The
Greatest Action Sequence.Ever
The following essay can only be
described as "genius" and "incontrovertibly uber-great." It's self-explanatory,
and it's the greatest thing I've ever written. I present to you "The Greatest
Action Sequence Ever", by Indigo Retina
I would like to, if I could,
share with you an idea. An idea of epic, stunning, and mesmerizing
proportions. No, my friend, this is no ordinary idea. This
is unlike any idea before it and most certainly will raise the bar for
any idea which will come after it. Though you may not appreciate
fully the scope and depth of the aforementioned idea, I can assure that
you will admit, at the end, that it is highly original and completely irreproducible.
I simply ask you to have an open mind. Would you like to know what
that idea is? Well, I will tell you.
Imagine a movie.
Not too difficult, right? Imagine a movie so action-packed that audiences
would only legally be allowed to see only one sequence in that movie.
Although this sequence would be the least action-packed part of this movie,
I can assure you that the action contained in it would far surpass all
of the action contained in every movie, TV show, book, short story, music
video, real-life experience, or embellished re-telling of said real-life
experience ever created.
Combined.
Madness, you say!
Well, that is what I thought at first too. Until it hit me.
In a blinding flash of completely unquestionable epiphany, surely sponsored
by the choirs of angels in Heaven (or by the highest bidder, which at last
tally was Coca-Cola Corporation), I had a basic idea for what that sequence
would be. Slowly, but surely, I added more and more to that basic
idea. And you are reading this today because I have completed it
to my satisfaction.
Bear with me whilst
I lay out the basics. Then, soon, we will evolve the sequence into
the complete version. In that instant, you will realize either what
a completely wonderful idea this sequence is, or you will realize that
I need to lay off the Hawaiian Punch. In any case, you will realize
how much you really want to see the rest of the movie. And that is
my ultimate goal.
The basics are
as such. A commercial airliner. To this object, we can add
any circumstances, persons, places, geographical formations, objects, solids,
liquids, gases, buildings, etc., we wish. The following are the ones
I have chosen, and I think you will agree with my analysis when I am finished.
A commercial airliner
is flying. A commercial airliner is about to fly into a mountain.
A commercial airliner is about to fly into a mountain containing a silo
full of several thousand armed nuclear warheads set to detonate in mere
seconds. A commercial airliner, carrying a giant nuclear warhead
set to detonate in mere seconds, is about to fly into a mountain containing
a silo full of several thousand armed nuclear warheads set to detonate
in mere seconds.
Do you see how
the evolution of this idea takes place? Good. We will continue.
This doomed commercial
airliner is flying through a severe lightning storm. It is flying
over enemy territory, directly over this enemy's top-producing anti-aircraft
gun factory. There are hundreds of anti-aircraft guns pointed it
at. In addition, several nearby enemy fighter jets have nuclear anti-aircraft
missiles target-locked on this commercial airliner.
Over-kill? I'll
be the judge of that, thank you!
Why is this unfortunate
commercial airliner flying over enemy territory? One reason could
be that it is literally filled with gasoline. I don't know why this
would be a reason, but I'm the one calling the shots around here.
Why is this commercial airliner filled to the brim with a volatile chemical?
This is probably because the President, a rough-and-tumble former Air Force
squadron leader/spy/accountant has ordered it. You may ask why the
President would order such a thing, especially when he is floating helplessly
in the gasoline-filled commercial airliner in an airtight diving suit.
Are you beginning to
see how complicated all this is becoming? Sit tight, because I'm
not even half-finished yet.
Why would the President
be floating in a giant gasoline-filled commercial airliner, about to fly
into a nuclear warhead-filled mountain, surrounded by enemy forces?
I'd have to say it's because the plane is being flown by a killer robot
from so far into the future that its origin can, for all intents and purposes,
be considered the past. This killer robot has one huge pet-peeve,
and that is genetically engineered Mega-Baboons. This is an unlucky
day for our killer robot friend (Let's just, for convenience, call him
Phinneas), because it so happens that a genetically engineered Mega-Baboon
is sitting, most confidently I might add, in the co-pilot's seat.
With a renegade alien baby princess from another dimension in the navigator's
seat, it's hard to imagine that things could get much worse. However,
this is just a description of the inside of the plane.
Outside the plane,
many small fires rage. However, this doesn't seem to be distracting
the dueling groups of ninjas who have realized too late that hitching a
ride was not a good idea. Defying gravity, and wearing stylish magnetic
shoes, some are even fighting on the bottom side of the plane. They
had better watch out though, because many parts of the plane are laced
with sulfuric acid. All this problematic fighting is probably not
a good idea anyway, what with the tank on each wing of the commercial airliner,
each one bent on the total annihilation of the tank on the opposite side
of the plane.
Wait a doggone minute,
you say. A tank? On each wing? What the hell!?
Well, let me tell you, advances in aeronautics, materials engineering,
and shut-the-hell-up dynamics can explain your worries away.
Anyway, yes, there's
a tank on each wing of the plane. Not action-packed enough for you
yet? Well, what would an action sequence be without a good car chase?
Did I mention that there are two cars on top of the cabin of this most
unfortunate commercial airliner? Well, an Aston Martin is chasing
a Mercedes, both at top speed. The Aston Martin is being driven by
a military attaché/test pilot carrying the nuclear suitcase.
He is the only man who can both shut down the nukes on the plane and defeat
the alien baby princess/genetically engineered Mega-Baboon/Phinneas triumvirate.
The Mercedes is being driven by a genetically-improved clone of Jesus,
simply named Jesus 2. Jesus 2 doesn't quite know how he got into
this mess, but is really quite hungry for some wine and fish at the moment.
In the movie business, we can say that Jesus 2 is the plucky comic relief.
Well, the military attaché/test pilot is chasing Jesus because he
knows that Jesus will be able to help him drain the gasoline from the cabin,
thus saving the helpless President and ensuring the safety of the faulty
prototype doomsday cannon on the tail of the plane.
Do you want to know
the best part? This whole sequence will be a mere 3 seconds long.
This is barely long enough for any full understanding of the circumstances
and characters, and certainly many audience members will have numerous
questions as to the ending to this action-packed movie. However,
this sequence will be the only one that will not cause several simultaneous
heart attacks in those viewers that are weak of heart. Also, pregnant
women should not operate heavy machinery ever again after seeing this sequence.
In fact, I have risked life and limb simply describing it in such detail
to you, the reader.
I estimate a total budget,
for this sequence alone, of $2.2 billion. Hey, what can I say, real
nuclear warheads cost money.
I hope
you've enjoyed this little tour of my idea factory..Good luck trying to
find a better action sequence.
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