{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "One sad thing, we\u2019re now too far from the medium-term reaction to 9/11 that there\u2019s this scene I thought up when I was trying to...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/187116576143/", "html": "<p>One sad thing, we\u2019re now too far from the medium-term reaction to 9/11 that there\u2019s this scene I thought up when I was trying to be a screenwriter that won\u2019t work</p><p>It\u2019d be the protagonist confronts some secondary antagonist (who thought he was taken care of) in his skyscraper corner office for some McGuffin, and the antag is all cowardly begging for mercy</p><p>And there\u2019s some offscreen sound indicating a pursuit team is closing in, and we see the protag react to that, and then look back at the sniveling antag, and there\u2019s an airliner visible out the window</p><p>CUT TO the pursuit team banging their way through the office in body armor and carbines, they burst into the office, the protag somehow draws their fire but dodges and they just shatter the window, the protag JUMPS OUT</p><p>And running up to look down at him they see him sailing away on a parachute, \u2018cause he realized that fearful little shit <i>obviously</i> kept an emergency parachute in his office<br/></p>"}