9 www.able.co.nz Captions were made possible with funding from NZ On Air. Able 2016 1 Tomar-Re: BILLIONS OF YEARS AGO, A RACE OF IMMORTALS HARNESSED THE MOST POWERFUL FORCE IN EXISTENCE: THE EMERALD ENERGY OF WILLPOWER. THESE IMMORTALS, THE GUARDIANS OF THE UNIVERSE, BUILT A WORLD FROM WHERE THEY COULD WATCH OVER ALL OF EXISTENCE -- THE PLANET OA. THEY DIVIDED THE UNIVERSE INTO 3600 SECTORS. A RING POWERED BY THE ENERGY OF WILL WAS SENT TO EVERY SECTOR TO SELECT A RECRUIT. IN ORDER TO BE CHOSEN BY THE RING, IT WAS SAID ONE MUST BE WITHOUT FEAR. TOGETHER, THESE 3600 RECRUITS FORMED THE INTERGALACTIC PEACEKEEPERS KNOWN AS THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS. OF ALL THE THREATS THE CORPS EVER FACED, THE GRAVEST WAS AN ENTITY OF FEAR KNOWN AS PARALLAX. ONLY THE LEGENDARY GREEN LANTERN ABIN SUR WAS CAPABLE OF CAPTURING AND IMPRISONING THIS BEAST, WHICH HE DID ON THE LOST PLANET OF RYUT. BREATHING HEAVILY ALL SCREAM ALL BREATHING HEAVILY YOU ARE AFRAID. GOOD. ALL SCREAMING ROARS BEEPING SINESTRO, I'M TRAVELING AT MAXIMUM VELOCITY. TELL FENTARA I SHOULD -- FENTARA IS DEAD. THE PLANET'S INHABITANTS? YOUR MISSION TO EVACUATE THEM IS NO LONGER NECESSARY. IT'S JUST AS IT WAS ON TALOK. EVERY LIFE FORM DESTROYED AND THEIR ESSENCE ABSORBED. TRACES OF YELLOW POWER EVERYWHERE. AND THE GUARDIANS? THE GUARDIANS ARE SILENT. I'VE DEMANDED AN AUDIENCE WITH THEM. RING PULSING Parallax: ABIN SUR. ROARS GRUNTS ROARS BREATHING HEAVILY I'M BADLY WOUNDED. HEADING TO THE NEAREST INHABITED PLANET FOR THE SELECTION PROCESS. TELL THE GUARDIANS IT'S PARALLAX. MM. MM. CLICK! SUM 41's "BABY YOU DON'T WANNA KNOW" PLAYS NO. NO. # OH! # MUSIC STOPS SORRY, I GOTTA RUN. MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME, OKAY? THERE'S, UH, WATER IN THE TAP. MUSIC RESUMES # I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WANT, AND I DON'T WANNA KNOW # # I GOT YOU WHERE I WANT, AND I WON'T LET GO # # SO GET YOUR KICKS OUT QUICK WHILE YOU STILL GOT TIME # # WELL, DO WHAT YOU WANT # # BUT DON'T BE PROUD # # 'CAUSE, BABY, YOU DON'T WANNA KNOW # # I GOT YOU RIGHT WHERE I WANT # # BUT, BABY, YOU DON'T WANNA KNOW # # BABY, YOU DON'T WANNA KNOW # OH! TIRES SCREECH HORN HONKING ASSHOLE. Carl: THE FERRIS SABRE III IS STATE-OF-THE-ART OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FIGHTER PLANES. IT HAS ALL OF THE FLYING AND COMBAT CAPABILITY OF A HUMAN PILOT BUT WITH NONE OF THE HUMAN ERROR THAT COMES WITH IT. CARL ISN'T JUST BLOWING SMOKE TO GET A CONTRACT, GENERAL. YOUR STAFF, THESE CONTRACTORS, MY OFFICE, WE'VE ALL BEEN PART OF THIS FROM THE GROUND UP. WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT, SENATOR. BUT TODAY THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD. WE HAVE A SIMULATED COMBAT SITUATION. TWO SABRES AGAINST CARL'S TWO BEST PILOTS. HORN HONKS TIRES SCREECH DOOR CLOSES DOOR OPENS, CLOSES HEY, CAROL. WAS GONNA MAYBE DO A LITTLE FLYIN' TODAY, WHAT DO YA THINK? I THINK YOU'RE LATE. YES, BUT THAT'S ONLY BECAUSE I SLEPT IN. I USED TO SLEEP IN. THEN I TURNED 11. LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE HEADS UP. I'VE GONE UP AGAINST THESE SABERS ALL WEEK AND THEY HAVE SMOKED ME EVERY TIME. THERE ISN'T ANYTHING YOU CAN DO THAT THEY CAN'T DO BETTER, FASTER, AND WITHOUT DISAPPOINTING WOMEN EVERYWHERE. I, UH, THINK WE BOTH KNOW THAT'S NOT TRUE. THIS IS EXACTLY WHY I DIDN'T WANT YOU FOR THIS. MY FATHER DID. YOU KNOW, I WOULD'VE GONE WITH JENSEN. I'D HAVE GONE WITH JENSEN TOO, BUT UNFORTUNATELY HE'S BUSY... NOT BEING GOOD ENOUGH. AT LEAST HE SHOWS UP. HAL... THIS TEST TODAY, IT'S IMPORTANT. I GOT IT. I'M GONNA MAKE YOU LOOK GOOD UP THERE, DON'T WORRY. OKAY? NOW LET'S GET THESE PANTS OFF AND FLY SOME PLANES. HIGHBALL, WEAPON CHECK NOW. ROGER THAT. INDISTINCT CHATTER GOOD MORNING, MR. FERRIS. Carl: MORNING, EVERYBODY. GENTLEMEN. WE ABOUT READY, TOM? YES, MR. FERRIS. WE ARE GO FOR TEST. SAPPHIRE, CLEARED WEAPONS HOT AT THE MERGE. FERRIS TEST, SAPPHIRE. WEAPONS ARE HOT. FLY SAFE, HIGHBALL. UM... NO. GODDAMN IT! TOM, WHAT THE HELL YOU FEED THOSE THINGS? F-35s, WHAT ELSE? CHUCKLES Hal: WAKEY, WAKEY, SAPPHIRE. IF YOU GOT A CLEAN SHOT, NOW WOULD BE A GREAT TIME TO TAKE IT. EASY, HIGHBALL. JUST LININ' IT UP. BEEPING BEEPING QUICKENS THERE'S NO WAY WE'RE TAKIN' THESE OUT SOLO, SAPPHIRE. GET OVER HERE. LET'S FIGURE SOMETHIN' OUT. ON MY WAY, HIGHBALL. NOW STAY RIGHT THERE AND LOOK REAL PRETTY. BREATHING HEAVILY BEEPING OH! HIGHBALL, DID YOU JUST USE YOUR WINGMAN AS A DECOY? CHUCKLES HIGHBALL, THOSE SABRES HEADED UP YOUR 6 CAN FLY ANYWHERE YOU CAN. THEN LET'S GO SOMEWHERE I CAN'T FLY. WHAT THE HELL IS HE UP TO? COFFIN CORNER. HIGHBALL, RULES OF ENGAGEMENT SET CEILING AT 50,000 FEET. YEAH, THAT'S BECAUSE THE SABRES WILL STALL IF THEY GO ANY HIGHER, RIGHT, TOM? AND SO WILL YOU. COMPRESSOR STALL. COMPRESSOR STALL. ELECTRICITY CRACKLES GASPS BREATHING HEAVILY BEEPING YES! CLEARS THROAT UH, I MEAN, DAMN IT, HAL. YOUR BOY CERTAINLY TAKES HIS JOB SERIOUSLY. Ailerons, Hal. Side to side. I GOT IT. ALARM BEEPING Martin: HAL. KEEP IT WARM FOR ME. GOING THROUGH 25,000. HEY, YOU OKAY THERE, HIGHBALL? YEAH, JUST TAKIN' MY VICTORY LAP. GRUNTS GOING THROUGH 20,000. 'KAY, HIGHBALL, GIMME SOME ROLL. CHEERS AND APPLAUSE YEAH, DAD! Hal, do you read me? GRUNTS Highball, you're approaching minimum ejection altitude. Highball, you're below 10,000 AGL. Spin is unrecoverable. Eject, eject, eject! YOU'RE NOT SCARED, ARE YOU, DAD? LET'S JUST SAY IT'S MY JOB NOT TO BE. DAD! DAD! OH! AAH! GRUNTS GRUNTING YOU STUPID SON OF A BITCH. Carl: STAND DOWN, BOB. IT DOESN'T MATTER NOW. IT DOES MATTER. NEVER MIND THAT YOU CRASHED A BRAND-NEW F-35. YOU BROKE THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT. YOU SACRIFICED YOUR WINGMAN. AND YOU BLEW THE CONTRACT THAT THIS COMPANY AND HALF THE STATE WAS DEPENDING ON. I'M SORRY. I THOUGHT THIS WAS A DOGFIGHT. I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO WIN. Bob: NO, THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO SHOW WHAT THE SABRES COULD DO IN ACTUAL COMBAT. AND IN COMBAT NO PILOT IS GONNA CRATER HIS OWN PLANE. I DID. NOW YOU KNOW YOU GOTTA BOOST THE CEILING ON YOUR ROBOTS. I ALSO SHOWED YOU WHAT THEY CAN'T DO. YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO MAKE THAT POINT IN FRONT OF THE COMMANDER OF AIR FORCE ACQUISITIONS. THAT'S ENOUGH, CAROL. SINCE I'M GOING TO HAVE TO LAY OFF MOST OF MY COMPANY ANYWAY, YOU'RE FIRED, HAL. IT'S TOO LATE, CARL. I QUIT. YOU DON'T GET OFF THAT EASY. HE'S NOT FIRED. AND YOU DON'T QUIT. YOU'RE GROUNDED, PENDING THE RESULTS OF AN INVESTIGATION. WATCH YOUR BACK. THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE, BOB. DOOR CLOSES YOU WANT TO TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED UP THERE? MY CONTROLS LOCKED UP. DON'T GIVE ME THAT, HAL. YOU HAD A WINDOW WHEN YOU COULD'VE RECOVERED. DID YOU CHOKE? YOU WOULDN'T BE THE FIRST PILOT IT HAPPENED TO. BUT I NEED TO KNOW. MY CONTROLS LOCKED UP. WHAT THE HELL IS ALL THIS ANYWAY, HUH? WHAT'S WITH THE RIDICULOUS SUIT? I KNOW THAT YOUR DAD'S BEEN BUCKING FOR YOU TO TAKE OVER THE COMPANY... BUT THIS IS TAKING THINGS A LITTLE` ...ARE NOT ON THE TABLE RIGHT NOW. YOU'RE A -- YOU'RE A PILOT, CAROL! AND A GOOD ONE. GIVIN' THAT UP TO FLY A GODDAMN DESK IS BULLSHIT. HAL, I LIKE THE BUSINESS PART AND I'M GOOD AT IT! WHICH, BY THE WAY, DOESN'T MEAN I'LL NEVER GET IN A COCKPIT AGAIN. IT ISN'T ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. THAT'S THE WAY A CHILD LOOKS AT THINGS, AND WE AREN'T CHILDREN ANYMORE. AT LEAST... I JUST DON'T WANT TO SEE SOMEONE I CARE ABOUT GETTING HURT. LEAST OF ALL YOU. WHIRRING SEAGULLS CRYING BREATHING RAGGEDLY PULSING CHOOSE WELL. ROCK MUSIC PLAYS ENGINE SHUTS OFF, MUSIC STOPS CHILDREN SHOUTING PLAYFULLY Girl: NO, THAT'S MY TURN NOW! A TEST PILOT'S DARING MANOEUVRES ALMOST ENDED IN TRAGEDY. DOOR OPENS, CLOSES WITNESSES SAY PILOT HAL JORDAN EJECTED AT THE LAST POSSIBLE SECOND BEFORE HIS JET CRASHED IN THE OPEN DESERT. HE'S THE SON OF THE LATE MARTIN JORDAN, WHO WAS KILLED IN HIS OWN ILL FATED TEST FLIGHT BACK IN 1993. NOW, WE ARE TOLD THAT HAL JORDAN IS DOING FINE RIGHT NOW, THOUGH WE HAVE YET TO HEAR AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM FERRIS AIR. HEY, GUYS. BUT THE INCIDENT HAS BEEN A DEVASTATING BLOW TO A NEW HIGH-TECH AIRCRAFT PROGRAM. HEY. HOW WAS WORK? OH, IT WAS AMAZING, JACK. THANK YOU FOR ASKING. HEY, JANICE. HOW'S TEACHING GOING? JUST, UH, HELP ME OUT HERE, BECAUSE I'M REALLY TRYIN' TO UNDERSTAND THIS. DO YOU WANNA BE LIKE HIM SO BAD YOU NEED TO DIE LIKE HIM TOO? I LOVE HOW YOU JUST ASSUME IT'S MY FAULT. I TALKED TO CARL, HAL. OH. (LAUGHS) HE SAID YOU PUSHED THE PLANE SO FAR PAST ITS LIMITS -- BUT THAT'S MY JOB. IT WAS AN ACCIDENT. EVERYBODY WALKED AWAY. LIKE YOUR MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT? THE ONE THAT PUT YOU IN THE HOSPITAL FOR A MONTH? YOU KNOW, I MISS ALL THIS QUALITY FAMILY TIME. GOOD TALK, JACK. God. JACK, COME ON. Jim: YOU OKAY? WHERE'S JASON? (SIGHS) IN HIS ROOM. WHY? KNOCK ON DOOR HEY, IT'S UNCLE HAL. WHAT'S UP THERE, ACE? THIS IS THE WORST 11th BIRTHDAY PARTY I'VE EVER BEEN TO. NO DANCIN' GIRLS? WHAT'S GOIN' O--? HEY. HEY. I'M FINE. I GUESS I GOT A LITTLE FREAKED OUT OR SOMETHING. IT HAPPENS. NOT TO YOU. LOOK... I TOLD YOU THAT YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. YOU WANNA KNOW WHY? YEAH, I MAY BE A TOTAL SCREW-UP IN EVERY OTHER PART OF MY LIFE... BUT THE ONE THING I DO KNOW HOW TO DO IS FLY. HEY, GOTCHA SOMETHIN', BIRTHDAY BOY. WRAPPED IT MYSELF. COOL. IT'S AN X-1, RIGHT? IT'S A STARFIGHTER. MY DAD GAVE ME THAT. LET'S PUT IT UP. WHAT HAPPENED TODAY? I MEAN, WHEN YOU CRASHED. NOT REALLY SURE, EXACTLY. WERE YOU SCARED? IT'S MY JOB NOT TO BE. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TOTALLY MISSING YOUR SUPER-LAME BIRTHDAY PARTY. BEAT IT. GO, GO, GO, GO, GO, GO, GO, GO, GO! I'M GLAD YOU'RE OKAY. ME TOO, ACE. CHILDREN SHOUTING PLAYFULLY IN DISTANCE PULSING GRUNTING, STRAINING AAH! GRUNTS PANTING GRUNTS HAL STRAINS COME ON, STAY WITH ME. STAY WITH ME. I'M GONNA GET YOU SOME HELP. YOU'RE GONNA BE OKAY. YOU'RE GONNA BE OKAY. OKAY, HOLD ON. YOUR NAME. YOUR NAME. IT'S HAL. HAL JORDAN. HAL JORDAN... I AM ABIN SUR, PROTECTOR OF SECTOR 2814. OKAY, HEY, LISTEN. WE'RE GONNA GET YOU TO A HOSPITAL, OKAY? OKAY? ONE -- ONE THAT -- THAT -- THAT CARRIES PURPLE BLOOD. THE RING... IT CHOSE YOU. TAKE IT! PLACE THE RING IN THE LANTERN. PLACE THE RING, SPEAK THE OATH. WHAT? GREAT HONOUR... RESPONSIBILITY. I DON'T UNDERSTAND. HEY, HEY, BREATHE. YOU JUST GOTTA BREATHE, OKAY? ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS BREATHE. JUST -- JUST BREATHE, OKAY? HEY, HEY, HEY. NO, NO, NO, NO. HEY, HEY. HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY, COME ON, MAN. NO, NO, NO, NO, DON'T DO THAT. HEY, NOW, DON'T -- DON'T -- DON'T -- DON'T DO THAT. AW, COME ON. PANTING TELEPHONE RINGING X-97 SYSTEMS CHECK COMPLETE. YO. COME AGAIN? ENGINE REVS IGNITION BEEPING HMM. (GULPS) IS THAT A SPACESHIP? YEAH. IS IT REAL? IT'S REAL. OKAY. DID YOU SEE WHAT KIND OF POWER SOURCE THIS THING USES? TOM. HEY, WE CAN'T STAY HERE. I MEAN, DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT WE COULD LEARN FROM IT? WE CAN'T STAY HERE. WHAT? GOTTA GO. WHAT? PILOT. HE WORE A UNIFORM. I THINK HE WAS A SOLDIER. HE GAVE ME THIS. HE PROPOSED? HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING WE'RE GONE. WE'RE GONE, NOW! ENGINE TURNS OVER TIRES SCREECHING PANTING THEY'RE GONNA KNOW SOMEONE WAS OUT THERE. I MEAN, ALIEN PILOTS DON'T JUST BURY THEMSELVES. I COULDN'T JUST LEAVE HIM THERE. WELL, I HOPE THIS THING ISN'T RADIOACTIVE. YEAH, WELL, YOU'RE THE GENIUS. YOU -- OH! WHOA! JESUS! WHOA! WHOA! GOT IT! HE SAID THAT THE RING CHOSE ME. HE SAID IT WAS A GREAT HONOUR. RESPONSIBILITY. RESPONSIBILITY? YEAH. YOU? WELL, MAYBE ON THEIR PLANET "RESPONSIBILITY" JUST MEANS "ASSHOLE." LET'S HOPE SO. A GREAT LIGHT HAS GONE OUT IN THE UNIVERSE. ABIN SUR IS DEAD. FOUR OF MY LANTERN BROTHERS KILLED. THE INHABITANTS OF TWO WORLDS ANNIHILATED BY AN UNKNOWN ENEMY. AN ENEMY THAT POSSESSES THE YELLOW POWER OF FEAR. WE KNOW IT ORIGINATED FROM SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE LOST SECTOR. WE KNOW IT GROWS MORE POWERFUL WITH EACH ENCOUNTER. ACCORDING TO ABIN SUR'S LAST TRANSMISSION, HE SEEMED TO KNOW WHAT IT WAS. HIS ONLY WORDS WERE, "IT'S PARALLAX." WE ARE AWARE OF THE THREAT. WE ARE ASSESSING THE SITUATION. WHILE YOU ASSESS, INNOCENT LIVES WILL BE LOST. LET ME TAKE THE FIGHT TO THIS NEW ENEMY. THERE IS MUCH OF WHICH YOU ARE NOT AWARE, SINESTRO. IF THE DANGER IS AS GREAT AS WE SUSPECT -- WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? YOU BELIEVE THIS ENEMY CAN DEFEAT US? GUARDIANS, IF YOUR FAITH IN OUR POWER HAS FALTERED, LET ME RENEW IT. LET ME TAKE A SQUADRON OF MY STRONGEST LANTERNS AGAINST THIS ENEMY AND I'LL PROVE TO YOU: OUR BEST DAYS ARE NOT BEHIND US. 1 MOUSE CLICKS BEEP DOORBELL BUZZES DOORBELL BUZZES DOORBELL BUZZES TWICE KNOCK ON DOOR DOOR CREAKS DR. HAMMOND? DR. HECTOR HAMMOND? WE NEED TO ASK YOU TO COME WITH US. DID ADAM PUT YOU UP TO THIS? CLANG WHIRRING RINGING CLANG BUZZER BREATHES DEEPLY GET OUT OF THE CAR, PLEASE. BEEPING, WHIRRING BUZZER GASPS BEEP DR. HAMMOND? DR. AMANDA WALLER. I MUST APOLOGIZE FOR THE THEATRICS, BUT THE GOVERNMENT DOES LIKE ITS PROTOCOLS. PLEASE, FOLLOW ME. IS THAT WHAT I THINK IT IS? AN ALIEN LIFE FORM, DOCTOR. THE FIRST THAT MANKIND HAS EVER ENCOUNTERED, DESPITE WHAT THE CONSPIRACY THEORISTS WOULD HAVE YOU BELIEVE. WE WANT YOU TO DO THE INITIAL ASSESSMENT OF ITS PHYSIOLOGY. MY GOD. WHY ME? AS A XENOBIOLOGIST, YOUR SKILLS ARE SPECIFICALLY SUITED TO THE TASK. BEYOND THAT... I'M NOT AT LIBERTY TO TELL YOU. HELLO. GRUNTS GASPS THE EYES, NOSE, EARS, AND MOUTH ARE HUMANOID. IN THE LEFT ANTERIOR THORACIC REGION IS A TEN-CENTIMETRE WOUND... WITH JAGGED EDGES CONTAINING ATTACHED CYANOTIC-COLOURED COAGULUM. (SIGHS) OKAY, ALL RIGHT. PLACE THE RING, THEN SPEAK THE OATH. THE OATH. 'CAUSE EVERYBODY KNOWS THE OATH. USED TO SING IT IN CAMP. SIGHS I, HAL JORDAN... DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR... TO PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE... TO A LANTERN... THAT I GOT FROM A DYING PURPLE ALIEN... IN A SWAMP. Hector: THE EPIDERMIS IS MAGENTA. IT APPEARS TRANSPARENT AND IS EXTREMELY THIN, ALLOWING VISUALIZATION OF MUSCLES AND INDIVIDUAL MUSCLE FIBRES. "TO INFINITY AND BEYOND." "BY THE POWER OF GRAYSKULL!" WHAT THE HELL?! COME ON! IF YOU CAN FLY ME 100 MILES IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, YOU'D THINK THAT YOU -- NO! GASPING "IN BRIGHTEST DAY, IN BLACKEST NIGHT... "NO EVIL SHALL ESCAPE MY SIGHT. LET THOSE WHO WORSHIP EVIL'S MIGHT..." Hector: GASPS "...BEWARE MY POWER: GREEN LANTERN'S LIGHT." PULSING WIND RUSHING KNOCK ON DOOR BREATHES DEEPLY KNOCK ON DOOR CAROL. EVERYTHING OKAY IN THERE? IT'S FINE. WELL, CAN I COME IN? NO. YEAH, YEAH, YE-- NO, 'CAUSE WE'RE -- UH, DO YOU WANNA GET A DRINK? CAN WE TALK? YEAH. WE CAN TALK AND DRINK. MY INITIAL ANALYSIS. THANK YOU, DOCTOR. I DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU THAT THE MERE FACT THAT IT'S HUMANOID IS EXTRAORDINARY. IT'S INDICATING A CONVERGENT EVOLUTION, OR PERHAPS A COMMON ANCESTRY, AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF THAT ARE STAGGERING. I MEAN, WHERE DID IT COME FROM? THIS COULD COMPLETELY CHANGE THE WAY THAT THE WORLD VIEWS ITSELF. YOU IMAGINE THE WAY THAT THE PUBLIC WILL REACT TO THIS? UM, BUT I KNOW THAT THAT WON'T HAPPEN. I DO. LIKE YOURSELF, DOCTOR, I'M A SEEKER OF TRUTH. BUT THE PEOPLE WHO PAY FOR FACILITIES LIKE THIS HAVE OTHER PRIORITIES AND THE POWER TO ENFORCE THEM. SO I KEEP IT A SECRET. PEOPLE LIKE US HAVE TO WORK WITHIN THE SYSTEM, DOCTOR. WE DO THE BEST WE CAN. RIGHT. PICKED THAT UP. # YEAH # I, UM... I'M REALLY SORRY. DID YOU JUST APOLOGIZE? YOU HAVEN'T BEEN REPLACED BY AN ALIEN OR SOMETHING? NO. I'M GOOD. OH. I'M GOOD. I'M GOOD, TOTALLY GOOD. I, UH... DO YOU THINK I'M IRRESPONSIBLE? LAUGHING YOU DON'T NEED TO ANSWER. THAT'S -- THAT'S FINE. HAL. CHUCKLES YOU LOOK PRETTY. AND WE -- WE HAVEN'T BEEN IN THIS PLACE TOGETHER SINCE... THAT NIGHT. YOU FORGOT IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY. DID I? MM. THAT WAS ALSO THE NIGHT -- THE FIRST TIME THAT WE EVER... ...FLEW TOGETHER. WELL, YOU'VE BEEN FLYIN' EVER SINCE WITH ANYONE WHO'D GET IN THE PLANE. # DAHM DAHM, DAHM DO DAHM, OOBY DO # # DAHM DAHM, DAHM DO DAHM, OOBY DO # OH, YEAH. OH, NO. COME ON. # OOBY DO # NO, YEAH, LET'S GO. # DAHM DAHM # DANCE WITH ME. # DAHM DO DAHM # NO. # OOBY DO # # DAHM DAHM, DAHM DO DAHM # NO. # OOBY DO, DAHM DAHM # # DAHM DO DAHM # NO. # OOBY DO, DAHM DAHM # HAL. NO. # DAHM DO DAHM, OOBY DO # # DAHM DAHM # # DAHM DO DAHM # NO. # OOBY DO # CHUCKLES I REALLY AM SORRY. IT'S OKAY. THE CONTRACT ISN'T QUITE DEAD YET. I TOLD YOU I WAS GOOD AT THIS. I WASN'T TALKIN' ABOUT THE CONTRACT. # DAHM DO DAHM, OOBY DO # # COME SOFTLY, DARLING # I WOULD'VE SCREWED THIS UP. YOU KNOW? EVEN IF I DIDN'T GO TO THE AIR FORCE, I... I WOULD'VE FOUND SOME WAY TO... YOU AND ME, I WOULD'VE BLOWN IT. YEAH, IS THAT WHAT YOU TELL YOURSELF? MM. WHAT DO YOU TELL YOURSELF? # I LOVE, I LOVE YOU SO # THAT YOU WERE SCARED I WAS GETTING TOO CLOSE. YOU KNOW WHAT I SPENT MY AFTERNOON DOING? WHAT? WORRYING ABOUT YOU. # HEAR WHAT I SA-AY # HAL, I WENT OVER EVERY INCH OF THE FLIGHT DATA. THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE PLANE. WHAT HAPPENED UP THERE? THANKS FOR THE DANCE. VEHICLE APPROACHES INDISTINCT SHOUTING IN DISTANCE KEYS JINGLE GRUNTING I TOLD YOU TO WATCH YOUR BACK, JORDAN. YOU COST US ALL OUR JOBS, YOU SON OF A BITCH. GRUNTS BREATHING HEAVILY PATHETIC. BASTARD'S BEEN LIVING OFF HIS OLD MAN'S REPUTATION HIS WHOLE LIFE. HEY. HEY! MY FACE IS JUST GETTING WARMED UP. MEN GRUNTING CAR ALARMS BLARING PULSING OH! GRUNTING OHH! AAAAAH! AAH! AAAH! GROANING SCREAMING GASPING GROANING SCREAMING GRUNTING 9 GASPING WHOA. WHISTLING HA! HAVE YOU CONCLUDED ADMIRING YOURSELF? UH... YEAH. WELL, YOUR RING TRANSLATOR IS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. YOUR MASK WILL APPEAR WHEN PROTECTION OF YOUR IDENTITY IS REQUIRED. THERE IS NO NEED FOR IT ON OA. A TALKING FISH. ACTUALLY, MY RACE IS XUDARIAN. OUR DNA DOES SOMEWHAT RESEMBLE YOUR OWN ICHTHYOLOGICAL SPECIES. I AM TOMAR-RE, PROTECTOR OF SECTOR 2813 AND HOME TO -- 80,012 GALAXIES, 2.34 MILLION SENTIENT SPECIES. HOW DO I KNOW THAT? THE INDUCTION PROCESS. IT ACTIVATES THE RING'S HIGHER FUNCTIONS, INCLUDING A WORKING KNOWLEDGE BASE. IN TRUTH, WE WERE CURIOUS. THE PROCESS HAD NEVER BEEN ATTEMPTED ON A SPECIES AS YOUNG AS HUMANS BEFORE. SIGHS AS YOU ARE THE FIRST TO BE CHOSEN, I'VE BEEN SENT TO WELCOME YOU HERE. AND HERE IS? WELCOME TO OA. THIS PLANET HAS BEEN OUR HOME FOR COUNTLESS MILLENNIA. IT WAS CREATED FOR US BY THE GUARDIANS. GUARDIANS? THERE STANDS THEIR CITADEL. THEY ARE IMMORTALS, AMONG THE MOST ANCIENT OF RACES. THEY MADE ALL YOU SEE AND ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL WE ARE AND DO. SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL, THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS HAS SERVED AS THE KEEPERS OF PEACE, ORDER AND JUSTICE THROUGHOUT THE UNIVERSE. TO BE CHOSEN TO JOIN ITS RANKS IS THE HIGHEST OF HONOURS AND THE GREATEST OF RESPONSIBILITIES. YEAH. YEAH, THAT PART I HEARD ABOUT. WE'RE GOING TO FLY NOW. FLY? ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT. I CAN DO THAT. JOIN ME. I CAN DO THAT. BREATHING SHAKILY SCREAMING LAUGHING YEAH! OH! Laughing: OH! Laughing: OH! WHAT IS THAT? IT'S THE ENERGY THAT'S GENERATED FROM THE CENTRAL BATTERY. ITS POWER COMES FROM THE WILL OF EVERY LIVING CREATURE IN THE UNIVERSE. IT, IN TURN, CHARGES YOUR LANTERN, WHICH, IN TURN, CHARGES YOUR RING. EVEN YOUR SUIT IS COMPRISED ENTIRELY OF ENERGY. WHAT'S WITH ALL THE GREEN? GREEN IS THE COLOUR OF WILL. THE GUARDIANS HARNESSED WILL, BECAUSE IT'S THE STRONGEST SOURCE OF ENERGY IN THE UNIVERSE. THERE'S SO MANY. THE STARS YOU CAN SEE FROM YOUR HOME PLANET ON THE CLEAREST NIGHT... YOUR SECTOR IS A THOUSAND TIMES LARGER. AND 3600 LANTERNS, EACH WITH A SECTOR JUST AS VAST. SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE > LANTERNS, I'VE CALLED YOU HERE TO THIS UNPRECEDENTED GATHERING BECAUSE WE FACE AN UNPRECEDENTED DANGER. OUR FOUR LANTERN BROTHERS WERE KILLED BY AN ENEMY CALLED PARALLAX. AN ENEMY WE DON'T YET FULLY UNDERSTAND. WE DO KNOW IT'S POWERFUL ENOUGH TO DESTROY ENTIRE CIVILIZATIONS. POWERFUL ENOUGH TO DEFEAT EVEN ABIN SUR... OUR FINEST WARRIOR... WHOSE LIGHT CAN NEVER BE REPLACED. ALL MURMURING IN NATIVE LANGUAGES THE GUARDIANS HAVE CHARGED ME TO LEAD A SQUADRON OF OUR STRONGEST LANTERNS IN AN ASSAULT ON PARALLAX. WE WILL SEEK OUT AND FIND THIS ENEMY. AND WE WILL DESTROY IT. ALONE, WE ARE NOW VULNERABLE. UNITED, WE ARE STILL INVINCIBLE. WE HAVE NEVER BEEN DEFEATED. WILL WE BE DEFEATED NOW? All: NO! Sinestro: IT WAS FOR THIS MOMENT THAT WE WERE CREATED. BUT I DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU YOUR DUTY. I DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU WHO WE ARE. ALL SHOUTING IN NATIVE LANGUAGES All: WE ARE THE CORPS! WE ARE THE CORPS! WE ARE THE CORPS! WE ARE THE CORPS! Tomar-Re: YOUR WILL TURNS THOUGHT INTO REALITY. TO MASTER THE RING, YOU MUST LEARN TO FOCUS YOUR WILL AND CREATE WHAT YOU SEE IN YOUR MIND. THE RING'S LIMITS ARE ONLY WHAT YOU CAN IMAGINE. DO THAT AGAIN. NOW YOU TRY. CONCENTRATE. BLOWS PULSING THE RING WILL INFORM YOU WHERE THERE IS AN IMMINENT THREAT. GRUNTING Tomar-Re: THIS PARTICULAR THREAT'S NAME IS KILOWOG. HE'LL BE YOUR COMBAT TRAINING OFFICER. WHOA! NEVER LET YOUR GUARD DOWN, POOZER. WELCOME TO RING SLINGIN' 101. OR AS I LIKE TO CALL IT: THE WORST DAY OF YOUR WORTHLESS LIFE. THE HUMAN. AIN'T NEVER SEEN ONE BEFORE. SNORTING, SNIFFING YOU SMELL FUNNY. I SMELL FUNNY? YEAH, I HEARD ABOUT HUMANS. THINK YOU'RE THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE. YOU WANT TO BE A LANTERN? YOU GOTTA COMMIT TO THE CORPS. Kilowog: ALL RIGHT, POOZER. LET'S SEE WHAT YOU GOT. METAL CLINKS GRUNTS GRUNTING YOUR CONSTRUCTS ARE ONLY GONNA BE AS STRONG AS YOUR WILL. AND YOUR WILL IS PATHETIC. GROANS I'M GONNA WORK YOU. THEN I'M GONNA HIT YOU UNTIL YOUR WILL IS STRONG ENOUGH TO BE WORTHY OF THE CORPS. NEXT LESSON. GRUNTING Kilowog: FEEL THAT? IT'S THE GRAVITATIONAL PULL OF YOUR AVERAGE SUN. MAKES FLYING THROUGH SPACE VERY DANGEROUS. THE BIGGER YOU ARE, THE QUICKER YOU BURN. GASPS GRAVITY'S A BITCH. GROANING HERE, LET ME HELP YOU. REMEMBER, YOUR ENEMY, HE'S NOT GONNA PLAY FAIR. GRUNTING WELL, THAT'S GOOD ADVICE. THANKS, GORGEOUS. Sinestro: SO... PANTING ...THIS IS THE HUMAN. WHEN I LEARNED ABIN SUR'S RING HAD CHOSEN YOU, I SAID THERE HAD TO BE A MISTAKE. GROANING I SEE NOTHING TO CHANGE MY MIND. I'LL TAKE IT FROM HERE, KILOWOG. THE CORPS IS ONLY AS STRONG AS ITS WEAKEST LINK. AND I WILL TOLERATE NO WEAK LINKS. YOU UNDERSTAND ME? ARE YOU AFRAID, HUMAN? ARE YOU AFRAID? DON'T. (CHUCKLES) DON'T DO THAT. SHALL WE? SURE. A SWORD? HOW HUMAN. GRUNTING I DO BELIEVE I SMELL FEAR. AAH! PANTING I'M A GREEN LANTERN. I FEAR NOTHING. FEAR IS THE ENEMY OF WILL. WILL IS WHAT MAKES YOU TAKE ACTION. CHAINSAW BUZZES FEAR IS WHAT STOPS YOU AND MAKES YOU WEAK. MAKES YOUR CONSTRUCTS FEEBLE. Sinestro: YOU MUST IGNORE YOUR FEAR. WHEN YOU'RE AFRAID, YOU CAN'T ACT. WHEN YOU CAN'T ACT, YOU CAN'T DEFEND. IF YOU CAN'T DEFEND, YOU DIE. PANTING YOU REEK OF FEAR, HAL JORDAN. ABIN SUR WAS A GREAT WARRIOR. MY MENTOR. MY FRIEND. YOU INSULT HIS MEMORY BY WEARING HIS RING. I'M DONE. HE'S RIGHT. I'M ONLY HUMAN. WE'RE NOT READY TO DEFEND THE UNIVERSE. UP UNTIL A FEW DAYS AGO, WE THOUGHT WE WERE THE ONLY ONES IN THE UNIVERSE. THE RING CHOSE YOU. IT WOULDN'T HAVE DONE SO IF IT HADN'T SEEN SOMETHING IN YOU. OH, YEAH? SOMETHING YOU YOURSELF DON'T YET SEE. THE RING NEVER MAKES A MISTAKE. THIS TIME IT DID. KEYS JINGLE SIGHS 9 INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS Hector: -- THAT UNTIL RECENTLY, WE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT MANY OF THESE LITTLE CRITTERS THAT WE'VE BEEN CALLING BACTERIA WEREN'T BACTERIA AT ALL. THEY WERE AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT TYPE OF PRIMITIVE PROKARYOTIC CELL. THESE LITTLE BUGGERS, CALLED ARCHAEANS, ARE STILL POORLY UNDERSTOOD. THINKING: INDISTINCT WHISPERING UM, BUT MIGHT TURN OUT TO BE DIFFERENT... WHISPERING CONTINUES ...FROM BACTERIA BUT MIGHT TURN OUT TO BE AS DIFFERENT FROM BACTERIA AS BACTERIA IS FROM US. SOME PEOPLE CALL THEM EXTREMOPHILES BECAUSE THEY LIVE IN THE MOST EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS ON EARTH, SUCH AS... GOD, HE'S SO BORING. ...THE BOILING WATERS OF A GEYSER. WHAT A LOSER. MICHAEL! WHAT DID YOU SAY? I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING. DID YOU JUST CALL ME A LOSER? HOLY SHIT. WHAT KIND OF FREAK IS THIS GUY? "FREAK"?! SCOFFS WHOA! OH! Woman: AAH! WHOA! WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT HAPPENED? OH, WHAT HAPPENED? ALL MURMURING CLASS DISMISSED. WHIRRING CELLPHONE BEEPS CELLPHONE CLOSES SO HOW YOU BEEN? BEEN A WHILE. SO YOU HAD A ROUGH NIGHT LAST NIGHT. DID YOU GET HER NAME, HUH? BOTH LAUGH YOU NEED TO GET SOME SLEEP, SON. HAVE A SEAT. WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU, DAD? WELL, ACTUALLY, YOU'VE ALREADY DONE IT. FOR ME AND FOR YOUR COUNTRY. WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? I'M TALKING ABOUT YOU IMPRESSING A WHOLE LOT OF VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE. WHERE DID YOU GET THAT? I'M ON A SUBCOMMITTEE OVERSEEING THE AGENCIES INVOLVED. TOP SECRET, OF COURSE. IT WAS YOU. THAT'S WHY THEY CHOSE ME. AND BECAUSE OF THIS, WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO GET YOU A TOP POST ON THE INSIDE NOW, HELPING TO OVERSEE THE ENTIRE OPERATION. THERE ARE SCIENTISTS THAT WORKED THEIR WHOLE LIVES FOR THIS. MM-HMM. PEOPLE MORE QUALIFIED. AND LESS CONNECTED. DON'T BE NAIVE, SON. IT'S THE WAY THE WORLD WORKS. YOU HAVE TO SEIZE AN OPPORTUNITY WHEN IT PRESENTS ITSELF. DAD THINKS: HE'LL NEVER GET IT. JUST WASTING HIS LIFE AWAY. CELLPHONE RINGS 'WHAT AN EMBARRASSMENT.' BEEP BILL! (CHUCKLES) HOW ARE YOU? I'M TERRIFIC. NO, NO, NO. JUST FINISHING UP A MEETING. GOT PLENTY OF TIME. DOOR CREAKS SEAGULLS CRYING BREATHES DEEPLY GROWLING ROARING SCREAMING Sinestro: WITH MY OWN EYES, I SAW THIS CREATURE INDUCE FEAR IN OUR FINEST WARRIORS AND THEN FEED ON THAT FEAR. THERE'S MORE. WE'VE TRACKED ITS TRAJECTORY. PARALLAX IS HEADED FOR OA. NEVER BEFORE HAS AN ENEMY DARED ATTACK US HERE. YOU MUST TELL ME WHAT YOU KNOW. First Guardian: WILL HAS ALWAYS BEEN OUR SOLE WEAPON AGAINST THE FORCES OF DARKNESS IN THE UNIVERSE. BUT AS THAT POWER BEGAN TO SEEM INSUFFICIENT... A GREAT DEBATE AROSE AMONG US. SHOULD WE EXPLOIT ANOTHER SOURCE OF POWER, ONE WE HAD LONG SINCE SWORN SHOULD NEVER BE USED? FEAR. BUT THE POWER OF FEAR WAS TOO UNPREDICTABLE. THE CHANCE OF CORRUPTION TOO GREAT. AND SO WE DECIDED AGAINST IT. ALL OF US, THAT IS, EXCEPT ONE. ALONE, THIS GUARDIAN ENTERED THE FORBIDDEN CHAMBER. HE WANTED TO PROVE THE LIGHT OF FEAR COULD BE MASTERED. HIS INTENTIONS WERE PURE... BUT HIS HOPES WERE NAIVE. CONSUMED BY THE YELLOW POWER OF FEAR, THE GUARDIAN BECAME THE VERY EVIL HE HAD WISHED TO DESTROY. HE BECAME PARALLAX. FOR THE UNIVERSE'S SAFETY AND HIS OWN, ABIN SUR WAS CHARGED WITH IMPRISONING PARALLAX IN THE LOST SECTOR. BUT HE ESCAPED. FEEDING ON THE FEAR OF OTHERS, HE GREW LARGER, MORE POWERFUL. AND IS NOW HEADED HERE TO TAKE HIS REVENGE ON YOU AND DESTROY THE CORPS. THEN WE HAVE NO CHOICE. WE MUST PREPARE TO HARNESS THE POWER OF OUR ENEMY AND FIGHT FEAR WITH FEAR. TO PROTECT OUR SECTORS WE MUST BE ABLE TO DEFEND OURSELVES. WE MUST FORGE A YELLOW RING. HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING INDISTINCT SHOUTING WATCH YOUR STEP. # DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME NO MORE # # I'M GONE # # I'M GONE, I'M GONE # CHEERS AND APPLAUSE HELLO. HI. INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS # EVERYBODY GET ON YOUR FEET # # YOU MAKE ME NERVOUS WHEN YOU'RE IN YOUR SEAT # ROUGH NIGHT, HUH? HECTOR. HOW YOU DOIN'? WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN UP TO? SAME OLD, SAME OLD. YEAH. ME TOO. HAL JORDAN. WORST PILOT I'VE EVER SEEN. OR THE BEST. NOT QUITE SURE. I'VE BEEN CALLED BOTH, SIR. GLAD YOU COULD MAKE IT, SON. FRANKLY, I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED I GOT THE INVITE. NO, YOU'RE FAMILY, HAL. YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS SAY THERE ARE THINKERS IN THIS WORLD AND THERE ARE DOERS. AND YOU ARE ONE OF THE DOERS. YEAH, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE THINKERS MAKE WHAT I DO POSSIBLE. I WOULDN'T HAVE A PLANE TO FLY IN UNLESS SOMEONE THOUGHT IT UP. OF COURSE. EXCUSE ME, I NEED A DRINK. AND I GOTTA GET BACK TO WORK. THIS IS WORK. YES, SIR. NICE TO SEE YOU, SON. YOU TOO. YOU TOO. LAUGHTER NICE. CLEARS THROAT YEAH, MY DAD USED TO TRAIN IN THEM. I WAS TALKING ABOUT YOUR DRESS. # COME BACK AND GET THEM ANOTHER DAY # NICE JACKET. LAST TIME I CHECKED, YOU DIDN'T EVEN OWN ONE. YEAH, I'VE BEEN SHAKING UP THE WARDROBE LATELY. CONGRATULATIONS ON THE CONTRACT. HOW'D YOU MANAGE TO PULL THAT OFF? I POINTED OUT YOU ONLY WON BECAUSE YOU BROKE THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT. AND TOM FIGURED OUT HOW TO GIVE THE SABRES MORE ALTITUDE. SO I GUESS IN A WAY, WITHOUT EVEN MEANING TO, YOU ACTUALLY DID US A FAVOUR. LOOK, I'M UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE WORD "HERO." CHEERS AND APPLAUSE Woman: WHOO! Carl: THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US. GREAT EVENING. SOMEBODY VERY SPECIAL I'D LIKE TO THANK FOR HELPING US TO NAIL THIS CONTRACT: MY DAUGHTER, CAROL FERRIS. CHEERS AND APPLAUSE COME ON. COME ON! LET'S GO, CAROL! CAROL! WHOO! (CHUCKLES) MM. CONGRATULATIONS, CAROL. I TAKE ONE LOOK AT YOU, YOUNG LADY, OR AT HAL JORDAN OVER THERE, THE SPITTING IMAGE OF HIS DAD... Man: YEAH, HAL! YOU GIVE US HOPE. A TOAST TO OUR FUTURE. HEAR, HEAR! TO THE FUTURE! WE'RE IN GOOD HANDS. CHEERS AND APPLAUSE YEAH! YEAH! WHOO! GROOVE ARMADA'S "HANDS OF TIME" PLAYS HECTOR! (Laughing) OH, MY GOD! HEY! SIGHS CONGRATULATIONS. UM. THANK YOU. HERE'S TO YOU AND HAL, THE FUTURE. YEAH, I -- I'M SORRY. I-I KNOW IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN EASY GROWING UP WITH YOUR DAD. BUT HEY, YOU'RE -- YOU'RE DOING GREAT, SO -- CHUCKLES I AM. I'M DOING GREAT. (CHUCKLES) HE'S RIGHT, THOUGH. I'M NOT A DOER. ALTHOUGH I DID GET TO EXAMINE AN ALIEN BODY RECENTLY. THAT WAS VERY COOL. I CAN'T TELL ANYONE ABOUT IT, BUT, HEY, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T HAVE EVERYTHING. IS HECTOR TELLING YOU ANOTHER ONE OF HIS SCIENCE FICTION STORIES? DAD THINKS: 'WHAT THE HELL'S WRONG WITH HIM? CAN'T KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT.' YOU REALLY DO HAVE A CREATIVE IMAGINATION. BYE. SENATOR. I APOLOGIZE. WE REALLY MUST GO. GOOD NIGHT, CAROL. GOOD NIGHT. SIGHS Man: SENATOR! HEY. SENATOR, THANKS FOR EVERYTHING. HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BYE, SENATOR! INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ENERGY PULSES ALARM BLARING ELECTRICITY CRACKLING GET THE CRASH CREW HERE. OUR HELICOPTER'S GOING DOWN. AAH! AAH! AAH! OH, MY GOD. ALL SCREAMING OH, MY GOD! AAH! AAH! ENGINE REVVING AAH! TIRES SCREECH ELECTRICITY CRACKLING Woman: WHAT IS THAT? WHAT IS THAT? ENERGY PULSING 9 DOOR CREAKS INDISTINCT TALKING ON TV DOOR CLOSES HIGH-PITCHED WHINING GRUNTING GROANING SCREAMING GRUNTING REPORTER: ...BUT PEOPLE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT IT FOR YEARS TO COME. A HELICOPTER CAREENING OUT OF CONTROL, HEADED TOWARD CERTAIN TRAGEDY, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, A MYSTERY MAN, A HERO, SAVES THE DAY, INCREDIBLY DIVERTING THE HELICOPTER FROM DESTROYING INNOCENT PEOPLE AND MIRACULOUSLY RESCUING CAROL FERRIS FROM BEING CRUSHED BY A COLLAPSING BILLBOARD. THE REAL QUESTION TONIGHT IS: WHO IS THIS AMAZING HERO AND WHERE IS HE NOW? KNOCK ON DOOR GROANING SIGHS KNOCK ON DOOR POUNDING ON DOOR START TALKING. A RACETRACK? YEAH. MM. THAT'S THE BEST YOU COULD COME UP WITH FOR YOUR FIRST BIG APPEARANCE? RACETRACK. OH, I'M -- I'M SORRY. DID I DISAPPOINT YOU? I MATERIALIZED A RACETRACK OUT OF PURE ENERGY, SAVING HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE, AND -- AND YOU'RE DISAPPOINTED. I'M -- I'M -- I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. NO, I WANNA SEE THIS STUFF. YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO SHOW ME. OH, I DON'T THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. COME ON, I WANNA SEE THIS STUFF, YOU KNOW? LIKE, I WANNA SEE THE OUTFIT, THE FLYING... I'M SITTING HERE IN MY APARTMENT. YOU GOTTA SHOW ME. HAL, I LOVE YOU BUT BEING YOUR BEST FRIEND'S NO PICNIC. IT'S FOR EMERGENCIES! YOU OWE ME! HAL, I WANNA SEE IT. FINE. HOLD ON TO YOUR GLASSES. CHUCKLES QUESTION: YOU READY TO HAVE YOUR MIND BLOWN? YEAH. RING. FINGER. EXHALES SHARPLY HERE WE GO. GRUNTS DID YOU BREAK IT ALREADY? I DIDN'T BREAK IT, OKAY? IT'S JUST... IT'S OUT OF JUICE. I HAVE TO RECHARGE IT. NOW PAY ATTENTION. EXHALES SHARPLY AAH! GREEN! (EXHALES SHARPLY) WOW. I KNOW! RIGHT?! LAUGHS WHOO! AH. LAUGHS NOT BAD, HUH? YOU'RE A SUPERHERO. LAUGHING DON'T THEY ALWAYS GET THE GIRL? EVENING, MA'AM. DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SAY GOODBYE. ARE YOU OKAY? YEAH, NO, I'M -- I'M GLAD TO HAVE A CHANCE TO THANK YOU. JUST DOING MY JOB. NO THANKS NECESSARY, MISS. NO, IT -- IT IS. YOU SAVED MY LIFE. YOU SAVED ALL OF OUR LIVES. THAT WAS A VERY... HAL? MISS? HAL?! OH, MY GO-- OH, MY GOD! OH, MY GOD! HAL! HOW DID YOU KNOW IT WAS ME? WHAT DO YOU MEAN?! I'VE KNOWN YOU MY WHOLE LIFE! I'VE SEEN YOU NAKED! YOU DON'T THINK I WOULD RECOGNIZE YOU BECAUSE I CAN'T SEE YOUR CHEEKBONES?! WHAT IS THIS?! WHY -- WHY IS YOUR SKIN GREEN? WHY ARE YOU GLOWING? WHAT THE HELL IS WITH THAT MASK?! IT CAME WITH THE OUTFIT. COOL, HUH? SO IT ALL WORKS BECAUSE OF THIS MAGIC RING? NO, THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS MAGIC. INTERGALACTIC GREEN PEACEKEEPERS, THOUSANDS OF THEM. (CHUCKLES) BUT, UH, NO. I'M NOT MAKING IT UP. (CHUCKLES) WOW. I MEAN, WHEN WE WERE KIDS, WHO'D HAVE THOUGHT? I DID, ACTUALLY. I CALLED THIS EARLY ON. LAUGHS I SAID, "ONE DAY I'LL BE A GREEN SPACE COP." HERE I AM. OKAY, SO AT THE PARTY, HOW DID YOU MAKE THAT BIG GREEN RAMP THING? ANYTHING I SEE IN MY MIND, I-I CAN CREATE. I JUST HAVE TO FOCUS. ANYTHING? ANYTHING. CHUCKLES HAPPY BIRTHDAY. BETTER LATE THAN NEVER. UM. OKAY, SO HOW DOES IT WORK? THEY JUST, UM, CALL YOU ON YOUR CELL, "CAT IN A TREE, DOWNTOWN MILKY WAY"? NO. I DON'T -- I DON'T THINK IT WORKS EXACTLY LIKE THAT. WELL, TECHNICALLY SPEAKING, UM, I ACTUALLY SORT OF, UH, QUIT. WHAT DO YOU MEAN? HOW? WELL, I MEAN, IT'S A -- IT'S A LOT LIKE QUITTING ANYTHING ELSE, REALLY. I DON'T UNDERSTAND. HOW DO -- HOW DO YOU WALK AWAY FROM SOMETHING LIKE THAT? IS -- IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE? OH, I THINK WE BOTH KNOW I'M PRETTY GOOD AT WALKIN' AWAY. IF FOR ONCE YOU DIDN'T QUIT SOMETHING YOU CARED ABOUT, WHAT'S THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN? WELL, THANK YOU. THIS HAS BEEN REALLY SOMETHING. I KNOW I'VE -- I'VE MADE A LOT OF MISTAKES -- LOOK, HAL, I'M NOT MAD AT YOU. I FEEL BAD FOR YOU, REALLY. YOU'VE BEEN GIVEN SO MUCH SO OFTEN. AND YOU JUST... GOOD NIGHT. SIGHS SNIFFLES GROANING CHUCKLES DOOR OPENS Dr. Waller: DR. HAMMOND? THERE IS SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU. SOMETHING I'M FAIRLY CERTAIN YOU'LL WANT TO SEE. Boy: LATER, MOM. Girl: I LOVE YOU. Man: BYE, BABY. GUNSHOTS, SHELLS CLATTERING Dr. Waller: NO! CRYING PHYSICAL CONTACT ACCESSES MNEMONIC DATA. I CAN SEE YOUR MEMORIES. CHUCKLES CHUCKLES BREATHING HEAVILY EXHALES SHARPLY WHEEZING SOFTLY DAD. SON, THIS IS MY FAULT. BUT I'M GONNA FIX IT. WE'RE GONNA GET YOU WELL AGAIN. WHATEVER IT TAKES. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. WE DETECTED TRACES OF A SECOND ALIEN LIFE FORM BURIED WITHIN THE BODY OF THE FIRST. YOU'VE BEEN EXPOSED. I'VE NEVER FELT BETTER IN MY LIFE. WE KNOW EVERYTHING, SON. I'VE NEVER FELT BETTER IN MY LIFE. GRUNTING GROANING 1 Tomar-Re: TO BE CHOSEN TO JOIN ITS RANKS IS THE HIGHEST OF HONOURS... AND THE GREATEST OF RESPONSIBILITIES. THE RING NEVER MAKES A MISTAKE. PULSING GROANING IT'S GONNA BE ALL RIGHT. THEY JUST NEED TO RUN SOME TESTS, THAT'S ALL. KEEP HIM UNDER. I ONLY WANT WHAT'S BEST FOR YOU. PULSING OH! AAH! AAH! RUN. AAH! (BLOWS) AAH! UGH! AAAAAAAAAAAAH! GASPING AAH! ENERGY CRACKLING ALL GROANING HECTOR. Hector: Shh, shh. DON'T WORRY. I ONLY WANT WHAT'S BEST FOR YOU. CHUCKLES GASPS Dr. Waller: GROANS AAH! SCREAMING ROARS GRUNTING BREATHING HEAVILY LAUGHING THE RING... IT CHOSE YOU. TAKE IT! HAL. HI. CHUCKLES THE ALIEN WAS ONE OF YOU. HOW DID WE END UP SO DIFFERENT, HMM? HMM? SIT DOWN! OH! NOW... HOW'S CAROL? THAT CAME OUT WRONG. PLEASE. I KNOW I'VE -- I'VE MADE A LOT OF MISTAKES -- LOOK, HAL, I FEEL BAD FOR YOU, REALLY. GOOD NIGHT. SIGHS YOU'RE JUST AS MUCH OF A FAILURE AS I WAS. AND JUST AS AFRAID. WELL... CHUCKLES ...I USED TO FIGHT MY FEAR. BUT NOW THAT I'VE TASTED ITS TRUE POWER... ...I'LL NEVER GO BACK. AAAAAAH! AAAAAAH! NO! GRUNTING SCREAMS Parallax: YOU WEAR THE RING OF THE LANTERN THAT IMPRISONED ME. YOU WILL SUFFER THE SAME FATE. ONCE I HAVE DEVOURED YOUR WORLD, I WILL HAVE ALL THE STRENGTH I NEED... AAH! TO DEFEAT THE CORPS AND DESTROY THE GUARDIANS. GRUNTING HECTOR SCREAMING SCREAMING BREATHING HEAVILY Tom: LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT. THIS THING THAT'S OUT THERE ATTACKING PLANETS IS CONNECTED TO HECTOR? SOMEHOW IT INFECTED HIM AFTER IT KILLED ABIN SUR. WELL, YOU'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO STOP IT. OH, I'M JUST GONNA HAVE TO STOP IT, HUH? WELL, I TRIED THAT, AND I FAILED. AND THE SENATOR DIED. I TOLD YOU, THE RING MADE A MISTAKE. WAIT, GO BACK. HOW DID THE RING MAKE A MISTAKE? THE ONE THING THAT A GREEN LANTERN IS SUPPOSED TO BE IS FEARLESS. FEARLESS IS THE JOB DESCRIPTION. THAT ISN'T ME. SO YOU'RE JUST GONNA WALK AWAY AGAIN? EXPLAIN THIS TO ME, HAL. PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME JUST ONCE, WHY. BECAUSE I'M AFRAID! YOU DON'T THINK YOUR DAD EVER FELT AFRAID? IF HE DID, HE FIGURED OUT SOME WAY TO BEAT IT. YEAH, WELL, THERE'S A WORD FOR THAT: COURAGE. THEY SAID THAT THE RING WOULDN'T HAVE CHOSEN ME IF IT DIDN'T SEE SOMETHING. SOMETHING I DON'T SEE. YET. I SEE IT. I ALWAYS HAVE. THE RING DIDN'T SEE THAT YOU WERE FEARLESS. IT SAW THAT YOU HAD THE ABILITY TO OVERCOME FEAR. IT SAW THAT YOU'RE COURAGEOUS. WHICH YOU ARE. JUST LIKE YOUR DAD. CHOKING Parallax: THE LANTERN IS A THREAT. ELIMINATE HIM. Sinestro: OUR NEW WEAPON IS READY. ONCE I'VE MASTERED ITS POWER, I'LL BEGIN TRAINING THE CORPS TO DO THE SAME. THOUGH EARTH WILL BE LOST, WE'LL BE READY TO MAKE A STAND AGAINST PARALLAX BEFORE IT REACHES OA. THEN THE POWER OF THE ENEMY WILL BE OURS. AT WHAT COST? YOU DARE ENTER THIS CHAMBER? I NEED YOUR HELP. YOU GOTTA HELP ME SAVE MY WORLD. I KNOW THAT HUMANS AREN'T THE STRONGEST SPECIES, OR THE SMARTEST. WE'RE YOUNG, WE HAVE A LOT TO LEARN. BUT WE'RE WORTH SAVING. THIS NEW WEAPON OF YOURS, YOU CAN'T USE IT. ONCE YOU CROSS THAT LINE, ONCE YOU'VE GIVEN IN TO FEAR, YOU'LL NEVER GO BACK. I'VE SEEN IT. LOOK, I KNOW RIGHT NOW YOU'RE AFRAID. YOU DARE ACCUSE THE GUARDIANS OF FEELING FEAR? YES, I DO. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHY PARALLAX IS BEATING YOU, BECAUSE YOU'RE AFRAID TO EVEN ADMIT YOU'RE AFRAID. I KNOW. I SPENT MY ENTIRE LIFE DOIN' IT. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A SAYING ON EARTH. WE SAY: "I'M ONLY HUMAN." WE SAY IT BECAUSE WE'RE VULNERABLE, WE SAY IT BECAUSE WE KNOW WE'RE AFRAID. IT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE WEAK. HELP ME SAVE MY PLANET. DON'T GIVE IN TO FEAR. FIGHT IT. FIGHT IT WITH ME. YOUR WORDS ARE COMPELLING, YOUNG HUMAN. BUT AS IMMORTALS, WE MUST MEASURE OUR ACTIONS OVER BILLIONS OF YEARS, AND THE FATE OF THE UNIVERSE. WE SIMPLY CANNOT RISK LOSING EVERYTHING ON THE CHANCE YOU MIGHT BE RIGHT. THEN DON'T. DON'T RISK ANY MORE LIVES. JUST MINE. LET ME GO FIGHT FOR MY WORLD, AND I'LL SHOW YOU THAT WILL IS STRONGER THAN FEAR. THERE IS NO WAY YOU CAN SUCCEED. YOU WILL DIE, HAL JORDAN. THEN I'LL DIE TRYING. GOOD LUCK, GREEN LANTERN. PULSING WHIRRING I WOULDN'T DO THAT. LOOK CLOSELY. SHE'S BEAUTIFUL, ISN'T SHE? I LOVED HER FROM THE MOMENT I FIRST SAW HER. BUT SHE COULD NEVER SEE ME, AS YOU WERE ALWAYS STANDING IN THE WAY. BUT NOT ANYMORE. NO! NO! DON'T! DON'T DO THIS, HECTOR. PLEASE. PLEASE. I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL. SCOFFS COME ON, LOOK AT YOURSELF! NO, I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE... TO NOT LIVE UP TO EXPECTATIONS, TO FEEL LIKE NOTHIN' THAT YOU DO WILL EVER BE GOOD ENOUGH. I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE AFRAID. LET ME HELP YOU. HAL. (CHUCKLES) YOU'VE CHANGED. HOW WONDERFUL THAT ALL IT TOOK FOR YOU TO GROW UP WAS THE END OF THE WORLD. Singsong voice: NOW IT'S MY TURN. AND IF I CAN'T BE LIKE YOU, I'M GONNA MAKE HER LIKE ME. AND LET'S FACE IT, ONCE SHE'S LIKE ME, THEN YOU WOULDN'T BE VERY INTERESTED, HM? NOW, WOULD YOU? WHY CAN'T YOU? HMM? WHY CAN'T YOU BE LIKE ME? CHUCKLES: HUH? LET HER GO... ...AND YOU CAN HAVE IT. YOU CAN DO ANYTHING. BE ANYTHING. TAKE IT. LET HER MAKE THE CHOICE. OKAY. PULSING OH! GROANING GASPING WOW. LAUGHING EVILLY NOW BRING HER DOWN. OH. HAL. I LIED. I LIED TOO. SEE, THE WAY IT WORKS IS: YOU HAVE TO BE CHOSEN. AAAAAH! GRUNTING GROANING GASPS ROARING SCREAMING ROARS GASPS YOU HAVE FAILED ME. SCREAMING WAILING STAY HERE. NO PROBLEM. GRUNTING NO! AAH! BEEPING YOUR WILL IS STRONG, BUT NOT STRONG ENOUGH. YOU ARE NOTHING WITHOUT THE RING. AAH! AAH! SCREAMING BEEPING ROARING PULSING 9 CROWD MURMURING PLEASE CLEAR THE STREETS. CLEAR THE STREETS IMMEDIATELY. YOU CAN NEVER BEAT THIS. YOU'LL DIE. AT LEAST I CAN GET IT AWAY FROM HERE. HOW DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GONNA DO THAT? I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T -- I DON'T KNOW. I...MAYBE I CAN OUT-- OUTTHINK IT, OR... THE DOGFIGHT, REMEMBER? THOSE WERE A COUPLE OF JETS. UNBEATABLE JETS. THE RING CHOSE ME FOR A REASON. THIS IS WHY. LOOK, I'M PROBABLY NOT -- Voice breaking: PLEASE DON'T. NO. HEY. CRYING AIR RUSHES THIS IS A MANDATORY EVACUATION. EVERYONE MUST CLEAR THE STREETS IMMEDIATELY. CROWD MURMURING, SIREN CHIRPS POLICE EMERGENCY, EVERYONE MUST CLEAR THE STREET NOW. ALL GASPING ROARING ALL SCREAMING INDISTINCT SHOUTING Man: GO! GO! Woman: GO! GO! SHOUTING CONTINUES AAH! Woman: EVERYBODY OFF NOW! NOW! GO! GO! Man: RUN! ROARING WEAPONS POWERING UP RUN! AAH! GRUNTING CAR ALARM BLARING I FEEL YOUR FEAR GROWING. YOU WILL BE DEAD SOON. Straining: IN BRIGHTEST DAY, IN BLACKEST NIGHT... AND WHEN YOU'RE GONE, I'LL DESTROY EVERYTHING YOU EVER LOVED. ...NO EVIL SHALL ESCAPE MY SIGHT. YOUR FAMILY, YOUR HOME, YOUR PLANET WILL BE NO MORE. LET THOSE WHO WORSHIP EVIL'S MIGHT... THE ENTIRE HUMAN RACE WILL BE WIPED OUT BECAUSE YOU, HAL JORDAN, WERE AFRAID. ...BEWARE MY POWER: GREEN LANTERN'S LIGHT! SCREECHING SCREECHES THE BIGGER YOU ARE, THE FASTER YOU BURN. GRUNTING ROARS ROARS SCREECHING Sinestro: THOUGH HIS TIME WEARING THE RING HAS BEEN BRIEF, HAL JORDAN'S DEFEAT OF PARALLAX WILL BE REMEMBERED AS LONG AS THE CORPS EXISTS. HIS ACTIONS ARE A REMINDER OF WHY THE RING CHOSE EACH OF US. TO OVERCOME FEAR, AND DESTROY EVIL WHEREVER IT MAY HIDE. CROWD MURMURS AS LANTERNS, WE MUST FIGHT WITH ALL OUR WILL. OUR WILLS HAVEN'T ALWAYS BEEN UNITED. IT'S TIME THEY WERE. GRUNTS CAN I TRAIN 'EM OR CAN I TRAIN 'EM? YOU'RE IMPERTINENT, HAL JORDAN. YOU'RE RASH, VOLATILE, OPINIONATED. IT SEEMS ABIN SUR FOUND ANOTHER JUST LIKE HIMSELF. PULSING WOW. I AM NEVER GETTING USED TO THAT. MY NEW JOB REQUIRES THAT I -- THAT I TRAVEL. CHUCKLES BE AWAY FOR A WHILE. AWAY. NEVER GONE. HAL. YEAH? CAN YOU TAKE OFF THE MASK? THAT'S REALLY COOL. (CHUCKLES) SIGHS SO WHAT HAPPENS NOW? I'M GONNA GO LOOK FOR TROUBLE. CHUCKLES Tomar-Re: OF ALL THE LANTERNS WHO HAVE EVER WORN THE RING, THERE WAS ONE WHOSE LIGHT SHINED BRIGHTEST. AT FIRST, HIS HUMANITY WAS THOUGHT TO BE A WEAKNESS. AND YET IT PROVED TO BE HIS GREATEST STRENGTH. www.able.co.nz Captions were made possible with funding from NZ On Air. Able 2016