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[camwyn]

I have a meeting this morning about a server move project my office is undertaking, and this morning is one of those 'I'm awake, be happy you get that much' types for me. The green tea/yerba mate blend hasn't kicked in enough yet to make with the happy-making, so I'm just going to have to wake myself up with the following image that was discussed last night at some length in a phone call in RL:

Assuming that we get past the first movie scenario in a hypothetical smoosh-together of Ghostbusters and the Transformers ("Nobody steps on a church in my town!" "... particle stream weaponry"), there is one element of Ghostbusters 2 that I would absolutely love to retain for a second crossover, and given my feelings towards movie 2 that's saying a lot. Chuck Vigo the Carpathian out the window, skip over the lawsuit issues, let Dana stay a cellist, keep Tully's hands off Janine (Janine + Egon = OTP all the way), whatever, but we need the River of Slime.

Because you just know that a river of psychomagnetheric substance that animates metal objects into something very nearly self-willed and fueled almost entirely by hostility would totally wind up as a Decepticon performance enhancer.

And you know that Starscream would accidentally overdose on the stuff, rage himself into a thousand pieces in a frenzy of "OMP MEGATRON YOU SUCK I SHOULD TOTALLY RULE!!!!1!:!!!"...

... and that because of the slime, and because this is Ghostbusters, the shattered fragments would each and every one become a perfectly functional self-willed Starscream toy Transformer and the entire cloud of them would then all insist that 'we are Starscream, we should be leader' and start driving everyone around them out of their minds. Also probably allying with each other and betraying each other.

I'm pretty sure the appropriate collective noun for this entity grouping would be 'a chorus of Starscreams'.

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[http://users.livejournal.com/_ruthven_/]

Have I pointed out recently that you are the best person ever?

This must be written. It must be.

[drharper.livejournal.com]

*falls down laughing*

Actually, I think a "shriek of Starscreams" is more appropriate. ;)

[camwyn]

For this, I would go so far as to learn necromancy so that we could raise Chris Latta from the dead.

[sakon76.livejournal.com]

Oh, brilliant! Yes, the river of slime would so be Decepticon steroids.... Thank you for this image and getting my Monday off to the right start! ^_^

[mephron]

Muahahahahahhahahahahaha....

[drharper.livejournal.com]

So, magic-wise, you're giving yourself some Latta-tude?

*ducks and runs*

[camwyn]

Thpppt.

[midnightlurker.livejournal.com]

How about "a treason"?

...and the experiment would be abandoned after it was discovered that sufficient positive emotions in the vicinity could turn the affected all mellow. ("Hey, Megs, have you ever really looked at your hands? I mean really scanned them at maximum detail?")

In related news, have you heard about the upcoming PS3 game? Written by Ackroyd and Ramis, voiced by the entire original cast? <3 <3 :)

[camwyn]

It really wouldn't be hard to do. We would have to assume that some 'con scout discovered the stuff first and reported back on it- I'm going to have to check where the old subways ran, since movie 2 placed the slime primarily in the older subway systems. I believe a case can be made for Brooklyn as well as Manhattan but I don't know about Queens and the Bronx, and Staten Island is probably the only part of NYC that has no claim at all to the stuff. Anyway, one of the 'Cons is going to have to discover the substance entirely by accident, possibly during a scouting run to determine possibilities of revenge on the Ghostbusters for that whole zapping incident last movie, and be seen kicking more ass than he really should thanks to the Mr. Furious levels of BOUNDLESS RAGE. That data filters back to Megs and Starscream and a more reliable sample of the substance is secured and tested on someone relatively minor but still reliably dangerous and WHOA more asskickery. This is the point at which Starscream opts to sample it himself when no one is looking and it works out so very very nicely that he OD's on it.

Cue the chorus of Starscreams. Which I think needs to be made so RAMPANTLY ANNOYING AND DANGEROUS that Megs has no choice but to actually *shudder* assist the humans who are trying to cut this stuff off, since every time something is DONE about one or more of the chorus, five of them just blitz through the River and come out more dangerous than before...

yes, it is an excuse to a) humiliate Megs b) throw a nod in the direction of the "Chicken, He Clucked" RGB episode where the GBs were hired by a demon to get him out of a deal with a mortal c) make Frank Welker WORK for that paycheck.

[camwyn]

I have heard about the game, yes! For that game, I will make an effort to get over my FPS-induced nausea- I haven't played an FPS since Wolfenstein 3D because of what the perspective usually does to my poor benighted brain.

... I'll also have to buy a console to play it, but if the game is any good, then, well...

Oh, and here's the first part of the plot as I see it. When the positive emotions and mellow kick in, it just moves into snicker territory.

[drharper.livejournal.com]

Oh, come on! That pun just BEGGED to be made. ;)

[drharper.livejournal.com]

You realize that the phrase "chorus of Starscreams" triggers a very brain-breaky image of them doing a Rockettes dance routine.

[pandoras-closet.livejournal.com]

River Slime would have a similar affect on the Autobots, especially the hotheads like Ironhide.

[camwyn]

Well aware. But the 'cons would be more likely to use the stuff as performance enhancers voluntarily.

[pandoras-closet.livejournal.com]

True.

[slarti.livejournal.com]

Yeah, 'cause Frank Welker is such a slacker. :-P

That said, yes, this idea is awesome, I am intrigued by it, would like to subscribe to the newsletter, etc. Also, I fully support the Latta-mancy to make the audio track happen.

[prodigal.livejournal.com]

You don't just rock; you volcanic basalt.

[camwyn]

It's a riff on an old "Top Ten Gargoyles Episodes We'd Love To See But Never Will" list. The only one I remember was "An episode starring only Brooklyn, Owen, and the Magus. Make Jeff Bennett WORK for that paycheck!"

I'd almost say I need to go back and rewatch a bunch of G1 to get the feel of the idea right, except that I've discovered, looking back, that if I just go with holding on to the elements of a series/movie/whatever that I remember after being separated from it for years, I actually seem to get it more right than if I bothered to refresh my memories thereof...

[slarti.livejournal.com]

Ah, haha. Nice.

heh. Meanwhile, true story: At a gaming session, back during college days, at one point, the phone rang, and it was for the GM, who thus had to pause the session for the duration of the call. While he was out, one of the other players busted out an awesome Latta impression to declare:

"Lucas is DOWN! I, STARSCREAM, am your new GM! YOU! are in a 10'x10' ROOM! There is a TROLL and a TREASURE chest here! WHAT DO YOU DO?!"

Needless to say, Lucas need not have worried about his players getting bored, 'cause everyone was too busy laughing their asses off.

[drharper.livejournal.com]

You know there are so MANY situations where that would be perfectly hilarious given the right crowd. Say...morning rounds at a hospital?

"I, STARSCREAM am your attending now!"

[camwyn]

... god dammit now I wanna lock Starscream and Al "I'm in charge!!!" Haig in the same room together and wait to see what happens.

[drharper.livejournal.com]

...

Doooo it! :D

*quickly constructs a lexan blast screen*