Something that I'm working on-
We have a tremendous talent pool here at the 'bot. I count myself fortunate to be able to hang out with you guys. In that vein, I'd like to propose a project (and we can hammer out the details in the comments and the forums).
I want to see if we can crowd-source a movie as a 'weekend project' (or at least a script).
Whoever wants to participate in the process, can.
Rather than come up with something completely original, there are several stories in the public domain that we can use as a launch point- including several by Phillip K. Dick. (We all know that he's the go-to guy for S-F adaptations... and honestly, we couldn't do any worse by him than some <ahem> productions)
So, Kevin was kind enough to compile a list of Phil stories that had fallen into the P.D. (P.D'd PD...heh)
These are the stories in the Public Domain:
Beyond Lies The Wub
The Gun
The Skull
The Defenders
Mr. Spaceship
Piper In The Woods
Second Variety
The Eyes Have It
The Hanging Stranger
Tony And The Beetles
Beyond The Door
The Crystal Crypt
The Golden Man
Prominent Author
Small Town
The Turning Wheel
Breakfast At Twilight
Exhibit Piece
Shell Game
Adjustment Team
Meddler
The Last of the Masters (aka Protection Agency)
Progeny
Upon The Dull Earth
Foster, You’re Dead
Human Is
These are the stories likely in the Public Domain:
Roog
James P. Crow
Survey Team
Time Pawn
The Chromium Fence
A Surface Raid
Vulcan’s Hammer
Several of these can be read at Project Gutenberg
So, the first step would be to cull this list down to a few, then get a sense of which ones we might like to do. Some of these could conceivably be combined- so we'll kick these around a bit.
Once we decide which story/stories to do, we'll spend some time breaking them down and outlining them.
After we pound out a treatment, we'll actually write it. At that point, we can decide what to do with the script (sell it, produce it ourselves through crowdfunding...)
This is kind of a pilot project. I'll be putting some additional functionality into the site to accomodate this (polls, wiki pages, etc.). I hope to get at least some of it going by the weekend.
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