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After making that last post of mine about "Cranky Wars," I got rocked at work (all 3 jobs) -- basically I've worked 75 hours in the last 7 days, didn't even sit down on Monday except to drive myself from one job to the other. And now I believe I'm ill from exhaustion, if nothing else. Anyway, though I said Friday would be my last day of posting till "Ep 2," I had planned to respond to that thread by the end of the day. I've only had time to be online once since I made that post, so I figured I at least needed to acknowledge what I started.
Firstly, because Mad-Ness asked, "Episode 1" is still at http://www.mrcranky.com/movies/wingcommander/134.html
Second, to all those who "auditioned" for "Episode 2" -- CONGRATULATIONS! You made it! And to a bunch of you who DIDN'T audition for "Episode 2": CONGRATULATIONS! You made it, too! (Got lots of extras roles to deal with.) I expect a lot of hard work out of each and every one of you, but I'm a fair man: each of you will receive a percentage of the profits. Or a share of the deficit. Hey -- gotta take the bad with the good. Right now it looks like I might be running just a LITTLE bit overbudget. Never should have asked James Cameron to be a consultant on this production.
Seriously, I've got a little problem: I don't know many of you who asked for a role, so you might just get a "plug-n- play" part rather than my usual attempt to recreate personalities as they exist. Unless you want to describe your Crankyland persona to me in five hundred words or less right now. Be sure and tell me if you're a Confederate Troll or an Alliance hero! And a word of warning: I went easy on killing off characters in "Ep 1" because I knew there would probably be an "Ep 2" -- with each successive episode (and presumably there will be 3 at the most -- I learned my lesson, Mr. Lucas) I'll be less and and less concerned about that.
To Cannon Fodder, MAYORBOB and Phat Cheops: You both had prominent parts in "Episode 1," AND you survived, so there's no reason why I can't bring you back in "Episode 2."
To bucket: You were in the first one as well, though not a big part. As soon as I can figure out how to bring your character back to life, I'll upgrade it.
To Captain America and Beast: OOOPS! My bad. Somehow confused you two. Hey -- I've been wrong PLENTY of times! Why do you think I left here? Because I was wrong beyond belief.
To sOc: Getting you back in "Episode 2" maybe a lot more trouble than I want to deal with -- after all, you and Technomage are in prison for treason. I don't know if I can write my way out of that in believable fashion. But never say never.
As for the progression of "Episode 2," obviously I didn't get much done this week, and seeing that I'll be working three jobs until September, I wouldn't exactly be waiting around for a summer "release" if I were you. I wrote the "roll-up" a couple of weeks ago, and it's probably not going to change. I also have a sketchy outline for the thing in its entirety, HIGHLY subject to change, and I'm probably doing the multiple story in jigsaw fashion again. The first story is pretty solid (and even bloodier than Act 1 of "Ep 1")-- in fact, I have a few pages of generic scrambled dialogue already. (It also takes place during Christmas time, meaning if I'm smart I'll wait until the holiday season to release this thing -- who wants a Christmas fanfic/movie in July?) Even before she asked, I was actually fiddling with the idea of making Mad-Ness the main character of that one (besides Bickle, that is). Not written in stone, though -- maybe I'll just give that part back to Chica, though she doesn't seem to care.
The Masterless-Chiz (I had no idea you had changed your handle -- I wondered who the hell Chiz was!)/CFL/JDIV/Aurora/Emerald/xyz/Pseu/Alpan/etc. story is starting to come together as well, and I've figured out what to do about the apparent time discepancy between that story and all of the other stories. The other stories are mostly just flighty ideas at the moment, other than the ending, which, like I said, I'm writing early as possible this time so that silliness apparent in the conclusion of "Episode 1" doesn't surface again. So as you can see, this whole thing is quite in its infancy -- some of you who asked for parts may be long gone from Crankyland by the time I finish it to my satisfaction. Sorry. Plus I'm getting hammered by my "agent" (aka my best friend who has decided to become an actress and has made a few connections with some people in the business) to finalize one of my REAL screenplays so she can present it to one of her "people" and make us all rich and famous. Here's a hint for the rest of you: NEVER depend on me to make you rich and famous. Anyway, at times I'm going to have to ignore "Episode 2" and work on "Saga" and "The Creep, The Freak & The Loser" and "Brainwrapped" and all the rest of that good junk I've been editing for 2-6 years (I finalized "Cranky Wars" to my satisfaction in 9 months -- that's pretty damn quick for me!). So like I said, this could be a LONG process...
That's about all I have to say on the matter right now. I need to go back to my ridiculous work schedule (DAMN CAR, DAMN ALASKA VACATION, DAMN MAY SWEEPS, DAMN GIRL). For future generations, I'm posting a complete list of the fanfics you guys mentioned below. Thanks for that, and a special thanks to Chica for reposting hers -- it's definitely a treat and you are an excellent writer. (I want to be a Highling!)
Presley, but not the King, baby
PS: I love you, too, Molly and skilly... and mendo (who I have a half a mind to bring back to life in "Episode 2" just so I can kill him off again)
PSS Molly -- I'm quite sure you were being sarcastic about your ignorance of my return last week considering you're one of the few Crankylanders who has known my real name for the better part of a year.
PSSS to Hazel-Rah: I should point out that my fanfic is a pseudo-screenplay, of the blockbuster movie-type, which would make it about as FAR from serious literature as one can get! I'm done with literature -- I had a few poems published in the early 90s and won a couple of awards for short fiction, and now I'm ready to make some money with my writing! If that means selling your soul and every ounce of credibility and originality in your body to Hollywood, then so be it, GODDAMN IT! :)
PSSSS to Chiz: I noticed "hot sex scenes" were noticeably absent from the last one as well. Because of the real-life Crankyland mess Aurora just went through, I'm a little reluctant to do too much with her in the next episode. Any other "hot chicks" want to volunteer for a "hot sex scene" with Chiz? Besides skilly, of course...
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