Something.... "evil" ?

[robinbloke]

Lets face it, there is very little on TV these days that is worth watching; most of it is sensationalistic crud that makes your mind melt and offers all the entertainment value of paint drying.

What we need is some new concepts and ideas for programs, here's mine.

EVIL LAIR

You've likely seen at least one film or movie where the evil villain has a "secret lair", but just how practical is such a lair?
This series would be dedicated first to examining impressive evil lairs from history where Tyrants have wielded their fists of iron and bend hordes of people to their will.
But more importantly it would show you just what you might need for your own evil lair, for all the classic ones; From abandoned oil rigs to hollowed out mountainsides (preferably with a volcano) to skyscraper penthouses, plus the costs and risks and requirements for such a lair.
Pricetag is likely to be the main issue here, sections on goon recruitments and loyal goons from history would also be covered.

BUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAA!

Comments

I love it!

[whotheheckami.livejournal.com]

That is actually worth following up as a treatment. Might one suggest you copyright your post and threaten ant plagiarist with a good Muhahahahaha! But don't monologue ;@)

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

That would rock.

Hm, how about Goonstarz?
A panel of super villains judge the ability and willingness to follow orders, to sacrifice oneself for the Greater Good, to feed the sharks without dying, to empty whole magazines on full auto without hitting a single good guy etc. The winner gets a lifetime contract with one of the villains.

BTW, infos about hurdy-gurdies and James Brown tickets here.

Lifetime contract

[sarah-mum.livejournal.com]

That sound OK at first, but evil hench-goons, like Star Trek Redshirts, have an astonishingly short life expectancy.

Re: Lifetime contract

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Well, yes. Nobody said anything about who long the life would last. ;o)

[http://users.livejournal.com/_stormknight_/]

Hmmm .... historical and movie villains, one presumes?

So, who would present such a show? Of late, it would seem to be the sort of show they would get Jeremy Clarkson or Johnny Vaughn in for.

My preference would have to be for someone liek Sean Connery. #;)

[robinbloke.livejournal.com]

Good call!

[ex-lark-asc.livejournal.com]

SOunds very watchable :)

[robinbloke.livejournal.com]

Finished it :)

[robinbloke.livejournal.com]

My favourite of theirs; which they sadly didn't do at the gig, but it was still great.

[notintheseheels.livejournal.com]

(Read that first as evil liar).

And obviously you'd have to present it.

[lsur.livejournal.com]

Didn't Lloyd Grossman do something similar? 'Through the Keyhole' or something. You had to guess who lived in a celebrity house.

[dave-knight.livejournal.com]

no, you'd need like, an evil lair makeover show, where they hire Bob Villa or someone to rennovate the lair

this would include removing all of the "one touch red button self destruct" devices, replacing them with something a little more sophisticated, and upgrading the computers to that typing "give me the secret plans to world domination" will wipe the hard drive, instead of coughing up said secret plans.

[sarah-mum.livejournal.com]

Suggested titles :"Though the Volvano-Hole" or perhaps "Pimp my EvilHQ" with handy hints on exactly which petshops sell sharks with frikin' laser beams on their heads.

a few fundamental design hints (Fung Shw-evil?) here - http://www.eviloverlord.com/lists/overlord.html