. No-one has any idea what, so when we find out it will be an interesting day for us all.

The truck's just a decoy. The real PHJ is in that freaky little purple midget car in the background, right?

No, the real PHJ is running the Bank of Africa in Burkina Faso.

This one knows too much for his own good....

^There's too much confusion here.

I can't get no relief.

...Oh crap, we're [SPOILER REMOVED]!

Thief!

Shall we return to the "what shall we five next" debate?

How about the popular fictional work 'PHJ: The Real Story'?

See, it is too on topic!

Um... typo. Meant "Seaweed".

But whatever, I don't think Jaws is the best choice. The movie came out before most of us were born, and it probably doesn't have the widespread popularity around here that (a) I'd like, and (b) would be required of a FBC target.

Jurassic Park and Raiders of the Lost Ark fit those criteria a bit better, I would think -- and they've been seconded by other posters.

I'll suggest either Jurassic Park or Independence Day, as they're both movies I'm quite familer with. :)

We could always do a Bond movie. Goldfinger? The Spy Who Loved Me? Casino Royale? I'd say those are the three most on the public conscious at this point in time.