Quote: "Normal looking average guy for the audience to relate to. CHECK
Young daughter who gets scared. CHECK
Son who has issues with father. CHECK
Hot ex-wife. CHECK
Slightly dreary 'new husband'.CHECK
Little doggie. CHECK
1 Stressed out good guy government dude.CHECK
1 Stressed out bad guy government dude.CHECK
1 Hot government chick for winner of moral battle.CHECK
Impending doom x 20.CHECK"
Using this formula, I shall create a scenario for Nex's prediction...maybe I could write a script and send it to Hollywood?
Now, you see, there's Geoff, he's a technician who's having money trouble, he's a little rugged, but he works hard and goes to the bar in the evening and meets some people, but after he and his wife split up - he's felt quite lonely, but his dog pays him company and he gets time to bond with his daughter. She's a little sweet heart. He's at work and he notices that when doing some programming that the number of bytes required for there to be a rollover actually means an issue when it comes to the year 2236. It is 20th November 2235 and Geoff know's there's a problem. He talks to his friend, who at first laughs it off then starts talking about Y2k, it was something people were afraid of because it meant all of the computers would stop working and chaos would ensure, yet, it turned out to only be a myth. This frightens Geoff because he sees that people only had the date wrong. He tries to warn people and even phones the government, but they're too ignorant to realise. Afterwards, the media catch wind and he becomes a laughing stock.
Trouble as it is, he forgets to pick up his daughter from school. His ex-wife - a bit of eye-candy for the viewers, lectures him, but her new boy-friend can't help get a word in, to make him look bad, but to also make fun over his media reputation. He jokes about threatening to talking to child services. The daughter doesn't really care because she loves her daddy. The ex-wife takes her boyfriends side and thinks Geoff is drinking too much and argues with him that he needs to get his gear together (so to speak)
It becomes new year...guess what? Geoff was right and all communication fails. He and his daughter were watching TV and it just cut out. They go outside to grab the newspaper from the door step as something to read. And he sees a plane dropping out of his sky. His daughter screams and is frightened. They take shelter to avoid the blast. Obviously they can't stay and thus seek to visit their the girl's mother. But that part of the city is subject to a lot of fires and the police have blocked the area off. Everybody was evacuated and the ex-wife went to visit her mother in-law. Geoff obviously couldn't go there, because it'd be lecture after lecture, so he decides to go to his Dad's, now it's not a desirable choice - his Dad loves him, but his father always wanted him to study and go into law so that he'd be a lot more successful. Geoff doesn't make much money - he wish he had a better job, but computers were always his thing. This left them to fall out. But a father is a father and always willing to take in a son at a time of need.
Of course, his father gives him a little trouble, but he's happy to have him none the less. After a bit of father-son bonding. 2 CIA agents knock on the door and ask, "Are you Geoff McGeoff the Programmer who called the white house over a month ago?" He's taken away to be questioned. The busiest cities are in severe danger, there's chaos, violent, looting etc. the armed forces are trying to calm them. However - the authorities remain peaceful. It isn't a method that's working, one person suggests to the president that he gives the military permission to open fire on civilians. Geoff has a better idea - although a simply techie, he somehow knows more than he ought to...as a hobbiest and he thinks he can fix it. But all he needs is time. The "we don't have time, how can we trust him? We need to act now" scenario ensues. The president gives in. People die. Geoff isn't allowed access to the government mainframe to help fix the problem, so a hot-sexy chick from the FBI helps him - Geoff succeeds...they get into a relationship. Geoff is a hero. And the government loses power and is no longer in office for making a stupid decision. Geoff saves the day!
It'd be a techie's wet dream. Ordinary tech guy saves the world. So...VanB, Nex, shall we give Hollywood a call? I know we're a couple of centuries too early, but the plot IS DYNAMITE wouldn't you agree?
It'd probably sell. So, who here would see our movie?
