[EXT. DARK ALLEY – 4AM – TYLER gets off work at the review quarry and looks to catch a cab home after a long day. A shadow figure approaches in a raccoon bandit mask and pulls a knife]
ROBBER:
Awright Mac, empty your wallet.
TYLER:
Oh come on man, I’m just as broke as you are. Gimme a break.
ROBBER:
Empty that bag … slowly.
[A harried Tyler complies and begins emptying his backpack onto a closed garbage can. A saxophone sounds from a moving car off somewhere in the night]
ROBBER:
Juicebox … banana peel…ok, *three* copies of Welcome To Mooseport?
TYLER:
Ugh, the DVD has a commentary that was never ported to either the HD-DVD or Blu-Ray releases. The HD-DVD also has a warmer tone in the color temperature because they worked from a Japanese Laserdisc master which is considered the gold standard as the film is more widely respected in the Asian market.
ROBBER:
And the Blu-Ray?
TYLER:
Gotta get the Ultraviolet code somehow.
[ROBBER stares for what seems like an eternity]
ROBBER:
Awright, I’ll take your electronics. Hand over that phone – JESUS are you in the middle of watching this thing *right now*?!?!”
TYLER:
Well yeah, that’s what the Ultraviolet code was for. I have one left if you’d like that. Or if you give me your email I can hook you up if you have a Vudu account …
[ROBBER stabs self and runs screaming into the night]
—jason malmberg
Flommist Jason Malmberg is a simple man who believes in brown liquor and small dogs. He also makes art sometimes. Copyright © 2018 Jason Malmberg.
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