The Price of Fame

I went to Matt's Birthday Party last night at Fillipis. It was Mafia Themed, and it was awesome. They were talking about their web series, "Matt and Wes Vs. the Zombie Apocalypse," and they were talking about scripts that they have for upcoming episodes.

I was pleased to hear that not all of the episodes are going to go in any particular order, or with any particular storyline involved. This is somewhat lame because I am a fan of really involved and deep stories, but I think that it is a really good thing considering the scope of the project. An involved story really needs more than about 4 minutes an episode, and more than just a few episodes to really carry the flag.

But, some of the scripts that they were talking about really got me thinking. Thinking about writing one for them.

Although I am a confident guy, I simultaneously don't like being judged. I know, it's a catch 22. Still, if I am going to be a writer I am going to have to put myself out there sometime, and I think that this is as good a time as any. I like the subject material a lot, and I know a lot about it. I also know the characters that are involved fairly well, so I think that I would be a good candidate for doing a script for them.

Laying in bed after the party, I had a lot of idea running through my head. The one that I think is the best so far is "The Price of Fame." The idea is that Matt and Wes' exploits start to be known better and better in the zombie killing world. This starts to get them noticed by the media. The idea is that overnight they basically turn into Lindsay Lohan. They are surrounded by the paparazzi everywhere they go, they can't eat, sleep, take a dump, drink a beer, anything like that. It can basically be their lives under a microscope, just like it is for moviestars and other people, only it is with Zombie killers.

The cool think about the idea is that it can at first be a satire against why the paparazzi and other hollywood fame mongers are stupid, but simultaneously we can also talk about the desire for fame of Matt and Wes. We can show them in a lot of different lights, between getting surrounded by cameras while they are simultaneously killing zombies, to being behind the desk at a press conference, I think that there are a lot of different avenues that I could explore with it. We can show how their egos expand exponentially in only a matter of days, how the fame effects them and the way that they go about their zombie killing, and in the end what happens when the spotlight isn't thrust upon them anymore.

I will see what can pan out with this... at least I have a cool starting point.

Stay tuned...same Zombie time... same Zombie channel.