Movie/TV Team Builder Game

Always have a backup plan.
Resurrected in a new body, Sid 2.0 tweaks his programming by adding some of history's most notorious gangsters atop his cache of infamous serial killers.
The result, after scouring the dark web, the country, and even the world, building a 'family', Sid arrives on the east coast, and soon becomes The Player King of New York City.

THE STRANGERS
Sid uses the tech that gave him a physical body, to draw Mr. Hand, Mr. Wall & Mr. Sleep from the Dark City, and their Matrix like existence.
Free at last they swear allegiance to Sid, and work as his enforcers. Incredibly smart, they oversee operations; incredibly powerful, they keep the rest of the family, and anyone else they have to, in line.

TRASHCAN MAN
He's just as loyal as The Strangers (he'd give his life for Sid), and TCM is in charge of construction and real estate.
PPL know if they're following his instructions well if their businesses, buildings and various properties are not smoking craters in the morning. He also clears away any competition in the same combustable manner.

JENNIFER CHECK
Possessed by a succubus, the the young 'woman' oversees everything from street prostitution to brothels to bars to nightclubs to strip joints.
She stays well fed on men who disrespect her ladies or her businesses. She is, overall, very happy with her new vocation.
It doesnt hurt that Sid is someone she can actually have sex with, but due to his composite nature, cant actually eat.

CHAOS
The greatest hacker in existence (according to himself), Chaos really fors earn his keep.
He keeps track of Sid's finances, launders his money, invests it, coordinates operations, and keeps Sid's programming bug free. While intimidated by his 'family', he's still a snarky bastard, because he's secure in his position. No one can do what he does, as well as he can.

TALEC
The alien drug dealer was left on earth to rot in a Govt. black site, and after being rescued by Sid, becomes his subject matter expert.
He refines earth intoxicants to incredible degrees, making it all worth its weight in gold, and is allowed by Sid to conduct his own experiments, coming up with designer drugs for exclusive clientele. He also scares the shit out of the most hardened dealers.

PAI MEI
This little old man commanded instant respect from NYC's Tongs, Triads, and Yakuza, as his reputation preceeded him.
The city's other gangs, the blacks, the Yardies, the Hispanics, the Bratva, the Irish, the Serbs...they all learn.
Pai Mei runs a tight ship, keeping violence down and profits up.
He considers this job beneath him, but the hours are flexible and the money insanely good, giving him time to hone his craft without fear of where his next meal is coming from.

Wow good on you for some obscure characters... Trashcan Man, now that's a name I've not heard in a long time...

Dark City? Whoa!

Challenge: Game of Genres

Concept: In Game of Thrones, the Armies of the Seven Kingdoms have been fighting over the Iron Throne for centuries, let's do that for Movie Genres. Movie catagories are the kingdoms and the Kings & Queens are the major characters inhabiting those genres. The Iron Throne is obviously the Summer Blockbuster and to sit on that the High King must be very good indeed.

Rules: Choose a King or Queen for each category that best represents that genre. Name a High King to rule over all the Realms.

Action
Comedy
Sci-Fi
Horror
Drama
Romance
Family

I'm...not into the Game of Thrones thing. Maybe if i see yours i'll get something going?

Ah I may have oversold the wrong thing. OK forget for now Game of Thrones and Kings and Queens and Kingdoms, that's just a framework anyway.

My thought process for choosing let's say for example an Action movie King is this --and this is subjective so we should get 2 different characters.

So think who in the last 5 years or so was the biggest Action movie actor, then figure which character they played was the most popular or drew the most box office money.

And then do the same for each category. Then figure which one of all of those was the most popular and there's your High King. It may not even be an Action guy if say for instance a romance movie killed it at the movies (heaven forbid)

I'm gonna have to take a mulligan on this one, Nuke...❌

Action: Ethan Hunt --Tom Cruise is the King of Action despite what the Rock has done. Also my High King, because Tom Cruise.
Comedy: Ben Barber --Kevin Hart is everywhere in comedy last few years.
Sci-Fi: Rey --Daisy Ridley because nothing stops the Disney Star Wars juggernaut.
Horror: Ed Warren --Patrick Wilson rules the horrorverse with the Conjuring franchise.
Drama: Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger --Tom Hanks has this genre locked up.
Romance: Christian Grey --Jamie Dornan is a new king of romance, I foresee Fifty Shades of Grey to rule the box office for many years to come.
Family: Belle --Emma Watson is the current Queen of Family movies and with all of Disney's Live Action reboots of their classic animated films aa lot of coin is going to roll into their coffers.

Originally posted by riv6672
I'm gonna have to take a mulligan on this one, Nuke...❌

Admittedly not my best idea.

Nah, its a good idea, i just couldnt do anything w. it!
Much respect for your High King. Tom is one of if not my fave actor, and not just cuz we share a birthday!

WTF?!

Yeah, i recall he wore braces for a while to fix it.
Google search tells us:

When you have one of the most famous smiles in the world, how do you improve it without people noticing? Tom Cruise solved this impossible mission in 2002 by wearing (mostly) invisible braces with ceramic brackets. Having just turned 40, Cruise gave his teeth a tune-up for a few months, and then the braces came off before the paparazzi got in his face.

His front right tooth seems to be in the center of the face. This is the work of tooth straightening. Cosmetic dentists believe that the Hollywood star had his teeth shifted to the right but unfortunately it was overcompensated. It is as thought the cosmetic dentist who performed the procedure actually shifted the actor’s whole upper jaw.

I still love him, though. 😍

As an actor yeah he's amazing. But I question his sanity for running with the Scientology crowd.

Yeah, i cant get behind that. Still, it makes him happy i guess.

Challenge: This Ain't the Expendables

Concept: The Expendables are the toughest most skilled nasty mercs you can buy to get the dirty jobs done that other hired guns can't, and if they fail it's ok because they're disposable heroes. Well this team isn't that, these guys are screw ups, morons, comedy relief, sidekicks and rejects. The kids picked dead last in gym. But against all odds they actually do get the job done, in the most WTF way possible.

Rules: Choose a team of 6 movie or tv characters to fill team roles.
-No action heroes, in fact in their universe they never even picked up a gun, but they can be skilled in their own ways.

You're going to need:
The Leader
Blades specialist
Martial artist
Military veteran
Weapons specialist
Demolitions expert

I actually had a few guys in mind before I thought of the concept and the rest just fell into place.

Nuke's Rejects

The Leader: Buck Russell (Uncle Buck) A fat lazy clumsey slob but when properly motivated gets sht done.
Blades specialist: Tim Taylor (Home Improvement) it may be a carpenter's knife or a hand saw but this guy is deadly with a blade, in unexpected ways.
Martial artist: Haru (Beverly Hills Ninja) not the best ninja, not really one with the universe, but has a good heart.
Military veteran: Gilligan (Gilligan's Island) a navy veteran he's a force of nature screw up, but somehow manages to make it through.
Weapons specialist: Alex Stewart (Grandma's Boy) what he lacks in actual weapons training he more than makes up for in videogame prowess.
Demolitions expert: Clark Griswald (Christmas Vacation) sht just seems to go kerblam around him, but he survives somehow.

This sounds fun. Imma work on this!
EDIT: just saw your next post.
Nice! I'll work on yours you work on mine, cuz:

As coincidence would have it, i had just come up with one for us to do, too:
Create a live action (no Marvel/DC) Doom Patrol.
The twist is, we're going to share a character.

After the events of the Fringe TV sow have been resolved, Olivia and Peter are retired and married, and FBI agent Boyles is promoted.
Walter Bishop is now on his own, and decides to start up a new team, to investigate the odd and obscure, of which there is still so much of in the world.
Walter being Walter, he decides to choose a team he can help with existing problems, as a way of coercing them into service, or thanking them, whichever might best apply.

You'll need 3 characters, 2 guys, 1 gal.
At least one character has to be energy based in some manner.

The characters must be blessed with suck/cursed with awesome.
You can tweak as necessary, but the gist is that their powers come with downsides; these characters have issues.
Describe their powers, their downsides, and how Walter is helping/trying to help them.

Doomed Patrol

Walter Bishop (Fringe) The Niles Caulder. eccentric scientist barely sane and amazingly brilliant.

Alex Murphy (Robocop) The Cliff Steele. A murdered cop encased in a robotic armored body, enhanced senses, superstrong, extremely durable, but he can't feel anything, never have his family back, and is dependant on Walter for maintinence and nutrition.

Johann Kraus (Hellboy) The Larry Trainor. An ectoplasmic being encased in a containment suit. Capable of possessing a body temporarily and communicate with spirits, the biggest curse he bears is the danger of total dissolution if he stays out of the suit too long.

Koa Lin (The Messengers) The Rita Farr. A shapeshifter that can become other people and gain their memories and skills. Unfortunately she loses some of her own memories in the process. Walter is trying to help her compartmentalize her new memories so they don't overwrite her old ones.

^^^That is amaze-balls.
I love the direct analogies!!!!!
When i thought of Walter as Niles i knew we had to share him! 😄