I dream. As do most people. I'm not talking aspirational dreams like world peace. I'm talking funky talking marmoset as James Bond flying in a purple blimp dream. You know the kind you have when you're asleep. Often the make little sense when I'm awake, but in the early 30 seconds or so after I wake up, they seem to make perfect sense to me, and awesome ideas for movies. Most of them would have to be some sort of science fiction because I'm pretty sure it is the only genre elastic enough to contain them.
I've had quite a few ideas for movies. I even tried to write one down once. I got two chapters in and was so bored, I canceled myself. But that doesn't mean the premise of the plot was bad. It just means that I should have taken more classes in creative writing.
Additionally, I've noticed that many movies are "based on an idea by" someone. They take some crazy idea and build a whole movie around it. And, given the fact that Hollywood may be out of ideas, I thought this could serve as a repository for great movie starts. And we might get a few laughs jump starting our imaginations.
I'll go first with one I thought about today:
It's several centuries into the future. Mankind has taken control of evolution by selecting the genetic traits it wants in its offspring and weeding out the genetic diseases and weakness. We have engineered new genes that give us better advantages and fill in some of the genetic blank space in our DNA. Only one problem...a disease attacks that mankind has evolved past and has not genetic code to resist. Our only hope is to re-integrate with the luddites that resisted change and were persecuted almost into non-existence and genetically are almost another species. Only they have the naturally evolved DNA to survive. Themes of class struggle and trying to control nature could be explored.
If you're a movie exec or an author and would like to use my idea, get in touch and we'll do lunch. (really, a nice lunch is probably all I need to sign over the rights. That and maybe a good movie).
Post your own ideas in the comments. (although given the sparse comments so far, I'm not holding my breath)
P.S. - rights belong to the commenter. I won't steal your ideas. I'm not sure how to steal an idea anyway.
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