first half of a movie script idea - for an 80's themed video game car racing [DriftStage] tournament -
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Themes:
Organic Collaboration
mothers
gamification
distributed
love
rolling credits:
"that the greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something and tell what it saw in a plain way...
Hundreds of people can talk for one who can think,
but thousands can think for one who can see"
mom kim chi jjigae 다됏어요?!
song: wake up, fetty wap
camera of moth
name:
age: 28
profession: office assistant at XKL
hobby: 80's car racing game DriftStage
I don't have too much time. I am too busy playing driftStage
furiously playing stagedrift
whatup mr monk the moth.
moth for a pet
runs down for dinner...
J-Kwon! Dinner.
name:
age: 14
profession: 9th grade student at Spring Valley High
hobby: hanging out with his friends
14-yr old delinquent child.
he was a good kid, he got straight A's. but that all changed when he started attending the 9th grade and started hanging out with the wrong crowd. i guess he was searching for his identity and his origins.
his friend group was known for picking on white kids, and was seen on the wrong corners of gas stations. Not to mention, the kid was a tall dude, probably the tallest of his squad of friends, so he was definitely noticeable.
m: you guys are my cross.
michael: mom we're fine.
int. dial.
we weren't fine. we were poor kids. I had actually attained a college degree in philosophy from Emory University. I had been accepted into Cornell's masters degree before dropping out after my first year. it was just hard... and a ton of bullshit.
camera pans out to eating on the porch:
야, 양말신고 나우지마!
dad before he divorced mom in 2001, decided to leave her this house. It was kind of him. He lives in DC area now with his new white wife. Julie is alright; she's hot, but that's about it.
jkwon speaks fluent korean bc mom sent me through korean school. Figured she would do the same for j-kwon.
엄마 일간다. 너무 늣게 자 지말고! 내일전심다 챙겨낫고, 내일 이러 나는 거 잇지마. 너 일 구만 두면, 주겨 버릴거야.
int. Michael's room:
the boys are discussing the concept of a man cave
Michael
well there's this guy at work that is always talking about his man cave. first of all, he is a loser... beat [clicking away at his keyboard, or making a drift] whew! that was a great turn okay okay let's GO!
and yea secondly it's like the basis of his ego.
David
well does he have a girlfriend?
M
No I don't think so. So I guess he deserves to have a man cave
David
Isn't it the opposite, where if you have a girlfriend it is your recluse from the woman
M
yea i guess so. but it's like an ego thing you know? like do you think women have like their secret recluse?
David
like a woman cave?
M
Or a lady's cave.. is that a thing...
Both look at each other and start laughing.
M cont.
but you know what I mean, okay i guess women get together for coffee, so starbucks is their public women hangout spot.
more game play... video pans out on two guys on their laptop, the scene seems a bit lonely despite the two friend's companionship.
int. same scene:
scrolling on twitter.
m:
what?!
D:
what
M:
DriftStage is hosting a video game tournament!
D:
How much is the prize?
M:
It's $25,000
D:
Holy shit.
M:
Yea holy shit. i would feel so good about myself, just to see that in my bank account...
D:
How much do you have in your bank account
M:
dude come on man, don't be like that.
D:
What, I was just asking.
M:
I'm entering this competition.
Michael has a fairly good track record in wins and is fairly good at the game.
D:
But dude, you don't even rank globally
M:
yea but if i practice, i think i can get pretty good.
D:
What would you do if you won the prize money?
M:
I would buy.... well I would buy my mom flowers. Actually no scratch that. Buying flowers is like the biggest waste of money.
D:
Yea I agree
M:
It's like who the fuck was the first dude that thought it was a good idea. you get them and girls are instantly happy. Then in a couple of weeks, they die.
D:
It's like life. with a witty grin
Michael looks over.
M:
Yea haha. It's like the first caveman was on a hunting trip out with his friends, more like warrior comrade, and saw a nice looking plant and though oh i bet becky would like that
beat.
D:
the other guys are like dude, let's go, the mammoth is getting away.
M:
Okay okay one moment i just need to.. [mimics carefully cutting a plant and placing it in his belt] and like they didn't have a word for faggot, so they were all just like watch out for this one. Yea next time I'm bringing Anthony. kids young but he's got killer instinct.
D:
He'll be of more help then this... chump.
M: Yea that was like the birth of derogatory terms
both are laughing by this time
M cont.
then he brings the flower back. becky is all ecstatic, fucks him real good that night. he's happy the next day comes back to work to hunt another animal bc they only caught a squirrel yesterday bc of his picking flowers.
then of course the women gets together and one of them notices a nice looking plant and asks becky about it, and becky of course says oh freddy brought those back from yesterday's hunting trip.
D:
and they tell their husbands and don't fuck them, so now they're all angry at freddy going what the fuck man.
M:
Yea it was the first romantic caveman that ruined it for all of us.
Now they're both holding their bellies. energy seems to have died down.
M:
So yea anyways I'm not getting my mom flowers. i think i would probably give some money to her to help pay off some of the house debt, and save like half of it and buy some bitcoin.
D:
you and that bitcoin man
M:
i'm telling you man, once the government starts getting involved and see that it is important, there's going to be a lot of people working in bitcoin and the price will rise like crazy.
D:
I just don't think it's secure enough that's all.
M:
Maybe now, but hopefully if more developers get involved... who knows.
mike drops the conversation. the two friends agree on most things except bitcoin. sort of explains the dynamic of their friendship with mike being more of the risk-taker, and David being more cautious. They balance each other out well
work office, fire back emotionally
you're fired,
blah blah blah silence (you have to earn your respect, that's the way you get more opportunity, consistency, trust)
do you have any questions?
int. scenario - dreamlike
no more kimchijjigae, go leave, live out of your car!
int. office
mike:
Yes could you give me one more chance?
manager:
give us a moment to discuss. you can sit in this office for now.
mike is seen sitting in the opposing office, slouched over as if sitting at the principal's office. He hears laughter from his managers' office.
after a few minutes:
come, sit here, you're in the hot seat.
mike:
ooh it's a little warm
everyone laughs, the mood lightens.
manager:
after some thought, the fact that you asked, makes us think you want the job... blah blah blah
inside mike's worldview
whew,
mike turns to each of their heads talking again, looking at them in their eyes one boy one.
each of their heads turn to bowls of kim chi jjigae.
scene change
int. home
hot pot of kim chi jjigae pan out
digging in ferociously.
he's home from work.
i used to race with my grandfather when i was little
i guess in the army you were given very little time to eat. 3 minutes to take a shower. it was all about efficiency. no planning, no foresight, just do as you're told.
mike:
thank you mom.
mom:
sure, how is work? Are you still having trouble with the manager?
mike:
eh it's okay, take it day by day.
mom works nighshifts doing laundry for a sauna place down the street. mike never asks her about work unless she mentions it
mom:
so guess what, I was doing some laundry right when i found
everyday after work he comes home to race
we grew up a little differently, searching for our identity in the digital as well as the physical realm. it oddly helps us get there faster in some ways... there is a tighter sense of community.
to get better at ranking
who is worldsgr8tist
who would be so blunt, has to be a girl
and it was a girl
her name was sasha Hlawitschka
she wasn't even asian, well she was half-asian. her father is from germany
and her mother is japanese. that's as good an instinct gene as you are going to get i guess though.
twitter profile search --> instagram --> facebook
wait... she's kind of cute
MASTURBATE --> toilet camera shot, right timing.
she keeps being number one. damn it!
prize is announced and rules declared:
top 8 in the game over the next week will be seeded for the tournament. It will be one race, one map of the judges choosing.
twitch plug
his twitter followers increase.
mother gets seriously injured while defending her
decides to quit when he realizes that he doesn't want to race anymore, finding out that his mother had died while protecting his black adopted brother
"What's in it for everyone else? I win, get the $250,000 championship prize. Then what? i don't want to win, unless everyone wins."
walks away, decides he will lobby for mothers to get paid leave.
linkedin search, watched for a week, what it is like to be a lobbyist
"It ain't pretty man." mothers against drunk driving, own motives.
quits job again, and goes hiking with friend:
here take a pickle for the ride.
if one of us gets injured what then?
adele hello
tripping in the woods
friend suggests how about winning and using the winnings to start a foundation?
"why not have more control over the type of way that you want to go about bringing change?"
who do you think is the best korean american?
moshing - mosh girls are super nice
friend snaps - get away from me.
Yea i want to build a house in middle of nowhere and throw ragers.
i think you like being a rebel and probably drink too much
your mother would not approve. but fuck it, it's our life.
meets up with father to get his opinion on racing again.
it's like trying to peel a deformed, genetically modified onion that squirts unpleasant fumes into your eyes, making you want to cry some times.
decides to race. posts on twitter of his intention.
asks people to donate bitcoin address --> funds go to mothers in need
can't sleep the night before, jerks off, throws it in neighbors bush.
cgi sperm --> potential babies, scientists, cures cancer. poof.
c'est lavie.
song: rock me amadeus, falcon
trounament entrance
barely loses
I find for the most part that laughter brings all of together. Seeing the smiling faces, just sort of warms your heart. I guess that is what you call love.
ending credits:
plays richard marx, right here waiting
Cheesy asian advertising agency.
Cuts of our take on products
and you too can also own a t-shirt that dances for you. shirt is automatically programmed to make jerks that will pull your body in certain directions
a korean girlfriend, will make your mom say, snap - nice!
philips sonicare, you will never have to go to the dentist again!
Any ideas are welcome. This was just a practice for me to get an idea written out.
if you haven't played DriftStage yet, here is the download page for an alpha version:
https://supersystems.itch.io/driftstagealpha
Thanks for your time guys!