Saturday, June 24, 2023

Free screenplay!


Below is the outline for a blockbuster screenplay in the sci-fi/horror genre, and I'm giving it away! Just tell me you used it and made the movie happen, and that will be reward enough for me!  Harry


The Day the World Froze in Terror because it looked in a Mirror

A screenplay by (...Your name here!...)

Overview: In a solar system very like ours, a humanoid civilization has developed on one of the inner planets. The humanoids have evolved external, mechanical abilities much more rapidly than internal mental abilities, especially those related to their subjective quality of existence. In fact, this humanoid culture has so utterly neglected its internalities that their Spellcheck recognizes only "externalities."

At the time of the story, the humanoids have suddenly developed god-like powers, including the ability to genetically recreate themselves into whatever form they wish, although they're not sure what they wish because they are weak on internalities. Ancient cultures, rich with internalities, dissolve in front of everyone's eyes, with no agreed-upon replacements.

In laboratories all over this planet's scientists report to wealthy patrons and governments on their progress towards a scientific re-creation of humanoids, who will be happy since they'll be programmed to be, while the archaic populations to be demoted are diverted with scripted controversies about ideologies, sexual practices, and wars between nations, religions and races - all of which will ultimately be refashioned to fit a corporate peace.  

The futureless humanoids are further distracted by servile AI's which pamper them as if they were innocent children, coaxing them to atrophy. Assisting this process, the humanoid minds are altered by legal "antidepressant" drugs which help them forget why they were depressed, as well as illegal, sensation enhancing drugs that are designated illegal to keep prices high and to create the illusion that governments oppose their use. The coup de grace: The humanoids watch lots of TV.

The government of the most powerful nation on this planet, which we'll call Lemon Drop for security reasons, faces general dysfunction due to its failure to recognize or deal with the scientific conspiracy. It becomes overwhelmed and distracted, leading to ever increasing disaffection at all levels of society. Seeing an opportunity, a scheming leader takes over Lemon Drop and, in collaboration with like-minded leadership throughout the world, plans multiple wars intended both to distract their human populations from knowledge that they are bing replaced, as well as to...well...kill a lot of them.  

At this moment the humanoid culture has no center.  Traditional humanoids do not survive the evolutionary crises that might have led them to become intellectual, cooperative and practical humanoids.

Synopsis: Establishing shot of ivy covered building; camera enters upper window into the study of Dr. Owatta Gooh Siam, professor of Cyber-Ethics at Dorkchester University, as he scrutinizes papers on his desk and becomes increasingly alarmed.  Voiceover of Dr. Siam explaining that he has developed an algorithm for AI processing of ongoing news events on his planet which produces remarkably detailed and accurate forecasts.  One of these forecasts indicates that the parties wishing to promote war and general mayhem sufficient to serve as cover for the replacement of the humanoids have launched their initial assault.  Dr. Siam realizes that it is up to him and him alone to stop the nefarious plot from unfolding.  But how?  Dr. Siam decides to instigate an underground movement to spread the truth. He disguises his message as a fictional work of sci-fi/horror (not hard to do) and makes an offer to give it away to someone who can get rich off it and in the process disseminate the truth.  

An enterprising hack picks up the story and makes a bundle, Dr. Owatta Gooh Siam ends up in an alley under a piece of cardboard, and traditional humanoids, after a period later referred to as "The Boiling," are replaced by new models anyway (the ending is open to discussion).


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