Was pondering movies that inspire me to want to write Gatch or BOTP fanfic. Pacific Rim is one for me, I can see Ken and Joe or other team combinations being in the Drift together. Another is Source Code. Especially Joe with that one since we've already seen him nearly die and become a cyborg, but again, anyone on the team could end up in that situation.

I can't pin down one or two specific movies....when I was growing up, a local independent tv station showed tons of B movies that I never learned the titles of. (And a few that I did, like "Demon Dog: Hound From Hell", and "Look What Happened To Rosemary's Baby".) I especially liked the sci-fi flicks from the 1970's -- even though about half of them had interesting concepts, there simply was no way to get past the overgenerous use of Moog synthesizers for the background music!

LOL, yeah, horror movies (even really bad ones) are full of idea fodder. Last night we watched (I swear) "Zombie Cats from Mars." I can just see the team's reaction to the awful synth music whenever they go ... "AUUUUUGH!"

Where did you find that movie, CW? It had to have been hysterical. I can't think of any movies that contributed to my BotP fanfic writing, but I can name several that led me to writing science fiction. I love Star Trek. I have all of the original series (although I haven't had a chance to watch it all). The movies were okay. The Voyage Home with the whales inspired me (the stories are all in my head and eventually will be written). I was okay with Next Generation. I loved Star Trek Enterprise (hence my fic Faith of the Heart which I still have to finish) and love the new Star Trek movies. Star Wars - can't get enough of movies 4-6 and I can't wait for the reboot (although I'm prepared to be disappointed). Any big robot movie - I also loved Pacific Rim. The premise is a little like BotP and I too, could see Ken/Joe or Mark/Jason being partners in such a situation. Isn't the girlfriend of Joe's real replacement in Gatch 2 named Mako? Joe loses Ken in a battle and Mako replaces him, eh? I loved sci-fi TV shows too. Land of the Giants, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost in Space, Space:1999, the original Battlestar Galactica, Earth II, etc. I also have to add the monster movies. Give me a few Dracula, Frankenstein, Wolfman, and Creature From the Black Lagoon and I'll be happy as a clam.

Becky: DH says he found it from his usual shady back alley sites. Here's the official trailer, looks like it was a Kickstarter project. It's awful but cute. You know me, I'd want Ken and Joe or Mark and Jason to be together. Maybe Joe's with Mako first and then Ken is her replacement, LOL. DH and I love watching horror movies, especially bad ones, hehe. Really I love a lot of genres ... science fiction, fantasy, action, comedy, etc. Sometimes I like stuff like rom-coms and sometimes I need something to make me cry. I have to confess that there's certain movies that I'll watch over and over and over ... The Hangover (which I did a BOTP version of with TJ), The 5th Element, and Pacific Rim are some of those. So are Sharknado and a lot of purposefully bad movies, hehe. Team members in something like Sharknado could be funny.

Thought of another one while channel surfing. RIPD. Can see one of them being in there. Again, the natural is Joe since he's the one who "Dies." Or maybe Ken ends up there after the end of GF! Though he seems so tired by the end he might go "I'm gonna take my chance with judgement, screw this."

Originally posted by Becky Rock Any big robot movie - I also loved Pacific Rim. The premise is a little like BotP and I too, could see Ken/Joe or Mark/Jason being partners in such a situation. Isn't the girlfriend of Joe's real replacement in Gatch 2 named Mako? Joe loses Ken in a battle and Mako replaces him, eh?

Btw, I would READ what you're proposing. Just if I would WRITE it, I'd probably want to put the Condor and Eagle together. I'm pretty flexible on what I'll read!