Movie idea: an introverted Finnish boy from Kemijärvi and an extroverted Portuguese girl from Lagos connect on an online forum about #climate action.

[ruth_mottram@fediscience.org]

@Pepijn @jon

[quixoticgeek@social.v.st]

@Pepijn i love the idea, but could it be both main characters are women? Make it a lesbian train story too?

[grb090423@mastodon.social]

@Pepijn

Yes! I'd watch it too.

Oh, someone please make this film, and using real Portuguese and Finnish actors.

I'd imagine #WalterPresents would be interested in this too. (I wish he was on Fedi).

[partim@social.tchncs.de]

@Pepijn I would like to propose to make it into a mini series that switches between the two protagonists for each episode.

(Edit to add:) This gives you more time to explore each country and give each episode a different feel based on local culture and railway system.

[pepijn@mastodon.online]

@quixoticgeek Sure. Whatever works with the actors. I think it'd be nice to get some real locals from both ends of #europe

[markiejiang@mastodon.social]

@Pepijn I'd watch it too! But it could be a series. Each country/change they pass through an episode, exploring a bit of the local stuff and encounters etc.

[peluchecero@xarxa.cloud]

@Pepijn I would watch it @jon

Edit: What's more, the European Commission should fund it to promote the EU railway system. And it could show some pretty European towns too!

[cerchio@mastodon.bida.im]

@Pepijn don't forget heating expenses

[redjives@todon.eu]

@partim @Pepijn in all seriousness, if @erpu ever had the budget, a series of linked web-shorts about people trying to visit each for various reasons (family, love, work, etc.) across Europe and the problems they run into would be amazing.

[piiiepsbrummm@chaos.social]

@Pepijn
There is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trains%27n%27Roses
I really liked that movie. I'd definetely would watch the one with your plot.

[piiiepsbrummm@chaos.social]

@Pepijn
Some people met on the train:
- rude and offending white business guy compkaining aboug a three-minute-delay
- train nerd, talking two hours about different signaling systems. @langsamfahrt can provide contacts.
- Parents following their little children exploring the length of the train. Twice.
- Relaxed couple bringing their own tablecloth to the bord bistro to celebrate their kanelbullar and tea/coffee.

[vatine@mendeddrum.org]

@bovine3dom Haparanda to Kemijärvi is about 200 km. Malmö to Haparanda is about 1500 km.And Malmö to Lagos (Portugal) is about 3100 km. I think that puts the middle somewhere just north of Frankfurt am Main.

That is, if I managed to pick "only train routes" and my rough distance estimates aren't too far off.

If you pick Helsinki (and ignore any route that takes you on a ferry from Sweden to Finland...), the halfway point is approximately Hamburg.

[mrmanor@social.data.coop]

@markiejiang
Fantastic idea. I'm sure EU would support the project too. I remember an action (?) tv series a some years ago called "The Team" I think this was also supported by EU funding.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Team_(TV_series)
@Pepijn

[walrus@toot.wales]

@Pepijn

What is Lagos doing in Portugal? When I went there, it was in Nigeria.

[cazmockett@mastodon.social]

@Walrus @Pepijn maybe it's on holiday?

[partim@social.tchncs.de]

@redjives @Pepijn @erpu Maybe we can convince Interrail to cofund the show.

[piiiepsbrummm@chaos.social]

@Pepijn
Oh, and we could have a crossover with Agatha Christie somewhere on the track.

[rhempel@cosocial.ca]

@Pepijn if you like human interactions in a constrained location, consider watching the movie "Let Them All Talk"

[bovine3dom@masto.ai]

@vatine sorry, this was a joke about it being half way in travel time - it took Jon ~48 hours to get from the start to leaving Haparanda, because he got stuck in Haparanda for 24 hours due to all the trains being cancelled that day

[vatine@mendeddrum.org]

@bovine3dom Ah. Yeah, I was just looking at physical distance.