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Giving the following the 198X treatment
Red:
What would the 198X names be for the following...
Seduction of the Innocent by Dr. Frederic Wertham M.D.
Gladiator by Philip Wylie
Doctor Who
Asterix the Gaul
Clint Eastwood spaghetti western 'Dollars' trilogy films(A Fistful of Dollars,For a Few Dollars More and The Good,The Bad and The Ugly)
Gerry Anderson's Thunderbirds
Anyone familiar with all or some of the above listed???
Adam Dravian:
--- Quote from: Red on August 11, 2016, 08:48:43 PM ---What would the 198X names be for the following...
Seduction of the Innocent by Dr. Frederic Wertham M.D.
Gladiator by Philip Wylie
Doctor Who
Asterix the Gaul
Clint Eastwood spaghetti western 'Dollars' trilogy films(A Fistful of Dollars,For a Few Dollars More and The Good,The Bad and The Ugly)
Gerry Anderson's Thunderbirds
Anyone familiar with all or some of the above listed???
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Interesting choices, Red. They seem a bit all over the place. The ones I had to Google were Seduction of the Innocent, Gladiator, and Asterix the Gaul. Gladiator seems vaguely familiar to me, I must've read about it a long time ago. I've read a bit about the '50s moral panic over comic books, so I've probably seen Seduction of the Innocent referenced, but I know I've never read it.
I'm pretty familiar with Doctor Who because I have a lot of mega fans in my extended friend group, but I've personally only seen a single episode, which was from the David Tennant era. I was surprised at how cheesy and low budget the special effects were, considering the popularity of the show. It looked about on par with Ghostwriter.
Holy shit, while I was looking up the intro to Ghostwriter that I linked to up above, I came across this amazing scene from the show where a very young Julia Stiles schools the less hip kids on what cyberpunk is.
Anyway, as for what titles these would have in the SN8X-verse ... I'll stew on it for a couple days to give someone else a chance to give a shot before me.
Brianator:
As a Canadian I had to take a lot of French courses and I think I remember Asterix being mentioned in one of my workbooks. However, I can't think of an alternate name for it.
As for Doctor Who, I would say, "Doctor Anonymous" since the doctor doesn't have an actual name and because of the fact the doctor "has the ability to regenerate when his body is mortally damaged, taking on a new appearance and personality." (I looked up that last part on Wikipedia)
In regards to Seduction of the Innocent, I might suggest something like "Temptation of the Youth", since that whole thing was about comic books supposedly causing juvenile delinquency. I also had to look that one up.
For the Clint Eastwood films, I might go with " A Handful of Cash", "For a Few Bucks More" and "The Benevolent, The Malevolent and the Repugnant". Okay, I think the last one might sound a bit too highbrow. Anyways, you can go a whole bunch of different ways with The Good, The Bad and The Ugly if you use a thesaurus.
I can't think of anything for Gladiator, plus I'm not familiar with it. As for Thunderbirds, maybe you could go with "Super Marionettes" since the show used something called "Supermarionation".
Adam Dravian:
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Great job, Microwave Dude. I'll give it a shot now.
--- Quote from: Red on August 11, 2016, 08:48:43 PM ---Seduction of the Innocent by Dr. Frederic Wertham M.D.
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Comics Will Rape Your Child's Purity by Doc Worryem
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Proto-Superhero Warrior by Gordon Wright
On the cover there's a blurb that states, "Read the riveting tale of the world's first super human going out of his way to never use his powers! Wow!"
--- Quote from: Red on August 11, 2016, 08:48:43 PM ---Doctor Who
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Professor Huh
--- Quote from: Red on August 11, 2016, 08:48:43 PM ---Asterix the Gaul
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Uh ... Axterios the Celt
::shurg::
--- Quote from: Red on August 11, 2016, 08:48:43 PM ---Clint Eastwood spaghetti western 'Dollars' trilogy films(A Fistful of Dollars,For a Few Dollars More and The Good,The Bad and The Ugly)
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The Cash Trilogy
Gripping Cash
Gripping Lots of Cash
The Cash, The Hand, and The Gripping
All starring Squint Dawntimber
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Hmm... I guess I'll go with Puppetplanes.
Rijst:
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Uh ... Axterios the Celt
::shurg::
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Asterisk the Celt.. 8)
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