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[gfish]

Three werewolf movie ideas:

Lycanthropy as metaphor for menopause instead of puberty. Not sure where to go with this, just tired of people wolfing out in their teen years. Yes, scary body changes, lots of hair, we get it.

A global conspiracy of werewolves who are shaping military policy to develop weaponry which could blow up the moon. They want to create a ring for the Earth so that they can stay in wolf form permanently, see.

A form of lycanthropy where lots of people have the potential, but it would take far more moonlight than even the brightest full moon could provide. Which has no impact, until astronauts start landing on the moon and being exposed to thousands of times more moonlight than normal.

Comments

[caladri.livejournal.com]

Werewolves on the Moon!

[sistawendy.livejournal.com]

Oh, Fishy, Hollywood would be a better place if you ran it.

[randomdreams.livejournal.com]

Sometimes, ilmarinen and I talk about what constitutes a silver weapon: sterling silver? A lead bullet that's been silver-plated? A lead bullet with a hole drilled down the center a la a dumdum and a silver wire in? A 50/50 silver/copper alloy?
So imprecise, these old legends.

[ivy]

I would totally read any of those books. Movies, maaaaybe, it would depend on the rendering. But I like the ideas!

[beaq.livejournal.com]

I like the moon one!

I had a series of dreams once of being a werewolf that I think were about bipolar disorder.

[ashley-y.livejournal.com]

How much energy would one need to blow up the moon?

[nojay.livejournal.com]

The was an SF novel involving a bunch of werewolves who ran a hotel as a cover for their monthly "activities". They hosted an SF convention that got NASA to loan them an exhibit of a piece of Moon-rock...

[maribou]

I like the menopausal one. Plus I suspect it would Stir Up Controversy.

Lagrange point 3

[bigbumble.livejournal.com]

You could include a jail break from the secret werewolf prison at L-3, the Lagrange point opposite the moon in earth orbit. For purposes of the movie the L could stand for Lycanthropy instead of Lagrange.

[keystricken.livejournal.com]

It's impossible for me to hear new ideas for werewolves without recommending this comic (http://www.lutherlevy.com/?page_id=152). There will supposedly be werewolves in it, eventually. And besides, it's brilliant.

[tithonium.livejournal.com]

o/~ We're werewolves on the moon / We carry a harpoon / but there ain't no.. o/~ wait, that doesn't work anymore.

[tithonium.livejournal.com]

Only very tangentially, I recommend reading/listening to How We Lost the Moon by Paul J. Mcauley.

[mlerules.livejournal.com]

Hmm, not sure how the menopause metaphor'd work, unless the lack of monthly flow would be replaced by a transition to werewolf-ness. Must somehow get the timing right ahead of time though so the periods match. Silver nitrate explosion...dunno. Interesting concept.