Classic Movie Ficathon?

[trinityofone]

forcryinoutloud and I are thinking of running an SGA Classic Movie Ficathon, in which participants would get to pick a film from the '30s-'60s and write an SGA story based on the movie itself, or extrapolated from the summary and taken in the crazy direction of your choice. (The ones I'm really hoping get written? The Shop Around the Corner, His Girl Friday, North by Northwest, The Searchers...well, and loads more, really.) So, what we want to know is: would you all be interested in something like that?

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Any other thoughts? Questions? Suggestions? I've never run a ficathon before, so I'd really appreciate any advice/words of caution/hysterical pointing-and-laughing...

Comments

[amireal.livejournal.com]

*poke*

*pokepokepoke*

*wibble*

[mizz_destiny]

you gals have only mentioned classic movies. what about classic musicals? I am more familiar with musicals from 30s-60s than movies. I just want the plots, not the songs! *g*

[jetspeaks.livejournal.com]

Trapped in a closet, but only with an appropriate partner.

[20thcenturyvole.livejournal.com]

Dibs on The African Queen!

(I - I promise I'm still working on the Red Shoes AU. I'm just so in love with the idea of a scruffy Sheppard as Bogart and McKay as Katherine Hepburn. Who wouldn't be?)

[siria]

David Hewlett's trailer. So that's what they're calling it nowadays. [/deadpan]

[tikiaceae.livejournal.com]

I have like nothing to contribute. Nothing!

But I totally get what you mean with the tutorial. For mine, I was stuck with 4 most boring (omg, i'd rather be dead boring) people... at least the tutor was okay.

[alie]

I think if I rewrote Roman Holiday I would be forced to make it end happily.

OR make it RONON holiday. Hahahahahaha. I don't care about happy endings for Ronon.

[20thcenturyvole.livejournal.com]

Oh, hey, question/suggestion: have you got The Thin Man on that list? Because I would love to see someone do that with Sheppard and McKay as Nick and Nora, of course.

[inthekeyofd.livejournal.com]

I would definitely participate..making the guys fit into a classic movie, I've read stories in other fandoms like that and they all turn out fantastic!

[greendreaming.livejournal.com]

Ooh, can one of them be Some Like It Hot?

[quettaser.livejournal.com]

Amazing idea for a ficathon/challenge. I'm currently thinking of all the ways Double Idemnity could be spun.

And, god, Vertigo. Really, a lot of Hitchcock would count, but Vertigo! I think my brain might need a moment.

[nakedwesley.livejournal.com]

This sounds like fun! I love old movies. I like the idea of choosing from a list rather than getting an assignment too. That way everyone gets something they're comfortable with. Cool!

[alwaysaddled.livejournal.com]

Bringing Up Baby is an obvious one too. I just can't work out if Rodney is the Cary Grant character (stodgy academic) or the Katherine Hepburn one (steamroller).