Post by Thor Laserpunch on Apr 9, 2018 20:04:39 GMT -6
An explanation:
Indian in the Cupboard is a movie. A book first, but I didn't read the book.
Anyhoo, in this movie, this goofy brat is gifted a magical antique box (the so-called cupboard) and a plastic Indian warrior. He puts the genocide victim figure in the cupboard, locks it up, and presto, the Indian comes to life. So it's a an actual Indian ripped from times past, in his normal fleshy body, but in whatever scale the plastic figure was. So then some other guys get put in the cupboard like a cowboy, and an army medic, and Darth Vader, Robocop, Quark and a Cardassian from Deep Space 9, and a T. Rex.
Desert Island Discs is a radio show wherein interesting guests are asked which 8 albums they'd take with them if they were stranded on a deserted island with a device that could play said music on its own power for the hypothetical castaway. Fun times.
So combining the two: The premise is that you are a castaway on a deserted island with the Indian in the Cupboard cupboard and 8 action figures of your choosing (or perhaps any sort of representation of a character up to, let's say, 8") that you could conceivably purchase or otherwise obtain in the real world. So who do you choose?
Things to keep in mind:
Whatever figure you choose to put in the cupboard actually comes to life. It is a free-willed individual and he is not beholden to you as his master and may not even wanna hang out--hell, he could be out to get you--though he is appropriately small enough that you could kick its ass. Probably. You may be able to finagle, charm, scare, or physically force him into doing what you want though. Since it does have that size limitation, that also limits the amount of gross stuff you could do with it, you pervert.
Whatever figure you put in is presumably plucked from his or her own plane of existence as part of it coming to life and that character will likely be confused and possibly angry. It pretty much depends on the character as to what the disposition will be like. Perhaps some personal responsibility is in order, though that is ultimately your call.
Whatever goes in presumably comes to life with fully functional gear and whatever traits and talents that character would generally be portrayed as having are in play. For instance, if you put a GI Joe in, the entrenching tool on his backpack becomes a functional item as do grenades, knives, etc. sculpted on his person. As another example, Apocalypse has rather expansive powers and still would even at a tiny size, while Ant-Man's powers would scale with him (he'd have the same abilities but get smaller). Figures representing a specific look for a character present all the attributes of that version of the character. Spider-Man from the Sam Raimi movies would be able to actually shoot organic webbing from his wrists without the need of his shooters. TDKR Batman would be a brooding lummox.
SOOOOO here's my 8 Desert Island Indian in the Cupboard figures:
1) R2-D2
R2 would be a pretty sweet alternative to a Swiss Army Knife with all his gizmos and such. Plus he can jet boost across small chasms and such. Could come in handy! I also wonder if he can stream some porn on his holoprojector, hmmm...
2) Food Fighters Private Pizza
I will gladly pluck Private Pizza from a hellishly demented universe where processed junk food items wage war on each other in egg carton tanks. I will then eat his delicious flesh.
3) Playmates Ambassador Spock
This is the old Star Trek: TNG Spock who is at high levels of experience and knowledge. He can fashion a TV out of coconuts or basically whatever the Professor from Gilligan's Island did, but better and without hogging the attention of all the eligible females... which there aren't any anyway cuz it's a deserted island, so I'm not even sure why I mentioned it.
4) Pee-Wee's Playhouse Magic Screen
This works on several levels because she's a super friendly companion and also shows videos!
...um, cat videos!
5) GI Joe Headman
Cuz I'm tryna get a buzz on. Hook me up.
6) Mr. Fantastic
Much like R2-D2, he has tons of built-in usefulness--he can be a belt, dental floss, a strap for my Ray-Bans, European swimwear. The only limit is my imagination! I always thought he was kinda a douche, so maybe he can be a thong on taco Tuesdays. Yeah, there's tacos on the island. I forgot to mention that.
7) Invisible Woman
Partially to break up the sausagefest, plus I need to keep her under lock and key so I can use her as insurance so that Reed Richards does what I need.
8) Conan the Barbarian
I think I can get him to wrassle up a nice wild boar to barbecue on a regular basis. He can also keep the area clear of snakes, tarantulas, scorpions, that sorta thing.
Ok, your turn.
Indian in the Cupboard is a movie. A book first, but I didn't read the book.
Anyhoo, in this movie, this goofy brat is gifted a magical antique box (the so-called cupboard) and a plastic Indian warrior. He puts the genocide victim figure in the cupboard, locks it up, and presto, the Indian comes to life. So it's a an actual Indian ripped from times past, in his normal fleshy body, but in whatever scale the plastic figure was. So then some other guys get put in the cupboard like a cowboy, and an army medic, and Darth Vader, Robocop, Quark and a Cardassian from Deep Space 9, and a T. Rex.
Desert Island Discs is a radio show wherein interesting guests are asked which 8 albums they'd take with them if they were stranded on a deserted island with a device that could play said music on its own power for the hypothetical castaway. Fun times.
So combining the two: The premise is that you are a castaway on a deserted island with the Indian in the Cupboard cupboard and 8 action figures of your choosing (or perhaps any sort of representation of a character up to, let's say, 8") that you could conceivably purchase or otherwise obtain in the real world. So who do you choose?
Things to keep in mind:
Whatever figure you choose to put in the cupboard actually comes to life. It is a free-willed individual and he is not beholden to you as his master and may not even wanna hang out--hell, he could be out to get you--though he is appropriately small enough that you could kick its ass. Probably. You may be able to finagle, charm, scare, or physically force him into doing what you want though. Since it does have that size limitation, that also limits the amount of gross stuff you could do with it, you pervert.
Whatever figure you put in is presumably plucked from his or her own plane of existence as part of it coming to life and that character will likely be confused and possibly angry. It pretty much depends on the character as to what the disposition will be like. Perhaps some personal responsibility is in order, though that is ultimately your call.
Whatever goes in presumably comes to life with fully functional gear and whatever traits and talents that character would generally be portrayed as having are in play. For instance, if you put a GI Joe in, the entrenching tool on his backpack becomes a functional item as do grenades, knives, etc. sculpted on his person. As another example, Apocalypse has rather expansive powers and still would even at a tiny size, while Ant-Man's powers would scale with him (he'd have the same abilities but get smaller). Figures representing a specific look for a character present all the attributes of that version of the character. Spider-Man from the Sam Raimi movies would be able to actually shoot organic webbing from his wrists without the need of his shooters. TDKR Batman would be a brooding lummox.
SOOOOO here's my 8 Desert Island Indian in the Cupboard figures:
1) R2-D2
R2 would be a pretty sweet alternative to a Swiss Army Knife with all his gizmos and such. Plus he can jet boost across small chasms and such. Could come in handy! I also wonder if he can stream some porn on his holoprojector, hmmm...
2) Food Fighters Private Pizza
I will gladly pluck Private Pizza from a hellishly demented universe where processed junk food items wage war on each other in egg carton tanks. I will then eat his delicious flesh.
3) Playmates Ambassador Spock
This is the old Star Trek: TNG Spock who is at high levels of experience and knowledge. He can fashion a TV out of coconuts or basically whatever the Professor from Gilligan's Island did, but better and without hogging the attention of all the eligible females... which there aren't any anyway cuz it's a deserted island, so I'm not even sure why I mentioned it.
4) Pee-Wee's Playhouse Magic Screen
This works on several levels because she's a super friendly companion and also shows videos!
...um, cat videos!
5) GI Joe Headman
Cuz I'm tryna get a buzz on. Hook me up.
6) Mr. Fantastic
Much like R2-D2, he has tons of built-in usefulness--he can be a belt, dental floss, a strap for my Ray-Bans, European swimwear. The only limit is my imagination! I always thought he was kinda a douche, so maybe he can be a thong on taco Tuesdays. Yeah, there's tacos on the island. I forgot to mention that.
7) Invisible Woman
Partially to break up the sausagefest, plus I need to keep her under lock and key so I can use her as insurance so that Reed Richards does what I need.
8) Conan the Barbarian
I think I can get him to wrassle up a nice wild boar to barbecue on a regular basis. He can also keep the area clear of snakes, tarantulas, scorpions, that sorta thing.
Ok, your turn.
