https://github.com/kevinmgranger/nerdcop

the hard-hitting 1989 cyborg, renegade cop thriller cancelled after a stunning 5 episode run
https://github.com/kevinmgranger/nerdcop

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the hard-hitting 1989 cyborg, renegade cop thriller cancelled after a stunning 5 episode run

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/kevinmgranger/nerdcop
• Owner: KevinMGranger
• License: other
• Created: 2016-11-16T19:35:23.000Z (about 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2015-12-03T02:49:04.000Z (about 9 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-04-04T12:41:29.920Z (over 1 year ago)
• Homepage: http://www.nerdcop.com
• Size: 2.93 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# nerdcop

##### the 1989, hard-hitting cyborg, renegade cop thriller that got cancelled after a stunning five-episode run. [www.nerdcop.com](www.nerdcop.com)

#####_wait, what is this?_

This is a **colllaborative**, **multimedia** storytelling project.  

The following skeleton details are static:

- The number of episodes

- The dominating themes of the episodes

- Several jungian archetypes/characters

- The genre (cop drama/1980s sci-fi)

but the everything else may be changed via pull-requests and talking with the project owners.

It may remain a script with multiple enactions, or be a video game, or be an animation, or be converted to init processes to be experienced at server boot -- it is whatever evolves from community interaction.

##### is he a cop for nerds or is he a cop that is a nerd?

_definitely_.

## episode list

NerdCop should follow the "Hero's Journey" format as it's easy to build on and very accessible.

#### 0x00 : "boot sector" (pilot)

> Hero's spiritual/supernatural aid ('cyberneticism')/Threshold

#### 0x01 : "RAM" (character development)

> Hero in Natural Environment/Call to Action

#### 0x02 : "segfault" ()

> Hero's Growth/Trials

#### 0x03 : "off-by-one"

> Hero's Death/Ultimate Crisis 

#### 0x04 : "kill -9"

> Hero's Transformation/Discarding of Self/Refusal to Return

#### Cancelled by studio

## Character list

#### NerdCop

Protagonist.  Ex-Miami vice cop that gets kidnapped and cybernetic implants.  

Abilities/Strengths:

- Karate.

- Robotic mode ('turbo mode'?)

Struggles / Defects / Restrictions:

- Self-hatred. NerdCop wants to police nerds, yet, he's part robot and that's pretty nerdy (robots are good at math).

 

- When in 'turbo mode', he is susceptible to non-incrementing loops, division by zero, lexical parsing of grammatically incorrect sentences

#### TBD

Antagonist.

Runs software company or robotics firm.  Is highly intelligent and muscular.

#### Henchmen / Henchwomen

Have certificates in programming languages _and_ karate.

## Tone/feel

- Serious 

- Campy 

- Dramatic  

- Brutal

## Influences/Atmosphere/Look-book

- "Neo Tokyo" exaggerated urban build-up

- 1980s "cocaine" Miami lighting, beach-atmosphere, ferarris and lamborghinis, submachine gun toting henchmen/henchwomen, rollerskates, dance clubs

- 1980s fonts, laser graphics, computers with CRTs and floppy disks