PD: The Movie: First Draft completed!

[Placid Dingo]

Saw this referenced in the Social Network movie thread so I figured I'd write a script, (CC) it and leave it lying around for you.

I'm like to have some control over what I'm doing but obviously I'm putting it out there as a collaborative effort. My plan is to

1. Plan.
2. Write something.
3. Get you guys to help edit it.
4. Done.

An obviously, CC means you can rewrite whatever you want.

The spirit of the title fro me is something that is informed by this site. So not essentially 'the site in film form' but something that very clearly has used a lot of the ideas/memes/posters/whatever specific to the site. It can go in any direction; absolutely doesn't have to be a script about a forum.

WHAT I'M AFTER RIGHT NOW. Any of the below.

1. A feeling on what kind of plot we follow. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_seven_types_of_stories_in_the_world

2. Who can/should be used as a character? This could be fabrications of real posters, combined archtypes, personalities, discordian figures. Ideally if you're happy to have yourself in there, you should be happy enough for me to take liberties with you (ie, hero villain, secretly Ann Couter etc) so be VERY specific about any limits I might have with your character. Also, because they are YOUR CHARACTER not you, it would be cool if you could advise me on the archtype that should best represent them. http://changingminds.org/explanations/identity/jung_archetypes.htm

3. Any little pieces of dialogue floating around this site that could be used or appropriated.

4. Some things from the site that could be used. Accessible things are best; Black Iron Prison, the Barstool are things that are understandable outside of this forum.

5. Any cool Tropes that ought to be here. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage

WHAT I DON'T WANT RIGHT NOW

1. Scripts.

2. Whole plot outlines that are basically just every meme ever on here stuck together.

[Jenne]

This clearly needs to be a trilogy.  With prequels.

[LMNO]

"THINGS FELL APART, AND NO ONE DID MUCH OF ANYTHING."








Roll credits.

[Cramulus]

it might be easier to conceptualize us as a bunch of different meatspace cabals, as it's difficult to depict internet networks on film

movie plot ideas:

-we all get involved with uncovering a conspiracy which it turns out we were behind all along
-internet trolling turns into IRL trolling turns into the plot from The Warriors where the tribe has to run through dangerous territory while everybody in the world tries to murder them
-IRL meetup turns into us marooned on a desert island together. Can we build a functional society?

[Chairman Risus]

it might be easier to conceptualize us as a bunch of different meatspace cabals, as it's difficult to depict internet networks on film

movie plot ideas:

-we all get involved with uncovering a conspiracy which it turns out we were behind all along
-internet trolling turns into IRL trolling turns into the plot from The Warriors where the tribe has to run through dangerous territory while everybody in the world tries to murder them
-IRL meetup turns into us marooned on a desert island together. Can we build a functional society?

I vote for this twice.

[AFK]

Ambassador Klok Kaos needs to be some kind of villain or foil. 

And I want to be played by Weird Al Yankovic, which would be something considering he's like 20 years older than me. 

[Cain]

AKK would be the Starscream to the actual villain.

[AFK]

Hmm, so going with that theme, maybe the villain is some Unicron-Ted Stevens hybrid. 

[Cainad (dec.)]

WAAAAIIIIT a second...

"PD: The Movie"? You expect us to fall for that one, Placid Dingo?



I'm on to you, bucko!

[Thurnez Isa]

GIGGLES is the only person worthy enough to be hero, villain, and romantic interest of such a movie

[Cramulus]

it also needs a certain degree of meta. An awareness that this is a movie.

[Richter]

"Ocean's 23"

[Jasper]

We should see if John Waters will help.

[Rumckle]

it also needs a certain degree of meta. An awareness that this is a movie.

This.
Lots of breaking the fourth wall.


How about a story about a noob that finds the PD, and their journey of self discovery, after conversations/adventures with various posters?

[Placid Dingo]

Hmm, so going with that theme, maybe the villain is some Unicron-Ted Stevens hybrid. 

I'm not even sure what that means.

OK So, there's a handful of plots. Mostly based around fairly conventional interpretations of the dicordians present. I'm leaning towards the conspiracy idea.

Also could you please give explicit notice if you do NOT want a representitive character.

Also we have a villain. so looks like we're probably 'Overcoming the monster.'

I'm going to take this to a dystopian future setting. Abolishing the 'forum' altogether, the posters communicate secretly in person (or through channels.

Somehow a mission begins. Possibly the 'stuck together' scenario before (though that seems better as a trigger point than as a coheisive plot).

Maybe we could use a Chechov's Gun? Or a McGuffin?

I wasn't really around for AKK I admit.

So good start. Love keeping it meta.

Will post some drafting of potential sequences, am still after more ideas, especially as listed in the OP.