Stories by @optimistic_writer
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The Rocketeer II: Blackout
In 1977, Pamela Brown is looking to join the Air Force to follow in her father's footsteps, who was one of the Tuskegee Airmen in World War II, but is turned away. At around the same time, the infamous New York Blackout happens, and her brother is arrested for a crime he did not commit, as well as stumbling upon a prototype jetpack made by Peevy and Howard Hughes many years ago. She decides to adopt the role of The Rocketeer to prove her brother's innocence and try to clean up the streets New York in one of the worst years of its long history.

Airplane III: The Third One
Many years after the events of the second movie, Ted and Elaine have since divorced but are both still caring for their daughter, Amy. She is on a flight to go and visit her father along with her boyfriend, Rich, when tragedy strikes. Another plane somehow gets lodged in the cockpit during a hijacking. Rich is the only available pilot on board, as well as being a professional negotiator, martial artist, and mechanic. Can he save this plane before it's too late?

Moon Knight
Marc Spector was a mercenary working for Raoul Bushman in Egypt. After an attempt to save innocent people, Spector is killed by Bushman. Egyptians take him to an ancient temple where his heart stops in front of a statue of the ancient god Khonshu. He receives a vision from the god and offers him a second chance as being the avatar of the god. He accepts, and is resurrected. He takes the silver shroud off the statue and murders Bushman, keeping his face as a trophy. In the coming years, he becomes not only Moon Knight, but adopts the identity of Steven Grant and Jake Lockley to have money but be in touch with the criminal element. He soon develops multiple personality disorder and schizophrenia, while also being a sadistic killer to the criminals that dare cross him.

The Trip
A woman with a dark past decides to join a strange experiment involving hallucinogenic drugs within a sensory deprivation tank. With only another doctor as the only other person she sees, the story delves deep into her past and the mistakes she's made, along with the deterioration of her mind beyond comprehension. Within the confines of her small room, she not only witnesses strange horrors but possibly the secrets of the universe.

Shattered Fragments
A man is in constant battle with himself. As of recently, he seems to be remembering 5 different lives, all vastly different from his own. He starts to wonder whether these are lives he's lived before, other lives he's currently living on other worlds, or if he's truly on the brink of insanity. An homage to existential 90s horror like Jacob's Ladder and In the Mouth of Madness.

St. Patrick's Day Murders
A young girl witnesses the death of her parents being murdered by the St. Patrick's Day Killer. For some reason, he lets her live and escapes, but is captured by police soon after. 20 years later, he escapes from prison... and he wants revenge. He wants to kill the woman he should've all those years ago. An homage to 1980s slasher films.

Shreds
A group of friends spend the night in what they think is a haunted asylum. However, over the course of the night, they realize it's not haunted at all, but a mad man's hunting ground. The mad man soon sets his sights on the group and nothing will stand in his way. An homage to 1970s exploitation films.

The Souls of the Condemned
A young woman and her husband are in a car accident and she survives while he gets killed. While also dealing with survivor's guilt, she suspects that she is also being haunted by three ghosts from the great beyond. Despite this, nobody believes her and she has to deal with the horror herself. An homage to 60s grounded supernatural horror.

The Beast from Space
A group of astronauts go to a strange planet that features a primitive race of alien creatures who worship a god like beast. When the astronauts want to study the beast, the tribe urges them not to, but they do so anyway. What they find is something unlike anything they've ever seen before. An homage to 1950s B movies.

Visions of Evil
A couple receives strange visions from an old Gothic mansion saying they must go there but it is unclear why. At around the same time, the couple is stalked by a man dressed in black. When their terror gets the best of them, they decide to leave to find the mansion, and only unspeakable horrors lie inside. An homage to 1940s chillers.

The Terror of Dr. Thorne
A scientist named Dr. Thorne who has been struggling to find a cure for death itself, tries his latest version on a bum to see what he needs to perfect his concoction. However, it kills the man in the process and he dumps the body in an alley. Unbeknownst to Thorne, he is resurrected but is technically brain dead. The victim then goes on a ravenous killing spree and nothing can stop him! An homage to 1930s horror (but made in present day).

Marvel's What If...?
What If...? is an upcoming Marvel series on the streaming service Disney+. Each episode will be a What If scenario catering to each film. These are my ideas of what those episodes could be (click on the roles for each What If...? storyline, they'll be in the description).

The Deadite Wasteland
After the events of the series finale of Ash vs Evil Dead, Ash has been kicking ass and taking names across a post apocalyptic USA looking for Pablo, Kelly, and Brandy along with his augmented lady friend, Lexx. While driving through the wasteland, he encounters a young woman named... Mia. For some reason, Ash somewhat remembers her and decides to take her along with him on his quest. With this, Ash and Mia kick ass together one last time, while trying to save this brave new world from evil.

The Evil Dead II
A movie that jokingly "fixes" the continuity errors of the series. Taking place immediately after the events of Evil Dead (2013), Mia is walking through the forest without a hand, her friends being fucking dead, and overall, in a pretty shit mood. However, at the same time, Ash is walking out of the cabin back in 1981 when the evil attacks him again, and it teleports him 32 years into the future! Ash and Mia meet and through one another, they have to defeat evil once again and Ash goes from the scared imbecile to the gun toting bad ass we know him as. After the evil is defeated, he gets sent back to his own time... but slightly different and in this timeline now... Ash only went with Linda and not his friends to the cabin... Ah well! Shouldn't be a big deal right?

Bully
Based on the Rockstar game of the same name, the series follows 15 year old Jimmy Hopkins who is forced to go to Bullworth Academy when his mother and stepfather go on a honeymoon. There, he witnesses various cliques bullying one another to the point of violence while the staff do nothing to stop it. Along with a strange egomaniac named Gary, Jimmy tries to rule the school to stop the bullying and unify everyone. However, this leads Jimmy on a journey of ups, downs, love, betrayal, and self-discovery.

X-Men (1986)
A group of mutants known as the X-Men fight for equality with humans, while the Brotherhood of Mutants fights against them for power over humans.

Wonder Woman (1946)
A princess named Diana lives on the island of Themyscira along with other Amazonian warriors. When a man named Steve Trevor crash lands on the island and tells them of The Great War, Diana realizes she must help the realm of man, who she believes is under the siege of Ares, the God of War.

Unbreakable (1965)
A seemingly regular man is the only survivor of a train accident, and because of this, finds out he has extraordinary powers. This catches the eye of a strange man named Elijah Price.

The Truman Show (1987)
Truman Burbank is a seemingly normal man who lives a normal life. But what he doesn't know, is that his entire life has been a television series for others to enjoy. When strange things begin to happen to him, he starts to question his very existence.

The Game (1968)
Nicholas Van Orton is a successful banker who keeps mostly to himself. When his estranged brother Conrad returns on his birthday with an odd gift -- participation in a personalized, real-life game -- Nicholas reluctantly accepts. Initially harmless, the game grows increasingly personal, and Orton begins to fear for his life as he eludes agents from the mysterious game's organizers. With no one left to trust and his money gone, Orton must find answers for himself.