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Post by hellohello on Jan 5, 2015 16:47:28 GMT -5
Alright, so, sitting in class, not paying attention and reading shit about David Bowie, and that's when it hit me.
David Bowie semi-documentary semi-crazy bullshit.
Based off of his life, and his concept albums, primarily The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars, and Diamond Dogs,
Titled: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust
So, we talking plot, budget, actors, and soundtrack here.
Please help I've gone mad
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Post by Tribune Bolton on Jan 5, 2015 16:49:24 GMT -5
MR. HELLO I HAVE A QUESTION DOES DAVID BOWIE PLAY HIMSELF AND IS HE AN ALIEN
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Post by hellohello on Jan 5, 2015 16:51:28 GMT -5
Alright, so, I was thinking a young actor for the early life bits and such, and maybe olde Bowie as a cameo at the end.
Movie constantly cuts between the life of Ziggy Stardust (aka David Bowie), with events from both David's life and the concept albums playing out as the film goes on.
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Post by Tribune Bolton on Jan 5, 2015 16:52:57 GMT -5
WILL THERE BE FULL FRONTAL NUDITY?
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Post by Khârn on Jan 5, 2015 16:55:24 GMT -5
THIS JUST IN!
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust, a new movie starring the life experiences of David Bowie, has been announced to be in development. Though we cannot say much about the plot and casting choices, but we have had an update on the director.
Michael Bay, after receiving extremely undeserving amounts of money, will take charge of this project, and has been quoted as saying, "I can't wait to turn this into the next summer blockbuster! Maybe I can get Shia into the role of Zaggy". We will continue to update as the news roles in.
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Post by hellohello on Jan 5, 2015 16:55:26 GMT -5
Maybe, depends on the rating really.
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Post by Tribune Bolton on Jan 5, 2015 16:57:11 GMT -5
HOW MUCH COCAINE WILL THE ACTOR HAVE TO SNORT?
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Post by Residisi on Jan 5, 2015 16:57:24 GMT -5
Hello I made a trailer for your movie!
But Hollywood and Micheal Bay got their hands on it so...
Plot: Black Ops specialist David Bowie is hired to do a mission nine years after the disbandment of his Special Military Group called Diamond Dogs formed by Marc Bolan, Freddie Mercury, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and countless of other special soldiers disguised as popular singers. David Bowie accepts the job in order to find death in battle after the death of his best friend, Marc Bolan, but his mission would turn out to run even deeper than he though, deep inside his psyche and history and deep within the memories of David, Marc and the rest of the Diamond Dogs. Will David ever find out the truth of Operation: Ziggy Stardust? Will he also ever find out about the truth of Marc's death?
Oh and hello, before you ask. David Bowie did plastic surgery in this film version as a way to cope with his sins.
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Post by hellohello on Jan 5, 2015 20:26:31 GMT -5
Alright so remember when I said it would be kind of biographical?
Nah.
Fuck that.
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Post by Tribune Bolton on Jan 5, 2015 20:34:41 GMT -5
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Post by hellohello on Jan 5, 2015 20:44:20 GMT -5
Alright, so, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust, a weird stupid indie film idea by hellhello.
So, soundtrack. That's obviously the most simple one. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, and some songs from Diamond Dogs at one point.
See, I was actually reading an excerpt from the interview where David explained what the story behind RaFoZSatSfM, and it was actually very interesting. See, I'd obviously heard the album many times, but never like, actually looked up the story.
The time is five years to go before the end of the earth. It has been announced that the world will end because of lack of natural resources. Ziggy is in a position where all the kids have access to things that they thought they wanted. The older people have lost all touch with reality and the kids are left on their own to plunder anything. Ziggy was in a rock-and-roll band and the kids no longer want rock-and-roll. There's no electricity to play it. Ziggy's adviser tells him to collect news and sing it, 'cause there is no news. So Ziggy does this and there is terrible news. 'All the young dudes' is a song about this news. It's no hymn to the youth as people thought. It is completely the opposite. [...]
The end comes when the infinites arrive. They really are a black hole, but I've made them people because it would be very hard to explain a black hole on stage. [...]
Ziggy is advised in a dream by the infinites to write the coming of a Starman, so he writes 'Starman', which is the first news of hope that the people have heard. So they latch onto it immediately...The starmen that he is talking about are called the infinites, and they are black-hole jumpers. Ziggy has been talking about this amazing spaceman who will be coming down to save the earth. They arrive somewhere in Greenwich Village. They don't have a care in the world and are of no possible use to us. They just happened to stumble into our universe by black hole jumping. Their whole life is travelling from universe to universe. In the stage show, one of them resembles Brando, another one is a Black New Yorker. I even have one called Queenie, the Infinite Fox...Now Ziggy starts to believe in all this himself and thinks himself a prophet of the future starmen. He takes himself up to the incredible spiritual heights and is kept alive by his disciples. When the infinites arrive, they take bits of Ziggy to make them real because in their original state they are anti-matter and cannot exist in our world. And they tear him to pieces on stage during the song 'Rock 'n' roll suicide'. As soon as Ziggy dies on stage the infinites take his elements and make themselves visible.
This ^ is the story of Ziggy Stardust (copied from Wikipedia), and I think this would make a kickass sc-fi movie. Now, it would obviously have to be tweaked a bit, and I do have some ideas besides.
See, what I have in mind is, hold on, stay with me here, listen, HOLD ON LET ME FINISH,
A Donnie Darko-esque alternative dimensi-
WAIT! LET ME FINISH! PLEASE!!
-alternate dimensions story.
Okay, now you can leave.
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Post by hellohello on Jan 5, 2015 21:01:18 GMT -5
So, there will be three main characters, at least in my vision, David Bowie,
Ziggy Stardust, and Halloween Jack
Now, Ziggy Stardust and Halloween Jack are just Alt Universe versions of David Bowie ( obviously), and now, the ZS and HJ timelines are starting to crash together, my idea is that all versions of Bowie, including the actual one, is starting to see strange signs and messages from seemingly nowhere, especially Ziggy Stardust, who the movie is mostly about.
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Post by Tribune Bolton on Jan 5, 2015 21:02:50 GMT -5
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Post by hellohello on Jan 5, 2015 21:11:06 GMT -5
Alright, some more stuff.
David Bowie is just David Bowie.
Ziggy Stardust is an internationally known glam superstar in his timeline....so David Bowie. Except, it's in the future, and the Earth is running out of resources. Except, in his timeline, he is starting to see strange things, these things being the Infinite's (black hole jumpers made out of anti-matter) trying to communicate with him.
Halloween Jack, a character left ambiguous as to whether it's future David Bowie, future Ziggy, or just another version of David altogether. He is constantly trying to send messages to Ziggy (Jack has now replaced Ziggy's reflection) to change some 'big event'.
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Post by Tribune Bolton on Jan 5, 2015 21:15:39 GMT -5
OH MAN IS THE BIG EVENT THE APOCALYPSE AND THEN DIAMOND DOGS AND THEN GENOCIDE AND THEN POACHERS THAT HIDE BEHIND TREES
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