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I think we should get together and make an ATOT movie. *serious* help develope script

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Originally posted by: Joker81
can we wear masks of our Avatars?

In luvly's case, she would be a decapitated body walking around, yet somehow still managing to spout incredible amounts of inane drivel. 😛
 
Maybe we should start with a newb first logging on.... perspectives from the monitor looking at the person as they type. We could focus on reactions....heheh like someone yelling out 0wned!!!!!!!

or another direction we could go

an animation melded with live action. Some parts shown in cyber space wihle other parts shown in the real world.
 
i think it would be pretty cool if u took like, lets say 10 ATOTers, and did small clips and stories on them, and complied that into one big movie, but then in the end they all meet and play LAN games. thats a really really really brief dsricption but, i think it would be pretty cool.

or

you could have these 5 atoters, who don't know each other, and what not, but are practicing for the LAN of the centruy. a huge LAN, and they come together and develop these strats, and plans and maybe even some cheating and what not, and go on to the LAN and the win.

Dogg
 
If it's going to be authentic, you do something like this:

Someone finds a hot deal.
Posts it.
Others try to find same.
Hilarity ensues.
Much razzing of original poster.
Slight modification of the deal works.
Many buy it.
Most fill out the rebate forms.

Suspense . . .

Will the rebates arrive in time for that ONE LUCKY DUDE to pay for that must-have upgrade to his box before the sale end date?

Tune in tomorrow . . .


OR HERE YOU ARE, A FANTASY.

A new poster indicates that they might be female.

Hilarity ensues as thousands of males ineptly persue "her" using advice from YAGT's.

Happy ending: "she" turns out to be a geeky asian male, but the person giving out bad advice on YAGT's turns out to be a geeky female with a male handle. The wedding is followed by a happy lan-fest.

OR THE EVER-POPULAR POLITICAL ACTION THRILLER

One of the posters on the politics forum actually IS who he says he is: a retired international political negotiator. But he has almost the same handle as a geeky divorced-father-of-three who posts from his cousin's kid's playroom computer. The powers-that-be mistake his weighty pronouncements as actual insights from the retired expert.

The retired expert doesn't notice until it's almost too late (troops are gathered and ready to invade Sweden) because he was hanging out on HD addicted to the multi-layered-get-it-for-free-deals.

When the fake dude disappears, guys from FSOT persue him because he has messed up on the deals. The feds are also looking for him. As is his ex-wife who wants her child support.

Where is he? Who will get to him first? And will Sweden ever forgive us?


 
For characters, I would recommend creating 5-6 people that represent the types of people that frequent atot.

IE: the kid, the women, the man, the buisniess man, the grandma/grandpa, and of course a moderator
 
Originally posted by: Joeyman
For characters, I would recommend creating 5-6 people that represent the types of people that frequent atot. IE: the kid, the women, the man, the buisniess man, the grandma/grandpa, and of course a moderator
I think we might need about 10-12 real ATOTers that would want to show themselves (has to be interesting characters and represents the demographics that you spoke of). The rest can be their avatars. Basically, the substance of the movie would ultimately be how human would come together in time of need, as we've done in the past. Through ATOT, and it's random topics and postings and discussions, hilarity is not rare. Once we decide to make this, I think the only people should know about it are the people that will be in the movie, to ensure authenticity.
 
Originally posted by: cr4zymofo
Originally posted by: Joeyman
For characters, I would recommend creating 5-6 people that represent the types of people that frequent atot. IE: the kid, the women, the man, the buisniess man, the grandma/grandpa, and of course a moderator
I think we might need about 10-12 real ATOTers that would want to show themselves (has to be interesting characters and represents the demographics that you spoke of). The rest can be their avatars. Basically, the substance of the movie would ultimately be how human would come together in time of need, as we've done in the past. Through ATOT, and it's random topics and postings and discussions, hilarity is not rare. Once we decide to make this, I think the only people should know about it are the people that will be in the movie, to ensure authenticity.

well....no ugos 😀 not to be mean but there is only so much that video editing can do heheheh j/k damnit!!
 
Originally posted by: Joeyman
Originally posted by: cr4zymofo
Originally posted by: Joeyman For characters, I would recommend creating 5-6 people that represent the types of people that frequent atot. IE: the kid, the women, the man, the buisniess man, the grandma/grandpa, and of course a moderator
I think we might need about 10-12 real ATOTers that would want to show themselves (has to be interesting characters and represents the demographics that you spoke of). The rest can be their avatars. Basically, the substance of the movie would ultimately be how human would come together in time of need, as we've done in the past. Through ATOT, and it's random topics and postings and discussions, hilarity is not rare. Once we decide to make this, I think the only people should know about it are the people that will be in the movie, to ensure authenticity.
well....no ugos 😀 not to be mean but there is only so much that video editing can do heheheh j/k damnit!!
Well, this has to be as real as it can be.
 
Okay, we have our opening:

Fade in. [I always wanted to do that . . . ]

The broke and desperate film school grad logs onto his favorite board to rant about the futility of his life. In jest, he asks for ideas about making a movie.

Various people chime in with suggestions and comments, most of them a complete waste of electrons, but somehow, he gets that creative spark (or is it just the static electricity from his badly-grounded monitor?) and forges ahead.

Now, we need a villain. All good movies have a great villain. They may have yucky protagonists, but the villain has to be good.

Hmm. How about a giant disembodied eye? Nah, been done. The evil empire? Yawn. Bill Gates? Nobody'd ever believe him as a villain. Wait - wait - I've got it -

the evil MODS !!! [just kidding, mods - you're not really evil - it's fiction - get it?? :heart:🙂:beer: Nice mods!]

But in our movie, the hero is really really close to the greatest movie idea of all and he has to keep posting or else he'll forget the idea, and the mods are scheming to shut him down!

Much hilarity ensues.
 
Originally posted by: fumbduck
DIE IN A FVCKING FIRE

that's my line, and i say it to you, OIKOS, luvly, and all the other cool cats.

That would ROCK....then I recommend a close up in wide angle on your seppuku, as the blood ebbs, change to black and white and then fade to black as your second's sword comes down upon you neck and then that would make the perfect scene.

THE AUDIENCE CHEERS!

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I think you could write a movie about how Dennifloss put one over on the whole ATOT community and got banned for life. There's enough material right there!

My scene:

AMCRambler comes running in to save Geekbabe, kick's evil Skoorb in the nuts! Grabs Geekbabe to make their escape when who jumps out but Mercenary4Hire! Geekbabe gasps, AMC wets pants as M4H raises his .357 hand cannon to eye level and.....BANG! SPLAT! Nothing but chunks as I die my glorious, decapitated death. M4H then goes over to the computer and posts a nef.
 
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