I started the Elevator Pitch series to cleanse my mental palate of the thousand and one ideas that crowd their way into my consciousness every day. A few of them seem cool enough to share, and I’ll share them here!
I’m here to make ideas reality. If you like something you see here, let me know!
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Television
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An eight-episode special television event based on the Falstaff plays of William Shakespeare.
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A television drama about the life of notorious pirate Anne Bonny, screen time divided between her days with Jack Rackham and Mary Reed and a fictionalized narrative about her part in the American Revolution as an old lady. |
A vampire rides into a frontier town, looking for blood. What he gets is a tin star. |
A guy with Asperger’s and a charming socialite meet in college… and decide to start a detective agency. |
In the final days of World War II, a five-member team hunts down Nazis sneaking to South America.
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Three lifelong friends in their thirties decide to get pregnant from the same sperm donor. |
A gender-swapped reboot of the classic comedy. |
Three detectives are run out of their hometowns in the 1920s, and are forced to work together in a new city. |
A premium channel mixing nostalgia with today’s buzz : ReCycle, ReBoot, Remake! |
World War 3 sparks when “Alpha Earth” discovers a way to access alternate realities. |
Jetsons-Flintstones reboots – To align better with today’s interests, how about The Flintlocks and The Netsons?
Music
A Prince tribute album. |
John Mellencamp and Bruce Springsteen remake each other’s classics. |
A Toto tribute album recruiting popular artists to remake classic Toto songs in different styles. |
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Film
An awful pitch for a TV show based on a joke about the screenwriter’s hometown becomes a winner after she learns to love her hometown.
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A monster from Jewish legend, made of clay and brought to life with an ancient ritual, fights the Nazi war machine.
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A human boy is raised by urban were-wolves in this paranormal adaptation of Kipling’s classic anthology. |
The worst spy in the history of British intelligence is assigned to investigate the execution of Agent MacGuffin. |
“Antiques Roadshow meets Ghostbusters” (working title: Vintage Spirits)
Five Songs That Should Be Made Into Movies – Southern Cross, My Hooptie, Blood Red Skies, Sunny Came Home, I Shot the Sheriff.
Civil Design
DC Transportation Optimization – Including a new vision for the Metro, and a broad package of civil engineering reforms to ease commute and raise DC revenues.
A place for fantasy cosplayers, historical reenactors, and steampunk enthusiasts to gather, act out their hobbies, spend their treasure, and learn a little. |
Football : Some whimsical ideas for NFL expansion teams. |
National Museum of Sail – A new Smithsonian site to commemorate the history of sail travel, from the Stone Age to the early American Republic. (See also the video) |
A proposal to relocate the National Zoo to the land currently occupied by Reagan National Airport. |
A new vision for US rail travel.
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An historical park featuring the history of the 17th, 18th, and early 19th centuries, including preserving endangered historic buildings, providing museum space, and depicting the lives of colonial Europeans, Native Americans, and enslaved/indentured persons. |
An Age of Jazz themed urban park, complete with elements dedicated to film noir, Prohibition, and WW2 nostalgia.
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Games
Imagine a sandbox, fictionalized D.C./Baltimore setting as a platform where multiple games could be set. |
An open-world science fantasy game based on classic rocks cover art. |
A massive, open-world MMORPG set in the Stone Age, with a rich clan-based faction system, dynamic ecology, and opportunities for players to make a real impact on the world. |
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Two Simple Steps to Better Open-World Games – Better use of space and better writers could revolutionize gaming.
How to do a High Seas Open-World Game Right – My thoughts on the good and bad of Assassin’s Creed : Black Flag.
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