Goonies 2: Never Say Die!
So,
while reading and listening to music tonight, I was suddenly surprised
to hear the score tracks from Goonies come on the players rotation. And
with that my mind started to wander to the recent talk of an actual
sequel possibly becoming a real thing.
The most likely of
possibilities is that the studio will want to make a movie that would
appeal to a younger audience with a whole new group of kids as the main
players with the original actors making token cameo appearances. Me, I
wish they would forgo that obvious set up and stick with the original
gang. Who really wants to see the children of the original Goonies go on
a different adventure? We want our gang. Not have to spend half a movie
intro-ing their kids who happen to share similar personality traits as
the original bunch. We want our Goonies, going for the gold once more.
Older, maybe a bit wiser, but just as desperate to succeed.
So my
mind,as is want to do, it started wandering....and this is what it
stepped in......my first blush,dont look back, randomness idea of a
sequel:
Goonies 2 :
NEVER SAY DIE !
The
movie opens with a portrayal of the tale of One Eyed Willie and how he
got trapped in the cavern.We should come in on the real juicy part of
the action, a real exciting mid sentence moment part of the story.
Pirates,
ships and explosions. Oh My !We get to see him in action as told via
the voice over of one Mikey Walsh. Who is telling his kid a bed time
story much like his father did when Mikey was a child. No surpirse,
Mikey has named his boy William, and affectionately calls him "Willie" .
Willie is young , too young to go on an adventure like his Dad .
Dad
continues to tell the story until Willie interrupts like a needle
knocked off a record and ask that one nagging question: if one eyed will
killed his crew, who escaped with the map and keys to the treasure?
Mikey explains what he believes happened. That One eyed Willie and crew
used their tunnels to reach the surface and get supplies to repair the
Inferno, but to protect themselves and the treasure he designed the
booby traps. Eventually,after many setbacks ,and after another cave in
that traps them again, the excessive time locked in the cavern is too
much, and he goes paranoid crazy and kills his crew. But someone
escaped.
Once again, times are tough in the Walsh home.And with the rest of the Goonies
For
you see, Mikey Walsh has cancer. The medical bills are piling up, and
having to take a break due to health issues , from his job as a
history teacher at Astoria High, he is having trouble keeping up with
the bills.The original money from the first one eyed willie adventure
may have been enough to save the Goon Docks once, but it didnt last.
Mouth is still mouthing off, and has had trouble keeping jobs as a
plumber. Separated from Stef, his home life is in an unhappy state .
Brand
and Andy are running some type of fishing service while he also assists
with harbor patrol. She mans the office, he sails the boat, a boat that
is in constant need of repair. She is not happy with what has become
her life.Unbeknownst to her, Brand has been searching for One eyed
Willies ship which is believed to have sank somewhere beyond the
horizon.
Data, no surprise , works with computers, but his
eccentric behavior ,has kept him more in data entry then creating.though
his home is full of wall to wall works in progress.His look would make
one think of Doc Brown.
Chunk, the only one who is actually doing
well, has become a reasonably successful author , his most famous book
is the recounting of the Goonies first adventure that he wrote years
later. With much embellishment. So much so that everyone involved with
the original story has become the butt of jokes and ridicule in their
hometown. And despite witness to the contrary, fewer and fewer people
believe the story of the kids and their pirate ship.the ship sailed off
beyond the horizon , and supposedly promptly sank from old age.Lost at
sea once more
While the Goonies tried to stay together,
time eventually did separate them . Until one stormy evening when Mikey
receives a phone call from someone who claims to be a distant relative
of one Chester Copperpot.
The voice on the phone
instructs Mikey to meet her immediately , as she claims to have found
something in Copperpots personal effects that has something important to
do with the legend of one eyed willie. And he is to bring the "key" and
the "map". Mikey, having dealt with shady,collectible seekers, and not
really in the mood or position to play in the past, initially refuses,
until the voice on the phone threatens to sue Mikey for stealing from
his distant cousins corpse. Since Mikey, openly had admitted to doing
this in newspaper interviews back then, he cant deny it.
Mikey
,reluctantly agrees.Now,what if the Chester Copperpot relative is
actually a Fratelli in disguise? She has the doubloon and wants the map
and key. In a scuffle, Mikey gets it back,but not without almost getting
shot.
Returning home, Mikey, sits in his study.A phone call comes through. Someone has died.
Sloth.....or perhaps Chunk...or both.
Days later,after the funeral, at Mikeys house,
The
old gang halfheartedly play catch up,having not done this much in the
previous years. Each looking at the map,the key,recalling memories and
arguments soon break out.Eventually Everyone shouts" Shut up,
Mouth!".But Mikey pours cold water on the anger by revealing to all that
he has cancer, and its bad. Everyone is shocked, even Brand had not
known.
Data wishes one eyed Willie would save them one more time with the rich stuff.
To break the tension, Mouth has folded the map into a paper airplane
and tosses it in front of everyone . Mikey, picks up the map, and while
chiding Mouth for never growing up and possibly ruining the map, stops
short, as he spots something on the paper. Something that in all his
years of staring at the map ,which he kept in a frame in his study at
home , he never had noticed.
There was an additional riddle, one that was only seen when folded along secondary folds in the map.
This must be what the Fratelli woman wanted the map for. Perhaps she
saw something in a old newspaper photo of the kids holding the map (hmm
will have to check to see it they made it out of the cave with the map,
or if it was in the hands of one of the Fratellis in the end)
Mouth
tries to translate , but his school spanish has become even rustier
over the years. So Stef saves the day, and working together they
translate the riddle. : Coppers bones, Southern foams, treasures home
There is more treasure to be had.
Mikey
believes its hidden behind one of the large waterfalls in the original
cavern. Maybe in a tunnel that leads to under where the ship had rested.
But not everyone is eager to go on another adventure.
First, the only way back into the cavern is via the ocean and its rough
waters. They would need Brands unreliable boat and hes not offering.
Second, they have adult problems now and playtime is over.
However,
Mikey knows of another way. For years he has been going back to the
cavern. Years ago he found an opening that lead back in and he would
return many times and just sit in the dark,remembering. He never
ventured far , as it was now dark and unstable and he really had no
reason to go further inside. Until now.
Everyone
discourages the idea of going back, on just a little piece of
information and speculation ,so they each depart for their homes.
The
next morning , Mikey is surprised to be greeted by Chunk,Data and
Mouth, all who have gathered gear that would help them in their quest,
this time better prepared with more than just Datas dastardly devices
and luck.
And the adventure begins.....again
they
work their way back into the cavern. light some candles,or other form
of lightsource and cross the water on a series of fallen rocks. and with
held breath ....step behind the waterfall........and promptly smack
their heads on a rock.
closer inspection finds a partial cave in has occured,but Mikey was right and behind the falling water is another puzzle.
This puzzle required the use of both items from the first movie, the skull key AND the doubloon
Before
they can solve the puzzle, they are greeted by a bright light that
washes over the cavern, exciting bats in their belfries and illuminating
falling rocks. the approach is threatening, could it be the Fratellis?
Sure
enough, its Brand chasing after his little brother one more time to
bring him home before he gets himself in trouble. On the boat with him
is Andy and Stef.
Using both items , the doubloon
fitting in a skull pattern like an eye patch. The skull key , like an
earring. they open a panel like a safe to find a treasure chest waiting .
The chest has a puzzle lock on it, but with the faintest of clue to
solve it, Brand decides to chop it open with an ax he has on his boat.
Revealing a skull with a map in its mouth and a pirates telescope
rammed in its left eye.
and thats about as far as I got before my eyes grew tired of staring at the screen........
part 2 ...of part 2 ,coming soon to a blog near you
UPDATE: Link to the end of the story in the comments
