Susano Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! Steam Detectives -- Genius detective Narutaki, assisted by his assistant, nurse Ling Ling Hsu, his butler, and the hulking mechanical man Goriki (built by Ling Ling's father), battle crime and various dastardly criminals, such as; the Phantom Knight, Dr. Guilty, Don Death, criminal mastermind Le Bread, the Machine Baron, and jewel thief the Red Scorpion. PS: None of that is made up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKJAM! Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! Yu-Gi-Oh!: Young professional gambler Yugi Mutou (this name may need to be changed) discovers that he is in fact the reincarnation of an Ancient Egyptian pharoah, which gives him various weird psychic powers. Accompanied by two-fisted adventurer Joe Wheeler, gunslinger Tristan Taylor and dancer/chanteuse Tea Gardner,he travels the world in search of the Seven Golden Treasures that will fully unlock his ancestral memories. Opponents on this quest include: Seto Kaiba, vengeful Japanese industrialist who fancies himself the world's greatest gambler; Pegasus Crawford, a flamboyant artist who truly captures his subjects' souls in his paintings, and Malik the Mad, who plans to become the Pharoah himself and bring the entire world under Egyptian rule. (And from the anime continuity, Dartz, last survivor of Atlantis, bent on world destruction.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! Macross: Twenty years ago an alien war machine crash-landed on an island in the Pacific while the world was caught up in the Great War. The Allies and the Central Powers had no choice but to make a truce while the Martian "Sky Machine" was rebuilt. But now, just as the work is completed as well as 1936 technology will allow, the Martians have returned to reclaim it -- forcing the ship to flee with only a rag-tag fighter squadron to protect it and the entire population of the island forced to take refuge aboard, and carrying with it a secret the Martians fear beyond any other force in the cosmos.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World: Former rum-runner Smiler Grogan is finally out of jail, and driving way too fast. He's trying to get to a park in Santa Rosita, California where he buried $100,000, when he misses a turn and goes flying off the road; right in front of 4 cars-ful of people. As he lays dying, he explains---in part!---what he was up to, but leaving only a vague clue to the exact spot the treasure is buried at. The people in the cars can't agree on how to split the cash, so each takes off trying to make the 200 mile trip first. Hilarity results as each group uses its idea of the fastest method (car, zeppelin, biplane, train, etc.) to head to Santa Rosita Park! Complications include tire failure, deep water, drunken millionaires, a British adventurer/aristocrat, and so on! {NB: frankly, you could take the movie, push back the tech 30 years, throw in a zeppelin, and there you are. Well, you'd have to change Dick Shawn's character (Sylvester Marcus) pretty substantially --- jazz musician, maybe? --- but that's the only big change.} Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! Blake's 7: Something is wrong in the British Empire -- behind the facade of partliamentary democracy a secret cabal known as the Federation runs the Empire and gets rid of anyone who might concievably oppose them. En route to their secret prison in Australia, a group of priosners, including brillaint but unstable political activist Roger Blake, black marketeer Jenny, cowardly cat-burglar Vinny, and genius embezzler Kerry Avon, discover an abandoned secret project that may be their means of escape -- or, for Blake, the instrument of his long-overdue and truly terrible revenge.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufea Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! More Blake's 7 (one of my favourite shows) Jenny Stanis - black marketeer and master pilot They pick up Kelly - a telepath and sabateur whilst on a mission. Diana - weaponcrafter who lost her father to the evil machinations of the Minister for Peace, Miss Minerva Lang. Eventually the crew manage to pick up Diana's father's invention - Oracle, a machine able to intercept and decode any radio signal, anywhere (also a transmitter). Devon Tarrant - master pilot ex-airforce special forces fleeing the disaster of the British Empires high-casualty repulsion of the Martian Invasion in which Travis dies.. Sue-Lynn - as brilliant as Avon, but without the drive to lead. Content to hone her crackshot skills and razor sharp reflexes. Travis - a government operative answerable only to Miss Lang, had his eye and hand shot off by Blake and replaced with clockwork parts. Minerva Lang - femme fatale. Beautiful, treacherous and power hungry. The power behind the thrones of Europe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Long Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! Frazier Failed Boston radio personality and boozehound Frazier Crane is forced to move to Seattle to look after his dad, top cop Martin Crane, who was critically injured by a mysterious shooter. With the assistance of his ballsy secretary Roz, his father's psychic nurse Daphne, his brother (socialite and fencing champion Niles Crane), and Eddie the Wonder Dog, Frazier looks to use his mastery of human psychology to track down and arrest the man responsible for his dad's shooting, only to be drawn into a web of criminal deceit that spans three continents! LOL. That's a great one, Scott. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKJAM! Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! More Yu-Gi-Oh! Bandit Keith: A scoundrel and cheat who abuses his position as an agent for the American government. Naturally, he's the special enemy of patriotic Brooklynite Joe Wheeler. Mai Valentine: Femme Fatale with a heart of gold. Weevil Underhill (crazed entomologist) and Rex Raptor (crazed herpetologist), arch-rivals, they're even less threatening working together. Bakura, King of Thieves: Mild-mannered occultist by day, at nightfall his personality changes to a cat burglar with a sadistic streak. Swami Roba: Fake psychic whose brothers assist him in his scams. Arcana: Stage magician and escape artist, servant of Malik. Mako: Brawling fisherman from the South Seas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobGreenwade Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! Survivor and The Amazing Race would both make great convention games -- they sound like great one-shots where it might even work better if the players don't know one another that well. A kind of funny thing, though... somehow I like The Amazing Race better if translated to the Terran Empire setting. (Maybe I'll make a Digital Hero article out of it once I get my copy of Worlds of Empire.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobGreenwade Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! The Muppet Movie - I just watched this on video last night. I think all you'd have to do to make this work as pulp is push back the tech and ramp up the action (especially in the scene with Animal at 50' tall). The Fugitive - After Dr. Richard Kimble is convicted of the murder of his wife, which was actually committed by a mysterious one-armed man, he escapes from prison and goes on the run, with FBI agent (and "Untouchable" wanna-be) Philip Gerard following him closely. After narrowly parting ways with the mob he discovers that the one-armed man was a part of a strange Far Eastern death cult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FenrisUlf Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! March of the Penguins -- Army of identical' date=' freeze-proof, torpedo-shaped birds take over the Southern Continent and turn it into their unreachable secret base, from which they begin to take over the rest of Earth.[/quote'] And all the while chanting, "Tekeli-li! Tekeli-li!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufea Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! The Muppet Movie - I just watched this on video last night. I think all you'd have to do to make this work as pulp is push back the tech and ramp up the action (especially in the scene with Animal at 50' tall). The Fugitive - After Dr. Richard Kimble is convicted of the murder of his wife, which was actually committed by a mysterious one-armed man, he escapes from prison and goes on the run, with FBI agent (and "Untouchable" wanna-be) Philip Gerard following him closely. After narrowly parting ways with the mob he discovers that the one-armed man was a part of a strange Far Eastern death cult. On a side note - when was the FBI formed? Or is that in the Pulp Hero timeline? I'm not that familiar with American History (or even my own, actually ;-p ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Long Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! On a side note - when was the FBI formed? Or is that in the Pulp Hero timeline? It's in the PH timeline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKJAM! Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! As long as I'm on a Shonen Jump kick... Hikaru no Go: The series itself wouldn't make very good pulp material, but the fantastical element would be nifty for a player character. A young fellow discovers an antique in his grandfather's attic while looking for something to sell. (It's the Depression, after all.) It's not salable, but it does come with the ghost of a falsely accused and murdered nobleman of centuries ago. The nobleman agrees to give his expertise (a number of Knowledge Skills, Limited "Only when ghost agreeable") in exchange for the modern youth looking for clues to prove the noble innocent. Shaman King: The Shamanic Tournament could easily be moved to the Thirties, keeping in mind the increased time length for travel. The Patch would show an amazing grasp of radio technology, especially since it's all hand-crafted. The scary thing about this campaign would be the strong possibility of changing history, depending on who wins. (The Big Bad's motivation could be amplified by foreseeing World War II.) Death Note: The big change here is that without television or the Internet, the holder of the Death Note has a considerably smaller range of operations. Dealing with such a person would be a job for a masked crimefighter, especially of the "bloody pulps" persuasion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbsousa Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! The Miracle Worker The Crimson Veil goes undercover as a tutor to a deaf dumb and blind girl in order to get closer to the Boss of the Underworld. She quickly learns that her student has immense mystic senses, and makes her a partner on her war on crime... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemurion Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! Any Kurosawa samurai movie with Toshiro Mifune. Hmmmmmm, just like Star Wars and The Magnificent Seven both of which are remakes of Kurosawa movies. Lord of the Rings: Adam World of the World Foundation discovers that a crystal one of his aides has is the lost igniter for an Atlantean Electro-Radium bomb of the kind which destroyed Atlantis. A villain known as the Lidless Eye has just taken over the Eastern European country of Transcarpathia and has started sending assassins to America hunting for the igniter. Adam World and his aides have to take the igniter to the only place where it can be destroyed, in the last Atlantean crystal reactor in the deepest darkest forests of Transcarpathia. As they leave, they discover that the Lidless Eye has already started the conquest of the neighboring countries, using advance Atlantean technology and the only way to stop him is by destroying the igniter and the crystal reactor. Sound suitable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! Aliens - Replace Aliens with Dinosaurs' date=' set it on a colonial outpost in a tropical country. The marines are colonial infantry. Or if not the Victorian Age - A mining encampment far from civilisation. The marines are mercenaries sent in.[/quote'] The first version works. It's not limited to the Victorian Age. The mercenary version might be more suitable if you want to set the scenario in Latin America, most of which was formally independent during the Pulp Era, but most of the rest of the world was part of one or another colonial empire. Now, let's see... Doctor Who: A pair of teachers stumble into a time machine owned by the elderly and eccentric grandfather of one of their students... Too easy. Neighbours: "But down Ramsay Street a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid." Brought to you by the Universal Soap Corporation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! Now, let's see... Doctor Who: A pair of teachers stumble into a time machine owned by the elderly and eccentric grandfather of one of their students... Too easy. In terms of storytelling, style and even attitude, Doctor Who is the epitome of British-style pulp -- the Pertwee era when the Doctor was stranded on Earth and working as Bridagier Lethbridge-Stewart's "Unpaid Scientific Advisor" in particular (although the expenses the Doctor must have wracked up with his equipment needs and extravagant lifestyle would certainly have made the Brigadier wish he HAD given the Doctor a salary -- and made him live on it....) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proditor Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! Okay, "7 Deadly Wonders" by Matthew Reilly: *Starred Review* Some readers might look at Reilly's new novel as a calculated attempt to cash in on the success of The Da Vinci Code and its ilk. Someone with a less-cynical spirit will see it as a wildly fast-paced, hugely entertaining caper novel. The story is perfect for the big screen, assuming certain logistical and plausibility problems can be solved: a small international team of commandos, plus a scientist and a 10-year-old girl, dash around the world in a retrofitted Boeing 747. Their objective: to navigate through ancient traps set by an Egyptian architect and find the far-flung, long-lost Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and, with them, the seven pieces of the golden capstone of the Great Pyramid of Cheops. Their competitors: large, heavily armed contingents from the U.S. And Europe. At stake: the fate of the world. Many thriller writers are accused of producing first-draft screenplays that pretend to be novels. Reilly, on the other hand, writes movies in book form: his storytelling is almost purely visual, made up of scenes that leap off the page and project themselves on the screen in the reader's mind. Combine that with likably larger-than-life characters and an engaging, no-frills prose style, and you have a novel that grabs readers by the hand and pulls them along until they're out of breath. It is impossible (even for hard-core cynics) not to love this big, boisterous, action-filled adventure. David Pitt Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved Becomes: A small international team of commandos, plus a scientist and a 10-year-old girl, dash around the world in a retrofitted Sikorsky S-42. Their objective: to navigate through ancient traps set by an Egyptian architect and find the far-flung, long-lost Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and, with them, the seven pieces of the golden capstone of the Great Pyramid of Cheops. Their competitors: large, heavily armed contingents from Japan And Nazi Germany. At stake: the fate of the world. Add PC's, season to taste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! Man of La Mancha: Don Quioxte, a Spanish nobleman who has lost everything to revolution in his country, snaps and decides that he is a "knight errant" in the old style. His lunatic zeal to conquer evil leads him to travel the world with only his last remaining servant, the long-suffering and loyal Sancho Panza for company. Despite his uncanny knack for taking the worst concievable action at the worst possible time, and his utter lack of connection to objective reality, there are many criminals and conquerors who have come to regret meeting "the Mad Don" over the years, and in the midst of his mad dream Don Quixote may well end up becoming a genuine hero. Unless, of course, you're the guy whose windmill he blows up with a bazooka after mistaking it for a giant.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supreme Serpent Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! Richard III - oh wait, they already did that with Ian McKellan. Everybody Loves Raymond - Crusading reporter Ray Barone tries to balance home life with derring-do. Frequently getting himself into trouble deeper than he can manage alone, he is ably assisted by his sassy wife Deborah, his powerful policeman brother Robert, his hard-as-nails veteran father Frank, and his mother Marie, a cunning master of intrigue. Frank also sometimes pulls in assistance from a mysterious organization known only as "The Lodge". The Harry Dresden books would be an almost seamless transition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakSpade Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! Man of La Mancha: Don Quioxte' date=' a Spanish nobleman who has lost everything to revolution in his country, snaps and decides that he is a "knight errant" in the old style. His lunatic zeal to conquer evil leads him to travel the world with only his last remaining servant, the long-suffering and loyal Sancho Panza for company. Despite his uncanny knack for taking the worst concievable action at the worst possible time, and his utter lack of connection to objective reality, there are many criminals and conquerors who have come to regret meeting "the Mad Don" over the years, and in the midst of his mad dream Don Quixote may well end up becoming a genuine hero. Unless, of course, you're the guy whose windmill he blows up with a bazooka after mistaking it for a giant....[/quote'] OMG!!! Great idea for a character!!! I could actually see this as a movie with Patrick Stewart playing the lunatic knight errant. Unfortunately, I keep seeing Bob Hoskins in the role as Sancho. But hey, throw in Catherine Zeta Jones, and you've got yourself one heck of a movie! Jak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! OMG!!! Great idea for a character!!! I could actually see this as a movie with Patrick Stewart playing the lunatic knight errant. Unfortunately, I keep seeing Bob Hoskins in the role as Sancho. But hey, throw in Catherine Zeta Jones, and you've got yourself one heck of a movie! What's unfortunate about it? It's perfect casting! Heck, I'd pay good money to see Patrick Stewart and Bob Hoskins do any movie together! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted February 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! The Triangle. A rich shipping magnate, tired of losing cargo, manpower, and ships to the mysterious Bermuda Triangle, gathers a skeptical journalist, a grizzled sea captain*, a scientist, and a psychic to explore the area. (*=Changed from Oceanographer as that's not very "pulpy") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThothAmon Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! The Sweeney - two-fisted hero cops Reagan and Carter smash their way through the 1930's London underworld whilst their boss Chief Inspector Haskins fends off the politicans and the yellow press. Nobody is safe from this reckless crime-fighting duo - Fascists, Bolsheviks, Chinese Triad dope-dealers, Nazi mad scientists, 1000 year old sorcerors, Ancient Tentacled Horrors From Beyond - all of them live in fear of the words "Shut it! You're nicked!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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