GBPD Blue, Giant Bomb Police Department.

#1 Edited by sthusby (383 posts) - 7 months, 26 days ago

This is my take on a Giant Bomb cop show. I know I would watch this show. I'm gonna guess 17 seasons.

I'm thinking Jeff for the dirty cop and main character. He does some quetionable stuff and claims it's every man for himself. In the end though, everything he does is for the greater good. Brad and Vinny are starring as the straight detectives who are at odds with Jeff because of his dirty ways.

Patrick is Brad and Vinny's contact/snitch, however, Jeff knows how to play him to his advantage. Ryan is the narc, obviously. Drew is the blood spatter analyst, and Dave portrays the stereotypical black police chief who does all the speeches. Alex and Alexis are the humoristic beat cops who eventually get a spin-off.

Now, we're gonna need some plotlines. Thoughts?

#2 Edited by Shaka999 (394 posts) - 7 months, 26 days ago

I love Drew as the blood spatter analyst, but maybe I'm just too excited for Sunday (despite the previous two seasons being letdowns overall imo)

#3 Posted by Village_Guy (2099 posts) - 7 months, 26 days ago

Alright, I know this is a shocker, but it starts with a murder. Murder most foul actually!

But when analyzing blood samples, Drew discovers that somebody from within the police department may be involved in the murder! What will Drew do? Will he spare his friends and keep it a secret, or will he risk it all and tell them about it?!

TUNE IN NEXT TIME!

#4 Posted by Swoxx (2904 posts) - 7 months, 26 days ago

Make this happen.

Now.

#5 Posted by BabyChooChoo (3579 posts) - 7 months, 26 days ago

So this is potentially the greatest thing ever right?

Also, there needs to be an NCIS crossover.

#6 Posted by Patman99 (1300 posts) - 7 months, 26 days ago

In each episode Dave has to always mention that he is three days away from retirement.

#7 Posted by Wikitoups (470 posts) - 7 months, 26 days ago
@BabyChooChoo

So this is potentially the greatest thing ever right?

Also, there needs to be an NCIS crossover.

No we need a CSI Miami crossover so we get Horatio!
#8 Posted by BabyChooChoo (3579 posts) - 7 months, 26 days ago

@Wikitoups said:

@BabyChooChoo

So this is potentially the greatest thing ever right?

Also, there needs to be an NCIS crossover.

No we need a CSI Miami crossover so we get Horatio!

Horatio and Giant Bomb together? I think the audience...

*puts on sunglasses*

...is going to be blown away

#9 Posted by Demoskinos (9041 posts) - 7 months, 26 days ago

In the series finale its revealed that the entire show was a figment of an autistic Matt Kessler's imagination.

#10 Edited by MikkaQ (9718 posts) - 7 months, 26 days ago

I'd totally watch the Alex and Alexis beat cop spin-off.

@Demoskinos said:

In the series finale its revealed that the entire show was a figment of an autistic Matt Kessler's imagination.

And it pulls out further to reveal that the autistic Kessler is trapped in a snow globe.

#11 Posted by Demoskinos (9041 posts) - 7 months, 26 days ago
@MikkaQ

I'd totally watch the Alex and Alexis beat cop spin-off.

@Demoskinos said:

In the series finale its revealed that the entire show was a figment of an autistic Matt Kessler's imagination.

And it pulls out further to reveal that the autistic Kessler is trapped in a snow globe.

Ha. That is the best.
#12 Posted by FrankCanada97 (4036 posts) - 7 months, 26 days ago

The inevitable Jeff and Vinny showdown:

#13 Posted by Scrawnto (1962 posts) - 7 months, 26 days ago

@FrankCanada97: Nice pull.

I would have pegged Scoops as the snoopy reporter, and Vinny for the snitch/informant, but the rest of that sounds great.

#14 Edited by TheHT (8149 posts) - 7 months, 26 days ago

Sounds good!

I think I've got a good idea for a pilot, it starts with a murder in an arcade. Jeff walks in, sees the situation, puts on his dark shades in the dark arcade and mutters "I guess... he was... too salty" annnnnnd hard cut to wubstep intro.

Jeff notices Ryan hanging around waiting to talk to him, and Ryan tells Jeff they were smoking weed, then he runs off. Jeff heads back to the office and does paperwork.

Brad and Vinny. Same time. Are investigating a hit and run on the other end of town. Nearby under a bridge, they find the car that did the damage, and Brad puts on his hipster glasses and says "I guess... it was hit... and run... and ditch... and run" annnnnnnnd hard cut to wubstep commercial bumper.

Back to the show, Jeff is doing paperwork, and hears Ryan saying "follow the money, follow the money, follow the money!" Jeff turns around and sees Ryan loud whispering from afar "follow the money!" before scampering off.

Brad and Vinny are investigating the car, and informant Patrick "Tha-Scoopz" Klepek comes along with a soft drink cup full of coins. Snacking on the coins, Vinny asks if Tha-Scoopz saw what happened. Tha-Scoopz breaks it down for them. There were 3 armed to tee, and they were all in a hurry. They already had blood on their shirts and didn't see the holy homeless lady crossing the street with her cat Muffins. Brad asks if the cat survived, and Tha-Scoopz takes them to Muffins. Cut to japanese rock'n'roll commercial bumper.

Jeff is still back at the office, doing some paperwork. Drew comes along and brings him the blood spatter analysis. Jeff looks at it and immediately notices that the blood spatter looks just like Benjamin Franklin. Memories swirl around Jeff's head. The arcade, the weed, and Ryan's voice saying "follow the money, follow the money!" Jeff turns to Drew and says "come with me, I know who did it". Drew says he has a lot of work to do but Jeff hands him his keys and says "you drive".

Brad and Vinny and Tha-Scoopz. Same time. Enter Muffins' lair. Tha-Scoopz says he can go no further, and stands outside a drapery. Brad and Vinny look at each other and walk through. "ello monsiours, eve been ezpecting zuu." The cat turns around in his swivel chair to face Brad and Vinny. Brad says "I understand you saw who hit the holy homeless lady?" to which Muffins replies "YEZZ YEZZ, of koorsse. Ze olde wo-mun. I can tell zyou who keeled er, but in reteurn you must do zumzing for moi." Cut to final commercial bumper, featuring smooth jazz.

We return to find Jeff and Drew arriving at the gangbangers' hideout around midnight at the same time Brad, Vinny, and Muffins arrive. Jeff asks why they're there and Vinny tells them their hit and run case led them there too. They sneak in and see 11 armed thugs standing around a campfire roasting marshmallows, boasting about that punk they killed and old lady they hit. "It's unfortunate that we had to abandon our automobile, but I must admit, the way that youth responded to his defeat was quite shortsighted. Did he truthfully not realize we were dangerous, and thus not to be trifled with?" boasted one thug, to which another exclaimed "ITS MAHVEL BABY".

Jeff and Vinny and Brad look at each other and nod their heads. They leap from the barrels and crates they were hiding behind and Jeff shouts "THIS IS A BUST, NOBODY MOVE". The thugs all immediately aim their high caliber rifles at them. The crew's standard issue pea-shooters were no match. "Honestly now, you lot were hiding behind those barrels and crates? Could you not see the superiour firepower we were brandishing?" asks one of the thugs.

Jeff, Vinny, Brad, Drew, and Muffins are all taken hostage. Jeff shouts at one of his kidnappers "YOU'RE ALL DEAD. I AM THE LAW!" to which one of the thugs responds with a rifle butt smack to the face and makes Jeff cry. Drew and Muffins look at each other and knowingly nod. To the tune of Mozart's Requiem Dies Irae, Muffins leaps at the neck of one of the thugs while Drew no-hand cartwheels to another, unleashing a flurry of Wing Chun punches when he gets there. Taking his weapon, Muffins opens fire on the remaining thugs, and tosses a pistol to Drew. The duo are majestic, diving through the air and masterfully eliminating all threats.

The final remaining thug takes Vinny by the collar and points a shotgun at his head, yelling at the two to stop. Drew and Muffins stop and Jeff screams and covers his ears. Vinny slowly turns his head toward the thug, lets out a little smile, and whispers one word: cunt. The thugs face begins to bubble, his eyes widen, he steps back and lets out a scream before violently exploding.

Suddenly Ryan bursts in the main door with a small army of SWAT. The day is saved! Back at the office, the crew are recalling the days events together. "It's a good thing you came along when you did Ryan!" exclaims Brad. Drew asks what it was that Muffins wanted before telling Brad and Vinny who hit the old lady. Muffins puts on a police hat and exclaims, "a job mon ami, I vont to be un polize officieur too!"

They all burst out in hysterical laughter. Freeze frame and roll credits to the tune of "Girls Just Want to Have Fun".

#15 Posted by believer258 (7891 posts) - 7 months, 26 days ago

Man. I thought this was a joke on the mods or somethin'.

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#16 Posted by MattyFTM (13816 posts) - 7 months, 26 days ago

Drew should be the black police chief, since we all know he "grew up a poor black child in South Central L.A".

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#17 Edited by sthusby (383 posts) - 7 months, 26 days ago

Here's the pilot so far:

Docks, exterior, night. Rookie beat cops Alex and Alexis are out on the beat, crackin' wise to each other. Suddenly they hear the scream that resembles a young lady. They run towards the scream in an alley of containers at the docks, but alas, they are to late. The deed is done, a dead body lies on the ground. They check out the body, and despite the high pitched scream and lady clothing, the persons driver liscence states his name is Brad Muir. Alex sees an opportunity to get noticed, and wants to investigate the crime scene, Alexis reluctantly agrees. Suddenly they see it, one of the containers are open, and sobbing can be heard from the inside. They open the doors wide, and inside they find a young man with curly hair and extraordinary thin arms. Camera zooms in on his teary eyes. Cut to black.

Theme song rolls. (Feel free to make one)

Detectives Brad and Vinny have arrived at the scene. They get filled in on the spesifics by the young beat cops. Blood spatter analyst Drew informes them that the cause of death was a jar to the face. Brad and Vinny look at each other, both wearing sunglasses.

"Looks like we got ourself a hot potato" says Brad.

"Looks pretty cold. To me." Vinny replies.

"Cold. Or dead?". Brad asks with irony.

They ask the beat cops where the potential witness was, the kid hiding in the container. Turns out that notorious detective Jeff Gerstmann has already brought him in for questioning. Brad and Vinny shake their heads and gives the rookies a speech for letting Jeff take the kid, then they leave the crime scene, and head back to the station.

Back at the station, Jeff is sitting at his desk. He wears a bandage on his right arm. He takes a zip of whiskey from his trusty jar. He is approached by Brad and Vinny. They ask him where the kid is. Jeff says he cut him loose. He didn't know anything. Vinny notices Jeff's bandage, and then looks at his jar. He can tell from the minor stains at the jar that his is a new jar. Vinny and Jeff have a staring contest. Music builds up.

Cut to commercial.

The plot thickens. Have a spin at this, see what you can do with it.

#18 Posted by MarkWahlberg (3960 posts) - 7 months, 25 days ago

I support this 100%. Please link to the kickstarter so I can fund the pilot.

@MattyFTM said:

Drew should be the black police chief, since we all know he "grew up a poor black child in South Central L.A".

He looks like Dexter, though, so he has to have Dexter's job.

#19 Posted by AjayRaz (12252 posts) - 7 months, 25 days ago

show me a kickstarter and i will fund this with all of the money i have and will ever have

#20 Posted by AndrewB (6873 posts) - 7 months, 25 days ago

Dave should be the hippie/druggie deadbeat insider who they can threaten for info because they have info that could put him away for good.

#21 Edited by Sploder (690 posts) - 7 months, 25 days ago

Nah Ryan should be the belligerent asshole chief of police.
 
edit: I also like the idea of Patrick being like Badger in Breaking Bad

#22 Posted by sthusby (383 posts) - 7 months, 25 days ago

Okay, so this is actually pretty cool.

I'm gonna contact Giant Bomb to get a green light for using their likeness in a potential animated pilot of this show. If I get a thumbs up from them, I'm launching a kickstarter. Now this is probaly not ever going to happen, but if my some divine intervention I'm allowed to do this, I'm gonna need artists to create the scenes. If any of you guys feel like you're up for it, contact me here on the site.

Also, I'm going to need writers to come up with a plot. I will probably be one of the writers.

Just for planning ahead, what would be a realistic sum for this? I'm thinking it would be pretty cheap to make, and the main thing would be to compensate the artist(s). I wouldn't be taking a dime for this. 1000 bucks maybe. As for stretch goals, dare I say... The real GiantBomb crew for voice acting?

Now I realize that this is pretty crazy, but to quote Mark Twain:

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”

#23 Posted by gelatinabomination (152 posts) - 7 months, 25 days ago

@sthusby: For reals? Go for it. Seriously, ask around. My ideas:

There need to be NCIS freeze frame commercial breaks with dubstep playing.

As tempting as it may be to make every episode a different riff on a GB meme, I would stay away from that.

Also, Rorie needs to be there somewhere. Not sure who he could be, though.

#24 Posted by sthusby (383 posts) - 7 months, 25 days ago

@gelatinabomination: He would obviously have to be a killer in a multi-episode arc. His calling card is a picture of a dog.

#25 Posted by Nightriff (2898 posts) - 7 months, 25 days ago

Green Light the shit, I would watch Ryan rat out some harmless pot smokers

#26 Posted by Snail (7851 posts) - 7 months, 25 days ago

Make this a Telltale-like point and click adventure game, and it'll sell tremendously.

#27 Posted by dennisthemennis (416 posts) - 7 months, 25 days ago

@sthusby: Just want you to know I am with you 100% on this project. Amazing idea.

I also think Patrick should be the young brash reporter. He and Jeff butt heads constantly because Jeff is a realist and Scoops wants the truth. Ryan would make the perfect police chief. Just think of him with a mustache. And finally, Dave should be the informant. Hardcore Dave.

#28 Edited by sthusby (383 posts) - 7 months, 25 days ago

@dennisthemennis: I know that Ryan seems like the perfect police chief, but he's a narc! Maybe that should just be his backstory, and we'll work in some flashbacks.

I like the notion of Patrick being the naiv reporter, and constantly at odds with Jeff for his dirty methods and dark view of the world.

#29 Posted by dennisthemennis (416 posts) - 7 months, 25 days ago

@sthusby: What if Ryan WAS a Narc, but then got promoted to chief when the old chief (Chief Kasavin maybe?) was gunned down in the streets. Chief Kasavin and Detective Gerstmann were close, and Gerstmann can never fully respect Chief Davis because of it. Gerstmann was passed over for the job because of his spotty record.

#30 Posted by Colourful_Hippie (2632 posts) - 7 months, 25 days ago

@Shaka999 said:

I love Drew as the blood spatter analyst, but maybe I'm just too excited for Sunday (despite the previous two seasons being letdowns overall imo)

I love that show so much more when I erase anything beyond season 4 from my mind.

#31 Posted by Colourful_Hippie (2632 posts) - 7 months, 25 days ago

And Ryan definitely would be a better fit for the asshole police chief while Dave is the alcoholic detective who has worked for over several years and wants people to know he's about to retire.

#32 Posted by cutyoface (372 posts) - 7 months, 25 days ago

Could you tell me where I can throw my money at to make this happen.

#33 Posted by Loafsmooch (237 posts) - 7 months, 25 days ago

This thread is full of the almightiest winninest.

#34 Posted by Bobstar (244 posts) - 7 months, 25 days ago

@Patman99 said:

In each episode Dave has to always mention that he is three days away from retirement.

lmao

#35 Posted by EquitasInvictus (1591 posts) - 7 months, 25 days ago

I just want to see Vinny slice the pie.

#36 Posted by BombcastGoldthwait (198 posts) - 7 months, 25 days ago

Will & Norm have to guest star as FBI agents that inevitably take over a hostage situation at some point during the season.

#37 Posted by Miketakon (487 posts) - 7 months, 25 days ago

Dude I'd love to help write. This is so amazing.

#38 Posted by sthusby (383 posts) - 7 months, 25 days ago

@dennisthemennis: Yes, that's it! It'll all happen in the two-part pilot. Shit just got real.

#39 Posted by sthusby (383 posts) - 7 months, 25 days ago

@Miketakon: Gonna need all hands on deck.

#40 Posted by EquitasInvictus (1591 posts) - 7 months, 25 days ago

Crazy Old Lady should also be featured in a narrative arc and possibly be the season finale cliffhanger. You'll have your work cut out for you, then!

#41 Edited by ExiledAstronaut (6 posts) - 7 months, 25 days ago

I would also love to help write this, This needs to get made!

#42 Edited by Inkerman (1337 posts) - 7 months, 25 days ago

And the Comic Vine guys could be the guys down in Vice, and Will Smith and Norman Chan can be the guys over in tech (cracking those codes and whatnot)! I wonder if that makes Rorie the sexy secretary...

And the name of the show is.....WHISKEY BLUE!

#43 Posted by Miketakon (487 posts) - 7 months, 24 days ago

Whiskey Blue is a badss name. Duders we have a TWEEST Vinny has an evil twin.

#44 Edited by dennisthemennis (416 posts) - 7 months, 20 days ago

Any updates?

Whenever I get the time I'm going to work on a GBPD badge and crest design.

#45 Posted by sthusby (383 posts) - 7 months, 19 days ago

@dennisthemennis: Sadly I haven't gotten any reply from the staff. If more of you guys send in mail regarding the kickstarter for this, maybe we'll get some response. We need to show that there's some real interest for this in the community!

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