Tony Blews

I’ve had this idea for a Sci-Fi film. I’d appreciate any feedback.

In some colony, somewhere, a psychic thinks that his home is in danger of imminent destruction. Failing to convince the colony leaders, he flees, despite the guards of the colony, along with his brother and some other like minded people.

The travellers find themselves following the leadership of someone who was formerly considered to be a non-entity. They travel through dangerous territory, with two former warriors as their only protection.

They encounter many hazards, including an apparent Paradise, which soon turns out to be a breeding facility where people are culled and eaten.

The psychic’s visions promise a safe place in which to settle, and the group eventually find their new home, an ideal location to set up their new colony. They are soon reunited with two people from their original home who reveal that the psychic’s vision was true and their home was destroyed.

While the new colony seems idyllic, it is soon realised that there is a shortage of females, thus threatening to one day make the colony untenable.

With the help of an unexpected ally, they locate a nearby colony, which is overcrowded and has a surfeit of females.  A mission is sent to contact the colony.

While waiting for the group to return, oneof the former warriors makes a reconnaissance trip to a second colony.

They discover that there are females at the second colony and, against the advice of the clairvoyant, gather a raiding party to attempt to bring them to them. On the return journey the leader suffers a serious injury. It is a wound that will never truly heal.The leader and his second bring back the tidings to the colony, setting the stage for an adventurous and daring raid. The leader and one of the retired soldiers, along with a group of four others, venture out to the other colony and bring the captives back. They return with two females.

The emissary returns from the first colony and learn that it is a tyrannical police state. The diplomatic party barely return alive. However, the group does manage to identify a female who wants to leave the colony and can recruit others to join. They devise a plan to rescue the group from the colony. The escapees start their new life , but soon an army arrives to attack. Through the bravery and loyalty of one of the retired warriors and the ingenuity of the leader, they prevail. The fate of the enemy leader is not exactly clear, but he is never again seen or heard of.

So… how long did it take you to work out that you were reading an  edited version of “Watership Down”?

Hmmm

A while ago, someone came up the The Debut Album Game, which I waffled about here and here.

I’ve come up with this little thing, after sitting in a but discussing why the Withnail and I soundtracks is one of the best ever made.

What you have to do is:

• Come up with 10 songs to go on the soundtrack to an imaginary film.
• You can’t cheat and include dialogue snippets to pad out the soundtrack (like Tarantino tends to do), but the songs can come from any source.
• You don’t have to describe what the song relates to in your imaginary film, but you can if you want to.
• Post your soundtrack in the comments section.

To get the ball rolling, here is my list:

1. “Spirit in the Sky” – Doctor and the Medics
2. “Dizzy” – The Wonderstuff and Vic Reeves
   
3. “Gimme Shelter” – The Sisters Of Mercy
4. “Que Sera, Sera (We Hope It’s Chips, It’s Chips)” – From the 80s Birds Eye advert
5. “House of the Rising Sun” – Frijid Pink
6. “Faith Healer” – Fish
7. “Driven By You (Ford Advert Version)” – Brian May
8. “Paint It Black” – U2
9. “I Wish I Was in Greenall Whitley Land” – 80s Greenalls advert
10. “No More Monkeys (Jumping on the Bed) – Unknown
    

You may have noticed that the real songs are all cover versions.

“He checks his sanity with a wristwatch?”

“Sure, what do you use? A dipstick?”

What am I on about?

How about the best 80s cop/action movie featuring a lead character called Murphy, that wasn’t Robocop, and the best Roy Scheider film that didn’t end with an exploding shark?

Clearly there is only one thing I could be on about…

Blue Thunder

The classic 1983 film about a combat helicopter adapted for law enforcement, starring the aforementioned shark killer, Malcolm “ultra-violence” McDowell and Daniel “easily defeated by a child” Stern.

Blue Thunder and its spin-off TV series pre-dated the other helicopter show Airwolf, which was, frankly, rubbish.

The movie itself was one of the films that I used to get from the video shop all the time as a kid, mainly because they had a crap selection of films. Its so rare for it to be shown on TV, that I had to post about it. Thanks Five US!

If you don’t remember it… watch the trailer…