Write Your Own Ending

[shine1108]

At the end of the show, as they have the nice smiley face, from under the stage area up rises a shower cubicle and inside its Bobby Ewing! Thank God!!! it was all just a DREAM!!!!!

[kac]

I prefer to rewrite the beginning. The Cadets proudly march on the field in a new sort of pre-show. They circle the "prop" - escort the "actors" off the stage, and promptly set it on fire. The drum major marches to the pit, unplugs the board, says Corps Ten Hut!! They then proceed to blow off the audiences faces scoring the first ever 99.999 (Can't get a perfect score in Guard cause that evil Czapinski lady has already awarded that score to the Cavies)... They win DCI and everyone is happy.

THE END.

You just made me completely LOL! Too funny!

I really like Liam's suggestion.

[mad_scotty]

for my new ending, i've decided that for the last couple of minutes of the show we're going to bring george hopkins out on the field and have him interviewed by an npr reporter on why the cadets show is so bad with narration, and have him explain just what happened to the front half of the show once and for all. i've filmed my script and posted it on youtube for you to review here:

[BozzlyB]

I agree that this is a much better perspective.

I'm wondering if the point I'm trying to make isn't lost. Forget how it's delivered, forget that it's not believable, forget that we hate narration, forget all of that. I guess the point I'm trying to make is that the philosophy is pathetic. Maybe it's Hopkins own personal story, maybe he's the one pursuing happiness and hasn't found it in all of his own self ambitions? I don't know. BUT, to tell such a story about a self-serving person and then end it the way they did seems to run completely counter to some of the core purposes of drum corps.

DO you hate narration? Tell me about that.

[Liam]

I agree that this is a much better perspective.

I'm wondering if the point I'm trying to make isn't lost. Forget how it's delivered, forget that it's not believable, forget that we hate narration, forget all of that. I guess the point I'm trying to make is that the philosophy is pathetic. Maybe it's Hopkins own personal story, maybe he's the one pursuing happiness and hasn't found it in all of his own self ambitions? I don't know. BUT, to tell such a story about a self-serving person and then end it the way they did seems to run completely counter to some of the core purposes of drum corps.

Yes, I get your point. Happiness isn't just something that's there for the taking. It's something that has to be worked at and, yes, pursued. We are guaranteed a right to the "Pursuit" of happiness, not happiness itself. And it can't be found by trudging through life satisfying your emotions and appetites. It is an elusive prize rewarded only to those who understand its hiding places in the soul and discover the key to unlocking it. The narration as it stands seems to imply that Happiness doesn't need to be pursued at all, that it's been right in front of you the whole time. It's true that happiness is available to everyone and when you find it, it "seems" like it's been in front of you the whole time, but it's not true that you don't have to work at it to recognize it.

If a story like this was told through the eyes of 20 year old young woman, viewing her mother's lifes and trials and realizations, and trying to apply those lessons as she sets out on her own personal journey on the Pursuit of Happiness ... well, we might just have something there ....

(Sorry for getting all Aristotelian on you there ... second time that's happened to me today )

Edited July 1, 2008 by Liam

[DCIHasBeen]

Amidst a stirring drum solo based on Eric Idle's "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life", members of the guard run the two "actors" on the living room set off the field and start smashing the set piece to bits, turning it into kindling for building a huge bonfire on the field.

The brass line throw away their Yamaha Bb & F instruments, picking up Kanstul G Bugles grounded around the field.

The corps comes together mid field to finish the show with a powerful rendition of Twisted Sister's "We're not gonna take it!"

Hopkins, seeing that his life long ambition of turning drum corps to the Dark Side has been suddenly, and finally, thwarted, throws himself upon the blazing inferno while uttering his final words to the crowd ...

Thankfully, since the amps have already been destroyed, nobody in the stadium can hear him.

Exeunt Omnes.

[Appleknocker]

I think the perfect ending would be for Larry, his brother Darryl, and his other brother Darryl to walk across the field.

That would make me happy.

Edited July 2, 2008 by Appleknocker

[martin84]

I can't resist:

Hopkins comes onto the field and out of nowhere one of the "boxers" from the Bluecoats show appears and lays him out.

George comes to, immediately announces a name change for the corp to the "Holy Name Cadets" and announces that next years' show will be "West Side Story".

[Michael Boo]

I think the perfect ending would be for Daryll, his brother Daryll, and his other brother Daryll to walk across the field.

That would make me happy.

Uh, the first brother's name from "Newhart" is Larry. His two brothers were both named Darryl.

[msesq]

Uh, the first brother's name from "Newhart" is Larry. His two brothers were both named Darryl.

I BELIEVE that Michael is right.