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Alien Idea
An idea I had for a script. Any thoughts? I've done my research on it.
An ex UFO/Alien theorist , David, now lectures on journalism to university students. He is in the middle of an awkward stalemate with his wife, but tries to shield his two children from this. One night he is visited by aliens, who tell him that he is being given a mission which only he can complete. They keep him in the dark about the full details, but give him 3 days to achieve his goals. He must simply 'look for the signs'. As an insurance policy, they have kidnapped his children. It is this which fires him, and he finds his love for UFO theories re-emerging. Telling his wife the kids are with his parents he seeks out his best student, Simon, to help him. This student is a realist and is strongly critical of our lecturers theories and fantastic ideas. David follows the clues which range from demanding meets with the Ministry of Defence, declassification of important documents, journeys on the road to Rendlsesham, talks with locals and US air officials, breaking into grounds, actually witnessing of UFO activity and gun point in the base. They discover the world is planning an attack on our friends from outer space. All the while David must deal with his wife who has taken this chance with kids out of the way to ask David for a divorce. The film climaxes with David and Simon uncovering a massive conspiracy whereby alien technology and indeed biology have been incorporated into the British Army, ranging from ultra healing skin and blood transfusions to allow better stamina, endurance etc. As well as technology that have developed their planes beyond belief (and are what David and Simon have previously seen and believed to be UFO's). In a massive showdown between a colonel and base security and David, David finds out what his mission has been all this time. The government have been cloning alien babies and training them to fight for them in war. The aliens want all this technology destroyed and can't understand the reasons for war against them. David manages to destroy it all (symbolically destroying all evidence and proof that could lead to him becoming a success). People die, and David is killed in the scuffle. Simon steps into the paternal role telling his wife he was a good man and that their children will be looked out for. Finally an article written by the two on the road (as an example to Simon on how to write) is published in the national newspapers, probably bringing down the government and causing the people to finally have knowledge and power.
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