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Title: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: sterlingdragon on 10 Apr 2008, 04:29
There should be.It should follow the story of the first 1000 comics, from the very beginning to the naked old ladies.
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: Butch on 10 Apr 2008, 06:41
Yeah, nothing screams "solid conclusion" like elderly nudity.

But really, the way movies become lost in translation from the source material, even if it were attempted, it'd come off as another romantic comedy instead of the greatest sarcastic romance of our time.
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: MrSteevo on 10 Apr 2008, 07:35
Ya, it would be another Romantic Comedy with but jeph would give it a damn good soundtrack.
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: waterloosunset on 10 Apr 2008, 09:09
i doubt it would work to well. for one thing, many of the jokes rely on the punchline on the final panel, which either wouldnt work or too well, or get boring quicly in a film media
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: benji on 10 Apr 2008, 09:55
You definitely couldn't just turn the strip into a movie. I suppose someone could make a film based on the strip, but it would be very different. This comic is really a bunch very short stories (each individual strip) combined in to loosely defined longer stories (the "arcs" that we go through) combined in to a single continuous narrative. While there are films that show a series of vignettes that combine in to a larger whole, this is hard to do well. Most movies are a single story with a beginning, a middle, and an end.

You could make a QC movie, but it might not be very good. You would have to choose a specific story. The obvious choice would be a film about Marten, Faye, and Dora from the period around the talk. The early part of the movie would establish them as 3 close friends, and that Faye and Dora both were attracted to Marten. The complication would come with talk and the revelation that Faye couldn't be with Marten. Marten would then end up with Dora, precipitating a crisis in the circle of friends. Perhaps there would be a scene or two of Faye visiting home, and the film would end with her deciding to come back to New England. You could work up some subplot about their extended circle of friends.

Would this be a good movie? Who knows? It would be billed as a romantic comedy, but would turn in to more of a movie about friendship by the third act. It would probably leave many fans of the comic disappointed because our favorite elements/characters would have to be cut for time. If the producers were worried about this, they might try to accommodate as much as possible, which would still disappoint us, and would disappoint others because the film would be filled with completely unexplained little nods to the comic strip that would go over their heads.
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: JReynolds on 10 Apr 2008, 10:49
Possible Leads
Faye   Ellen Page

Possible Leads for a Bizzaro QC Movie
Marten    Sean William Scott [aka Steve Stiffler] with hair dyed black

Anybody else have any good / bad ideas?

Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: britMonster on 10 Apr 2008, 10:53
I still vote Jack Black at the voice of Pintsize. I think Winslow should be played by the voice actress who does Tommy from Rugrats. She does like 30 other voices and has a wide range.
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: Near Lurker on 10 Apr 2008, 12:06
You couldn't do the first thousand strips because you wouldn't have a suitable climax.

Maybe end on strip #1114, and do it as a Godfather parody.

Strips 500-700 couldn't begin more than forty-five minutes in and couldn't end with less than forty-five minutes to spare, though, nor could the bookends differ in length by more than thirty minutes, or else it would turn into a cheezy romantic comedy.

Honestly, though, I couldn't see this running under three hours without untenable sacrifices.
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: vgaer on 10 Apr 2008, 13:41
Haha, this is kind of ridiculous but yes Ellen Page WOULD be a good Faye!
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: benji on 10 Apr 2008, 14:34
Strips 500-700 couldn't begin more than forty-five minutes in and couldn't end with less than forty-five minutes to spare, though, nor could the bookends differ in length by more than thirty minutes, or else it would turn into a cheezy romantic comedy.

It would probably end up feeling a little like a cheezy romantic comedy no matter what. That's how it would be marketed at the very least.
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: Rocketman on 10 Apr 2008, 15:13
Possible Leads for a Bizzaro QC Movie
Marten    Sean William Scott [aka Steve Stiffler] with hair dyed black

Anybody else have any good / bad ideas?



Bizarro QC Marten - Wesley Snipes
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: est on 10 Apr 2008, 17:15
I think that Jeph has said in the past that this'd likely never happen, but let's play the casting game anyway I guess.  I still think that a cast of relative unknowns with a few famous people doing unexpected bit-parts like Jimbo and the various parents would be best.  Perhaps Linda Carter or Demi Moore for Marten's mum.  Martin Sheen with a moustache for Dora's dad.  Michael Keaton in stubble and a trucker hat for Jimbo.  etc.

Also, people who are not-obvious for Pintsize and Winslow.  The kind of people you're stuck thinking "I've heard that voice before, who the hell is it?" and then at the end credits you think "Oh shit, that guy!"
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: kasuturo on 10 Apr 2008, 18:13
I don't think a movie is the most appropiate. Maybe a sitcom would do.

I'd be like Friends but instead of Central Perk we'd have Coffee of Doom, and also featuring AnthroPC's, some awesome soundtrack, bizarre content...
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: Evander on 11 Apr 2008, 07:09
Cast Tracy Morgan as every character, and I will see it twice.

edit: WARNING!  If Tracy Morgan plays every character, it will become a movie about licking buttholes.  This is inevitable.
Title: Re-imagining of QC ala TV
Post by: ctrlbuild on 11 Apr 2008, 10:46
Alright, time for a Re-imagining of QC? I just watched the online episode of Battlestar Galactica so I'm in the mood.

Caroline Dhavernas as Hanners
Ally Sheedy as Hannner's Mom
Mike Damus as Marten
Casey Affleck as Steve
Rachael Leigh Cook as Dora
Jewel Staite as Penny
Drew Barrymore as Faye
Mila Kunis as Meena
Ellen Page as Raven
Seth Greene as Pintsize

No idea for Sven, Tai, or anyone else

Title: Re: Re-imagining of QC ala TV
Post by: benji on 11 Apr 2008, 10:53
Just so you know, the QC Movie thread is talking about the exact same thing.
Title: Re: Re-imagining of QC ala TV
Post by: ThePQ4 on 11 Apr 2008, 10:58
I swear, some people (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,9070.0.html) never use the darn (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,19733.0.html) search function (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,4519.0.html).

(And I am extremely annoyed that I cannot actually find the physical thread was all about "Who Would Play Who In the Movie?!"...grrrr)
Title: Re: Re-imagining of QC ala TV
Post by: Evander on 11 Apr 2008, 11:14
Tracy Morgan in ever role.
Title: Re: Re-imagining of QC ala TV
Post by: ctrlbuild on 11 Apr 2008, 14:23
I swear, some people (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,9070.0.html) never use the darn (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,19733.0.html) search function (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,4519.0.html).

(And I am extremely annoyed that I cannot actually find the physical thread was all about "Who Would Play Who In the Movie?!"...grrrr)

I used it, and had this sitting on my computer to post for a while (for like 5 hours). I did not realize a movie thread was made in the meantime. Talk about strange coincidences.
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: ctrlbuild on 11 Apr 2008, 14:26
Since you guys had the idea first, here was my contribution on the thread I made. I think the 2005 and 2006 threads are a bit old to be relevant

Alright, time for a Re-imagining of QC? I just watched the online episode of Battlestar Galactica so I'm in the mood.

Caroline Dhavernas as Hanners
Ally Sheedy as Hannner's Mom
Mike Damus as Marten
Casey Affleck as Steve
Rachael Leigh Cook as Dora
Jewel Staite as Penny
Drew Barrymore as Faye
Mila Kunis as Meena
Ellen Page as Raven
Seth Greene as Pintsize

No idea for Sven, Tai, or anyone else



Title: Re: Re-imagining of QC ala TV
Post by: ThePQ4 on 11 Apr 2008, 14:30
...at least one of those threads is like a year old.
Nice try.
Title: Re: Re-imagining of QC ala TV
Post by: ctrlbuild on 11 Apr 2008, 14:46
Isn't a thread that has been dead for a year now irrelevant? I already conceded and went to the current movie thread. I don't have the power to delete a useless thread, so I can say is that I'm sorry that I created something that was useless.
Title: Re: Re-imagining of QC ala TV
Post by: est on 11 Apr 2008, 15:27
Folding this into the movie thread
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: Norton Quintessential on 11 Apr 2008, 15:56
Tim Curry as any of the drunken hallucination monsters.

"..I'm starting to feel a bit discorporeal..."
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: Rusty on 11 Apr 2008, 20:42
for some reason, i would see pintsize with a high pitched annoying voice


or maybe its just because i relate him with GIR so much.
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: Near Lurker on 11 Apr 2008, 23:22
Hmm.  Run-through.

-Open with Steve and Marten at the bar, where they meet Faye.
-Faye visits Marten's apartment a few days later, meets Pintsize.
-Marten's everyday life - cameos by Scott and Jimbo.
-Faye moves in.
-Dora and Coffee of Doom are introduced, Raven makes a cameo.  (No Sarah.)
-The dildo scene.  (Without the changing, so Dora needs a new excuse.)
-Dora talks to Mieville until Faye and Marten gothnap her.
-This night is where Jimbo changes careers.
-Amanda visits.
-Steve meets Ellen.
-The haircut.
-The double date.
-Raven is hired.
-Ellen's birthday.  Cameo by Natasha, per obligation pointing out the Mass. age of consent.
-Sven visits.
-Steve and Ellen are introduced to Amir.
-Marten and Faye move.
-Veronica Vance visits.
-First breakup of Steve and Ellen.
-The Talk.
-Hannelore's introduction.
-Formation of Deathmøle.
-The kiss.
-Faye goes to Georgia.
-Marten is fired.
-Dr. Corrine's introduction.
-Marten starts working with Tai.
-The coffee shop gets popular, leading to the appearance of Angus; Pen-Pen materializes out of thin air.
-Steve and Ellen break up for real, leading to a scene with Haruk...ah, the Vespavenger.  (No Morgue Girl subplot.)  Marten gets to wear the princess top for this entire scene, because I said so.
-Tai meets Jimbo, while Marten has to cover for Sven.
-Sven waylays Faye.
-Coffeeshop shenanigan filler.
-Marten gets a haircut, and Dora gets neurotic.
-Hannelore's mother visits.
-Marten visits Dora's parents.
-Deathmøle plays at Smith (hey, I had to give some kind of resolution there).
-Hannelore's birthday.
-Dora freaks out.
-Long talk between Faye and Dr. Corrine.
-Dora and Marten make up.
-Godfather parody.

There.  Appropriate pacing, not too much lost in translation, and it clocks in at just under four hours.

Of course, the dialogue would have to be completely rewritten to flow better in real-time and to pin down the music jokes to whennever the film were released, as opposed to "the floating now."
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: JReynolds on 12 Apr 2008, 17:24
Just under four hours?

Sounds like they should do it like they did Lord of the Rings: make three movies at once & release them at yearly intervals. All we need is to get Peter Jackson or Guillermo del Toro to direct it (once whoever it is finishes The Hobbit & The Hobbit Sequel)
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: frunK on 12 Apr 2008, 18:06
i doubt it would work to well. for one thing, many of the jokes rely on the punchline on the final panel, which either wouldnt work or too well, or get boring quicly in a film media
Unless after every joke you had that "ba-dum-bum-CHSS!" drum sound to indicate a joke just happened. then it would work.
But I would rather see a S*P movie just so see the reaction of the audience when they get slapped in the ass by an abortion joke the first five minutes in.
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: raoullefere on 22 Jun 2008, 18:57
I moved this over here so you guys can chew on it. This is a response to a list Jeph made on the Ask Jeph thread:
Danny DeVito as Marten—Yes! DeVito can do harmless like nobody's business.
Mike Meyers as Faye—I dunno about this one; I really think Adam Sandler does angry better.
Eddie Murphy as Dora—No, no no. You mean Kevin Nealon.
Salma Hayek as Pintsize—I can take or leave this. I really picture Steven Colbert here. Or maybe Eddie Murphy if he's pissed about losing the Dora role.
Anthony Hopkins as Winslow—Again, a bit of a miscast. Steve Carell, man.
Tom Selleck as Hannelore—Oh, yeah! (Or maybe anyone who can do a good late-in-life Howard Hughes impression. Very similar characters except for the naked part. Maybe Hanners could develop a nudism fixation?)

And there we have it—the Womanless Wedding-style dream cast for Questionable Content: The Adventure Sputters. Clearly Jeph grew up in the same sort of twisted culture I did, wherein people actually thought a good Womanless Wedding was about as satisfying as entertainment could get.

I realize the title sucks; hell, the concept sucks. And yet…

Anyway, it's here in a better home so you folks can pick on it. At least my cast doesn't have Alley Sheedy in it. But it does have Nealon, so that's scant progress. On the other hand,  screw Colbert; Seth Green as Pintsize is pure genius.
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: Border Reiver on 23 Jun 2008, 04:37
Instead of any of the selections for Pintsize - I'd like to hear either Lorne Greene, or perhaps James Earl Jones - picture those deep tones coming out of the little terrorist.
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: Betagold on 23 Jun 2008, 10:57
I think Winona Ryder has that Dora look.  She's who I would cast for Dora.  I'd get Kevin Smith to direct, as this kind of filmmaking is right up his alley, and Seth Green should absolutely play Pintsize.  Jimbo would be best played by some redneck you've picked up off the side of the road in Mississippi, though in a pinch, anybody from the Blue Collar Comedey Tour would work just as well.
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: Insectile on 09 Jul 2008, 10:32
Kevin Smith would make a good director, this seems like it would be his type of movie.
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: Cartilage Head on 09 Jul 2008, 10:35
 You guys have horrible ideas about stuff.
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: Blayze on 09 Jul 2008, 13:19
Sadly, there can never be a QC movie. The reason is that movies are in production for so long that any indie reference written into the script will be far too mainstream by the time the movie is released, and therefore not indie any more, which would make a QC movie not indie, which would make QC not indie, which would cause Marten's head to explode at the thought of liking something that's actually popular.
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: Gmanji on 10 Jul 2008, 21:06
Jimbo would be best played by some redneck you've picked up off the side of the road in Mississippi, though in a pinch, anybody from the Blue Collar Comedey Tour would work just as well.

If commercials randomly appear saying "And featuring Larry the Cable Guy as Jimbo!" I will shoot myself.

Would the movie necessarily be live action? Who says it isn't animated, with celebrity voice acting?

I've always sort of thought that Winslow would have something of a british accent.

The best Pintsize voices very well could be James Earl Jones, Seth Green, (good picks, guys) or Samuel L. Jackson.
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: snubnose on 11 Jul 2008, 03:03
Bad idea.

Bad, bad, bad idea.

If at all, I would accept a comic strip version of a QC movie.

But as a real movie ? Ewwwwww. I dont want to link the QC people to any actor.

Its bad enough I cant possibly think of Harry Potter anymore as a boy with a long face and chaotic hair.

The actor suggestions in that thread (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,4519.0.html) are already awful enough. The horror continues here.



Possible Leads
Faye   Ellen Page

Possible Leads for a Bizzaro QC Movie
Marten    Sean William Scott [aka Steve Stiffler] with hair dyed black

Anybody else have any good / bad ideas?

No thank you.

Sean William Scott would be a Steve, if at all.

And what in the world could possibly link Ellen Page with Faye ??? They are both chubby or what ? Oh, great ! She is TOO YOUNG for gods sake.



Alright, time for a Re-imagining of QC? I just watched the online episode of Battlestar Galactica so I'm in the mood.

Caroline Dhavernas as Hanners
Ally Sheedy as Hannner's Mom
Mike Damus as Marten
Casey Affleck as Steve
Rachael Leigh Cook as Dora
Jewel Staite as Penny
Drew Barrymore as Faye
Mila Kunis as Meena
Ellen Page as Raven
Seth Greene as Pintsize

No idea for Sven, Tai, or anyone else

Drew Barrymore is probably the closest Hollywood has for Faye, but she's too old for that role. She really cant play an age 23 anymore.

No idea why people keep popping up Ellen Page in this thread. If at all, I can weakly link her to Fayes lesbian sister Amanda. Or Steve's Ex Ellen.



I think Winona Ryder has that Dora look.
... ??????

And Dora is expected to be mid 20 as well, just like the rest of the cast.
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: snubnose on 11 Jul 2008, 03:13
I don't think a movie is the most appropiate. Maybe a sitcom would do.

I'd be like Friends but instead of Central Perk we'd have Coffee of Doom, and also featuring AnthroPC's, some awesome soundtrack, bizarre content...
That is IMHO the best suggestion in this thread.

And get unknown actors in it. No big names, except for the older people, like:

- Amir
- Veronica Reed/Vance
- Mrs. Whitaker
- Jimbo

And Pizza Girl should definitely be played by the same actress who plays Penelope, and they should never be on screen at the same time.
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: badbum61 on 22 Jul 2008, 04:19
Faye = Janeane Garofalo.

or Thora Birch.

Christina Ricci?
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: Thorbard on 22 Jul 2008, 12:31
And Pizza Girl should definitely be played by the same actress who plays Penelope, and they should never be on screen at the same time.

Definitely. Regardless of whether they are supposed to be the same person or not.
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: yellowledbetter on 27 Jul 2008, 01:30
animated sitcom.

Win
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: Matty3d on 28 Jul 2008, 02:31
I agree that a movie of first 1000 comics would not work, each comic has its own little joke and story would not fit well into a movie format, every 2 minutes or so the movie would jump to a new scene just to show a joke. Either a sitcom like you guys suggested, or a Movie that would have its own plot not just taken from the comics.

If a said movie was made, i would prefer it to be with new faces. not with existing actors, because most actors you fail to see past their face and all your seeing is them, you cant loose yourself in the movie because you've seen that person somewhere else being someone totaly differant, when you see someone new for the first time you can really buy into the characher because their face becomes the image of that characher in your mind.
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: Meg on 28 Jul 2008, 21:31
Faye =

Thora Birch.



Totally.
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: Surgoshan on 28 Jul 2008, 21:35
Nah.  She's always been too skinny.

Dark, yes, but too skinny.

The fact that Lester Burnham killed himself lends virtually no weight to this.
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: Beachbum100 on 29 Jul 2008, 03:55
Ellen Muth would be great as Faye or Dora and weirdly I can see Jaime Murray as Veronica Vance if she was a bit older
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: dps on 01 Aug 2008, 18:21
Hm, I'm not coming up with anyone for most of the main roles, but:

Billy Bob Thornton as Jimbo.
Martin Mull as Marten's former boss, Scott.
Christopher Walken as the voice of Pintsize.
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: DuMaNue on 02 Aug 2008, 16:27
not a movie, ya weirdos...

Im a film student and Im working on a concept, hush hush, once my idea fleshes out Ill contact J.J., see if he is interested in collaborating.

love your work JJ, lets do lunch.
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: Surgoshan on 02 Aug 2008, 17:06
"im" a film student?  Him who?  And "ill contact"?  Are you trying to get Jeph sick?
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: pwhodges on 03 Aug 2008, 02:51
George Bernard Shaw didn't like apostrophes either; he seems to have managed to live it down.  For capitals, see e e cummings for instance, but be aware that he actually preferred his name with capitals.
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: DuMaNue on 03 Aug 2008, 03:40
@Anyways:

I dont mind being flamed over missing apostrophes, this is the interweb after all.

anonymity + forums = douchebaggery at its best

and chances are what they are, either JJ will like the idea or not, there is no in between, so I wont worry much about it.
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: jill the ripper on 08 Aug 2008, 17:18
Frankly, the only person who could, ever, ever direct a movie of QC would be Wes Anderson.



...no.
it's not just because i'm in love with him. really.
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: JReynolds on 09 Aug 2008, 20:02
Being a dick over bad spelling makes me more nauseous than actual bad spelling, to be honest.

...

Interestingly, until the 1970s films of Woody Allen, the primary meaning of "nauseous" was 1  : causing nausea or disgust : nauseating

I kid you not. According to Miriam Webster, that usage dates from 1612.

However, its meaning 2  : affected with nausea or disgust is much more common these days.

Of course, if you look in the dictionary under "pedantic", you will see

2 : narrowly, stodgily, and often ostentatiously learned : see JReynolds.
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: frances65406 on 09 Jan 2009, 18:23
Kind of late to this, But I think it might be totally Insane and awesome. :) I think it might work as a tv movie type thing but would still be awesomely cool. Ellen Page as faye most definetly, but I think Ed Westwick as Sven, not for looks obviously but the way he plays Chuck Bass In Gossip I think he could definetly pull it off. And for a puzzling stammering confused marten I would have to say maybe zach braff...or a younger matthew perry.

HANNELORE, I laugh at actors trying to portray her. Muhahah.
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: Puki on 10 Jan 2009, 09:18
Thread necrophillia - my new favourite word (learned at this forums).
*wanders off finding things to amuse himself*
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: Mr. Skawronska on 10 Jan 2009, 11:07
Quote
Christopher Walken as the voice of Pintsize.

FTW!

And if we can't get Christopher Walken...How about Maurice LaMarche.

With Rob Paulsen as the voice of Winslow.

I'll let you figure that one out.

S
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: JD on 10 Jan 2009, 16:47
Thread necrophillia - my new favourite word (learned at this forums).
*wanders off finding things to amuse himself*


Pipe dreams refuse to die.
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: Siibillam-Law on 10 Jan 2009, 18:31
I started writing this not too long ago, but haven't gone back to it cos of uni stuff. So far I only have a prologue idea: of Marten leaving to live by himself. He gets a present from his mom to find it's Pintsize, then the opening title card comes up and the film begins.
First few lines I actually wrote:




EXT. Suburban house - day

A bicycle is squeaks its way to the front of an average suburban house. The rider dismounts and opens the gate to enter. A loud whip crack is heard.

Int. Suburban house - Day

"Johnny B. Goode" by Chuck Berry plays loudly. a web camera and a laptop are set up on a table. On screen we see video playback of a woman in leather bondage gear cracking her whip and wrapping it around herself. A small IM Board next to it is buzzing with activity. The sound of a door opening and closing is heard from downstairs. Looking worried, Veronica Reed turns off the music, and closes the lid of the laptop. She exits the room and hurries down the stairs where Marten Reed removes a satchel and places it on the floor. He looks up at Veronica and sighs.

Veronica

Hey, honey. Home already?

Marten

(annoyed)

Mom, do you have to do this today? I mean, come on. I'm leaving tonight.

VERONICA

I'm sorry, honey. But I have to. It's my job and it's all the time. Besides, someone had to pay for the delivery truck.

MARTEN

There wasn't a lot anyway.


-0----- and that's it.....


By the way, I reckon Jared Leto (like he is in Requiem) would be a perfect MArten

Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: frances65406 on 11 Jan 2009, 17:39
i apologize for bringing this back from the dead, but that script that was started, definetly interesting :)
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: Evander on 11 Jan 2009, 20:35
I was about to suggest that Tracy Morgan voice pintsize.

Then I noticed that I'd already suggested him for every single role.
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: Lyrical M on 12 Jan 2009, 03:14
There deffinetly should be a movie... or at least a tv show... one of a few good ones.
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: ladydraykona on 18 Jan 2009, 17:44
What about animated webisodes covering the smaller story arcs? 10 or 15 minutes apiece. That way, the quick-witted snarky sassyness wouldn't be overwhelming and the plot wouldn't be lost.
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: Kaervak on 18 Jan 2009, 17:59
Animated/Live action QC would be a little weird.  Trying to cast voice actors/live actors to fill the personas we've created in our heads could end up in impressively spectacular failure.  With that said, it would be interesting to watch. 
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: JReynolds on 19 Jan 2009, 16:38
Perhaps someone could put together a LEGO animation (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv5iEK-IEzw) of QC, similar to the Eddie Izzard animation linked to.
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: ChippyD on 21 Jan 2009, 16:09
Honestly, this would not work as a movie.

Now as a short series for HBO for example, now there's some token material work to be had. At 45-50 minutes a pop, you could very addequetly captures QC and make it work over a 15-25 episode run. Maybe a bit more depending on how much filler material you want to put in.

I view it as a core rule that whenever the source material is extensive in character development, a movie will always fail to please its audience. Where as with a mini-series, you have far more room to get what needs to be done...done.

I could even easily see this shot as an independent series for the web. With the exception of a few sci-fi bits, the comic is set relatively within realistic standards. The roles aren't glamorous, and the locations aren't anything that can't be done in a public setting.

Even characters like Pintsize and Winslow could be done with amateur CGI, or godforbid in this day and age, puppetry. You'd be very surprised at what a low-budget can get you these days in the CGI department. And latex comes cheaper than ever, now that there is less and less demand for it, so far as I can tell.
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: sofiabailote on 22 Jan 2009, 01:58
... And latex comes cheaper than ever, now that there is less and less demand for it, so far as I can tell.

maybe all characters could be played by latex animatronics  :evil:
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: mister mime on 22 Jan 2009, 21:25
noooooooooooooo
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: raoullefere on 22 Jan 2009, 21:32
I think low-budget is wayyyy underrated. I watched Hogfather this Christmas and was very impressed with what the production team did on a relative shoestring (TV budget as opposed to a motion picture budget). To me, it was just as affective as anything I've seen in the Potter series at putting the viewer in the author's world. So using puppets for Pintsize and Winslow, shot in digital with gear like they used on Hogfather would work. I think it would be rather easy to make them look as 'real' as needed, since they are supposed to be mechanical anyway (meaning jerky movements might be acceptable). Check it out if you're interested http://www.definitionmagazine.com/issue_pdfs/def21/hogfather_in_hd.pdf (http://www.definitionmagazine.com/issue_pdfs/def21/hogfather_in_hd.pdf).

But I wonder if the feel of QC really lends itself to any other media other than a four-six (usually) panel comic strip. I'm afraid that you'd have to choose present one aspect of it at the expense of others. I think ChippyD's suggestion of a miniseries would fly, although I wonder if 25-thirty minute episodes with some cliffhangers might not work better. Conversely, though, I suppose an hour production could really be two half-hours presented concurrently, switching back and forth from one to the other, perhaps with some undercurrent (such as a Pintsize shenanigan) fitted in as well.
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: BlackBooks on 22 Jan 2009, 23:23
Knowing the douche-nozzles at Hollywood, they'd probably cast the latest A-list idiots in the roles, and I'd have to sit through 3 hours of Justin Long or Shia "Ass-hat" LaBoeuf as Marten. It's a pity John Cusack is too old. Zach Braff might be able to pull it off, though.
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: Siibillam-Law on 23 Jan 2009, 04:57
If Paul Rudd was like 15 years younger, it would be him

Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: braindead on 29 Jan 2009, 06:19
Am i the only one that thinks it should be an animation, id go for the team that did the spirit with in, I feel its the only way that wouldn't ruin Pintsize.

or if Jeph is up for it, then it could be a flash movie definitely more work but a couple of 5 to 10 minute clips a week would rock he could even setup a Chanel on youtube. (would be great exposure and i am sure ppl would by any DVD collections when those came out  i know i would)
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: gnarlyducks on 29 Jan 2009, 23:22
Bruce Campbell as Dora's dad.

Screw it, Bruce Campbell as everyone
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: raoullefere on 03 Feb 2009, 09:29
And now for the next edition of Surreal Cinema… Questionable Content, starring Bruce Campbell, Bruce Campbell, and Bruce Campbell. Featuring Bruce Campbell, Bruce Campbell, Bruce Campbell, Bruce Campbell, Bruce Campbell, and Bruce Campbell. With special appearances by Bruce Campbell, Bruce Campbell,  and Bruce Campbell, and special guest star Ted Raimi as Jimbo.

Actually, Jimbo is the only role I could see Bruce in. Almost everyone else is simply too skinny and/or too female. Mr, Bianchi is Bruno Kirby.
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: Jimor on 03 Feb 2009, 11:45
Just because I like the format and to go for a medium that is about as opposite to a comic as possible: audioplay skits.

10 minutes of a typical day's "business" in Coffee of Doom would be hilarious. I can taste the sarcasm already.
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: Siibillam-Law on 03 Feb 2009, 12:48
i can taste a sandwich, cos I just made one

Probably nicer than sarcasm
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: ding on 03 Feb 2009, 18:02
I think QC the Movie (QCTM) should start with comic one, breeze through this boring Dora thing while Fay resolves her daddy issues, then culminate with Martin confessing his nerdy love followed immediately by awkward sex.

That's where this thing is headed, right? A seven year long cock tease?
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 09 Feb 2009, 15:36
It's a slice of life, and life is a cocktease.
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: chrisa1 on 11 Feb 2009, 15:49
And now for the next edition of Surreal Cinema… Questionable Content, starring Bruce Campbell, Bruce Campbell, and Bruce Campbell. Featuring Bruce Campbell, Bruce Campbell, Bruce Campbell, Bruce Campbell, Bruce Campbell, and Bruce Campbell. With special appearances by Bruce Campbell, Bruce Campbell,  and Bruce Campbell, and special guest star Ted Raimi as Jimbo.

Actually, Jimbo is the only role I could see Bruce in. Almost everyone else is simply too skinny and/or too female. Mr. Bianchi is Bruno Kirby.

Um. Bruno Kirby is dead? http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0456124/
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: raoullefere on 12 Feb 2009, 02:06
Oh, come on, next thing you're going to be telling me is that Jack Palance is... yikes.

Sigh... and Bruno Kirby would have been such a perfect Mr. Bianchi, too. I could just picture him in the living room talk scene with Marten. And third-rate fantasy and sci-fi movies won't be the same without Palance to kick around any more (often literally) as the villain who makes the thing interesting.

Here's to both of them, and to Ossie Davis, too, who passed away last week.
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: ladydraykona on 12 Feb 2009, 20:43
Am i the only one that thinks it should be an animation, id go for the team that did the spirit with in, I feel its the only way that wouldn't ruin Pintsize.

or if Jeph is up for it, then it could be a flash movie definitely more work but a couple of 5 to 10 minute clips a week would rock he could even setup a Chanel on youtube. (would be great exposure and i am sure ppl would by any DVD collections when those came out  i know i would)

um, no, that's what I suggested. Animated webisodes, hosted on youtube or hulu or some such thing. Too much work for Jeph though, he's got his hands full with the comic.
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: Siibillam-Law on 13 Feb 2009, 03:23
Every time I see the top of this page, I keep getting Wes Craven and Wes Anderson mixed up and end up thinking QC on Elm Street
Title: Where in the World is Sara?
Post by: Merge on 15 Feb 2009, 16:27
Ok, we've already discussed that the plot of QC is a bit loose to make a good movie line.....BUT

Whatever happened to Sara?  We've been asking about her, wondering if she'll ever come back... Because there's so little info, it'd make a pretty cool movie to explain it to readers, and with the right spin, be a half way decent romantic comedy...

Think about it...
Title: Re: Questionable Content Movie?!
Post by: Surgoshan on 15 Feb 2009, 19:16
She got eaten by an allosaurus, dude.  Following her life now would make for the most boring documetary ever, even one following translocated dung beetles struggling to survive in Boston.