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May 9th, 2006, 08:24 PM
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Stablemaster, Livery Ship
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Join Date: Sep 2002
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Can you write a "priceless" commercial with a BG theme?
Tonight mastercard ran a commercial i hadn't seen before. MacGuyver, YES, the one and only Richard Dean Anderson in MacGuyver mode, with the voiceover describing the costs of the 'tools' he was using with the 'priceless' line reserved for the explosion of something sort of like a refinery or chemical plant started with 3-4 commonplace ingredients.
so here's my challenge:
write a priceless commercial using iconic story or character elements from TOS BG.
These can be humorous, or honor the original or look towards that continuation (which someday we will get, somehow).
Sound like fun? or have i been 'breathing plant vapors'? 
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"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one." Malcolm Reynolds [/color]
"We don't dictate to countries, we liberate countries." Mitt Romney [/color]
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May 9th, 2006, 09:53 PM
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Warrior Ace
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Roseville, MI
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Originally Posted by jewels
Tonight mastercard ran a commercial i hadn't seen before. MacGuyver, YES, the one and only Richard Dean Anderson in MacGuyver mode, with the voiceover describing the costs of the 'tools' he was using with the 'priceless' line reserved for the explosion of something sort of like a refinery or chemical plant started with 3-4 commonplace ingredients.
so here's my challenge:
write a priceless commercial using iconic story or character elements from TOS BG.
These can be humorous, or honor the original or look towards that continuation (which someday we will get, somehow).
Sound like fun? or have i been 'breathing plant vapors'? |
Sounds like fun.
Jim 
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May 9th, 2006, 10:31 PM
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Warrior Ace
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: In My Battlestar over San Diego waiting for everyone else...
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Oookay, I'll give this a shot. Hope everyone likes.
1 bandage for skinned knee from collision with muffet II.....1 cubit
Entering a Pyramid game with Lt. Starbuck.......500 cubits
Viper flight lessons.......10,000 cubits
Re-discovering the Battlestar Pegasus.........PRICELESS! 
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"You're gonna need a bigger boat..." Chief Brody - Jaws
"Kind of a bummer gettin' your butt kicked by a dead guy" - Col. T.C. McQueen, S:AaB-(Ray Butts)
"A kind word and a 2-by-4 is better than just a kind word" - Marcus Cole, Babylon 5
"WIVES...uh...aren't we getting a little ahead of ourselves?" Starbuck - Living Legend
"Every creature in the Universe is out to exterminate us and YOU want to hire a vocal group." Boomer - Saga of a Starworld
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May 10th, 2006, 11:34 AM
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Warrior
Join Date: Apr 2006
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That MacGuyver master card commercial is about the only one of those I like just because it's MacGuyver. I've got ideas running around in my head (they're being naughty ) I might come up with something fun in a little while. |
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May 10th, 2006, 02:45 PM
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Squadron Leader
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Morristown, NJ
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A day in the life of Captain Apollo:
Money lost in Pyramid game thanks to Starbuck's "Can't lose system"-----100 cubits
Allowance handout to Boxey-----10 cubits
Dinner aboard Rising Star with Sheba-----200 cubits
Bottle of choice ambrosia----50 cubits
Tip to waiter to get private room for dinner------80 cubits
The warm feeling of gratitude at the end of the day that there weren't any Red Alerts-----Priceless
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"How do you tell a Communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin."-Ronald Reagan
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May 10th, 2006, 08:17 PM
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Stablemaster, Livery Ship
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Location: Wandering Indiana
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Another perspective I thought about is more fan-oriented, prices are just guesses, I don't really remember what price points:
Custom made warrior jacket—$300
Prop replica blaster holster materials—$40
Prop replica blaster with lights—$150-$300
Sidi motorcross boots—$200
Black spraypaint—$7
Gold spray paint—$7
3 markers for holster ammo clips—$1
Silver Cylon Centurion Costume $3000
Meeting with your friends for the premiere of the TOS continuation movie—priceless
Heehee.
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"We feel free when we escape – even if it be but from the frying pan to the fire." Mozzie on White Collar
"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one." Malcolm Reynolds [/color]
"We don't dictate to countries, we liberate countries." Mitt Romney [/color]
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May 10th, 2006, 08:43 PM
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Guest
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One Fumarello...1 Cubit
One bottle of aged Ambrosia...100 Cubits
A room aboard the Rising Star...300 Cubits
2 hot broads in said room...Priceless
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May 11th, 2006, 11:09 AM
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Warrior
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 159
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Maybe I put a little too much thought into this, but here's what I came up with;
The commercial opens with an establishing shot of Starbuck, Boomer, Jolly and the gang playing cards and smoking.
Narrator: Cards and cigars; 20 cubits.
An alert is called and everybody runs to the launch bay and starts suiting up.
Narrator: Warrior's suit, boots, gloves and helmet; 400 cubits.
The Vipers launch and begin engaging the Cylons in bloody battle.
Narrator: Fully-armed Colonial Viper; 12,000,000 cubits.
Starbuck blasts the felgarcarb (sp?) out of some Cylons and his ship is damaged in the process. He just barely makes it to the landing bay in one piece.
Narrator: Making it home after a hard day at the office; priceless.
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May 11th, 2006, 11:27 AM
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Warrior Ace
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Officers Club
Posts: 749
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Oh man! That last one rules!
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May 11th, 2006, 11:32 AM
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Warrior
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 159
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Thanks.  Now to get Master Card on the phone.... |
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May 11th, 2006, 08:54 PM
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Stablemaster, Livery Ship
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They were running a write your own commercial thing a while back, and may still be. That's partly why I thought "hey, why couldn't we write some" when i saw the MacGuyver one.
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"We feel free when we escape – even if it be but from the frying pan to the fire." Mozzie on White Collar
"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one." Malcolm Reynolds [/color]
"We don't dictate to countries, we liberate countries." Mitt Romney [/color]
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May 11th, 2006, 09:55 PM
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Warrior
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 159
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Yeah, but commercials are usually done on a pretty low budget so, even if they did something this cool, it'd probably look crappy.  |
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May 18th, 2006, 10:26 AM
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Major
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Cheesehead in Connecticut
Posts: 6,695
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Unit Patches sewn on your warrior uniform-20 cubits
Batteries for Muffit- 50 cubits
School books for Boxey-75 cubits
Dinner and date with Cassi- 300 cubits
The fleet finally reaching Earth- Priceless
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