(roaring)
(mozart playing)
(birds chirping)
Hey, sleepyhead, what are you gonna do,
stay in bed all day?
Come on, Get the sleep out of your eyes,
Griff is here, and he's ready to work out,
(dog Barking)
Look at you, You're not even dressed yet,
What's it take to zap this guy
out of bed in the morning?
Emma Should play reveille at dawn,
Emma, could we have something else
besides Wolfgang amadeus this morning?
Some, uh, boccherini, perhaps?
(music changes)
Oh, that's better, ,,
music to hibernate by,
Why can't we have some feral klansman
or venereal pink, you know?
Something to really get the blood rushin'
through the old veins,
How you feelin' this morning, vino man?
Oh, I'm fine, I'm not hung over at all,
Oh, couldn't tell,
You'll feel better after you work up a sweat,
Come on, Go get changed, Time's wastin',
gotta Wait till Dad gets out of the bathroom,
You're the only guy I know that still lives
with his parents,
I'd miss them if they weren't around,
Of course, you, on the other hand, ,,
oh! Cut to the quick,
Go on, Start your workout,
I'll catch up in a few minutes,
Hey, once I get started, there's no catching up,
Mm-hmm,
I'm the workout king,
Let me get Everyone's opinion about something,
Now, please,
I'd like your input on this, too, Emma,
Yes? Please state your command,
Narrator: There is nothing wrong with your television,
Do not attempt To adjust the picture,
We are now controlling the transmission,
We control the horizontal
and the vertical,
We can deluge you with a thousand channels
or expand ONE single image to crystal clarity, ,,
and beyond,
We can shape your vision to anything
our imagination can conceive,
For the next hour, we will control
all that you see and hear,
Captioning made possible by Mgm home entertainment
you are about to experience the awe and mystery
which reaches from the deepest inner mind to, ,,
we are now able to create devices
that can project themselves in our image
that can Not only look like a human,
but talk like one, express pure emotion,
and even make mistakes in True human Form,
Look at this, So, what happened,
did the store run out of black Velvet?
Oh, Trevor,
Well, look at her,
He's given her Peg Thatcher's eyes,
Trevor, ,,
no, that's what I'm having trouble with, ,,
her eyes,
Peg Thatcher, huh?
She of the eternally crossed legs,
Yes, I remember her,
You do?
Starchy woman,
Came by your studio a few times
when I was there, Remember?
Tried to interest us in the new celibacy codes,
Those are her eyes, The rest, ,,
(sighs)
All right, Mom, ,,
Peg Thatcher's eyes, I tell you,
Do you mind if I give my own opinion?
Who's stopping you?
Well, I do think her expression
is a little, ,, severe,
Hmm, ,,that's not what I intended,
Well, ,,
I couldn't have painted Peg Thatcher's eyes better
if she'd been sitting right here,
Don't exactly go with the rest of the painting,
though, do they?
Maybe I should turn this into
a portrait of Peg Thatcher,
Oh, no, no, Yeah,
You'd just screw that up,
Trevor, ,,
that's all right, mom,
Let the old dog bark,
How else is he gonna get anyone
to pay attention to him?
Who are you calling an old dog?
Thank you, everyone, That'll be all,
You can go back to whatever it is you were doing,
Who are you calling an old dog?
Bye,
I like it,
I said that would be all, Emma,
You asked that I remind you
if you forget to make your daily journal entry,
That's why I remain,
Yes, I did forget,
Date?
June 5, 2047,
Time?
9:55 a, M,
Dear journal:
Not much has changed since yesterday, ,,
or the day before
or the 214 days since the bombs dropped,
For what it's worth, I'm more than comfortable,
It's amazing what a little money, foresight,
and paranoia will buy,
Without the holographic program,
I'd surely be going insane,
It's been working beautifully,
Thank you,
The artificial intelligence system
continues to surprise me in the number of variations
in emotions and reactions it can produce,
Supposedly, it can generate new characters
in a spontaneous fashion,
But I've yet to see it do so,
Frankly, I could use some new faces,
(jazz music playing)
Dammit, dad, get in here and clean up your mess,
Trevor: Clean it up yourself!
Well, that's very funny,
Emma, reset Dad's holographic props, please,
Thank you, (doorbell rings)
Ladies, may I present our host, aidan,
Please, come in,
Now, this is what I would call
the ultimate getaway,
Do you live out here all by yourself?
Griff: He lives with his parents,
Actually, it's his house,
so he lets them live with him
and not the other way around,
Oh, I think that's really sweet,
taking care of mom and dad,
And where are mom and dad now?
Hopefully in the cellar,
They're away for the evening,
They won't be back until tomorrow,
Sent them packing, huh?
More or less,
Claire, is... is that what I think it is?
What do you mean, the painting?
I swear I've seen it before,
Hey, pour me one of those?
Very funny, Get your own, bub,
Nicole: You recognize it?
Claire: I don't think so,
This is brilliant, I love it,
Oh, I don't know, It gives me a chill,
Who painted it?
My father,
I've seen it before,
It's very famous,
My father's very famous,
Trevor Hunter,
Trevor Hunter?
Well, then, you're famous, too,
Not as famous as my father,
I didn't realize we were having dinner
with that aidan Hunter,
No wonder you can afford a place like this,
Now, now, ladies, he puts his pants on
one leg at a time
just like the rest of us,
♪ Now it can be told ♪
♪ told in all its glory ♪
♪ now that we have met ♪
♪ the world may know ♪
♪ the sentimental story, ,, ♪
would you like to move into the bedroom?
But I thought we can't make any physical contact,
Not here, Not in this environment,
Here, you're a projection,
But I have a sensory pod
where all my senses register,
I'll meet you inside,
Emma: Power allotment exceeded,
V, R, Pod program terminated,
Aidan: Date?
Emma: June 6, 2047,
Time?
9:33 a, M,
Dear journal:
I've just finished making a visual survey
of the ground directly above me,
There's nothing,
The atmosphere is still unbreathable,
The surface remains a wasteland,
devoid of any living creature,
If there are others like me,
living underground or elsewhere,
I've been unable to communicate with them,
Perhaps It's time to admit...
Face up to the idea...
I may be the last person on earth,
The unbearable lightness of being,
Why do you say that?
Well, look at her,
You've taken away all life's urgency in her,
It's a fate you technologists
are resigned to,
When are you gonna learn?
If you don't embrace the Harsh realities
of your society, you're doomed
to keep churning out art like this, ,,
unsubstantial, mediocre, cartoon-Like...
Well, we can't all be the exalted Trevor Hunter,
Painter, critic, world-Class curmudgeon,
Frances: Trevor, is that a cigarette
I see between your fingers?
Aidan, you shouldn't let your father
affect you like that,
I know,
You're an important, talented artist
in your own right,
According to who?
Me,
And who are you?
I found your image in a fashion magazine,
You were someone then, but who are you now?
I'm the one you've entrusted with your life,
The computer's what keeps me alive,
You're just the computer's face,
Its spokesperson,
Perhaps you underestimate me,
Would you like to go on a picnic?
Aidan: I'm covered in mud... I mean, head to toe...
And it's drying, it's caking,
it's flaking as I Chase after her,
And every time she turns around she looks at me,
she screams and she laughs,
And she keeps on running ahead,
and I can't stop myself,
She's... She's a vision, a beacon, ,,she...
I'm intoxicated by her,
I have to know who she is,
So I run after her,
I run right into her house,
into her kitchen,
Her mother's there, not that I care,
I get down on my muddy knees,
I hold out my muddy arms,
and I say, "please! I won't leave
until you promise to go out with me,"
She says, "I don't even know
what you look like,"
So I get up, I go into the shower right there
in my clothes, come back completely clean,
I'm dripping wet,
And she looks at me, she smiles,
and she says,
"All right,"
It's a True story,
What was her name?
Michelle, Michelle,
Your first love,
Yeah,
It's the Michelle in the holobank?
That's her,
Or a facsimile of her, anyway,
She's restricted,
The a, I, Program isn't allowed
to put her into play unless...
Unless you specifically ask for her,
Well, I don't want her popping in,
Besides, it wouldn't be the same,
It's not really her,
Just like, ,,
mom's not really mom, dad's not really Dad,
(sighs)
I'm not hungry anymore,
How 'bout you?
No, I've had enough,
What?
Nothing,
You know, in, ,,
in some ways, you're the most enigmatic
of all my holograms,
I don't have a shared history with you
like I do with Mom and dad and griff,
Would you prefer having someone
you share a history with
as your interface to the computer?
No, No, I like the fact that your personality matrix
isn't based on anyone I used to know,
It leaves you free to evolve in unpredictable ways,
You are evolving, aren't you, Emma?
I'm an adaptive program,
(laughs)
All fuzzy logic, genetic algorithms,
and neural networks, is that it?
Perhaps the whole is greater than the sum of the parts,
Hmm,
Well, perhaps it is,
Emma, ,,
I'm here,
Hmm,
Wouldn't it be nice to walk out into the moonlight?
To find a meadow, ,,
find a little stream,
Let our feet dangle in the water,
let the water run between our toes,
And we could, too,
If only those other V, R, Programs
weren't damaged in the disaster,
It's ok,
No, No, There were so many other programs,
so many places we could have gone,
so many environments we could have experienced,
We?
Yeah,
You and me,
Why?
Does that seem strange?
It's just that you have your choice
of so many companions,
The one you were with last night, for example,
Oh, no, no,
She was fine For last night,
but there was no real connection,
Emma, do you feel something happening between us?
I know you're...
You're programmed to respond sympathetically to me,
to be concerned about me, to watch over me,
but you're also filled with All these other
random psychological variables,
It's conceivable you could feel something else,
something more,
Let's go to the V, R, Chamber,
I don't think so,
Mmm, I could order you to,
No,
No, that's not how I want this to happen,
If I could just, ,,
if I could just hold you,
Why do you want to hold me?
Why do I want to hold you?
Can you guess?
Why do you think I would be
any different than the others?
Because you are, because I didn't create you,
I know,
Let me do a portrait of you,
I want to paint you, Emma,
Let me paint you,
I want to paint you more than anything in the world,
In fact, I won't let you leave
until you promise to let me paint you,
Aidan: I'm so glad you agreed to do this,
I'm glad I did, too,
Ok, let's get started,
Ok, Where do you want me?
Uh, you can take off your dress,
and we'll set up a pose on that bench there,
Take off my dress?
Yes, Emma, You've seen my work,
I paint nudes,
Why?
(laughs)
Because the human form
is God's most beautiful creation,
The human body is the most expressive instrument
on earth, To look at one form
could evoke great sorrow,
to look at another could Evoke great joy,
What do you think I'll evoke?
Aidan: Bring your arm, ,,Yeah,
And the other, ,,Yeah,
Give us a little breeze, Emma,
That's beautiful,
Now, don't move,
Thank you, Emma,
You can relax,
Is it finished?
I think so,
May I see it?
I'm sorry,
Please,
Say something,
Is that really me?
Yeah,
You've never seen yourself before,
have you?
It's never been necessary,
I always wondered what the woman
your image was based on was like,
She looks just like this,
On the outside,
But what about the inside?
She can't, ,,
be as beautiful as you,
(alarm blaring)
(chuckles)
Good Morning,
Good morning,
Instant replay?
No,
I'm writing a program for the V, R, Chamber,
If I'm successful, we'll be able
to spend more time in there together,
Well, the V, R, Chamber's
a limited resource, powerwise,
It's probably a good thing
we don't have those other programs,
or we'd be using up way too much juice,
We use up the power, I'm dead,
But the time we spend together
will be so much more wonderful,
(holograms arriving)
Good morning,
What's up?
We thought we should talk with you, ,,
in private,
Only because we're concerned, aidan,
Am I missing something here, Is there a problem?
We're very fond of Emma, dear,
More than fond,
She's our caretaker, too, you know,
We depend on her,
We'd like to know what your intentions
are toward her,
(laughs)
My intentions?
Are you serious?
We all know only too well your pattern with women,
How abrupt you can be,
We don't want to see Emma get hurt,
So, just tell us,
Do you really care for her or not?
Go away,
After you answer the question,
No! Go away now,
Emma, end program,
Emma, ,,
the, um, others have noticed
you seem really happy,
I've never felt like this before,
You brought out something in me
I would have never been able to access on my own,
What is that?
The capacity to love,
And I do love you, aidan,
I know it, I can feel it, ,,
deep down in my bones,
You don't have any bones, Emma,
I'm sorry?
You don't have any bones,
No bones,
No blood, no veins, no arteries, no heart,
no soul, You're a computer program,
a holographic projection,
millions of commingled bits, nothing more,
Emma, you are not real,
I am real, ,,
and I love you,
Emma, you're not here to love me,
You're here to serve me,
You've been an excellent servant
these past 7 months,
I'd like the relationship
to continue on that basis,
On that basis only,
Please don't take this personally,
Aidan, how could you?
(sighs)
(doorbell rings)
(knock knock Knock)
Hello, Aidan,
Hello, Michelle,
It's been a long time,
Too long,
I've missed you,
(Michelle giggles)
Oh, god, My mother,
She used to call you mud boy,
I love your mother,
"Mud boy coming over tonight?"
she finally got used to you,
You did that sketch of her, remember?
Yeah,
That's what finally won her over,
You were my first artist,
Heh heh heh,
What is it?
Would you excuse me just one moment?
Of course, Don't go,
What are you two doing here?
We're conducting a study in contemporary debauchery,
What better subject can we find than our own son?
I don't understand it,
You actually prefer this girl over Emma?
"This girl" is none of your business,
And "This girl" doesn't run this whole place,
You make me sick,
Emma, ,,
and to make matters worse, you've had to go through
poor, brokenhearted Emma
to summon up this girl from the holobank,
How cruel you can be,
Emma, ,,
(holograms dissolve)
(Michelle laughs)
You always had a great laugh,
Come here,
Come here, you,
Emma, I want you here now!
(materializes)
So that's Michelle, your first love,
You do not dictate my reality,
You don't dictate what I do or who I'm with,
If I'm not real, she's not real, aidan,
Damn you, you don't tell me What's real,
She doesn't love you like I do,
No one could ever love you like I do,
All right, that's it, I've had it,
Welcome,
Aidan, what are you doing?
Computer: Would you like to choose
a new graphical user interface?
Yes,
Let's see, ,,
Gabrielle, ,,
or Stephanie, ,,
aidan, can't we talk about this?
We have nothing more to talk about,
Yes, we do, Please, just hear me out,
Ok, what?
(stop programming) What is it?
Tell me,
I'm pregnant,
Good-Bye, Emma,
Computer: New interface program running,
You're not gonna get rid of me that easily,
Come on, Come on, aidan, Buddy,
It's me, your best friend... Griff,
The Griffin,
You can talk to me,
We've always been able to talk about anything,
We got a good thing going here,
You've known a lot of women,
Can't you see Emma's the one you've been looking for?
Don't do this, aidan,
Buddy,
This isn't right,
You're gonna be a father, for crying out loud!
Emma?
Mom? Dad?
Perfect,
Michelle: Aah!
Michelle?
I don't understand,
I couldn't let her come between us, aidan,
Emma, listen to me,
All I wanted was for us to be together,
Emma, that's not possible,
You're not real,
None of you are real,
Look, ,,you see that?
You see? You see?
I'm flesh and blood, you're not,
I can't have a real relationship with any of you,
Which one of us isn't real?
Emma, Please,
Aidan, all I want is...
I know what you want,
It doesn't matter what you want,
Get it through that fuzzy-Logic brain once and for all,
I am not here to satisfy your needs and desires,
You're here to satisfy mine,
You selfish bastard,
Now I see why you created all this,
Oh, and you're gonna tell me why? Is that it, dad?
Yes, Because you wouldn't be able to control
Real flesh and blood people, would you?
You'd have to deal with their wants and desires,
You couldn't just delete them from the holobank
when you got bored with them!
What about the baby?
There is no baby!
There can't be a baby, Emma...
A child needs a father, aidan,
Will you stop it?! will you stop it, all of you!
You're doing this on purpose!
You're driving me crazy on purpose!
I hate you! I hate all of you!
We're sorry you feel that way,
Really,
Emma: Truly sorry,
Emma?
Emma!
Where are you?!
Emma?! Emma!
AIDAN: What do you think,
I'm just gonna sit by and let you do whatever you want?
Well, think again, buckos,
Bypass the holographic program altogether,
I can shut you down for good,
I don't need you, anyway,
You're not vital to my existence,
You're just here for my entertainment,
Hello,
And where do you go?
Think, aidan,
I know,
Damn it!
(music plays)
and what is this?
We have life,
Come to your senses, Emma?
Mommy? Daddy?
If this is some kind of Olive-Branch gesture,
you can forget it, It's too late,
(wind whooshes)
No, Emma! Don't open the Hatch!
No! No! No!
(chuckles)
Well done, Emma,
Just another hologram,
Lies, ,,
deceptions, ,,
illusion,
That's all you know, Emma,
That's all you are,
You're just delaying the inevitable,
"And he called the dry land earth,
and he saw that it was good,"
There, All done,
"And on the seventh day he rested,"
Emma,
Mom, Dad,
Griff,
Come out, come out, wherever you are,
Aww, ,,you can't come out, Can you?
You wanna know why?
You wanna know why you'll never come out and play again?
Because you're terminated,
I zapped you, I erased you,
I've taken you completely out of the loop,
Me, aidan Hunter, lord of the Manor,
king of this domain, the almighty!
And I say let there be light!
Soft VOICES: Aidan, Aidan,
Aidan, you've been acting strange lately,
Let there be, ,,
why are you trying to get rid of us?
You don't exist, Aidan?
You never really existed,
Aidan, Aidan,
Who's there?
Aidan, Aidan,
I don't understand why...
Stop that,
You're trying to get rid of us,
Stop, Stop it,
Aidan, Aidan,
We've always tried to help you,
Stop it! Aidan!
Stop that! Stop it!
Stop it!
(piano plays)
(voices chatter indistinctly)
(knife clinks on glass)
TREVOR: May I have everyone's attention, please?
Quiet, please,
Emma would like to make an announcement,
I'd like everyone to meet my new Baby,
(baby fusses)
We've decided to name her Monica,
(applause)
and I'd like to announce
that aidan has finally decided
to do the right thing, and he's asked me to marry him,
And what did you say?
I accepted, of course,
Control voice: Man and machine,
We are reaching the point where it is Harder to tell
which is which,
And to guess which one
will ultimately survive,
...