I like it. It would seem like the kind of thing to happen when the director yells cut, and it flows nicely. But I'm with R. Daniel, I'd also like to to see more of your art. Those pretty little pictures. 
[Fan Art] Big O: Its SHOWTIME!
Wow... um... 
Maybe I should've posted this at the beginning...
Man, I've been postin' VOLUMES recently...
First off, I think its a WONDERFUL plan, R. Dan. You really have a passion for this kind of stuff, which I applaude!
However, the biggest thing about Big O Showtime is the fact that it will NOT be animated, at least not yet. I know you really feel this needs to be done, but truthfully I'm sorry in that I simply cannot push myself that far.
To be perfectly honest (and if I insult anyone, please feel free to express it so I can apologize
) I think the biggest reason that others have failed to ANIMATE and PRODUCE a Big O Season is the fact that no-one can fully concentrate on the project, plus the fact that a forum room doesn't seem the same as a board room like most animated shows and movies use to communicate ideas.
Besides which, a season?
It took Sunrise and CN about 2 or 3 years to make each season! We're talking about 13 half-hour intervals!
Not that I DON'T EVER want it to be animated is not what I'm saying. I'm simply saying that RIGHT NOW, I simply cannot do it.
I really hope this wasn't what you were dreading to hear. With homework and religious duties and homework and commissions and homework -- and homework
, etc etc homework etc, I really can't do it.
This is a hobby for me. First off, I LOVE BIG O. If not, I wouldn't be here. I think the same goes for most in these forums (if I offended anyone with that comment, I apologize in advance
). But Big O Showtime is more of my personal journey to wrapping up a beloved series with concrete information and explanation, the best that I can give, to their hungry fans.
Likewise, this has not been simply my input! R. Dan, you presented Richelieu, and amazing writers like the Ghost of Ember and Lady Tessler inspired me with story plots I never would've thought of.
If any of you are disgusted with me in any way, you are free to not come and look at the stuff here. I am just a guy with big glasses who is trying to put some joy and fullfillment into your lives.
R. Dan, you really are a great guy. You've really helped and supported me (except the time when you thought me was a GIRL!
) along the 3 or so pages this thread has grown. For that, I give you a high-five and a Mexican jumping bean.
But, I can't go over my limit, and I'm sorry to admit that this is my limit.
(pats R. Dan on the shoulder) Really dude, you have a wonderful dream, like I said earlier. And dreams cannot be truly achieved until you work your puttooty off. So, I'm not stopping you from leaving this thread, and go put down YOUR ideas in another thread.
I know I'm a little disapointing, I know I'm a little manic. That's just how I work and live, like Gordon said, like everthing is a stage, because it is, and how we act and work through life develops our spirit, our character we play as ourselves. Frankly dude, you go for your dream.
I'm just bummin' I can't ride shotgun...
Peace, dude.
Maybe I should've posted this at the beginning...
Man, I've been postin' VOLUMES recently...
First off, I think its a WONDERFUL plan, R. Dan. You really have a passion for this kind of stuff, which I applaude!
However, the biggest thing about Big O Showtime is the fact that it will NOT be animated, at least not yet. I know you really feel this needs to be done, but truthfully I'm sorry in that I simply cannot push myself that far.
To be perfectly honest (and if I insult anyone, please feel free to express it so I can apologize
) I think the biggest reason that others have failed to ANIMATE and PRODUCE a Big O Season is the fact that no-one can fully concentrate on the project, plus the fact that a forum room doesn't seem the same as a board room like most animated shows and movies use to communicate ideas.Besides which, a season?
It took Sunrise and CN about 2 or 3 years to make each season! We're talking about 13 half-hour intervals!Not that I DON'T EVER want it to be animated is not what I'm saying. I'm simply saying that RIGHT NOW, I simply cannot do it.
I really hope this wasn't what you were dreading to hear. With homework and religious duties and homework and commissions and homework -- and homework
, etc etc homework etc, I really can't do it.This is a hobby for me. First off, I LOVE BIG O. If not, I wouldn't be here. I think the same goes for most in these forums (if I offended anyone with that comment, I apologize in advance
). But Big O Showtime is more of my personal journey to wrapping up a beloved series with concrete information and explanation, the best that I can give, to their hungry fans. Likewise, this has not been simply my input! R. Dan, you presented Richelieu, and amazing writers like the Ghost of Ember and Lady Tessler inspired me with story plots I never would've thought of.
If any of you are disgusted with me in any way, you are free to not come and look at the stuff here. I am just a guy with big glasses who is trying to put some joy and fullfillment into your lives.
R. Dan, you really are a great guy. You've really helped and supported me (except the time when you thought me was a GIRL!
) along the 3 or so pages this thread has grown. For that, I give you a high-five and a Mexican jumping bean.
But, I can't go over my limit, and I'm sorry to admit that this is my limit. (pats R. Dan on the shoulder) Really dude, you have a wonderful dream, like I said earlier. And dreams cannot be truly achieved until you work your puttooty off. So, I'm not stopping you from leaving this thread, and go put down YOUR ideas in another thread.
I know I'm a little disapointing, I know I'm a little manic. That's just how I work and live, like Gordon said, like everthing is a stage, because it is, and how we act and work through life develops our spirit, our character we play as ourselves. Frankly dude, you go for your dream.
I'm just bummin' I can't ride shotgun...
Peace, dude.Ah, don't be so fatalistic! 
This is a coordinated effort, many writers, several artists. If you accept it, you will not have to do anything more than you already do... however you WILL have to drop your personal projects for this more public one. Consider it a re-allocation of your time into something greater than any one or two people can accomplish.
Can I at least e-mail you the starting materials? The extent and detail of the scenario, characters, conflicts and turning points might inspire you to change your mind.
This is a coordinated effort, many writers, several artists. If you accept it, you will not have to do anything more than you already do... however you WILL have to drop your personal projects for this more public one. Consider it a re-allocation of your time into something greater than any one or two people can accomplish.
Can I at least e-mail you the starting materials? The extent and detail of the scenario, characters, conflicts and turning points might inspire you to change your mind.
Hey Matt!
I have the same kinds of issues regarding homework, but I always manage to make time for these sort of things. Otherwise I'd go nuts. And you don't really need to do alot. There will be many working on this project thing. You could be a voice of reason and advice if nothing else.
C'mon! You have good ideas that could really help things along!
I have the same kinds of issues regarding homework, but I always manage to make time for these sort of things. Otherwise I'd go nuts. And you don't really need to do alot. There will be many working on this project thing. You could be a voice of reason and advice if nothing else.
C'mon! You have good ideas that could really help things along!
Heh... (smiles faintly) I guess I could help ya'll out --
But I hope this'll still allow me to finish posting BIG O SHOWTIME in the original first draft, the one I wrote...
Here, you guys, let's get back to the Action!
ReSET: Act One: Rekindling the Flame
“Simple. The director yelled cut.”
A wild smile cracked across Schwartzwald's face.
---
“What? Director…” Roger’s eyes searched frantically within his mind to put the pieces together.
“Oh, you remember my beautiful face, and yet you don’t remember one of your greatest negotiations contracts?”
Roger’s eyes flew forward, indicating he had found the connections.
“Gordon Rosewater…wanted me to negotiate with Paradigm’s director…”
“Yes! Exactly! Now, can you possibly remember where such a director could live?” Schwartzwald guided, his voice growing more vocal with every word escaping his burnt lips.
Roger looked at Schwartzwald.
“I…wait…we’re speaking about Gordon’s son, Alex Rosewater? The chief executive of Paradigm Corporation?” Roger questioned.
Schwartzwald turned his back to Roger in a sort of disappointment.
“No, of course not! Alex Rosewater was merely a shadow of Gordon! He wouldn’t go through the trouble of hiring you to simply want you to negotiate with himself! There are higher forces at work in this world, and I highly emphasize higher!” Schwartzwald put forth his palms to Roger, expecting a connection.
“So…the director would be higher…higher?” Roger paused, wondering about the ramifications of what he just heard.
Schwartzwald smiled as it dawned on Roger.
“That would mean… No. No, that can’t be right!” Roger shook his head.
Schwartzwald smiled wider.
“Exactly. This is simply the revelation of yet another of Gordon Rosewater’s vast follies. Hiring a negotiator to deal with a God…”
Roger watched as Schwartzwald started dancing around wildly, his revelry reaching its height.
“This has all been one mass COMEDY! Hahahahah! All that I was searching for simply did not exist!”
Roger simply could not connect Schwartzwald, a man utterly hell-bent on discovering the ‘truth’ behind the tragedy of what happened 40 years ago, and his words now, of complete denial of everything he sought and believed was real.
“What are you talking about?” Roger exasperated.
Schwartzwald stopped when he was hunched over, and turned his head slowly, the wild smile becoming a straight thin line.
“This world… the world of Paradigm City… is all a fake. It is a – an illusion, if you can understand.” Schwartzwald explained simply.
“An illusion?”
“Something you would see in a desert, perhaps, an oasis. You run full throttle for it, and try to lick up the water, only to taste the dry desert sand. The oasis I was searching for; the truth that I searched for was merely a mirage. A picture created by my mind, simply because of a stupid false hope…” Schwartzwald spoke as clearly and thoughtfully as Roger had ever heard him before, and the most shocking thing was the fact – that Roger understood – and more so, agreed to his sincerity.
Finally, after several minutes, Roger spoke.
“It wasn’t false.”
Schwartzwald perked up.
“What?”
”It wasn’t a false hope, Schwartzwald. You – you do have a point… about the truth.” Roger admitted.
Schwartzwald, for the first time in his life, was dumbfounded, and gazed on Roger like he had lobsters crawling out of his ears.
“You know, you Negotiator are insufferable… I try to inform you of the importance of the truth and you berate me. Then when I finally discover that there is NO truth, you blasted finally believe in it!!!” Schwartzwald ranted, only it also very sarcastic, not just wild.
“Ironic, huh?” Roger smirked.
Schwartzwald looked at Roger, and the two men seemed to finally connect.
“Negotiator… why did you – support me?” Schwartzwald asked sincerely.
“It’s my job. I’m a Negotiator, and I negotiated between you and your depression. It doesn’t suit you…”
“Yes, yes… it doesn’t…” Schwartzwald spoke softly, his eyes starting to dart off.
“YES! THERE IS A TRUTH, AND NOT EVEN THE PHYSICAL EXPLANATIONS AT HAND WILL DISTRACT ME FROM UNCOVERING IT!” Schwartzwald screamed, the violent passion bubbling up once again.
“I suppose everyone is susceptible to the evils of naivety, eh?” Roger smiled.
“I suppose… Negotiator!” Schwartzwald yelled, and threw his arms in the air. “Negotiator, you have brought me new life! Thank you!”
“You do realize why, right?” Roger stopped smiling.
“No…why? I suppose it is rather peculiar for a faithful dog to forgo his master to help a possible foreign threat…” Schwartzwald queried.
“I need to get out of here, Schwartzwald. I’m not dead.” Roger bluntly spoke.
“Neither am I, Smith! Otherwise I wouldn’t be talking to you!” Schwartzwald likewise burst.
“But your body was found in the wastelands!” Roger yelled louder, even throwing his arms near Schwartzwald as almost in a way of throwing away the impossible idea.
“Did you see the body?” Schwartzwald asked, speaking rather softly to extinguish Roger’s rant.
“Er… hmm. No, I haven’t. But I trust my friends.” Roger spoke in a cold confidence.
Schwartzwald mischievously cracked a grimace.
“That is your biggest folly, Negotiator. Trust. You shouldn’t trust ANYONE.” Schwartzwald didn’t rush into a rant, or shout at Roger. He merely spoke like a concerned father to his son; that this was one of life’s true lessons, and he needed to make Roger know.
“Anyone?” Roger asked, half believing and half dismissing the thought.
Schwartzwald left Roger to think a whole 20 seconds before he broke the silence.
“So, you wish to leave? You wish to wake up?” Schwartzwald asked, leaning against one of the spotless white walls of the hall.
“Wake up?” Roger asked.
"Yes, wake up, Roger. It's well past twelve thirty..."
Roger's eyes burst open, only with the echo of Schwartzwald's cackle, to gaze upon a green gray ceiling with a hanging lamp light hovering over him.
"No way..." Roger spoke.
He knew this place... It was --
END OF ACT ONE, TO BE CONTINUED!
Hope ya enjoyed it!
And R. Dan, I guess I can assist with my information from the show, so sign me up for that!
Tootles, ya'll!
But I hope this'll still allow me to finish posting BIG O SHOWTIME in the original first draft, the one I wrote...
Here, you guys, let's get back to the Action!
ReSET: Act One: Rekindling the Flame
“Simple. The director yelled cut.”
A wild smile cracked across Schwartzwald's face.
---
“What? Director…” Roger’s eyes searched frantically within his mind to put the pieces together.
“Oh, you remember my beautiful face, and yet you don’t remember one of your greatest negotiations contracts?”
Roger’s eyes flew forward, indicating he had found the connections.
“Gordon Rosewater…wanted me to negotiate with Paradigm’s director…”
“Yes! Exactly! Now, can you possibly remember where such a director could live?” Schwartzwald guided, his voice growing more vocal with every word escaping his burnt lips.
Roger looked at Schwartzwald.
“I…wait…we’re speaking about Gordon’s son, Alex Rosewater? The chief executive of Paradigm Corporation?” Roger questioned.
Schwartzwald turned his back to Roger in a sort of disappointment.
“No, of course not! Alex Rosewater was merely a shadow of Gordon! He wouldn’t go through the trouble of hiring you to simply want you to negotiate with himself! There are higher forces at work in this world, and I highly emphasize higher!” Schwartzwald put forth his palms to Roger, expecting a connection.
“So…the director would be higher…higher?” Roger paused, wondering about the ramifications of what he just heard.
Schwartzwald smiled as it dawned on Roger.
“That would mean… No. No, that can’t be right!” Roger shook his head.
Schwartzwald smiled wider.
“Exactly. This is simply the revelation of yet another of Gordon Rosewater’s vast follies. Hiring a negotiator to deal with a God…”
Roger watched as Schwartzwald started dancing around wildly, his revelry reaching its height.
“This has all been one mass COMEDY! Hahahahah! All that I was searching for simply did not exist!”
Roger simply could not connect Schwartzwald, a man utterly hell-bent on discovering the ‘truth’ behind the tragedy of what happened 40 years ago, and his words now, of complete denial of everything he sought and believed was real.
“What are you talking about?” Roger exasperated.
Schwartzwald stopped when he was hunched over, and turned his head slowly, the wild smile becoming a straight thin line.
“This world… the world of Paradigm City… is all a fake. It is a – an illusion, if you can understand.” Schwartzwald explained simply.
“An illusion?”
“Something you would see in a desert, perhaps, an oasis. You run full throttle for it, and try to lick up the water, only to taste the dry desert sand. The oasis I was searching for; the truth that I searched for was merely a mirage. A picture created by my mind, simply because of a stupid false hope…” Schwartzwald spoke as clearly and thoughtfully as Roger had ever heard him before, and the most shocking thing was the fact – that Roger understood – and more so, agreed to his sincerity.
Finally, after several minutes, Roger spoke.
“It wasn’t false.”
Schwartzwald perked up.
“What?”
”It wasn’t a false hope, Schwartzwald. You – you do have a point… about the truth.” Roger admitted.
Schwartzwald, for the first time in his life, was dumbfounded, and gazed on Roger like he had lobsters crawling out of his ears.
“You know, you Negotiator are insufferable… I try to inform you of the importance of the truth and you berate me. Then when I finally discover that there is NO truth, you blasted finally believe in it!!!” Schwartzwald ranted, only it also very sarcastic, not just wild.
“Ironic, huh?” Roger smirked.
Schwartzwald looked at Roger, and the two men seemed to finally connect.
“Negotiator… why did you – support me?” Schwartzwald asked sincerely.
“It’s my job. I’m a Negotiator, and I negotiated between you and your depression. It doesn’t suit you…”
“Yes, yes… it doesn’t…” Schwartzwald spoke softly, his eyes starting to dart off.
“YES! THERE IS A TRUTH, AND NOT EVEN THE PHYSICAL EXPLANATIONS AT HAND WILL DISTRACT ME FROM UNCOVERING IT!” Schwartzwald screamed, the violent passion bubbling up once again.
“I suppose everyone is susceptible to the evils of naivety, eh?” Roger smiled.
“I suppose… Negotiator!” Schwartzwald yelled, and threw his arms in the air. “Negotiator, you have brought me new life! Thank you!”
“You do realize why, right?” Roger stopped smiling.
“No…why? I suppose it is rather peculiar for a faithful dog to forgo his master to help a possible foreign threat…” Schwartzwald queried.
“I need to get out of here, Schwartzwald. I’m not dead.” Roger bluntly spoke.
“Neither am I, Smith! Otherwise I wouldn’t be talking to you!” Schwartzwald likewise burst.
“But your body was found in the wastelands!” Roger yelled louder, even throwing his arms near Schwartzwald as almost in a way of throwing away the impossible idea.
“Did you see the body?” Schwartzwald asked, speaking rather softly to extinguish Roger’s rant.
“Er… hmm. No, I haven’t. But I trust my friends.” Roger spoke in a cold confidence.
Schwartzwald mischievously cracked a grimace.
“That is your biggest folly, Negotiator. Trust. You shouldn’t trust ANYONE.” Schwartzwald didn’t rush into a rant, or shout at Roger. He merely spoke like a concerned father to his son; that this was one of life’s true lessons, and he needed to make Roger know.
“Anyone?” Roger asked, half believing and half dismissing the thought.
Schwartzwald left Roger to think a whole 20 seconds before he broke the silence.
“So, you wish to leave? You wish to wake up?” Schwartzwald asked, leaning against one of the spotless white walls of the hall.
“Wake up?” Roger asked.
"Yes, wake up, Roger. It's well past twelve thirty..."
Roger's eyes burst open, only with the echo of Schwartzwald's cackle, to gaze upon a green gray ceiling with a hanging lamp light hovering over him.
"No way..." Roger spoke.
He knew this place... It was --
END OF ACT ONE, TO BE CONTINUED!
Hope ya enjoyed it!
And R. Dan, I guess I can assist with my information from the show, so sign me up for that!
Tootles, ya'll!Well that's good. But, like... it'll be hard for you to contribute at all if your only means of communication is PCF right here.
Can you give me your e-mail address? Are you signed up on AIM?
If you'd like to but your parents won't allow it, I wouldn't have any problem talking to them directly, to try and convince them otherwise.
Can you give me your e-mail address? Are you signed up on AIM?
If you'd like to but your parents won't allow it, I wouldn't have any problem talking to them directly, to try and convince them otherwise.
... I hope you don't take this the wrong way...
They said no, and won't talk to anyone...
Parental units, huh...
I CAN however contribute if you could start a NEW thread, primarily to get info from all the folks here at Paradigm, not just me! In fact, that'd be great! We could exchange ideas, and likewise create (hopefully
) very different interpretations for what is to come!
I mean, our predesessor, A Clockwork Tomato, did an awesome job on his Season 3 fan fiction, I bet with enough people throwing in their two cents in their own interps, maybe Sunrise'll get enough good ideas to create an animated third season themselves!
Not that I'm saying your not professional, I figure what Roger usually says:
"Jobs SHOULD be left to the professionals, wouldn't you say?"
(Act 3, Electric City)
OH YEAH! I created this really funny comic from what sort of happens during the climax! I hope this isn't too much of a spoiler, but Beck DOES NOT get killed, just so you know. It's just one of my funny ideas, is all!
We need to get back the levaty to this here forum! Yee-haw, get along little Big O! We gotta round up them megadeuces, ya'll!
They said no, and won't talk to anyone...
Parental units, huh...
I CAN however contribute if you could start a NEW thread, primarily to get info from all the folks here at Paradigm, not just me! In fact, that'd be great! We could exchange ideas, and likewise create (hopefully
) very different interpretations for what is to come!I mean, our predesessor, A Clockwork Tomato, did an awesome job on his Season 3 fan fiction, I bet with enough people throwing in their two cents in their own interps, maybe Sunrise'll get enough good ideas to create an animated third season themselves!
Not that I'm saying your not professional, I figure what Roger usually says:
"Jobs SHOULD be left to the professionals, wouldn't you say?"
(Act 3, Electric City)
OH YEAH! I created this really funny comic from what sort of happens during the climax! I hope this isn't too much of a spoiler, but Beck DOES NOT get killed, just so you know. It's just one of my funny ideas, is all!
We need to get back the levaty to this here forum! Yee-haw, get along little Big O! We gotta round up them megadeuces, ya'll!
- Attachment: Schwartzwald\'s Warning Com copy.jpg
LOL that is priceless! Your cleverness is back with a vengeance!
About your parental units: ah, I understand. No, there's no wrong way for me to take it! It's not your fault.
About opennig the project up to anyone?
Well I don't want to open up the contribution table to just anyone. Then nobody in the Big O community will have the joy of discovering it anew!
Besides, we have high standards. If my colleagues and I see someone with exceptional creative ability, only then I ask if they'd like to join.
We have many ideas already... and most people can only fulfill fantasies, not extend a franchise along previous thematic and stylistic lines, while still creating something fresh, etc.
But you're right. I should make a shout-out thread where people can just throw out what they'd like to see! There are bound to be jems. ^.^
Perhaps Krang or Zola could create a restricted thread where only you, the other contributors, and I could post? Then it would still be under wraps, but still within the limits of what your parents would allow.
About your parental units: ah, I understand. No, there's no wrong way for me to take it! It's not your fault.
About opennig the project up to anyone?
Well I don't want to open up the contribution table to just anyone. Then nobody in the Big O community will have the joy of discovering it anew!
Besides, we have high standards. If my colleagues and I see someone with exceptional creative ability, only then I ask if they'd like to join.
We have many ideas already... and most people can only fulfill fantasies, not extend a franchise along previous thematic and stylistic lines, while still creating something fresh, etc.
But you're right. I should make a shout-out thread where people can just throw out what they'd like to see! There are bound to be jems. ^.^
Perhaps Krang or Zola could create a restricted thread where only you, the other contributors, and I could post? Then it would still be under wraps, but still within the limits of what your parents would allow.
Dude, that sounds awesome!
Hurahh! The thread's got it's levaty again! Beck go SMOOSH!
Ha...
Well, while we're on delightful scoundrels, here's one:
-Destructive Tendencies:
I wanted this piece to be a bit more thematic. Alan is, of course back in Big O Showtime, but I'll refrain from telling you how he affects the story, but let me say this -- it'll be HUGE!
There you can see a HINT of what Alan MAY do... he's walking away from a pretty big explosion, with rubble flying around even, blow cleaning his metalic hand. Also note he's still wounded from Vera's gun.
Yeah, like I said, HUGE.
Welp, there's me two cents for the day, I gotta go somewhere unconspicuious, and do a happy dance! (mumbles about being a cheesburger when he grows up as he hobbles away)
Hurahh! The thread's got it's levaty again! Beck go SMOOSH!
Ha...Well, while we're on delightful scoundrels, here's one:
-Destructive Tendencies:
I wanted this piece to be a bit more thematic. Alan is, of course back in Big O Showtime, but I'll refrain from telling you how he affects the story, but let me say this -- it'll be HUGE!
There you can see a HINT of what Alan MAY do... he's walking away from a pretty big explosion, with rubble flying around even, blow cleaning his metalic hand. Also note he's still wounded from Vera's gun.
Yeah, like I said, HUGE.Welp, there's me two cents for the day, I gotta go somewhere unconspicuious, and do a happy dance! (mumbles about being a cheesburger when he grows up as he hobbles away)
- Attachment: Destructive Tendencies Alan.jpg
Matt has done it again!
And Dan, you have a really good idea there. Act on it, pretty please? It might work. And then everyone can get together and the fun can begin!
I'm tired of waiting.
Andele!
And Dan, you have a really good idea there. Act on it, pretty please? It might work. And then everyone can get together and the fun can begin!I'm tired of waiting.
Andele!Nice Alan.
You have a way of capturing the characters very easily. They look cuter than in reality but it's otherwise perfectly fine and, you make it look so easy! 
Anyways, good news. The Copper Room, the sub-forum for Season Three Contributors, is now open, and will soon be open for your eyes and your keyboard. Look there for direction on what to draw. Get yer creative juices flowing!
You have a way of capturing the characters very easily. They look cuter than in reality but it's otherwise perfectly fine and, you make it look so easy!
Anyways, good news. The Copper Room, the sub-forum for Season Three Contributors, is now open, and will soon be open for your eyes and your keyboard. Look there for direction on what to draw. Get yer creative juices flowing!