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Waterworld: The extended universe, Perkies cut
The Deacon isn't a bad guy. He's a good guy, it's Kevin Costner's selfishly destructive mariner guy who's really the baddie.
The Exxon Valdez is moving at speed through a vast field of abandoned tankers and oil rigs. On closer inspection, the drills on several of the rigs are still turning. The Deacon explains they chanced upon this field and used it to refill their supply of fuel. The rusted car was retrofitted with a dump-truck style body to carry 'ore' mined from the ocean's floor. The dirt-based economy has all but collapsed in the face of such volumes. (the car was also painted hot pink)
They're just finishing off the last few drops from the rigs before continuing toward Dry Land, having made proper charts and also a sextant by which to navigate. The old geezer and the obnoxious child (a boy in this version) are now slaves, riding bicycles along a rocky archipelago.
There is, you see, a problem. The Smokers' seaplane was stolen and needs to be recovered as it will greatly ease their scouting for Dry Land. As the ship sails through the area, they are investigating local settlements.
The boy and the old man ride up. The boy spots a patch of soil.
"Dirt!," he declares, "I'm rich!"
The old man admonishes him, saying that much dirt won't buy him much these days. The ship passes (under its own power, I'd note, no more rowing) and one of the Smokers shouts at them to get on with searching before it comes time to leave.
Cut to a small island (maybe 200 metres long, 75 metres wide), with a snack bar. A calm looking man in an elaborate white monk-style robe is facing off against a crazed looking wanderer. The monk pulls an extremely long thread from his sleeve and throws it over the wander's head before garrotting him. He walks off, past a sign saying: 'This is my place. If you want to take it from me, come and try - The White (something, I forget, it was weird like Butterfly or Lotus or whatever)'. Above this sign hangs - the stolen plane, sans engine, as a trophy/decoration.
Many bizarre things happen. This was an old tourist spot, and the scenic railway is still intact, albeit just below the water's surface. Raiders riding the steam-engined train turn up and start a fight before being driven off. Two figures waving can be seen on the horizon, getting closer and closer. The Titanic thunders past, followed by the SS Great Britain. The two waving figures are now near the shore, and the islanders rush to rescue them, only to find they are two corpses (dressed in garish holidaymaker clothing) with strings around their arms to make them wave not unlike the scene in the movie. Another fight ensues with the raiders who have been pulling the strings as a diversion.
Eventually a streetcar pulls up, run by a dreaded male and female pair of mercenaries known as 'The Trammers'. They are trying to steal something so important I can't remember what it was. No matter how much I shot them, even causing the 'this part is disabled' indicator to light up on my HUD, they wouldn't stop but simply be slowed down. In the end I was firing entire clips of bullets into their arms, legs, heads and the controls of the streetcar itself, with their destroyed bodys lolling limply at me as they followed their scripted paths back onto the streetcar to escape.
Very frustrating.
That's all.
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