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[Stingy Jack]

I also thought I'd throw a pic of myself here since people may not see it in that massive "post a picture of yourself" thread. This is me at the Jackson International Airport, enjoying a cup of Maxwell House. The shock and awe of having to get up at 4:30 in the goddamn morning to get to the airport is really apparent in my eyes. :D This is the only pic of me I have on the computer, and my scanner is missing it's USB cable. I had another of one of me standing behind behind Jesus in a painting of "The Last Supper" wearing a hunter's cap with earflaps and stirring a big pot of mac and cheese. Don't know what happened to it, though.

[Stingy Jack]

Forgot the pic. What a retard. I really don't look like this ... remember, it's early. And I'm hamming for the camera, too.

[massacre man]

Originally posted by Stingy Jack
Damn ... 13 years old, and you're already as tall as me! (6'3").

Well, here's an adjustment in the story that I've decided to make. The thing in Freddy's basement, as we all know, is the kidnapped half-god spawn of Bloodrayne's unholy rape (is there a holy rape?) I did a little research into Voodoo gods and discovered one that I think fits the bill rather nicely. It's called Limba, and it supposedly lives in the rocks and has a voracious appetite for human flesh. Not even it's devotees are safe from his binges! However, that's all the information on this guy I could find (those voodoo people are actually damn good at keeping their stuff secret). I really need to find more information on this thing if I am going to put authentic details in the story, so I plan on taking a trip to some libraries and bookstores this weekend. ANYWAY ... Limba's half-spawn in the basement is the real threat in the movie. Freddy's character, I decided, was not a killer before he found the abandoned baby in the graveyard. Instead, the infant calls to him and places him under some sort of mind control, forcing him to kill and bring him bodies to eat so that it can grow (and satisfy that appetite of his.) Freddy's character is reported as a missing person, and the cops just think he's another victim whose body was never found. In actuality, he's holed himself up in the abandoned and condemned plantation home, where he serves the spawn of Limba.

When Freddy makes a kill, he leaves behind an offering or a symbol or something in homage to Limba, the baby's daddy. It is through clues like these that the detectives are drawn into the voodoo subculture in New Orleans, and are eventually led to Bloodrayne's character. Since the loss of her baby, Bloodrayne (known as Mambo Blanche) has not been the same. The children in the community in which she lives are drawn to her home, spending much of their time there, playing in the yard, napping in her rooms, eating meals, etc. The families either think that Mambo Blanche is really good with kids, or are too afraid of her power to question what the hell is going on. At any rate, no harm seems to come to the kids, and they appear to be happy. Of course, Mambo Blanche is bewitching the local children in an attempt to fill the void left by the loss of her child (a trick she learned from Micheal Jackson). She truly has no idea that her baby is alive and growing in Freddy's basement.

ShankS, Mambo Blanche's husband, originally murdered Limba's baby, fearing that it was an unholy beast. Mambo Blanche brainwashes him in an attempt to find out where he hid the kid ... and old ShankS has been under her control ever since. The detectives notice that he acts rather odd and suspicious when they arrive to question Mambo Blanche, and soon name him as a suspect. I don't know how ShankS manages to help them out, but the police, naturally, become VERY interested in hearing anything he has to say about the recent rash of murders/disappearances. They learn the story of the rape and resulting birth from ShankS ... somehow.

Now, since the thing in Freddy's basement is the real threat ... I think it's only good storytelling that Mambo Blanche be the one to kill it. Two reasons: A) She's a powerful Mambo, and probably the only one who has the ability to stop it. B) She's actually a good character who has fallen on bad times. Her facing the child that has been haunting her life, and killing it, is a great opportunity for her to overcome her major conflict and attempt to return to a normal existence.

Maybe massacre man's character is one of the children in Mambo Blanche's community and convinces Mambo Blanche to help the detectives? He might be able to kill Freddy, but I don't think Mambo Blanche would bring him out to the plantation. I need to think about that some more.

As for the detectives: These two guys are the real protagonists of the story, and it is their characters that the narrative focuses on. Therefore, they need to be pretty complex and thought-out. As it is now, they're pretty flat, typical detective type characters with no real personalities (a major drawback). I thought of all the famous detective pairs that are in film ... The Lethal Weapon guys, Mulder and Scully, the Rush Hour duo, Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt from Seven ... and the trend seems to be: Make one detective serious and "by the book", and the other more of a loose cannon. I'm not sure if I want to follow the trend, yet. I should really flesh out these guys before moving on too much. Any suggestions???

That's it for now.

maybe i could be walking around the plantation and i hear gunshots and run over there or something

[jay o2 waster]

suggestion: make it good:D

[fluffho]

u best not be forgettin me.

[Miss Britt]

Originally posted by Stingy Jack
Forgot the pic. What a retard. I really don't look like this ... remember, it's early. And I'm hamming for the camera, too.

You look shocked.... cute picture tho...

[Stingy Jack]

Originally posted by Miss Britt
You look shocked.... cute picture tho...

I wish I had a regular pic I could show ... in the "post a pic of yourself" thread. Too bad my scanner's been taken off life support.

I won't forget you fluffho! I saw your pics last night and have been seriously considering your nude scene you described. ;)

And I'll try to make the movie good.

[Vampenguin]

I personally think that mostly all the active members here should have a cameo, at the very least....like mention them or somethin, ya know? My real name's Andrew, BTW.

I also have an idea to use as a vessel to show what the detectives are like. As many detective stories do, you should put a totally unrelated case, right at the beggining, just to show how they interact with each other. Maybe it could invole the nazis? Lol

[Stingy Jack]

Originally posted by Vampenguin
I personally think that mostly all the active members here should have a cameo, at the very least....like mention them or somethin, ya know? My real name's Andrew, BTW.

I also have an idea to use as a vessel to show what the detectives are like. As many detective stories do, you should put a totally unrelated case, right at the beggining, just to show how they interact with each other. Maybe it could invole the nazis? Lol

Yeah, I was thinking of the cameo idea. This is why I had the detectives interact with a lot of people during their investigation (the people they meet become more shadowy and dangerous). Of course, we may have to limit some people's scenes to really brief cameos. Like, the guy that sells Kpro a donut or something. I don't want the movie to be too cluttered. Also, I think we can show the detectives interact with each other at the beginning of the film without having to introduce an unrelated case. I think sticking to the main case will keep the story cleaner. Or, they could be investigating an APPARENTLY unrelated case ... but it turns out it's not unrelated at all. And what should these detectives be like? I still haven't heard suggestions to this.

[Vampenguin]

Originally posted by Stingy Jack
Yeah, I was thinking of the cameo idea. This is why I had the detectives interact with a lot of people during their investigation (the people they meet become more shadowy and dangerous). Of course, we may have to limit some people's scenes to really brief cameos. Like, the guy that sells Kpro a donut or something. I don't want the movie to be too cluttered. Also, I think we can show the detectives interact with each other at the beginning of the film without having to introduce an unrelated case. I think sticking to the main case will keep the story cleaner. Or, they could be investigating an APPARENTLY unrelated case ... but it turns out it's not unrelated at all. And what should these detectives be like? I still haven't heard suggestions to this.

I personally think the regular formula works well, the formula you mentioned before, one being straight and by the book, the other being kinda aloof. And I think this also seems to fit the people you chose to portrey them. Kpro being the straight (in one way....) cop, and HB being the one that kinda goes by his own rules.