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ATTN DEVS: Suggestion: GalaxyQuest weekend

worffan101worffan101 Member Posts: 9,518 Arc User
You wouldn't have to call it that, of course, but I think that a short weekend with a lighthearted mission where your character plays a 21st-century actor who gets swept up in an intergalactic adventure would be a LOT of fun.

You could have an Omega 13 (like a Tipler Cylinder, but with a much longer cooldown because it'd be free), and a Grabthar's Hammer, and an official Mak'tar head costume option as limited-time rewards...

It'd be a whooooooooooole lot of fun. And you could shout "By Grabthar's Hammer...By the Suns of Warvan...YOU SHALL BE AVENGED!!!!!", and maybe even have that line in a VO cutscene!

C'mon, devs, what do you say? Please?
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  • sonnikkusonnikku Member Posts: 77 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    And I could have a red shirt crewman with no last name that you know is going to bite the dust or serve as cannon fodder. :P As much as I loved the movie, I'm not really sure if it could or how Cryptic could justify the development cost. They're too swamped to fix the bugs in the game as it is.
  • centersolacecentersolace Member Posts: 11,178 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Okay this would be fun.
  • worffan101worffan101 Member Posts: 9,518 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    sonnikku wrote: »
    And I could have a red shirt crewman with no last name that you know is going to bite the dust or serve as cannon fodder. :P As much as I loved the movie, I'm not really sure if it could or how Cryptic could justify the development cost. They're too swamped to fix the bugs in the game as it is.

    Maybe release it as part of a season, or for a special anniversary event?

    Just throwing ideas out to justify it...
  • sonnikkusonnikku Member Posts: 77 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    If I were a 21st century actor and I got swept up in a Star Trek future I'd probably head straight to the holo suite and not leave until it was time to go. :eek:
  • worffan101worffan101 Member Posts: 9,518 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    sonnikku wrote: »
    If I were a 21st century actor and I got swept up in a Star Trek future I'd probably head straight to the holo suite and not leave until it was time to go. :eek:

    Point, that. :D
  • platewearingbirdplatewearingbird Member Posts: 455 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Disney would have fits if the event was like what you described.
  • worffan101worffan101 Member Posts: 9,518 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Disney would have fits if the event was like what you described.

    Well, it was an idea.

    The whole point would be to have some Galaxy Quest-themed fun, and then get an official Beryllium Sphere trophy, or a Grabthar's Hammer ground weapon, or an Omega 13.

    Just a fun little event.
  • john98837john98837 Member Posts: 761 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Hmm cryptic trying to write comedy, oh yeah this will go well.
  • edgecrysgeredgecrysger Member Posts: 2,740 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Okay this would be fun.

    That's the reason this will never happen. :mad:
  • rinksterrinkster Member Posts: 3,549 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    worffan101 wrote: »
    You wouldn't have to call it that, of course, but I think that a short weekend with a lighthearted mission where your character plays a 21st-century actor who gets swept up in an intergalactic adventure would be a LOT of fun.

    You could have an Omega 13 (like a Tipler Cylinder, but with a much longer cooldown because it'd be free), and a Grabthar's Hammer, and an official Mak'tar head costume option as limited-time rewards...

    It'd be a whooooooooooole lot of fun. And you could shout "By Grabthar's Hammer...By the Suns of Warvan...YOU SHALL BE AVENGED!!!!!", and maybe even have that line in a VO cutscene!

    C'mon, devs, what do you say? Please?

    One of my favourite movies.

    I doubt they'd be able to get the rights, but it would be every kind of awesome if they could.
  • aloishammeraloishammer Member Posts: 3,294 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    john98837 wrote: »
    Hmm cryptic trying to write comedy, oh yeah this will go well.

    Give them a couple of hard-and-fast rules, and outside that tell them to make it "really serious." Rest assured, you'll end up with comedy. ;)
  • swamarianswamarian Member Posts: 1,506 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    The obvious problem is that CBS (and by extension Cryptic) doesn't have rights to Galaxy Quest. Might as well try to do a Redshirts weekend, because Scalzi'd probably let them have rights for a lot less. (Mission objective: Try not to die!)

    (Fun fact:There were a couple of short stories about the Trek actors and characters swapping places in the New Voyages anthologies in the late 70s/early 80s.)
  • worffan101worffan101 Member Posts: 9,518 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    swamarian wrote: »
    The obvious problem is that CBS (and by extension Cryptic) doesn't have rights to Galaxy Quest. Might as well try to do a Redshirts weekend, because Scalzi'd probably let them have rights for a lot less. (Mission objective: Try not to die!)

    (Fun fact:There were a couple of short stories about the Trek actors and characters swapping places in the New Voyages anthologies in the late 70s/early 80s.)

    I actually know a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy who works for John Scalzi's editor. I also comment on Scalzi's blog sometimes. He finds me mildly amusing.

    Knowing Scalzi, he'd probably let Cryptic have the rights, at least temporarily, for maybe 50 grand, if that much.

    He's got a bunch of books coming out soon, so he's not really financially strapped for cash. And even if he WERE strapped for cash, he's best buddies with Brandon Sanderson, who has like 5 Hugos and is stupidly popular for his awesomeness.
  • drogyn1701drogyn1701 Member Posts: 3,606 Media Corps
    edited April 2014
    I have a standard line I like to say when things like this come up:
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  • berginsbergins Member Posts: 3,454 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    worffan101 wrote: »
    ...VO cutscene!...
    For the VO work, can we get that dour British guy? What's his name, he played a dour British widower in "Love Actually"...

    Alan Rickman
    "Logic is a little tweeting bird chirping in a meadow. Logic is a wreath of pretty flowers which smell BAD." - Spock
  • tyranthraxisiityranthraxisii Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    That's the reason this will never happen. :mad:

    Actually your wrong, you'll just have to grind it 143 times.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=TREQGl54BU8&feature=endscreen
    I thought WoW's forums had angry elitist snobs, but I never could have imagined the level STO forums has.:confused:
  • rinksterrinkster Member Posts: 3,549 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    bergins wrote: »
    For the VO work, can we get that dour British guy? What's his name, he played a dour British widower in "Love Actually"...

    Alan Rickman

    And you get a brownie point for not knowing him as Snape.


    I met him once at a train station. He was surprisingly charming, friendly and approachable.
  • worffan101worffan101 Member Posts: 9,518 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    rinkster wrote: »
    And you get a brownie point for not knowing him as Snape.


    I met him once at a train station. He was surprisingly charming, friendly and approachable.

    Alan Rickman is a really cool dude, and a great actor.

    He was a fantastic Snape, though I preferred him in "Sense & Sensibility", as the older but honorable suitor whose name I can never remember.
  • thecosmic1thecosmic1 Member Posts: 9,365 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    worffan101 wrote: »
    Alan Rickman is a really cool dude, and a great actor.

    He was a fantastic Snape, though I preferred him in "Sense & Sensibility", as the older but honorable suitor whose name I can never remember.
    Christopher Brandon. :)
    STO is about my Liberated Borg Federation Captain with his Breen 1st Officer, Jem'Hadar Tactical Officer, Liberated Borg Engineering Officer, Android Ops Officer, Photonic Science Officer, Gorn Science Officer, and Reman Medical Officer jumping into their Jem'Hadar Carrier and flying off to do missions for the new Romulan Empire. But for some players allowing a T5 Connie to be used breaks the canon in the game.
  • worffan101worffan101 Member Posts: 9,518 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    thecosmic1 wrote: »
    Christopher Brandon. :)

    Boom. Thanks!
  • neomodiousneomodious Member Posts: 428 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Start working on a foundry series... Then release it next April 1th.:D
  • annemarie30annemarie30 Member Posts: 2,745 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Alan Rickman will always be Hans Gruber...
    We Want Vic Fontaine
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