|| -------- -- -----  A E R I E   O B L I V I A N A . singular book of text wandertainment by Frank Edward Nora ------------------- ----------- CARNE'S MOISTURE DETECTION FRIEND--CUP 20--"HELP WITH THE BUZZ" <-------  ||  Severe Repair  ||  Carne's Moisture Detection Friend  ||  -------> (Cup SRcm020, Created v2 (6/7/99), Copyright 1999) = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Pacer put the binder down just as Donamin Roostal came back into the office. "So, what did you think?" Roostal said as he picked up one of his americano coffees. "Um, was this movie like actually made?" "Absolutely." Roostal said, as he sat and removed the plastic lid from the cup. "It was admittedly low-budget--it had a stylistic edge borne of necessity--but I'm pretty happy with the result. It was that kind of raw, primitive cinema that can be most enjoyable if one sets aside Hollywood expectations." "Huh. I'd like to see it sometime. The characters sound pretty cool--did you ever make any action figures?" "I wish. But no. It never reached that level." "These days, man, they make action figures for everything. It's not like the eighties. You should really look into it." "Well Pacer, perhaps that is something that could come of my involvement with your project." "Yeah, maybe. Yeah. Like, we need characters or something, like Mickey Mouse or Magilla Gorilla like other theme parks have. Maybe we could have people in Cup's Club costumes at Darkider and stuff." "Wouldn't that violate the 'pure location' philosophy I read in your proposal for The Lemon Darkider?" "I don't know. I mean, we gotta be flexible. Carne can be like that. You know, uh, doctrinaire. But I figure we got to get people into it. And, uh, merchandise. That will make a lot of money, too." "Well, I'm all for exploring this association. I'm not naive. I know this project of yours will generate huge publicity, whether or not it's ultimately successful. I have a lot to say, cinematically, but I know I'm not going have the opportunity to make many movies unless I get some buzz going. Hopefully this whole drama in my life--first getting funded by Jay Pime, then getting dropped, then being saved by you Darkider guys--it's a great story. And it should help with the buzz." "Cool." "In fact, I have some story treatments I've been working on. Maybe you'd like to take a look at them. I kind of thought of them as 'mini-movies'--maybe string some of them together to make one big movie. But maybe with your theme park, we could do something new, like build a whole theater around the movies or something." "Yeah!" Pacer said. "Like the Muppet movie in Disney-MGM, or 'Honey I Shrunk the Audience'!" "I'll take your word for it. I haven't been to a Disney park since I was a kid in California." "Yeah." "So anyway, check out these two story treatments--they're here, in the back of the binder..." -------> ------------------- ----------- -------- -- -----