I started reading the collection of short stories by Martin Amis called “Heavy Water” and straight away he has inspired me. In the first story “Career Move”, we get a flailing screenwriter who has submitted numerous efforts to an industry insider but to no avail. In an angry letter after many months without reply, he demands the immediate return of several scripts, including Decimator, Medusa Takes Manhattan, and Valley of the Stratocasters. In this era of A.I., the obvious next step was to make a few corresponding movie posters. Man, this shit is fun!
Here’s a bit of prospective dialogue from the film:
Sheriff Conrad: “These goddamn kids are literally killing the townsfolk with this so-called music. It’s all psychedelic crap and white-guy blues. At least play a little Hank Williams!”
Bob Ortlip: “As mayor, I authorize the formation of a posse to shut this menace down for good.”
Sheriff Conrad: “It’s us or them. Simple as that.”
Bob Ortlip: “Here, take my earplugs. I’m halfway deaf already.”
Tagline: “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. She’s bad and she’s having a very bad hair day. No one will be spared!”
An online pirated version has Medusa played by a CGI version of Donald Trump who ravages Washington, DC. Anyone or anything in his path instantly turns into dog shit (just as in real life).
(Per Google) Historically, in ancient Rome, decimation was a severe military punishment used to quell mutinies or desertions. A unit of soldiers would be divided into groups of ten, and one man from each group was chosen by lot to be executed by his peers. In our film, an evil scientist applies the same concept to the city that turned its back on him. In the fine print of his published manifesto it reads:
“I reserve the right, at any time and without warning, to change the bomb calculation to one-in-nine or one-in-eight (and so on) in order to sow maximal terror until my demands are met — or else to skip over a business that I particularly enjoy, such as Chipotle.”
Great Exudations 