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kaijuzilla · 6 years ago

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MOD Review: Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom

(Warning: This contain spoilers so please avoid spoilers if you haven’t seen the movie or play the game)

So Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom came out and my friend see this movie and he said “it’s guchi” and me watch the movie and it’s actually really good. But before me and my friend watch this he told me with that the movie is like The Lost World and I actually agree with him it is like Lost World! Hearing that blow my mind but then watching the movie it’s just so good. Also TBH everytime I watch Jurassic Park movie series I usually call out who’s gonna die in the movie which is kind of fun spotting who is gonna die in the movie. Each scene in the movie is really good and things I might remember (*gross sobbing*).

And now for the story:

(Before getting to this this involves Site B which said that the Site B is gone and half of all dinosaurs on there are gone too even the Spinosaurus due to climate changes. Which all the Dinosaurs are transfer to the park.)

It start off with two guys in the submarine scavenging the Indominuis Rex skeleton in the Mosasaurs den which they got the sample and die from the Mosasaur. While the other team above with the helicopter got the sample and the engineer yellow jacket guy trying to close the den and calling the marine guys but as Rexy came he did the most dumbest thing. He screams and run instead of standing still or something but he manage to escape when he catch the ladder of the helicopter. But nope the Mosasaur comes in and eat the yellow jacket dude and he didn’t close the den making it able to escape. Meanwhile news is broadcast the island saying the volcano is gonna blow up and destroy the whole island and the dinosaurs too and people are protesting the government to save the dinosaurs which they are refusing. Which is where Jeff Golblum comes in and take his shirt off to show his sexy body to the audience (that didn’t happen sorry lol). JK he comes in to tell them that the dinosaurs also have rights to live because they’r here before us and this is their world to live in. Claire return to join her team to free the dinosaur alongside with a hacker dude and vet girl (i don’t know much their names so i just calling them Vet and Hacker). The tv bring news that government made new rule if anyone bring them here will be punish which is dumb cause there also flying lizard dinosaurs that can live (lucky dinos).

Claire got a call which bring good news as she visit John Hammonds friend or relative big house. (RIP Richard Attenborough) She is brought with good news that John friend Benjamin found an island where the dinosaurs can be free to roam on and call it home and his assistant Mills tell Claire that Blue is still alive and is the last of her species (RIP Echo, Charlie, and Delta) and she need someone who can get her back calm and nice with out force. This bring or show Maisie who is grandaughter of Benjamin daughter who die in a car crash which she tells her grandpa what her mom was like but he never told her yet. So she goes to Owen who is building a house (which good construction) and try to convince him to come and get Blue and all dinosaurs off the island but he refuse and tell her to let Blue die which shock her as she leaves. This cut to the scene where Owen in his RV watching old videos of him and the baby raptors which he miss them all so much so he he change his mind and decided to come along with the gang to get Blue back. They got to the island with some solider alongside to help out too as we get a heartwarming moment as Vet sees one (maybe) her favorite dinosaur the Brachiosarus (This bring me memories back to when I was like very young I always wanna see a dinosaur like real dinosaurs come to life). As Hacker got to one of the building vents he got the powers on and trackers of all dinosaurs located on the map. Owen, Vet, and some soldiers go to get Blue while Claire and Hacker stay and look at the map giving them information on Blue while soldiers are out there getting dinosaur. As that happening the volcano is getting active so they’re going fast as they can till Owen found Blue. During this the soldiers reveal their true colors which turns out they’re here for Blue for something else.

As they tranq both Blue and Owen except one bullet in Blue body the Vet said she won’t live if she doesn’t get treated so she help them to bring Blue back to life as the Volcano began to act up shaking the island and unleashing lava. Owen laying on the ground and getting licked by a Pachyrhinosarus and escaping the lava by dragging his body away Claire and Hacker escape from the Baryonox (Not Rexy) out of the ladder tunnel door thing. This is when Owen runs to them yelling to run as a stampede of dinosaurs are running away from the volcano. The gang found a gyrosphere to get into but Owen didn’t get in when a Carnotaurus comes int to find something to eat before it dies but fights another dinosaur and got beaten by it. Rexy came in to stop the bull horn dinosaur to tel it to stop and just run away. As the Claire and Hacker are stuck in the gyrosphere in the water Owen came to get them out before they drown inside of it and Claire learn all of this is a lie and someone has betray them. But then seeing Rexy and the Baryonox carrying away they follow and seeing they’re getting their teeth and putting them in cages on the ship. As they got onto the ship as the volcano erupts they notice a cry in a distance as they lost the Brachiosarus who was running on the docks crying and begging to them to come back as it dies with the island making this scene actually sad.

As the Vet try to recover Blue wounds she ask them to get a blood doner which they turn to Rexy but Claire and Owen woke her up as they’re getting blood from her. They got Blue the blood and the bullet out of her as to Maisie who discover the lab which show Owen with the raptors which she really likes and somewhat following what the raptors are doing. But learn that Mills is making a new hybrid call the Indoraptor which she was scared when seeing it and was lock in her room. Owen and Claire are on investigation to find out what they’re doing with the dinosaurs but was than caught and cage with the other dinosaurs and it turns out Mills is using this to get more money. As rich people came Mills kill Benjamin and Maisie escape her room finding out Mills kill her grandpa and seeing picture of her mom (I think). As dinos getting sells Owen and Claire escape with a help of a headbutting dinosaurs busting through the wall and cage too. But later meet Maisie who is sad that her grandpa pass away and show both Claire and Owen what Mills has made. Turns out the Indoraptor is only train and made for just killing if you have a lazer pointer to target at meaning this thing is just a murderous cat prototype. But as one of a familiar soldier tranq it in it’s cage and try to pull it’s teeth out he got his arm ripping off and this thing smiled as it was tricking him thinking it was asleep. Which than escape and kill 5 rich people and some soldiers too. When the gang try to escape Mills got frustrated and tell her that Maisie is actually Benjamin daughter brought back to life like the other dinosaurs till the Indoraptor came and killing the soldiers. This lead the Indoraptor to chase Owen, Claire, and Maisie the whole time which chase Maisie more. While thats happening Blue is feeling all better still cage up as both Hacker and Vet let Blue escape and kill the scientist who made the Indoraptor and 2 soldiers as three of them escape from the explosion but gas are being release to the cages which can kill the dinosaur if they don’t get out before the gas slowly kills them. We then learned that the Indoraptor can also open doors too as it creeping it’s long arms to Maisie but Owen come to shot it but trying to pretend it’s wounded it show that it’s kill is actually bulletproof as bullets just drop off the surface.

Blue comes in to save the day instead which some how Blue kick the shit out of this hybrid ass out of the window which is like holy shit did Rexy have steroids in her blood when donated to Blue. Claire came back with the lazer pointer as it trick the Indoraptor be stuck on not strong glass as Blue jump on it and killing it with the Triceratops skill horns making it a cool death scene. But Vet and Hacker found them to tell them that the dinos are gonna die if they don’t open the gates which will let them all loose to the wild. Claire doesn’t want to like release them to the wild and let them die but Maisie decided no they deserve to live and open the gate which is good choice TBH. As dino escape and Mills got tear in half from Rexy and Carnotaurus Blue leave Owen saying “she doesn’t want to be held captive I want to be free”. After all that Jeff Golblum tell them all that everyone is welcome to Jurassic World meaning now all dinosaurs are now everywhere as Rexy broke into the lion cage meeting the present day King, Mosey about to eat some surfers, and Blue running and now free traveling the world now seeing what the world is like now. And also Owen and Claire now taking care of Maisie.

So that’s JW Fallen Kingdom and I might give this one uhhh... 7.5/10

The movie is good and it might be better than the first Jurassic World. Even though this is like Lost World it still good and the characters are interesting and Jeff Golblum taking off his shirt cause it’s getting hot in the movie (JK again lol). One thing that got me like point down is some of the people are dumb to know what to do when they see a T Rex, They should have learn what they’re doing with hybrid dinosaurs, THEY LEFT BRACHY ALONE ON THE ISLAND QAQ BRACHY NOOOO, and not training the Indoraptor very well.

The new hybrid Indoraptor is very interesting which seeing it gave me some horror movie monster vibes and it’s personality like tricking it’s asleep and dead is like a smart move but training it to just kill with a lazer pointer is just dumb it can still kill you with out the lazer pointer! I know it’s just a prototype but geez some the people didn’t learn what happen to the Indominuis Rex.

What I can say about this movie is it’s really good and I like i. The characters are good, seeing Blue alive still is good, and just watching it still bring back memories like when I was a kid I want to see real dinosaurs and I have feel that what the movie like giving us like the feeling and nostalgia it has onto us and that poaching is bad again.

Welp that’s all I got to say but before I go~

WHAT CAN I SAY~ EXCEPT! YOU’RE WELCOME!

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writersblockletters · 7 years ago

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Pioneer Returns v1.3.3

INT. CAR - NIGHT EDWARD is driving down an empty highway somewhere in Washington state. His cars headlights are the only source of light for miles. we briefly glimpse a large duffel bag in the back seat. A baseball game plays out on the radio EXT. CAR - NIGHT A thick bank of fog rolls in, nearly whiteout conditions. Then, in an instant, the car clears through the fog, back into a near complete darkness EXT. DINER - NIGHT Up ahead appears an all night truck stop/diner. Ed takes the exit and heads in to grab some coffee. Ed takes the duffel bag out of the backseat and locks it in the trunk. INT. DINER - NIGHT Edward sits down at the counter, noticing the TRUCK DRIVERs the left, GEORGE, and right of him, JERRY, are staring. MAGGIE, the waitress walks over and pours him a cup of coffee. MAGGIE Don’t mind the regulars, they lost their manners years ago. JERRY Where you headed slick? Ed looks over at the gruff trucker to his right EDWARD I’m going up north to see about a logging job. The truck driver finishes the last of his coffee and stands to leave. He leans over to Ed as he places a $5 on the counter (CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 2. JERRY No, you ain’t. Jerry grins and looks back up at the waitress. JERRY Thanks for the pie Mags. Jerry exits. Edward follows him with his eyes until he is gone, returning his attention to Maggie. MAGGIE He’s harmless. Can I get you a slice of pie? Edward hands the waitress some cash. EDWARD I should be getting back out there, still have a long way to go. MAGGIE Here. Maggie puts a slice of pie in a small box and hands it to Edward. MAGGIE CONT. It’s on the house. INT. CAR - NIGHT �� Edward is back on the road, the darkness seemingly has closed in on the car. The headlights are a match at the back of a cave. baseball game is still on in the background. The headlights flicker, then go out altogether. The radio bolts to static The headlights come on after a moment, but the highway is again thick with fog. Edward strains to see anything in front of him. The fog is getting thicker and thicker, now the headlights hit up against the cloud like a wall. Ed slams on his breaks, but the car continues rolling forward.

3. EXT. SPACE - NIGHT We see the classic car in full now, emerging from the fog into the void of space. Milky galaxies dot the sky. INT. CAR - NIGHT The radio comes back in tune, ANNOUNCER mid sentence ANNOUNCER -drive to right field and deep going going gone and another homerun for reggie jackson! Ed turns down the radio, gazing, awestruck at interstellar space. Ed mouths ’what the fuck’. After a few moments, he turns the radio up and sits half dazed. INT. CAR - NIGHT It’s several hours later, the game and post-game shows have wrapped. ANNOUNCER thats sports time, thats world series time, were out of time, Im jim Kelley and we’ll see you next time on sports radio hour. Ed turns off the radio. He sits silently. INT. CAR - NIGHT Edward dozing, is jolted awake by another block of static from the radio. Slowly, the sound takes shape - we hear the SOUNDS OF EARTH; RAINFALL, THUNDERSTORMS, THE JUNGLE AT NIGHT... Transmission cut. silence.

4. INT. CAR - NIGHT Block of static. The sound forms once more - similar to the first set of sounds, but they are cut and arranged in a different order. The sounds seem to be jumping quickly from one topic to the next, as if a new message is being composed.. The tempo of the sound increases, the radio dial jumps left and right on its own. A bright blinding light fills the car, Edward throws his arm over his eyes to block it out. A loud metallic THUD rocks the car. The light cuts, all is black again. INT. CAR - DAY Edward awakens in his driver’s seat, the low pink light of dawn streaming into the cab. Edward takes stock of his car, his body...everything checks out. He reaches for the door latch... EXT. HILL - DAY Edward steps out of his car and looks around. He is parked on top of a hill overlooking a dawn-lit field. He now notices smoke rising from the hood of his car. Walking over to the front, he notices a GOLDEN PLAQUE lodged in the GRILL. With some effort, Ed pries the plaque out of his grill and examines it. Down at the bottom is an apparent map of the solar system and the trajectory of a probe etched into the gold. Edward looks out over the field, the peaceful dawn skyline has now transformed, and is filled with endless interstellar space. Music crescendos - Ed falls backward...

5. INT. HOTEL - DAY Ed wakes up frantically in a hotel bed soaked in sweat. After taking a moment to calm himself, Ed checks the nightstand finding a... INSERT: hotel room key - monogramed with Hudson Lodge logo Rising from the bed, ed walks over to the window, peering through the blinds - he sees his car below in the parking lot, hood facing toward us. EXT. PARKING LOT - DAY The classic car is spotless, no scratches, dents, or emanating smoke. INT. HOTEL - DAY Relaxing, ed sits down in an upholstered chair, only then noticing... INSERT: Square foam container Ed slowly rises, walks to the box and looks inside- instantly chucking it across the room. the pie inside splatters against the wall, slowly drooling down. Then he remembers...running over to the desk he pulls out all the drawers, then, resorting to the nightstand bible, he rips out a page and scribbles down a likeness of the plaque. Staring at the picture, Ed grabs a bottle out of the mini bar and returns to his upholstered chair. Ed downs the bottle in a gulp. ED Dammit. Cut to.

6. EXT. HIGHWAY - NIGHT Ed speeds down the highway in the opposite direction. EXT. DINER - NIGHT Ed roughly pulls into a parking spot near the front and jumps out. INT. DINER - NIGHT Ed opens the door, the truckers from the night before are sitting in their usual spot. Maggie emerges from the kitchen, hauling chicken fried steak for the trucker on the left, JERRY. MAGGIE Ill be right with you. The trucker on the right, GEORGE, gets up to leave. Ed remains near the door, shifting to allow George to pass. Maggie walks back over to Ed MAGGIE Do you want a booth? ED I came in here last night- MAGGIE I remember you. Have a seat sweetie. Ed looks around, then chooses a spot at the counter several chairs from the trucker. ED Something happened. After I left. MAGGIE I’m sure it was nothing you couldn’t handle. ED When I was in here, It seemed like you knew something. Jerry stands up from his stool and walks over to Ed. (CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 7. JERRY I’d like to know something. Ed turns to Jerry ED Get in line pal. MAGGIE Hey Jer can I get ya some pie? JERRY I remember you said you were looking for work. Hows that logging job son? ED All staffed up. JERRY That so? Jerry takes another step closer toward Ed. ED I’ve had some hard luck. MAGGIE C’mon Jerry give him a break. JERRY Mags what do I always say about this highway? MAGGIE Jerry, come on. JERRY Margarette what do I say? Jerry now stands next to Ed. Ed stands and stares back at Jerry. MAGGIE There’s two kinds of people Jerry. JERRY That’s right, there’s two kinds of people travel this road; Truckers and outlaws. Jerry glances out the window. (CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 8. JERRY And I don’t believe I saw you pull in with a rig. Ed takes a step back toward the door ED I didn’t do a damn thing you old fuck. Jerry steps toward Ed JERRY y’did something bad enough to wind yer ass right here. That’s got-damn for sure. Ed takes another step back, just then George walks in, blocking Ed’s Exit. George also has the Ed’s duffel bag. GEORGE I found this in his car. George opens up the duffel bag, filled with cash, tossing it onto the counter. JERRY That’s a lot of money, huh george. GEORGE I’ll say. JERRY I suppose that’s milage? You hear about any banks getting ripped off down south Mags? MAGGIE I’ll check the paper. ED That’s my money, money I earned. JERRY For what? ED That’s my business. JERRY You’re not really in a position to be keeping secrets from me slick. (CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 9. Jerry takes another step towards Ed, who backs from Jerry and George, tensing for a fight. ED Take the bag, it’s yours. But first you have to tell me what I came to know. JERRY Who’s to say we won’t just fuck you up and take the cash? Good Samaritan reward for bringing down a wanted felon. GEORGE They’d probably give us medals Jer. ED Look, I was paid to deliver something. I don’t know what it is, and frankly I don’t want to know. Look for yourself, it’s in the bottom of the bag. Jerry looks at George, nods at him. George reaches into stacks of cash to the bottom of the duffel bag and removes a black, thin, metal briefcase. ED All I know is it’s got to be delivered tonight. That’s the first half. JERRY So we do have a trucker. ED Something happened to me last night, and I know you know something about it.Take the damn money, I’m behind schedule coming back here so tell me what you know and Ill be on my way. Jerry looks at george. JERRY I’m all set Mags, tell him about the shit. Jerry and George collect the duffel bag and walk back to their respective meals. Maggie turns to Ed (CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 10. MAGGIE It’s pretty simple. For reasons unknown, this particular um, stretch of highway is special. ED Special is a menu option. What I saw was insane. MAGGIE You’ve heard of the Bermuda triangle right? ED Sure. �� MAGGIE Well think of it like that, except those that pass through are less Amelia Earhart, and more smokey and the bandit. ED so the space stuff? People see that? MAGGIE It depends I guess, some get radio interference. You drove through a big one. So you probably got a little more than most. Ed looks at Maggie intently. ED I saw something last night. MAGGIE The first time is a weird one for everybody. ED Has anyone ever seen anything like this? Edward hands Maggie the loose page with his sketch of the plaque. MAGGIE A sign? (CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 11. ED It was a metal plate with sketches on it. MAGGIE So a sign. EDWARD Yes, but it looked like hieroglyphics, like a map or something. Then there was this light, and- MAGGIE What? ED Chuck Berry. Jerry looks up from his food. MAGGIE You saw this? EDWARD I had to pry that thing out of my grill. JERRY (To George) That’s a new one. Ed turns to Jerry ED So you haven’t seen this before? JERRY Not exactly. George leans in and whispers something to Jerry, who nods. JERRY Where’s your delivery? Ed pulls out a business card with coordinates written on the back, he hands it to Jerry who inspects it. JERRY Mags can you get me a map? Jerry inspects the map, finding the coordinates - a spot in the woods a few miles from the highway. (CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 12. JERRY You can’t get there tonight. ED What do you mean? GEORGE The storm. Rigs don’t come back when they’re this strong. ED Doesn’t matter. I forfeit my other half if it’s not done tonight. JERRY Forfeit your cash or forfeit your life, son. ED That would be one and the same in my situation, sir. Jerry looks at George. JERRY tell ya what. Jerry takes two large stacks of cash out of the duffel bag then tosses the bag back to Ed. JERRY I’ll take you there, but I need to find a route around the storm. You don’t want to get caught in the open when it rolls in. INT. DINER - NIGHT Ed sits by himself at a table off to the side of the restaurant, staring into a cup of coffee. Maggie comes over and sits across from him. She slides a plate of apple pie over to ED MAGGIE Hey. Ed looks tired, he smiles at her. ED Hey. Can I ask you something? (CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 13. MAGGIE sure. ED Why do you stay out here? MAGGIE One place is as good as the other i guess. ED But Here? MAGGIE It has its charms, for instance, I have an apple tree in my back yard and it makes the best apples. Maggie pushes the plate closer to Ed. Ed takes a bite. ED wow. You made this? MAGGIE If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe. ED Hm. Far out. MAGGIE How’d you get caught up in this business? You can’t work a real job? ED I ran out of options when I burned my draft card. You have to live in Had to get creative to make it work. But that life’s just about done with. MAGGIE Because of this delivery? ED It’s enough to start over. No more running. Jerry comes over to the table (CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 14. JERRY We should go before it gets any worse. ED Okay. Ed turns to Maggie ED Thanks for the pie Mags. Cut to. INT. RIG - NIGHT Jerry and Ed drive down a quiet back road, Ed holding the map, shining a weak flashlight at it. JERRY How far from the trail head? ED It’s coming up on your right. JERRY Listen, its going to get worse the closer we get to the storm. Keep your whits about you. Ed can see a large thundercloud on the horizon, strangely colored compared to normal storm clouds. ED Where do you think they go? -beat- JERRY You’ve seen. cut to. EXT. RIG - NIGHT The semi truck turns down a dark logging road, fog lightly hanging in the air.

15. INT. RIG - NIGHT The semi rolls up a winding logging road deeper and deeper into the woods. Jerry’s semi truck rolls to a stop. JERRY End of the road. Ed stares into the dark forest. JERRY You’ve got an hour, maybe two if the pressure holds. I’ll keep her running, and I won’t wait. Ed nods, steps out of the Rig. JERRY Hey, good luck. ED 10-4. JERRY Christ. Get a move on. EXT. FOREST - NIGHT Ed steps out of the cab with a flashlight and Duffel bag slung over his shoulder. The floods from the rig light about 10 feet into the woods, then become engulfed by darkness Ed sets off into the woods. EXT. FOREST - NIGHT Ed hikes through the woods, the distant roar of thunder can be heard. Ed pauses to shine a light at his map, and compass. A clearing in the canopy above him shows a clear dark night sky. Ed pushes on.

16. EXT. TRAILER - NIGHT Ed stumbles through a thicket into a small clearing at the bottom of a hill. A large airstream with a radio antennae on the roof sits at the top of the hill. A man, KEN, opens the door, his small figure silhouetted by the light from inside the trailer. KEN Are you the guy? ED yeah. KEN You’re late. Get inside. Ed picks up his pace, walking in with Ken. INT. TRAILER - NIGHT Ed enters just after Ken, who is already in another room. Looking around, Ed notices the room is small, mostly white, and mostly empty, spare for a glass box in the corner of the room and a metal table next to it. KEN (O.C.) Stop on the X. Await instruction. Ed looks down at the floor, a yellow square of duct tape with an X in the center sits in front of him. Ed takes a step forward and pauses on the marker. KEN (O.C.) Place the package on the table. Ken comes in from a side room to Ed’s right holding a black case. He opens it, addressing Ed... KEN Take off your clothes. ED Excuse me? KEN Hurry up, I’m behind schedule. (CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 17. ED uh. Alright. KEN Put them in the bin. Ed unbuttons his shirt, and drops it in a clear tub on a table next to him. He continues with his pants. ED Can I ask- KEN Decontamination. Hold up your arms. Ed holds up his arms, Ken throws white powder over Ed’s body. ED Christ! It burns! KEN Delousing agent. Step in the shower. Ed half blindedly stumbles into the glass case in the corner. Before he can turn, burning hot water pours out of the spout. ED Ahh! KEN Open your eyes, let the water clear the agent. After a few moments the water cuts out. Ed steps out of the shower, red and panting. KEN (O.C.) Clothes on the exam table, put them on, then return to the X. Ed fumbles putting on the clothes, a dark pair of slacks, a black tie, and a white short sleeve button down, the same as Ken’s. Then slinks back to the X. KEN Go to the door on your right. Ed walks to the door, it opens as he steps in front of it.

18. INT. TRAILER - NIGHT Around Ed appears to be a retrofitted trailer with an array of scientific instruments, printers, and screens with varying readouts. Ken is standing at one of the printers reading a string of printer tape that is sorting itself into a cardboard box. KEN Why are you late? ED You aren’t exactly the easiest person to find. KEN Place the package in the tote to your right. Ed opens his duffel bag sitting on the table, retrieving the black box from the bottom. He places it in the clear tote and slides it toward Ken. KEN Thank you. Your payment will be at the specified drop site. Be on time to ensure it does not get picked up by anyone else. Exit through that door. Your discretion is appreciated. Ed points to the black case. ED Is, does that have to do with the storms? Kens eyes dart to Ed’s. KEN What do you know about the storms? ED So it is the storms. KEN What do you know!? ED I don’t know! I just drove through one! (CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 19. KEN You drove into it? Good god, how’s your vision? ED I feel alright. Ken stares at Ed for a long moment. KEN Tell me what you know. Sit down there. Ken motions to a small swivel chair near one of the desks. Ed sits down, Ken meets him with a tape recorder. Ken flips the recorder on. KEN March, 3rd, 1977. State your name and age for the record, ED Edward Druyan, 26. KEN Describe the event in detail. ED Well. I was traveling north, it was about 11:00. I stopped at a diner. Then continuing I ran into a heavy bank of fog. When I came out of it I was. I was somewhere else. KEN Describe it if you would. ED It was like, nothing I’d seen. Maybe in the movies. But it wasnt like a movie. I was in space. I saw. I saw planets and stars. And then my radio started acting up. KEN Tell me about the radio. ED It’s a good radio, mostly listen to games on it.AM/ FM I think. (CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 20. KEN What happened with it!? ED At first it was jumbled, but there was music and voices. None of it sounded familiar, and then. I heard. Something. KEN What? ED Johnny Be Good. KEN What? ED You know; da ninninini nini deh da na nininini ninini ni KEN Ah. Ken turns off the recorder. �� ED I know it sounds crazy but it was clear as a bell. And then it came back at me all jumbled up again. Ken stands and walks toward one of his instruments. ED Look man, I had to go through some shit to get this thing to you. I know what I saw. You wouldnt even ask if you didn’t also think there was something weird about this fucking place. KEN Come with me. Ken grabs the black box that Ed delivered. He walks over to a bank of equipment and opens the box. He removes a... INSERT: A golden lazerdisc Ken places it in a discplayer and flips a switch. Familiar sounds of nature and people and music play. Ken stops the record. (CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 21. KEN Something like this? ED Yeah yeah, thats before it got all switched around! KEN This is a digitized copy of the golden record from Voyager 1. Ken walks over to a computer and taps a couple keys. KEN It’s a probe we launched into space to study the solar system. ED Okay so? Walking back over to the record he flips a switch, the sounds have been converted to an 8bit sounding playback. KEN Voyager is more than that. It’s a message. This is that same record played back at basic binary. ED I don’t get it. KEN You wouldn’t. But wait. Ken walks over to the printer and rips off a section of page and feeds it into a reel attached to a synthesizer. KEN If you break an audio file into binary, you suddenly have a cipher. He flips a switch. A string of horrific sounding binary notes play out of the synthesizer. He pauses it. KEN That was a string of binary I pulled from the storm last night. Ken returns to the computer, taps a couple keys, presses a button on the lazer disk player, and syncs up the synthesizer to the player. (CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 22. KEN When you overlay the binary code with the audio files from the record... Ken presses a button... The sounds of the voyager record are played to the beat and edit of the printout. Reproducing the sounds from Ed’s Radio. ED That’s it! That’s what I heard! KEN That’s what I thought. Since then it’s been coming in repeating streams. ED So you know what it is? KEN I don’t know exactly what it’s saying, that will take time, but I think I know where it’s coming from. ED From the storms right? KEN Partially. If you’re the receiver, and the sender were your neighbor next door. The storms is the string that runs between your tin can telephones. ED Where does that put the neighbors? KEN Jupiter. ED Jupiter? KEN Voyager 1 launched September ’77, with course corrections and diversions that puts her within several hundred thousand miles on either end of Jupiter by the time (MORE) (CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 23. KEN (cont’d) we received our first transmission of this message. ED If Voyager had the record, who had the sign? KEN What sign? ED It was like a gold plaque with a man on it and a map. I found it after the storm. - Beat - KEN Pioneer. Thunder shakes and rattles the trailer. ED It’s here! KEN Brace yourself! The trailer rattles and rolls, instruments begin blaring. Printer tape and seismometers spit mountains of data. KEN The record! ED Jerry! Ken runs to the disc player and ejects it. Placing the lazer disc back in its case. Ed searches around the room for a cb radio. Finding one, and tuning it to Jerry’s frequency. ED Jerry, come in Jerry! Radio static... ED Jerry if you can hear me, get out of there! (CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 24. Radio static...The trailer rocks hard..sending Ken and Ed Down. Alarms from computers blare off. KEN Oh thats a lot of data! The trailer settles after a moment. A pen floats out of frame. KEN Take a look. Ed walks to a slatted window and peers out. EXT. SPACE - NIGHT The silver airstream floats in the abyss. Far away planet Earth seems below them. INT. TRAILER - NIGHT Ed turns to Ken, who has made his way to a monitor and is reading data. KEN How bad is it? The readouts showed a massive power transfer. Ed walks over to a chair and plops down. ED Hard to say, really. KEN What? Ken walks to the window and peers out momentarily. KEN My lord! Ken shuts the slats and walks over to a desk and plops down in a chair. ED This part took a while last time. The two continue sitting.

25. EXT. TRAILER - NIGHT The trailer sits against a backdrop of stars, an unlikely yet capable space vessel. INT. TRAILER - NIGHT Ken is feeding a string of data tape into the the synthesizer, Ed lies back with his feet kicked up on a desk. ED Tell me about Pioneer. Ken continues fumbling with equipment, tapping codes into a computer. KEN Pioneer 11, actually. I worked on that mission. Ed sits upright in his chair. KEN It paved the way for voyager. Gave us out first close up views of our planetary neighborhood. ED What about the plaque? KEN Cave paintings. We were here, this is us. ED Why did I get it then? KEN You wouldn’t know, it was kept top secret. But there was, an anomaly. We were performing a maneuver to slingshot Pioneer out of the solar system, when something affected the gravity surrounding it. Pulled it off course. We regained control of it, of course, but there’s been speculation as to the cause. ED So maybe, its not coming from jupiter. (CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 26. KEN Maybe not. But let’s see what can find out. Ken flips a switch on his recorder, then on the synthesizer. The golden record remixes and plays out a new string of sounds

#pioneer returns #originalwork #workinprogress

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manshootswedding · 8 years ago

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Business cards and why mine is the best.

Here's a few business cards i've put together. You can see the evolution of my design.

Brace yourself for a long winded rant about my business cards. You kinda asked for it... those were a lot of Facebook comments.

So Zazzle who I typically use for my business card had a little bit of a trimming mishap when producing my cards. This means I get new cards, in fact I get a credit and can actually adjust them. The thickness or weight of the card was so thick that during the cutting process the sheets shifted slightly. I had text very close to the edge and it showed any slight deviation. I only noticed it while dropping off a set of business cards.

So I've put this out to my friends on Facebook. I was mostly looking for feedback on my red hat that I want to include. I've spent a lot of time designing my card to stand apart from everyone else. Typically everyone does the same exact thing. Name, Phone, E-mail, logo and maybe a slogan. Think about how many business cards look exactly the same.

The design of my business card has been the same with minor adjustments over the past five years. One side is always a large image of my logo, large enough to read if it's on the ground or a table. I've chosen the chubby size cards instead of the standard for two reasons, it stands out and doesn't fit behind other cards nicely. The second reason is it's different, it's usually been a tear-proof material which is always an interesting challenge to my clients to tear it up.

So I appreciate everyones input for the cards. Some of the advice I totally understand. Use a beautiful image you've shot, use this font, why is the phone number so big. This is not a card which I've put together quickly. It's been made to stand out from the pack. A thousand cards will probably last me most of the year. Brides and grooms who typically end up with my card end up with it because they are in my office. Most people are finding me on Google, Facebook, Instagram or a random phone call. If these were being used for a wedding expo I would probably have something a bit different.

One of the biggest things with photographer is everyone happens to use a camera aperture for a logo (myself included, guilty). So I changed my logo a year or two back to something a littler bit more reflective of who and what. It now includes the words wedding which is my focus. I also have the dot come in the logo as well so now I don't have to do any additional dot come references elsewhere in the card. The main goal of my card is for it to stand apart from everyones no matter what business's card it's next to. My business name was believe it or not an AIM handle back in 1996 which was unity1818. Unity is an Operation Ivy song, not a Queen Latifah jam. It ended up as a placeholder for my website because I eventually needed one. Unity happens to work as a name for a business name but unity photography is actually taken by another photographer named Ken who I've actually met in real life. Anyways the reason I mention this is logos are hard and also very much essential to pull together a website, business card and any branding you may want to do. I didn't get to do anything cute like Two cranes photography or jumping cat photo. I based mine off a teenage Aol Instant Messenger name.

The giant phone number is something that takes people a second to grasp sometimes. I've had lots of people pick it up and say what is this and then it clicks. Then I have a few different sentences fit above, in-between and below the giant phone number. So whoever has already picked up my card because they don't understand the giant numbers at first and now they're reading all these sentences i've put on my card which is done is a very small font. So they've spent anywhere from fifteen seconds to twenty seconds reading this side of my business card. I just times myself doing it from picking it up and skimming through everything.

TEXT LISTED CURRENTLY ON MY BUSINESS CARD

Follow me on Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Google+ and Facebook. Visit my website to find all my social media links.

Wow, this is a very impressive business card. Thank you, I agree. If you find this impressive then wait until you see my photos.

The number on this card is my phone number. Please visit my website to send me a more formal message.

Don't lose this card. Int has your future wedding photographer's contact info on it.

There is a rhyme to my reason.... is that even a saying?

So think about how long it takes for you to usually comprehend information on anyones business card. You look at a logo, an address maybe, hours possibly, phone and e-mail. I've already gotten almost twenty seconds of someones time. I've told them where they can find my social media links. I've directed them to my website to send me a message. I personally don't like a random e-mail from someone with a simple sentence "HOW MUCH" "WHAT ARE YOUR PACKAGES". So I love to direct people to my website where I have a proper contact form and more importantly all the information. I've also included a little bit of my humor by saying how impressive the business card is. If you didn't get what the numbers were or skipped over the numbers in favor for a full sentence then it's explained here with the above text. I've also told them how important the card is and not to lose it, it has your future wedding photographers info on it. Okay, that last sentence is a little cocky but it's cool, I know I rock.

So if you found this card and and saw all this information you would be able to get a quick snippet of who I am, personality wise possibly. As a wedding photographer i'm the person you'll have the most contact with during a wedding day. I'm literally with a bride all day long give or take some distance. The big thing I try to convey when I meet a bride and groom is the attitude of easy going. I'm very easy going, in fact most of my meetings i'm wearing that red hat and a hoodie. More meetings happen in the winter time. I'm also friending all of my brides and grooms on Facebook at some point. Since i'm spending the entire day with someone it totally benefits me to keep them in a good, relaxed and happy mood. Some of that comes from the informality of most of my approaches. I have brides contact me at eleven at night with a simple question or on Facebook on a Sunday afternoon. I'm very accessible and I make sure the bridal couple knows this. My goal is to have it feel like a friend is shooting your wedding.

With my current design i've chosen to remove some of the text to focus more on branding myself with my favorite object, a red hat. Affectionally worn for the past six years solid or so. I'm regularly recognized everywhere for this hat. Currently it's a red winter hat from American Eagle but i've also had many other variations of this red hat. I can't really wear baseball caps when I shoot outdoors and fedoras or these winter caps have always hung around me. I've actually gotten to meet a lot of my Facebook friends in public because they spot me somewhere in Worcester, Boston, NYC. It's a very bold color and my attire doesn't really have to match the hat. What i'm doing by including the red hat with my business cards are training anyone who ends up with this card to eventually be able to spot that exact red hat. Think about it. You have this random card with a red hat, phone, name, wedding photographer and you see a random photographer with the same exact hat. Chances are you are going to come up and say hi and tell me about how you ended up with the card.

I'm going to meander a bit, follow along.

So beyond wedding photography I actually do a number of things. One of those things being web design. When I meet someone who asks for photos or video the first thing I ask is what it's being used for. They tell me they want to put it on their website or Facebook. The next question I ask is to see their website and from there I see their website is angelfire or geocities hosted (antiquated reference, totally worth googling). So from there I talk to them about web design in addition to photos. So I can put togethers someone website pretty easily with a few photos and rearranging information. Here's the other thing I do, consulting work.

What is consulting work as it applies to you? Okay, thats a question being asked to me if that didn't make sense there. What I do is interview a business owner and pull out content to add to their website. Often times while explaining things it leads to other questions which inadvenrtuly conclude with a change in their own business's infrastructure. One of the best questions you can ask someone is "What would this look like if it were easy". It's a question you can ask any business owner. It helps them identify a problem area and provide the easiest solution and then we can work on the actual route to getting there. I also will call out an weak areas in their dealings and suggestions I may have to changing routine.

So I deal with many different businesses and these owners all happen to be around Worcester and Boston and every once and awhile I get recognized in a Starbucks or while on the job shooting somewhere. I'm training everyone as well as brides, grooms to recognize and associate the red hat with Michael Hendrickson, wedding photographer.

I have time.

So hopefully everyone will understand my reasoning a little bit better now. It's not simply a harsh design choice. I've slowly evolved it from the very simple to the more complex. My goal with my cards are to stand apart from everyone and I fear being similar to everyone else will make me blend a little too much. I've spent a few minutes to design some of what everyone's asked for in a business card just to appease some.

I've made a few quick mock-ups of what some think would make a good business card. I've also reverted the size back to a standard business card size. This is not a dig on anyone. This is suggestions i've gotten on the initial thread on Facebook as well as in private messages.

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