post-Apocalyptic Zorro

[Greg Cox]

DC Comics did a post-apocalyptic Robin Hood miniseries, called "Outlaws." It was only okay.

And let's not forget CAMELOT 3000.

As someone who has written and edited ZORRO in the past, I'm keeping an open mind about this. Could be interesting.

Kim Newman wrote a great story years ago in which Zorro turned out to be werewolf. If that worked, why not this?

Where did the werewolf thing come from, you ask? Well, remember the theme song from the old Disney series? "Out of the night/when the full moon is bright/Comes the horseman known as Zorro . . . ."

Damn, I wish I'd thought of that!

 

[Captaindemotion]

^ Surely he should have been a werefox?

 

[Greg Cox]

^ Surely he should have been a werefox?

Good point! Maybe I'm remembering the story wrong . . . .

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Zorro means "fox," so he'd be a werefox, right?

 

[Temis the Vorta]

^ Surely he should have been a werefox?

DAMMIT!!!! Jim!

 

[Captaindemotion]

^ You need to get up early to beat me Tennis!

 

[Silvercrest]

And Disney's Robin Hood was an anthropomorphic fox. The overlap between these two is getting ... well, not spooky. More like annoying.

 

[Captaindemotion]

^ All we need is Matthew Fox to play the lead ...

 

[Greg Cox]

^ All we need is Matthew Fox to play the lead ...

And Megan Fox as the sultry love interest!

 

[Captaindemotion]

Not forgetting Michael J. Fox and Jamie Foxx

 

[Silvercrest]

^ All we need is Matthew Fox to play the lead ...

And Megan Fox as the sultry love interest!

Bleah, give me Samantha Fox any day.

 

[RJDiogenes]

I don't see the point of calling this character Zorro, unless he is somehow inspired by the original (whether real or fictional in context). The worst thing is the "vigilante out for revenge" thing. I nod off just reading the words.

Kim Newman wrote a great story years ago in which Zorro turned out to be werewolf. If that worked, why not this?

That reminds me of a story about the Lone Ranger and Werewolves. It was the silver bullet thing, of course. He was an old man, met a couple of runaway kids riding the rails in a boxcar. I can't remember the details....

 

[Gaith]

I don't see the point of calling this character Zorro, unless he is somehow inspired by the original (whether real or fictional in context).

It's the money, Lebowski!

 

[Temis the Vorta]

I can't believe everyone has forgotten Redd Foxx! There's our post-apocalyptic Zorro or maybe his holographic grandpa?

That reminds me of a story about the Lone Ranger and Werewolves.

That's getting rebooted, too, with Armie Hammer and Johnny Depp. I smell crossover! (Or perhaps I just need to clean behind the fridge.)

 

[Greg Cox]

I can't believe everyone has forgotten Redd Foxx! There's our post-apocalyptic Zorro or maybe his holographic grandpa?

Meanwhile, Fox Mulder investigates a series of mysterious Z's being burned into alien landing sites . . . .

 

[Temis the Vorta]

The Z's turn out to be Foxy Brown, on a rampage!

But she was being brainwashed by the true villain of the story - the FOX TV network - which then cancels Zorro and replaces it with a reality show about Andy Dick going through stars' trash.

 

[God Magnus]

Not forgetting Michael J. Fox and Jamie Foxx

SOLD!

 

[RJDiogenes]

That reminds me of a story about the Lone Ranger and Werewolves.

That's getting rebooted, too, with Armie Hammer and Johnny Depp. I smell crossover! (Or perhaps I just need to clean behind the fridge.)

Yeah, but that doesn't sound like a reboot; just a retelling. Hopefully.

I wish I could remember where I read that story. It's in one of my contemporary Pulp anthologies, but not the one I thought.

 

[OsmiumJohnnycake]

After the apocalypse, the remaining humans eke out a meager existence in a neatly-trimmed mustache based economy...

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Turning Zorro into a sci-fi character isn't terribly original either, but it does show a smidge of creativity or at least the unexpected.

Though it has been done before...

On second look, that doesn't look "post-apocalyptic" to me, but here's how they should do Zorro: send him to outer space and have him fight for justice on the frontiers of space among the lawless aliens and greedy human colonists! That's the best analogy to frontier-era California.