Saturday, February 19, 2005
Idea for a TV series
I just had an idea for a TV series: call it The Evil Overlord. It is about an archtypical evil overlord who is trying to achieve world domination. However, he dicovers the evil overlord list (here) and promptly begins to correct the tactical errors of you standard villian. Instead we are greeted by a series that introduce new heros at a regular pace and then crushes them when they fail to realize that the evil overlord they are fighting actually is rather clever.
I swear you could make a episode from each one of these points.
My personal favour (from the suplementary list) is this one.
If I have children and subsequently grandchildren, I will keep my three-year-old granddaughter near me at all times. When the hero enters to kill me, I will ask him to first explain to her why it is necessary to kill her beloved grandpa. When the hero launches into an explanation of morality way over her head, that will be her cue to pull the lever and send him into the pit of crocodiles. After all, small children like crocodiles almost as much as Evil Overlords and it's important to spend quality time with the grandkids.
I swear you could make a episode from each one of these points.
My personal favour (from the suplementary list) is this one.
If I have children and subsequently grandchildren, I will keep my three-year-old granddaughter near me at all times. When the hero enters to kill me, I will ask him to first explain to her why it is necessary to kill her beloved grandpa. When the hero launches into an explanation of morality way over her head, that will be her cue to pull the lever and send him into the pit of crocodiles. After all, small children like crocodiles almost as much as Evil Overlords and it's important to spend quality time with the grandkids.
