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Movie Idea
Mar. 22nd, 2018 11:32 pmSo on tonight's episode of The Daily Show, Trevor Noah compared getting the Facebook creator to defend the US against foreign attacks on democracy to the Tinder creator to defending the earth against an impending asteroid strike.
Contrary to their "Have you tried swiping left?" joke, I think it's something that actually has potential. Hell, get the right director and the right cast, and I'd totally watch that Hollywood blockbuster.
I mean, imagine it: There's an impending impact from some space rock thing, and Earth has to assemble a team of top scientists to protect us. But how do the governments pick the best people to work with? Enter the Tinder team: Have a bunch of scientists in fields related to Protecting Earth From Interstellar Impact (and possibly investors?) sign up for a special version of Tinder that will help them form groups to plan ways to do the thing I just said. The picking teams problem is solved, and there can even be multiple teams. Suddenly it's a competition to save the earth! Who will win: The patriarchy-approved white dude team with Token Other from every other action movie we've ever seen, the two other teams just like the first but with slightly different tokens, or our Underdog team, diverse in makeup and field and who just might have what it takes to save the planet?
Contrary to their "Have you tried swiping left?" joke, I think it's something that actually has potential. Hell, get the right director and the right cast, and I'd totally watch that Hollywood blockbuster.
I mean, imagine it: There's an impending impact from some space rock thing, and Earth has to assemble a team of top scientists to protect us. But how do the governments pick the best people to work with? Enter the Tinder team: Have a bunch of scientists in fields related to Protecting Earth From Interstellar Impact (and possibly investors?) sign up for a special version of Tinder that will help them form groups to plan ways to do the thing I just said. The picking teams problem is solved, and there can even be multiple teams. Suddenly it's a competition to save the earth! Who will win: The patriarchy-approved white dude team with Token Other from every other action movie we've ever seen, the two other teams just like the first but with slightly different tokens, or our Underdog team, diverse in makeup and field and who just might have what it takes to save the planet?
