New assignment for the League this week. Per Brian over at Cool and Collected:
What pop culture heroes or stories would make for the ultimate crossover…
I think that’s a really good question. There’s a lot of different ways to go with this. But, honestly, the first thing that popped into my head was the germ of an idea I had several years ago. I think it would be great if Doc Brown from Back to the Future became the head scientist/mechanic for Knight Industries. I had gone far enough in my pondering to actually mock up scene (click it to see it full size):
I created this scene a year or two ago. It was an idea I had for a header for this blog. Imagine the logo of Cavalcade of Awesome being right above KITT. The idea just intrigued me. I haven’t actually thought any further than that. No plot ideas on how Doc winds up at Knight Industries, or anything like that. I just love the idea of Doc getting his hands on KITT and grafting on his own wacky modifications. Like Time Travel and a Mr Fusion. So awesome.
Another crossover I’ve actually discussed on this blog involves an Old West gunslinger and the King of Vampires. In 2010 I envisioned and casted a Billy the Kid vs Dracula movie.
I casted Emilio Estevez to reprise his role as Billy the Kid from the Young Guns movies. I also casted Sam Neill as Dracula. Sam had played an awesome evil vampire in the movie Daybreakers so I thought he’d be perfect.
Another idea that I think is a little more serious and could really work well would be a crossover between Torchwood and 24. The idea being that Torchwood decides to open up an LA office and asks Jack Bauer to be the second in command.
This concept may seem familiar to you. I discussed this idea in Episode 18 of the Nerd Lunch podcast. It was an idea explored in a nice piece of fan fiction I read for the episode. I think it was a great idea and could totally work as a real show.
Other entries from The League:
1) Shawn at Branded in the 80s brings the big guns this week with an epic 80s computer hacking/spy action adventure that combines War Games, Manhattan Project and Cloak and Dagger. I nearly wet myself in excitement.
2) League coordinator, Brian, from Cool and Collected puts together an awesome Old West crossover (Awesome even if he does omit Emilio Estevez’s Billy the Kid).
3) Christopher Tupa imagines an incredible crossover between The Fall Guy and The A-Team.
4) Fiji Mermaid at Sidshow Cinema wonders who would win between Predator and Boba Fett?
Cavalcade of Awesome 