Plan 10

 

So maybe you are familiar with the 1959 film "Plan 9 from Outer Space." It was directed by Ed Wood and has the distinction of being considered one of the worst films ever made. And because it was so bad, it became a cult classic.  I have never seen the movie, but I was kind of aware of it. The movie's story involves extraterrestrials who implement "Plan 9," a scheme to resurrect the dead on Earth as part of an effort to stop humanity from creating a doomsday weapon that could destroy the universe.

The film features Bela Lugosi (the original film Dracula) in his final film appearance, although most of his scenes were shot before production began and were later integrated into the movie. After Lugosi's death, another actor stood in for him, awkwardly covering his face with a cape in scenes. The film is infamous for its visible production flaws, such as wobbly graveyard tombstones, poorly constructed flying saucer models, and inconsistent lighting and continuity errors.

So I saw a t-shirt on the 6 dollar t-shirt site that had the movie poster for "Plan 9 from Outer Space" and it inspired the idea of  "Plan 10 from Office Space" and addresses the dead being resurrected and returning to the office after working remotely (literally and figuratively) for years.  I asked Gemini to help me with this idea and it wouldn't have anything to do with it so I went to Ideogram because god knows how many more days I'll be able to eek free designs out of it. And it gave me six or seven great designs. If you look closely at the one above you'll see me as a zombie on the far right. The reason for including me in the design is twofold. First I've decided to go Alfred Hitchcock on my designs and appear in as many as possible the way Hitchcock used to appear in all of his films. Second, my workplace is considering forcing employees to return to work at the office, at least a few times a week.

Needless to say, this idea has not been well received. And although I didn't really enjoy working remotely when the pandemic first struck, I've grown fond of my home office and having the luxury of rolling out of bed and shuffling into work without what amounts to an hour and a half commute by train to and from work each day. I also like just wearing jeans and t-shirts and not showering a great deal.

I'm hoping more and more people can relate to this dilemma and I can be on the cutting edge supplying them with t-shirts.

I think there is a remote chance this could happen.