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Beginning of the End - Let's Create a Sequel

 
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:20 am    Post subject: Beginning of the End - Let's Create a Sequel Reply with quote


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Let's Create a Sequel!
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Here's what Wikipedia says about the premise of this movie.

Dr. Ed Wainwright is experimenting with radiation as a means of growing gigantic fruits and vegetables to end world hunger. Wainwright reports that there have been a number of mysterious incidents nearby, and that locusts have eaten all the radioactive wheat stored in a nearby grain silo.

~ A Question for the Members: If this radioactive wheat can trigger accelerated growth in insects, could it do the same to animals which are sometimes fed wheat . . . such as cattle?

~ Here's what I came up with.: After all the locusts have been disposed of, the egghead scientists decide to test the super-wheat on cattle being raised for beef, and on cows which produce milk.

The goal, of course, is to raise oversized cattle with lots of beef on their bones, and king-sized cows that can squirt out a hundred gallons of milk per day! Shocked

Normal cows produce six-to-seven gallons a day, so these Mega-Milkers would deliver 14 times as much as a normal one!

Therefore, this story is about a large experimental farm in Montana which is raising a sizable herd of gigantic Angus cattle for their high quality beef and a hundred Guernsey and Jersey cows which crank out enough milk each day to feed everybody in Billings, Mt — the largest city in the state.

In addition to the beef cattle and the milk cows, the farm is also raising a hundred oversized chickens which each lay eggs the size of footballs, and pigs which are the size of ponies! Shocked

This large farm is staffed by a combination of experienced farm works and highly skilled scientist. These two groups work together on this important project, hoping to end world hunger — a very worthy goal! Very Happy

However, the diverse natures of the two groups sometimes cause friction.

The farm workers have great respect for the animals they care for, while the scientist regard them as lab rats in scientific experiments! Shocked

The clash between the head scientist and his staff — along with the owner of the farm and his farm hands — create situations similar to those we see in The Thing From Another World.

Add to this the bizarre idea that these humans spend each day working around oversized animals, and this gives the movie a strange flavor similar to Land of the Giants and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.

Gentlemen, I've laid out a story idea that presents a plethora of spectacular images — a farm with oversized animals and normal people, some of whom are farmers and others who are scientists.

The possibilities for an exciting conflict to develop are overwhelming! Frankly, I can't decide what to do next with this the idea! Shocked

However, one idea I came up with is to have the government decide that the experiment has gotten out of control and might present a threat to mankind! They fear the spread of giant animals, which would wreck the ecology and threaten the population!

With that in mind, the government actually considers completely whipping out the farm!

For that reason, the military isolates the entire area, cutting off all physical accesses to the outside world. This forces the scientist and the farmers to work together and resolve the crisis before the military destroys the farm. Even though they can still communicate with the outside world . . . they can't receive any physical help from them. Sad

The only other plot elements which might be useful here is the fact that large farms tend to have an unwanted population of mice, rats, and cats. However, how these creatures might figure into this story is a subject for further discussions. Confused

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