DuracellEnergizer

^It's almost enough to make me like KISS -- almost.

INT. BUNKER 13/LEVEL 9/CORRIDOR - SUNSET

The captives assigned to Level 9 -- all seventeen of them -- are led down a corridor by ten Death Watchmen, where they are each assigned a set of quarters. As they come to a door labeled "9-75", the head Mandalorian turns to face Anakin and Nashira.

MANDALORIAN #12: (takes hold of Nashira's hand and pulls her toward him) 9-75 will be your quarters.

ANAKIN: (pulls Nashira back to him) She's with me.

MANDALORIAN #12: If you wish to change your lodging arrangements, you can fill out a form and send it to the main office for consideration at any designated rest period. Until then, you'll be staying in the rooms assigned to you.

The Mandalorian pulls Nashira back to him, and when Anakin tries to resist, two other Mandalorians grab him by the shoulders and forcibly hold him back.

MANDALORIAN #12: (opens the door to 9-75) This unit comes stocked with food, has running water, and is equipped with a week's supply of fresh clothes and a refresher unit. Should you run out of food, simply place an order for more and it will be delivered immediately. Should something in your quarters require repairs, that, too, can be requested. Cleaning and laundering, however, is your responsibility.

Nashira simply looks up at the Mandalorian, tears streaming down her face.

NASHIRA: Please don't separate us. I need him.

The Mandalorian looks down at the young girl, and some of the rigid formality leaves him.

MANDALORIAN #12: I'm sorry. (beat) Everything you'll need to know about your upcoming study and training schedules will be found on the datapad provided to you inside. It is important that you read them over tonight, for you'll begin tomorrow morning at first light. (beat) I trust I have made your rights and duties clear you?

Nashira responds with sniffles, and silently steps into the dark quarters. As she turns around, she gives Anakin one final pleading look before closing the door between them.

The Mandalorian turns to regard Anakin, then leads him to the door marked "9-76".

MANDALORIAN #12: As I said, you can fill out a form requesting shared lodging for you and the girl. There shouldn't be any problem getting it done. Until then, you can visit each other during rest periods.

ANAKIN: (opens the door, his face dark with rage) Nothing had better happen to her between now and then.

Fuming, Anakin steps into his quarters, closing it in the Death Watch warrior's face.

I loathe Sleepy Hollow for Darth Horseman's stupid axe-and-sword twirling, that stupid scene where the ghoul/psychic's eyes pop out of her head, the insipid romance between Depp and Ricci, and the overblown direction, not because it's unfaithful to Irving's original story (I haven't even read it).

^Pure win.

Moncynnes said:

- The Order 66 montage.  The emotional lynchpin of the PT.  Shot after shot of Jedi being betrayed and murdered by their own troops, backed by Williams' epic score... to me, it make the whole PT worth it.  Powerful, bravura filmmaking.

I loathe the whole Order 66 thing for reducing the Great Jedi Purge -- something the EU had built up to be this massive, long-term holocaust -- down to some puny pogrom where the Jedi died like punks in the span of hours. 

RicOlie_2 said:

You didn't even notice when I pointed it out.

I did, but I think the site went on the blink when I tried to respond. 

Truth be told, I like the "terrible first original storyline" and that "dumb green rabbit". The only aspect about the Marvel comics I found offputting were the post-ROTJ storylines, and even those I didn't actually dislike.

Easterhay said:

But joining the dark side is equivalent to becoming a Sith; that's what crossing over to the dark side means.

So, does this mean the dark side didn't exist until the Sith did? 

TV's Frink said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

I've noticed that some of the more rapid Protestants like to label anything that isn't Protestantism -- be it non-Protestant Christianity or even seperate religions -- as a cult.

 Lol at "rapid Protestants."

Gotdang typos!

How about Max von Sydow as a character worthy of his talents that doesn't suck? An anti-Dooku, if you will.

Carrie (1976) - 7/10

Hocus Pocus (1993) - 7/10

All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989) - 6.5/10

Babe (1995) - 8/10

Possession (1981) - 8.5/10

Thanks for pointing that awkward writing out to me. I suppose weeks of inactivity have left me a little rusty.

EXT. METROPOLIS - HIGHWAY - DAY

The prison transport threads its way along the wide duracrete highway, making its way past the ultra-modern edifices and the teeming throngs of passersby.

Passing through the heart of the city, the transport then emerges into the suburban areas and then, passing through those, out onto the open highway, which is surrounded by wide open vermilion plains where no buildings can be seen.

INT. PRISON TRANSPORT/PRISONER COMPARTMENT - DAY

Having moved out from between Siri and Ben, Nik and 'Shira are now seated together on Siri's right; the two kids are asleep, with Nashira's head resting peacefully on Anakin's shoulder, allowing the two Jedi Knights to focus their attention on one another without distractions.

OBI-WAN: Where do you think we are, Siri? What luxurious pleasure world do you suppose our hosts have generously taken us to?

SIRI: (smirks) Impossible to tell without knowing more about the environment and terrain. What little we saw of the spaceport when we were unloaded isn't enough to figure out where we are. For all we know, we could be deep inside the Unknown Regions.

OBI-WAN: (regards the walls of the transport) They've incorporated Mandalorian iron into the walls.

SIRI: Looks like an alloy with Mandalorian iron as a component. Not as tough as the pure thing, but still incredibly strong.

OBI-WAN: Making an escape far more difficult.

SIRI: The framework is probably the same, making the armour even stronger.

OBI-WAN: But if we all could establish a rapport, pool our collective power in the Force --

SIRI: (shakes her head) It's not going to happen. Were everyone aboard fully trained adepts, it'd be possible, but most of the prisoners lack experience. There simply isn't enough time to teach them how to coordinate like that.

OBI-WAN: (sighs) I suppose it wouldn't be an advisable course of action, anyway, without knowing more about the world outside. The air could be unbreathable, toxic, or the surface bathed in intense radiation. We could be high up in the sky or deep under an ocean. Breaching the walls of this transport could mean certain death for us.

SIRI: All melodrama aside, you're correct. (beat) Even if we were to make a clean getaway, there's no guarantee the Mandalorians wouldn't be able to track us all down and round us all back up.

OBI-WAN: This is their home ground, they have the advantage. (beat) Perhaps our horizons will broaden once we reach our destination.

EXT. HIGHWAY - SUNSET

After a short number of hours have passed, the transport finally arrives at its destination. Ahead, where the duracrete highway comes to an end, are massive closed doors set into an immense wall that stretches out for kilometres at both ends; this is the entrance into the Mandalorian stronghold which houses the nascent Death Watch army.

As the transport slows down to stop outside the walls of the stronghold, the massive front doors slide open, allowing the minute transport access into the complex within. Its repulsors revving back to life, the prison transport moves forward, passing through the doors into the stronghold.

With the vehicle inside, the doors slide closed and the stronghold becomes impenetrable once again.

EXT. MANDALORIAN COMPLEX - SUNSET

Now past the entrance, it can now be clearly seen that the Mandalorian complex is massive -- the size of a large town -- consisting of numerous hangers and bunkers, all of which have been built around several ancient ruins, including the converted amphitheatre -- with kilometre-long walls enclosing the entire area. Countless Mandalorian warriors and workers can be seeing moving to-and-fro about their business throughout the stronghold.

INT. PRISON TRANSPORT/PRISONER COMPARTMENT - SUNSET

The transport comes to a complete stop, and the prisoners inside immediately take notice of that fact.

SIRI: We've stopped.

EXT. BUNKER 13 - SUNSET

The prison transport has arrived at its final destination -- the entrance leading down into Bunker #13. Waiting for them are fifty armed Mandalorian Knights.

INT. PRISON TRANSPORT/PRISONER COMPARTMENT - SUNSET

The hatch leading out of the vehicle opens, spilling bright light into the dim interior of the compartment. The prisoners all turn towards the light, instantly aware of the Mandalorian Knights who await them beyond.

SIRI: (shaking the sleeping forms of Anakin and Nashira) It's time to wake up.

Groggily, the two children rise from their slumber, and with their Jedi guardians, proceed to join the other prisoners in filing out of the transport.

EXT. BUNKER 13 - SUNSET

The prisoners file out of the transport in single file, taking care to walk at a cautious pace so as not to attract any undue attention from the Mandalorians flanking them on all sides, and proceed to walk towards Bunker 13's entrance, which is merely a large, enclosed turbolift platform.

Once all thirty-three prisoners have been loaded onto the platform, it begins to descend, taking them down into the main complex of the bunker below.

INT. BUNKER 13/ENTRANCE CHAMBER - SUNSET

Moving out from a dark tunnel, the prisoners step into the entrance chamber of the bunker, where even more Mandalorians await them. Octagonal in shape, the walls are close together yet very tall, leading far up to a balcony that encircles the top near the ceiling; standing atop the balcony, looking down upon the prisoners, is the armoured form of Pre Vizsla.

PRE VIZSLA: Welcome, friends, to Dania VII, your new home. All the basic necessities and comforts of life will be provided to you, and you are allowed free reign throughout the complex -- you are not prisoners here, but honoured new arrivals.

ANAKIN: (rolls his eyes) Oh, I'm sure that's the case.

PRE VIZSLA: (cont'd) However, you will have to work hard in service to the Mandalorian cause, and as such, you will have to adhere to the strict schedules and curfews we have put into effect. Any violation of these schedules and curfews will result in severe punishment, so take care not to breach them. (beat) As you all show varying proficiency for the Force, you will all be subdivided and assigned to different levels of the bunker. There you will be among others with power levels equal to your own, making your training easier and reducing the chance of abuse between you. (beat) You all received an injection while in captivity aboard the Nyax, an injection containing a radioactive isotope tailored to mark the level of proficiency you each were identified as having. Please step forward and present yourselves to our doctors so that you may be scanned and assigned to your level. (beat) I trust that in time, you will all come to welcome your place here and join with us in mind and soul as well as in body.

Vizsla turns and leaves the balcony, and the prisoners begin stepping forward to be scanned by their captives for the identifying markers flowing through their veins.

ANAKIN: (turns to Ben) Ben ...

OBI-WAN: We can't fight it, Anakin. We have to do as they say.

ANAKIN: But --

OBI-WAN: Just remember what I've taught you. Don't let them break you down.

NASHIRA: (panicking) No, no, no, no, no! I don't want to leave you! Don't let them take me away from you! Please, Ben, Nik, Siri -- please!

ANAKIN: (grabbing Nashira in a tight hug) I'm not going anywhere, 'Shira. You and me are stuck together like glue.

As that is said, one of the Mandalorians with a scanner steps up to the pair of children.

MANDALORIAN #11: Alright, break it up -- I need to scan you individually.

ANAKIN: (brings Nashira closer to him) Go to hell.

One of the other Mandalorians -- a hardened warrior, not a doctor -- joins the Mandalorian with the scanner, unsheathing a sword and pointing it with threatening malice Anakin's way.

SIRI: Let her go, Anakin. You can't protect her if you're dead.

Reluctantly, Anakin releases Nashira and allows the less menacing Mandalorian to scan them both individually.

MANDALORIAN #11: You both have the same marker. You'll be going to Level 9.

With that, the Mandalorian lowers his scanner and pulls out some sort of sticker gun. Placing it against the front of their shirts, he pulls the trigger, slapping them both with identical white stickers bearing the number "9".

ANAKIN: (turns to Ben) Be seeing you.

The Mandalorians lead Nik and 'Shira off, and the Mandalorian with the scanner refocuses his attention on Siri.

Well, I decided to try getting something done with the script and actually managed to get some words down, so I'll be posting what I wrote up momentarily. 

I can't say whether or not this means I'll be posting regularly again, or if this is just a brief spasm of creativity that'll just lead to another long stretch of inactivity.

HotRod said:

Show them porn. All girls (and guys) should know how to suck cock

You zoophiles and your rooster-sucking fetishes ...  

I like women based on looks and personality (and not necessarily in that order), but coloured hair -- especially blonde -- is ugly to me regardless.

I like blondes, but only if they're naturally blond. Bleach-blitzed hair turns me off faster than nude photos of Whoopi Goldberg.

The thing is is that I know where I'm going with the plot -- from here on out, the story becomes a prison story, and the ending basically consists of all the prisoners learning to link their minds together in the Force to break free from the Mandalorian stronghold en masse. It's working out all the details that connect Point A to Point B that's the major headache.

I would have put "Hollywood" in place of "Disney", but I figured everyone's sick of hearing me bitch about Satan's crackhouse.

I'm sorry to say this, but due to a current lack of inspiration and interest, I've all but stopped work on this script; I'm simply not engrossed in where the story is right now, so I don't feel all that interested it trying to work through it at this time.

So, with that being the case, I felt I should play another game of "assign a face to the character" to compensate. Since I've pretty much reached the end of the line in regards to memorable characters I'll be introducing to the story, this'll be a very short list.

I've finally found a face for the character of Zull -- Dolores O'Riordan's.

After listening to a fair amount of songs by the Cranberries a couple of months ago, I came to find that a lot of the sorrow found in the vocals and the lyrics mirrored the sorrow that Zull was feeling, so I came to associate O'Riordan's face and voice with the character.

This is the hairstyle I imagine Zull wears (or wore -- past tense).

Frankly, I just love this hairstyle. It's my favourite '80s hairstyle for women, and I couldn't pass up the opportunity to give one of my female characters beautiful hair like this.

I imagine that the Mandalorian dungeon master looks like Jeffrey Combs under his helmet.

Let's just say that the dungeon master reminded me of Herbert West from the Re-Animator films, so I couldn't help but to imagine that Combs was the one wearing that ancient suit of Mandalorian armour.

I imagine that Nashira looks exactly like a young Jane Fonda (forgive me, but I couldn't find a better picture of Fonda as a child).

I can't remember exactly how I came to associate Fonda's likeness with Nashira's, but I do know that her appearance in Barbarella was what sparked the notion. Whatever the case may be, I think she carries a strong enough resemblance to Mark Hamill that she could have played Luke's biological mother in some possible world.

I'd like to see some films that think outside the typical Star Wars box, but I have little faith that anyone working for Disney has the gumption/influence to take the initiative.

Not physically, at any rate.

Indeed.

Fracture (2006)

I usually like stories that deal with parallel universes and the like, but this ... this ... it felt like being inside someone's head while they're going through a bad acid trip; it just wasn't very appealing.

6/10

Sleepy Hollow (1999)

Insipid bullshit, insipid bullshit, insipid bullshit, insipid bullshit, INSIPID-@#$%ING-BULLSHIT!

Did I mention this movie's insipid bullshit?

4/10

I read the character's Wookieepedia article, and there's nothing there about him wearing a mask other than his goggles. It does mention that he was portrayed as a human in the second issue of the Marvel series, though.