AGXStarseed
Well-Known Member
I was re-watching some episodes of Creature Comforts recently when I came up with this idea for a TV show.
For those who don't know, Creature Comforts was a British TV show created by Aardman Animations (the same people who made Chicken Run and the numerous Wallace & Gromit films/shorts). The show was about members of the British Public talking about various topics such as Gardening, Holidays, Medical Care, Jobs, Food, the Origins of Life on Earth, Aliens, Christmas, the Royal Family, etc. but the people would be represented as Plasticine animals.
The show later had an American adaption, although this wasn't as popular.
Here's an episode from it:
My idea would be to take the concept of people talking about issues and adapt it for Autistics/Aspies (with a few NT's who are respected in the Autism communities), but speak our voices through virtual characters that we choose/design ourselves. For example, I could be on this show giving my opinion and my 'speaking character' that viewers would see would look like a dragon (thinking back to this discussion), while another individual may give there opinion and simply look like a virtual version of themselves if they're comfortable with that.
Think of it as 'putting on a mask', similar to how we often do in real life, and there are plenty of great 3D design software choices to bring 'ourselves' to life.
Such a show would allow us to give our own opinions on topics that interest the NT populations as well as us, along with talking about important autism-specific issues that we have strong opinions of - such as ABA, Autism Speaks, the Judge Rotenberg Center, etc.
What do you guys think, and do you have TV show ideas of your own?
For those who don't know, Creature Comforts was a British TV show created by Aardman Animations (the same people who made Chicken Run and the numerous Wallace & Gromit films/shorts). The show was about members of the British Public talking about various topics such as Gardening, Holidays, Medical Care, Jobs, Food, the Origins of Life on Earth, Aliens, Christmas, the Royal Family, etc. but the people would be represented as Plasticine animals.
The show later had an American adaption, although this wasn't as popular.
Here's an episode from it:
My idea would be to take the concept of people talking about issues and adapt it for Autistics/Aspies (with a few NT's who are respected in the Autism communities), but speak our voices through virtual characters that we choose/design ourselves. For example, I could be on this show giving my opinion and my 'speaking character' that viewers would see would look like a dragon (thinking back to this discussion), while another individual may give there opinion and simply look like a virtual version of themselves if they're comfortable with that.
Think of it as 'putting on a mask', similar to how we often do in real life, and there are plenty of great 3D design software choices to bring 'ourselves' to life.
Such a show would allow us to give our own opinions on topics that interest the NT populations as well as us, along with talking about important autism-specific issues that we have strong opinions of - such as ABA, Autism Speaks, the Judge Rotenberg Center, etc.
What do you guys think, and do you have TV show ideas of your own?
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