Sunday, October 04, 2009

Monsters vs Alien and a small rant

So I just watched Monsters vs. Aliens and it leads me to a personal rant. Not about the film - it was a fun movie with great animation and voice work and surprisingly adult humour - but about the fact that Hollywood is stealing ideas RIGHT OUT OF MY BRAIN! See, I had an idea years ago for a movie (actually a sort of sequel to Independence Day) where aliens invaded and the government released various monsters they had captured (including Godzilla and King Kong) to defend Earth.
Ok, so I don't really believe Hollywood producers can read people's minds and steal their ideas (yet) but look at the following evidence for other ideas I had that were later turned into successful movies and TV shows:

Forgotten Lore - a horror story set in a world where vampires have "come out of the coffin" and live among humans. True Blood, anyone? (Yes, I know it was based on a book, but I thought of the idea before that, too)

Azrael - a serial killer who only kills bad people. Turned into another successful TV series, Dexter

Blackouts
- a man cursed with the ability to travel through time randomly. See The Time Traveler's Wife (again, based on a book but I had the idea first)

The Ultimate Remote - a man finds a remote control that can control everyone around him. Got turned into an Adam Sandler movie of all things!

Superheroes
- a group of seemingly normal people around the world suddenly develop superpowers and have to come to terms with their new abilities while evading the government. So just like Heroes.

Virtual World - a man awakes to find he has been living his whole life in an artificial reality and joins a group of freedom fighters to topple the creators of the virtual prison. Got made into a little movie a while back that not many people saw.

Dark World
- set in a future where vampires rule the world and the last surviving humans are bred like cattle. I thought this idea was safe until I saw the trailer for Daybreakers. Bugger.

Writer's Block - a writer finds the characters in his books suddenly coming to life. See Inkheart. Or Bedtime Stories. Damn that Adam Sandler!

I also had an idea that was eerily similar to the TV show Reunion, but since nobody watched that we'll forgive that one.

Curse you Hollywood!!!

But in all seriousness, if any movie producers are reading this (unlikely, I know) I have tons more marketable ideas like these that you can buy cheap. Just give me a call. No mindreading is necessary.

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