Special Branch: The Living Dead
POSTED BY: NEEDY
UPDATED: Thursday, January 18, 2007 15:39
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OOC: Loving the Rosie development - talk about evolution of a character!
Needy steps towards Rosie after her surprising revelation.
"So... let me get this straight. You're Rosie. The Rosie"
"Yes. The one and the same. Sunshine above, I thought humans were supposed to be smart!" Rosie remarked.
"Sorry," Needy stepped back, dazed, "I guess we should be used to all this craziness by now."
He turned his head and looked at Milton and Kyra, who he had told to stay way back.
As crazy and oddly humourous this development had seemed, looking back at the pair brought him back down to earth, as if he'd been hit hard by a dose of reality.
The slight smirk that had appeared on his face when Rosie had spoken to him dissipated, and instead, he strode up to her and held out his hand, in a cold and informal manner.
"Nice to see you again"
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OOC: Yeah, I know, its not much storywise, but I know I should get something done. I'm gonna try and backtrack later and tell things from Kyra's perspective.
In the meantime, has anyone else thought about who they would like to see cast in the roles of their characters? So far I've got:
Wisp - Tom Welling (Smallville)
Vixen - Selma Blair (Hellboy)
Jack - John C McGinley (Scrubs)
Safe - Kurt Russell (Stargate)
Bear - Michael Clark Duncan (Green Mile)
Jennings - Ryan Reynolds (Blade Trinity)
Grunt: Patrick Warburton (Seinfeld/Scream 3)
Flechette: Melina KaraKaredes (CSI:NY)
Versa: Anna Belknap (CSI:NY/The Handler)
Amy: Mira Sorvino (Mimic)
Needy - Ian Somerhalder (Lost)
Kyra - Evangeline Lily (Lost)
Milton - Sam Huntington (Superman Returns)
Robert Wu - Edward James Olmos (Battlestar Galactica)
Janus - Robert Patrick (Terminator 2)
Phelps - Peter Weller (Robocop/24)
These roles could be recast because theres a good chance theres a more suitable fit out there.
I'm still not sure about some of my characters, but I think its best if the person who created the character should have first choice who they'd pick for their characters
That being said, TRM, correct me if I'm wrong, but would you say Scarlet Johannson could be a good Rosie Walker?
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thats a funny question - I think I always had an idea of Aeryn Sun ('cept with out the Peackeeper issue regulation stick up her arse) but softer - less serious, and mostly talk. So Claudia Black.
Sykes I always had Malcom McDowell with Iggy Pop tinges.
Ok, does anyone mind if Seryn decides Jack is her new plaything? hmmmmm... Dr Cox....
*cough* 'scuse me. 
Huxley (the Sherrif) - er, Blond, buffed up, kind of 'all american' stereotype. Er...?
Isn't sanity really a one trick pony, anyway? I mean all you get is one trick, rational thinking! But when you're good and crazy...ooh hoo hoo hoo... the skys the limit!
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Spider---AnnaSophia Robb
http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0398808/AnnaS. jpg
Though maybe a year older.
I'm still looking for good ones for Shadow, Ghost, and Truth.
April
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Needy offers his hand, but Rosie runs forward and gives him (almost literally) a bone-crushing hug. (She is still VERY strong).
“Oh, sorry.” She realizes that she may be gripping him a little too tightly and releases him before any serious damage is done.
“But am I THE Rosie? Well, not exactly. The Rosie that Wisp planted, the one that first came aboard this ship, is over there against the wall in pieces. THIS body grew as a bud off of that Rosie when she… uh… went into torpor.” For some reason, Rosie seems embarrassed, and a slight green blush can be seen in her very pale skin.
“Uh, anyway, when this body came loose and… umm… fell off the tree, it had an instinctive urge to eat the heart seed kept inside the previous Rosie. If it never got to the heart-seed, then this body would probably have developed as another separate person. Or maybe it would go crazy and die, I’m not sure. Anyway, once it ate the heart seed from the old Rosie, all of Rosie’s memories settled into this body and it became Rosie. I became Rosie.”
When everyone stares blankly at Rosie, she realizes that she is not explaining things well.
“Let me try again.” She pauses, chin in her hand, frowning, thinking. Then she continues. “This body that’s talking now did not exist when Rosie the tree-woman boarded this ship. But now, that tree-Rosie is gone and I am Rosie. However, I REMEMBER being that previous tree-Rosie, walking aboard, bringing my tub of dirt, and...”
Everyone continues to stare at her blankly.
“Yes,” she concludes, giving up, “I am THE Rosie. Oh, would you like to meet my babies?” She whistles, and seven tiny plant people come scurrying toward her.
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OOC: Sadly, I don’t recognize most of those actors’ names. I guess I haven’t seen a lot of TV or movies of late.
I don’t think of actors when I create a new character. Somehow, I get a very clear image in my head of what a character looks like. This is the same with the Seven Brides aboard the Sereni-Tree as well, except for Bride1 (who was a rip-off from “Kill Bill”).
Sorry, Scarlet Johannsen (Jean Grey from the X-Men movies, right?) is not a good fit for Rosie Walker.
My image of the new Rosie? She seems young, maybe 20 years old. She has long, reddish hair that is curly or frizzy. That is, it sort of floats around her head rather than drapes down her back. Perhaps she regularly ties it into a fluffy ponytail, secured by one or more of her “babies”. Also, her hair is more orange in color than auburn or blood red. She has a round face and green eyes. Her skin is very pale, to the point of her seeming sickly. She is somewhat short, not quite five feet (1.52 meters) in height. She is busty and actually has real hips; fans of anorexic stick-figure supermodels would probably consider her chubby. She usually has a sunny disposition, with a smile on her face, but she is constantly confused by the antics of the humans around her.
So, she is probably not appropriate to be the uber-gorgeous female lead in some TV series or movie, but rather that female lead’s not-quite-as-gorgeous best friend. 
If anyone can suggest a candidate actress, let me know.
Oddly enough, I did not imagine her in this kind of detail back when she was a mysterious “small figure” with a chainsaw. Back then, she was just “small” and otherwise amorphous.
Oh, and if you go back and read the dialogue of the original tree-Rosie and compare it to the musings and ramblings of the “small figure” with the chainsaw, they should sound like the same person. That was my intent, anyway.
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OOC: Sorry, Scarlet Johannsen (Jean Grey from the X-Men movies, right?)
OOC: Famke Jannsen played Jean Grey in the X-men movies.
I can't think of any actor I would have portray SR. As far as what kind of person he is: cowboy/ronin/pirate with some modern accoutrements.
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OOC: Sorry. Who is this Scarlet, then?
EDIT: Oh, HER. I just looked her up on IMDB. No, that isn't Rosie.
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OOC: Well I was going to post pictures (or at least links to picutres) with each of the characters, I just haven't got round to it yet.
Seryn - Claudia Black seems like a good fit, I could go for that. For some reason,up until now, I'd been picturing a blonde for the character... dont ask me why
SR - Well I could probably think of a few actors that could fit the cowboy/ronin/pirate role, but it might help if you gave a round about age, young/old? Mickey Rourke perhaps or a "Man on fire" Denzel Washington? I think SR might be a bit younger than them though
TRM - No scarlet? fair enough. She just popped in my mind. Well your description should be a big help, I'm just trying to picture someone right now. When you said "redhead" I immediately thought of Kristen Dalton from the Dead Zone ( http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0198306/) but shes a bit older than 20
I'll keep thinking and see if I can throw out some suggestions
As for my character Clayton, I'm pondering Stuart Townsend or Sean Patrick Flannery... or I could go in the completely opposite direction
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Originally posted by NEEDY:
Seryn - Claudia Black seems like a good fit, I could go for that. For some reason,up until now, I'd been picturing a blonde for the character... dont ask me why
SR - Well I could probably think of a few actors that could fit the cowboy/ronin/pirate role, but it might help if you gave a round about age, young/old? Mickey Rourke perhaps or a "Man on fire" Denzel Washington? I think SR might be a bit younger than them though
OOC: The imagination does interesting things when left to its own devices. I thought Seryn was beautiful and she wondered why.
For SR think late thirties - early forties. Clive Owen (King Arthur, I'll sleep when I'm Dead), Tcheky Karyo (Wing commander, The original La Femme Nikita) or maybe Ralph Fienness (Strange Days). Remember Pierce Brosnan as James Bond in Die another Day? When he gets out of the prision camp, that's the look, hair long, beard, lot's of scruff. A bit of faded flash living on the edge like Antonio Banderas in Desperado. What did the Rangers look like in Middle Earth, regal bearing, shabby clothes, muddy boots, bright swords. Sean Bean as Richard Sharpe: a bloody killing officer, a real veteran soldier hardened from years of battle, promoted up from the ranks, not some foppish dandy who bought his commision with his parents money. Dirty Uniform, clean rifle. A survivor, like Christian Bale in Reign of Fire. You get the drift.
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OOC:S.R. I like Tcheky Karyo or Christian Bale. Both fit the picture I had in my head.
TRM, I pictured Rosie as Melanie Lynskey of Two and a Half Men http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001491/ or Sara Rue of Less Than Perfect http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0749081/ back before she lost all that weight, season 1.
For some reason I was also picturing Seryn as a blonde. Not the "bleached" or Platinum-over-processed-starlet blonde. A "dirty" or sandy blonde.
Leonardo DiCapprio keeps coming to mind for Wisp.
Hopefully, I'll have more to add to the story tomorrow.
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"Got a headful of lightning
And a heart full of rain
And I know that I said
I'd never do it again
Oh and I love you sweet baby but I always take the long way home."
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Originally posted by safeat2nd:
OOC:S.R. I like Tcheky Karyo or Christian Bale. Both fit the picture I had in my head.
TRM, I pictured Rosie as Melanie Lynskey of Two and a Half Men http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001491/ or Sara Rue of Less Than Perfect http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0749081/ back before she lost all that weight, season 1.
For some reason I was also picturing Seryn as a blonde. Not the "bleached" or Platinum-over-processed-starlet blonde. A "dirty" or sandy blonde.
Hopefully, I'll have more to add to the story tomorrow.
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"Got a headful of lightning
And a heart full of rain
And I know that I said
I'd never do it again
Oh and I love you sweet baby but I always take the long way home."
OOC: I always knew that Seryn to be a lady with tresses of raven black, of course I didn't have much of a choice, She told me a ways back. I've never automatically assumed anything specific before she told me, just that she would be beautiful and attractive that way that only smart spunky women are.
A long time ago in a galaxy far far away, I fell in love with a lady whose personality outshone all her physical shortcomings. No one could understand the attraction to look at her, but to talk to her on the phone, you were instantly caught in her spell.
Scorpion Regent
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