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Should Have Become A Series!

posted 19 years ago by velvoofell
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Kojak had his lollipop. Columbo had the dirty mac and "Just one more thing ma'am!". Monk has obsessive compulsive disorder, Vecchio had a Mountie and Richard Beck could have . . . bumming.

In this compelling daily drama, Richard Beck, former special forces operative and eagle-eyed detective, investigates crimes in all areas of society and jurisdictions, while always - always - hindered by a prolonged and unprovoked male bumming. Filmed in graphic detail that dares the viewer to rip their eyes from the screen, Beck's compromising, sweaty, red-lit experiences of sodomy have to be endured by the cop. The cackling, eye-rolling, *beep* bummers he always encounters have no mercy, yet are never brought to justice. Is Beck truly unlucky enough to be bully-rammed by a diverse collection of deviants across the United States or is it the same duo of bum lovers, each night preparing expert prostheses that disguise their true identities.

Whether its the case of eighties group Culture Club trapped in a hotel lift with Detective Beck, A shag-hungry tournament of professional wrestlers, or an intrepid escape from the 'Deliverance-ride' arena of the Burt Reynolds International theme park, Beck is always only one wrong turn away from a Joby-jabbing of Olympian proportion.

[–] franciscovillar9 19 years ago

Your mother must be so proud!

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[–] CanuckGirl 13 years ago

Nothing funny about rape. Ever.

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[–] atf_819 19 years ago

His catch phrase could be "No thank you, I think I'll just stand."

[–] Woodyanders 18 years ago

Not a bad idea for an ongoing series; it's certainly a novel premise, to say the least. However, having a protagonist who gets repeatedly sodomized on one episode after another would lose its shock value by the third show and quickly become both tedious and monotonous. I suggest occasional departures from the male rape premise, such as one show where Beck busts a child pornography ring and another episode about a serial rapist with an unsavory penchant for elderly men that because of his experiences in this foul matter Beck quite naturally is singled out by his superiors as the main guy to crack the case.

[–] janelle1988 17 years ago

what a great idea for a series! could be the one series that would bring the CW into the spotlight, better than 99% of the drivel on TV anyway!

[–] celticfrostbite 17 years ago

And just like the freeze framed laughter in 80s tv shows, "Becks" (tm)standard ending could be a freeze frame of him walking bow legged and stooped over into the distance.

[–] tenleygirl 11 years ago

There is nothing funny about rape. Though I am ashamed that I laughed out loud at both the OP and the line "No thanks, I think I'll stand."

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[–] activista 11 years ago

The OP is a sick and disgusting *beep* troll. Ignore that s***.

[–] dolemite72 8 years ago

This thread is eerie....because my nephew and I have a similar warped sense of humour, and always used to invent scenarios for a similar show about Richard Beck? (disturbed minds think alike, I guess?)

Our take on it, was that 'Beck' was brutally ass-aulted every episode (and a few feature length 'Holiday' specials) by a variety of once famous faces from yesteryear ('Special Guest Rapists', so to speak?) Replete with a twee 'muzack' instrumental of Neil Sedaka's 'LAUGHTER IN THE RAIN' as it's sinister theme tune (and a montage of edited highlights from previous rapes would accompany the opening titles) The many indignities Beck would suffer would be tastefully shot (as with the first TVM) because it's even more sinister that way (whilst complying with network guidelines. The attacks would never grow old (even if Beck did) and the mystery would derive from WHEN each weekly rape would occur (sometimes at the begining, middle...or bizarrely at the end....leaving our erstwhile hero no sooner bent over, than the closing credits appearing.....resulting in no crime getting solved that week) And when the ratings started to drop....the series would conclude with Beck visiting a psychologist, who would (to take the edge off proceedings) suggest that all these attacks were too much of a coincidence to (a now, eye-liner sporting) Beck and that maybe the put upon (and into) cop was in fact, a homosexual (and probably asking for it) and that none of his indignities were in fact....Rape.
But of course, we dropped our twisted (humorous) conversations about this proposed show when Crenna sadly passed away. But it's great to read that other people out there share a similar sick sense of humour that can laugh at these type of TV movie conventions.

"If you're lying.....I'll be back"

[–] loki242 8 years ago

Why so serious?

Whoever said it's not funny should read this thread. I doubt Crenna would have signed up to do a series. I remember an interview on ET where he said this role was a big pain in the ass.

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[–] jnorgle 8 years ago

he said this role was a big pain in the ass.

Was he joking?

[–] astockton_uk 8 years ago

I doubt Crenna ever said anything like that; he was a professional who wouldn't badmouth anyone who gave him work. And his Emmy acceptance speech he praised ABC "for having the guts to put this on 📺."

Besides, his older daughter was almost a rape victim herself in real life. That was one reason he jumped at the chance to play this part.

[–] jnorgle 8 years ago

They should do that now . 2 hour pilot - Cop gets raped. The rest of the series is him dealing with it and whatever else (some of what you said). It'd be cool if they could get living cast members to make cameos, whether in the world of this movie or separate.

I think rape and the aftermath might be a pretty hard emotion to act...would be a great way for someone to get noticed (more).