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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
They're like yeah.
Yeah.
And then they start hearing.
Somebody's like.
You start hearing in the
background.
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.
So.
They.
Along with a camera.
Now.
Everybody's panicking.
Your captain just looks around.
He's like.
Men.
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 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.
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.
Charge up sound for like a
split second.
And then.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
So.
I mean.
Like.
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.
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That was a pretty good story.
Yeah.
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