tfw when you start playing out a scenario for an episode that doesn't/will never exist in your head because you decided to finally try to create a reboot/remake Land of the Giants series bible and it won't leave you alone so you try to recreate the tone of the "episode"
in which inspector kobick (the big guy) has meant to have lured in the entire spindrift crew and ship but only managed to trap captain steve burton (little guy) into a shipping container, which is fine by him because one little person/human is better than none
"stalemate" is the tentative name for what i call the "blatant excuse for a bottle episode" episode, where the primary focus is kobick and steve in a shipping container with limited light, space, and almost no cover for steve. which was the point, kobick has been planning this for a long time and will drag it out as long as he can
it would be atmospheric as fuck, let's just say. if you could see it as it is in my head, you'd get it. and here is but a small piece of it
is it worse there's another bit i'm also trying to work on that involves even worse attempts at perspective than this? but would also be made into a gif if i can do it right?
tfw you've been assigned to bring in the only little people alien invaders with a (semi) working spaceship alive and gather as much information about them and their ship as possible but they keep inexplicably escaping every time you manage to catch them but they also break into your office through the vents to borrow your phone or tell you about crimes that need solving or to set something on fire and you have other cases on your desk that need your attention why won't they leave you alone you have paperwork to finish and is it too early to retire yet
you know i've always sympathized with the whole "throwing The Character into the torment nexus" posts going around tumblr but it didn't really hit me until i started my Land of the Giant deep-dive/series bible project and realized if i inflict the main cast upon Inspector Dobbs Kobick (their antagonist) enough times, the man was sure to get an aneurysm or or a hernia or an ulcer or just plain snap like a twig from the stress. there's a reason he shows up more often in my proposed series than he did in the original series (only 8 episodes, which is a damn shame)
for my version of kobick, i'm sticking closer to his original actor/design because 1. kevin hagen was a pretty good actor and endeared me to this character and B. it was A Look and who am i to think i could improve on perfection? minor differences include hairstyle/color, glasses frames, and his pocket watch chain, but it's still the recognizable original outfit for the most part
kobick never took off his suit jacket on the show, but i spent time on this fucking waistcoat so you're going to see it goddamnit
also a quick recreation of what i've dubbed the Fuck Ass Shit Suit from kobick's final appearance on the show because god fuck it was such a fucking downgrade what the absolute fuck was going on here. where the hell are his glasses? they even gave him a fucking wristwatch! disgusting.
evidence/rant concerning the FAS Suit + the original attempt at this pose and also a clear shot of his expression
just take a look at kobick's final episode "doomsday" (s2 ep21) and lt grayson from the previous episode "the deadly dart" (s2 ep20)...
...and try to tell me that either 1. ep 21 was originally supposed to be a grayson led episode but they couldn't get the actor back (john denher, who is also good) so swapped the character out for kobick/hagen but kept the suit, or B. the studio knew the series was cancelled/getting cancelled and didn't care about the costumes anymore so the original kobick outfit was being used elsewhere during shooting or they straight up lost it/threw it away. the latter point feels more likely as a later episode also fucks up another character's outfit despite using stock image from the pilot/first episode that shows a clearly different outfit
yes this fucking grinds my gears,
i told you kobick's suit was A Look
i fucking meant it
i am not infallible and when i realized how shit this version was, i went back and started from scratch because i mean look at this. what the hell was i thinking?
this man is using all his strength to keep his brain from imploding because he's trying to finish transcribing his new notes and goddamnit he just heard something in his vent again and i love him for it
