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Subject: Screenplay Project 2005 - "STARRY POTTARS" Author: Greg [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 20:36:16 01/01/05 Sat Fade In INT. A HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOM – DAY A scruffy teenager sits at his desk in the front of a classroom full of students. He is STARRY POTTARS, and he is staring at the clock. The rest of the class is staring at him. They know something we don’t. They know why Starry looks very worried. The clock hits three o’clock and the bell rings. Starry is the first one up and bolts for the door. He darts down the hall as the rest of the classrooms pour out students. Some of the students can be heard shouting something like “All right! Fight!” Starry darts into the bathroom and into the closest stall. And there he sits. Another young man enters the bathroom and starts knocking on the stall door. He is tall and good-looking for a fifteen year-old. This is ROCCO, and he is Starry’s best friend. ROCCO Come on Starry! The whole school’s waiting on ya! STARRY Go away! Can’t you see I’m busy here? ROCCO Seriously dude, you can’t hide in there forever. The mob outside is thirsty for blood, and you are going to provide it for them. STARRY Thanks, buddy. The toilet flushes and Starry emerges from the stall. He walks over to the sink, looks sadly into the mirror, and washes his hands. ROCCO Dude, here’s what you do. Splash water all over your face and hair, get yourself real lathered up… the guy will see you all sweaty and ready to go and will freak out. STARRY I don’t think anything can freak out the Demon. But I’ll do anything at this point. Starry starts splashing water all over his face and slicking back his hair. STARRY You do got my back, right? ROCCO But of course! STARRY Well then, let’s do this. The boys exit the stall. The school is deserted already. They make their way to the front door and are suddenly stopped by MR. HART, their history teacher. MR. HART What’s going on boys? Starry is annoyed that Mr. Hart would interrupt them. He was almost in the zone for this fight. STARRY We’re going home, Mr. Hart. School’s over in case you didn’t notice. Would that be O.K.? MR. HART You know, violence never solves anything. ROCCO Mr. Hart, with all due respect, you teach history. And history is basically war after war after war. And usually the result of those wars changes things pretty drastically for the parties involved, and many problems are indeed solved. Mr. Hart is taken back by this statement. He opens his mouth to say something, but falls silent. Starry swings open the front door of the school and heads out. STARRY Good day, Mr. Hart. Mr. Hart catches Rocco’s elbow before he can follow. MR. HART Do whatever you can. Rocco gives Mr. Hart a wink and a smile. ROCCO But of course! Rocco heads out after Starry. EXT. BEHIND THE QUICK ‘N GO – DAY A large crowd of students has gathered behind the convenience store across from the school. They are all dancing and laughing, having a really good time. When the see Starry finally show up, they give a big cheer. Starry catches the eye of MR. HIGGINS, the shopkeeper, as he heads around to the back of the building. Mr. Higgins gives Starry a wink and a smile, then goes back to selling snacks to the voracious students. STARRY Did you see Mr. Higgins? He is loving this. ROCCO Fight days are big business for him. STARRY He should give me a cut of the concessions. The crowd opens up as Starry arrives and forms a large circle around him and his opponent, who we see for the first time: THE DEMON. The Demon is six foot three, three hundred pounds. His real name is Damon, but he quickly earned the nickname demon after tormenting so many students. He is a super bully. Starry notices a small group of nerds in the crowd. They all have broken glasses, torn shirts and pants, and some sport casts and crutches. They are clearly some of Demon’s past victims. They give him the thumbs up and smile weakly. STARRY How did I end up in this mess? FLASHBACK – INT. SCHOOL HALLWAY – DAY Starry is walking down the hallway to class, carrying a pile of books. Demon sneaks up from behind him and slaps the books out of his hands. Books and papers fly everywhere. Other students are laughing. Starry bends over and quickly tries to gather his things. STARRY Not again… Suddenly a beautiful girl with long blond hair appears. This is DANA BLOOM, the prettiest, most popular girl in school. Dana immediately begins helping Starry gather his papers. Starry is stunned that she would help him. STARRY Thanks, Dana. DANA Your welcome, um… STARRY Starry. Starry Pottars. I sit behind you in history. DANA Right, Starry… Isn’t that Damon kid such a jerk. As Dana is bending over to help Starry, Demon kicks her straight in the ass, knocking her flat on her face. Starry jumps to his feet. STARRY That is it! You and me, after school! END FLASHBACK EXT. BACK BEHIND THE QUICK ‘N GO – DAY Starry snaps out of his daydream. STARRY Oh, that’s right. It was because of a girl. I’m here about to get killed because of a girl. ROCCO Look, Starry, here’s what you gotta do. You have to hit him right in the nose. His nose will start bleeding, his eyes will be all watery and blurry. It will really disorient him. Trust me. STARRY All right then… Without another word, Starry rushes over to Demon and punches him right in the nose. The crowd gasps as they hear the most unexpected noise: a clank. When Starry punches him it sounds like he kicked a garbage can. Demon is obviously unaffected. While Starry stands there startled, Demon punches him – right in the nose. Starry staggers back, blood shooting out of his nostrils. His eyes are all watery, and his vision all blurry. And then Demon hits him again. And again. And again. And then he kicks him. And then he picks him up and tosses him into a nearby field. Rocco, greatly disturbed by this chain of events, goes into action. He grabs a broom laying against the back of the store and removes the handle. Most of the crowd is running away at this point. The violence is more than they bargained for, and they want no part of it. As the crowd disperses, Rocco makes his way to the field, broomstick in hand. Demon leaps super-humanly into the air and lands next to Starry in the field. He lifts his foot to give Starry one final stomp, when suddenly we hear another clanking noise. Rocco has arrived and is beating Demon over the head with the broomstick. Demon swings at Rocco, but Rocco jumps out of the way. He twirls the broomstick with the skill of a martial arts master and begins attacking Demon with it. He connects blows to Demon’s head, his arms, his ribs. The attack is fast and furious. Demon isn’t even slowing down by this masterful display. Starry is stunned while watching this from his back, unable to move. He can’t believe that Rocco can fight like this. Suddenly he sees his friend get punched in the face by Demon, knocking him down. Demon moves in for the kill as Starry finally finds the will to scramble to his feet. Starry jumps on Demon’s back. This distracts Demon just long enough for Rocco to regain his senses and swing right for the back of Demon’s knees. Finally the beast goes down. Starry jumps off Demon as Rocco takes a stunning home-run swing right into Demon’s face. Both boys are stunned to see Demon’s left eyeball fly right out of its socket. There is no blood, no scream of pain. Just a whirring of gears, and several sparks shooting out of Demon’s eye socket. The eyeball, lying nearby, has only wires coming out of it. Demon’s entire head is surrounded by a chain of sparks and he falls over dead with a loud clank. Starry is stunned and speechless. Rocco grabs his hand. ROCCO Run, you fool! The boys run off into some nearby woods. They run for several hundred yards before collapsing in a pile of leaves. They pause to catch their breath. STARRY He… he… he was a robot! ROCCO He was a cybernetic portal. STARRY A what? ROCCO A robot. STARRY Look, dude, you better start talking. What was that? And where did you learn to fight like that? ROCCO A portal is a shell that allows a lifeform to enter and take it over. There can be organic portals, which are flesh and blood, or robotic portals, which are… well… robots. But Demon was a cybernetic portal – flesh and blood over robotic shell. That’s new. And that’s bad. STARRY I have many questions for you Rocco, but why is that bad? ROCCO Because few entities in the galaxy have those capabilities, Starry. And most of them are extremely dangerous. And one of them apparently has an interest in taking you out. Starry stands up. He’s way too overwhelmed to humor his friend with this conversation. STARRY OK, then. That’s great! I’m gonna go home now. See ya later. ROCCO Yeah you better go home. And pack your bags right quick too. When my parents and your parents hear about this, I have a feeling we are out of here. STARRY Yeah? Where we gonna go? Rocco points up towards the sky. ROCCO Home. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Re: Screenplay Project 2005 - "STARRY POTTARS" Author: SS [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 18:55:31 01/02/05 Sun EXT. SCHOOL PARKING LOT ACROSS FROM THE QUICK N GO, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE FIGHT PAN TO A PARKED STATION WAGON... WE NOTICE THAT A MAN HAS BEEN WATCHING THIS AFTERNOON'S EVENTS WITH GREAT INTEREST THROUGH HIS REAR VIEW MIRRORS As soon as the boys disappear into the sparsely scattered bare trees, the man takes this as his cue to quickly back out of the lot and head for the field. The car swings around violently from the school parking lot, and into the field across the street. A pair of legs emerges from the car, heads over to the immobile cybernetic portal, picks it up effortlessly, and places it into the rear of the station wagon. Mr. Higgins can be seen running towards the man, carrying something in a brown paper bag bearing the convenience store logo. MR HIGGINS I've prepared everything you need for the job. Everything should be in order. I wish you a successful mission. A pair of hands accepts the grocery bag. Mr. Higgins gives the mysterious recipient the same creepy wink and smile. The bag goes into the back seat, and the car speeds off towards the woods. The driver effortlessly dodges the trees, hoping the brush doesn't get too dense before he locates the boys. At last he finds them. Rocco is pointing to the sky, and the driver knows that Starry's revelation has begun. He continues to speed towards them. Rocco looks in the direction of the car with excited expectation. Starry is in a daze of confusion, staring ahead at the oncoming car but unflinching. The car skids to a stop next to the pile of leaves the boys are standing in. ROCCO Mr. Hart! We have to get to... MR HART (Interrupting Rocco) Shut up and get in! Don't you realize there's no time? ROCCO (taking shotgun) Right. Starry, get in the back! Starry! C'mon! After a few seconds, Starry comes to and makes his around the wagon. He catches sight of the robot in the back. STARRY (backing away) Uh uh, no way! I don't know who thinks this is so funny, but joke's over okay! I swear I'll pick my battles more carefully next time. I've learned... MR HART (cutting off Starry) Oh son, if you only knew what battle you've just begun. We need to keep you alive! So either you get in this car right now or I'm coming out there to knock you out cold! I swear I'll put in the back with you buddy Demon. Wouldn't that be a pleasant sight to wake up to? Mr. Hart gives a shit-eating grin, and realizes he got through to the boy. Starry gets in, next to the brown bag. Mr. Hart speeds off to the edge of the woods and back to the nearest street. STARRY So, is somebody going to start explaining? What is with this thing from The Terminator in your back seat? Where the hell are you taking us?!? And since when is it your job to keep me alive! You guys aren't from the future, are... are you? ROCCO (turning to face Starry) We'll have more time for explanations later! Right now, we have to worry about getting outta here! STARRY Out of where? But he already knows his friend's answer. Starry points upwards towards the sky, and Rocco nods in acknowledgement. STARRY (in disbelief still) Okay, I won't ask. There is some mumbled conversation in the front seat between Rocco and Mr. Hart. He hears random things... MR HART ...going to get rid of those silly names!... ROCCO ...we should go to...house MR HART ...too dangerous...must go...rendezvous point ROCCO ...starting too early... Starry looks to his right and sees the bag. He slowly leans over to peek into it, catching glimpse of a piece of shiny metal and a glowing green thing. Without looking back, Mr. Hart's hand clamps firmly over the open ends of the bag and crinkles it shut. MR HART Later is the time for this. Starry just rolls his eyes in frustration, and enjoys the ride back to his house. EXT. STARRY'S HOUSE STARRY This is the big rendezvous point??? Big deal. His parents are at home keeping themselves busy as usual. They both appear to be very eccentric. His mother, Patty Potters, is wearing a bright pink dress out of the '50s and sporting a hairdo from the '70s. She is in the kitchen cracking eggs into the sink. His father, Petey Potters, is still wearing his favorite pajamas and slippers. He is on the floor of his office tinkering with one of his computers. The house is a mess of gadgets... a cluttered mess that Starry's family takes pride in. Starry appears at the door. PETEY Hi son! I thought you were going to the library after school. Hey, what happened to your... Petey notices Mr. Hart and Rocco in the driveway. He suddenly looks concerned. PETEY Uh, Patty? Would you please raise the alarm? Son, come with me. Starry notices his mother pushing one of the buttons above the stove. Was that always there? He tries hard to remember if he's ever noticed it before. Then he comes to the realization that these damn buttons were all over the house!! Just one of those things you don't think to ask about... Alarms go off from within the house that can be heard throughout the neighborhood. His mother disappears into the bedrooms, and comes out with 2 shiny metal suitcases he'd definitely never seen before. She hurries off to the garage. Mr. Hart busies himself with taking the items from the wagon and heads toward the garage. Rocco follows him. STARRY Dad, what's going on? PETEY Didn't Mr. Hart and Rocco..?? Oh, nevermind, they must have figured there wasn't enough time. Come now, we have to get on the spacecraft. We'll explain everything there. STARRY Spacewhat? What are you talking about? He is led outside. The roof of the garage is gone, revealing a landing pad with a triangular-shaped... uh... spaceship? STARRY Okay, first with The Terminator stuff, now with the Star Wars. This better be a damn good explanation! PETEY Terminator stuff? What are you talking about. STARRY There was that saber-toothed porthole we left in the field which Mr. Hart felt the need to pick up. And then he was yelling some Sarah Conner stuff at me about how he had to keep me alive! PETEY Saber-toothed wha? You don't mean cybernetic portal, do you? STARRY Yeah, that's the thing Mr. Hart just dragged onto our little spaceship there. Mr. Hart, Rocco, and Patty Pottars can all be seen entering the ship. PETEY Oh dear, this is more serious than I thought. Come on Starry, we really need to get up to that ship now! FLASHBACK – INT. SCHOOL HALLWAY – DAY Dana Bloom stands in the hallway in between classes, and catches herself staring at Starry again. So does her friend KATY. KATY Oh, isn't he just soooo dreamy. DANA Shush Katy! This one's special, and I don't mean short bus special. He's going places. KATY Oh, get over your crush. You could get a date with any of the guys on the soccer team in a second. Why do you waste your time with this one? DANA This isn't an ordinary crush. KATY I think your notebook would say otherwise. Dana gives Katy a dirty look. KATY That's right, I saw it. And seriously, cut back on the stalker activity! That's not your style! DANA What? His house is in between my bus stop and my house. That doesn't qualify as stalking! KATY Oh, you're kidding. You haven't said a word to him, and this has been going on for 4 months now since you saw them move into your neighborhood last summer. I know you've been keeping an eye on them since. KATY (coming to a realization) That's about the same time you broke it off with Brad, isn't it? Katy puts her hand on Dana's forehead, searching for a fever. KATY You okay girl? That family of witches cast a spell on you? Katy laughs at her own joke. DANA They're interesting people. KATY They're weird is what they are. Just like all those other families who moved into the neighborhood last summer. Where'd they all come from, California. Dana chooses to ignore Katy, and turns back to her locker. Katy notices some trouble about to happen in the hallway. KATY Don't look now, but your loverboy's in trouble. Dana turns to see Damon, one of the school bullies, sneaking up behind Starry. She wants to call out, but realizes she can't. Reputation on the line. The book-dumping happens as expected. Katy laughs to herself again as she shoves Dana in Starry's direction, landing her right in front of his pile of books and papers. She's nervous, but calmly recovers by immediately helping Starry gather his papers. STARRY Thanks, Dana. Dana pretends not to know his name. DANA Your welcome, um… STARRY Starry. Starry Pottars. I sit behind you in history. DANA Right, Starry… Isn’t that Damon kid such a jerk. As Dana is bending over to help Starry, Demon kicks her straight in the ass, knocking her flat on her face. Starry jumps to his feet. STARRY That is it! You and me, after school! Dana gets up and moves back over to Katy. KATY (quietly imitating Dana) My heeerooo! Dana takes her things, closes her locker, and the two hurry off down the hall. END FLASHBACK EXT. BACK AT STARRY'S HOUSE... PAN OVER TO THE BUSHES Following this afternoon's rumble in the field, Dana found a convenient hiding place in the bushes that border Starry's property. She simply wanted to make sure that he got home in one piece. She has witnessed everything to this point. DANA What the heck is going on here? She sees everyone boarding the strange thing on the roof. She thinks she overheard Starry's dad say it was a spaceship. She slowly creeps into plain view, mostly in disbelief. DANA (cupping her hands to her mouth) Starry! Starry turns quickly... he knows that voice. STARRY Dana! Someone inside begins powering up the spacecraft. His last words are drowned out. STARRY What are you doing here? Rocco comes out to the landing. ROCCO Come on kids. We have to leave. NOW! Rocco sees Dana. He gives Petey a stare. Petey nods. ROCCO She has to come with. No questions asked. STARRY You know I have no problem with that, but why does she have to come? Is there danger here? ROCCO No time for questions! STARRY Jesus Roc, get over it already! You all are going to start explaining right now! ROCCO As soon as we get on our way. Rocco waves Dana towards them. She understands, and just starts running for the garage. She makes it to the landing. DANA Oh Starry, I'm so glad you're okay! I saw the way Damon was... oh, but you're okay! She surprises him with a big hug. ROCCO Let's bring it onboard kids. Without question, they all get on board. Dana sees the cybernetic portal sitting in the corner and let's out a loud scream! DANA Damon!!!! EVERYONE ELSE (in unison) DEMON!!! MR HART Now everyone, please take your seats. Everyone finds a seat and straps in for takeoff. PAN OUT ACROSS THE NEIGHBORHOOD. MANY HOUSETOPS ARE IN VIEW. Several spacecraft from all over the neighborhood and surrounding neighborhoods (about 10 in total) can be seen lifting off and jetting into space. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: Screenplay Project 2005 - "STARRY POTTARS" Author: Greg [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 23:28:43 01/02/05 Sun INT. STARRY'S SPACECRAFT - DAY Mr. Pottar and Mr. Hart are at the controls now. Mrs. Pottar appears to be navigating. The others are bouncing around in the back, trying to stabilize themselves and perhaps buckle up. MR. POTTAR Thanks for bringing him home, Charles. MR. HART Not a problem, Petey. I swore I'd keep an eye on him. MR. POTTAR What is it you think we're up against this time? Antarans? Pleadins? Nordics? Mr. Hart motions over to Demon's body. MR. HART Did you see that boy there? A cybernetic portal, Petey! CUT TO: EXT. OUTER SPACE We see the sun, shining brightly on the Earth. As we zoom around the Earth, we next see the moon. And from behind the moon emerges a gigantic alien spaceship. The alien ship is a mass of connected tubes, like an enormous french horn in space. It is an elaborate network of curved metal shafts, as if the ship were a work in progress for thousands of years. It is mostly chrome, but with certain areas glowing purple and others glowing green. While all of this is going on, we continue to hear Mr. Hart and Mr. Pottars conversation. MR. POTTAR - V.O.(voice over) But technology like that could only come from one race. MR. HART - V.O. That's right. That's while we're getting the hell out of Dodge. CUT TO: INT. ALIEN SPACESHIP We see blackness, and slowly back off to reveal a shiny black eyeball, and then further out to reveal a pale grey alien face. MR. POTTAR - V.O. (simultaneous to reveal) Damn... I can't believe it... ZETAS! We see the Zeta, and he's a classic grey alien. Large oval head, huge black almond shaped eyes. A hint of nostrils, a slit for a mouth. He's got blue coveralls, and is very short - about three feet. He is franticall punching buttons on a console. WORKER ZETA Intelligence, our cybernetic portal on the surface has ceased functioning. The Worker Zeta has a high pitched voice. Next we see an Intelligence Zeta also working away at several large monitors. Same appearance as Worker Zeta, but taller, about four feet now. He wears orange coveralls and speaks in a voice two octaves lower than the Worker Zeta. INTELLIGENCE ZETA Command, the portal is down. The target has been alerted. The remaining Valhavenites are fleeing the planet. Now we see a Command Zeta - five feet now, silver coveralls. His workstation is of course much larger as well, and his voice is lower still. We are seeing a pattern forming with this society and we have only seen a glimpse so far. We pull back to see a large room like NASA control filled with Command Zetas. Blue worker Zetas come and go around them, filling menial tasks. COMMAND ZETA Situation acknowledged. Data is being analyzed. Course of action being determined. A large monitor in the control room flashes to life. On it is a shot of Earth, with the evacuating spaceships leaving the atmosphere. COMMAND ZETA Action has been determined. Attack. Three squadrons, Attack. Attack. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: Screenplay Project 2005 - "STARRY POTTARS" Author: B Otch [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 14:53:39 01/10/05 Mon INT. Spaceship STARRY Yo, dad. What's with all the blinking lights headed for us? EXT. Space Three squadrons of ZETA fighter ships unleash a barrage of photon missiles at the Earth ship. MR. HART (OS) Crap. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: Screenplay Project 2005 - "STARRY POTTARS" Author: Greg [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 19:56:20 01/17/05 Mon CONT'D Mr. Hart flips open a channel to the evacuating ships. MR. HART Fellow Valhavenites, we are under attack! It appears we are up against Zetas! They have unleashed three squadrons which means the mothership can't be far. Implement defense manuevers HART-DELTA-SIX. My ship is at point. Repeat, my ship is at point. I have Starry Pottar onboard. The Valhavenite ships emerge from Earth's atmosphere and scramble in all directions to face the oncoming Zeta squadrons. MR. POTTAR Rocco? ROCCO Yes, sir? MR. POTTAR As I understand it, you are familiar with our defense technologies? ROCCO Yes, sir! MR. POTTAR Good. We need you to run the big gun. Strap yourself in at the terminal in the back, and press the big red button to initiate. ROCCO Yes, sir! Rocco jumps up and heads to the back of the ship. Starry is quick to follow. STARRY Why do you... How do you... What the...? ROCCO OK listen, I haven't been entirely straight with you these last few years, OK? But I have sworn to secrecy by my father and yours. STARRY I can't believe you knew. ROCCO I stumbled upon it one day. I was fooling around in our kitchen pantry, looking for something to eat, and I must have switched something on. The wall swung open, and there was this whole new room. It was filled with monitors and equipment - stuff not from this world! There were aliens on the monitors, Starry, can you believe it? Aliens! After that, my parents had to tell me. STARRY And you never told me. Your best friend. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: Screenplay Project 2005 - "STARRY POTTARS" Author: Greg [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 10:21:32 01/18/05 Tue ROCCO I'm gonna make it up to you. STARRY Oh Yeah? How? ROCCO Well for starters, watch this: Rocco sits down at the back terminal and straps himself in. He punches a big red button and a large panel slides away, revealing a round window to the space battle outside. The window has a computer overlay as well, with a targeting system and other data. Finally a hatch below the window opens up and a controller appears. The controller is very-much like that of the Playstation 2. ROCCO Remember "Reptoid Battles?" That game we used to play on Playstation for hours on end? Starry's eyes are lighting up in recognition. STARRY Yeah! ROCCO That was actually a training simulator for this: a Valhavenite X-Class Shuttle defense module. STARRY No wonder I could never find that game in the store! I looked for it everywhere! ROCCO No, it was only produced for Earth-bound Valhavenites to keep sharp on their skills. My parents let me have it in preparation. And I showed you, didn't I? See, I've exposed you to these secrets without you even knowing! The big guns is ready now, and enemy ships begin to appear in the window. Rocco is locked and loaded and begins open-firing on the Zeta crafts. His targeting device follows a particular Zeta ship as it darts back and forth, until finally it connects. BOOM! The ship explodes. STARRY Holy crap that was awesome! The boys give each other a high five. Rocco continues shooting and Mr. Hart and Mr. Pottar zip defensively through the dog fight. It's clear he isn't having much more success though, and Starry is growing frustrated. STARRY Let me try! ROCCO Dude, you can't... STARRY I used to kick your ass at that game, Rocco. I reached level 17. I was your squadron commander in the two-player version. Let me try! ROCCO Well, you were pretty good at that game. I don't remember you kicking my ass, but... STARRY Move over! Starry kicks Rocco out of the chair and grabs the controls. It's not long before he's got a hit. BOOM! Then another. BOOM! And another. BOOM! It's clear Starry has an unusual talent for this. BOOM! Mr. Hart and Mr. Pottar notice their enemy is thinning out. MR. POTTAR Good work, Rocco! Keep it up! Rocco appears behind Mr. Hart and Mr. Pottar at the front of the ship. They are startled to see him. ROCCO It isn't me, guys. The last 6 kills were Starry. He's running the show now! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: Screenplay Project 2005 - "STARRY POTTARS" Author: B Otch [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 21:00:34 01/20/05 Thu STARRY Hey, Rocco. ROCCO What up? STARRY Does the cheat code work in this baby? ROCCO Dude. If we get shot, we're dead. STARRY Alright. Just checkin'. ROCCO is continuedly impressed by STARRY's natural abilities. But lost in the confusion, he notices DANA fidgeting around with the electronics on DAMON. ROCCO (to DANA) You seem calm in the situation. DANA Who me? I just find it easier to tune things out by concentrating on something I know nothing about. ROCCO Heh? DANA Check this out. DANA held two different colored wires in each hand. She smiles and touches the wire. The DAMON sat up and growled. ROCCO Whoa! It's alive! DANA separates the wires and the DAMON slumped to its inactive state once more. MR. HART That is very impressive young lady. MR HART and MR POTTAR are also alarmed by the sudden activation of the DAMON. MR. HART (Cont'd) Do you think you can get him running again? ROCCO Whoa. Why would we want that thing "running again"? He kicked our ass. MR. HART The connection between the cybernetic portal and the ZETA occupying it has been severed. Right now, it is just a shell. If you can get it "running", it will come to life. ROCCO As a what? MR. HART An empty shell, my boy. An empty shell that you can fill. ROCCO I think you're losing it, Old Man. The DAMON growls again. This time, it stands erect and then growls even louder. DANA is ecstatic. DANA This is so cool. I wanna call him something cute. I wanna call him... Chewy or something. ROCCO His name is Damon. We're not calling him Chewy! STARRY Hey, Roc. There's nothing more to shoot over th-- what the hell? DANA Check it out, Star. (To Damon) Damon? Speak. The DAMON growls and DANA is ecstatic again. STARRY (to Rocco) What the hell? ROCCO Just put it on the list of all the things I gotta explain to you. MR POTTAR (OS) Buckle up, everyone! The kids look at the window simultaneously. DANA What-- ROCCO --the--- STARRY --Hell? A view of the Zeta mothership suddenly occupied the view of every window in the ship. The DAMON growls. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]