Well I was sick most of last week so there’s not much else to say.
Hopefully the next proof of the book is the last so I can consider it formatted, then I can set everything up for the final big release! I do plan to do an online release party when I have time, so stay tuned.
Until then, back at it . . .
- Steven Savage
I like the idea of Gotham: really a young Jim Gordon who’s life intersects with future superheroes (Batman in the form of a bereaved Bruce Wayne) and super villains (everyone else). The basic idea is intriguing, though the implementation would be challenging, and the initial script sounds pretty dismal. Also I wonder how long it could be done legitimately without running out of ideas or going in circles.
Besides, we’ve done a lot with the heroes. So let me suggest we take a tip from the success of Breaking Bad and do a show about the villains, how they came to be, and how they end up.
Yes villains. Plural.
Imagine a series of interlinked tales as we explore the lives of several villains as they come to be, interact, plot, and scheme. As they come into their own, they’re haunted by The Batman, who is almost never seen on screen, but is a shadowy presence haunting them. In a way, Batman would almost be like the stalking killer in a horror movie, a shadowy presence tormenting them and pushing them – and only later do you remember these are thieves, madmen, and murderers.
Over time they start to team up, a sort of loose alliance, filled with with friendships and rivalries, romance and unrequited love, and of course disturbing psychological problems and backstabbing. Schemes and criminal plans start, goals are pursued . . .
Then The Batman starts winning. Slowly, and surely one of the villains after the other are taken to Arkham or otherwise lost. Slowly their numbers dwindle, their nerves fray, betrayal, accusation, and brutal violence set in.
Finally there’s only one left. The Joker, alone, sitting in a room, abandoned by his henchmen, Harley Quinn in prison, petting one of his hyenas. Then there’s the sound of a man walking into the room, and his shadow is like that of a bat. The Joker, tired, beaten, exhausted, looks up, smiles, and simply asks “What took you so long?”
Series ends.
- Steven Savage
There’s so many geeky properties coming out in film and TV and games that when someone says “oh, that won’t work as a movie” or something it sounds weird. For the gods’s sake Peter Dinklage is THE fantasy hero and Marvel is giving us an uplifted Racoon with a machine gun who rides a sentient tree. Make no assumptions (except that Peter Dinklage is an incredible talent).
So in honor of an “un-adaptable” geek movie let me add this intro as how I’d do this particular property . . .
Some of us stand guard over the gates of Hell.
For some people they seem something horrible and all their ideas of reality break and they have to do something. Others they get recruited because some of us know they can take it. People like me, well, it’s a family business.
I deal with things no one wants to talk about, things we can’t talk about, echoes in the dark and things out of horror novels. My dad did it for decades, paid the price, and got out. My grandfather, well, he’s why my dad and I do what we do, because he didn’t ask for it, but he did his duty when the time came.
It goes back to World War II. Bad times and horrible things, but so much more horrible than most people know. People talk about it a bit, but not much, but around the edges the stories leak out; dark technology, corpse-eating creatures on the battlefields, human sacrifice, and far more. My grandfather stumbled into it by accident, which is a family trait to be fair.
So he started to solve things. He got good at solving things even if it required shooting people or things that were once people between the eyes, which was admittedly his preferred method. He and some of his mates, they got sent after things that didn’t wear a helmet or carry a gun, or whose uniform was a human face. Most of his old gang is gone now, and those that are alive, it does’t seem very natural.
It was hard on him. Hard on them. It took its toll. Until he met The Angel.
He talks about The Angel now and then, but only to a few of us. Hope and someone to fight with. Something that made him believe. Someone who was there in the midst of it all, all the blood and the terror and the wrongness.
The Angel is what kept him sane. Kept him alive. The Angel helped him and others, so many others, slam shut the gates of Hell.
That was decades ago. Grampa is gone and the notes people knew about confiscated and people would like to forget. Dad didn’t forget. I didn’t.
Only now . . .
See The Angel had a daughter. She’s here now. Somethings going to go wrong, something bad is happening.
It’s time for me to take my turn guarding the gates of Hell.
I always knew this would happen since I saw those notes in my dad’s terrible latin, all on a very poor photo.
Angeli. The Angel. Miraculum Mulier. The Wonder Woman.
Time to find her. Time to do my duty.
Steven Ezekiel Trevor III, 2014
Unfilmable? Nah. Some people need to have the courage to do it right.
Steven Savage is a Geek 2.0 writer, speaker, blogger, and job coach. He blogs on careers at http://www.musehack.com/, publishes books on career and culture at http://www.informotron.com/, and does a site of creative tools at http://www.seventhsanctum.com/. He can be reached at http://www.stevensavage.com/.
Well wish I had more to report, but last week, despite the vacation, became a real time sucker. So what’s been up?
On top of this I’m also working to finish a certification. So yeah, it’s a bit nuts, but I think I’m seeing light at the end of the tunnel.
So what’s up with me?
Steven Savage is a Geek 2.0 writer, speaker, blogger, and job coach. He blogs on careers at http://www.musehack.com/, publishes books on career and culture at http://www.informotron.com/, and does a site of creative tools at http://www.seventhsanctum.com/. He can be reached at http://www.stevensavage.com/.
Hello everyone, hope you’re all doing well. What’s up with me?
That’s all for me – what about you?
- Steven Savage
This one is a bit late, as I have been busy at work, speaking at AODSF, then getting sick. So yeah, a bit crazy.
Steven Savage is a Geek 2.0 writer, speaker, blogger, and job coach. He blogs on careers at http://www.musehack.com/, publishes books on career and culture at http://www.informotron.com/, and does a site of creative tools at http://www.seventhsanctum.com/. He can be reached at http://www.stevensavage.com/.
Been cooking my last curry variant for awhile, and it’s good enough to consider another Milestone. So here’s the summary of my experiments – I wanted to remake it a few times, and after remaking it so often without tweaking it it was like “yeah, that’s pretty good!”
So here’s the full recipe!
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Hello everyone. What’s up? Well . . . too much.
You get the idea.
Now one important thing on my next book. I’m going to take a book writing a few months both to relax and still work on that theme – geek charities/citizenship/causes isn’t quite coming together for me yet. I also am seriously thinking of rolling up past works in more accessible formats like I did to create some of my eBooks, or just make them more accessible. So consider my next plans still brewing, but no start – or stop – date yet.
Steven Savage is a Geek 2.0 writer, speaker, blogger, and job coach. He blogs on careers at http://www.musehack.com/, publishes books on career and culture at http://www.informotron.com/, and does a site of creative tools at http://www.seventhsanctum.com/. He can be reached at http://www.stevensavage.com/.
Recently I looked at my cooking (and yes, I need to post more on it) and realized my Tex-mex and Mediterranean kick had gone a bit far. So I decided it was time to start diversifying – and as I’d recently got some besan flour (chickpea flour) – also called Gram flour incase you want some – with the intention of making fritters with them. I’d tried besan fritters once before with some success, and used it in other experiments, but kind of forgot about it. It’s actually a very popular ingredient in Indian cooking, and you can get it at any Indian market -
First results aren’t perfect, but are a darn good start. Good enough for me to post without (gasp) perfecting it!
Off the bat these are great. Each fritter is about 130 calories and 6-9 grams protein (I had trouble getting exact numbers sadly, especially on besan) – so one is a good snack and two is a good main course with some veggies, fruit, or brown rice. They reminds me a bit of okonomiyaki but lighter – which gives me plenty of ideas.
Also I tried experimentally baking some at 400 degrees. They didn’t brown as easy but held together OK. Just not sure it has the same flavor.
I plan to do some serious experimenting with these, with different veggie combos (maybe some tomatoes instead of peas, or adding some pickled ginger, maybe diced cabbage). I’m also thinking if I ditched the salt and used a tablespoon or two of low-sodium soy sauce it may be good. I might substitute vegetable broth for the water, though as I prefer to make my own I’d want to time it right. Also if I used the soy sauce and/or vegetable broth I don’t know if the lemon juice is needed.
Definitely this is added to my repertoire and is something to experiment with in the future!