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Monday, November 22, 2010

Remnants



Movie Website.

Trailer 1 above.

Trailer 2 here

Synopsis: In the tranquil suburb of Excalibur Estates, ART, his wife GWEN, and their CHILDREN lead contented lives. Art cajoles with his neighbors,MERL and LANCE, then spends another quiet evening with his close-knit and loving family. They don’t notice news reports about an odd cosmic anomaly – an unusually bright star and a series of impending gamma-ray flares. Despite these strange warnings, Art prepares for another day at work.At the office, the routines of daily life are interrupted when breaking news broadcasts a government press conference. Authorities describe recent cosmic activity from a type of super-dense star that has released a burst of gamma rays. This massive electromagnetic storm is heading toward Earth and will affect every part of the planet – disrupting electricity grids, cell phones, and every other modern convenience. As the government declares martial law in urban areas, requests to remain calm go unheeded as everyone in Art’s office panics and flees to get back home before the gamma rays cripple the planet’s infrastructure. Art and Gwen struggle to get through the dangerously gridlocked traffic to reunite at home. When the catastrophe hits, there is little outward effect – the skies light up as the electricity and all communications are disabled indefinitely. Art and his family provide emotional support to one another, wondering what it is that is happening – some sort of end times? No one knows, but they are resolved to stick together as a family and a community.
The residents of Excalibur Estates awake to a very different world. As they survey their neighborhood, they learn that they must survive in a simpler lifestyle than they’d previously enjoyed. Merl, a former military man who has been prepared for such an event, is stocked up with supplies. The neighborhood falls into contentious chaos, conflicts arising particularly from the antisocial MORRIS. Art becomes an unexpected peacemaker as he takes a stand and gives an impassioned speech – imploring his peers to take charge of this situation and band together to turn their community into one that thrives despite this adversity. Art’s leadership inspires the residents of Excalibur to brainstorm, discuss how to manage their resources, and create their own list of rules for maintaining law and order in a world where those systems have disappeared. The development buzzes with activity as they pool their skills and supplies, create stockpiles of food to be rationed, work out hunting and gardening systems, develop a defensive perimeter. Soon, they’re having fun and bonding in ways they never did when they were reliant on mindless entertainment – now they’re enjoying each other’s company in a more pure way than ever before.
Their peace is disrupted when they find that Morris has been stealing food. According to their rules, Morris is imprisoned. When he tries to escape, his sentence is lengthened. Meanwhile, Art, Lance, and Merl see a box of Red Cross supplies dropped a few miles away. They arm themselves and venture out. They are ambushed by THUGS but manage to escape, now aware that other neighborhoods haven’t fared as well. When Morris is released, he tries to attack Art’s family. Restraining his desire to kill Morris, Art banishes him from the community. The maligned Morris wanders to another town, run by THUGS. He negotiates his own survival by telling them about the wealth of supplies within Excalibur. These lowlifes send spies, which alerts Art, Merl, Lance, and the others to the possibility of attack. As Morris deceptively fuels the flames of hatred, the thugs arm themselves with makeshift weapons and launch a brutal invasion of Excalibur. Residents fight back to defend the prosperity they’ve built with their own blood, sweat, and tears. As the two villages clash, many good people are lost in the bloody, intense suburban war.
Coming to theatres next year.

Or to your neighborhood before that.

Tempus fugit.

7 Comments:

Blogger Heath J said...

Sounds like they ripped off Halfast's "Lights Out", from over on the old THR and Frugal's forums.

November 22, 2010 at 11:19 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Sounds a lot like "Lights Out" by Halffast
http://www.survivalmonkey.com/lights-out.html

November 22, 2010 at 11:22 AM  
Anonymous Oldfart said...

Sounds like an adaptation of "Lights Out!", the story circulated on the internet a few years ago.

November 22, 2010 at 12:25 PM  
Anonymous Chris K. said...

The government (feds, state, whomever) can't "declare" marshal law.

There is no provision for it in the constitution. Anyone doing so does it in violation of the constitution and is committing treason.

And will be adjudicated accordingly.

November 22, 2010 at 3:14 PM  
Anonymous GardenSERF said...

"Authorities describe recent cosmic activity from a type of super-dense star that has released a burst of gamma rays. This massive electromagnetic storm is heading toward Earth and will affect every part of the planet – disrupting electricity grids, cell phones, and every other modern convenience..."

If the "burst" is that big, we'd all be dead within minutes from it.

BTW, some producer/screenwriter steals my story and they're going to find their butt in court. They'll really dislike those long trips from Hollywood or NYC to court in the Midwest --a place they normally call "flyover country".

November 22, 2010 at 3:56 PM  
Blogger Chaplain Tim said...

Small-budget independent film crew, making a feature-length movie. Could be they riped off someone's idea, or they may have combined a number of stories to make their script.
Check out the webpage and you'll find that they are not affiliated with Hollywood, this project is being funded through Kickstart- a micro-finance option to the traditional venture capital market. They could use a few bucks if you're interested in seeing something like this get made.

ranamacar

November 23, 2010 at 11:45 AM  
Anonymous Blue said...

How long do you suppose it will take people to voluntarilly head off to "the camps" once the power is cut and they start tro get cold and hungry? My guess is, not long.

November 25, 2010 at 12:33 AM  

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