[Ratticis]

So I've been kicking this idea around for a while and finally decided to make it come to life. So I present for your aproval, Gimp Man, the parapalegic superhero.

Late one night Rob Ratt is working at his families hot rod shop (Ratt Rods) and decides to go for a drive. As he's crusing through the windy mountian roads he is hit by a semi carrying a load of toxic waste and becomes paralyzed (T5). Over the course of his time in rehab he also discoveres he has superpowers, despite still being paralyzed. He can fly, though his legs just kinda hang there, has super human strength, at least in his upper body. He mostly fights for gimp rights and tries to cope with his new found abbilities, as well as his disability.

His 19 year old brother, Jim Ratt, is basically a meathead with more muscle than brains and is only worried about working out, crusing, and chicks. His mother, Liz, is short, sweet, and bossy. His dad, 'Big' Bob Ratt started the hotrod shop and until his sons injury was semi-retired, though now he's in the shop a lot. Finally, Robs girlfriend, Dawn Dusk, he meets in rehab while she's there to visit her father. The only other person who know's about Robs special abilities are his rehab doctor, Dr. Gunderstien, a short, neurotic, man who's always worried about getting in trouble from his superiours.

And that's pretty much the main cast. I've got the first episode written which consists of Robs accident and starting rehab. I have the next few planed out in my head, but am working on it all the time. I'm planing to do the annimation in Blender or a simaler program. Any comments or feedback is appreciated and if anyone would like to contribute in any way (could use some talented voices) please PM me! Thanks!

[Texaswheelz]

Finally some one doing my life story in comics!

[greybeard]

Texaswheelz, on Mar 12 2010, 04:53 AM, said:

Finally some one doing my life story in comics!

You mean there's two of us!!!!!!?????

[Kodie]

That sounds like it's gonna be a very good series! I would definitely watch (or read. especially if it's comic book style!) something like that! I bet an idea like that could really go big! You should pitch it to someone in Hollywood.

[Ratticis]

actually, the idea began forming a while back when I read aboud a contest held by a cartoon network looking for a new show. If they hold this contest again, I'll be ready! Mind you, with some of the crap on TV lately, I might have a shot anyway

[dangerousdave]

Can't wait for the episode where Gimp Man meets Ganga Man at a Mounte Lodge meeting in the wilderness of Alberta plant land

Go for it

[Karl187]

Sounds interesting. What sort of voices do you need?

[Denny]

umm.. interesting, does he fly one sitting on wheelchair or wheelchair powered with Jet? and does he wear underwear over trousers like superman? Trying to imagine your hero character

Sounds a great idea

[zuzi]

My son often calls himself SuperCrip~

[Tetracyclone]

Ratt,

This is a super idea. If you are going to do a sound track my friend has been working on hers for a talking book for a year and it is awsome, but he learning curve is time-consuming. If you need to consult I could put you in touch with her.

Can Rob Rat were nappies sometimes? Super gimp costume could be that bulked up bare chest, one nipple ring, nappies, and spindly legs. No doubt he will ride in a chair rod. Sometime in the future he might run into Tetracyclone, the deranged super Quad with titanium shell, like egg shell, that glides along on a forced air cushion powered by her own big mouth, occasionally turbo powered with those endless farts of hers.

[mcferguson]

Denny, on Mar 12 2010, 06:01 AM, said:

umm.. interesting, does he fly one sitting on wheelchair or wheelchair powered with Jet? and does he wear underwear over trousers like superman? Trying to imagine your hero character

Sounds a great idea

Maybe he doesn't need a wheelchair because he can fly everywhere.

[dancin' johnny]

Every superhero needs a nemesis, how about a similar but dark superhero with a substance that could cure him and thus remove his powers?
Perhaps being in close proximity to this substance could create an internal struggle in Gimp man's mind and render him over optomistic about his imminent future!

[Apparelyzed]

Just remember, "Gimp" mean's something totally different outside the disabled community!

Still gives me visions of Pulp Fiction!

Simon

[Ratticis]

Hmm, I'm having a tough time deciding if it's better that he fly and have his lags dangle behind him or if its better to always have him in the chair and risk being thwarted by a set of stairs . . .

[DaveP]

An ex-Army friend of mine is a double amputee and does stunt work in films, like getting his legs blown off, etc. Rather than having Stunt Man on the back of his shirt, he has Stump Man!

Maybe your guy can have no legs and you can call him Stump Man...

[mcferguson]

Ratticis, on Mar 12 2010, 10:33 AM, said:

Hmm, I'm having a tough time deciding if it's better that he fly and have his lags dangle behind him or if its better to always have him in the chair and risk being thwarted by a set of stairs . . .

Maybe let his flying power be limited so he would need to be in a chair most of the time. He could always fly up the stairs, but he would have to be seatbelted to his chair or he would fly and the chair be at the bottom of the stairs.

[mcferguson]

This got me to thinking, what would be the best superpower for a para/quad?

I think it would be telekinesis, that way they could use their powers to move their limbs. I bet with practice they could move fairly normally.

[Tetracyclone]

mcferguson, on Mar 12 2010, 02:05 PM, said:

This got me to thinking, what would be the best superpower for a para/quad?

I think it would be telekinesis, that way they could use their powers to move their limbs. I bet with practice they could move fairly normally.

It cannot be much more difficult than learning to use your astral body. Who remembers Dr. Strange?

[qbounce]

Surely tights aren't the best clothing to wear for cathing purposes.

Some sort of spazmatic gun would be cool, and the ability to turn stairs into flat pathways, priceless.

I see more of a spoof than anything else. "IN LIVING COLOR's" Damon Wyans already did a movie on a disabled guy called "Handi-Man" in the 90's.

This post has been edited by qbounce: 12 March 2010 - 07:52 PM

[S&W Winger]

Truly, an excellent idea...hope you go forward with it...

How about Crip Man, Cripp Man or even Cryp Man (cryptic connotations/innuendo), if Gimp resonates too with Pulp Fiction?

Perhaps, instead of the powers simply emanating only from within his body, maybe he gets a wheelchair of certain metals, which interact/react with his enlightened state of being/body changes, thus giving him the superpowers including the ability to fly? [maybe throw in one too many CT scans...radiation was a frequent source of superpowers in lit...e.g. Spiderman]...This would lead then to his nemesis' discovery (as in Kryptonite/Superman), and an ever raging battle to knock him from his chair...

Also, as noted regarding the learning curve on DYI projects...perhaps, as you have the first episode written, present it to various media for possible backing?

You mentioned animating it yourself, your own indy film? ...don't scoff, but instead, how about returning to the origins of the genre and creating it in comic book form (along with the outline for a screenplay) then crossover/evolve series...follow with live action full length feature....think Spiderman, Superman, et al...? This way, ongoing episodes, films, and TV series...and a comic book for those aficionados...?

Unlike qbounce, I don't see this as a spoof, but as a more serious endeavor using what was once thought of as a less than elite genre that has now come of age...

This post has been edited by S&W Winger: 12 March 2010 - 08:22 PM

[qbounce]

S&W Winger, on Mar 12 2010, 01:20 PM, said:

Unlike qbounce, I don't see this as a spoof, but as a more serious endeavor using what was once thought of as a less than elite genre that has now come of age...

Unfortunately, I fear the more you portray a character such as this in a serious light, the more campy the production will turn out.

I think a more honest approach would be a documentary in the life of a real SCI person, as introduced in a rehab hospital, where the viewer can better understand what physical and occupational therapy is, and how we have to relearn everything before coming home.

Then, upon arriving homeing how friends, family, and strangers interact with someone in a wheelchair, and how difficult it is for the new SCI person, who wants nothing more than to be treated as normal.

Think back on "Murder Ball" and how Mark Zupan was portrayed. Was he not viewed as a kind of real life Super Hero? He was to me.

Now, watch Handi-Man and try to put him in a flying wheel chair in your mind. Do you seriouslly think this idea will be accepted by mainstream society as anything other than a spoof, or a campy take on reality? Sorry to be a downer to you believers, but I don't buy it.

[greybeard]

Q, much as I hate to burst the Rat's bubble, I'm inclined to agree with you.

[Ratticis]

Actually, that was more my original intent, so i think I'm going to scrap the whole "super hero flying crime fighter thing" and portray "Super Gimp" as a "super hero" in the light of all the crap an SCI has to deal with on a daily basis and an advocate for gimp rights. It was never ment to be a serious "Suoerman" type deal (not my stlye). Hell, I named his mother on the premis of 1 lame gag ala Sanford and Son