The Fellowship - Project World Collectable Card #2

 

Last week I posted the first collectable card of a series I'm creating in the next couple of months. All the cards together will make up a map of "project world". Something you can put on your wall. To discuss things.

This card is called "The Fellowship" and it is about getting the crew together. It's about the A-team, MacGyver or the crew from The Italian Mob. Two stories about teams. Or just one man.

A-Team vs McGyver

"Hannibal said they only worked with the best people. And they always needed a helicopter, cars, welding equipment and machine guns that never shoot anyone. They could handle every situation. As long as they could weld old cars into tanks and fly away in the helicopter. “The A-Team is adaptable.”, Hannibal told me, “You just need the best people. And make sure you have set up the environment in such a way we can do our best work.”

His first estimate for the fee was a couple of million dollars. Having no funds or authority what so ever I asked him what I could get for hundred bucks. He suggested I talked to MacGyver.

MacGyver just has his Swiss army knife. His solutions are not sophisticated as those of the A-Team. But they seem to work. And he is cheap."

The Story about Handsome Rob

"This is a story about Handsome Rob. He is not only good looking, but he is also a great get-away-car driver. If you are planning a heist and need to get away quick, Rob is your man.

In the 2003 film “The Italian Job” Rob is played by actor Jason Statham. Handsome Rob loves the thrill and especially the life style that the he can afford thanks to the robberies he participates in. But he really wants to buy an outrageous, expensive and rare car. Rob has the reputation and the ambition to be part of a robbery in Venice. Hence the title of the movie.

That is a job you cannot do alone. You need a team. Left Ear is an explosives expert, Lyle is a computer nerd, Stella is a safe cracking expert and Charlie Croker is the man with the plan.

A lot goes wrong. I mean a lot. But they have to fill an entire movie. But, as any great motion picture, they conquer all the obstacles in their quest because of all the different skills and personalities in the team."

Bas de Baar is a writer who draws about people in transition. He loves to make visual maps and travel guides for the collaborators of our brave new world.