Scene 6 - The Usual Sequel Talk
(Gale and Jim sit down in a coffee shop drinking coffee.)
GALE
So what's the deal with this? The killer is trying to make another sequel.
JIM
Yeah. That's what Rick said. He's trying to make the perfect sequel.
GALE
But the last time this happened it was supposedly the final part of a trilogy.
JIM
Yeah. Supposedly.
GALE
So what's the deal? You're the screenwriter, has this every happened.
JIM
A movie comes to mind. A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors was supposed to be the closing part of the Nightmare trilogy but… the fans wanted more so they made more.
GALE
What are the rules?
JIM
Rule #1. Survivors from the third part have no chance of surviving. Kristen, Kincaid, and Joey are all dead.
GALE
That's pleasant news. Go on.
JIM
Rule #2. New characters must be aware most of them won't survive. Maybe One, three at most but no more.
GALE
Not such good odds for you.
JIM
Yeah, that's what I've been thinking.
GALE
Any more?
JIM
There are two more I can think of. Rule #3. Be expecting very gruesome, disgusting, deaths. Rule #4. There is no chance that there will not be another part. The killer is going to survive and try to have revenge on the people that killed him.
GALE
But that can't happen in real life though.
JIM (laughs)
I guess not.
(Gale sips her coffee, and so does Jim. They just stare at each other for a while. Silently.)
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(Gale and Jim sit down in a coffee shop drinking coffee.)
GALE
So what's the deal with this? The killer is trying to make another sequel.
JIM
Yeah. That's what Rick said. He's trying to make the perfect sequel.
GALE
But the last time this happened it was supposedly the final part of a trilogy.
JIM
Yeah. Supposedly.
GALE
So what's the deal? You're the screenwriter, has this every happened.
JIM
A movie comes to mind. A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors was supposed to be the closing part of the Nightmare trilogy but… the fans wanted more so they made more.
GALE
What are the rules?
JIM
Rule #1. Survivors from the third part have no chance of surviving. Kristen, Kincaid, and Joey are all dead.
GALE
That's pleasant news. Go on.
JIM
Rule #2. New characters must be aware most of them won't survive. Maybe One, three at most but no more.
GALE
Not such good odds for you.
JIM
Yeah, that's what I've been thinking.
GALE
Any more?
JIM
There are two more I can think of. Rule #3. Be expecting very gruesome, disgusting, deaths. Rule #4. There is no chance that there will not be another part. The killer is going to survive and try to have revenge on the people that killed him.
GALE
But that can't happen in real life though.
JIM (laughs)
I guess not.
(Gale sips her coffee, and so does Jim. They just stare at each other for a while. Silently.)
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