Dreamcasting Adaptations #21: "...in the Study with the Revolver"

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Rules

1. The winner of the last round becomes the moderator of the round, and thus gets to choose the property or story in question to be adapted. Winner may also declare whether this property is an animated film, or a live-action one. He must also name the core characters to be cast, which should be at least 4, but no more than 9.

2. Participants may not use actors who have played the role before in the same medium before. Voice talents may not reprise their role, nor can film/TV ones.

3. After the time period set by the moderator, the round is declared closed. People will vote via PM and send it to the moderator, who will count the votes and declare winner. Like the Ultimatization Game, you CANNOT vote for yourself.

4. The winner declared gets to choose the property in the next round.​

Your task is to cast a movie or TV series based on the mystery board game Clue (a/k/a Cluedo)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluedo

* You may or may not choose to base your interpretation of the characters on the 1985 film version. However, they must remain true to the archetypes depcited in the classic version of the game.

* The round will end on Sunday, April 6 at Midnight, Eastern Time.

* You MUST cast the following characters:

Colonel Mustard
Colonel Mustard is the stock character of a Great White Hunter and colonial buffoon. He is a military man with a European heritage and a tendency for botching things, both dignified and dangerous. As with many of the male characters, the Colonel is rumored to have an affair with Miss Scarlet in some sources. Mustard is sometimes portrayed as a rival to Dr. Black (Mr. Boddy). In America, Colonel Mustard is usually portrayed as an old buffoon, but in Europe, he has been depicted many times as very young and handsome with a more intelligent look.

Miss Scarlett
Miss Scarlett (Miss Scarlet in the North American version) is the stock Femme Fatale character. She is typically portrayed as young, cunning, and beautiful. When the game was made in 1949, she was a blonde. A 1972 redesign of her features led to speculation that she was of Eurasian ethnicity. In 1996, Miss Scarlett became a sinister brunette with sexy looks. In a recent version, she is the beautiful (and somewhat ditzy) daughter of Mrs. Peacock. The two editions that deal heavily on her characterization are very different. In Master Detective she is a ruthless 'mercenary' who will stop at nothing to garner a profit. Her looks are plain but her expression more sinister than others. In 2003, she is described as a childish, yet beautiful actress with a fondness for dating perverted, old, rich men.

Professor Plum
Professor Plum is the stock character of Absent-Minded Professor. Often depicted as either a young or middle aged fellow with a bow tie and glasses, he is widely seen by many characters as the most intellectual and knowledgable, particularly about poisons. His personality ranges from hopelessly confused and somewhat frazzled to serious and deeply thoughtful.

Reverend Green/Mr. Green
Reverend Green, or Mr. Green, has two very different manifestations.

As Reverend Green, he is the stock type of snake oil salesman, a hypocritical evangelist. By all accounts, he is not really a graduated reverend. He donned the ways of the cloth, but uses them to fleece the flock as a traveling evangelist. He appears to have stopped travelling at last, being named as a Reverend in Hampshire, where the game of Clue normally takes place. It is here where he has made contact with the extraordinarily wealthy Dr. Black (Mr. Boddy); quite a lucrative prospect for him.

Until 2002, he was known simply as Mr. Green in North American versions of the game. His new stock character became that of mobster or corrupt business tycoon, complete with a cigar, greasy suit, and sweaty sort of paunch. Mr. Green represents the very essence of greed (possibly because green is the color of American bank notes), fitting nicely with his new stock persona. Allusions to the mafia have remained until the 2002 version.

You may choose either version of the character, depending on which one works better with your cast.

Mrs. White
Usually the stock portrayal of frazzled servant, but has also had a couple of divergent characterizations, the movie portrays Mrs. White as a serial husband-killer; a black widow. More frequently, Mrs. White is regarded as the housekeeper at Black Manor, appearing in a traditional maid's costume. The only difference between the games entails that at times she appears quite young, as in the Franklin Mint edition or the 1985 release. More commonly, she is an elderly woman. She is often seen to have been Dr. Black's illicit lover, having known all of his secrets.

Mrs. Peacock
Mrs. Peacock is the stock character of grande dame. She represents an elderly woman who maintains her dignity in almost all cases in most versions. There are four different physical versions of her. The first being a rather elegant Queen-esque socialite (Original Cluedo). The second being an elderly old busybody who is dressed correctly and proper; a well-mannered prude (1972). The third being a middle-aged classy lady who is still retaining her looks (2000 UK), and the fourth being a younger lady, similar to Scarlet in some respects, though she is widowed/married (Franklin Mint). True to her characterization, Mrs. Peacock is often portrayed as obsessed with breeding, "good society," gossip, manners, and wealth.

Dr. Black/Mr. Boddy
Black/Boddy is the owner of Tudor Mansion who takes the stock character of a generic colourless victim. In Clue, he is the unseen host who is murdered, in which inspires the premise to mind to discover who murdered him, with what implement, and where the crime scene took place in his mansion. His personality is not known, though he most likely is not well-liked, as he has a tendency to be killed quite often. Mr. Boddy is usually depicted as a man in his 20's or 30's, while Dr. Black is depicted more middle-aged or elderly in one edition.

* You may also OPT to cast:

The Butler
The Butler is rarely used in Clue, but when he is, he is usually a character that is most connected with the watching audience. The butler was the lead character in the 1985 film Clue: The Movie, and was played by Tim Curry. He appeared as a handsome Englishman named Wadsworth, who was always ever so neat and tidy with his buttling. However, there might be more to him than there seems...
 
This round is hereby cancelled, in light of my upcoming hiatus from the site, in solidarity of those who have been prematurely banned.

Whoever wants to start a new round, or moderate this one, PM me.

I'm Audi like Cher Horowitz, folks.
 
This round is hereby cancelled, in light of my upcoming hiatus from the site, in solidarity of those who have been prematurely banned.

Whoever wants to start a new round, or moderate this one, PM me.

I'm Audi like Cher Horowitz, folks.

hiatus? eh?
 
hiatus? eh?
Just in case the announcement in the "Fixing UC" thread was too much information to wrap around your decomposing panda brain:

"I deal with this crap enough on a daily basis -- in my household, at the office, in this country, writ large. I don't need it here. So i'm taking another one of my periodic hiatii (?).

Whoever is left that gives a damn can officially start the next Dreamcasting round without me, if they want. Mine's officially cancelled."
(This immediately preceded my call for Martial Law on the board.)
 
Just in case the announcement in the "Fixing UC" thread was too much information to wrap around your decomposing panda brain:

"I deal with this crap enough on a daily basis -- in my household, at the office, in this country, writ large. I don't need it here. So i'm taking another one of my periodic hiatii (?).​


Oh. Huh. Y'know, I was thinking that, just because I'm kind of getting bored with this place (this preceded the fighting. more just bored with all the spam threads) but hadn't decided anything yet.

compound said:
(This immediately preceded my call for Martial Law on the board.)

oh, you mean

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I'd be careful about what jokes you make... I just might use my Game Modly powers to declare Martial Law as the subject for the round, thereby breaking the game, indefinitely.
 
I'd be careful about what jokes you make... I just might use my Game Modly powers to declare Martial Law as the subject for the round, thereby breaking the game, indefinitely.

:D :D Make it Nash Bridges and you're on.
 
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C.L.U.E.S
Criminal Laboratory Unit, Experimental Services​

COMING SOON


Six extraordinary individuals all chosen for their involvement in a Great Crime in the past. They have been assembled together by a mysterious benefactor known only as Body acting as a team of sleuths for hire. No matter whodunit, no crime is unsolvable. For if you have the money, they've got the CLUES.​
 
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Just in case nobody realized it, I was kidding about cancelling this round, in keeping with
the aborted April Fool's boycott.

Be sure to have your people call your cast's people, and do lunch, 'cause this round is ON, beyotches!
 
I love how ourchair has begun doing previews for his dreamcasts.

I wonder how long until everyone copies his style?
 
C.L.U.E.S.

Criminal Laboratory Unit, Executive Services​

Six extraordinary individuals all chosen for their involvement in a Great Crime in the past. They have been assembled together by a mysterious benefactor known only as Body (played on video-screens by Liam Neeson, the former secret agent turned ruthlessly vigilante father from Taken). Together, they've been blackmailed to act as a team of sleuths for hire. No matter whodunit, no crime is unsolvable. No matter the mystery, they will pull back the curtains. For if you have the money, they've got the CLUES.​

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Nicknamed "Mustard Gas" for his incredible flatulence, Colonel Irving Gass is a brilliant military strategist with a keen understanding of combat psychology and battle tactics, derived primarily from his unusually long-lived career as a military officer. He decided to retire from active duty once his peers started developing suspicions about his age. He also has an unusually sharp memory about his career, as he happens to have the entire database of the U.S. Department of Defense embedded in a cyber-cortical processor in his skull, though it hasn't been updated since 1991. The Colonel is played by Sam Elliott, the wisdom-spewing cowboy from The Golden Compass .

"You mean you don't know what Ground Zero is?"
"I don't know what you're talking about, sweet face. Now when my hemorrhoids flare up? THAT's Ground Zero."


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Scarlet Lee is a sexually charismatic uber-psychologist with a celebrity profile. Think of her as Dr. Phil with oodles and oodles and oodles of sex appeal and a tendency to show up on the Schadenfraude radars of celebrity blogs for her provocative fashion choices and deliriously mouthy nature. Lee was born a living polygraph, able to register the biorhythms off everyone around her and making her hyper-sensitive to physiologically related emotional responses. This has not made her empathetic towards her fellow man in any way. In fact, she's a rather stone cold *****. Scarlet is played by Lucy Liu, the "so frigid she's almost sexual" federal investigator from Domino.

"I hear tell that 'Scarlet' isn't even her real name. No, they call her 'Scarlet' because she acts like she's always on the rag."
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The cantankerous pill-popping Ph. D. of religious studies named Christopher Plum is famous for his undergraduate thesis project, in which he practiced as many belief systems as he could possibly manage within a term. He's been ridden by so many Vodoun loa, some all at once, that he lost count at forty-seven and he's an excommunicated urine cultist. He's also been molested by eight altar boys in what he describes as a radical inversion of the Mosaic chapters of the Bible. His moral and spiritual flexibility has given him the unique ability to understand the psychological and socio-historical conditions that shape belief. Plum is played by Hugh Laurie, the soft-hearted misanthrope from TV's House.

"I've learned to believe in so many things, I can scarcely believe it."
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Malcolm Green is a multi-billionaire who made his fortune through the lightning quick trading of various financial holdings. His erratic borderline schizophrenic personality prevents him from developing any lasting friendships, which suits him fine since he doesn't trust anyone to be interested in him for anything else but his money. Green has the ability to determine the economic history of material objects: everything he touches tells its life story within the grand scheme of global markets and resource development, and as such, he is constantly wired to the economic ether. Green is played by Jack Black, the spastically empathetic slacker from School of Rock.

"I once had the most horrible sex with a woman so ugly, I wrote her down as tax deductible… Look at me. Do I look like I'm kidding?"
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Annamarie Blanc is a strong-willed veterinary psychologist who was written controversial books about the largely scathing opinions that animals have towards human self-entitlement. A traumatic experience in the Amazon rainforest left her with the ability to read the thoughts of animals, and this left her with a pronounced disregard for the subtleties and nuances of human company. Blanc is played by Julie Delpy, the condescending flirt from An American Werewolf in Paris.

"I hear she likes to keep the company of ten year old boys for amusement."
"You mean, like sex slaves?
"No, like pets."
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A pharmaceutical executive with an eating disorder, Maureen Peacock was born with a hyper-tactile tongue that can determine the chemical composition of everything she tastes. This hypersensitivity has left it difficult for her to actually appreciate food in the same ways that most people do. As such, she has taken to a diet that consists almost entirely of vitamin and mineral supplements and sugar water. Peacock is played by Maria Bello, the tough-talking alcohol lobbyist from Thank You For Smoking.

"When you get down to it, just about everything tastes like chicken."
 
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Impressive. Think you can still beat that?

This is supposed to be a competition.

Round ends in 24 hours, folks. Better get to it, while you still can!
 
I work so hard on my entry, and now I might win by default.

There's no justice in that.

*compound turns to ourchair*

"No, not justice. Just us."
 
Even though Ourchair has won this I figured I would do this just so it wasn't a default win. Also I had no idea about this round till it was bumped.


Cluedo​

Colonel Mustard – Matthew Macfadyen – The young , upper class and handsome Colonel. In many ways is much like Matthew Macfadyen's character of Mr. Darcy that he played in Pride and prejudice. For that he is my choice.


Miss Scarlett – Eva Green – The daughter of Mrs. Peacock, She must also have a certain appeal of upper class wealth but still maintain the Femme Fatale part in the film. It is hard to find the right balance. Eva Green has the balance having been in Casino Royale , Kingdom of Heaven and even The Golden Compass.


Professor Plum – Dick Van Dyke – I'm going for the an Albert Einstein design. I think Dick Van Dyke is the second best choice. He can play wacky, crazy and even the bad guy if need be. Not my first choice but still a good one I think


Reverend Green – Sir David Jason – I wanted the saleman side of Reverend Green to be played by someone who is great at been a dodger type. His Del character is just that. But combine that with his Frost character and you have your hypocritical Reverend.


Mrs. White – Helen Mirren – The elderly house keeper. I wanted her to have a posh almost Alfred in Batman appeal to her. Who could do that better than the woman who played the The Queen?


Mrs. Peacock – Christine Baranski , She is the middle-aged busy body mother of Miss Scarlett. Christine Baranski played a character very similar to how I see Mrs Peacock in Cruel Intentions. For that she is my choice.


Dr. Black – John Cleese – While I've used this actor before he is right for this. I wanted Dr. Black to have a more comedic personality but also be disliked. John Cleese is what I was looking for Dr Black so he is my choice.
 
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Oh, come on. We've got less than 12 hours left for this round.

Surely a few of you can slap together a reasonably inspired cast, given the info availabale.

Nobody gave me the impression that I'd chosen a dud property, when I announced it.

So why the lack of entries, so far? I honestly want to know.


EDIT: Awesome choices, Mole! A very different approach from Ourchair's cast, too. I can imagine all those actors playing off each other excellently; and each one seems very suited to the parts you've chosen for them.

Lloyd is a particularly ideal choice for the Einstein-inspired Plum; and while I normally find Baranski really annoying, I think it's precisely the qualities that make her obnoxious that make her a good fit to play Peacock. Cheers!
 
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