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FS Film presents
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A film by
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dedicated to our beloved
composer and musician
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Arjen Anthony Lucassen
AYREON
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THE ELECTRIC CASTLE
A Star Trek Fan Production
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Ship's log, U.S.S. Greenwich
stardate 57892.01,
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Captain Arjen Lumen. Earth is under
another devastating Borg offensive.
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The so far logical cybernetic
collective changed its tactic.
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Instead of subduing Humankind they
want to wipe it out completely.
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And they're close!
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Secret Service sent
my ship to planet Gateway
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on one last desperate mission.
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Because, as they say: he who can't
move ahead, must go back.
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I still don't like it, Malkia. Time travel
isn't forbidden for nothing.
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And rewriting Earth's entire history?
You know what happened here the last time.
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Yes, Kirk's meeting with the
Guardian of Forever is in textbooks.
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But we don't want to hold mankind
back. To the contrary.
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I know. Well...
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...how is it going to go down?
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Two specialists will jump to the beginning
of the 1970s through the Guardian.
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It's a key era,
dawn of the cosmic age.
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- The Apollo program. First space stations.
- Exactly.
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And we have to arrange for everything
to progress much quicker since then.
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Science, technology,
weapons, medicine.
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And in four hundred years,
that is, in our time
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when we face the Borg,
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we'll be more than ready.
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Can we do it?
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Yes.
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I made the time variation calculations
and there's only one method:
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computer revolution. It will directly
impact all professions on Earth.
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Excellent... do you know
the names yet?
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They are, I hope, volunteers?
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Of course.
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Living the rest of their lives in the
past and leading civilization into a
new era isn't only a sacrifice,
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but also a challenge.
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Accepted by the best of my team.
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They're waiting outside.
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Let them come in.
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You may enter, Gentlemen.
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Lieutenants Steven Jobs and William Gates
from the Department of Computer History.
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At ease.
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Your goal is far from easy, Gentlemen.
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As far as we know, this is
the first attempt ever.
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Thank you, in advance, for your...
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...service.
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You're saving Humankind in its entirety!
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Don't worry, Captain. We know our duty.
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Everything's ready. Give us twenty years
and our history will be unrecognizable
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- Guaranteed!
- Caution!
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Don't interfere more than you must.
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Pick up the necessary equipment
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and have Medical surgically alter
you to fit in and look younger.
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Remember: it must look like you're just
two enthusiasts starting from scratch.
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Yes, Madam.
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Excellent. You may go.
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And... good luck!
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- I'll best you anyway!
- We'll see about that!
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Are they gonna make it?
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Absolutely.
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And don't give me that look.
We're doing the right thing!
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What a shame!
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Our last mission.
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In my mind we were already home
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somewhere warm.
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We'll get there.
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You've always been an optimist.
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I'm sorry. I guess it couldn't
be any other way.
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My wife of five years and First
Officer at the same time.
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How could you stand it?
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It was fun! And will be yet.
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Who knows what the new reality brings?
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Lieutenants Jobs and Gates
are on the surface, Sir.
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Talking to the Guardian of Forever now.
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Let's hope the portal cooperates.
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So far it always sent everyone
where they wanted to go.
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Time vortex is opening.
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They're going in.
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It's done, Captain. They're gone.
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So they're in 1970?
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We have no way to find out.
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But we'll know soon how they managed.
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The historical database
should rewrite itself.
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And that's before we return to Earth!
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Wait... what about us?
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The planet's orbit should protect
us from the changes.
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We're not sure how the Guardian does it
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but it's like an anchor in time's flow.
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... Sir?
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I lost contact with
the Fleet headquarters.
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I can't register anything...
on any frequency.
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All ships
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and stations
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are gone!
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What?!
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I thought that mankind
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and the entire Federation with it
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was supposed to be
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mightier than ever before!
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Perhaps they are.
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Maybe we have a different
form now and
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a fleet of energetic beings
is flying in to hail us.
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Hmm, and they'll take us to a zoo
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or a museum.
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Quiet, please!
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Malkia
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historical database.
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Oh, no!
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What happened?
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Earth... what's the status?
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It's horrible.
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Our
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specialists didn't succeed?
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Oh yes, they did. Way too much.
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Too much? How?
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Jobs and Gates fulfilled their
mission flawlessly.
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But there has been no other progress.
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Why?
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Humans became a
computerized society.
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Revolution in computer
technologies got out of hand
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and deterred everyone from space travels.
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Nobody went farther than Apollo.
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Oh, damn.
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That's not all.
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Humans completely turned
their desires inwards
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towards the comforts of
internet and easier life.
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The computations are clear.
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IQ, common sense
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and personal knowledge depth
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deteriorated generation to generation.
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By the beginning of 21st century virtually
no one was able to read
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a paper book or write by hand.
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Let alone build starships.
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Humans willingly relinguished their
power to artificially intelligent machines
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and now those rule the
planet with an iron fist.
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Earth became a cautionary tale.
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Other species call it
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Electric Castle.
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Nobody visits.
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We wanted Humans to avoid the Borg.
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Instead we turned them
into something similar.
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Cruel, but accurate, Lieutenant.
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No! I won't leave Earth like this!
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We have to go back!
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Reverse it!
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That's not possible, Arjen.
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Time doesn't work like that.
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And even if so, we'd be
right where we started:
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facing extinction by the Borg collective.
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All that's left is seeing the rest
of the original plan through
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Which means...
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I know.
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Staying...
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in the past.
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Let's start with the preparations.
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Malkia
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let's go.
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Lieutenant Kiske, you have the conn.
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Possibly for good.
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Yes, Sir.
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May I ask, what exactly
do you plan to do?
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Ruin
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the Electric Castle!
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So... done?
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Yes, I planned it myself.
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This time the plan succeeds,
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we'll see to it ourselves.
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And I found us a beautiful place to live in
the 20th century:
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Praetoria, South Afrika.
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It looks pleasant
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after all
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we wanted to settle down.
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But I didn't think it would be this way.
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Just...
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what if we only make it worse?
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No way. We'll poke Humankind forward much
slower. Discreetly.
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Inching like that could take pretty long.
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It will. We won't see the results until
decades later.
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In the next generation.
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Next... generation?
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Yes.
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And thankfully...
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I'm certain now there will be one.
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Malkia! That's amazing!
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My love... but now... that you know
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... do you still want to go?
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Definitely.
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I don't want our son to only
know the walls of this ship
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or became a servant of machines in the
electric castle of this version of Earth.
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Future is much better for him.
He will carry our legacy on.
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We're expecting a son?!
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It is so.
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Listen, what does the name
'Elon' sound like to you?
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Elon? Why not?
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Will it fit into the second
half of 20th century?
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Of course.
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I created new
identities for us, look.
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Errol and Maya Musk.
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Sounds nice.
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So... let's go?
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The past
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the future
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whatever we call it
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is waiting.
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Yes. I...
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we... are ready.
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I have no doubts.
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Elon Musk.
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I think he'll achieve...
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greatness.
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Screenplay by
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Production
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Co-Production
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Cast
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Photography
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Editing &
Post-production
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3D VFX
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Make-up
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Soundmaster
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Cast
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Crew
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Film set
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Thanks
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Special thanks to our Patrons
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Filmed in the fan-built film set in the
town of Běrunice, Czech Republic
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Subtitles: Vladimír Novotný, FSFilm
Translation: Linda Chudomelová, FSFilm
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