OK, here’s the gimmick. Let’s see your best shot at writing one side or the other of a cliffhanger. You know, either the last 30 seconds of last week’s episode, or the first 30 seconds of the new show this week. Use your own characters, or those from existing movies or TV shows. Bonus points shall be awarded for filling in the other half of someone else’s offering!
Here’s one to start out with:
When we last saw our heros, Batman, battered, bruised, nearly unconscious, was dangling from the batline over the edge of Wayne Tower, the tallest building in Gotham City. As he slowly twisted in the cold, thin wind, the line was chafing on the sharp edge of the great brick edifice. Every twist broke yet another fiber of the already worn strand. It was ironic that Batman was so close to death, hanging from a building that he owned in his secret identity, Bruce Wayne.
His fingers feebly clutched at his utility belt, trying to get to the bat-communicator. Finally he retrieved it, and brought it to his bloody lips. "Robin... Robin... I need help!"
Far below, and three blocks away, Robin was leaning on the hood of the Batmobile, surrounded by nearly a dozen young girls, unaware that the communicator on his belt was broadcasting his every word. "You should have seen the time I saved Batman from the Diddler last week. Diddler had BM strapped into his latest gadget, the Orgasmatron. Batman was almost dead from being trapped in the hellish machine for over an hour. But I defeated the Diddler single-handed, and freed Batman in the nick of time". He paused dramatically, then said, "You know, Batman said I should destroy the Orgasmatron. But I saved it instead". The girls all ooh'd, and three of
them eyed Robin with a knowing, yet yearning gleam in their eyes.
Back on the top of the building, Batman heard this exchange. "Damn!", he thought. "I hate it when that kid brings in his own writers!"
This gave him a sudden flash of inspiration. Quickly he pulled the communicator to his mouth & sent out a call to the studio. “Hire me three new writers - fast”
It was worth being the richest man in Gotham sometimes, he thought idly to himself, glancing down as the cable snapped & chute opened out of the side of his building for him to drop into, retroactively written into the building by the new writers.
He slid down the chute, landing at the bottom safely in time to see Robin get soaked in muddy water by a street cleaner truck & the leggy blondes all run away in disgust.
Yes, it was definitely worth it.
Fierra, that’s a good sequel, but you didn’t follow the rules. This was supposed to be either the last 30 seconds of last week’s show, or the first 30 seconds of this week’s episode. You gave me the 2nd 30 seconds. (Well, allowing for the intro music, scenes fading in, dramatic pauses, yada yada yada).
Still, it was a good effort, and I like seeing Robin get his comeuppance. He’s a snotty little suckup sometimes. Care to try again?
that was the first 30 seconds of this week’s show (it solves the cliffhanger from last week’s episode, but we don’t know what catastrophes are going to befall our heroes this week while Robin goes off to change his nappies, sorry, I meant tights)
<stamps foot, sulks & pouts>
I am not going to write the whole of the episode to prove it - that Wayne guy doesn’t pay that much!
Hmmm. What we have here is a failure to communicate.
Sorry, Fierra, I meant the OP as the 1st 30 seconds of this week's episode. You don't have to go off and sulk. And I'll talk to Mr. Wayne. He's a pushover for someone that's trying to do the right thing.