Hsifeng wrote:
ghostly1 wrote:
...Nah, I'd probably use money made from making a movie to make another movie. I mean, I've gotta have something to do with my time since I'd likely be quitting my job (though, if I could keep my winnings a secret, I'd probably keep my job. Of course, my job does not take up much of my time, so even if I had it I could probably use something else to do with my time)...
Would you like to do a series or a bunch of one-shots or some of each?
Movie-wise, I'd probably want to do one-shots, at least for my own stuff. I mean, if one of them did spectacularly well, I'd probably have ideas for a sequel, and wouldn't be opposed to doing it, but I'd probably like to do a bunch of different things. However, one of the other things I'd like to do with lots of money is try to get some adaptations of works I love going (with the philosophy of "don't screw them up just to feed my own ego", and for some of them I can see not only how they'd work, but how the sequels would too. Like, the Kovacs saga by Richard K. Morgan I could see adapting all of them (and, if the first does spectacularly well, you could get different high-profile actors for each movie, maybe even competing for the role).
So, yeah, I'd want to do some original work, in series and some adaptations. It happens in a number of books I like rereading, as I reread them for the 3rd or 4th or 7th time, while I'm enjoying the story part of my mind also goes into 'movie mode', where I imagine how you might handle certain things in a movie.
Ideally I would also want to work in the TV series format as well though, for longer form stories. The benefit of TV series is that you can assemble a writing team and let them do most of the work and just go off your basic plan!
Hsifeng wrote:
ghostly1 wrote:
...I also wouldn't mind giving away weird scholarships.
Like on this one.. The absurdity of it appeals to me. Not sure what I'd want to set the criteria at, off-hand, though. Maybe something comic related. "Self-published own comic book". Or "Can sing the lyrics to the entire Buffy musical (for duets, only one half is required)". Or participating in a peaceful demonstration for the legal rights of Artificial Intelligences (whether they exist at that point or not)...
Cool.
A student being eligible for that last one might be more likely than you think:
An ethical code to prevent humans abusing robots, and vice versa, is being drawn up by South Korea.The Robot Ethics Charter will cover standards for users and manufacturers and will be released later in 2007.
In Pictures: Robot menagerieIt is being put together by a five member team of experts that includes futurists and a science fiction writer...
...Other bodies are also thinking about the robotic future. Last year a UK government study predicted that in the next 50 years robots could demand the same rights as human beings.
The European Robotics Research Network is also drawing up a set of guidelines on the use of robots.
This ethical roadmap has been assembled by researchers who believe that robotics will soon come under the same scrutiny as disciplines such as nuclear physics and Bioengineering.
A draft of the proposals said: "In the 21st Century humanity will coexist with the first alien intelligence we have ever come into contact with - robots.
"It will be an event rich in ethical, social and economic problems."
Their proposals are expected to be issued in Rome in April...
Yeah, I honestly believe that this might be the next big transformative ethical issue humanity has to deal with, and I come down firmly on the side of the robots. I know it's probably a fair bit away, but if you don't start laying the groundwork in advance, there'll be beings who's rights are being violated while we try to catch up. So if I was going to start a scholarship, I'd like to give it to somebody else forward thinking.
