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Hello all,

Are there any concepts from my repertoire over the years that have stuck with you as being intriguing for a feature length script or television pilot script?

I am in the process of collating as many pitches as possible to shop around town, and would like to source feedback from my most enthusiastic audience.

Anything big or small from any era of content.

I would open this to the $5 people but they all are all idiots

Comments

Chris

The concept of a grieving person rebuilding a version of their dead partner in an AI companion has stuck with me. In that same vein, your recent AI mom video was a fantastic spin on a similar idea. I think people would resonate with a story about something like that. With themes of dependency on AI, AI psychosis, etc

John

"My daughter found out her mother is AI" is one concept I find especially compelling, it's the one video of its genre I really wanted a follow-up to. Something about the dissonance of a man thoroughly immersed in AI tech forcing such an austere, offline home life upon himself and his daughter while simultaneously using that technology against her really fucks with me (in a good way). It's a great story to tell in the car but I think it'd also be a really great concept to watch play out over a feature-length film.

Jamie

I think "I Ate My Grandmother" would make a great horror film, if presented in a less comedic way, with the twist being that the "suprise meals" are grandma meat and the parents being religious lunatics

Quinlan Cahill

I’ve always been compelled by your much longer form videos, specifically your sort of “psychopathic” character. Videos like “the artisanal soda shop incident” or “how my ex died, and am I responsible” create this character who does whatever he wants and simply doesn’t care. We as an audience are hearing about dark and immoral actions, but through the perspective of someone who will go to all ends to justify their behavior. These I particularly enjoy, both for their comedic value but also for your storytelling skill.

Quinlan Cahill

As an addendum, the therapist series checks this box as well. A character in a delicate position who does not handle it with the gravitas it deserves. Especially, of course, a character in a job meant to serve others who only serves himself and his own morals. Certainly something I would watch more of.

kat

i really liked the my first date with chatGPT and chatGPT won't say she loves me videos. it would be interesting to watch a man that recently went through a divorce and his partner got full custody of their kids took their pet whatever, basically leaving the guy all alone until he discovers chatGPT and starts becoming codependent on it. you can flip flop the story any way you want! i trust your visions

Artemis Chanchan

To me the most interesting thing is the whole persona of the "sociopath trying to be an influencer". I love seeing him trying anything he can think of to get famous while being totally clueless about his lack of understanding of morality. It's not just about a bad guy doing bad thing for clout like pranksters or things like that, it's the mix of being totally earnest about his negative feelings towards others but also genuinely wanting to entertain and be "a thing" in the culture, thinking that he deserves to be seen. It's also even better when it uses bad stuff you can relate to, but pushed to the extreme (one of my favorite video is the store worker who blew up at a customer and found out later she was his girlfriend's mother - the frustration of dealing with someone is real, but hearing someone acting on his impulse like that gives a half-half feeling of self-disgust and catharsis).

rers

How killing feels wound be an amazing example of how somebody like that views the world i remember watching that video and being thoroughly creeped out.

Matthew Korloch

I think that there is something to sociopath magician escapes titanic via cross dressing.

madi

Ethan Mettner

Big Red Love Triangle Age Gap Forbidden Mafia Love Pierre/Big Lebowski/Daniel please with actual Taylor Swift Cameo

Hazel

I would love to see more of the intercogg / penetration universe be expanded on. The plot of “my daughter found out her mother is AI” is very impactful, and there could be hundreds of avenues to explore with how the human mind could be manipulated through advanced technology. I think it would be amazing to see a futuristic dystopia film / series that covers AI psychosis and advanced stages of human zoochosis. You’d be able to really blur the line between human and machine. “They’re following me” is a video that I really enjoyed, and placing that video’s tension into the universe where you don’t know who is human anymore + social isolation in a late-stage capitalistic society where everyone is running away from *something*.

Andie

Okok I commented this in questions4daniel and this might be cheating but I really really really would want to see you adapt the margaret lovatt story into a film!!!!! It’s such a grotesque absurd concept that I really think only you could do. It could feature the humanization of someone completely indefensible which is an art form you have gotten quite good at. It would also be ocean themed which is very dan of course

Andie

YUPPPPPP

Janie

I love the Eddie/Dan editor/influencer dynamic too

Andie

AGREEEEEEEE and the AI fatigue is real!!!! I think the best possible way to stand out is to avoid that topic altogether because right now it's like everyone and their mother is making AI commentary/satire and that's not what's gonna draw in audiences IDK!!

Blake

More stuff like 'I left her at the bottom of the stairs', kinda grounded-evil/psychopath stuff

noah

I feel like you use kafkaesque themes in a way that could resonate well with the masses. The insurance video was a giant hit already and a lot of your work points out absurdity in our bureaucracy. I love the ambulance video because on the surface it just looks like some silly crazy dude but by the end I was like “he’s kinda got a point” even if the method of defiance is highly inadvisable. Same goes for the tsa dick video where the title is some absurd situation and you use that absurdity to highlight an absurdity in our actual world. I see this same theme occurring in penetration, the Best Buy video, and more I’m probably not recalling rn. Ultimately if you use stuff like that to speak to your average person working some shitty job it could be a hit.

Janie

I think you’re excellent at writing the nuances of a relationship breaking down. Agree with most other people that a psychological horror movie is definitely in your wheelhouse, and probably the easiest to pitch. I also want to see more semi documentary/nature films from you! Loved stupidest city and excited for the untitled salton sea project if it ever materializes.

poplujar karaoke

this is a Nightcrawler but from a goof ball not a creep?

poplujar karaoke

this video is special to me. i listened to it while having a stroll after walk and i saw a bunch of baby deers first time in my life, walking right by me in a cemetery during golden hour. Absolute magic, while Dan dead pan divinates future technologies.

poplujar karaoke

Dan is like the opposite of Key and Peel, he does horror confessionals but they all leave you with a warm comedic feeling.

Janie

I watch the TSA video every time I go to an airport

Nicole godzillaeyes Hall

Any of the 'sympathy for the devil'. Horrible person that you can't help but understand why they think/behave the way they do, because it's one of my favorite themes in media and you do really well with it. I also love everything you've done regarding AI

Janie

And I also think echoing Andie and Madi that it might be more subversive & timeless to NOT lean into AI too heavily, especially for a feature film. I think the angle that you approached it with the mom was great, but it didn’t *need* AI, it was again the relationship of the father and daughter breaking down into a point of utter betrayal of trust and “what else was I supposed to do” justification that was horrifying and resonant.

George Benjamin Pham

Loved how my cult fell apart and it started as a threesome and ended in murder

lu

I LOVED 'My Daughter Found Out Her "Mom" Is AI', while watching I put 'Just Like You' from the Gone Girl score behind it on loop and made a little movie in my head while you spoke, and I cried. I think it's such an interesting and confronting concept and holds great relevance and importance especially today. I also really loved 'It Started As a Three Some. It Ended In Murder.’ I find sexually driven conflict interesting, and when stupid situations (like 3 hormonal college students sharing an apartment) get turned into melodramatic psychological tragedies. I think both would make great features and I’m soooo exited to see what you do. You’re truly something else.

Nman Gaming

i'd like to see the "saying fork for 30 minutes straight" universe expanded upon my real answer would probably be the orb or mall santa delivering a special present

Nyfo5078

Just rewatched the artisanal soda shop incident and I liked the idea of some having an insane obsession with every little detail like that. not the most original idea but your execution was really good and I think you could turn it into something insane

Toad In Distance

pretty obviously big red saga would do good with something like that

Matthew Korloch

Me and my brother say “O-O-O-O-O” while making the face and holding up O’s in our hands in the style of the orange man to this day

Mrs. Peanut

I really liked the soda shop incident when you really created this very accurate world of a person with OCD or autism like you really made it feel very frantic and anxiety inducing which is so accurate to how if I let myself develop these routines that I think are helping me, they actually just end up making my life way harder

Misty Morgan

I agree that my favourite character is when you are so self aware, yet are excusing behaviour that is beyond acceptable to most of the general public, but do it in a way that I can totally understand and relate to. It connects me to the “shadow” parts of myself and invites introspection while making me laugh. There is so much you could do with that base.