You think this could be a hit?

Starman07

Apologies if i'm being an ass and posting this in the wrong place,but my intentions are good.

Ok,here is my idea for a weekly 30 minute tv show.How many shows cover politics,nature,action,love,comedy,adventure,environmental issues and magic? Not many...until now!


Michael Pittain, vietnam war veteran,injured in battle and now paralysed from the waist down.He is a bitter, bitter man,angry at the government and the american people for the way he has been brushed aside and forgotten by society,mocked and ridculed by the local neighbourhood kids.

Oh man,this is gonna take way too long so i'll just get to it.

Basically,he falls out of his wheelchair in the street,people laugh and point,but one old lady gives him her hand,at first he declines her offer of help,but when he looks into her eyes they are a magical blue,and they seem to be swirling or some sh1t.

Later on,while in his kitchen preparing supper ,he feels a slight tingling in his legs, ,"What the hell" he thinks, "Could i...? No..surely not!".He slowly raises himself out of the chair,and goes to stand up ..before crashing face first into the cupboard,giving himself a nosebleed "What an IDIOT!" he screams,slamming his fist onto the linoleum floor.His legs are as lifeless as ever,two dangly meat sticks,no good to anyone.He sobs gently as he gets up on his elbows...but wait...what!?...he is floating,...he can fly!But not a cool flying,his legs dangle down so his body is at 90 degrees as he floats towards the roof.Its amazing,and there is some funny scenes as he gets used to his new power.

So backstory is now set,and here is the premise of the show and the template for each of the 6 episodes in series one .

Setup is he always does somehting embarassing and overly dramatic,like falling out of the wheelchair while chasing cheeky brats, throwing a strop in the welfare office or somehting cos he's so bitter about the war and sh1t.

But now,instead of stewing in his own angry juices,he takes flight, without letting ppl see him and flies over some beautiful lakes (episode one), forests (episode 2),moutnains (episode 3),places with great architecture (epsiode 4) a local park with kids playing (episode 5) and over a montage of all of these in the final episode (episode 6).

Remember tho, he flies with his legs hanging down and not fast,quite slow and relaxingly.These flying scenes will take up about 20 mins of each 30,and there will be no dialogue during this time,apart that is from some medieval poetry recited by James Earl Jones (America),Sir Ian Mckellen (UK) and the bad guy from Matrix (Oz).Having different actors with deep voices recite this poetry in different countries personalises it for the audience and makes ppl love it all the more.

Now heres the kicker,after the 20 mins of us watching him loll around some naturistic paradise he drifts back down into his wheelchair,and rolls into his living room where he has left his visitors waiting.They are like "Uh Michael,you have been gone 4 hours,we were about to call the police,you said you were just going to the bathroom!?" and then Michael looks at them and goes "Really? Wow,its kind of funny how time FLIES". Cue his turn to face the camera,an enigmatic wink to us,the knowing audience,we feel like we are in on his secret with him and we feel important and loved.BOOM! Roll credits.

Each epsiode will end exactly same except each "FLYING" joke will alter slightly.eg. a FLYING visit, a no FLY zone

I dont think i have painted the picture as well as i had hoped,but the bones are there.I would love to get some feedback from you prior to my meeting with RTE producers next week.

phasers

tl;dr.

But I can say that anything with a paralyzed Vietnam Vet is going to be awful

xOxSinéadxOx

jist?

Turd Ferguson

If that show gets made I will eat my hat

Naos

Best. Show. Ever.

javaboy

Hands up who skipped to the end expecting a Bel Air?

dr.bollocko

Anyone read it? I need some sort of shortened summary.

Saibh

dr.bollocko wrote: »

Anyone read it? I need some sort of shortened summary.

I thought AH Mods had to read all the posts in AH!

Starman07

I should add that there are a number of cameos planned throughout the series.eg.Jermain Defoe in episode 2 warns local youths against littering

Overflow

I read it, its got to be a p1sstake, he is having us on or is absolutely clueless as its the worst idea for a tv show ever heard of, but a funny read because its so bad.

aidan_walsh

dr.bollocko wrote: »

Anyone read it? I need some sort of shortened summary.

Take what Sinead said, but change the t to m and you'll pretty much have it.

Local-womanizer

It will be as much as a hit as that Paedo lephrecaun thats going about tbh.

Ro: maaan!

javaboy wrote: »

Hands up who skipped to the end expecting a Bel Air?

I was expecting it, but didn't jump to the end. Read the whole thing because I have serious respect for the bel air style joke.

Biggins

Chapter Two begins tomorrow...

Leprachaun

Local-womanizer wrote: »

It will be as much as a hit as that Paedo lephrecaun thats going about tbh.

If one more person brings that up.... :mad:

PirateShampoo

Basically a 180 minute yawn fest, where for 120 mins theres no dialog and just scenery shots of some old cripple flying.

dr.bollocko

PirateShampoo wrote: »

Basically a 180 minute yawn fest, where for 120 mins theres no dialog and just scenery shots of some old cripple flying.

Please nobody give him Gus Van Sant's number.

PirateShampoo

dr.bollocko wrote: »

Please nobody give him Gus Van Sant's number.

Il have to google that one lol

Starman07

Hmmm,needs a bit of spicing you think? There was an alternate idea, instead of having him float around these wonders of the world,he would float by different places that have semi and fully nude (season finale only) women,eg 20 mins flying over a nudist beach,20 mins flying over a girls locker room that has a glass ceiling etc.He would have a visible boner in his pants during this time......?

Local-womanizer

Leprachaun wrote: »

If one more person brings that up.... :mad:

I will when you stop "bringing it up"!You know what I mean!