THE STAGE 32 LOGLINES

Post your loglines. Get and give feedback.

THE WINTER FARMER
By Blake Laitner

GENRE: Sci-fi, Drama
LOGLINE:

A science fiction adventure takes place in the year 2117 where the fight is between the extinction of traditional farming an artificial seed technology. DALY NEWTON, a farmer’s child with a family secret can stop Dr. Peterson from complete control.

SYNOPSIS:

The Winter Farmer

HUMAN ADVANTAGE, a Corporation that operates outside of all government’s regulations, gained independent power after the war of 2083, their mission is world domination by providing food and security. When DR. PETERSON, HA's Chief Officer, rise to power in 2117 and is ready to release “Detox”. Many parts of the world were already experiencing extreme weather conditions and his goal is to spray large quantities of stratospheric sulfate aerosols causing whole Earth to experience 3 years of winter forcing people join HA’s movement or die.

DALY NEWTON, a young boy raised on farm in the woods. The Newton family trust nature more than people the world is becoming more artificial. Daly receives attunements from his father TREE and begins developing original techniques in weaving and soil mixing. Daly has sworn to take care of the family and farm. Only time he left the woods was to pick up his mom medication, supplies, and once for a growing competition he illegal enter. Dr. Peterson, the head officer of Human Advantage won the contest that day and Daly took second place.

Years go by Dr. Peterson or PETER became more specious about the family the lives in the woods the Newton’s. Once in power he sends a Human Advantage spy to the Newton’s Farm for evidence of this so called “Earth Print” that can destroy Peterson’s plan. Daly kills the man out of self defense. Human Advantage is untouchable and Daly is flown to Black Dolphin Prison in Russia. They also put a world-wide ban on all natural farming.

After a year, Peterson and his crew still can't find the Newton's “Earth Print” on the farm, and orders Daly’s to be free. Peterson's thinks if he breaks Daly's spirit he will tell him Newton secret. Daly does not to trust anyone, now with very little supplies first hope of getting home when is given a travel guide robot, BORIS for helping the son of an ex military sergeant. After a tough road out of Russia, Daly and Boris cross the border into Kazakhstan through a tunnel. To their welcoming is an all out war between WTF the Rebels and Human Advantage. At a WTF base camp, Daly receives word that SCRATCHPAD, a friend from Cottage Grove, Oregon chapter leader of WTF is fighting up ahead. On their way to find him, Daly's inability to trust Boris causes the robot to get captured and interrogated by Dr. Peterson.

Daly reaches Scratchpad as WTF has taken HA’s base. Scratchpad hijacks a chopper and tells Daly in order to save the old way they must steal the seeds from the vault in Norway. On their way, Scratchpad tells Daly his father isn't his blood father and that his mother is on life support. Peterson’s whole plan was working out perfect. Scratchpad brings Daly back WTF base where he think it’s safe to plant and grow the seeds from Norway. Peterson watches Daly grow then destroy the last viable seeds on the planet. Daly is left alone again, and decides suicide is his only salvation.

Lying in the snow for dead, a glimmer of sun breaks the stratospheric sulfate aerosols for the first timein two years. Rolling back into memories he realizes the only one who has ever been true to him, is nature. Daly gets up with an unselfish attitude to rescue Boris. Once safely back in Russia Daly decides he wants to settle down to start life here. RED, a mafia boss tells him it's too late for that, everything is a go. There's an army at his back that needs Daly to lead them across the Pacific to Human Advantages Headquarters in the United States.

Cottage Grove is protected by a Dome installed by HA, the land was never affected by Detox. Peterson has waited for the day Daly see's his old farm has turned into HA's headquarter. Peterson is still looking for “Earth Print”. Daly sneaks onto the property through old pathways his father showed him. He sees his mother on life support in her bed. She delivers the message to Daly about the Newton secret “Earth Print”. He pulls the plug on his mother relieving her from pain and walks outside to face Peterson face to face.

Daly tells Peterson its right here. The “Earth Print” is all around them. The Rebels break onto the property and Daly heads for the energy source to break the dome. The Sun shines down on the land activating the underground weaving system that sets off a radioactive element basted in the soil that fires an instantaneous biological eruption causing everything to grow instantaneously. It is unstoppable; Daly is shot in the back and is killed by Peter.

The whole world goes back to normal and peace is restored. In remembrance of Daly and the Newton’s a statue stands outside of the farm now operated by Boris and his family.

register for stage 32 Register / Log In