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So, I decided to make a spin-off of the NS based soap opera. I had to choose a dramatic play that most people would know. So, what better drama then Romeo and Juliet should be based off of NS forum posters.

We have the two families: Montague and Capulet. Each one is a side of the political spectrum.

Capulet should probably be the Republicans because of the whole capitalism thing. they both start with "cap". The Montagues are then the Democrats.

So, the point of this thread is to debate who is who:

Nuetral party:
Paris
Friar
Escalus

Conservative side:
Lord Capulet
Lady Capulet
Juliet
Nurse
Tybalt

Liberal side:
Lord Montague
Lady Montague
Romeo
Mercutio
Benvolio

So, who goes into each role? I have my ideas for some. Like Mercutio should be filled by someone not so biased and humorous. Maybe Legless Pirates or Lunatic Goofballs.

Nooooooooo!

Do Gilmore Girls!!


I call Michele!

Nooooooooo!

Do Gilmore Girls!!


I call Michele!

But I don't want to :)

By drama I meant the theatre kind. But I allow you to make your own thread if you want ;)

I'll play Lord Capulet :p

So we're doing a NS forum production of Romeo and Juliet???

So we're doing a NS forum production of Romeo and Juliet???

Maybe. The main poin was to see where posters think other posters would fit in this. And then we would all decide who was whom. If you want to go for it though.

But I don't want to :)

By drama I meant the theatre kind. But I allow you to make your own thread if you want ;)

Fine then, I call Mercutio. "Aye, a scratch" etcetc

Have you lot read the revised version of Romeo & Juliet with cool new additions such as an axe wielding maniac, by the name of Refused Party Program, who kills everyone?

Can I be a disgruntled canibal?

Fine then, I call Mercutio. "Aye, a scratch" etcetc

"Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man"



It would almost be fun to have a thread where we spout out random Shakespeare quotes.

Have you lot read the revised version of Romeo & Juliet with cool new additions such as an axe wielding maniac, by the name of Refused Party Program, who kills everyone?

Nope, but I am open to interpretations.

Can I be a disgruntled canibal?

I know what you are making fun of so my answer is yes.

I think Mercutio should be an axe wielding maniac...who kills everyone.

Nope, but I am open to interpretations.



I know what you are making fun of so my answer is yes.
im making fun of someone/something :confused: :confused:

well.. thats new

so... what or who am i making fun of?

I'll be an extra.

im making fun of someone/something :confused: :confused:

well.. thats new

so... what or who am i making fun of?

Well, I could be wrong but it sounded a lot like some of the posters in the soap opera thread. Several people joined in as asked something along the lines of "Can I be..."

Well, I could be wrong but it sounded a lot like some of the posters in the soap opera thread. Several people joined in as asked something along the lines of "Can I be..."
ehh..good as connection as any...


So can I be a cannibal?
http://www.daveallsop.co.uk/bw/Cannibal%20WarBoss.jpg

ehh..good as connection as any...


So can I be a cannibal?
http://www.daveallsop.co.uk/bw/Cannibal%20WarBoss.jpg

After that picture, yes.


I think my vision is starting to come to be. An axe wielding Mercutio and a canibal. Greastest Version of Romeo and Juliet EVER.

I think Mercutio should be an axe wielding maniac...who kills everyone.

Nah, lets follow the plot at first. Mercutio gets killed by Tybalt, Romeo avenges him... then Mercutio comes back as a zombie axe wielding maniac who kills everyone.

Nah, lets follow the plot at first. Mercutio gets killed by Tybalt, Romeo avenges him... then Mercutio comes back as a zombie axe wielding maniac who kills everyone.

Sounds good.




*cries for literature*

Sounds good.




*cries for literature*

Dude, there's loads of literature out there, but there's hardly any trashy horror stuff.
Literature authors: Shakespeare, Dickens, John Steinbeck, George Orwell, the list goes on.
Trashy horror writers: The guy who directed "The incredibly strange creatures that died and turned into mixed up zombies", no-one remembers his name because no-one's ever heard of him.

I rest my (incredibly logical and well thought out) case.

please pretty please with sugar on top can I be in it?

Nah, lets follow the plot at first. Mercutio gets killed by Tybalt, Romeo avenges him... then Mercutio comes back as a zombie axe wielding maniac who kills everyone.

Awesome!

I've had a burst of inspiration for a final act. Basically, axe wielding maniac zombie Mercutio has killed everybody except Romeo and Juliet and they have to fight off all the zombies with some laser rifles they found. After a massive fight with zombie Mercutio (who is now 900ft tall and breathes fire) they manage to kill him.. but then it turns out that Romeo was actually a zombie wearing his skin! Then him and Juliet have a samurai swordfight, Juliet wins and she goes off with Paris (played by Chicken pi).

Anyone want to buy the movie rights?

I've got a novel interpretation of Macbeth if anyone wants to hear it...



Sorry, I appear to have stopped this thread in it's tracks. :(

I call role of Lady Montague. ^_^

I've had a burst of inspiration for a final act. Basically, axe wielding maniac zombie Mercutio has killed everybody except Romeo and Juliet and they have to fight off all the zombies with some laser rifles they found. After a massive fight with zombie Mercutio (who is now 900ft tall and breathes fire) they manage to kill him.. but then it turns out that Romeo was actually a zombie wearing his skin! Then him and Juliet have a samurai swordfight, Juliet wins and she goes off with Paris (played by Chicken pi).

Anyone want to buy the movie rights?

Souns entertaining. This thread is dead anyway. I claim the role of Benvolio then.

Souns entertaining. This thread is dead anyway. I claim the role of Benvolio then.

Only if I get to be robot Godzilla.

Only if I get to be robot Godzilla.

Ok, a robot Godzilla Paris, an axe-wielding zombie Mercutio, samurai Juliet, and a zombie samurai Romeo. I guess I will be the pirate king Benvolio.

Can I have the role of the surly popcorn vendor down in the lobby?

Can I have the role of the surly popcorn vendor down in the lobby?

Only if you do it surly enough.

Can I have the role of the surly popcorn vendor down in the lobby?

Nah, you'll have to do the lighting and operate Benvolio's flying pirate ship.

So, who will play Lord Capulet, the tough New York detective just tryin' to make a difference?

I think we should do the Peter Griffin version of The King and I.

I think we should do the Peter Griffin version of The King and I.

A comedy version, you mean? I just checked out Peter Griffin on the imdb.
So, would we have Weird Al Yankovich or The Wurzels doing the musical score?

I've had a burst of inspiration for a final act. Basically, axe wielding maniac zombie Mercutio has killed everybody except Romeo and Juliet and they have to fight off all the zombies with some laser rifles they found. After a massive fight with zombie Mercutio (who is now 900ft tall and breathes fire) they manage to kill him.. but then it turns out that Romeo was actually a zombie wearing his skin! Then him and Juliet have a samurai swordfight, Juliet wins and she goes off with Paris (played by Chicken pi).

Anyone want to buy the movie rights?
wait... where does the cannibal fit into this?

A comedy version, you mean? I just checked out Peter Griffin on the imdb.
So, would we have Weird Al Yankovich or The Wurzels doing the musical score?

Comedy? This is a serious piece of art gentlemen. I will not have a dead artform ruin my vision.

Now, about Lord Capulet: the dectective thing works but we need to work in somehow that he had a partner that died right before his last day on the job.

wait... where does the cannibal fit into this?

You could be Tybalt the cannibal.

*sigh*

Shakespeare obviously didn't really think enough about this kind of stuff when he wrote Romeo and Juliet did he?
So Tybalt will be Lord Capulet's cannibal partner who was killed by Romeo in vengeance for killing zombie Mercutio (before he was a zombie, obviously). Then of course, Romeo and Juliet fight 900ft tall fire breathing zombie Mercutio with their laser rifles which were actually provided by Benvolio the pirate king. While they are doing this, Lord Capulet the tough New York City cop is hunting Romeo down to avenge his partner (goddammit, he'd just bought that little place in The Bahamas he'd always dreamed about) and walks in on them just as the samurai swordfight between Romeo (who is actually a zombie) and Juliet is taking place, just as zombie Romeo's got her cornered. He blows him away with his trusty Smith and Wesson and Lord Capulet, Juliet and Paris fly away into the sunset on Benvolio's flying pirate ship. There will also be a running joke about how "Benvolio" is pronounced and a comic subplot in which Paris tries and fails to build a speedboat.

This literature lark is a piece of cake, isn't it!

You could be Tybalt the cannibal.
YEAH!!!

*starts gnawing on romeos left leg*

*sigh*

Shakespeare obviously didn't really think enough about this kind of stuff when he wrote Romeo and Juliet did he?
So Tybalt will be Lord Capulet's cannibal partner who was killed by Romeo in vengeance for killing zombie Mercutio (before he was a zombie, obviously). Then of course, Romeo and Juliet fight 900ft tall fire breathing zombie Mercutio with their laser rifles which were actually provided by Benvolio the pirate king. While they are doing this, Lord Capulet the tough New York City cop is hunting Romeo down to avenge his partner (goddammit, he'd just bought that little place in The Bahamas he'd always dreamed about) and walks in on them just as the samurai swordfight between Romeo (who is actually a zombie) and Juliet, just as zombie Romeo's got her cornered. He blows him away with his trusty Smith and Wesson and Lord Capulet, Juliet and Paris fly away into the sunset on Benvolio's flying pirate ship. There will also be a running joke about how "Benvolio" is pronounced and a comic subplot in which Paris tries and fails to build a speedboat.

This literature lark is a piece of cake, isn't it!

I like it.

Hmmmm. Still got a few characters to write in yet...

*yawn*
I'm off to bed. See ya!

Hmmmm. Still got a few characters to write in yet...

*yawn*
I'm off to bed. See ya!

We have four characters left to work in:
Lady Capulet-
Lord Montague-
Lady Montague- Kryozerkia
Nurse-
Escalus-

So far we have these roles filled:
Romeo, the zombie samurai-
Juliet, the samurai- The fairy tinkerbelly
Mercutio, the axe-wielding zombie- Refused Party Program
Benvolio, the pirate king- Los Banditos
Lord Capulet, the NY detective-
Tybalt, the cannibal- Lapse
Paris, the robot Godzilla- Chicken pi
The Friar with a shady past and a secret to tell- Actual Thinkers
The Extra- The Imperial Navy

Surly technical work- Dobbs Town

What about the Friar? I would like to be the Friar. He sounds like fun to play.

Nooooooooo!

Do Gilmore Girls!!


I call Michele!

I call the paris

What about the Friar? I would like to be the Friar. He sounds like fun to play.

I forgot! Your in. You get to play the friar with a shady past and a secret to tell.

I call the paris

Ok, if you're Paris then I'll be Escalus the eccentric yet lovable scientist.

Come on guys, I don't want to make it all up...

How does Escalus the eccentric scientist fit in? And who is the nurse going to be?

As of now, this is how things are filled. We still have five slots to fill and four roles to describe. Any ideas?

Lady Capulet-
Lord Montague-
Lady Montague- Kryozerkia
Nurse-
Romeo, the zombie samurai-
Lord Capulet, the NY detective-
Juliet, the samurai- The fairy tinkerbelly
Mercutio, the axe-wielding zombie- Refused Party Program
Benvolio, the pirate king- Los Banditos
Tybalt, the cannibal- Lapse
Paris, the robot Godzilla- Schrandtopia
The Friar with a shady past and a secret to tell- Actual Thinkers
Escalus the eccentric yet lovable scientist- Chicken Pi
The Extra- The Imperial Navy

Surly technical work- Dobbs Town

Ok, so Escalus flies around with Benvolio the pirate king because he saved him from a rampaging flock of hummingbirds. He invents all this stuff for Benvolio. When Benvolio gives Romeo and Juliet the laser rifles to fight 900ft fire breathing zombie Mercutio, they're pissing about with all the inventions and he's like "I don't joke about my work, Romeo" (you see what I did there, huh, did you?). He's got a little jetpack, but he keeps on crashing into stuff with it.

Come on guys, I don't want to make it all up...

How does Escalus the eccentric scientist fit in? And who is the nurse going to be?


I could actually play the nurse, hah. Being in med school and all...:)

I could actually play the nurse, hah. Being in med school and all...:)

You just gave me a stroke of genius - The NHS nurse! (I'm not having a go at the NHS, it would just be a great slant on the character)

What do you think?

You just gave me a stroke of genius - The NHS nurse! (I'm not having a go at the NHS, it would just be a great slant on the character)

What do you think?

Haha, brilliant. :)

So, have we just got Lady Capulet, Lord Montague and Lady Montague to warp now?

Oh yeah, we've got to edit it all into the story, of course. Maybe we could do some kind of open air production once we've finished writing it...

I will work on this some more later. Right now I have a basketball game to go to. Go Shockers!

I had to choose a dramatic play that most people would know. So, what better drama then Romeo and Juliet should be based off of NS forum posters.

Not trying to be rude, but Romeo and Juliet is a tradgedy. A dramatic tradgedy yes, but it is well within the area of tradgedy. We should find a new play is my opionion. And while we are looking how about a NS musical. (possible thread forthcoming)

Not trying to be rude, but Romeo and Juliet is a tradgedy. A dramatic tradgedy yes, but it is well within the area of tradgedy. We should find a new play is my opionion. And while we are looking how about a NS musical. (possible thread forthcoming)
Technically, literature is broken down into three parts: stories, poetry, and drama. Drama is the part of literature that is also known as "plays." It breaks down into into both tragedy and comedy. Yes, "Romeo and Juliet" is a tragedy but it also falls under the catergory of drama.

Not trying to be rude, but Romeo and Juliet is a tradgedy. A dramatic tradgedy yes, but it is well within the area of tradgedy. We should find a new play is my opionion. And while we are looking how about a NS musical. (possible thread forthcoming)

Yeah, we could start a new thread for it and base it on the Sound of Music! The hills are alive with the sound of screaming...

Besides, what's so funny about taking the piss out of a comedy?

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so can i eat someone now?

so can i eat someone now?

Nah, only in the live performance. You can have spam in the rehearsal, if you want.