Darren

I'm anxious for the new challenge... I wish the other guys would hurry up and vote... So this is what it feels like to not have to vote off a member... :D

[QUOTE=Gavin][SIZE=1]I'm glad I'm not the only one who saw that connection. Seems that Wiki now suggests that her death might not be as open and shut as it seemed originally seemed for any conspiracy nuts out there. [url]http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/09/smith.dies/index.html[/url][/SIZE][/QUOTE] I have to agree... I thought the same thing as soon as I saw it on the news... And while the connection with Marilyn Monroe is very very small, what with the points that were made by desertpheonix, I still think it could very well have been murder. Think about all the stuff that's been going on in the news: She just had her baby and they're not sure who the father is. There's one guy who they think had something to do with the death of her son, Daniel. And then there's the other guy who's been denied the chance at a paternity test to prove he's the father. I think there's motive for both of them, and since I'm a conspriacy fanatic anyway, I think Daniel was murdered and then Anna Nichole... Probably by one of those two guys arguing over her child. "Professor Plum in the kitchen with the candlestick." Maybe one found out that she was secretly sleeping with the other and she never knew... So many theories out there, but I'm not deeply involved on what's going on with her life; I just want the chance at seeing another major court case like OJ. (cuz I was too young to remember that one)

Hey! No problem... I was wondering when you would post, but at least you got around to it. I'll help move the story along this afternoon when I get home and finish all my homework. *gah* there's a lot :animeswea

I applaud you! It definately just keeps getting better... I find myself further and further on the edge of my seat every time I read a new chapter. It's really great and it's fun to watch the developmentaly process of this story as it changes. Once again, you've outdone yourself. *applauds again*

YOU GUYS WE KICKED SO MUCH BUTT I'M SO EXCITED!!! I just checked the main thread, and we won by a mile, so be proud of what we created... I'm just so excited to come from last place (and voting out) in the last to challenges up to 1st!!! This is so great. good work team... Now, I think our biggest challenge is The Titans.

I just thought I would point out,(because obviously our title messed up whenever Aaryanna hosted it) that our title was called Hopeless. It was meant to be ironic to the fact that the school and town were called New Hope. :D

[CENTER][IMG]http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/1858/round3nc1.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] [CENTER][SIZE=1]Darren in Despair[/SIZE][/CENTER] [B]Do you have a job? If so, where and what do you do?[/B] Well, because of hick-state laws and my untimely month and year of birth, I was one of the unfortunate ones who were held for six months from getting any type of driving privledges... It's a long story, but my parents say, "without the transport, there's no job." However, with everything I do at school that takes up extra-carricular time, I consider them jobs. My first would be theatre, (that was going to be my original picture) which I spend every day after school practicing until about 5:00pm. Plus, set construction and all that jazz takes up a lot of time. The other one is the yearbook staff, which probably takes up more time than the school play. I have to go to all the games and special events and take a bunch of pictures of complete strangers giving me the finger and funny looks... Then go and edit, upload, organize, index, and send them in with a very short amount of time. Not to mention page creation and yearbook articles/captions... It's very stressful. The above picture, is of me trying to organize the 8th grade's yearbook order forms... It's really sad when a bunch of 13 to 14 year olds can't write their own names. What is America coming to? [B]where would you want to work?[/B] Well, I feel that I've already addressed what I want to actually do for a living, but for my part-time job, I either want to work in a movie theatre or in a book/coffee store... Coffee, books, movies= greatness!!! [B]If you were an assistant of Donald Trump, what would your job be?[/B] Haha, I would be the guy who left first on his reality TV show, [I]The Apprentice[/I]! I think I would get on everyone's nerves there (Including Trump's) and I would be fired. That's probably the closest I'd ever get to his assistant. I'm not complaining either... I wouldn't want to work for Trumpy anyway. I don't like suits... [SIZE=1]or bald people with hairpieces. shhhh.[/SIZE] [B]How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?[/B] Until he exploded! I imagine that would be quite a scene... Very gorey, but worth watching... You could tell all your kids how you saw a wood chuck chuck so much wood that he exploded and that if they ate too much, they would explode too! Then, you wouldn't have to worry about large grocery lists... But that's a little off topic.

I just wanted to congratulate everyone, especially Vicky. I just went through all the posts and saw that our thread has been nominated for Nifty Fifty. If that's not motivation enough to keep writing, then I don't know what is... Anyway, Expect a post from me sometime this weekend or Monday.

I'll have to put 150 down on Boo to take 1st... Really, it's not much of a competition at this point, what with the entertaining picture and answers...

Saturday in UK time or America time??? Just wondering since so many of us live in different places.

I'll do my best to take what you've written and make it to the end. I've already placed the characters names in there. (Assuming we use them all) And from tehre, we'll be able to beat the other teams because this is going to rock. I actually had the idea of killing Crystia with something sharp piercing the back of her skull and going all the way out her forhead... Now that I think about it, that it sort of Paris Hilton in "House of Wax," my bad. Like I said, I'll do my best to finish it. But like Alexa, I might just have to write all over the place to keep my attention. Even if none of us write a full script, we'll be able to pool all the ideas together to make a full script. GO TEAM! D! --------------------- Hey guys, I'm sorry about me not sending that stuff to you last night. Sandy said we have all Day Saturday to post them... (hopefully he means our time and not UK time) I was without access last night so I couldn't work on it. Plus homework is swamping me like crazy, but since it's Friday, I should be able to get it to you tonight!!! And I'm thinking that we shoudl go ahead and take Aaryanna's plan and just have the 4 come across the other 4 dead... Or at least a couple of them... But also, I just wanted to point out that our villain doesn't have to actually kill them. Maybe he could just chase them into a trap that he's built up and they die in there... It seems a lot easier. I'll try to finish it up using Aaryanna format, send it to you tonight, and then we can go over it and turn it in tomoorow... How's that sound? D! [INDENT][SIZE=1][COLOR=DarkRed]Next time you want to post when yours is the last post, to avoid double posting just delete your last post and then repost it along with the new information. ;) ~Crystia[/COLOR][/SIZE][/INDENT]

Haha, I know this may sound weird, (considering this is one of those passive chapters. Plus it was very short) but I personally think it's the best so far. I can't place my finger on it, but it just roped me in and kept my attention. Like I said it was short, (and I was wanting to read more, but ehh, what am I gonna do) but maybe I liked it so much because you [I]did[/I] give a bit of a back story. And I have to agree with DW: You're last lines are really something special. Keep up the good work. D!

I've just written up to crystia's death. Only 5 more to go. muahahaha!!!! I'm going to work on it some more tomorrow, but I'm done for tonight because I could tell it was turning into crap. When I do things for too long my brain loses focus and it just goes downhill. There are a lot of things that I know will need to be changed, so when either of you writes to that point, let me know and I'll send you what I have so we can combine them.

I'm still here. I actually get on every day hoping to see a new post added and get terribly depressed when I see that no one's posted in a while. I would post a lot but I want to have some space for the other characters to move and talk a bit such as Eden and Eddie... :( I really think that it should continue, and I'm sure you could think of something to keep the story alive... P.S. Thanks for the compliment! I was excited.

Well, I've just changed my mind. I agree with Anomaly about the introduction. I never really got Aaryanna's view on the matter, but Alexa said she didn't like the idea of it being a dream. Now that I've written up to Gavin's death, I don't think I like the idea very much either... However, I do like the fact that we start it out in Aaryanna's room just after the the intro because it identifies her as the final girl. (And rightfully so since she's the captain) Anyway, I wanted her to come across the same shed in the dream, when all the girls snuck off the bus... However, now that we're down on the dream aspect, what would her motivation for entering the shed be??? It has to be a darn good reason too, so we don't make it like those other thrillers where they're running up the stairs when they should be heading out the front door... So, send me some ideas. And definately send me a couple of ways for the characters to die, because I'm low on them. Thanks, D!

I've had some pretty awesome songs on my profile! 1) I used to have "Love Rollercoaster" by the Ohio Players... That's a great song "Say What?" 2) Then I switched it to "Glycerine" by Bush. Once again, an excellent song for a myspace proflie 3) After that, I changed to this unique little song from the 28 Days Later Soundtrack called "AM 180" by Grandaddy. 4) And then, it was changed to "Under the Milky Way Tonight" by the Church from the Donnie Darko Soundtrack. 5) and currently, I have a song by Ted Leo and the Pharmacists called, "Me and Mia" I'd say that means I win. I want to change it actually, but I can't come up with a cool song. I think I'll go with a song called "Last Request" by Paolo Nutini. That's a pretty good song. Either that or "Falling Alseep in the Snow" by Auto Escape... Or this one song by Ambulance LTD. You know, I just have so many choices, I can never make up my mind.

I would definately vote in some people from the other teams... It would help me release some anger about us losing two in a row. :( But other than that, I'm happy with whatever. I've actually added to that intro I sent both of you and I'm not as pleased, but do not worry; I'm sure it will turn out better in the long run.

One quick question: When we finish our screenplay, how do you want us to present them? Because OB doesn't allow me to put all the correct margins and whatnot by simply copying and pasting, so I was going to save room and errors by uploading onto a site and then giving a link to you. However, now that I've tried that, I can't seem to find a way to host my web file on the internet. :animeangr It's very frustrating. I know you said that creativity is what really counts here, but the script should still be in screenplay format, correct? So how do you want us to present them? Directly through OB, disregarding the slight errors that may occur in the format? OR... hosted through another sight and just give you a link? (In which case, I'd need some examples of services to use because I can't find any)

Haha, school got snowed out for me so I've had awhile to work on our screenplay. (FINALLY SOME SNOW!!!) I've only written out the intro (which I'll be sending both of you through PMs) but I would just like to point out a few changes I've made through the overall plot. The killings still take place at a foreign school, but this foreign school was for "troubled children" (thus explaining the barred windows and locked doors) and after a major outbreak several years ago, (which caused several murders) they closed the school down. Our characters aren't going to the school. They're going on a trip to history museum, but they break down just in front of the school. There's a bit more that I want to explain, but I don't want to ruin it for anybody who actually comes on here and reads this (we gotta keep this a secret from the other teams just in case someone decides to make a spoof off of it. And I did see it mentioned by the LOLs) So here's just a few quick notes: 1) The name of the troubled school needs to stay. I think it provides irony. 2) All the lines can be changed, no problem. I was only trying to set up personality within each of our characters. But obviously, you know more about yourselves than I do, so feel free to change some lines if you don't like it. 3) All the other towns can be changed. E.G: Berryville, Dallas, ect. I couldn't come up with any names so I started picking some random ones that I've visited. The only one I want to keep is the name of the "troubled school" and it's town. The rest of it, should be self-explanitory in the screenplay I'll be sending. If not, you can ask me some questions and I'll try to take care of it. The first part is to build suspense, but it really has only moderate purpose in the movie... You'll see; my brain is functioning full-speed, so I'm kinda rambling right now. Don't worry, I've got the plot planned out up until they break down. I'm trying to configure a back-story to give our villain motive. (I'm also considering Sandy playing someone other than a teacher, but he'd still be our villian) [B]EDIT:[/B] I just sent them to you in a private message because I'm having trouble finding a way to upload them as a web file. :( Since I sent it through PM, none of the margins or all of that stuff is correct; I just had to use center, right, or left so it's not exaclty good. If either of you know a site for me to upload a web file or something that would be great. Also, I don't have a title for the movie yet so any ideas on that would be much appreciated. THANKS

Well, it's a screenplay so I assume we're supposed to write it in screenplay format. Here's an example: (although it's rough because I can't use exact deminsions on here) [FONT=Courier New] INT: OTAKUBOARDS SURVIVOR MERCENARY CAMP -- DAY (As DARREN enters the room) [CENTER]ALEXA[/CENTER] [CENTER]What's up?[/CENTER] [CENTER]DARREN[/CENTER] [CENTER]Not much, where's Aaryanna?[/CENTER] [CENTER]AARYANNA[/CENTER] [CENTER](Appearing in a cloud of smoke)[/CENTER] [CENTER]Here I am. These smoke bombs work great![/CENTER][/FONT] EDIT: And yes Alexa, Sandy said that we can come up with some accompanying music for the script if we'd like. I'm just not sure exacltly how we'd get it to play (in the right spot) for the script. Or maybe we could just kinda say this is the song by so-and-so and it starts here/ends here

Well, I like it except maybe we could make it a class trip or something. Naturally, there would be a teacher to sponsor the trip (thus, taking care of Crystia's role) and then, the student assistant to Crystia would be Gavin. I propose the class trip simply because most horror thrillers take place in a foreign environment. This adds to the suspense and horror of a movie because the characters are unfamiliar with their environment. Maybe it could be at a neighboring school, and we could add a bit of mystery/sci-fi by the school being abandoned... Of course, mystery is never a large part of thrillers but they definately share some elements. Since this was supposed to be a school trip, our characters could be trying to unravel the mystery and discover something far more sinister... As far as Sandy goes. We don't necessarily have to have him as a teacher at our own school so to speak. Maybe he could be a teacher from the abandoned school so we won't have to have rhyme or reason as to why he's killing the students. (that would be provided in the back story and such.) I have a lot of ideas. I'm going to get started, and you can start yours. I guess we're just waiting on Alexa's opinion in everything... We can merge everything when it is all set in stone, but I'm going to use several students in the story (about 10 or 11) and they'll all be from OB. This is gonna rock!!!

[QUOTE=Aaryanna][COLOR=DarkRed]Oh my! Hehehe! All the lovely thoughts that come to mind. XD Good lord! I guess the question here is just what type of a dark thriller we wish to use. Psychological, horror, suspense or something else. Do we want our roles to be that of mercenaries or something else? What do you two think? We could all come up with a brief story idea and then work on merging them together based on what we like and didn?t like. ^_^ [B]EDIT:[/B] :animeblus I've already started working on an outline for a story. I can't wait to see what you guys come up with, but mine...Oh dear! LOL! :animeblus [/COLOR][/QUOTE] Yes, I'm excited as well, and I already had the idea to make a bit of each and combine them based on what we like and don't like. Personally, I think the thriller could go two ways. While the description Sandy gave us was "Dark" thriller, I don't think it's necessarily meaning dark aka, HORROR! So here's my two ideas. 1) to represent our name better, we could do something that involves spys or mercenaries; a [B]SPY THRILLER[/B]! 2) to represent our ages better, we could do something similar (but not so similar to make it seem unoriginal) to movies like Texas Chainsaw Massacre; [B]HORROR THRILLER[/B]. I also feel that horror addresses the "Darkness" better. I vote for Horror. This is simply because Horror gives us so much more to wright. Example: In a horror movie, it would be perfectly acceptable to end with a cliffhanger (like the Saw movies) whereas, in an action thriller, it would not. Also, I'm not completely familiar with fighting or weapons (which could not be avoided if we were to choose a spy thriller) And while a spy thriller better suits our name, it wasn't part of the objective to fit our team name. Plus, if we did a horror thriller, we'd be able to put more of our personality into it. (Since none of us are actually mercenaries but all of us are in school) So that's my opinion, but someone give me feedback so I can get to writing. Also here's a link that should help with everything: [URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriller_%28genre%29#Film]Thrillers[/URL]

AWESOME!!! I love this new challenge! I write screenplays all the time for my drama class, haha! And thrillers are my favorite kind of movies. I know I'm not the captain or anything but I definately think that we have a lot of ground to make up with this challenge. With Alexa being strong in music, Aaryanna being strong in graphics, an myself in writing, I think we're sure to take one of those first places! In my opinion, we should come up with our plot here. (to show teamwork!) and then we can sort of just compile it together from there. Since Aaryanna's El Captain, I'll wait your input before I go rushing into this... But I await it eagerly! ~Darren

Yes, I've heard of them. My friend won't shut up about them... They're okay, but that's all I'll give them. The song itself isn't one of the greatest. (but I have strange taste in music) I won't go into details as to why I don't like the song since you didn't ask and you obviously do so there's no point. I'll just say that they're... Okay (not great, not horrible. I suspect them to be one of those bands who never make a huge hit and just sort of float underground until they retire however long that may be.)

Well, it seems that we managed to boot the two oldest members from our team... What an odd predicament we've gotten ourselves into. It's a good thing that the other challenges won't be time based since we all have school. In any case, I guess it's time to get a new captain. And while it may seem a bit early to be diving back into the game, I nominate Aaryanna simply because you've put forth the most effort. (what with the banners and avatars as well as you part in the last round) Goodbye Crystia, I feel it was far too early for you to have left the game, but since fairness has been addressed. :animestun