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Evan 09:02 am UTC 05/02/21 |
| In reply to: | re: Some memories - rockfenris2005 09:44 am UTC 04/29/21 |
| Thanks for posting. I’ll definitely check out Ryan’s reviews. > > I had to post this scene from the treatment on the > website. > > > The Northern Half of Obsidian is a haven for the rich and > powerful, who live in astonishing luxury, in a > fortress-like safe development known as “PARADISE LOTS”. > They have been able to make billions bleeding the > metropolis dry, discovering and exploiting, confiscating > great and valuable resources, natural and otherwise. They > benefited greatly from the mass exodus of much of the > population, those less daring, or greedy. > > But The Southern Half of Obsidian is quite a different > story. It is totally wild and lawless, dominated by > extraordinary gangs, all of whom fight for and fight over > turf, supplies, and control. > > This is a world that may be somewhat referential to > elements of “Blade Runner”, “Streets of Fire”, “The > Warriors”, “A Clockwork Orange” etc. But it should still > be startlingly original. > > It is raw, scary, and phantasmic. Though dangerous, there > is an exciting kinetic pulse here that makes the place > really ROCK. (Because most of the population are young, it > is also like a “Post-Apocalyptic Dead End Kids”.) > > Southern Obsidian is sometimes savage and ominous, > sometimes shockingly beautiful. Very primal, primeval, and > futuristic all at the same time. This is a highly > “fevered” place, a perfect setting in which magic and > myths can grow wild and untamed. > > Shimmering grunge – hallucinatory urban detritus – > industrial ruins litter the landscape like slabs of > Stonehenges to come. Automobile carcasses are everywhere, > like rotting fossils. Massive chemical residues, toxins, > and radiation have caused impressive “mutations”, human > and animal and environmental. Some are horrifying, others > quite thrilling. > > Subterranean caverns, tunnels, grottos, and passageways > (former subways) – spectacular chasms of light – charred > trees, flashing colors and looming shadows, gutted, > graffiti-encrusted buildings – skeletal towers and > spectral power stations – smoke and fog and mephitic > vapors swirling… > > And every now and then something jaw-droppingly familiar > appears to remind us that this was once, in fact, New York > City… > > This is The Southern Half of Obsidian. > It is called NEVERLAND. > > (partly because it is considered so treacherous that > pilots will not bring their planes down there – they will > fly over, but they will never land… …And there are other > reasons.) > > > The action begins as Captain Hook is carrying out one of > his beloved “search and destroy” missions, whereby he > rounds up various gangs, destroys their hideaways, and > takes them in for random, arbitrary, and excessive > punishment. He hates them all for the threat and > lawlessness they represent, their wildly reckless youth, > as well as for the fact that they still prevent him from > controlling the lower half of the Island, which he wants > for himself and Obsidian Oil. > > The Gangs themselves are mostly runaways, orphans, > neglected, abandoned, and discarded kids of every kind. > The Lost Boys are the supreme “biker gang” in Neverland, > and one of the most striking of all. Tales about them are > spreading, and they are viewed like rock stars in this > world. Their leader is Peter, and they are all teenagers, > except for Tink. He is almost like their “mascot” – they > let him hang out with them. Tink is 9 years old, and Peter > is his hero, the big brother he never had, the parents he > never knew. > > Part of the Lost Boys’ “legend” is their incredible > prowess on their bikes, which happen to be able to fly. > (They can’t stay in the air indefinitely, but for varying > intervals, depending on velocity, altitude, thrust, and > power consumption. They can create a soaring, acrobatic > “aerial ballet”. Only a few in the other gangs, and the > Police, have bikes like these.) > > > > > "Ryan's Reviews" in the link. > > > > > Wow! Thank you for posting this. This, somehow, slipped > > through my fingers. As did a lot of the content featured > > in the Other Children section of the site. I never saw the > > entertainment reviews from back when Jim was in school. > > I’ll have to go back and read a lot of them. > > > > Also, where would I find your “Ryan’s Reviews”? | |
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