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Manimal

Started by One Horse Town, June 21, 2013, 03:13:43 PM

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One Horse Town

June 21, 2013, 03:13:43 PM
Oh yes, that wonderfully short-lived hokey tv show from yesteryear.

Well, i figure that with a twist or two it might make an awesome game.

Dystopian future maybe?

Human/animal DNA splices to give humies animal characteristics in order to fight/engage in crime!

My guy is going to have chameleon skin, shark teeth and slug mucus.

Any other settings you can imagine for this?

talysman

#1
June 21, 2013, 03:44:35 PM
So you're going to cross Manimal with Dark Angel?

Bill

#2
June 21, 2013, 03:59:54 PM
Quote from: talysman;664552So you're going to cross Manimal with Dark Angel?





Rincewind1

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June 21, 2013, 04:10:43 PM
You could actually ditch the dystopia, and go for the other spectrum - animals spliced with heavy human DNA, to turn them into full on animal - human crimefighters.
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One Horse Town

#4
June 21, 2013, 04:19:16 PM
Quote from: Rincewind1;664555You could actually ditch the dystopia, and go for the other spectrum - animals spliced with heavy human DNA, to turn them into full on animal - human crimefighters.

I quite like the idea of a Shelley's Frankenstein kind of thing as well. Science run amok! Man with mandibles seen in Berkeley Square!

Kind of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen/Rippers (the Savage Worlds wotsit) thingy.

Rincewind1

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June 21, 2013, 04:26:41 PM
Quote from: One Horse Town;664556I quite like the idea of a Shelley's Frankenstein kind of thing as well. Science run amok! Man with mandibles seen in Berkeley Square!

Kind of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen/Rippers (the Savage Worlds wotsit) thingy.

Would Doctor Moreau make an appearance, then? ;). I quite like the idea as well - puts a nice spin on the superhero genre.

As said - I think you can go both with cyberpunk/dystopian approach here (insane experiments, government mad scientists splicing people to combat corporation's spliced people), as well as "4 colours" supers - with actual animals being given superpowers. I'd also say that "steampunk" or general Victorian/Early 20s setting works as well - as per Island of Doctor Moreau.
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fuseboy

#6
June 21, 2013, 04:26:47 PM
I watched this show as a kid!  Later, I realized how hilarious it is that when he changes in to a falcon, it's his hands that become the talons claws.  Presumably this means he's flapping with his legs.  That's not shown. :)

Benoist

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June 21, 2013, 04:27:24 PM
Quote from: Bill;664553
Loved that show.

jadrax

#8
June 21, 2013, 04:42:29 PM
All I really remember is that I thought the snake transformation looked really cool... and being disappointed it never seemed to show up again.

Planet Algol

#9
June 21, 2013, 05:18:31 PM
Quote from: Benoist;664560Loved that show.

Me too!
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#10
June 21, 2013, 05:20:40 PM
Does NBC know about this?

And can you recreate Misfits of Science this way?

Silverlion

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June 21, 2013, 06:49:26 PM
I had a similar idea once, but it was more a place like "Batman Beyond" in terms of city, and the last natural born animals (not in born captivity or cloned) were in a zoo, and they chose the heroes to embody their spirit--giving them the ability to do crazy martial arts and shift into animal-hybrid forms.
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June 21, 2013, 07:31:26 PM
I want to play Automan
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#13
June 21, 2013, 07:35:02 PM
Don't set it in the future...

Set it in the early 80's.

Use a pulp or very-low-powered supers system and have the players create "TV heroes" in the mold of the Six Million Dollar Man, Manimal, Michael Knight, Gemini Man, the Man from Atlantis, etc.
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June 21, 2013, 09:51:10 PM
Quote from: Benoist;664560Loved that show.

I didn't like it all that much. I think I only saw one episode, the one where he invented badger-style kung fu.

On the other hand, I kind of liked Dark Angel, which is almost exactly what the OP suggests. Although most of the gene-spliced animals -- including Jessica Alba -- look entirely human. Also, they aren't shape-shifters, like Manimal.
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