Saturday, 21 December 2024

They Have Been Induced to Forget About It


"....I Thought it was a Very Good Script --"


Doctor Who Shada Intro 1992


.....hello? hello....? 
Hello? Anybody there....? 

....why it's a museum...! 

....I've always felt at 
Home in museums....

Giant Robot
-- beat you; 
Cybermen, beat you;
Daleks, beat you; 
Davros -- Davros.... 

I beat him, as well --

I was irresistible in those 
days, irresistible ....

yeti gundam robot [Music] the untransmitted story why wasn't it transmitted now of course we didn't finish it starting dead and christopher niem written by douglas adams i thought it was a very good script...
and there was an invisible spaceship :
Douglas said "anyone can design 
a visible spaceship but to design 
an invisible spaceship
that needs imagination
....I think he said that or did he say -- 
I think he said genius, yes -- 
he said genius

poor old douglas i wonder what became of him that's right cambridge about 1979 punting on the cam there was a quiet on the corner as i biked by singing foreign song or other daniel hill i'd heard he'd become the manager of a an old people's home or maybe he went into an old people's home i can't remember or maybe he was always old i don't know and victoria it's her berg television and when she heard it was cancelled she was so unhappy she cried a lot [Music] we all cried a lot you were very sad sharda [Music]

Wednesday, 18 December 2024

Christopher Walken and The Heart of Darkness

Mel Gibson - Christopher Walken Story









Making of Batman Returns (1992) - Max Shreck Origins

MAX :
I'd offer you coffee, but my assistant 
is using her vacation time.

Bruce Wayne :
Good time. Everyone but The Bandits'll 
be slacking off till after the New Year.

MAX :
I'm not sure I like The Inference.

Bruce Wayne :
I didn't realize I made one.

MAX :
I'm pushing this Power-plant NOW, 
because it'll cost more later.
A million saved is a million earned.

Bruce Wayne :
I commissioned this report. Take a look at it.
Gotham City has a Power surplus. 
I'm sure you KNOW that.
My Question is: 
"What's your angle?"

MAX :
"Power surplus?" Bruce, shame on you!
No such thing. One can never have too much Power.
If My Life has a meaning, that's The Meaning.

Bruce Wayne :
I'll fight you. I've already spoken 
to The Mayor and we agree.

MAX :
Mayors come and go, 
blue-bloods tire easy;
you think he could go 15 rounds 
with Mohammed Schrek...?

The Prince of fuckin' Darkness :
“He's an industrialist uh he owns, among other things 
has met uh Schrek's department store —”

Originally, the Max Shreck character, he is 
The Golden Boy -Son of The Cobblepots, 
and it turns out that He and Penguin are Brothers and 
there was that kind of dichotomy in the movie of like 
The Saintly Brother who runs The City 
and the ultimate Black sheep who was 
thrown in The Sewer and 
how they come up together
 but the script and the movie 
is way too rich to begin with 
and that was just another layer 
that we finally had to lose.


“When I suggested to Tim Burton, 
Tim, I thought of Christopher Walken —”
and Tim, who loves ghouls and 
skeletons and odd things said 
Oh, no —”, he said “He’s…. he's..
I'm afraid of him 
he scares me —

And I said “But Tim — you're 
supposed to be afraid 
of Max Schrek -- 
Christopher Walken 

They made up a fictional character 
that's not in Batman's universe, and 
suddenly he becomes the most exciting character 
in the film -- well, sorry but that's what you get 
when you put Christopher Walken in a role 

The Prince of fuckin' Darkness :
He says that there's no such thing as too much power 
he says that, that's what his life is about, now —
that's uh those are actually his lines 
I think he means it —

MAX :
Bottom line, she tries to blackmail me,
I'll drop her out a higher window —
meantime, got better fish to fry 

The Prince of fuckin' Darkness :
I think Max probably didn't have a lot of education 
and that he sort of made his own way, you know —

The Media :
What's The Deal, Mr. Schrek? 
Is The Penguin a personal friend ?

MAX :
Yes he's a personal friend, of this whole city  —
so have a heart — give The Constitution 
rest, okay it's Christmas 

The Prince of fuckin' Darkness :
I Think that Max and The Penguin….for their 
own reasons enjoy each other's company
probably because when you're like that 
there aren't that many people 
you can talk to —

Thursday, 12 December 2024

The Scarlet Planet








WONG

What do we do with him?


Dr. Strange :

(CLEARS THROAT)


WONG

That’s gotta violate an ordinance.


Dr. Strange :

Ah, I’ve buried worse.


WONG

The creature that killed him, did… 

did it have the same markings 

as The Octopus?


Dr. Strange :

Runes -- This isn’t sorcery.

It’s witchcraft.


WONG

Do we know anyone who’s 

faced such a thing?


(WANDAVISION THEME PLAYING)


Dr. Strange :

I think I might.


Chocolate!


The Witch :

Hey! What did I say?


But we couldn’t wait.


But what did I say?

Oh! (LAUGHS)

Go wash your hands.


(TENDER MUSIC PLAYING)


Mom, come on. We’re too old for that.


Oh, okay. You can tuck me in, Mom.


The Witch :

I will. You know, A Family is forever.

We could never truly leave 

each other, even if we tried.


Mom, I changed my mind.

You can come tuck me in if you want.


Okay.


(CHUCKLES)


The Witch :

Love you.


(WANDA SHIVERS)


(WANDA CHUCKLES SOFTLY)


(GASPS)


(MUSIC STOPS)


(SIGHS SOFTLY)


(BIRDS CHIRPING)


Dr. Strange :

Apples, right?


The Witch :

Eventually.


Dr. Strange :

Hmm. (SNIFFS)

Smells


The Witch :

Sweet.


Dr. Strange :

I was gonna say real.


The Witch :

Oh, it’s all very real, thanks.

I’ve put the magic behind me.


Dr. Strange :

So I can see — (The orchard dissolves)


The Witch :

Well, I knew sooner or later you’d show up, 

wanting to discuss what happened at WestView.


I made mistakes, and 

people were hurt…


Dr. Strange :

But you put things right in the end

and that was never in doubt.

I’m not here to talk 

about WestView.


The Witch :

Then what are you here for?


Dr. Strange :

We need your help.


The Witch :

With what?


Dr. Strange :

What do you know about 

The Multiverse?


The Witch :

The Multiverse.

Vis had his theories.

He believed it was 

real, and dangerous.


Dr. Strange :

Well, he was right about both.

We found a girl who can somehow travel 

across it, but she’s being pursued.


The Witch :

Pursued by who?


Dr. Strange :

Some kind of demon.

One that covets her 

power for itself.


The Witch :

Ah.


Dr. Strange :

We’ve taken her to Kamar-Taj, and 

we’ve got our defenses, but we 

could use an Avenger.


The Witch :

There are other Avengers.


Dr. Strange :

Yeah, but given the choice between the archer with the mohawk and several bug-themed crime fighters, or one of the most powerful magic-wielders on the planet

(LAUGHS) …it’s an easy call.

Come to Kamar-Taj.


It’ll get you back 

on the lunch box.


The Witch :

What if you brought 

America here?


Dr. Strange :

Here?


The Witch :

Yeah. I know what it’s like 

to be on your own, hunted for 

abilities you never wanted

and I can protect her.


(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS)


You never told me 

her name, did you?


Dr. Strange :

No.


The Witch :

Mm.


Dr. Strange :

No, I didn’t.


The Witch :

You know, The Hex 

was the easy part.


The lying, not so much.


(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)


Dr. Strange :

The Darkhold.


The Witch :

You’re familiar with 

the Darkhold?


Dr. Strange :

I know it’s The Book of the Damned

and that it corrupts everything 

and everyone that it touches.


I wonder what it’s done to you.


The Witch :

The Darkhold only 

showed me The Truth;

Everything I lost can 

be mine again.


Dr. Strange :

What do you want with America?


The Witch :

What do you want 

with The Multiverse?


I’m going to leave this reality 

and go to one where I can 

be with my children.


Dr. Strange :

Wanda, your children aren’t real.

You created them using magic.


The Witch :

That’s what every mother does.


If you knew there was a universe 

where you were happy, wouldn’t 

you want to go there?


Dr. Strange :

I am happy.


The Witch :

I know better than most what 

self-deception looks like.


Dr. Strange :

What you’re doing is a flagrant 

violation of every Natural Lawand 

if you take that child’s power

she won’t survive.


The Witch :

I don’t relish hurting 

anyone, Stephen.


But she’s not A Child.

She’s A Supernatural Being.


Such raw power could wreak havoc 

on this and other worlds.


Her sacrifice would be 

for The Greater Good.


Dr. Strange :

Well, you can kiss the lunch box

 goodbye, ’cause that’s the kind 

of justification our enemies use.


The Witch :

Is it the one you used when you 

gave Thanos The Time Stone?



Dr. Strange :

That was A War, and 

I did what I had to do.


The Witch :

You break The Rules 

and become A Hero.


I do it, and I become 

The Enemy.


That doesn’t seem fair.


Dr. Strange :

What happens now?


The Witch :

Return to Kamar-Taj and prepare to 

hand over America Chavez by sundown.


PeacefullyAfter that… 

You’ll never see me again.


Dr. Strange :

And if we don’t?


The Witch :

Then it won’t be Wanda who comes for her.

It will be The Scarlet Witch.


(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)


Wong :

(SOFTLY) The Scarlet Witch.


Dr. Strange :

Wanda’s gone.


She’s got The Darkhold, and

The Darkhold has her.


Wong :

The Scarlet Witch is a being 

of unfathomable magic.


She can rewrite reality as she chooses, 

and is prophesized to either rule 

or annihilate the cosmos.


Dr. Strange :

She took over a whole town using her mind.

If she gets America’s Power, she could 

enslave the entire Multiverse.



America :

So, the person you went to ask for help, 

and told exactly where I am, is the person 

that’s trying to kill me?