An earlier entry, whose time has come -
Curmudgeon Gary Kerr sounds off -
Keeping in mind the fact that today’s movies must reflect modern sensibilities, here’s my treatment for a movie I want to pitch:
This is a movie about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, but I had to make changes. After all, history is such a hard subject, and nobody can be expected to remember it. It’s much easier if I make up some fresh, new history to appeal to my target audience: 15-25 year old males. First, I updated the attacking planes, since Mitsubishi Zeros are over 60 years old. I mean, PROPELLOR planes are so 20th century. Hip, modern audiences wouldn’t believe that these outdated planes could cripple the Pacific Fleet, so in my improved story, the Japanese are flying F-16s, which are way cooler than Zeros.
Second, I moved the site of the attack to the Washington DC Navy Yard so I could have a cool scene where 25-year-old studmuffin FDR floats out of the White House on his hover-chair, witnesses the attack, and realizes that it’s his destiny to win the war. By the way, FDR’s coming from a wealthy, patrician family isn’t edgy enough for today’s young males, so in my version, FDR is confined to his hover-chair, following an assault by his abusive step-father.
Following some steamy sex with his super-hot wife, Eleanor, FDR and the members of his Cabinet (all 25 years old, since they were all in the same high school graduating class), jump into their F-22 Raptors, follow the Japanese jets, and sink the Japanese fleet with tactical nukes. End of story.
Sounds like a sure-fire hit to me! JJ – call me.
Gary
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