Just Nuke It™
Came to say this, thanks!
Although “Just blow it” could be a better fît
Profitic
Is your title a portmanteau of prophetic and profit?
Yes, thanks for noticing.
The year is 2040. The nuclear powers of the world have just signed a treaty to halt all new nuke production. Across the world, people celebrate in the streets.
cuts to gloomy office
Except Dr Newtron, CEO of Newtron Industries, the world’s best manufacturer of nuclear weapons. But as he paces his office and shouts at his secretarie, the phone rings.
‘Yes?’
The voice on the other side is icy calm. ‘You appear to be in a bit of a problem’, it observes.
‘Did you call me to state the obvious?’ the doctor barks into the mouthpiece. ‘I did not become Doctor Newtron by suffering fools, you know’.
‘No, I called to offer you a way out’. The voice is unperturbed.
‘Speak.’ The doctor’s voice changes in an instant. He did not become Doctor Newtron by being a fool either.
‘Have you heard of TrickTock?’ (The voice is that of a woman.)
The doctor is silent. He is not one to admit ignorance. But the voice seems encouraging, understanding, even. ‘Tis a silly place. It is like PlaceBook, but for children’.
‘Ah’, the doctor agrees, ‘but what does it have to do with saving my business?’
‘Everything’, the voice replies.
Meet nuclear physicist Dr Newtron and influencer Zea Mayes as they try to sell the public on the idea of nuclear war. Only on Nuke, releasing this sixth of August!
