I was lying awake thinking about what we would do if this franchise suddenly took off. I figure we'd make a movie.
Street Fighter got a movie. Warcraft got a movie. Minecraft got a movie. Mario got a movie, and then another one. Metal Gear Solid got a movie (you know, Metal Gear Solid 4). So it's only natural that the natural evolution of video games is to become movies.
Because nothing is more exciting for players than to stop playing. It's like that feeling when you finally beat a video game, except you get that feeling the entire time. Incredible.
So anyway, here's a mockup of the poster that I envisioned:
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I'm guessing Morgan Freeman would voice over the whole thing, Dee Bradley Baker would voice the BUTTON, and I don't even know who the cool female actresses are anymore but one of them would probably be on the poster.
She's probably be in her house, alone, and one day she goes into work and finds out that her entire existence has been erased. Then, she's taken into a room where Morgan Freeman, government agent, explans a phenomenom- that happens quite rarely, but it's happened to her.
As he folds his hands and leans over the table, he tells her that this may seem like the end of a lifetime- but it's actually the chance of the lifetime.
I'll write out the next part of the scene so you can envision it:
MORGAN FREEMAN
Now, you have no name. You have no history. We only know one thing.
HEADLINING ACTRESS
What's that?
MORGAN FREEMAN
The button is calling you.
HEADLINING ACTRESS
What?
MORGAN FREEMAN
Your destiny, as it always has been, is no different than it ever has been.
HEADLINING ACTRESS
What are you talking about?
MORGAN FREEMAN
You see, Mrs. Nameless Woman-
[i]Morgan Freeman pulls out a suitcase, and opens it up. A series of wires are connected to a single red button.[/i]
MORGAN FREEMAN
-we have no idea what this button does. But no one in existence wants their name to be sullied with this thing if it happens to doom mankind. At the same time, we require the knowledge, because we have received detailed intel that implies this button may be mankind's salvation against the incoming alien invasion.
HEADLINING ACTRESS
What does this have to do with me? I'm just a humble Facebook Marketplace saleswoman.
MORGAN FREEMAN
I hate to break it to you, but you never even existed on Facebook. And if Zuck doesn't know you, then the government [i]definitely[/i] doesn't know you.
[i]Morgan Freeman takes a sip of Coca-Cola, who is definitely sponsoring this film. After all, they already missed out on ET and had to settle for Mac and Me, they should be an easy sell for this one.[/i]
MORGAN FREEMAN
We need someone who has nothing to lose to press this button. Someone who is unafraid of the risk, because they have no risk. Because they have no [i]thing[/i]. You are that person.
[i]Headlining Actress immediately presses the button.[/i]
MORGAN FREEMAN
Now, that was very bold of you.
HEADLINING ACTRESS
No it wasn't.
[i]Music begins to build.[/i]
MORGAN FREEMAN
Excuse me now?
HEADLINING ACTRESS
I've barely done anything. As a Facebook Marketplace saleswoman, I pressed more buttons than you've ever seen in your life. I've written more messages, flagged more spam, and blocked more weirdos than you've met in this interrogation chamber. Believe me, Mister- I know my buttons. No- what I did wasn't bold at all.
MORGAN FREEMAN
(laughs)
And what are you getting at?
HEADLINING ACTRESS
You see, Mister- pressing is only half of the process of activating a button...
...I have yet to release it.
[i]Music pulses.[/i]
MORGAN FREEMAN
Well I'll be.
[i]Morgan Freeman turns around and walks out the door, followed by two other agents.[/i]
MORGAN FREEMAN
Well, we're still waiting on her, I guess. Let's go get some chicken nuggets.
[i]The doors slam behind them. Headlining Actress is left alone with the button.[/i]
HEADLINING ACTRESS
(nervous, laughing, tears streaming down her face)
You know, I've always been accused of never finishing what I started.
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Anyway, yeah.
Do you think it would go similarly?
Who do you think would be the perfect currently-popular (or popular within the last 40 years, I dunno) actress for the [i]Josh Powlison's BUTTON: Mildly Remastered Edition: The Movie[/i] movie?
I think it'd be the best movie since the Mario movie.
The first one, I mean.
Euphorically yours,
Josh Powlison
Creator of [i]Josh Powlison's BUTTON: Mildly Remastered Edition[/i]/Screenwriter