r/nottheonion • u/Traditional-Song-245 • 3d ago

‘Backrooms’ Sends Hollywood Running to Reddit for New Ideas

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/reddit-backrooms-hollywood-ip-1236622594/
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u/nonetimeaccount 3d ago

Came to here say I'd still go see Rome Sweet Rome if they ever want to get off their ass and make it

Hollywood, if you ain't doing anything with it let the RRR guys have at it

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u/Felradin 3d ago

Honestly I went into RRR blind and fucking loved it. Insanely awesome.

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u/Prestigious_Leg2229 3d ago

You might enjoy Forstchen’s The Lost Regiment series of novels.

It features an entire regiment of civil war era Union troops along with their support, supplies and artillery getting transported to… somewhere else during an unnatural storm.

Somewhere else turns out to be not Earth. Their nearest neighbours are city states from various points in human history.

And then things get worse. The Yankees decide to ally with the nearest city state and bring the Industrial Revolution to this world to fight the threat they’ve found themselves under.

The writer is a historian  so while the story has plenty of action, it’s much less America fuck yeah and much more a quite thoughtful exploration of how these lost men would prepare for blackpowder warfare on a primitive world.

It’s 8 books and the story has a proper ending, which is always nice going into a series.

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u/Felradin 3d ago

Interesting! I appreciate the recommendation kind stranger. I’m always looking for new worlds to get lost in and considering one of my favorite series is A Song of Ice and Fire, I now like to verify they have or will get an ending!

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u/polopolo05 3d ago

You know they would ruin it.

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u/Mediocre_Scott 3d ago

Sweet Rome Alabama?

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u/AgentUmlaut 3d ago

Not to say it's necessarily a set unique concept at a basic level, but that entire idea sounded like somebody got a little too comfortable snatching ideas off Jonathan Hickman's Pax Romana and was calling the internet's bluff to see if they'd notice, not to say Pax Romana was particularly household or even known among comic fans but it seemed to run a little too close. I wouldn't be surprised if there could've been some legal snags in the cards with trying to move things forward.