Friday, February 24, 2023

Different reality

 The Stranger (1946)

The Naked City

The Ernst Toller Gesellschaft

Meydl


Here is a Chat GPT screenplay from the prompt "Write a screenplay about a cop who has to change realities in order to solve a murder."

FADE IN:

EXT. CITY STREET - NIGHT

We see a bustling city street with cars honking, people rushing to get home and street vendors selling their wares. Suddenly, we hear gunshots and people start running in all directions. A man falls to the ground and a pool of blood begins to form around him.

CUT TO:

INT. POLICE STATION - DAY

DETECTIVE JACK, a grizzled cop in his early forties, is sitting at his desk with a pile of papers in front of him. His partner, DETECTIVE LISA, enters the room.

DETECTIVE LISA: Hey, Jack. You hear about the murder last night?

DETECTIVE JACK: Yeah, I heard. Another one of those gang-related shootings.

DETECTIVE LISA: No, this one’s different. The victim was a scientist who was working on some kind of parallel universe experiment.

DETECTIVE JACK: What? That’s crazy.

DETECTIVE LISA: Yeah, and get this. The lab was ransacked and all the equipment is missing.

DETECTIVE JACK: Sounds like someone’s trying to cover their tracks.

DETECTIVE LISA: That’s what I was thinking. We should start investigating this right away.

DETECTIVE JACK: Agreed. Let’s get to work.

CUT TO:

INT. LABORATORY - DAY

Detectives Jack and Lisa are examining the crime scene. There are papers scattered all over the floor and broken test tubes and equipment everywhere. Suddenly, Jack sees a glimmer of light coming from a small machine in the corner.

DETECTIVE JACK: Hey, Lisa. Look at this.

DETECTIVE LISA: What is it?

DETECTIVE JACK: I don’t know, but it looks important.

Jack approaches the machine and starts tinkering with it. Suddenly, the machine emits a bright light and Jack disappears.

CUT TO:

INT. DIFFERENT REALITY - DAY

Jack finds himself in a different reality. The world is bleak and desolate, with no signs of life anywhere. Suddenly, he hears a noise and draws his gun. A figure emerges from the shadows and Jack realizes it’s the killer.

DETECTIVE JACK: Freeze! You’re under arrest.

KILLER: Ha! You’ll never catch me.

The killer runs away, and Jack chases after him. They run through a deserted city, over abandoned buildings, and through dark alleys until they come to a stop on the edge of a cliff.

DETECTIVE JACK: It’s over. You’re trapped.

KILLER: No, you’re trapped.

Suddenly, the killer pushes Jack off the cliff and he plummets into the water below.

CUT TO:

INT. LABORATORY - DAY

Jack suddenly reappears in the laboratory, drenched and confused. Lisa rushes to his side.

DETECTIVE LISA: Jack! Are you okay?

DETECTIVE JACK: What just happened?

DETECTIVE LISA: You disappeared for a few seconds. What did you see?

DETECTIVE JACK: I saw a different reality. It was desolate and dark. The killer was there, but I couldn’t catch him.

DETECTIVE LISA: We need to find out more about this experiment. Maybe it’s the key to solving the case.

CUT TO:

INT. RESEARCH FACILITY - DAY

The detectives find the lead scientist on the experiment and interrogate her. She reveals that the experiment was designed to open a portal to a parallel universe, but things went wrong and the portal was unstable.

DETECTIVE JACK: We need to go back. We need to catch the killer and bring him to justice.

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