Susano Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! True fact: "Pokemon" is Japanese for "pocket monster." Great... supernatural cockfighting with monsters you keep in your pocket. Yeah, that sounds good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FenrisUlf Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! Great... supernatural cockfighting with monsters you keep in your pocket. Yeah' date=' that sounds good. [/quote'] For some reason, I'm thinking of the tanuki... Back on topic, does anyone here think you could take some of the old Abbott & Costello films and turn them into pulp stories? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakSpade Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! Knight Rider: "Knight Rider! A shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a man who does not exist: Michael Knight — a young loner on a crusade to champion the cause of the innocent, the helpless, the powerless, in a world of criminals who operate above the law." Michael King, a lone private detective who has made a promise to bring down organized crime, finds himself in a dark alley on the wrong side of the tracks. Cornered and almost beaten within an inch of his life, he is rescued by a good Samaritan driving a dark colored car. When he climbs in the back, he realizes that the car is driving itself! He wakes up days later in a hospital bed, with a new face, new identity (Michael Knight), and a group of new friends. "KITT" is a 1937 Buick Special Coupe that holds the spirit of Perry "Kitt" Kittrich, a former special police investigator that also became an enemy of the mob. One night, he was gunned down while staking out a rumored mob business, and his spirit has been "haunting" his car ever since. KITT uses his special supernateral abilities to drive fast, jump high, and defend himself from those who would do him or his companions harm. Devon Miles is CEO of Knight Industries, a new technology firm that secretly uses it's inventions to fight crime. The former owner of KI was a friend to Perry Kittrich, and vowed to find his killers, sinking all his money into his company, and passed all the gains to his friend Devon Miles, with the requirement that he use the company to fight injustice. Bonnie Barstow is a top notch grease monkey, always with her hands under some hood or transmission. She maintains all the current and up and coming hardware provided by Knight Industries. In her spare time, Bonnie tinkers with her own inventions, which she usually tries out on Kitt and Michael. Michael has come to realize that Knight Industries isn't all hardware and powerful engines. KI investigates all types of cases, from the mundane to supernatural. He travels through the country helping everyone he can, setting right what once went wrong. Jak (enough flowery speech) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supreme Serpent Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! For some reason, I'm thinking of the tanuki... Back on topic, does anyone here think you could take some of the old Abbott & Costello films and turn them into pulp stories? They pretty much already are, just done for comedy value. Things like Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein would be easy enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Gillen Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! Knight Rider: "Knight Rider! A shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a man who does not exist: Michael Knight — a young loner on a crusade to champion the cause of the innocent, the helpless, the powerless, in a world of criminals who operate above the law." Michael King, a lone private detective who has made a promise to bring down organized crime, finds himself in a dark alley on the wrong side of the tracks. Cornered and almost beaten within an inch of his life, he is rescued by a good Samaritan driving a dark colored car. When he climbs in the back, he realizes that the car is driving itself! He wakes up days later in a hospital bed, with a new face, new identity (Michael Knight), and a group of new friends. "KITT" is a 1937 Buick Special Coupe that holds the spirit of Perry "Kitt" Kittrich, a former special police investigator that also became an enemy of the mob. One night, he was gunned down while staking out a rumored mob business, and his spirit has been "haunting" his car ever since. KITT uses his special supernateral abilities to drive fast, jump high, and defend himself from those who would do him or his companions harm. Devon Miles is CEO of Knight Industries, a new technology firm that secretly uses it's inventions to fight crime. The former owner of KI was a friend to Perry Kittrich, and vowed to find his killers, sinking all his money into his company, and passed all the gains to his friend Devon Miles, with the requirement that he use the company to fight injustice. Bonnie Barstow is a top notch grease monkey, always with her hands under some hood or transmission. She maintains all the current and up and coming hardware provided by Knight Industries. In her spare time, Bonnie tinkers with her own inventions, which she usually tries out on Kitt and Michael. Michael has come to realize that Knight Industries isn't all hardware and powerful engines. KI investigates all types of cases, from the mundane to supernatural. He travels through the country helping everyone he can, setting right what once went wrong. Jak (enough flowery speech) Well, at least that coupe looks snazzy. jg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKJAM! Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! Great Teacher Onizuka: A young gangster, down on his luck, comes across an automobile crash and steals the victim's clothes and wallet. He then books to another city. To his surprise, he is mistaken for the new teacher who was supposed to arrive that day (after all, he has that man's identification.) Assigned to the worst homeroom class in the school (Dead End Kids?), "Gerald T Orlando" uses an...unique...approach to education. He comes to truly love the teaching job, and wants to help the kids avoid the life of crime he once led. If it weren't for all these bizarre crises that keep coming up.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted February 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! Final Destination (and II and III) a mismatched group of travellers on a train are disturbed when one has a psychic image of the train's crash and decide to disembark at the next stop. Sure enough, the train crashes immediately thereafter. Then they have to avoid the strange traps and machinations set forth by death. (Okay, not sure how you resolve this one. Perhaps a trip to gain a magical ward or to engage a mystic in their defense ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobGreenwade Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! Farscape: Miami-based inventor John Crichton, developing a new engine for ocean-crossing aircraft, suddenly finds his one-man ship caught by a mysterious whirlwind and carried to the coast of Morocco, where he's brought on board a prison ship by its revolting inmates -- a disgraced warrior, a mildly psychotic priestess, and a deposed king from the eastern coast. He has to rely on his wits, separated from American forces, as they fight against Nazi invaders in the years before America enters the war. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! Knight Rider: "Knight Rider! A shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a man who does not exist: Michael Knight — a young loner on a crusade to champion the cause of the innocent' date=' the helpless, the powerless, in a world of criminals who operate above the law." [/quote'] You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to JakSpade again. Sword of Justice: A playboy was framed for a crime he did not commit. Realizing that he had a lot of money (which would still be waiting for him when he got out) but no real talents other than quick wits, and that a lot of things similar to what had happened to him had happened to less fortunate people, he decides he is going to do something about it. He tells his cellmate "I hear prison is a college -- well, I'm ready to learn", and is thus introduced to several talented burglars, safecrackers, forgers and con artists who agree to teach him their trades. After he gets out, he puts those skills to use -- first to nail the men who had wronged him, and then to nail others like them. His trademark, a set of cryptic messages left on the backs of playing cards (the finishing touch is "The spade is the Sword of Justice -- it signifies the end.") has placed a police detective on his trail who, laudable as he might find his goals, would throw him back into prison for the means he uses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakSpade Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to JakSpade again. You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Michael Hopcroft again. Touche'. Jak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Gillen Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! Farscape: Miami-based inventor John Crichton' date=' developing a new engine for ocean-crossing aircraft, suddenly finds his one-man ship caught by a mysterious whirlwind and carried to the coast of Morocco, where he's brought on board a prison ship by its revolting inmates -- a disgraced warrior, a mildly psychotic priestess, and a deposed king from the eastern coast. He has to rely on his wits, separated from American forces, as they fight against Nazi invaders in the years before America enters the war.[/quote'] "You have given out too much Reputation in the past 24 hours, try again later." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! Farscape: Farscape would work as an Edgar Rice Burroughs style interplanetary adventure as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supreme Serpent Posted February 17, 2006 Report Share Posted February 17, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! Final Destination (and II and III) a mismatched group of travellers on a train are disturbed when one has a psychic image of the train's crash and decide to disembark at the next stop. Sure enough, the train crashes immediately thereafter. Then they have to avoid the strange traps and machinations set forth by death. (Okay, not sure how you resolve this one. Perhaps a trip to gain a magical ward or to engage a mystic in their defense ) Just do it as a convention game, with the objective of being the last survivor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobGreenwade Posted February 17, 2006 Report Share Posted February 17, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! Farscape would work as an Edgar Rice Burroughs style interplanetary adventure as well.Oh, absolutely! I was just trying to get a bit more "classic" in my approach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKJAM! Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind: Deep in Africa lies the hidden Valley of the Wind, where the air always moves. The inhabitants are simple, peaceful folk for the most part, but fear the jungle beyond their valley and the dangers it holds. Only the chief's brave daughter Nausicaa, who can communicate with the elephants, and the mighty warrior Yupa ever venture beyond the borders to bring back useful plants and items they find. One day, however, a tribe in one direction discovers an ancient and terrible weapon. A second and much more powerful tribe steals the weapon, but the expedition stumbles into the Valley of the Wind and brings war to the land. Can Nausicaa save her people, and those of the other tribes? And what of the maddened elephant stampede headed straight for the village? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Gillen Posted February 19, 2006 Report Share Posted February 19, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! My Fair Lady British spymaster Henry Higgins takes the young guttersnipe Eliza Doolittle from a hard life on the streets, and subjects her to an intensive regimen of physical, intellectual and combat training to forge her into the ultimate agent of the British Crown!! OK, so this is basically La Femme Nikita in England. But doesn't anyone else notice the resemblance? JG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakSpade Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! The Power Rangers: Mars is sending giant monsters to destroy Earth, before humans can get their space program off the ground (oh, bad pun!). Zordan, the watcher and protector of Terra, and emmensely powerful entity, recruits five students from a small town high school to fight the upcoming onslaught by the Martians. Red, Blue, Black, Yellow and Pink Rangers use their fabulous fighting skills to stop the invasion, and combine their awesome talents to comine into the Ultimate Ranger, a sky-scarper sized embodiment of Earth's finest warriors to put an end to the giant robots, lizards, moths and other mutated creatures sent to pulverize the Earth. But, will they find the Martian's moon base staging ground in time? Jak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! Masked Rider: An an extradimensional Prince has been sent to Earth to learn about humanity. But the timing couldn't have been worse, as Humanity is poised to reveal the very worst parts of its nature. To keep his secret and protect his surrogate family, the Prince will have to take on not just humans of every stripe, from Klanjsmen to Communists, but also the efforts of his own uncle to ensure that his voyaage to Earth will come an an end so utterly abrupt and fatal that Father's revenge would turn the planet into so much dust..... (This is only a vague recollection of the Saban version premise.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKJAM! Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! Princess Mononoke: Back to Pulp Western for this one....A****aka, the last chief's son of a dying tribe, defends his hidden village from a crazed animal, only to have his arm infected by its bite. Searching along the backtrail of the beast, A****aka comes into contact with San, a girl raised by wolves of unusual size. She's engaged in a struggle with a small settlement of iron workers. The iron workers are led by a very progressive and strong-minded woman, who's taken in former prostitutes, runaway slaves and lepers to be members of her community. What they don't know is that the iron they've been mining has...unusual properties, such that weapons created with it cause infected wounds and mutation. Worse, the Federal government has finally started catching up, and they've sent an agent charged with bringing the iron-workers' town under control and hunting down a forest creature supposedly capable of granting immortality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! Princess Mononoke The iron workers are led by a very progressive and strong-minded woman, who's taken in former prostitutes, runaway slaves and lepers to be members of her community. What they don't know is that the iron they've been mining has...unusual properties, such that weapons created with it cause infected wounds and mutation. Would uranium be a possible culprit? Or is radiation more a 1950s convention? Or, maybe its meteoric iron and thus is infused with "cosmic rays"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakSpade Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! Jackie Chan Adventures: Change the timeline to 1930s-1940s Chinatown, and you've got everything you need. A reluctant hero, two scrappy kids, crabby uncle/master, the big tough guy repented with a heart of gold, and the masked Mexican wrestler... Add lots of mystical artifacts from various parts of the globe, martial arts mayhem, and what more can you ask for? Jak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! Jackie Chan Adventures: Change the timeline to 1930s-1940s Chinatown' date=' and you've got everything you need. A reluctant hero, two scrappy kids, crabby uncle/master, the big tough guy repented with a heart of gold, and the masked Mexican wrestler... Add lots of mystical artifacts from various parts of the globe, martial arts mayhem, and what more can you ask for?[/quote'] Heck, it even has a Dragonball parody. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvoncannon Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! Jackie Chan Adventures: Change the timeline to 1930s-1940s Chinatown, and you've got everything you need. A reluctant hero, two scrappy kids, crabby uncle/master, the big tough guy repented with a heart of gold, and the masked Mexican wrestler... Add lots of mystical artifacts from various parts of the globe, martial arts mayhem, and what more can you ask for? Jak Hmmm......That is a great idea. Repped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKJAM! Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! Would uranium be a possible culprit? Or is radiation more a 1950s convention? Or, maybe its meteoric iron and thus is infused with "cosmic rays"? "Space metal" sounds like a winner to me, since we're probably a bit before the Civil War here, and there just weren't that many physicists on the frontier. "And that's why this place is known as Bowl Valley." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Gillen Posted February 22, 2006 Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 Re: Pulparize It! Jackie Chan Adventures: Change the timeline to 1930s-1940s Chinatown, and you've got everything you need. A reluctant hero, two scrappy kids, crabby uncle/master, the big tough guy repented with a heart of gold, and the masked Mexican wrestler... Add lots of mystical artifacts from various parts of the globe, martial arts mayhem, and what more can you ask for? Jak Hell, one of my players specifically based his Pulp HERO character on (the cartoon) Jackie Chan. JG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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