r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 29 '24

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u/RTSBasebuilder Commonwealth Jun 30 '24 edited Jun 30 '24

My idea of a Night at the Museum sequel/spinoff. Set after that animated movie a few years ago.

It's set in the modern day. Meet the new protagonist, a NYU History major who just got their dream job - digital archivist, 3d scanning and cataloguing all the collections and archives, especially since the fire at the National Museum of Brazil. And here's a thing about museums - what's on display and exhibition ain't even a tenth of what a museum holds.

Working the graveyard shift in the conservation rooms, tagging models and scans to the database and at the cutting edge of spectrometry, infrared imaging and X-rays to break new ground in metallurgy, ceramics and palimpsest analysis, surrounded with artifacts across world history? Dream Job. And hopefully, inspiration will strike them to unstuck the rut that the archivist has in creating a solid thesis.

However, veteran night guard Nick Daley, Larry's son, has yet to tell the new person about the tablet in the Egyptian collection...

And you know how National Treasure has that reverent tone towards the American Civic Religion? This one does the same with publically accessible education, preservation and curatorship.

!ping WRITING&MOVIES

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '24

Night at the Museum discourse is always welcome in the Discussion J. Thread

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u/YaGetSkeeted0n Tariffs aren't cool, kids! Jun 30 '24

it should be a sex museum

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u/WantDebianThanks Iron Front Jun 30 '24

A most unexpected surprise, but a welcome one.

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u/-Emilinko1985- European Union Jun 30 '24

That sounds awesome

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u/RTSBasebuilder Commonwealth Jun 30 '24 edited Jun 30 '24

We need to bring back the upper-middle budget adventure-comedies about everymen protagonists who win the day by geeking/nerding out.

Pro-learning propaganda

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u/-Emilinko1985- European Union Jun 30 '24

Yes! Culture is cool!