The Paperclip Kids - Idea for a TV Series?

[Naga_Fireball]

Aerospace experts who defected to USA post WWII


Terrible damn title, i know.

But I was thinking about how powerful films are, in terms of inspiring the masses. Books and such are one thing, but for some people, nothing compares to the next "episode" of a favorite program.


Stranger than fiction is normal at Wewelsburg castle.

I think it would be amazing to write a story for a tv series, maybe Netflix or HBO, about the creepy fucking research that went down during world war 2 and of course during the fugly mccarthy era and onward.. mkay. Lol. ; (


You're better off not knowing.

But i guess the point of it would be, the Germans had used an algorithm of some kind coupled with family tree charts or the like, to tag genes that code for superhuman abilities.


Think "Akira" but with a meaner focus!

But unlike Heroes and other such shows where there's this huge group of locals who all happen to develop paranormal abilities together, lol, in our series the cases or subjects would be quite few and far between.


A derelict facility like any other?

I think working in an element where elitist families, noble families, people who can be blackmailed because of military history, etc etc politician's kids, are selected for this creepy genetic enhancement program would appeal to modern entertainment tastes, and it makes sense because classism provides a natural barrier between subjects that is highly convenient to the government.


WWII era IBM punch card technology

Throw in some cults, some national security cretins, and lots of mad scientists and i think we'd have a really amazing show.

Oh man and if you threw vaccines into it and made them a plot element along with this Expressed Sequence Tagging technology developed by the Nazis, people would riot.


Big Brother knows if you've been naughty or nice...

I mean the pilot would be shot down, show would not run, but God damn it would be an interesting show.


Daredevil's Elektra, simply a cut above.

Oh wait.

There's a good reason to do a show like this... we can talk about WWII issues and Hitler won't even be a minor character. Better if he cameos, if that. Would be hugely creepy.

It would be scary and kind of cool to suggest toward the end of the war, they had so many projects running that he couldn't be bothered, etc lol. Eek.

[Naga_Fireball]

Lol you could go so many directions with this. Like, the project remains secret and the subjects become heads of state and billionaires etc.

Or an alternate reality, the program is discovered by socialists or something during a govt coup and they have to cooperate to survive lol corny.

Another idea from one of my shelved concepts is, there are multiple series of subjects, improved each generation. But ofc as they age the older subjects get more powerful etc. The originals would be called something short but descriptive like The Protos, as in Prototype, and the clones and offshoots of those would be the Casts and typically under total govt control etc.

Of course the govt woukd be constantly trying to develop new Protos in secret, and of course the old gen would try to find them haha.

Scary shit.

P.s. anyone else devastated by Ezekiel Moss not happening? i didnt even know about it til Philip Hoffman was gone.

[Naga_Fireball]

Ok lmao. I have a character idea. Now, to make a good show, these guys gotta be realistic. But based on some odd experience taking tests. We definitely need a character, doesn't matter what gender really, probably a girl though.


The quiet girl



Her primary ability is that when she's in a room full of people, depending on the task and the mood, she's able to literally harness the group think or Tau and put together a very complete picture. Unfortunately concentrating on doing it "better" makes it impossibly difficult to channel at all. So this character is literally at her most powerful when she doesn't know what's going on.

She can often do inexplicable things like winning a competitive video game on the first try, following through with complicated tumbling routines, and opening a book to exactly the right page. Also she is plagued by receiving letters from a specific old auntie within only a few days of mailing the original letter, ie simultaneous correspondence.

It would be a thing of very limited usefulness until she meets up with the Others.

[Naga_Fireball]

The Boy Who Can Find Anybody



Another very interesting idea is that of quantum physics experiments. For instance, DNA and energy signatures. Imagine a person who after some geography training, can pick up a lock of hair or a photograph of a specific person and tell exactly where that person is, and in what emotional state.

Edit: wait, they did this character in heroes. Crap. It was a little girl who dowsed maps. Lol

[Naga_Fireball]

The girl who talks to animals



This goes wayyyy beyond training, because for whatever reason, the animals dig her. And it's not because she trains them. It's because she shares chemistry with them and is able to sense their needs, along with their ups and downs, all without uttering a peep actually.

But the girl who talks to animals sounds better than, for instance, the girl who is followed by multitudes of animals on Facebook, etc.

[Naga_Fireball]

The boy who senses earthquakes.



But of course no one listens to him.
Because "our agencies use the scientific method"

[Naga_Fireball]

The girl who can out drive anyone.



This chic is a real ball of fire waiting to blow. But it seems that no matter how hairy the vehicular situation, she manages to pull through it not only alive but ahead by a full length.

And if your car outclasses hers? She's not above fighting dirty, or coming back for a rematch...

[Naga_Fireball]

The Boy Who Can't Forget



Move over, expert witness, because you've got nothing on Mr Eidetic. Like innocent children trapped in the clutches of some twisted Snow Queen's magic mirror, this poor fellow instantly memorizes anything he sees. And there seems to be no limit to the depth of the rabbit hole.