NT 014 - Minecraft: The Guardian

so for those of you who are

listening for those who are

listening it is now November yippee

according to where we think

this is going to end up it'll

be roughly November-ish but

it's not november right now no

recording let's break the

illusion oh no not breaking the

illusion

by the way we're from the past

hello future we're from the

past to give you an idea i just

finished

spending three weeks trying to

edit episode 11 at this point

in time and at this point you

know

i was only mildly successful

yeah in correcting the audio

yeah that was that was

wonderful but uh

hi Kit uh brother hello yes so

once again we are here with you

our listeners to explore who

knows what

and under what circumstances

but Kit has an idea today yeah

we we discussed it a little

before one

uh we need a good segue into it

we don't what started this idea

of this podcast was Kit and i

used to take

walks as we're doing now yep

and we would discuss random

things random funny ideas and a

lot of those

random ideas were not

surprisingly coming up with

legitimately good horror or

suspense movies or at least

ideas for them

yep based upon creatures in

Minecraft, Minecraft i mean they're

shorts not really movies yeah

shorts

It's like 15, 20 minutes long,

you know.

And we had some good ones.

We'll have to revisit them.

But Kit and I were talking, and

there is a creature that we

have not yet done this activity

with.

Surprisingly, even though it'd

be perfect for it.

And this actually ties to the

Subnautica episode.

In a way.

Because, if I remember

correctly, somebody was

complaining, there aren't

enough horror things that take

place in the ocean.

Yeah.

And from there, I shall say,

Kit, take it away.

Oh, but before we do, our

standard disclaimer.

Or rather, our standard deal.

Now, Minecraft.

Slash Mojang, slash Microsoft.

Yeah, there's been a resurgence

in Minecraft, and then kind of

a dialing back.

So, it was really popular when

it first came out.

Then it got popular again in,

like, 2019, 2020.

Yeah, around the Village and

Pillage update.

Yeah, and Dream SMP and all of

that.

Yeah, Nether update.

And Village and Pillage and

Nether.

And it kind of reduced after

that because, well, people went

back to school and work after

COVID ended.

Yeah.

And now it's sort of just middling

along.

I mean, it's always been, like,

a very popular game.

Yeah, and given its popularity,

the cost for our ideas

regarding this property are, at

minimum, going to start at,

like, $500,000.

Plus 5% of the gross, which is

our standard deal, in perpetuity,

going to both of our estates

and our bank accounts for all

eternity.

Including DVD, digital, Blu-ray,

and all the other sales.

Yepers.

All right.

Now that we've disclaimed this

and told Hollywood and Mojang

slash Microsoft what the deal

is, Kit, take it away.

All right.

So, where we started with this

idea was we have some sort of

fishing boat just puttering

along.

And how large of a fishing boat?

You know, I don't think there

has to be any specific size,

but it needs to be not too

small so that no one really

cares or notices.

But it also can't be too big.

Can it be a crabbing boat?

It could be.

All right.

My recommendation.

Sig Hansen.

Sig Hansen.

Yep.

We need to get the Northwestern

on this.

I mean...

That would be good.

That's a good size boat.

It's not too large.

It's not like the size of the

Wizard.

Yeah.

Or the Time Bandit.

It's smaller.

It's large enough to draw

legends.

Right.

There we go.

So, starts off on the Northwestern,

as we have so said.

And they're just puttering

along.

Maybe they pull up a pot.

And as they pull it up, they

see some dead squid floating in

the water.

Just some tiny ones.

You know, some dead fish.

Here and there, floating about.

Well, I think we've got to add

a little detail in there.

Yeah.

We have to show them pulling

the pot.

Like, a few pots up.

And being like...

Yeah.

Man, the fishing sucks.

You know?

Like...

Yeah.

What the hell?

Another...

Another blank?

Yeah.

And then it cuts...

It has to be filmed in the

style of Deadliest Catch.

Yeah.

So, you've got to have the same

production crew.

The same cameras.

Everything.

And then, like, Satan just

looking out and going, I don't

know, man.

Like, I don't know how we're

going to meet this offload,

Danny.

You know?

I've been just saying normal

crab or stuff.

And then...

Go on.

So, it's like just a bit of

fish in the water, you know,

floating up at the top, as

maybe some people pointed out,

you know?

And then...

As they continue along, there

start to be more fish.

And they get bigger.

Just floating around the

surface.

And soon it gets the bigger

creatures.

Like turtles.

And, you know, maybe...

Maybe even a couple sharks.

And then...

There's a giant whale.

All dead.

All dead.

And they have to, like, turn to

not hit it.

And then, as I recall...

Sig...

Or maybe just the crew members...

You know, the director's

decision here.

But, you know...

They collapse to the ground,

holding their head.

Screaming in agony.

From mental attack.

I think, eventually, the power

on the boat...

Yeah.

...cuts.

And, like, you see Sig falling

over...

Yeah.

...and passing out as the power

to the boat cuts.

And then you just hear...

This, like...

This noise.

Yeah.

Probably, like, similar to the...

Hallucination noise when you

get mining fatigue.

And then the ship sinks.

Yeah.

Or it doesn't even sink.

Maybe, like, you see it

starting to look like it's

gonna sink.

But you just see it floating

off.

And it cuts to black.

And...

No hints at what the creature

might be.

No hints.

Or creatures.

No, we don't...

We don't hint...

This is the problem with modern

filmmaking...

Where you can make anything you

want out of CG.

And this is not me downplaying

CG at all.

I think it would be an asset in

this film.

You don't want to show the

creature...

Okay.

...too often.

And when you do show it

initially, you show it in

shadow.

Or, like...

For example, maybe at some

point we have, like, an exploratory

vessel.

Okay, well, here.

Here.

So, we'll go on.

Uh, so, well, could it rock the

boat, then?

It'll rock the boat.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Don't rock the boat, baby.

Rock the boat.

Don't tip the boat.

And then I, like, everyone's

screaming.

And it cuts with, like, the

blank years later.

Something like that.

However many years.

Whatever.

Five, ten, twenty.

Who knows?

Well, would it be that long

before there was a response?

Because you have to believe

that...

Yeah.

There'd be some...

Maybe three weeks?

...notific or Coast Guard

vessel that would want to

investigate what happened.

So, three weeks, give or take?

Sure.

All right.

So, would this be, like, CIA or...

No, I think it would be...

Like, Coast Guard?

It would be the Coast Guard and

maybe token scientist person.

Because...

Marine biologist person.

Yes, Marine biologist.

Because Coast Guard has been

seeing a lot of unusual stuff

in this region of the Arctic

lately.

Bunch of dead seals washed up

on shore.

Yep.

Dead animals showing up that...

In mass.

Yeah.

That, you know, normally would

not be doing so.

And also, they've had at least

one, if not more than one, ship.

You know, disappear under

mysterious circumstances.

Yeah.

With no survivors.

There were no survivors.

There were no survivors.

There were no survivors.

There were no survivors.

There were no survivors.

There were no survivors.

There were no survivors.

There were no survivors.

There were no survivors.

There were no survivors.

There were no survivors.

There were no survivors.

There were no survivors.

There were no survivors.

There were no survivors.

So, Coast Guard cutter ship is

going to the last known

location of the Northwestern,

and we're going to presume for

a moment that, obviously,

creature isn't there anymore.

Would they send divers down?

That'd be like a thing Coast Guards

would do.

Yeah, they might send some

divers down to look at the

wreckage and whatnot.

Maybe there's like some buoys

and bodies just floating around

here and there. Probably.

Yeah, and I think...

Probably like a bunch of buoys

in one area.

Yeah. And I think what maybe

they also start doing is

dropping buoys that have

sensors and or like GoPro

cameras in them.

It would be too early to do any

hints, right?

No, you're not going to do any

hints at this point because we

just... we're just getting the

exploration...

Okay, yeah.

...going.

Yeah, I don't think so.

Now, what signs get left behind

by the Guardian?

Well, the question is, I feel

like there should be multiple

Guardians, but only one Elder

Guardian.

Alright, so that's going to be

the twist later is that they

think they've figured it out

and then it turns out.

Yeah.

No!

Like there's three Guardians,

maybe they kill one per chance.

And then the Elder Guardian

says, alright, alright, we're

good.

So...

Dare you kill my babies!

I mean, the most likely thing

is that there's like holes and

burn marks on the boat.

Okay.

Because spikes and lasers.

Alright, yeah, and we have no

idea like what could have done

this.

Oh, maybe it was the Russians.

Because, you know, they've been

doing some... they might have

been testing some new subs.

Right, right.

Right, maybe it's the Russians

because we're in Antarctic

waters off of Alaska.

That's right near Russia.

We got a good scapegoat to go

off of here.

And they must be Putin.

And then, as they continue to

investigate, they do their

analysis of the boat, they find

the lasers, they find the holes

in the ship, all of that.

They find the burn marks.

Yeah.

And they come back and they're

talking about it.

And they see a ping...

Mm-hmm.

...on the radar slash sonar.

Yep.

That's about 20 miles away.

Okie dokie.

So they start making to that,

but in the meantime, they're

talking about, you know, the

damn Russians and this, that,

and the other.

And at that point, somebody

decides, well, wait a minute.

I have a contact in the Russian

Department of Fisheries or

whatever the equivalent is.

Yeah.

I'm going to reach out to them.

No, you can't do this, you know.

This could be a national

security issue.

There could be spies everywhere.

So this could be a huge, huge

issue.

We can't reach out to them.

And he's like, no, like, we

have to share information.

Because who knows, this could

pose a risk to them, too.

And so they're trucking along.

And I think we also have to

have some kind of filler drama,

either between somebody.

And the Coast Guard and the

scientists.

You know what?

That gives me an idea.

Okie.

Someone could get sick.

All right.

And fatigued.

Get it.

Get it.

But they're still 20 miles away.

Yeah.

But, you know, like, they could,

like, start getting, like, mad

more easily and stuff.

Maybe they're more sensitive.

Yeah.

That's what puts in it.

All right.

So, yeah.

Somebody's starting to get sick,

like, almost like they're

psychic.

Yeah.

Or they're just like, eh, you

know, I'm not really feeling

well.

All right.

You know, go to your bunk.

Go to the rack.

Your rack.

And spend a few hours in the

rack.

And they might eventually start

trashing the place.

Yeah.

They start to get more and more

agitated as they get closer.

And also, though, you have...

I think you have to have some

kind of disagreement between

captain of the ship and

scientist person.

Yeah.

Because scientist person,

obviously, is a hero.

Yeah.

And captain of the ship

represents government.

Government.

I don't think that they're

going to aim to weaponize

anything, though.

No.

I think that that would be

pushing it too far.

But there's...

I do want to ask a question

about the guardians.

Oh, okay.

Now, here's the question.

Should we have them be

mechanical?

Like in some detections?

Or should we have them be

natural?

I think...

Maybe we leave that off...

At the end...

Of the film.

Because it's mechanical, but it's

nothing that humankind could

ever possibly construct.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Because there's two different

versions of, like, Guardian

Lord.

There's...

Even with Enmojang, there's,

like...

The one bestiary version that's

robotic.

But then they also say that it's

tasty.

That, like, its flesh is tasty.

So it's like...

Which one is true?

Well, you could do biomechanical.

You could do a combination of

the two.

Yeah.

And...

Probably.

I think, like, at the end,

maybe they determined...

Maybe this was alien, but it's

been on the planet for a long,

long time.

I mean, the ocean monument is

made out of, like...

Prismarine, which is, like, the

only place that you find it.

And it also looks similar to

the...

Some of the structures from

Minecraft Legends.

So...

The Guardians are related to

basically gods, in a way.

Which could be considered

aliens.

So we'll do that at the end.

Yeah.

What we'll do is we'll do a pan

down at the very end.

Like, these things must have

come from, like, another planet.

And who knows how long they've

been here on Earth without us

knowing about it.

And then you show one of the

Guardians or another Elder

Guardian and pan down.

And there is the ocean monument,

deep, deep, deep underwater.

Yeah.

All right.

So we'll get to that when we

get to the end.

Yeah.

But...

Point is, as they get closer,

people begin to argue more

about the...

I think a person who is locked

in cabins should kill

themselves.

That would be...

They get restrained at one

point.

Yeah.

And then they end up offing

themselves.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I think one of the critical

things, though, is that the

scientist person, male, female,

doesn't matter,

reaches out without the captain

knowing to the Russian

Federation's fish and game.

Or fish and wildlife, whatever

it is.

It turns out they've been

having similar problems.

Right.

And as they're getting closer,

the signal comes across.

And they receive a signal, like,

within a mile or two of getting

there.

No, do not go to that area.

I don't know what that accent

was.

No, do not go to that area.

Yes.

It is very dangerous.

We lost two ships there last

week.

And then the radio cuts out.

And that's when the radio cuts

out.

And maybe...

Here's an idea.

Maybe they can hear the

creatures over the radio or

what they...

Well, they'll hear the

creatures over sonar.

Yeah.

Now, the question is...

But I want it to, like, mimic

speaking, maybe.

At least the Elder Guardian

would.

Right.

But this is going to be the

standard Guardian because we

have to discover the standard

Guardian first.

Yeah.

Also, round or square for

Guardian shape.

Round or square.

Whatever is a good middle

ground to make it feel like it

could be grounded in reality.

I mean, it kind of looks like...

Kind of looks like a sea urchin

with less spikes.

It looks like a puffer fish

with sea urchin spikes.

But I think...

And one giant eye and a tail.

We have a challenge, though.

Yeah.

Challenge is...

You have the ship.

Obviously, the fatigue can take

out the ship.

Yeah.

And communications and

everything.

But all these people have to

get away.

And they can't just get away on

the life wrap because you're

never going to be able to fight

the thing from a life wrap.

Because we do have to kill this

thing.

Yeah.

So how to escape slash kill the

Guardian?

Right.

So...

Well, the most obvious way to

kill it would be bullet to the

eye, something to the eye.

All right.

All right.

But we can't kill it right away.

Yeah.

We're at the first encounter

here.

So should there be three or

just one?

I think it would be better to

only have one.

And I have a reason for that

due to the final conflict and

how that's going to go down.

Okay.

Also, maybe one of those spikes

should come off and maybe they

kill it with its own spike at

some point.

Right.

But right now...

Yeah.

Right now.

We have to figure out...

So first of all, we have to

figure out...

They see it on radar slash sonar.

Yeah.

Stuff starts to go haywire.

People start to get headaches.

Yeah.

First of all, how do they get a

sense of what it is?

I'm guessing that we start to

get a sonar image, but it's a

little bit fuzzy because it

disrupts the sonar image as

well.

So they can kind of see a

blurry image that kind of looks

like that shape, but it's more

of like a blob with static

around it.

Yeah.

And we don't, like I said, we

don't want to show the creature.

So maybe what we do is...

The scientist guy runs and warns

the captain.

And the captain's like, okay,

maybe we should back off for a

minute here.

We have a backup system that

doesn't use computers.

So it's purely mechanical and

doesn't use computers for

navigation.

What we're going to do to be

safe, given the news that you

just got from the Russian

Federation, which, I mean, we

can't really believe them, but

we're definitely having some

technical issues here.

And one of the people is going

crazy.

And so-and-so went crazy and

off themselves in their cabin.

Here's what we're going to do.

We can't stay here.

It's too dangerous.

Or like, maybe some of the crew,

in addition to the scientists,

got run up and they're like,

Johnson just committed suicide.

Oh, yeah.

Okay.

So we're having major technical

issues.

None of us are feeling well.

You're telling me the Russians

are saying that junk happened

to them here too, which doesn't

prove anything.

It could still be a weapon of

theirs.

But that went out of control.

Well, we clearly cannot operate

like this.

Yeah.

What we're going to do is we're

going to drop some buoys that

have sensors and have cameras

to figure out what's going on.

And we're going to back off for

the time being.

And we'll come back when we see

that whatever this is has moved

on a little bit away further.

So they start to go back.

They drop the buoys.

Would the Guardian chase them

or would it just stay where it

is?

I think for now, it just stays

where it is.

Nice to know.

We don't want to go too fast

here.

Yeah.

So they drop the buoys and

everything.

So they drop the buoys and

everything.

They back off.

They fix a bunch of their

computer systems for mechanical

issues.

And they start talking about

how unusual this is.

And that it's exactly what

other fishermen have reported

when being in this general

vicinity within 50, 100 miles,

give or take.

They fix a bunch of them.

They fix a bunch of stuff.

They commit the dead soldier's

body to the sea.

Yeah.

They say, okay.

How are we going to approach

this?

Well, let's go pick up the probes.

And they pick up the probes.

Obviously.

Would there be any probes left?

Well, the buoys are there.

Yeah.

And everything got shorted out.

Like, everything is shut down.

The mechanics are all fine.

But there's one SD card.

There's one micro SD card that

Scientist Man is able to run a

recovery algorithm on.

Because computer hackery.

Yeah.

That's bullshit.

And all it shows is, like, you

can barely see a shadow for,

like, three frames.

And it's bright flash of light.

And that's it.

Yeah.

You see a shadow.

Maybe you catch, like, one of

the spikes.

Yeah.

But it's really blurry.

And then blast of light.

It's all gone.

And blast of, yeah, the blast

of light.

And as that's happened, they're

like, good God, what the hell

is that?

And that's when everything on

the ship shuts down and they

feel a bump.

Will it be a bump or an

explosion?

Well, no, we're not at the

explosion.

That's later.

That's later.

That's much later.

Captain pulls off his glasses,

you know, has to say some kind

of line.

Yeah.

Good God, what's that?

Yeah.

And then not everybody is

affected all in the same way

from the fatigue.

And maybe, like, its fatigue

power runs out.

I mean, it is just a normal

guardian.

And technically the elder

guardian is what gives you the

fatigue.

Right.

So the fatigue is slightly less.

Yeah.

They're probably too far away

to get the fatigue at this

point.

So it's, like, weakening.

And that's a good red herring,

too.

Like, they still lose power.

Yeah.

But it, or the power's, like,

flickering and stuff and

turning off and whatnot.

But they still have a little

bit.

Yeah.

And this thing keeps slamming

against the boat.

Eventually, you have people,

like, shouting, look, look at,

and you see, like, something

under the surface of the water,

but you can't quite see what.

And then would someone from,

like, the engine room, like,

come up, like, talking about

how there's a leak?

Yep, you have somebody talking

about there being a leak and

there being like a stick poking

through or a spike poking

through.

And then what you do is you

have a sailor who is looking

over the rail, looking close at

this thing.

And he can't quite see it, but

you see that this thing has

come up close to the boat now

or the ship.

And the sailor's looking over

and all of a sudden a laser

shoots out of the water and

just nails the guy right in the

chest.

He's like, and he falls over.

And they're like, oh my gosh,

what the hell is that thing?

I mean, it would probably just

clip him.

Even so.

Because it's pretty big.

Yep.

So he gets cooked in half.

Yeah.

And everybody now sees that

there's something off the edge.

And maybe like it popped up

just enough where you caught,

like it slowly looks up.

Like it slowly lifts itself up

out of the water a little bit.

And the guy's eyes go wide

because he sees this one giant

eye.

Well, no, you don't even have

to do that.

Are you talking about the guy

that got lasered in half?

No, you don't even have to do

that.

You can just show it in the

reflection of his eyes like a

second before he gets obliterated.

Okay, but we have to do

something that gives a sense of

how big this thing actually is.

Yeah, okay.

Yeah, that's fair.

And.

I mean, you could just have

like a wide shot of a shadow

near the boat if not to do that.

So.

That feels, that feels also

very deadly sketchy.

Yes.

Also, another thing.

Should it be like handheld,

like deadly sketch?

Should it have that feel?

You know, that would be an

interesting style to make the

whole movie that way.

Like there's a documentary crew

there.

Yeah.

And I think it's a necessity

that maybe you have some of the

documentary crew, like the

producers, asking questions

from time to time.

Yeah.

But you don't necessarily hear

them and you don't necessarily

talk with them.

And you don't, you might even

see them in some of the shots.

Yeah.

But the point is, is that they

never become characters unto

themselves.

Yeah.

And I think that that's the

important thing.

So you wouldn't have like the

random moments where sometimes

you can hear them asking.

Well, no.

You will have moments like that

from time to time, like I said,

where it gives a sense of

realism.

But they're not like important

characters.

They're still mostly behind the

camera.

Right.

And I think it's important not

really to acknowledge that.

Except to the level that you

would in Deadliest Catch.

I like that as a gimmick.

Yeah.

And what we do is we begin to

have now the soldiers are real,

or soldiers, the Coast Guard is

realizing there is something

really wrong with this creature.

Like they really don't like

this creature.

And.

I mean, it did just like melt

an entire person's top.

Right.

Pretty much.

So they make for, they make for

the weapons rack.

Because, yeah, it's the Coast

Guard, but the Coast Guard also

is responsible for patrolling

our waters and defending us if

necessary.

Yeah.

Maybe they have some depth

charges as well.

Yeah.

And maybe those depth charges

will look somewhat like a

Guardian.

Because funny.

I mean, if you're going with

like old timing depth charges,

like the ones with spikes, the

stereotypical ones.

I think we'll go with the

modern ones.

Yeah.

Because we don't want to get

confused.

So first they try like shooting

at it when they're up on the

top.

Because again, keep in mind,

standard guns, even like .50

caliber guns, are purely

mechanical.

Hmm.

Like.

I mean, but we also all know

that bullets do not go well

with water.

Right.

And also, even if it's slightly

above the water, it just

bounces off.

Yeah.

It's going to bounce off.

They're basically made of stone.

Right.

So, Captain.

Meanwhile.

So, they're starting to fight.

Meanwhile, Scientist Man has

gotten the spike.

Because Engineer has patched up

the hole and taken out this

spike.

And Scientist Man is like, oh

my gosh, what are they doing up

there?

Because that's not going to

work.

Like, he's just like, this is

like basically.

Steel.

Like stone mixed with steel.

No wonder why they're like,

wait a minute.

I've got an idea.

So, he runs up to the captain.

Captain's flipping out.

More people are starting to get

sliced by the laser.

He's afraid it's going to shoot

at the hole.

And he's like, Captain, I don't

have time for your bullshit

scientist guy.

We have, if you haven't noticed,

we have a situation here.

Yeah.

Yeah, and I think I can help.

What do you mean?

Well, I know why your weapons

aren't working.

Well, why aren't the weapons

working?

Well, because Captain, like

slight edge on the voice.

Because Captain, like I don't

report to you, but I'm going to

be an asshole about it.

The creature, I was analyzing

the spike and this creature is

made of like an iron stone

composite not known to modern

science.

Yeah.

Your weapons aren't going to do

shit.

But I think I have an idea of

something that can.

Oh.

So, they bring up the spike and

they rig it up in like some

kind of.

Harpoon launcher.

Harpoon launcher.

And it's like, guys, we've got

to be careful.

We only have one shot at this.

We've got to make it count.

Like the guardian raises his

head up.

Like tail splash, it raises his

head up.

Like, they're trying to antagonize

it, throwing junk at it, to

antagonize it.

It's popping up every now and

then.

And then one guy throws a

grenade that he just happens to

have.

One guy throws a grenade.

And then like that irritates it

enough where the splash tail

pops up, looks around.

And then it starts charging.

Yeah.

And then it starts charging the

ship.

You know, like Jaws style.

Like you see the thing like

coming through the water.

Like Mach 2.

The tail's like whipping back

and forth.

The tail's whipping back and

forth.

And the scientists and the

captain are like steady.

Steady.

Captain, it's 100 meters away.

Steady.

50 meters.

Steady.

25 meters.

10.

Now.

They launch the thing.

It jumps up and then it's just

like.

And it nails it right in the

eye and the thing falls over.

Yeah.

Dead.

Like yeah.

And they're all celebrating.

And we think.

Like maybe.

Everything's good.

Maybe even it starts to

disintegrate a little bit.

Like how the Minecraft mobs

puff in the smoke.

Yep.

Starts to disintegrate.

Starts to disintegrate.

They're like yeah.

Yeah.

And then they start hearing.

Somebody's like.

You start hearing in the

background.

Ping.

Ping.

Ping.

And then someone has to.

You know.

Fall down with the good old

mental attack again.

Yep.

So.

Well no.

First.

We have like an officer.

We want to look at the radar.

And go like.

Uh.

Sir.

And it shows one giant block.

And two other ones behind it.

Uh.

Sir.

And then.

And like.

Half the crew just collapses.

Yeah.

And.

Scientist guy and captain look

at each other.

And they look at the size.

The sheer size.

Of the mass on the screen.

And.

Scientist man looks at captain.

Captain looks at scientist man.

He's like.

I don't think so.

He he he.

He he.

He he.

So.

They.

Along with a camera.

Now.

Everybody's panicking.

Your captain just looks around.

He's like.

Men.

Abandon ship.

Abandon ship.

Abandon ship.

And they all like.

Rush to the lifeboats.

So they're rushing over to the

lifeboats.

And the life rafts.

But here's the problem.

The lifeboats.

Have motors on them.

Yeah.

So.

It's.

So the captain is like.

Men.

You guys get in the power of

things.

Because he's not aware that it's

going to mess with those.

Those motors.

Yeah.

He's like.

You men get there.

And all of a sudden.

Boom.

The first hit to the underside

of the boat starts happening.

Boom.

It hits again.

The boat is like.

The ship is like rocking back

and forth.

One of the.

One of the.

One of the escape boat.

Or one of the backup boats.

The lifeboats.

Falls from the side.

Instead of lowering down.

And just splinters as it hits

the water.

Yeah.

We have this whole thing.

And.

It gets to the point where

finally.

The ship is starting to go down.

I mean.

Clearly they're not ready to

like.

Actually take out like.

The ship for reals.

Because they're not using

lasers.

Well.

Well.

It does.

So.

As the chaos.

Continues.

Eventually the ship stops

rocking.

Yeah.

And.

Everything goes quiet for a

minute.

I have a very.

Clear image on how the laser

would go through the ship.

That I've been waiting to do.

Everything goes dead quiet.

Yeah.

Everyone stops.

And the captain and the

scientist man look at each

other.

They're like.

Camera guy like.

Like everyone stops.

The camera guy just like moves

the camera back and forth.

That's like the.

Yeah.

Everything slowly stops moving.

And you have to have the quintessential

line.

Like somebody has to go.

Oh.

This isn't going to be good.

And that is when.

Alright.

So.

Very simply.

You may be here like.

Like a little.

Like a little.

Charge up sound for like a

split second.

And then.

You see.

You see.

You see.

The light like blast through.

Chunks of ship go everywhere.

There's like a perfect circle

hole.

But like.

The pieces of ship go

everywhere.

The entire boat like.

Rocks.

Like you even have like.

The split second frame of like.

Just pure white.

And.

You just see the whole thing go

through.

And then you come to a distance

shot.

And you see people flying.

And everything.

And that ship is going down.

Yeah.

And meanwhile.

So.

Captain and scientist guy.

Along with maybe one of the

camera guys.

Fall into the water.

Oh yeah.

Also.

Second.

There was one part that I didn't

say.

Very extreme camera shake

during the laser.

Well yeah.

Gee.

And I would just like.

Yes.

Well even you could have.

You could do it.

Where.

The camera guy goes flying.

Yeah.

And so.

Now.

We're going to have.

And the camera does like a flip.

Right.

We're going to have.

Theoretical.

Just like.

Deadly's catch does.

There's theoretical.

Following boats.

But in this case.

There isn't really one.

It's just for the sake of.

There is a.

Floating camera.

Off the edge of the ship.

Somewhere.

Yeah.

Even though there isn't.

But.

Yeah.

We have to keep that look and

feel.

So there's not a boat there.

That's going to rescue them.

But.

We have to keep the style.

So there is.

Filming going on.

That looks like it's taking

place.

From another boat.

Without actually showing.

The other boat.

Yeah.

Anyway.

So everybody goes flying.

The ship is a smoldering wreck.

It starts sinking.

Yeah.

I mean there's like.

This perfectly circle hole.

Right.

Basically.

So the ship is sinking.

Everybody is like.

Either flown off.

Or has passed out.

Like.

Or.

Slammed against the side.

I don't know.

I don't think many people would

get.

Thrown off.

Except for people like.

Directly in the path.

Well.

There'd be some fire.

Well.

Keep in mind that the whole

thing.

Is going to be jarring anyway.

So.

Yeah.

So like.

Maybe like.

A few people get thrown off.

But most people would probably

get thrown into the rail.

Right.

But captain.

Scientist.

And a few other people fall

over the rail.

And.

The captain's like swimming in

the water.

And a crate falls next to him.

And it's the crate for the

emergency life raft.

Which obviously has no.

Motor.

Has.

Has no engine.

No motor.

No electronics.

Nothing.

And he pulls the rip.

He manages to pull the ripcord

on it.

Somehow they got into survival

suits at some point.

I don't know how.

I mean.

Probably ahead of time.

Like.

While the boat was still

rocking.

And then when it stopped.

Like.

There's that one person that

hasn't quite gotten it on.

But still stopped anyway.

Right.

So like in the initial attack.

Uh.

Once.

Once people start panicking and

stuff.

That's when you start.

You start.

Like seeing.

Get on your.

You hear like the captain.

Get on your survival.

All right.

So.

People have gotten their

survival suits.

Like.

Like.

That's important.

You're going to die when you

hit the water.

Otherwise.

Camera guy puts the camera down

on the shelf.

Like.

Yeah.

And like.

You see camera guy puts it down.

Runs in front of the camera.

Goes.

On.

On.

You know.

Starts putting the survival

suit on.

Anyway.

So.

He inflates the raft.

Uh.

He hears scientist man.

And kind of paddles over to him.

And then he hears like.

Camera guy.

With GoPro.

And.

And somehow the GoPro didn't

get affected.

We don't really care how.

Uh.

He put it in a plastic bag.

Yes.

But.

No.

But I mean.

It didn't get affected by the

Guardian.

Oh.

Yeah.

So.

They managed to get into the

life raft.

Yeah.

You see the rest of the ship

going down in pieces.

You go to an underwater shot.

You just kind of show the Elder

Guardian.

Swimming off.

Yeah.

In the distance.

So you never fully show the

Elder Guardian.

Yeah.

You can just barely make out

its color.

And as it's doing that.

You show.

A little box that's falling

into the water.

Yeah.

And it has a little green light

on it.

It's going.

Ping.

Ping.

Ping.

And that's the EPIRB.

Yeah.

So that's EPIRB.

So.

You know.

A day later.

The Coast Guard manages to come

and pick them up.

Yeah.

Or you can have it be another

crabbing vessel.

Yeah.

So crabbing vessel in the area

comes and picks them up.

Wait.

Picks like the captain up and

stuff.

Yeah.

The captain.

The crew.

The crew of the show.

And the scientists.

And the captain gets on.

He's like.

I have to get on the radio

right away.

And there has to be like that

one engineer also survived.

Which engine.

Oh.

The guy that removed the spike.

Yeah.

The guy that did the sweet

patch.

We'll have.

We'll have some.

Yeah.

We have to build up his

character as well.

Yeah.

In some way.

Shape or form.

If we're going to have some

survive.

But I think for surviving is a

good bet.

Yeah.

And the Coast Guard contacts.

You know.

The Coast Guard captain

contacts.

The Coast Guard says.

We need to immediately set up.

An exclusion zone.

For this region.

You know.

200 square miles.

Square nautical miles.

Or 250 square nautical miles.

Around these coordinates.

And communicate it immediately.

With all of our allies.

Including the Russian

Federation.

So at that point.

You know.

They start talking about.

Where the hell could it have

come from?

And.

Oh.

Oh.

I think it's important that.

The crab boat.

Gets close enough to where this

thing was.

Yeah.

To where they.

They grab the wreckage.

Or the remains.

Of the first Guardian.

Yeah.

And they bring it back to the

lab.

And the scientist guy.

And the captain are sitting

there.

And they're.

Captain.

You don't understand.

Like.

This thing could use laser.

Because.

It's part mechanical.

And part biological.

What?

We don't.

Nobody on earth has technology

on that.

Exactly.

What if these things.

And this is where you cut to

the elder guardian.

Kind of swimming.

What if they didn't come from

earth.

Or.

What if.

They've just been here on earth.

Since ancient times.

Part of some ancient.

Dropped here by some ancient

civilization.

What if.

There's more.

To be discovered.

And that's as you're panning

down.

And then.

Well.

Well.

Why know how you could do the

pan down.

How?

Well.

This is a great way to also

show the scale.

You could have the boat.

You could have the coast guard

boat.

Like.

Slowly sinking.

And as you follow it.

Like.

Slowly the fog fades.

Alright.

So the boat is continuing to

sink at that point.

I mean.

It is.

A day later.

It is a deep ocean.

Where ocean monuments generate.

So.

Alright.

Alright.

So.

I mean.

Like.

It is.

It is.

It is just like implied.

Like.

If you're showing a shot of the

elder guardians still swimming

away.

After a day.

It is clear you're not really

being.

Same time type thing.

Yeah.

We are doing a little bit of

playing with time.

Yeah.

So like.

You show the ship sinking.

And slowly as it pans down.

You can see some lights.

And then there is more.

And you can see some shadows

swimming around.

Yup.

And then like you hear the

elder guardians sound.

And then it cuts.

And like.

You hear the hallucination

sound.

And then it just cuts.

The end.

The end.

The end.

You know what?

That was a good.

That was a pretty good story.

Yeah.

And Mojang Microsoft in

Hollywood.

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Due to inflation.

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Plus that 5% of the gross.

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You know.

Definitely let us know.

We'd be happy to hear from you.

And we have more ideas too.

We definitely have more ideas.

And even if you're not from

Hollywood.

Or a major game studio.

We would like to hear from you

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Feedback@nontopical.com

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Yeah.

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That's all we have for.

I believe this is episode

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Something like that.

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