HDC Idol II 2011-2012

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ANNOUNCEMENT

Fortunato and Fearonsarms won't be with us anymore, and Despare & Leezuki are marked as "Absent" for the First Test for the Ogres.

We will have a team shuffle once the First Test is over, to even things up between both groups.

The First Test for the Goblins will be up within the next 24 hours.

[ChronoGrl]

Jeez! The judges are tough!! Not gonna lie - Glad I didn't have to go first. :o

[hammerfan]

Now you know what to expect. ;)

[roshiq]

Thanks to the judges for their frank, thoughtful & fantastic examinations.

Agree with NE that I didn't point out much of necessary changes for a screen adaptation as I thought it'd better if it stick truthful to the original source as much as possible. Additionally I think this sort of children adventures (which they made rarely these days) always has an appeal to the audiences of all ages worldwide. Now why did I chose Frank Darabont for the writing & directing it? First of all, why not? Mr. Darabont is one of the finest directors in Hollywood today who is a master of portraying any good human tale of love, loss, betrayal & friendship with the required emotional appeal all over and also an expert to blend with it or handle the supernatural elements perfectly. After films like Shawshank, Green Mile, Majestic & Mist from him I think it'd be an interesting project for him to work with. As the heart of McCammon's Boy's Life got a somewhat similar kind of appeal of some Stephen King's as well as even Ray Bradbury's works. A children mystery-adventure set on 60's America will be an easy but intriguing challenge for him.

Our honored judge#3, Mr. President made a very good point that I like to agree also...yeah, a miniseries for the tv would be better as it got so much sub plots & events occurring one after another but the thing is personally I always like to prefer the big screen for this sort of stories & plus a Frank Darabont treatment will surely be awesome to see, IMO.

Thank you, judges. Hope to come up with a better performance next time.:)

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THE SECOND TEST OF HDC IDOL II - THE GOBLINS

I am here to address the Goblins. Each one of you will be given a task which you have to perform to the best of your ability, intellect and wit , based upon the knowledge you have of the genre.

For this first task, the common theme I have chosen is - FAVORITE WRITERS.

Here is your task, Ogres -

Out of the 10 listed famous writers, choose a writer and a short story written by him/her of your choice, and turn it into a movie adaptation, making necessary script/screenplay changes so that the movie appeals to wider audiences worldwide:-

M.R. James, Ramsey Campbell, Ambrose Bierce, Algernon Blackwood, Robert E. Howard, Walter de la Mare, Sheridan Le Fanu, E. Nesbit, Henry James and Marjorie Bowen.

Goblins - The Return, Nightmare of Death, Ferretchucker, The Villain, Horrorzack and Chronogrl - get on it ASAP. Time to get creative and go to work.

Once you are finished, please PM your entry to me, or send it via email to [email protected]. Do NOT post your entry directly in this thread.

You all have 72 hours, starting from NOW! All the best!

[hammerfan]

Good luck, Goblins!

[ferretchucker]

First day back at college tomorrow, so tonight is spent with hurried homework. Will get to work on this tomorrow.

[ChronoGrl]

!@#$!

I think I've mentioned before how pathetically poor my literary horror knowledge is. Methinks Chrono may be screwed in Challenge #1. :mad:

Scratch my initial comment - I wish I had the Ogres' challenge - At least I'd be able to pick from ALL horror... *sigh*

Regardless, I'll get it done - You'll be seeing SOMEthing from me by the end of the 72 hours. :D



NOTE TO SELF: If my calculations are correct, "72 Hours From Now" = 01:52 PM EST on Saturday.

I'm putting this down so that I don't forget. :P

[The Villain]

Wow i've never read anything by any of them. This should be interesting....

[Doc Faustus]

Many of them have public domain short fiction that you can find online.