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[Brother Zee]

Maybe we can, so if anyone has any ideas, lemme know, please, maybe we can start off on a good level this time, maybe redeem ourselves from '98, hopefully, sorry Dan, ya slipped

[Jo_Pierce]

Probably your best bet is to start writing a script, or writing a fanfiction, the seeing what others think.

The idea of calling for a round robin here probably would fizzle. It's hard to write anything coherent that way.

[Blueblood]

Brother Zee said:

Can we write bb3???

uh...



no.

[Jo_Pierce]

Oh, don't discourage anyone from writing, Blue. Just don't want to give anyone false sense that it would ever get to Aykroyd's desk.

[Blueblood]

Oh, no that's not what I was inferring. Everybody and their brother has their idea of an opening, plot, dialog, music, hero, villain, time frame and so on. The problem, as was mentioned, would be a melding of ideas, of give & take and ultimately a compromise of ones vision...

A Stone Soup mixture should be the mind set but there are just too many chef's in this kitchen and all endowed with stunning recipes..! :o

[TakkunEG]

I already did my idea. It's on FF.net. :D It took forever and it was my only idea, so I don't think I'm ready for a new one. That, and I've never done round-robin before...just two-author collabs (that never saw the light of day.)

[Vinnie Blues]

There could be a challenge. There's a Dukes of Hazzard site with a section dedicated to fanfic. The person in charge of the site gives several ideas or tracks or a challenge and everyone's invited to write a story around that idea or challenge.

Writing BB3 would be a challenge per se. But what about suggesting the idea ('write BB3'), like Brother Zee did by opening this thread ? We would gather them fanfics, then post them in a section or give a link to these stories. Everyone could read them stuff then. I'm not talking about competition, but just gathering several versions of the same idea (here BB3). It would be fun to read how folks just see what could be done. No problem for those who wish to write alone or in team, as long as the fanfic respects the terms of the challenge (in this case, BB3).

I'd be pretty curious to read about how things could evolve in a BB3 set.

[Brother Zee]

well my brother, humanbiped, and i wrote very little on the subject, nothing really hatched though, but i'm ALWAYS thinking, and i read an idea of bb3, oddly entitled Blues Brothers 3000, (lord only knows why) I don't know where it is, it was only started, never finished, which sucked, i mean it was good, i wish it was never deleted, it and this fanfic gave me an idea, so in hindsight here we are, also the thing about dan, it was just wishfull thinking, ya know, sh*ts and giggles, anyways, i loved the first movie, the second was ok, 3 stars tops, it needed Jim, NO Buster, bad idea, mack ok, but thats in the past, no good ever came from dwelling in the past, so we'll continue El's saga

[Vinnie Blues]

Yes, let's keep positive and looking ahead. Do you remember the plotline of what you wrote ?

[Jo_Pierce]

Actually, that's a good challenge!

Maybe a specific fanfiction writing challenge should go out there.

[Vinnie Blues]

Jo_Pierce said:

Actually, that's a good challenge!

Maybe a specific fanfiction writing challenge should go out there.

I second that.

[Robster]

I tried writing a musical once that was a kind of tribute to the Blues Brothers...

[Jo_Pierce]

Is it online somewhere for us to see?

Was it a tribute? Or BB III?

[Robster]

A sort of tribute...I suppose I could dig out an old hard copy of it somewheres...or failing that I could do a sort of synopsis for you all to discuss.

[Brother Zee]

Vinnie Blues said:

Yes, let's keep positive and looking ahead. Do you remember the plotline of what you wrote ?

Yes, actually, we meet back up with El and Buster driving somewhere, they soon loose the cops, meet up with Mack and Cab, A new police commander shoots Cab, blames it on El and Mack. So Mack and Elwood have Kidnapping and assault on there records. They wind up at the hospital, near Chicago, where they meet the soon to be Brother Zee, (Adam Samaris) thats where w stopped, it was years ago:BB:

[reido]

Opening shot: Grey afternoon day, dry but grim. (From knee height down, profile right side) Two feet step up onto a footpath/sidewalk (my american and canadian friends) two polished black shoes and black trousers/pants. The owner of the feet drops down a cigarette and stamps it out. sets down a black satchel (Elwood's briefcase) by his right leg, opens it and removes a harmonica. (Camera chest shot, naval to shirt collar) The harmonica is put into the inside pocket of his black suit jacket, he shrugs his shoulders to make his jacket sit right. (Back shoulder shot, the man is facing a red brick building) the black man lowers his head a little and places a black fedora on his head that he is holding in his left hand,(Boogie Chillun by John Lee Hooker starts) he straightens up, lifts his case and walks away from shot into the building, he shuts the large green door behind him. (Camera pans up to the sign above the door) :OUR LADY OF THE SACRED HEART: (i've forgotten the name of the orphanage, little help?) (Subtitle fades in: Calument City, illinois)(Second subtitle below:1970)

The jist of this is, this is curtis arriving at orphanage for the first time. He's younger, cooler and going to meet the Penguin for the first time. He's on his way up the stairs to the Penguins office, it's the same setting as when Jake and Elwood go to meet her.

(Boogie Chilllun is still playing over this scene but quietens) Curtis passes through the door at the bottom of the stairs, he get's only just clear of the door when it slams behind him of it's own accord, Curtis drops his case, jumps defensively to his left as if he'd been set upon in the street (The music stops dead as the door slams). Curtis in a defensive pose studies the door, cautiosly walks toward it for further examination, he opens it 6 inches slowly and closes it slowly. He registers his puzzlement on his face and dismisses it as curious. (Boogie Chillun comes back in loud) (Camera shot: the foot of the stairs pointing toward the Penguin's office) curtis lifts his case and walks up the stairs) (Camera shot: profile view of Curtis' head 8 inches from the door) Curtis lifts hand to knock the door. (Music stops)

Peniguin (from inside the office): Who is it?
Curtis (with his hand still ready to knock): Curtis (Curtis' surname? little help?)

Door opens by itself

[reido]

Here's the idea for the nest couple of scenes...

Curtis introduces himself to the penguin, first day of work kind of thing, the penguin fills him in on what they do at the orphanage, some of the rules and restrictions the orphanage is suffering. The Phone rings, the penguin answers and calmly recieves the information given, her reply "I'll send someone at once"

she informs Curtis that his first job is to go to the police station and pick up an orphan who has been arrested, she informs Curtis of her low opinion of the boy and that his brother is no better.
Curtis says that he'll go and asks the name of the boy.

Curtis: Em.... what is the name of the boy sister?
Penguin: Jake, Jake Blues, he would be more apropriately named should he be called Joliet Blues, for that is the path on which he walks. Bring him straight to this room mr. (whatever Curtis' surname is that's how the penguin refers to him, no, wait, she refers to him as mr. curtis, becase he told her in his introduction to her that he prefers to be called Curtis rather than Mr.whatever his surname is) on your return.
Curtis goes to the police station to get Jake. He asks the desk sergant for the boy (this policeman is going to feature as one of few allies to the Blues Brothers, I haven't thought about why yet, but i will).

[reido]

Curtis's welcome to the orphanage

The door opens by itself

(Camera shot: from over the penguin's left shoulder to the doorway and the rest of the room)

(*I'm calling him Curtis Brown until somebody can correct me)
Penguin: Mr. Brown*, I've been expecting you.
Curtis: Please, call me Curtis
Penguin: We are not informal here Mr. Curtis. Please, come in.

Curtis enters, the door slams behind him as before, curtis reaacts the same way as before.

Pengin: Take a seat

Curtis looks around and sees only the desk chairs (from the first film)

Curtis: Em.... i prefer to stand sister.
Penguin: Very well (Smiles). Mr. Curtis I am pleased to welcome you to the Lady of the sacred heart orphanage, this establishment has imroved the lives of many children for many years through a solid work ethic and unshakeable adherence to the ten commandments. We strive to instill obiedience and respect into these children not only to thier peers and the Lord, but to themselves also. Mr. Curtis, I must make you aware that some of these children have yet to realise thier potential thier path may be long with many turns, I intend to ensure they choose the path of the merciful lord, through unyeilding discipline.
Curtis: I can dig that sister.
Penguin: Digging, Mr. Curtis, is for men who wish to work in a cemetary not an orphanage (smiles).
Curtis: Yes sister, I apologise.
Penguin: Your job here, Mr. Curtis, is to tend to any maintainence needs in the building and assist the orphanage in anyway nesseccary.
Curtis: Yes sister.
Penguin: Mr. Curtis, i cannot stress this strongly enough, your role here is not to oversee the welfare of these children. Your role has been made clear to you, yes?
Curtis: Yes sister.
Penguin: For you, Mr. Curtis, that is your eleventh commandment.
Curtis: Yes sister.

Phone rings,

Pengin: would you excuse me for one second mr. curtis?
Curtis: Yes, by all means sister, will i wait outside?
Penguin: No no, that's not nessecary.

penguin answers

Penguin: Sister Mary Clarence, our lady of the sacred heart orphanage, who am i speaking to?
yes
i see
i'll send someone right away

peguin puts down the phone

Pen: (smiles at Curtis) mr. curtis, it seems your first duty has presented itself.
Cur: Yes sister, what would you like me to do.

[reido]

forget the bad mouthing jake bit. The next shot is a busy police station.

[Jo_Pierce]

Reido, what I would seriously recommend is, if you are going to put a lot of effort into this (as it already seems you are doing), is that you write the story, then post it as your own - either here in the fan fiction section with your own authorship and title, or on a fanfiction site. These sorts of things get a lot more distribution as full stories than bits and pieces...

Otherwise, in a brainstorming thread, your work may be sucked up by someone else...

... unless that's what you WANT. Most fanfiction authors like to have their own work under their own names...

The reason I say this is that it is difficult to really read brainstorming, ideas, and blurbs EXCEPT in brainstorming contexts. Look at the "BB in Hazzard County" thread (or something like that). There's a lot of ideas shooting around, but unless there is a real story that comes out of it, it's not all that interesting. But that's just my opinion.