Okay…don’t judge me…just…hear me out on this.
So…take a walk with me down Imagination Lane, and picture a film/cinematic inspired by late 80s/early 90s movies. The name of this film is “Jack Pallet.” The lead character is Spike Winthrop. Spike is in his mid to late 20s and is working at a warehouse to take care of his elderly grandparents. His parents died in a car accident, which placed him in the care of his grandparents.
The warehouse where Spike works is a business ran in a very tyrannical manner. The boss of this warehouse is involved in shady business deals, bankrupting the small town. He is feared, but since the warehouse is the main source of income for more than half the people in this small town, not much is done to eradicate the corruption.
Spike’s job is to source the wood to make the pallet jacks. One day, unbeknownst to Spike, there was a chemical spill in one of the coppiced wooded areas. The wood used for the latest batch of pallet jacks is contaminated by the toxic spillage.
Some time later, the boss, the supervisors, and a few employees have a laugh at Spike’s expense. Spike is bullied and ridiculed. Spike is really embarrassed and goes home.
It’s the end of the business day, and the last supervisor to have a laugh at Spike is closing up shop. It’s just this supervisor, the newly made pallets, and the other warehouse equipment. He hears a rattle after lights out. He yells, “Whoever is left here isn’t getting any over time!” He hears a rattle and some shuffling noises. He exclaims, “Who’s in here, dang it?!” Then suddenly, a group of pallets fall heavily on his head. After this, workplace incidents go on an unexplained rise.
It is later discovered that Spike has a symbiotic relationship with the toxic pallets. When Spike is done wrong, the pallets avenge him. In Spike’s final confrontation with the tyrannical boss, the pallets consume Spike and cover him like Voltron. Once covered in pallets, Spike is no longer Spike. He becomes…Jack Pallet.
…Character Arc: Spike becomes corrupted as Jack Pallet as he seeks revenge on the warehouse boss. Jack Pallet is consumed with power. The film will highlight moments of Spike’s internal struggle between the real him and the mind of Jack Pallet.
Thank you for taking this stroll with me. I could not help but be inspired creatively by the sentient pallets following the human in your "just for fun " video. 