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Post by bookworm1225 on Nov 25, 2014 20:13:13 GMT
We all know, of course, that MM has dropped in quite a few homages to various films or film genres--some obvious, some more subtle. (I always grin at this exchange from 'Kung Fu Crabtree:'
Brackenreid: Forget it, Crabtree, it's--
Crabtree: It's what?
Brackenreid: It's just the way it is.)
So what film or film genre haven't they done that you'd like to see?
Me, I'd like to see a take-off on the noir film 'D.O.A.' I haven't actually seen the film yet (I really need to check to see if Netflix has it), but I find the basic concept intriguing. Man goes out on the town while attending a convention. Next day, he feels ill, and doctors discover he's been poisoned (in this case, by a "luminous toxin"). No antidote, and he has only a few days to live, so he spends his remaining time working to find out who killed him, and why.
I have this image of a short sequence. Person walks into Station House 4, and tells Detective Murdoch, "I want to report a murder." Murdoch asks, "Who's the victim?" Person replies, "I am." Cue Murdoch Eyebrows of Surprise, and cut to commercials. *grin*
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Post by randomkiwibirds on Nov 25, 2014 20:29:44 GMT
We all know, of course, that MM has dropped in quite a few homages to various films or film genres--some obvious, some more subtle. (I always grin at this exchange from 'Kung Fu Crabtree:' Brackenreid: Forget it, Crabtree, it's-- Crabtree: It's what? Brackenreid: It's just the way it is.) So what film or film genre haven't they done that you'd like to see? Me, I'd like to see a take-off on the noir film 'D.O.A.' I haven't actually seen the film yet (I really need to check to see if Netflix has it), but I find the basic concept intriguing. Man goes out on the town while attending a convention. Next day, he feels ill, and doctors discover he's been poisoned (in this case, by a "luminous toxin"). No antidote, and he has only a few days to live, so he spends his remaining time working to find out who killed him, and why. I have this image of a short sequence. Person walks into Station House 4, and tells Detective Murdoch, "I want to report a murder." Murdoch asks, "Who's the victim?" Person replies, "I am." Cue Murdoch Eyebrows of Surprise, and cut to commercials. *grin* Oh I like that idea! I'd kinda like to see an episode with a killer imitating murders as they happened in a book. Or a "What if..." episode where what would have happened if something had never happened. Like Murdoch not letting CG go free etc.. Okay yeah. Totally ripping ideas of Castle but hey- I'd like to see some of that. Genre wise-noir would be good, or steampunk-though Murdoch Mysteries does kind of border on that already with DetectiveGadget!Murdoch. |
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Post by snacky on Nov 25, 2014 21:28:45 GMT
Nice topic! I second DOA, and I think I've even brought it up before. But it's been done so many times, it would be hard to squeeze a new twist out of it. And someone would have to die! I think it should be a 2 parter so we can develop more affection for the Dead Person. (Hey - make it a woman!)
Not Julia.=.=
How about Gattaca, but with a black man passing for white?
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Post by snacky on Dec 3, 2014 0:42:04 GMT
How about an homage to Miracle on 34th street where William is supposed to prove someone is not Santa in the course of eliminating them as the suspect for a murder...but that will publically kill Christmas for the children of Toronto?
/evilSnacky
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Post by randomkiwibirds on Dec 3, 2014 1:09:35 GMT
How about an homage to Miracle on 34th street where William is supposed to prove someone is not Santa in the course of eliminating them as the suspect for a murder...but that will publically kill Christmas for the children of Toronto? /evilSnacky I vote for anything as long as it is Christmasy and in a Christmas Special! because Becca wants a canon Christmas with the Murdochs, Brackenrieds and the rest of the posse. |
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Post by bookworm1225 on Dec 3, 2014 15:33:06 GMT
How about an homage to Miracle on 34th street where William is supposed to prove someone is not Santa in the course of eliminating them as the suspect for a murder...but that will publically kill Christmas for the children of Toronto? /evilSnacky I vote for anything as long as it is Christmasy and in a Christmas Special! because Becca wants a canon Christmas with the Murdochs, Brackenrieds and the rest of the posse.I like! *grin* |
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Post by Hodge on Dec 3, 2014 16:15:01 GMT
I vote for anything as long as it is Christmasy and in a Christmas Special! because Becca wants a canon Christmas with the Murdochs, Brackenrieds and the rest of the posse.I like! *grin* The trouble with this idea is we don't get to see MM at Christmas so it seems silly to do a Christmas episode. Now if they'd do a 2 hour Christmas special movie to be screened at Christmas I'm all for that! Has to be better than the stupid TV movies they make for Christmas. |
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Post by snacky on Dec 3, 2014 16:34:49 GMT
The trouble with this idea is we don't get to see MM at Christmas so it seems silly to do a Christmas episode. Now if they'd do a 2 hour Christmas special movie to be screened at Christmas I'm all for that! Has to be better than the stupid TV movies they make for Christmas. If they do it at Christmas they might be tempted to make it all schmoopy - like the guy really does turn out to be Santa Clause (George was right all along!). I wouldn't want it to be too feel-good Little House on the Prairie. I'd want it to be a genuine mystery that just happens to involve a guy that thinks he's Santa and William getting in trouble for having to interrogate him. |
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Post by randomkiwibirds on Dec 3, 2014 16:38:04 GMT
The trouble with this idea is we don't get to see MM at Christmas so it seems silly to do a Christmas episode. Now if they'd do a 2 hour Christmas special movie to be screened at Christmas I'm all for that! Has to be better than the stupid TV movies they make for Christmas. If they do it at Christmas they might be tempted to make it all schmoopy - like the guy really does turn out to be Santa Clause (George was right all along!). I wouldn't want it to be too feel-good Little House on the Prairie. I'd want it to be a genuine mystery that just happens to involve a guy that thinks he's Santa and William getting in trouble for having to interrogate him. Yeah-something like how they did Sherlock Holmes would be good! I wouldn't want it all schoompy eaither. It still needs to reconizable as Murdoch Mysteries. Maybe Christmas with a darker edge to it. I'm kind of reminded of the Miss Fisher episode "Murder Under the Mistletoe" I thought that was a good example of a Christmas Episode. Not to sappy, but with a good dark undercurrent. |
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Post by Hodge on Dec 3, 2014 16:40:06 GMT
The trouble with this idea is we don't get to see MM at Christmas so it seems silly to do a Christmas episode. Now if they'd do a 2 hour Christmas special movie to be screened at Christmas I'm all for that! Has to be better than the stupid TV movies they make for Christmas. If they do it at Christmas they might be tempted to make it all schmoopy - like the guy really does turn out to be Santa Clause (George was right all along!). I wouldn't want it to be too feel-good Little House on the Prairie. I'd want it to be a genuine mystery that just happens to involve a guy that thinks he's Santa and William getting in trouble for having to interrogate him. I wasn't thinking schmoozy, I'd rather it was not! I was thinking something along the same lines as the way Twentieth Century Murdoch was done. A crime that just took place at Christmas and a little Christmas cheer. Doesn't have to include Santa for me. |
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Post by snacky on Dec 3, 2014 16:49:42 GMT
If they do it at Christmas they might be tempted to make it all schmoopy - like the guy really does turn out to be Santa Clause (George was right all along!). I wouldn't want it to be too feel-good Little House on the Prairie. I'd want it to be a genuine mystery that just happens to involve a guy that thinks he's Santa and William getting in trouble for having to interrogate him. I wasn't thinking schmoozy, I'd rather it was not! I was thinking something along the same lines as the way Twentieth Century Murdoch was done. A crime that just took place at Christmas and a little Christmas cheer. Doesn't have to include Santa for me. I would loooooooooooove a 2 hour Christmas special!  |
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Post by snacky on Dec 3, 2014 16:52:49 GMT
"Murder Under the Mistletoe" Ooh there should be mistletoe!  |
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Post by Hodge on Dec 3, 2014 17:01:36 GMT
"Murder Under the Mistletoe" Ooh there should be mistletoe! Did they have mistletoe back then? When I worked at the Homestead we had a 'kissing ball'. The Homestead is set in and around 1852 though. |
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Post by randomkiwibirds on Dec 3, 2014 17:36:22 GMT
I wasn't thinking schmoozy, I'd rather it was not! I was thinking something along the same lines as the way Twentieth Century Murdoch was done. A crime that just took place at Christmas and a little Christmas cheer. Doesn't have to include Santa for me. I would loooooooooooove a 2 hour Christmas special! I'd settle for anything between 1:30 or 2:00hrs. But they'd really need to work on the mystery for it to last that long, so I think that I'd be happy with a normal length episode, having a shorter episode with a well-done balence of character development and mystery is better then something that is all long and boring. |
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Post by Hodge on Dec 3, 2014 17:57:48 GMT
I would loooooooooooove a 2 hour Christmas special! I'd settle for anything between 1:30 or 2:00hrs. But they'd really need to work on the mystery for it to last that long, so I think that I'd be happy with a normal length episode, having a shorter episode with a well-done balence of character development and mystery is better then something that is all long and boring. You don't have faith in the writers to pull this off? |
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