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You know who could totally do better?
Mar. 23rd, 2011 10:40 pmMysterio. From Spider-Man.
Think about it. His power is to create illusions which are indistinguishable from reality. Think that could come in handy for special effects? He even used to be a special effects artist. And yeah, maybe he thought he'd get more respect playing at being Dr. Doom, but the "robbing banks and hearing fishbowl jokes" angle isn't working.
Here's what you do. Use your holograms and robot doubles and shit to film an incredibly fan-servicey, never-happen-in-a-million-years fan trailer, like... oh, say... a Doctor Who/Star Trek crossover. Bonus: When you're finished, you have an Amy Pond robot.
Note: This Livejournal does not condone sex with celebrity robot doubles. That's how Cylon wars get started. Use your celebrity robot double only for scintillating conversation and multiplayer gamesand deviant sex... SHIT!
Now post it online and say you'll post more if you get a million dollars or so in your Paypal account. Say, who likes spending disposable money on bullshit? Nerds, that's who. And what're the Avengers going to do about it? Nothing, that's what.
Be sure to come up with a cover story, like you went to an alternate universe where Firefly was never canceled and you came back with the box set for Season 2. If that happened today, I would say "Sounds legit." Now imagine the average citizen of the Marvel universe, who repeatedly believes that Captain America is an evil villain and Norman Osborn is a beloved hero. Frankly, if you ask for them to give you an eyeball, they'd probably go for it.
So now you have a million dollars, or eyeballs, whichever. But why stop there? Tons of movies started with nothing more than a fan-trailer. Tron: Legacy, Sky Captain And The World of Tomorrow, etc. You might get a development deal, where a studio will give you hundreds of millions of dollars to do the special effects for a movie, which you can do on the cheap (I'm assuming Mysterio's illusions are cheap--he keeps coming up with new ones, yet he never succeeds at robbing anything...).
Or you could just troll Legend of the Seeker fandom with interviews about a third season on Starz. "Since we're not on network television anymore, Kahlan and Cara's relationship can be a lot more explicit..." It'd be the most villainous thing Mysterio has ever done.
ETA: Unless, of course, you were set upon by an even greater evil than yourself: Copyright lawyers.
ETA2: But seriously, fangirls, how much would you pay to see, say, a ten-minute mini-movie of Matt Bomer as Nightwing, running around, beating up bad guys, and being a precious flower? Or whatever your favorite fan-casting is?
ETA3: Make Jon Hamm robot double. Put him in a Superman costume. Get a fiver from every Superman fan in the world.
Think about it. His power is to create illusions which are indistinguishable from reality. Think that could come in handy for special effects? He even used to be a special effects artist. And yeah, maybe he thought he'd get more respect playing at being Dr. Doom, but the "robbing banks and hearing fishbowl jokes" angle isn't working.
Here's what you do. Use your holograms and robot doubles and shit to film an incredibly fan-servicey, never-happen-in-a-million-years fan trailer, like... oh, say... a Doctor Who/Star Trek crossover. Bonus: When you're finished, you have an Amy Pond robot.
Note: This Livejournal does not condone sex with celebrity robot doubles. That's how Cylon wars get started. Use your celebrity robot double only for scintillating conversation and multiplayer games
Now post it online and say you'll post more if you get a million dollars or so in your Paypal account. Say, who likes spending disposable money on bullshit? Nerds, that's who. And what're the Avengers going to do about it? Nothing, that's what.
Be sure to come up with a cover story, like you went to an alternate universe where Firefly was never canceled and you came back with the box set for Season 2. If that happened today, I would say "Sounds legit." Now imagine the average citizen of the Marvel universe, who repeatedly believes that Captain America is an evil villain and Norman Osborn is a beloved hero. Frankly, if you ask for them to give you an eyeball, they'd probably go for it.
So now you have a million dollars, or eyeballs, whichever. But why stop there? Tons of movies started with nothing more than a fan-trailer. Tron: Legacy, Sky Captain And The World of Tomorrow, etc. You might get a development deal, where a studio will give you hundreds of millions of dollars to do the special effects for a movie, which you can do on the cheap (I'm assuming Mysterio's illusions are cheap--he keeps coming up with new ones, yet he never succeeds at robbing anything...).
Or you could just troll Legend of the Seeker fandom with interviews about a third season on Starz. "Since we're not on network television anymore, Kahlan and Cara's relationship can be a lot more explicit..." It'd be the most villainous thing Mysterio has ever done.
ETA: Unless, of course, you were set upon by an even greater evil than yourself: Copyright lawyers.
ETA2: But seriously, fangirls, how much would you pay to see, say, a ten-minute mini-movie of Matt Bomer as Nightwing, running around, beating up bad guys, and being a precious flower? Or whatever your favorite fan-casting is?
ETA3: Make Jon Hamm robot double. Put him in a Superman costume. Get a fiver from every Superman fan in the world.
