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As mentioned in the Tremors IV: Thread, anything can be made pulp by simply changing the setting and making some tweaks!

 

So I invite... nay, I DARE you to do so here.

 

 

I'll start off...

 

Predator: A group of experienced adventurers are sent deep into the jungle to find the remains of a previous expodition, only to be stalked by a hideous beast that can blend in with the surroundings.

 

(Okay, that was an easy one, I'll try to think of something harder)

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By the way, Pulp versions of modern movie heroes and superheroes usually work very well.

 

Jake Speed - Pulp hero with his journalist side kick and good press.

 

Remo Williams - G-Man martial arts master and his Korean mentor.

 

Superman - Posted in this forum.

 

Wonder Woman - Posted in this forum.

 

Chuck Norris - The man or any of the characters.

 

Bruce Lee - Again, the man or any of his characters.

 

Snake Pliskin - Hard boiled anti-hero, in the darkest edge of the Pulps.

 

Jack Burton and all of Big Trouble in Little China - Just change the dates and tech.

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Hmmm... another one...

 

Friends - An actor (Joey), a paleontologist (Ross), a businessman (Chandler), a masseuse & singer (Phoebe), a chef (Monica) and (whatever Rachael was) hang out together, fight crime and the day to day struggle in New York City.

 

Hey, this does work. Great idea!

Jak

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By the way, Pulp versions of modern movie heroes and superheroes usually work very well.

 

 

Snake Pliskin - Hard boiled anti-hero, in the darkest edge of the Pulps.

 

Jack Burton and all of Big Trouble in Little China - Just change the dates and tech.

 

Snake Pliskin in the darkest reaches of Africa. Snake Pliskin goes to Tibet. Snake Pliskin in Inner-Earth. :D

 

"Son of a bisquit eater must pay!" ~ Jack Burton

 

Jak

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LOL. Fun!

 

Die Hard -- with the Empire State Building almost complete, one of the early tenants holds a party to which local businessman and playboy millionaire Carson Whitlock is invited. When the minions of the insidious Yellow Scar, along with their master, take over the building and hold everyone hostage, Whitlock has to slip away, assume his costumed identity of the Ghoul (UMM 206), and save the day.

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Snake Pliskin in the darkest reaches of Africa. Snake Pliskin goes to Tibet. Snake Pliskin in Inner-Earth. :D

 

And you just know that, as Snake kills his way through the hidden world, one trogdolyte will turn to another and say (in Trogdish) "Snake Pliskin? I thought he was dead?"

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LOL. Fun!

 

Die Hard -- with the Empire State Building almost complete, one of the early tenants holds a party to which local businessman and playboy millionaire Carson Whitlock is invited. When the minions of the insidious Yellow Scar, along with their master, take over the building and hold everyone hostage, Whitlock has to slip away, assume his costumed identity of the Ghoul (UMM 206), and save the day.

 

"Now I have a Tommy Gun. Ho. Ho. Ho."

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Ooh, Like the Khan one. "You left me deep beneath the ocean long ago, aboard the U-boat Botany Bay"

 

Beverly Hills Cop. Reckless detective Axel Foley must Journey cross country to Hollywood and deal with culture shock and local cops who don't appreciate his style so as to apprehend the owner of the local hunt club.

 

(But only if I get to play Serge)

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Star Trek II -- just convert the starships into submarines' date=' Khan into an appropriate villain (I'd suggest the Geistkapitan from MM), and the space stations and planets into isolated islands.[/quote']

 

 

Well get us the MM book!!! :P Seriously, though I'm looking forward to it...

 

Okay... how 'bout Total Recall-- Man is a Frenchman who escapes German occupation in Paris and flees to the US pre- American entrance into the European theater. He returns to help the French underground, but it is reviled that he really is German-sympathizer who's had his memory wiped by Nazi Scientist to work for the Germans. He must then come to terms and decide if he keeps his new memories or goes back to the old…

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Hmmm... another one...

 

Friends - An actor (Joey), a paleontologist (Ross), a businessman (Chandler), a masseuse & singer (Phoebe), a chef (Monica) and (whatever Rachael was) hang out together, fight crime and the day to day struggle in New York City.

 

Hey, this does work. Great idea!

Jak

 

That would be a great convention game, methinks. Ross would still have to have his monkey for an extra pulpy touch. :thumbup:

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If Survivor works, how about The Amazing Race?

 

Inspired by Around the World in Eighty Days, a newspaper mogul sponsors eleven teams of two on a scavenger-hunt-like race around the globe. Along the way the teams meet with European madmen, African headhunters, Middle Eastern mystics, Japanese ninjas, American bandits, and just about every other staple of pulp literature.

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Snake Pliskin in the darkest reaches of Africa. Snake Pliskin goes to Tibet. Snake Pliskin in Inner-Earth. :D

 

"Son of a bisquit eater must pay!" ~ Jack Burton

 

Snake Pliskin was real! He went to Africa and everything!!!

 

:D

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The Road Warrior -- Maxwell Rock must drive a large truck of needed medical supplies across (insert desired expanse of wilderness here [Africa, China, Mongolia, and so on]) all the time trying to avoid and fight off hostile tribes, petty warlords, and/or the Nazi/Imperial Japanese Army. Assistants in secondary vehicles and a gyro-plane optional.

 

Last Man Standing -- A masked avenger wanders into a Texas border town and finds it in the grip of two rival bootlegger gangs, who trade guns for liquor with Mexican bandits. By working both gangs against one another, he decides to clean the town up in a blaze of .45 automatics. (Okay, that was an easy one.)

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Survivor.

 

As part of a radio show, sixteen men and women are taken to a scavenger hunt in the South Pacific to find clues to an ancient treasure. However, no one told them about the headhunters.

 

Okay, that's an easy one. Still...

Oh man, good idea! Hidden somewhere on the island is a REAL immunity idol!

 

If Survivor works, how about The Amazing Race?

 

Inspired by Around the World in Eighty Days, a newspaper mogul sponsors eleven teams of two on a scavenger-hunt-like race around the globe. Along the way the teams meet with European madmen, African headhunters, Middle Eastern mystics, Japanese ninjas, American bandits, and just about every other staple of pulp literature.

Both great ideas!

 

The Amazing Race could revolve around various international cultural events, such as the Running of the Bulls, etc...

 

Jak

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