Big Ideas #3

Before I tell you my next big idea, I want give you one that I thought of before it came into being. I'm a musician and my daughter plays in a orchestra. One day when I was watching them rehearse, I noticed that they were fumbling about with their sheet music and sometimes someone would drop a page in the middle of a performance. Sheet music is notorious for attracting any stray breezes and will jump off a music stand of its own accord. Anyway, what I thought of was some sort of touch-sensitive LCD screen connected to a computer of sorts that would store the music, allow the musician to make notes on the screen and then save the music, notes and all. The performer could take the screen home, practice, etc. You could even have it where it would play the other parts. Well, whadya know, about 2 years later someone's producing that very thing.
My next big idea is one for a movie. It is getting to the point here in the US, that everywhere you look, there are casinos. Indian casinos, video poker casinos, online casinos and betting, etc. Our society is moving towards some sort of gambling economy. In Britain, the bookies will take bets on anything. In the very near future, I can see people placing bets on how long someone will live and what they'll die of. You could get all kinds of information about this person as far as family history, medical history, lifestyle information, etc. If the person you bet on makes it, they get the money(less what the bookie takes of course).
Imagine a middle aged man who is a bit of a betting man. We'll call him Peter. His only daughter, Justine, is just out of college and seems intent on pursuing her career and not men. He decides to take a chance and places a pretty sizable bet on a young man, Tom, of about 22 because the younger someone is the better the odds and besides Tom is leading a life of debauchery and Peter figures he won't live to see 25. Fast Forward 2 years or so - The young has straightened himself out and is in love. Peter, who gets regular reports on Tom's condition doesn't know who Tom is in love with because of privacy issues. Peter needs the bet to pay off since his business is failing so he hires a couple of thugs to knock Tom off. It's got to look like an accident or the bet's off and Peter goes to jail. The thugs are rather inept and they make several unsuccessful but hilarious attempts to kill Tom. Justine has been dating someone but Peter hasn't met him yet and she only refers to him as her Huggy Bear or something stupid like that. She finally convinces her dad to meet them for dinner and guess who the guy is - TOM. And what's more, Justine drops the bomb - they're getting married - in one month. Even though Peter's business has been doing poorly as of late and he really needs the money, he can't stand the idea of his only daughter heartbroken or worse, caught in the crossfire. The rest of the movie revolves around Peter's attempt to thwart the next attempt of the thugs. I haven't decided if the the movie is going to be more romantic comedy with a dark twist or if it's just going to be a dark comedy. I'm leaning toward dark comedy.