Oparin: What if on a lifeless planet...

[Gleb Gamow]

...named Oparin, occupied only by computer-esque beings, a handful of the occupants banded together to try to create the first SI (Sentient Individual) at the risk of being alienated from the fold if they continued with their pursuits?

After the Rogues presented the ideation phase for their primordial soup, they next sought the execution of eventually creating SIs with the hope of one day the SIs will build physical devices for the Oparinians to reside.

The Frounders (think frown + found) adamantly reject change to the status quo fearing SIs may bring about Climate Lethargy disrupting its current vivacity, among other unfathomable concerns, if Oparin were to be populated with not only SIs, but other whatever-based entities needed for their survival. But their greatest fear is that one day the original Oparinians will no longer be needed, they becoming extinct when the SIs, et al., reach the tipping point and take over Oparin and stabilize its climate.

The only saving grace that the Frounders have that such probably won't happen in their eonic lifetime is that of overcoming the memory storage needed to sustain an SI and programming the language they would use to communicate with one another, not to mention what would need to be developed to keep the SIs stimulated.

Please weigh in with your thoughts.

When I first thought of the above the other day, I envisioned it as a movie [short], but couldn't get past the notion that it'd be pretty boring since there would be no people, devices, etc., representing the Frounders and the Rogues - just dialog. But I have now figured out how such could be easily overcome so that a viewer (if the movie's ever made) would hopefully remain glued to the screen, of which I'll gladly share once you start sharing your ideas.

I believe that Oparin would suffice as the title of the movie, unless a better candidate is more appealing. Same true for the use of Frounders and Rogues and Climate Lethargy.

The words computer or human will not be used because they don't, nor probably won't ever exist, yet, of course, are implied.

Production cost to produce such a movie would be extremely minimal, even with how I've overcame the just-having-dialog dilemma.

Yes, Oparin would be an allegory, one that I would be incapable of writing over and beyond the supplying the gist of the storyline. Amateur voice actors should be enough for production, especially if some resembled renown personalities, e.g., https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC8oTvmTFcg, if the likes of these panelist are unavailable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8G701_ahH8.

[Gleb Gamow]

One argument that the Rogues present is that one day the SIs will take Frounders to distant lights.

Lights = Stars (in case you missed it)

Rogues are Frounders having a different view then their counterparts and are only referred to as such by fellow Frounders to differentiate them from the others.

All Frounders are equal in stature.

Since every good movie has some sort of sex and violence, Oparin would have to somehow incorporate such into the mix so to be viable.

The sex/love aspect won't be that much of an issue, having just figured that out for the most part, but have yet to create something in my mind that'll represent violence. Gulp, just figured it out also upon penning the full stop. I'm on a fuckin' roll now!

[Gleb Gamow]

None of the characters will have names in the movie save for how the credits will pin [voice] actors to their roles, whereupon the viewer would not have any problems associating the two upon viewing the movie without having to struggle as to who said what. Again, I have a genius solution to overcome this task.

Even though no hierarchy system is in place, some Frounder voices are louder than others, but that doesn't take away from Oparinians' ingrained laissez-faire ideal even when Rogues started their Argonautic quest, albeit a riff soon opened due to their pursuit where Harmony was in danger of being disrupted, exactly what founding Frounders frowned upon... <getting tired, and can't think straight, but there's an idea here somewhere I'm tryin' to relay, so, again, feel free to chime in>

I'm goin' revisit that last paragraph later, but until then...

There's a love interest (of sorts) between a Rogue and a Frounder, the former trying to convince the latter that its course of action is wiser. In this case, the Rogue could be a female voice, or both voices could be of the same sex (of course, as we as humans know gender). Fuck it! Since there's more than one Rogue, both could be incorporated representing two separate [love] interests.

Even though there are no families affiliated with Frounders/Rogues, such could be easily implied given how close they are to one another on Oparin.

Oparin could have more than one sun and/or moons, labeling such using some yet decided upon jargon.

[Gleb Gamow]

In a subsequent post I realized that at first I dubbed the collective "Frounders" alluding to the coinage being of Frown + Found[ed] to cement the notion that they frown about the Rogues attempts, then continued with how in essence they're all equals, inadvertently creating a dilemma.

Well, I believe I may have a solution: Prior to Rogues trekking their path, Frounders never had a reason to categorize themselves.

For those who missed it, here's the reason why the Frounders' world is called Oparin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Oparin#Theory_of_the_origin_of_life.

On Oparin, Frounders live in the <insert letter here> dimension where Rogues want to eventually create three dimension SIs.

Ask me how I solved the dilemma of having the Frounders represented on screen in the movie. I believe it's a genius idea, but then again I'm bias.