I'm an engineering graduate. One of the few things common to both engineering and the TV industry, I believe, is the law of action and reaction. With certain past data in your hands, you can approximate to what you're going to get in the future. I'm not against indie filmmakers; we as a group of international acting students have been part of independent projects during the NYFA workshop, the type of projects our fellow filmmaking students are most likely to follow on their career path to get their names out there. Yet this very rule of certainty - which evidently invokes its counterpart, uncertainty, is the reason big producers will approach brand new ideas with utmost reluctance. In this view, I believe one of the priorities for screenwriters (and producers) is to look back and review what works (and did work) best and push it forward.. Does it surprise anyone that there's now a fantasy series called Vikings?.. Definitely not, Conan the Barbarian was a blockbuster hit so why not bring that on TV? Then was anybody surprised that Star Trek was remade into a very successful movie series?.. following another quite successful TV reboot Battlestar Galactica? X-Files, first and best of its genre, metaphysical crime/drama/mystery, lasted for 9 seasons. Simply put, a record. People didn't find it boring or too complicated. They loved it. The law's proven correct pretty much all the time.. Now.. There is a baby boom of young craft.. There's the Computer-Generated Imagery (CGI) tech, which allows teleport any kind of fantasy / sci-fi script to the screen with minimal effort and minimized costs. And then, there are of course, great writers and directors around. I believe the spark to ignite all this potential into a big boom is the genuine idea, the object of attire for people's hearts and souls. These ideas may be crafted brand-new, or remade from originals. A classic, ever-working Hollywood trick. But there's a catch. Pay attention to who you choose to embody these ideas, for they may shine along them or sink them. And when it sinks it happens very quick. Charlie's Angels reboot was a failure because part of the cast was a huge failure. It didn't even get close to the average soap opera's ratings and went down. Returning to the pros I listed above.. there's the cast, there's the crew and the low-cost tech all ready for another flick awaiting to be reborn : Airwolf. If the mere calling of the name caused a little flame burst somewhere in your body, please go check the comments under old Airwolf vids available on Youtube, Vimeo and Hulu. The 4th element is also all too ready for confident marketization : the audience. 2 strong pillars of audience : 1) Airwolf fans from back in the 80's, namely, all the male generations starting from the 50's, who were in their 30's when Airwolf was aired and those like me who were just small kids at the time, making of Airwolf basically one of our childhood heroes; 2) A whole new, uncharted young fanbase who love action, who are so mature as to love the footage from the 80's without complaining about it and WHO WOULD LOVE THE BRAND NEW, HIGH-TECH AIRWOLF SERIES ON TV! Unless producers or casting directors make fatal mistakes such as choosing Minka Kelly as the lead angel, this dude's a winner. So, I've laid it all before you.. you've got everything you need.. I was Ari Gold, I'd do my best to make it happen. Unfortunately I'm too far away to do that! But anything is possible through the right networking techniques to bring this dream to fruition. People could organize on twitter and get some thousands of RTs or mass-tweet Universal to just consider putting this project under their "rumored" tab. Also spread a hashtag like #airwolfreboot or as I would suggest, #bringtheladyback Yes.. Let's bring the Lady back! It's not impossible. The moral of the story for screenwriters is for me to discover the treasures that are already laid before them.. Rebooting is the actual trend in Hollywood and a very good fish to catch if you desperately need one. Peace out!
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@ Andrew You can read from prior posts me and Burak debated some of the topics you brought up. In my own research I discovered the humble origins of Blue Thunder and Airwolf. Both helicopters were reg...
Expand comment@ Andrew You can read from prior posts me and Burak debated some of the topics you brought up. In my own research I discovered the humble origins of Blue Thunder and Airwolf. Both helicopters were regular working civilian helicopters dressed up to their final versions. This erases some of the financial difficulties. It now becomes a task of a set designer to re-envision some production model into something 30 years more advanced while still being air worthy. The biggest hook of the show was practical effects. Any CGI helicopter footage will equal a short series run. Although I didn't take the current stake of Superheros on tv and the big screen, that particular genre is reaching a point of saturation. And yes Airwolf would have to be very relevant to today's world. The short jaded attention span of today's audience will have to be addressed. A reboot does have legs its just a matter of getting it airborne.
@Demiurgic Endeavors Hi, you once said Airwolf didn't meet its match, which holds correct for more than half of the episodes featuring MIG fighters and those round choppers in dogfights. So I thought...
Expand comment@Demiurgic Endeavors Hi, you once said Airwolf didn't meet its match, which holds correct for more than half of the episodes featuring MIG fighters and those round choppers in dogfights. So I thought maybe you might find this a bit interesting.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiLy7wZeqa4
I have a written scrip of airwolf 3 soldier of fortune my name is Keith Noel. apolloknight16@gmail.com