World Without End (1956)
通知华盛顿
自从最后一次报告之后就失去了XRM的信号
- 同XRM还没有联系上 - 那是不是意味着出事了?
- 没必要这么紧张 - 可他们是在通信过程中失去了联系
- 可能是无线电出来问题 - 白沙基地的人怎么说?
- 无可奉告 - 你认为他们是否已经坠毁了?
我们不认为是出事了 我们也不清楚到底是怎么回事
- 失陪 - 但是少校。。
对不起
我很抱歉Jaffe夫人，你想去我的办公室里等吗?
- 在那你们能更随意些 - 不用了，谢谢
我最好还是带孩子回家吧
我想让爸爸和我们一起回去
他不能Ginny，他在很远的地方
是的，非常远的地方
如果有什么消息能麻烦你通知我吗?
是的，我当然会的，只要我们有了新的消息
谢谢
为什么一个结了婚还有两个孩子的男人
要去参加那么疯狂的探险?
人类第一次太空之旅是以灾难而告终吗?
Eldon Galbraithe博士和他的探险队员
已经有好几个小时失去了联系
而更为严重的是对他们人身安全的忧虑
Henry Jaffe,XRM号宇宙飞船的领航员
他上次发来的报告是飞船接近火星的时候
在他描述这颗神秘的红色星球时
却突然失去了联系
全世界的无线电报务员都试图与他们重新建立通信
Galbraithe博士,我还是收不到任何信号
- 你确定不是设备的问题吗? - 是的，设备没问题
当我们进去火星磁场范围时我们与地球失去了联系
可能我们离开之后就能恢复通信
如果我们不能尽快和地球取得联系 他们会非常担心我们
我们要尽快调整到返航轨道, Henry
John,看下这个
右侧十度,下方十五度
如果我们能知道那个绿色的东西是什么的话
可能是某种苔藓或者青苔
如果这是草，或者类似草的东西
那火星上没有理由没有生命存在
近在眼前可是却远在天边
- 我希望我们能够降落 - 我也是，John
但我们的任务是勘察和探测
但如果我们着陆时出了问题
我们所收集到的这些信息都会跟我们一起毁掉的
我们返航吧，下一次我们再降落
Henry,调整返航计划，在两点钟的时候起航
- 明白 - Herb
一旦无线电恢复工作， 通知地球我们到达了火星上空两条轨道
中纬线三万英尺高度，两极之间两万英尺高度
全程完成航空摄像
告诉我们完成了所有任务准备返航
好的
这是你的初始航向，John
好的，准备标准加速
- 准备回家了 - 我们要地球了
我们会受到什么样的欢迎
我的债主会非常高兴的
所有火箭推进
所有火箭推进，明白
时速达到每秒十五英里时关闭推进器
时速达到每秒十五英里时关闭推进器，明白
- 准备好了吗? - 好了
我们出发了
速度每秒十五英里
- 加速稳定 - 好的
你还好吗，博士?
我没事
再见了火星
- 越来越远了 - 当我们再次回来的时候它还会在这的
我同意，谁想喝杯咖啡?
船体温度上升
加速增大
我们的飞船失控了
我们正在打转!
火箭反向推进
- 火箭反向推进! - 我不行，我够不到
我们的速度已经达到每秒三十英里
船体温度高于临界点
每秒钟七十八英里
嘿，嘿，我们降落了
我的头啊，我的头疼死了
我从来没有觉得这样晕过
那种加速度一定是大到难以想象了
- 没错，看啊 - 什么?
超过了每秒钟一百英里
超过了每秒钟一百英里?
已经达到了指示器的最高刻度
你觉得是怎么回事，博士?
- 我们在哪? - 我不知道
火星距离我们最近
这可能是火星北极的积雪
我们能降落在积雪上真该感到万幸
否则的话可就够我们受的了
我们还能起飞吗?
不知道，只有出去检查了损坏情况才清楚
我去准备一下氧气头盔和压力服
等一下，我们不需要它们
我感觉我们好像受到了额外的重力影响
Hank,你能把重力磁场关上吗?
好的
你说的对，现在正常了
那么看一下大气压强
外面似乎充满了氧气
- 那这不是火星 - 没错
如果这是火星，大气密度只有这的十分之一
只有一个办法能搞清楚
太不可思议了
大家都多穿点衣服，外面很冷
好的，谢谢
嘿，博士
博士，看看这个
辐射读数很高，每刻度大约0.5毫伦琴
大约是地球的三倍
尽管还不足以致命
控制面板有些损坏
不是太糟,我们需要帮助才能修理好
帮助?
在这样一个荒凉的星球上，我们上哪找人帮忙呢?
博士，你知道我们在哪吗?
Hank,恐怕我也不知道
以我们当时达到的速度，我们可能是在任何地方
目前，只能说我们所在的这个星球和地球非常相似
我建议我们到雪线以下去进行一下考察
Herb,在我们准备装备的时候，你再试试无线电
你说的对，队长
- 我们可以出发了 - 好的, John
你知道嘛，这太难以相信了
我找遍了每个无线电波段，可是什么都没有
就好像这里从来就没有过无线电波一样
是啊，那是很奇怪
如果这里是金星，或者其它陌生的星球
我们可能会碰到那些长着大脑袋
留着绿色的血的家伙 它们会用死光枪打死我们的
而我们只能用这些
这些老式的废铜烂铁
我们休息一会
我能歇会了
我还能看到雪线上的飞船
我想说我们走了大约十二英里
四个小时大约十二英里
一小时三英里就已经是快得不得了了
昨天的时候我们运行的速度有多快?
哦，我们只是在用巡航速度 一小时是三万八千英里
相信我，这真是太难走了
看到什么了吗?
到处都是森林和灌木丛
没有任何生命的迹象
- 他看上去心情不太好，博士 - 没错，我想你说的对
如果Jaffe不是一个我们这次行程中 必不可少的一员的话
我是绝对不会带任何结了婚还有孩子的人
嘿John, 博士
快过来，我发现了些东西
- 你觉得我们应该进去吗? - 那还用说
大自然会将它大部分秘密都保存在洞穴里
嘿博士，你能看下那个吗?
能做出这个的的生物一定非常的大
小心
博士
快走，Hank
我看到网的时候我就应该能想到
但蜘蛛怎么能像狗一样大?
或许还有毒
我们应该很庆幸没有人被蛰到
快走，我们快离开这吧
在那下面似乎又快空地
我们看一下
没错，我想你说的对
只有几英里远
等我们到了那，天就要黑了
我们晚上就在那宿营
Jaffe,小心!
博士，快低点身子，我开枪打他
Hank，Hank,你还好吗?
- 是的，我想是的 - 来吧，起来
他们的力气太大了，我就像个孩子一样无助
- 他们是人还是动物? - 我不知道
- 上帝保佑我们，这里竟然是地球 - 这怎么可能?
我不知道
看啊
我们这是怎么了?
我疯了吗? 还是我们都疯了?
没有，Hank
我曾经拒绝面对现实，但现在我知道了
你想说什么，博士?
大约我们出发前一周, 我去拜访了Ellender博士
你们都很熟悉他的理论
- 时间是四维的 - 没错
这是一个源自爱因斯坦理论的产物
Ellender说，如果你的速度足够快
那么时间就会变慢
这毫无疑问是时间与速度的伸展
它事实上已经被实验证实了
我们的仪表停在了每秒一百英里
- 我们的实际速度可能是它的十倍 - 或许还会是一百倍
人类一个接一个的解开了大自然的秘密
我们的飞机已经突破了音障
我们已经能释放出原子中的能源
而且现在又有了新的突破
我想起报纸上有很多揶揄Ellender的话
打破时间的障碍
显然，我们就是并且成功了
当我们晕过去的时候似乎对我们来说只过来几分钟
但对地球来说却过来几个世纪
我的妻子和孩子都变老
并且死去
很多年了
我们看看其他那些石碑上的日期会不会有什么发现
我找到的最近的日期是2188年 即使那样那些标记看上去也很旧了
我也找到了一些2188年的
可能那就是灾难爆发的一年
比如爆发一场核战争?
是的，没错，辐射读数很高
假设2188年是最后一年
这一年人类毁灭了自己
污染了空气，还使土壤含有放射性
也就是说，要两百年
辐射才可能减弱到我们发现的那个水平
但昨晚攻击我们的那些家伙。。
你是想说那是活下来的人类吗?
我不知道，但毫无疑问，他们发生了变异
那些在核爆炸中幸存下来的人类文明的后裔
但他们的生殖细胞受到辐射损伤
你是说我们在营地里埋了的那个怪物
继承了人类一万年的繁衍进程?
蜘蛛也发生了变异
谁知道地球上还生存着什么别的怪物呢?
谁知道啊
但或许会有一些正常的人类幸存下来
我们会知道的
我想那就是我们现在是在哪的答案
看看那边
那只可能是落基山
而这里可能是蒙大拿或是爱达荷州
没有那么靠北，太干旱了
更像是科罗拉多或是新墨西哥
但如果这里是科罗拉多或者新墨西哥 城市和村镇在哪?
丹佛、阿尔布开克在哪?
- 怎么了John? - 看那边
那不是灌木丛着火
因为那些烟太稀疏了
听着,根据军事行动的程序要派人去侦查一下
- 掩护我 - 等一下
我不会有事的
只要掩护我就行了
真奇怪像他那样的人为什么没结婚
他结过婚
当他在彭萨科拉还是个年轻的海军少尉时 他遇到过一个女孩
他们结了婚，还有两个非常漂亮的孩子
战后他驻扎在日本
他的妻子和孩子坐飞机来看他
他们的飞机坠毁在了中太平洋
一点残骸都没有被找到
我来背他,队长
不要浪费子弹，我们没有太多了
- 他们就在我们后面，博士 - 快点，我们离开这
等一下，这条路走不了了
上面，那有一个隧道或是山洞
我想他们不会再攻击我们了
我希望这个山洞里没有其他东西了
- 里面安全吗? - 我能看到的范围都很安全
他醒过来了
大家还好吗?
- 除了你大家都好 - 我没事的
我想没有骨折
- 你还好吗,John? - 是的，我没事
他们还在下面
至少我们在这暂时是安全的
你还挺乐观的嘛
悲观的人会说现在我们已经被困在这了
悲观的人可能说的对
他们不会轻易离开的
你还有食物吗?
是的，还有水，够撑几天的
- 那弹药还够吗? - 我们没有找到你的枪
我估计还有三十到四十发子弹
博士，John, 快进来
Hank?
是的博士，我知道
- 快看这个 - 这显然是不锈钢
不，这是某种新型金属，非常坚硬
博士, John
博士，门关上了! John
我打不开它,博士，我打不开它
别着急, Hank
伙计们，如果我没看错的话，这是邀请我们进去
这门是受控制的
他们甚至都没有给我们机会说，不用了，谢谢
把你们的枪收起来
不管是什么人在里面，他们想杀我们都很容易
来吧
看来前台服务员去喝咖啡了
嘿，看这个
这是某种镜头，我们正在被监视呢
没错，这里可能还有麦克风
不要碰那些
- 你能听到我们说话? - 是的，我能听到
你在说我们的云烟
- 你为什么不出来见我们呢? - 在适当的时候会的
你们带了武器吗?
- 是的 - 把它们放在桌子上
穿过那道门
你们可以放下你们的行装，它们会被送过来的
你们请在这等一会
- 你们谁是负责人? - 我是Galbraithe博士
我是Timmek，你们听到的就是我的声音
这位是Ellis先生，Borden先生,Jaffe先生
你们为什么要到这来?
我们躲在你们的隧道里，因为我们被那些野人攻击
- 我们认为他们是变异体 - 变异体?
我不明白这个词是什么意思
它来自拉丁语，是一种非常古老的语言
- 它的意思是发生变化的人 - 确实是发生了变化
我们称他们为野兽
你们说话的方式还有你们的衣着 对我们来说很奇怪
你们是什么人?
我们在1957年3月17日离开地球到太空进行科学考察
在太空里，你们遇到了时间函数移位
对，你的理论和Ellender博士的非常接近?
他是我们以前一位非常伟大的科学家
当巨大的打击发生的时候
世界就是因他的理论才得以幸存
你所说的巨大打击
在我们的旅程中，除了荒芜我们什么也没看到
城市、道路、桥梁，那些人类的伟大工程在哪?
发生什么事了?
爆发了世界大战
人类的大屠杀
没有人想要核战争
但没有人能够避免它的发生
而这些就是仅存的人类?
你们的人还有那些被你们称为野兽的人?
是的，据我们所知就这些
他们和我们具有相同的遗传属性
但是受到核辐射的影响
扭曲了他们的心智和身体, 一代一代之后
他们又回到了人类历史上的蒙昧时期
他们的语言非常奇怪,发音很原始
就像石器时代的人
处在人类进化的昏暗之初
如果你们相信我们没有恶意
能不能把武器还给我们?
你们要武器干什么?你们觉得在这还需要这些吗?
- 不 - 那你们用它们来干什么?
我们不会伤害这里的人，我们为和平而来 我可以向你们保证
那你们就不需要武器
我建议我们不要冒险，并且由我们来保管
我们希望你不要举得被冒犯Galbraithe博士
但是Mories是对的
如果你们为和平而来，你们也不会需要武器
如果你们要离开，我们会归还它们
父亲，这些人是我们的客人，他们一定又累又饿
当然，你们刚刚经历了最艰难的时候
Garnet会确保你们被得到妥善安置
我们很荣幸能认识你的女儿
- 你们能跟我来吗? - 对不起
根据看到的情况我们进行了推测
距我们已知的世界现在至少故去了四个世纪吧
已经超过了五个世纪
用你们古代的计时方法
现在是公园2508年
- 真是美味，味道棒极了 - 所有的东西都是产自地下
- 那些水果和蔬菜也是吗? - 是的
我们通过灯照，它的亮度完全等同于阳光
- 太厉害了 - 这是唯一活下去的办法
大战期间，有很多人在地下避难
但饥饿迫使人们去吃那些产自地面的实物
- 他们都因食用放射性物质而中毒了? - 没错
但现在放射性读数已经安全了
不用起来，你们想把你们的行李放在什么地方?
哦哦，随便放哪都行
Elaine,这位你Galbraithe博士
- 你好 - 你好
- John Borden - 你好
- Henry Jaffe和Herbert Ellis - 你好
Elaine是Elda在科学部的助手
Elda让我向你们表示问候
在你们方便的时候
他很高兴带你们去看看我们的发电厂和实验室
和其他任何你们想看的东西
她和你们世界里的女人一样漂亮吗?
是的，是的，她是很漂亮
外界的放射性指标已经恢复到了危险等级以下
如果你们的人愿意的话，他们可以重新回到地面上
几个世纪形成的传统很难被放弃
而且外面还有野兽，他们杀了很多我们的人
但你们可以打败他们，他们只是些野蛮人
在任何战斗中，文明程度更高的人都会取胜的
我们的人都厌恶战争，我们在这里既安全又舒适
但是地面才是人类应该待的地方
而不应该居住在地下的洞穴里
我很抱歉，我们是这里的客人
这里距我们的家也非常遥远
我们没有权利来评判你们的生活方式
你们先休息吧
等你们真正了解我们的是世界之后
或许你们会认为这并不是一个坏主意
有些事在困扰着我
- 我可以问你一个问题吗? - 当然
那个小女仆
她非常可爱
但她似乎和我们在这里见到的其他人不太一样
Deena来自外面的世界
但我以为所有生活在地面上的人都是畸形人
- 你们称呼他们为野兽 - 不，不全是他们那样的人
我听说野兽会杀死或是放逐那些没有畸形的人
Deena正好逃到了我们的一个隧道里
她被饿的半死，我们就带她进来了
我明白了
非常感谢
我希望你们能休息好
我的天啊
你们不觉得我们在这里见到的女人都很漂亮吗?
我不知道，我们明天就清楚了
我得去睡会了
- 这一天真是相当的忙 - 相当的忙
家里从没有像这样过
John,那人似乎有非常高等的智慧
没错
你注意到他们是怎么解释所发生的事吗?
他们似乎知道Ellender的时间移位理论
- 没错，他们是知道 - 那是不是可以认为
他们可能已经发现了一种方法来扭转时间移位?
不Hank, 不是的，我觉得他们的科学在内向转化
他们只关心自己当下的舒适和安全
他们对任何抽象的和不确定的东西不会感兴趣
但假如他们已经掌握了扭转时间移位的知识
你还面临着如何修好飞船并让它起飞的问题
有了他们的帮助，应该不会太困难
Hank,我知道你很难过，想要回到你的妻子和孩子身边
但寻找这种渺茫的希望是徒劳的
面对事实，那些人是不会帮我们的
为什么不会?他们很友好
他们的技能和材料都能够帮助我们
你会发现他们缺少一项非常重要的要素
- 是什么? - 勇气
让他们离开洞穴去战斗的勇气
- 早上好，先生们 - 早上好
Galbraithe博士,委员会主席
想在你最早方便的时候见你
好的，我马上就去，这些住处真是非常舒适
谢谢
我从来么见过这么冷漠的人
Hank
不要招惹任何人，她可能会重复我们的对话
你们喜欢那个淋浴吗?一进去都不用打开开关
水就自动喷出来了，而且温度还正合适
- 你们在干什么? - 我们有一个计划
- 那是。。 - 早上好，睡的好吗?
是的，谢谢
天啊，你比我们的男人要强壮很多
这都是浪费青春的结果
被学校勒令退学，不得不参加工作
肌肉发达，头脑简单
我喜欢
我只是想提醒你们去参观的事
只要向科学部提出要求，就会有人带你们去
看来女性没有太多的变化
还是喜欢一双强壮的肩膀
如果让女人来投票,身体健美的人只要不穿上衣
- 就能让自己当选为总统 - 哦，别瞎扯了
你怎么看那些人?
为什么那些女人都那么生机勃勃充满活力 而男人则不同呢?
我马上要和他们的首脑会谈 如果我有什么发现，我会告诉你们的
John,所有我们在这里见到的男人 都好像缺少血性一样
什么?什么?
她不会说英语
你懂英语吗，亲爱的?
她是个非常较小的女孩，是不是?
可爱的眼睛，曼妙的身材
但是现在看啊，那是不是太糟了?她是弓形腿
我才不是呢
也许我有点下流，但我知道她能听懂英语了
- 早上好 - 早上好
- 你们的起居被照顾的还好吗? - 是的，非常好，谢谢
我们将有很多议题要谈
这是件好事,我们不同世纪的人可以
架起相互了解的桥梁
我们将一起研究这些旧典籍
这些典籍对我们来说非常古老 但应该是你们那个时代的产物
在我们开始前，我可以先说件事吗?
我们的飞船有一些轻微的损坏 但我们需要对它进行修理
修好它?
你觉得你能够逆转带你到这来的时间移位吗?
不，不，我恐怕那个超出我们的能力范畴了
这是百万分之一的几率才能把我们带到这里
我们不会傻到期待另一次奇迹的发生
在我看来
我们可以用飞船来探索地球
去看看是否有像你们一样存在的其他群落
为什么?
因为我是一个科学家
因为我对人类有这样的义务
包括对你们，对其他人，对任何活下来的人
对你们的飞船来说这是一次危险的旅程
如果我们没有让你们进来，那些野兽会杀了你们
单那是因为我们人数很少，也没有很好的武器
有很多你们这样人又能力制造威力强大的武器
我们是热爱和平的人
我们厌恶武器和战争
如果有你们的人跟我们一起去 那些变异人是不敢进攻我们的
我必须要咨询委员会
- 早上好 - 早上好
你的朋友们呢?
他们去参观了
你为什么不和他们一起去?
说实话，我是希望你能带我去看
说实话，我希望我可以
我们的能量和光来自地核的热能
但其他我们所需要的东西都取自大自然的宝库，石油
它是我们的基本原料
那金属呢?
以前, 我们必须派探险队到地面上
从那些废墟中搜寻金属
我们的人经历了巨大的困难
他们遭到被你们称之变异人的攻击
而且还要忍受极端的寒冷和炎热
现在，社区越来越小，就够我们用了
我们循环使用金属
你是说你们的社区在变小?
可能是我用词不当
我应该说是我们的社区在变得更加紧凑
我们继续看别的吧
你好Henry，参观高兴吗?
都非常有意思, John
我们正要去参观机器工厂，一起来吗?
不了，谢谢，我们晚一点再去看
那我们失陪了，这边请
回头见Hank
你的朋友身上有一种悲伤的氛围
他离开了他的妻子和孩子
那他为什么要参加飞行?
他有一种责任感
他是一个非常出色的领航员
事实上，他是个数学天才
他知道没有顶替的了他
你离开了什么人吗?
没有
我曾经有过家人
我很抱歉
你和信息中心联系了吗?
我相信他们找你很多次了
Galbraithe博士正在查看
你们飞行之后的历史记录
如果你想的话可以去看看
谢谢
你知道嘛，我觉得我们的朋友有点吃醋了
是的，他是的
你知道嘛，他理所当然的认为。。
你属于他
是吗?
哦，不是的
我是说我也不知道
Mories非常能干，他是个很出色的管理员
他可能会接替父亲，成为委员会的主席
我明白了
你打算去看那些历史记录吗?
不
你要去信息中心吗?
不
宝贝儿,我不是故意的，你的腿很美，我发誓
- 吃晚饭吗，头? - 不了，我和Timmek还有委员会的人吃过了
有什么好消息吗? 他们会帮我们修理飞船吗?
我还不知道，Borden去哪了?
他正在梳洗呢
我想他晚上有个约会
你知道嘛，这里的人都很好
除了那个Mories
他似乎一直在利用他们的恐惧感
他们害怕到地面去
我让那个家伙感到威胁了,是不是
地下生活似乎耗尽了所有这些人的勇气
他们一直在告诉我 如果我们留在这会非常的安全非常的舒适
安全和舒适，那似乎对他们来说就意味着一切
我不太确定，在我们的时代 是不是也存在着这样的趋势
我们那个时代需要吃苦耐劳,自力更生,持之以恒
到了一百年之后,就不用那么吃苦那么自力那么坚持
然而他们是在五百年之后
他们没有力量，没有勇气，什么都没有
那样人也并不是指生活在地洞里的人
我得走了
别告诉我你有一约会是去看发电厂
不是，但我想我可以找到一个离开这里的方法
Garnet答应我，要带我去看一条 能让我们到达山坡上的旧隧道
如果我没记错，今晚夜色不错，还是满月
- 少胡扯吧，Herb - 没事的Hank
我不介意，回头见
很高兴看到这个老伙计能这么开心
女人就是很神奇，是不是?
所以她们比男人更重要
你们知道嘛，我妻子去世了，我还是个祖父
而且我也不止五十岁了
但是今天下午,我有了一次奇特的经历
几个漂亮女人为了引起我的注意
在不断的迎合奉承我
先生们，我只能将这种经历描述为
激动人心啊
The moon, it's so beautiful.
Have you never seen the moon before?
No, not like this.
Never out in the open before.
I'm afraid the books are wrong.
What books?
Romances that tell about your time.
The men were always strong and fierce and reckless.
Whenever they were alone in the moonlight with a girl, they made love to her.
What kind of books have you been reading, anyway?
You like me, I know you do.
I think you're beautiful. More beautiful than...
I like you very much.
- I love you. - No, don't say that.
I'm a stranger, an outsider here, and I must leave someday.
No, no. You'll stay here with me.
You're like the great men we read about.
Strong, brave, unselfish.
You're pacing like a caged tiger, old boy.
Got problems?
After last night, I think we've all...
Now, honey, don't look at me like that.
Wait a minute, Deena. We want to help you.
We want to help your people if we can.
All your people are not beasts, are they?
You're pretty, Deena.
You are, Deena, I swear it.
- But he said that my legs were... - Aw...
Forgive me, honey. So help me, I didn't mean it.
I've been told that the beasts hate children that are not ugly.
That they kill them, drive them away.
- Is that true? - Yes.
I was very young, but my mother told me...
- Well, did you talk to the council again? - Yes.
They won't cooperate.
They refused to equip a party...
...to help salvage the supplies and instruments from the ship.
We're trying to help them and they just won't be helped.
We'll have to take one thing at a time. Forget the ship for now.
The first thing to do is to get to surface. Fight our way out and establish a base.
Right, get a foothold and turn it over to these people.
Show them how to live on the face of the Earth.
I'm not so sure they'll go up, even if we make it perfectly safe for them.
I think they may, because if they don't, their race is doomed.
Hasn't it struck you as odd that we haven't seen any children?
Sixteen and 17-year-olds, yes, but no children.
I did some snooping around yesterday, and not just the guided tour.
I found a sort of combination nursery-hospital.
There were 14 kids in it. Fourteen kids in a population of 2000.
And they weren't strong healthy kids.
They were poor, bloodless little things.
I would say one more generation...
...and this branch of Homo sapiens will be extinct.
The world's a big place. There may be other pockets of survival.
Australia, Greenland, who knows?
But if this is the human race, the human race dies too.
Yes.
Yes, we need these people.
We have to save them in spite of themselves.
All right, we'll go to the council, ask for weapons, nothing more.
I've seen the shops, they can build anything.
We'll go it alone.
There's one obstacle. Mories.
Time after time, it looked as though we might talk them into something.
But he always jumped in and turned the council the other way.
Well, that's my fault, I'm afraid.
He's insanely jealous. He wants Garnet, and she...
Well, go ahead, old man, say it.
She wants you.
Garnet's a wonderful girl, John.
Why shouldn't she prefer you? You're three times the man he is.
Oh, let's not worry about Mories.
We can do business with Timmek if we catch him alone.
And they will say they are doing it for us, for the future of our people.
But among themselves, they have conspired to get weapons by deceit and cajolery...
...to enslave us, to throw our lives away in a war of conquest.
How can they repay our kindness with such treachery?
We see in them all the ills of the 20th-century man.
Greed, aggressiveness, brutality.
The passion to dominate that made a shambles of the Earth.
I am stunned.
Are you sure?
Nihka and Jule listened with me.
Garnet assures me they are kindly, unselfish.
Our women seem to have lagged behind in their evolution into reasonable creatures.
They actually admire these reckless and brutal men.
We shall see.
If they try their deceit and cajolery on me, I will know how to deal with them.
You must see to it that they do not recover their firearms.
I make you personally responsible for them.
Deena, try to remember, what else did your mother tell you?
She said that the beasts did not drive all the children away.
There were so many of them.
- Normal children you mean? - Yes.
They needed them to work.
They were very cruel to them, but they did not drive them away.
- I see. - John?
John.
Johnny, town meeting. We're gonna get a chance to sell our bill of goods.
Coming, Herb.
I love him.
Herb?
Oh, now, listen, Deena...
Hi, honey. You ready, Johnny? They're waiting for us.
Sure.
All we ask are weapons, food and water, and building materials.
Your workmen can make the weapons for us.
With them, we will repel any attacks and establish a safe base of operations.
With the material, we'll build a change of blockhouses...
...linking them with electric fences such as you use to protect your ventilator intakes.
We will gradually encircle an area of land in the valley below.
Fighting no more than is necessary to keep from being interfered with.
We propose to do this ourselves.
If your men care to join us, we will welcome their help...
...but we do not ask for it.
When a suitable area has been secured...
...you will have the option of living there or not as you wish.
But we are safe here.
Why should we subject ourselves to the heat, the cold...
...the discomforts of the surface?
Because if you remain here, burrowing in the ground like moles...
...your children will die.
How many children do you have here?
In each generation, fewer are born. And of those, fewer live.
Your children need the sun. Do you condemn them to death?
Do you condemn your people to extinction?
We are well aware of the problem.
Our scientists have a solution within their grasp.
These people seize upon it as a pretext.
They lie when they say they want to help us.
They want to enslave us...
...to use us for fighting their senseless wars of conquest.
- But they say... - They say they want the weapons.
And with the weapons, they will be the masters and we will be the slaves.
That's not true.
I'm sorry, but Mories is right.
We must solve our own problems.
Weapons have been the curse of mankind.
We have never made weapons here, and we will make none now.
Father, Mories is wrong. Those men are kind and sincere.
This bickering, this conflict, is new to me.
I don't know.
You must face it, Father.
We are a dying people and they want to help us.
But Mories heard them plotting.
Mories is jealous. It's poisoned his mind.
Perhaps he misinterpreted what he heard.
Father, I love John Borden.
Could I be wrong about him?
I don't know.
With your permission.
Yes, James, thank you.
- Garnet is with Timmek? - Yes.
What is she telling him?
She believes Dr. Galbraithe and his men are sincere.
I suppose Timmek is wavering.
He is considering her arguments.
These are violent men, James.
You and I know that.
They will try to get their weapons.
- They must not get them. - I know, Mories.
I have them safely hidden in my own sleeping quarters.
Who is that? Get away from there.
Why can't they see that Mories is lying?
It sticks out like a sore thumb.
Garnet will speak to her father.
Timmek, Timmek, Timmek.
James is dead.
Killed by a blow on the head.
No. No!
The weapons. The accursed weapons.
Good afternoon, sir.
Search.
Can I help you? What are you looking for?
I don't understand.
What is this?
Wait a minute.
The others are coming.
John.
Don't...
Get off me.
Let go of me. What do you mean by this?
Let go of me.
The other one. Jaffe!
What does this mean?
We found these here.
I'm sorry, but surely there's no great harm done.
No harm? Is that all a human life means to you?
A human life?
The man who took the weapons killed James.
No, that's impossible.
What is all this blasted nonsense? Are they playing games or something?
No games, Herb. They found the guns here.
What? The guns?
Someone killed James to get them.
Killed James?
Oh, now, doc, I had nothing to do with it.
Violence, lies, murder. They all go together.
I am an old man.
I wish I had died before I saw a day such as this.
Bring them to the council chamber.
We have decided what is to be one with you.
Decided? Without a trial?
Without giving us a chance to defend ourselves?
What defense can there be?
You wanted the weapons and you took them.
The facts speak for themselves.
This is our decision.
You will be put out of our tunnel exactly as you entered it.
You will be given food and water.
Your weapons will be returned to you.
You will have neither more nor less than you had when you came.
That's the equivalent of a death sentence.
We will try to shut you out of our minds as if you had never been here.
You will be sent out two hours after the sun sets.
That is all.
Garnet, we had nothing to do with it.
I must see Timmek.
I'm sorry, he is not to be disturbed. This has been an ordeal to him.
He must see me. I know who hid the weapons.
The weapons? I will tell him.
Will you wait here?
Mories did it.
I saw him hide the weapons.
Find him.
See that she is taken care of.
We mourn for Mories, who was our friend...
...but whose fatal weakness of character led to hatred, treachery, death.
But we must be thankful that a terrible injustice was avoided.
We all join in asking forgiveness of these brave men...
...who are willing to risk their lives to help us.
Now we, in turn, must help then.
I direct our artisans and craftsmen in particular...
...to give Dr. Galbraithe and his men their complete cooperation.
Hello, Deena, how do you feel?
Fine, thank you.
You all right, darling?
Another day or so and you'll be good as new, Deena.
Hi, Deena, how are you?
Fine.
Counted your fingers lately?
I had a hunch about that, so I fired it from a vice.
Powder too strong or barrel too weak?
A little of each, I guess. It's not easy for lads who never made a gun...
...to come up with a good one. - That's quite evident.
How's the recruiting, doc?
Timmek thinks he's persuaded about 20 of his young men to join us.
What does it matter whether you have 20 or a hundred?
They will fail you just as that weapon did.
They'll not stand fast when danger threatens.
Not one of them has ever fought before.
Then we'll go it alone.
But you'll be killed.
The beasts watch our tunnels day and night.
You may kill 20, 50 of them, but there are hundreds.
Can you kill them all?
No. You don't need to.
We don't need to, Deena?
Only the ugly ones fight. They are the masters.
The mutates would be the only ones we'd have to contend with.
And they may not be as numerous as we think.
Well, even they might be too much for us.
How do we fight several hundred savages with pistols that burst?
With ammunition that misfires?
If only we had something more powerful than pistols to fight with.
Against those monsters, a battery of field artillery wouldn't be too...
Hey, wait a minute.
I think I've got it.
What's the simplest, hardest-hitting piece of artillery you know of?
A hunk of pipe with the wallop of a field gun.
Of course, a rocket launcher.
The good old bazooka.
Henry, I think you've hit it.
We'd have to give up the firearms, but I think it's worth it.
I certainly agree. Hank, it's your baby.
- Get started on it, will you? - Right, doc.
[INAUDIBILE DIALOGUE]
- Are things about ready? - About as ready as they'll ever be.
Good. We just had another talk with Deena.
It seems that the mutates' selection of a leader is straight from the Stone Ages.
The brute who kills all his rivals becomes leader.
And he holds the office until someone kills him.
For a long time now, the leader has been a charming fellow called Naga...
...who seems to have all the sweetness and lovability of a mad dog.
If we could get him, it would simplify everything.
Well, maybe we'll get lucky.
Maybe we will.
Well, we'll find that out tomorrow.
I regret we are unable to give you more active assistance.
Your workmen have given us the assistance we need.
Good luck. I wish I could go with you.
Whatever happens, our thanks.
Open the door.
That passage there.
It's got ambush written all over it.
Let's find out.
Right you are, my boy. See if this little old gadget works, huh?
I guess that did it.
Look out.
Ammunition, Hank.
Watch it, John.
[SPEAKING IN MUTATE LANGUAGE]
- He's not a mutate. - Eh.
Deena said they wouldn't fight.
Reinforcements coming.
- Hank. - Yes, sir.
Good shot, Herb.
Suppose you take our prisoner back, have Deena question him.
Find out what they're likely to do.
Then load up with ammo and come on back.
All right.
- Mm-hmm. - Come on, handsome.
Come on.
Go.
They seem to be gathering in that thicket down there.
Wanna try a long shot?
Check, skipper.
Okay, John.
Hit the jackpot, skipper.
Here they come.
Deena.
What did you wanna go and bring Deena for?
Bring her? She popped out before anybody could stop her.
She brought me.
Well, what about the prisoner? Did you get his story?
We got his story all right.
He thinks Naga is going to order the people back to the caves.
- That's not good. - What about Deena?
- Don't you think we ought to send her back? - No.
I can help.
You probably can. If they are holed up in caves...
...we'll have a lot of palavering to do. We can use her.
All clear down there?
All clear. After that last shot...
...they took the hint and kept going. - Come on.
Well, are they in there or not?
Look.
This boy probably tried to make a break for it.
Oh, he's just a kid.
Murdering swine.
Question is, where are the rest of the people?
Herded into a couple of the big caves, probably.
Well, there's one way to find out.
Wait a minute, Hank.
Good military procedure to send out a scout. You said so yourself.
- Cover me. - Now, Hank.
- This isn't your kind of racket. I'll go. - No.
- I'm grabbing the check on this one. - Hank.
Let him go, John.
Well, it's pretty bad, but it could be worse.
A little lower and it might have punctured a lung.
[NAGA SHOUTING IN MUTATE LANGUAGE]
Naga says he has killed many of my people. He says he will kill all of them.
That settles it. We've got to get them out.
But how? If we blast them out, we'll kill every man, woman and child in the cave.
Deena, tell Naga he's a coward, a killer of children.
- Tell him to come out and fight me. - No.
Wait a minute. Are you out of your mind?
Go tell him, Deena.
Naga. Naga.
[SPEAKING IN MUTATE LANGUAGE]
[NAGA SPEAKING IN MUTATE LANGUAGE]
Naga says you do not fight like a man.
He says you use thunder and lightning on your side.
Tell Naga I'll leave my lightning and thunder behind me.
Tell him I'll fight him with this and this.
Naga.
[SPEAKING IN MUTATE LANGUAGE]
[NAGA SPEAKING IN MUTATE LANGUAGE]
- He says he will fight you. - You haven't a chance...
...against those animals. - Yes I have, Herb.
I'm supposed to be a civilized man. I'm supposed to have an advantage up here.
You have no advantage. This is nothing but a matter...
...of strength and reflexes. The savage has the advantage.
I'll plug him as soon as he shows his ugly face.
Don't do it, Hank. They'd kill every human in the cave.
Well, he's got only one eye. No depth perception.
Take it easy, Hank.
Keep on his blind side, John.
Tell them I'm the chief now. Tell them to go.
[SPEAKING MUTATE LANGUAGE]
Chief is dead. Long live the chief.
You see, the water lines must go in first.
Then there will be no delay in other operations.
Yes, it's quite clear. Thank you.
Sir.
I would hardly have dared hope for this.
You have accomplished so much in a few short months.
Everywhere I look, I see new marvels.
I am.
You are. He, she or it is.
We are.
You are.
They are.
That's good. That's very good.
Now, let's try the verb to go. Ready?
I go.
You go.
He, she or it goes.
There is one of your marvels.
The children of the men we once hated...
...learning our language so that they may work with us.
Marvel in more ways than one.
Jaffe will never forget the loss of his family.
But so long as he has children who need him, he won't be too unhappy.
A few months ago, some of those children were listless, puny little things.
Which are the puny ones now?
What we're looking at may well be the rebirth of the human race.
Retail OCR. 23.976 fps.