" it, plotting out a full story and actually try to make it good.The film we ultimately chose was Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
. Time travel gets put to all sorts of interesting uses in that one, plus I annoy everybody by bringing up Denver the Last Dinosaur
. Here's the full episode if you want to hear more, including some thoughts about a prequel to Friday the 13th
featuring Pamela Voorhees in the vein of Cher in the film Mask 
(if Cher's son had died due to camp-counselor negligence and Cher went violently insane). However, it was my understanding we were to come with a few ideas already. Here're the two I provided for the podcast itself:Highlander
-A prequel focused on the Kurgan or Ramirez would have been pretty cool without much effort, but making one about young Connor would be tricky. Maybe a back-story of the feud between the Macleods and the Frasers, with the Kurgan making a dramatic entrance by killing a bunch of people in the vein of Vader's appearance in Rogue One? You could have the love story between Connor and Kate (you know, the one who later demanded he be burned at the stake) and perhaps go with the fan theory that Dugal "comforted" Kate after Connor's death and their insistence Connor was demon-possessed or a witch was driven by guilt.Since the ultimate goal is potentially making this into a good film, it could be some kind of semi-Braveheart
, possibly with a teen love triangle thrown in for good measure, and an occasional appearance by the Kurgan to remind us that this is actually a Highlander film.The Guyver
-The protagonist could be Tetsu Segawa, the scientist father of love interest Mitzi Segawa from the original film. We see how he got involves with the Chronos Corporation, how he became a Zoanoid, and how he ultimately attempted to steal a Guyver unit and defect to the CIA. You could get an early appearance by the Zoanoid gangbangers of the first film and even the dragon-like monstrous form of evil CEO Fulton Balcus much like how Rogue One gives us some of the pre-Alderaan outings of the Death Star. It could give Mark Hamill a chance to reprise his role as the CIA agent Max, although he's aged so much since the movie was made that this really wouldn't be a good idea unless they CGI de-aged him a la Tony Stark in Captain America Civil War
or Rachael in Blade Runner 2049
or went full-blown Tarkin or Leia like in Rogue One.(Granted, you could do an all-new cast, but including Mark Hamill might be the only way to get this off the ground.)
I never really got the chance to contribute any more ideas, but other notions I had included expanding the 1970s opening of Master of Disguise
into a full movie, making a prequel to That's My Boy
that's basically a Lifetime Original Movie about creepy teachers with the genders swapped, making a prequel to Stargate 
about how Kurt Russell's character's son killed himself with his dad's gun (basically an "issues movie" about accidental shootings), and making a prequel to Gigli 
(probably one of the worst movies ever made) following Ben Affleck or Jennifer Lopez's characters before the kidnapping that dominates the film's plot.
for his new podcast, 
, another writer I know who manages to be far more productive than I am with far more real-life responsibilities.
cast members are proposed, including Norman Reedus as the thuggish Reed and, although he doesn't look the part, Jeffrey Dean Morgan as the conflicted Sam.
vs 
. This has apparently been the subject of many a playground fight, although one of the podcast crew wonders what kind of playgrounds Thomas has been hanging out at. Based on my own childhood, it seems like playground fights had more to do with kids making fun of each other's parents or similar silliness--Star Wars vs. Star Trek seems to be the stuff of never-ending squabbles on Internet message boards.
). Spears were shaken. Comparisons of 
and 
occurred. 9/11 Trutherism and the "the real enemy is your own military" tropes were denounced.
, whether or not it was preachy, and the influence of Gene Roddenberry. I found Captain Picard extremely sanctimonious at times, but I think the point of 
was that he was a giant hypocrite--he disdained 21st Century people as savages but when pressed (the Borg) he could be just as violent ("THIS FAR AND NO FARTHER!").
and mimic Jar Jar Binks, much to 
. One of the major topics discussed was 
or 
, at least when I saw them in late middle school and in high school. In fact, I remember enjoying both movies. However, 
came out when I was in college and when I saw it, I was incredibly disappointed. My disappointment culminated in the infamous "NOOO!" that, instead of being tragic (Palpatine claims Vader, who had sold his soul to Palpatine to protect his wife Padme from dying in childbirth as he had foreseen, had actually killed her--and in a way that was actually true), was unintentionally hilarious.
with the whole "I have it, my father has it, my sister has it" bit and followed up with Han and Leia's son in 
that Force-sensitivity is often hereditary, but there was no need to actually explain it. Just leave it mysterious.
followed Luke Skywalker. Even if the story is ultimately about the damnation of Anakin Skywalker, we can see him through someone else's eyes. Daniel suggested Obi-Wan and that's a really good idea. One of Thomas's friends (I don't know his crew that well so I don't know his name) suggested Anakin's fall would have more impact if we focused on how it affected other characters and Kenobi watching his beloved student turn into a monster would really hurt. In Return of the Jedi, he tells Luke about how he thought he could have been as good a teacher as Yoda..."and I was wrong." The guilt that might have been tempered by time in the original trilogy would be red-hot in the prequels. Boba Fett, as someone who isn't a Rebel or a loyal Imperial, could be another possible central character.
, widely believed to be the best Star Wars movie of them all, was directed by Irvin Kirshner, while 
was directed by Richard Marquand. Although one must give credit to Lucas for writing and directing 
, by the time we got to the prequel trilogy (in which he wrote and directed them all), he might've been wearing too many hats.
rather than the whiner of the movies. You all should check that out.)
or 
. However, I do remember regularly watching 
despite, even as a preschooler or early elementary schooler, I found the theme song incredibly annoying.
Mom got me, which had "Dinosaur Ducks" where the gang visits a prehistoric lost world and "The Curse of Castle McDuck" where they encounter 
, which the Myopia podcast discussed 
and 
films, which I enjoyed but the others didn't particularly like. That was probably my fault, since I didn't watch the main shows being discussed to the degree the others did. However, it did generate some good conversation and jokes. :)
. I remember watching the original show when visiting my grandparents, which would have been in the late 1980s, and I saw some of 
on YouTube. Those episodes seemed a lot more thoughtful and sophisticated in terms of characterization and storytelling than I remember the original show being. Unfortunately, it didn't attract the attention of today's kids (despite being more anime in visual style), nor did it bring in the fans of the original. So it ran for only one season. :(
and the second 
and the novella 
alongside 
and kept them online even when he got a traditional book deal for Terms. Regardless of whether I go traditional or independent with Wastelands, "Fairmont" would be an excellent way to whet readers' appetites for Battle, much like how 
preceded 
My completed novella "Son of Grendel" can come afterward, much like 
came after Blood and Bullets and before 
