Showing posts with label Motherbox. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Motherbox. Show all posts

Thursday 20 October 2022

We are Not Enough


Too much Life.



Commissioner Jim Gordon :
Millions in structural damage. 
You haven't lost your touch. 
But it's good to see you 
playing well with others. 

The Aquaman :
Dressed like A Bat. I dig it. 

The Batman :
…may be temporary. 

So, what made you 
change Your Mind? 

The Aquaman :
Steppenwolf. He took 
The MotherBox from Atlantis. 

Wonder Woman :
All he needs now is 
The Lost Box of Men. 

If he doesn't already have it. 

Cyborg :
He doesn't have it. 

Wow! It's like A Cave. 
Like a…. Bat-Cave. 


The Batman :
Barry.... 

Cyborg :
My Father called it 
A Change Engine. 

It was found by The British 
during World War I. 
They studied it, but they couldn't 
even date it, it's so old. 

It was shelved ‘til 
The Night Superman Died. 
Then She lit up like Christmas
They brought it to STAR Labs 
where My Father recognised it 
as a perpetual energy matrix. 

The Flash :
That sounds cool. 
I thought it was like 
a nuclear bomb

Cyborg :
A MotherBox destroys as it creates. 
It's a Cycle of Life, but 
a million times faster. 

My Father thought it was 
the key to unlimited energy. 
New formulas. Cellular regeneration.
 But it's too volatile to Control. 


The Batman :
He used it on you

Cyborg :
I was in an accident. Should've died. 
My Father thought that he could 
use the MotherBox to rebuild 
the broken parts of me with 
a few cybernetic enhancements. 
Instead he built a living machine 
that may be stronger than its host. 

Too much. Too much Life. 

The Aquaman :
What's on your weird mind? 


The Batman :
Muscles, coordination, basic cellular integrity. 
A Human Being can only absorb so much. 
The MotherBox was designed 
to reshape a planet

So? 


The Batman :
So, what if you were stronger than a planet?
Your cells lying dormant
but incapable of decay. 
If you were in a conductive field, 
a boost from The MotherBox... 
Could bring him back to life. 

The Kryptonian Ship has an amniotic chamber,
 which would be a perfect... 

Wonder Woman :
No. 


The Batman :
Diana... 

Wonder Woman :
Bruce, no. You have no idea what kind 
of Power you are dealing with. 


The Batman :
Even if there's a fraction of a chance? 

Wonder Woman :
That what? That we could raise 
a monster like Luthor did? 


The Batman :
We have tech Luthor's never even seen

Wonder Woman :
Superman is Dead. 
We all wish he weren't. 


The Batman :
We don't know what state he's in. 
We know we can't bring him back. 
But this is Science Beyond Our Limits. 
And that's what Science is for
To Do what's never been Done. 
To make Life better

Wonder Woman :
Or to end it. Technology is like 
any other Power. 
Without Reason, without Heart
it Destroys Us
You're risking lives. Theirs and 
maybe countless more. 


The Batman :
We don't have time for a control group. 
Is it a risk? Yes. But it's necessary


Wonder Woman :
Why, because of your guilt? Bruce, I was there
You didn't kill Superman. At some point, even you 
have to learn to move on. 


The Batman :
Did Steve Trevor tell you that? 
(She shoves him 30 feet across The Hanger --)

The Batman :
Superman was a beacon 
to The World --
Why aren't you

You're an inspiration, Diana :
You don't just Save People, 
you make them see 
their better selves. 

And yet, I'd never heard of you until 
Luthor lured you out by stealing 
a picture of your dead boyfriend
You shut yourself down for a century, 
so let's not talk about me moving on. 

The Flash :
You know that if she kills you, 
we'll cover for her. 


The Batman :
We are NOT Enough
Each of us, in our own way, is held back
And I promise you, Steppenwolf is not 
out there talking about ethics
He's trying to BURN DOWN The WORLD! 

The way we're gonna stop Him 
is by using His Power... 
This Power, against Him. 

Cyborg :
I agree. I don't like the idea of 
reintegrating with The MotherBox, 
but I was running the numbers 
while you were being an asshole, 
and there is a high probability that 
We can Bring Him Back. 

The Flash :
Right, right. But we mean "Bring Him Back" in 
like a, "Yay, he's back!" way, not in 
like a Pet Sematary scenario. 

The Aquaman :
You lose something when you die -- Even Superman
Maybe not his mind. Maybe his soul. 

The Batman :
I have a contingency plan for that. 

If he wakes up and you're the first thing 
he sees, you'll need one.


Alfred :

Well, that was fun while it didn't last. 


She could've stopped me. 

I practically dared her to. 


Alfred :

I don't see why you're pushing her. 


We have to boost the signal. 

Put it through the Batmobile speakers. 


Alfred :

Yeah, now you're changing the subject. 


The Batman :

I have a contingency. What? 


Alfred :

Diana was right about the risk. 


The Batman :

If the plan goes south, we're gonna bring in the big guns. But that's not...

 


Alfred :

Those are some very big guns. 

You've got A Team here. 


The Batman :

Superman would bring this team together better than I ever could

His strength... 


Alfred :

It doesn't matter how strong you are. Or what abilities you might have... 


The Batman :

He was more Human than I am. 

He lived in this world. Fell in love. 

Had a job. Despite all that power. 

The World needs Superman. 

And The Team needs Clark. 


Alfred :

And what does Clark need? 

Maybe he's at peace. 


The Batman :

He'll get over it. 



You know, I could do this a lot faster. 

I just... Is it weird that 

it feels disrespectful? 


Yep.

 

Do you feel a sense of confidence that we're not doing something 

horribly wrong and macabre here?


 Not really. 


Okay, then why... 


Because I saw Steppenwolf up close. 

The stories Diana told us — I believe them. Why we gotta stop him. 

That's the plan. 


That's the plan.

 Okay. We're not ready for... 

It's racially charged. 



You got struck by lightning, huh? 


Uh, yeah, that's the abridged version. 


And you... explosion. 



Woke up in a lab. 


So we're The Accidents. 


…Yeah, that's us. 



Hey. No, no. 



Monday 10 May 2021

The Centre of The Universe



Davus The Slavus :
Ammonius.
Does God Speak with you?

Ammonius :
All the time.
'Ammonius this', 'Ammonius that'.
'Ammonius, Ammonius, Ammonius'.

Today, he spoke to me so quickly, 
I had to ask him: "Slow Down".

Davus The Slavus :
Tell me something :
Do you ever think we're mistaken?

Ammonius :
Why?


Davus The Slavus :
I was forgiven...
But now, I can't forgive.

Ammonius :
Forgive? Who?
The Jews?

Davus The Slavus :
Well, Jesus pardoned them on The Cross.

Ammonius :
Jesus was God
and 
only He can show such clemency.

Bretheren :
How dare you compare yourself to God?

Ammonius :
Brother. We are Still Alive.

Why?

Because it was His Will to 
Save Us from The Stones.
God wants us here, doing What We Do.

Don't you believe in that anymore?




Agora movie 2009 - 
one of the best scenes of Rachel Weisz

Aspasius, The Slave :
Lady, you must not lose heart.
Today on the boat you made great progress.


Why do the wanderers bury their brightness so unexpectedly.
And what is worse, why does the Sun...

Why does it change size from summer to winter?


Aspasius, The Slave :
Perhaps because...
Sometimes it is nearer...
And other times it is further away.

But Aspasius, watch...

According to Aristarchus, 
The Sun must be at the center of everything.
With us, the Earth, traveling in a circle around it.

Therefore, and this is the key,
we're always at exactly...
The same... distance.

Now, if as you just said,
we accept the changes in distance,
then we are forced to add 
an epicycle to the Earth's orbit.

So it is going to be nearer
and then it's going to be further away.

But now we fall into
the same trap as Ptolemy.

Aspasius, The Slave :
Circle upon circles.

The Lady Hypatia :
Exactly!

So I just Do Not Know
How to Resolve This Conflict.

.....I mean, the only thing we could do is...
Displace The Sun from The Centre, and well...
Not to have A Centre.

It breaks My Heart, Aspasius.

So Tell Me, 
What Do I Do?


Aspasius, The Slave :
Rest, Lady.



The Lady Hypatia :
What if we dared to look at The World 
just as it is?

Let us shed for a moment 
every preconceived idea.

What shape would it show us?
What shape?


Aspasius, The Slave :
You once said that 
The Problem lies in 
The Inconsistency of The Sun.

The Lady Hypatia :
Yes I did, good, good...

Put it into words.

The Sun must be at The Centre,
since we revolve around it.
And at the same time,
in another position  since 
our distance from it varies.

Aspasius, The Slave :
Yes, exactly.

How?

How could it occupy
two positions at once?

How could it occupy
two positions at once?

How could it occupy
two positions at once?

Aspasius...

Yes, yes. There.
And then the other one here.

Keeping the same proportion.

Good. Very good.
Now, tie this end to that torch.

Aspasius --
I want you to imagine that this is The Earth.

And that each of these flames represent the two extreme positions of The Sun in relation to it.

In Winter and in Summer.

What would happen if both these
positions were the two Centres
of one and the same circle?

Aspasius, The Slave :
But it isn't possible, Mistress.

The Lady Hypatia :
Wait. What do we know about a circle?
We know that The Centre of A Circle is always 
the same distance from any point along its perimeter.

Exactly.
Yes, so...

What if I divide the center into two...
but What I Keep Constant is the sum 
of their two distances to the perimeter.

Alright, look. I'll show you.
Watch. As I move this rod along the cord,
as one segment increases
the other segment decreases,
and vice versa.

Therefore the sum of the two
is always going to be constant.

Do you see that?

Now, what if we apply this to 
The Movement of The Earth?

What...
figure...
....will we obtain?

An Ellipse!

With The Sun as one of its foci.

Because, what is a circle except 
a very special ellipse
whose foci have joined so close
together that they appear to be one.

.....perhaps, I'm completely raving, Aspasius.
I mean, why should this be so?

Maybe I'm just...
Maybe I'm...
What do you think?

Aspasius, The Slave :
...It could well be so, Mistress.

The Lady Hypatia :
Alright, well, um, we'll continue
with this tomorrow.

Get some sleep.

Aspasius, The Slave :
Good night, Mistress.

The Lady Hypatia :
Good night.
(she kisses him on The Head)
Thank you.