On Fri, 31 Mar 2000, Richard Baker wrote:

>Roxanne said:
>> Maybe the computer on the helicopter could have a virus which causes
>> all the internal wiring to melt and then it plunges down a steep cliff
>> bouncing off the rock face several times and exploding and slinging
>> bits of itself in all directions; meanwhile the man, who has pushed
>> out the woman pilot at the top of the cliff, is busy sucking the
>> poison out of her ankle when she comes to and in a quick reflex action
>> she boots him over the edge. He grabs and hangs on to a burning bush,
>> just long enough to catch on fire himself before he decides to let go
>> and try to bounce himself off that lower ledge. Oops missed, he's
>> falling now, but fortunately his parachute flys open and he sails
>> gently down into a raging river which douses the flames but carries
>> him over the waterfall where he drowns. The woman looks closely at the
>> snake lying dead nearby, stupid garter snake. She gets up and walks
>> away, limping.
>
>This reminds me of my new film plot. There's this huge passenger ship,
>and it's sinking. There is general panic, and lovers being separated
>forever and all that slushy stuff. But there's also an assassination
>squad of psychopathic vampires onboard who want to take out a Cardinal
>of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith (that's the
>Inquisition to you and me) whose travelling on the ship. And get this:
>the Cardinal is a smart guy so he blesses the ocean, turning it all
>into holy water. The great torrents rushing through the corridors of
>the stricken vessel now cause vampires to spontaneously burst into
>flames...

But the head vampire flips into bat mode and flaps safely into the
air...

...before the boat snaps in half, and manages to align itself in a cross
shape, blasting the vamp back into the sea.

-Kim Randell

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