AMERICAN JUSTICE 445 JUNE 2010

THE INTERVIEW  PT. 2

PG 1 (ENTIRE PAGE IN GOLDEN AGE ART STYLE) 

[1].

FOREGROUND:  LONG:  TWO THUGS DUMP GREEN CHEMICALS OUT OF A BARREL, OFF A PIER, INTO A BAY.  BEHIND THEM HOVERS THE SHADOWY FIGURE OF DOC TERROR.

CAP A:  IN 1938 I ATTEMPTED TO POISON PERSONVILLE'S WATER SUPPLY.

[2].

LONG:  TOM JEFFERSON SHOOTING OUT THE WHEELS OF A TRUCK SPEEDING AWAY FROM HIM.

CAP A:  TOM JEFFERSON, THE DARING "DETECTIVE", INTERFERED.

[3].

LONG:  TRUCK; CRASHED, ON FIRE.  DOC TERROR MASK AND CLOAK JUST OUTSIDE OF FLAME BUT CLEARLY SCORCHED, LAYING IN FOREGROUND.

CAP A:  THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I DIED.

[4].

LONG:  SILHOUETTE OF DOC TERROR RUNNING AWAY DOWN A DARKENED ALLEY.  

CAP A:  BUT I FOUND DEATH A RATHER EASY THING TO ESCAPE FROM.

PG 2

[1].

MEDIUM ON RANDOLPH OLIVER RYAN; HEALTHY 70'S, LONG GRAY HAIR AND BEARD OBSCURE FACE. MOUTH IS CLEARLY OPEN IN SPEECH.  BARE CHESTED WITH SCARS AND BULLET WOUNDS. A SINGLE STREAM OF LIGHT ILLUMINATES HIM FROM ABOVE.  BACKGROUND:  BLACK

R:  IT WAS SHORTLY AFTER THAT I FOLLOWED THROUGH ON AN IDEA I HAPPENED UPON IN THE WORKS OF DOCTOR FREUD.  BUT ONCE AGAIN TOM JEFFERSON PROVED TO BE A CAPABLE ADVERSARY.

[2].

MEDIUM; R; SITING, LOOKING AT VEIWER, MOUTH OBSCURED BY BEARD. 

 

[3].

SAME AS PREVIOUS.

RANDOLPH:  TOM JEFFERSON.

[4].

(GOLDEN AGE STYLE) WIDE ON A T-SHIRTED TOM JEFFERSON; STANDING! AND BREAKING ROPES ACROSS HIS CHEST, A WOODEN CHAIR SPLINTERING BEHIND HIM.  BACKGROUND:  ACTION EXPLOSION LINES!

CAP A:  IT'S LITTLE WONDER THAT MAN BECAME PRESIDENT DURING THE SEVENTIES.  HE WAS AN OBSTINATE MAN.  A TRUE ADVENTURER.  I PUT ALL MY HOPES INTO NIXON.  I COULD'VE ACCOMPLISHED MUCH IF HE'D BEEN IN OFFICE.  BUT ONCE AGAIN TOM JEFFERSON THWARTED MY DESIGNS.  I WAS HAPPY WHEN HE WAS ASSASSINATED.  BUT NOW...

PG 3

[1].

MEDIUM ON R; LOOKING TO RIGHT OF PANEL.

[2].

MEDIUM ON RANDOLPH;  LOOKING TOWARD VEIWER.

R:  BUT I SUPPOSE BEING SHOT IN THE BACK IS SOMEWHAT SYMBOLIC.  IF HE'D SEEN IT COMING HE MIGHT'VE BEEN ABLE TO STOP IT.  

[3].

MEDIUM ON R.  LOOKING SLIGHTLY DOWN.

R:  WHAT A GIFT HE HAD.  THOUGH HE COULD BE A REAL JACKASS SOMETIMES.

[4].

MEDIUM ON R.  LOOKING UP INTO THE LIGHT.

R:  IS HIS KID STILL IN POLITICS?

PG 4.

[1].

MEDIUM ON R.  LOOKING UP INTO THE LIGHT.

[2].

SAME AS PREVIOUS.

[3].

SAME.

[4].

MEDIUM ON R.  LOOKING TOWARD VIEWER. THE GHOST OF SMILE FROM HIS BEARD.

R:  I SEE.

PG 5.

[1].

MEDIUM ON INTERIOR MONITORING CHAMBER.  INTERVIEWER 1 IN EXTREME FOREGROUND FILLING UP A MUG WITH COFFEE.  INTERVIEWER 2 IN BACKGROUND ADJUSTING DIODES ON MONITORS SURROUNDING HIM.  

INTERVIEWER 2:  NOW THAT STUFF JUST CREEPS ME OUT.

[2].

SAME AS PREVIOUS; 1 PUTS DOWN POT OF COFFEE.  2 ADJUSTS DIFFERENT DIODES.

1:  WHAT'S THAT?

2:  HOW CALM HE IS ABOUT BEING TOTALLY CRAZY.

[3].

MEDIUM; 1 WALKS TO HIS EMPTY SEAT NEXT TO 2.  2 LOOKS UP TOWARDS HIM.  

1:  DIDN'T I TELL YOU.

2:  STILL I THOUGHT IT WOULD SHOW MORE.  HE SEEMS ALMOST...NORMAL.

[4].

MEDIUM; 1 SITS.  2 LOOKS OVER AT 1.

1:  DON'T LET THAT FOOL YOU.  HE'S A MASTERMIND.  AND A PSYCHOLOGIST.

[5].

MEDIUM; 1 KONKING HIS HELMET.  2 LOOKS ON.

1:  WITHOUT THESE THEY WOULDN'T EVEN LET US LISTEN TO HIM.  

2:  I HEARD THAT BEFORE THEY PUT HIM IN D.L.D.* HIS MOUTH  WAS TAPED SHUT AND HE WAS FED BY I.V FOR FIVE YEARS.  

CAP A:  *DEEP LOCK DOWN-YER EDITORS.

[6].

MEDIUM;  1 DRINKING FROM HIS MUG.  2 ADJUSTING HIS HELMET. 

1:  THEY SAY HE USED TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS HYPNOTIC THING WITH HIS VOICE.  SUPPOSEDLY NOT ANY MORE, BUT THEY AREN'T TAKING ANY CHANCES.

2:  GLAD TO HEAR THAT.

[7].

MEDIUM; 1 CHECKING HIS MONITORS.  2 DOING THE SAME.  

[8].

MEDIUM; 1 LOOKING TOWARD 2.  2 ADJUSTING DIODES.

2:  SO DID YOU CATCH LAST NIGHT'S DEXTER? 

[9].

MEDIUM; 1 TURNING DIODES. 2 DOING THE SAME.

1:  NO.  I WAS READING.

PG 6

[1].

LONG ON R, ILLUMINATED FROM ABOVE.  

CAP A:  REALLY?  YOU DON'T LIKE TELEVISION?

CAP B:  T.V'S FINE.  I JUST PREFER TO READ.

[2].

CLOSER ON R, STILL FULL FIGURE, DETAILS OF BODY SCARS CAN BE SEEN.

CAP A:  WHAT WERE YOU READING?

CAP B:  A BOOK.

[3].

MEDIUM ON R. SCRATCHING HIS CHEST WOUND.

CAP A:  WHAT BOOK, SMART-ASS?

CAP B:  THE INVISIBLE MAN, BY H.G. WELLS.

{4}.

MEDIUM ON R. FACING VIEWER. JUST SITTING.

CAP A:  I SEE.

CAP B:  WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN.

[5].

SAME AS PREVIOUS.

CAP A:  NOTHING.  NOTHING.   I GUESS YOU DON'T LIKE SCARY THINGS.

CAP B: HAVE YOU EVER READ THE INVISIBLE MAN?

[6].

SAME.

CAP A:  HAVE YOU EVER SEEN DEXTER?

[7].

SAME.

[8].

MEDIUM ON R, LEANING IN TOWARD VEIWER.

R:  I CAN TELL YOU A SCARY STORY, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO HEAR IT?

CAP A:  TO BE CONTINUED...