Future shock synopsis one I've been thinking about, any thoughts
Cuckoo
story starts in pitch darkness with a small light source, source opens up to holographic head against black back drop, head is very alien.
Voice says "You can hear me now, we have almost arrived"
Cut to meteor in night sky.
hologram continues to explain to unseen protaginist that as a child of his planet he has a duty to help expand the empire.
Hologram vanishes shows apeman , nxt to it human . states in voice over potential as slave race.
Explains that the Empire must send it's son amongst potential slaves to learn true capabilities of slaves.
Another picture skeleton slowly building up to human muscles being knitted on, skin gradually appearing.
"you will still have the strengths of our people but you must wear their flesh to go amongst them.
Hologram issues historical infomation, war, scientific advances.
States that humans have been called and that th eEmpire will return for him.
Final scene hick farmers, 1 male 1 female looking down on something. Cuts to two three year old child sitting in side open metal capsule on red sheet, farmer turns to wife and says !"I think every thing ios going turn out super." The end.
I know it's rough as hell but I always liked the idea of Superman as colonist. I thopught of an al;ternative version where the computer tells the cuckoo they will be his slaves and he will live in luxury and it turns out he has the form of a puppy, cue spaying joke.
think that i prefer the alternative ending, jimbob.
antipenultimate panel:
woman (smiling as she holds our alien conqueror up before her face, noses almost touching): "oh, isn't he just darling? can we keep him?"
penutimate panel:
man & woman climbing into car as seen from behind. the alien conqueror cradled by the woman like an infant, gazing across her shoulder at the reader with triumphant glee.
woman:"you're coming home with us now, baby, where we'll be a happy little family the three of us together & what fun we'll have, sweetums. we'll buy you the beautiful new collar first thing tomorrow & go for walkies in the park..."
man;"sure--"
ultimate panel:
car starting off down the road seen from rear
man (from inside car):"right after we've had him done at the vet."
or words to that effect.
i've wet my knickers!
steven l'enfant terrible
Castrating alien super fiends, it's the only language they understand. I've put this up on site with a raging hangover and re reading it I wish I hadn't bothered as in the words of Bart Simpson "I thought it was imposssible but this both sucks and blows."
walking back thriugh the rain with a falfel from my local lebanese restaurant named hello dolly (i kid you not) i got to thinking that our would be alien conqueror needs some sort of mechanism to make his potential subjects malleable to taking him in. however, for the sake of the story, this means can't be effective on both the man & the woman. it came to me in a flash:--
pheromones.
anteantepenultimate panel:
(man & woman looking down at alien conqueror who, as seen from behind, is letting one rip. man has a look of disgust on his face, women is giddily beaming like it's smelling of roses & hugh grant has just put his hand on her knee.
man: "p-hew! does it stink!"
woman: "is mr man saying naughty things about our little darlings? don't worry, we'll scrub you up just a treat!"
i've wet my knickers!
steven l'enfant terrible
I'd keep castration out of it. 2000AD is lowbrow enough already ;)
I thought that sounded pretty good, I suspect its not what you tell with these things but how you tell it.
The Alan did a very funny one. There's something about superman that is so good and at the same time makes you want to make you take the micky in a nice way. Also its something everyone knows about. Not that many subjects like that. Not sure if spoofs have been very popular in 2000AD recently though.