CorpCommander Posted December 16, 2009 Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 The Lost Room was a Lionsgate production shown on the SciFi channel (now SyFy, blech!) It was really well written and acted. If you haven't seen it you can get the DVD set (which its massivly broken menu system). From the Netflix description: After Detective Joe Miller (Peter Krause) finds a key that opens a mysterious motel room, he discovers it's a portal to an alternate universe when his young daughter Anna (Elle Fanning) disappears inside. Desperate to retrieve the key and save her, Miller comes up against a host of bizarre characters who also want access to the room. Julianna Margulies, Kevin Pollak, Dennis Christopher and Margaret Cho co-star in this eerie fantasy. The story revolves around the mystery of these seemingly innocuous objects (like a plastic comb, a ball point pen, a room key, etc.) that have totally fantastic properties. The comb allows non-bald people to stop time for 10 seconds, for example. The main character discovers that there are 2 current groups and one extinct group that have been seeking to collect ALL of the objects. Everyone has an agenda. No one is totally sure how they all work. So now enter the idea spawned off of it. A Champions game were every superpower is granted by a focus and the existance of super abilities is kept secret by all involved. Add in secret and non-friendly cabals and keep the origin and meaning of the objects a mystery and you have a great template for a unique campagin. The purpose of the campaign, then, is not designing your character but sluthing for the objects that grant powers and finding the right combination of objects as well as figuring out their purpose and either being for or against that purpose. The implications of the powers and certain locations in the film are all carefully considered by the authors. One of the most tightly written pieces I've seen in a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RexMundi Posted December 16, 2009 Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 Re: Rewatching The Lost Room... It is an interesting thing to watch. Should be out there as a collective DVD since the best way to watch it, is one after the other. It does borrow a lot from other arena's, but it meshes them together very well. ~Rex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorpCommander Posted December 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 Re: Rewatching The Lost Room... I agree. Really well meshed - certailnly better than most of the crap that is on SyFy. I will have to work out the more interesting combinations of powers for a new set of objects. That alone will be fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azato Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 Re: Rewatching The Lost Room... We got it from Netflix a few months ago and loved it so much that we purchased the DVD. But as important as the objects are...the Cabals are integral to the story as well as interesting NPCs. Regarding the objects...there is also the obsession aspect, the becoming a hunted when you own one and the side effects (coming out of time stop was very weird). W Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorpCommander Posted December 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 Re: Rewatching The Lost Room... Yeah every object has it's own disadvantages built into it. That hasn't stopped some from collecting as many as they can. Others seem happy to be obsessed with just one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQuestionMan Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 Re: Rewatching The Lost Room... Interesting, but needs linkage. Wait a minute that's my shtick. The Lost Room - Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Room Huh... QM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorpCommander Posted December 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 Re: Rewatching The Lost Room... The wiki articlde is great but the page on the objects and their abilities is a bit too spoiler filled I think. Definitely watch the series. 6 awesome episodes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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