1 00:03:11,692 --> 00:03:13,169 eXistenZ. 2 00:03:13,370 --> 00:03:14,454 Written like this. 3 00:03:14,646 --> 00:03:15,452 One word. 4 00:03:16,094 --> 00:03:18,214 Small "e." Capital "X.' 5 00:03:19,490 --> 00:03:20,727 Capital "Z." 6 00:03:21,494 --> 00:03:22,847 eXistenZ. 7 00:03:23,086 --> 00:03:26,012 It's new. It's from Antenna Research. 8 00:03:26,213 --> 00:03:27,335 And it's here. 9 00:03:27,690 --> 00:03:29,014 Right now. 10 00:03:29,973 --> 00:03:32,812 We encourage consumer loyalty, and we want you to help... 11 00:03:33,052 --> 00:03:36,495 ...with our product testing. We're a team. Antenna and you. 12 00:03:37,368 --> 00:03:39,852 Those of you who've come to our seminars before... 13 00:03:40,092 --> 00:03:43,449 ...will know that I normally lead the groups through our new games. 14 00:03:43,689 --> 00:03:45,252 But tonight it won't be me. 15 00:03:45,492 --> 00:03:46,815 No. 16 00:03:47,890 --> 00:03:50,853 For our test launch of eXistenZ, by Antenna... 17 00:03:51,093 --> 00:03:53,817 ...we've brought you a seminar leader who's special. 18 00:03:55,975 --> 00:03:56,896 Yes, it is. 19 00:03:57,893 --> 00:04:00,857 The world's greatest game designer is here... 20 00:04:01,097 --> 00:04:04,252 ...in person, to lead you, our first test enclave... 21 00:04:04,454 --> 00:04:08,453 ...through her newest creation, eXistenZ, by Antenna. 22 00:04:08,655 --> 00:04:11,772 I give you the game-pod goddess herself... 23 00:04:11,973 --> 00:04:13,613 ...Allegra Geller. 24 00:04:28,499 --> 00:04:29,813 Allegra! Allegra! 25 00:04:38,781 --> 00:04:41,457 The world of games is in a kind of a trance. 26 00:04:42,454 --> 00:04:46,579 People are programmed to accept so little. 27 00:04:47,663 --> 00:04:51,816 But the possibilities are so great. 28 00:04:53,897 --> 00:04:57,820 eXistenZ is not just a game. 29 00:05:00,697 --> 00:05:02,539 It's an entirely new game system. 30 00:05:03,977 --> 00:05:04,860 And... 31 00:05:07,056 --> 00:05:09,464 ...it involves a whole lot of new toys... 32 00:05:09,703 --> 00:05:12,418 ...which you're gonna be the first to try out. 33 00:05:24,100 --> 00:05:27,265 We have 12 prototype MetaFlesh Game-Pods. 34 00:05:27,466 --> 00:05:32,061 That means that for our first-wave test enclave, we need 12 volunteers... 35 00:05:32,262 --> 00:05:36,386 ...who will port into these slave units with the game-pod goddess herself. 36 00:05:37,787 --> 00:05:39,024 Hold it. 37 00:05:39,225 --> 00:05:40,184 Not so fast. 38 00:05:40,386 --> 00:05:41,623 Right. 39 00:05:44,184 --> 00:05:45,863 Did I miss the port-in? 40 00:05:46,102 --> 00:05:48,586 Just the first wave. You can be part of the second. 41 00:05:48,788 --> 00:05:51,262 You and the guy at the back. 42 00:05:51,464 --> 00:05:55,109 You, sir. This lady here. Just come up. Thank you. 43 00:05:55,905 --> 00:05:57,583 Noel Dichter? 44 00:05:57,948 --> 00:05:58,744 Yes. 45 00:05:59,703 --> 00:06:01,026 I have to scan you. 46 00:06:01,468 --> 00:06:02,264 Weapons check? 47 00:06:03,309 --> 00:06:07,424 More for recording devices. Lot of money invested in these games, Noel. 48 00:06:07,664 --> 00:06:11,270 Assistants will help you to port your pod into your bio-ports... 49 00:06:11,510 --> 00:06:13,303 ...using Antenna Research's new.... 50 00:06:13,984 --> 00:06:15,145 What's in this case? 51 00:06:15,346 --> 00:06:16,823 I brought my game-pod. 52 00:06:17,025 --> 00:06:21,667 Original Marway tissue architecture. I know it's kind of obsolete. 53 00:06:21,868 --> 00:06:25,264 I couldn't afford the Antenna 15 upgrade. I figured out this method-- 54 00:06:25,465 --> 00:06:27,028 You won't need it tonight. 55 00:06:28,304 --> 00:06:29,628 Everything's provided for. 56 00:06:39,593 --> 00:06:40,667 How are you doing? 57 00:06:40,907 --> 00:06:42,269 You think two hours, tops? 58 00:06:42,509 --> 00:06:44,149 Well, two, three hours. 59 00:06:44,993 --> 00:06:46,633 So you're saying three hours? 60 00:06:47,314 --> 00:06:48,110 Okay. 61 00:06:50,067 --> 00:06:52,512 Everything's in order. Are you ready, Allegra? 62 00:06:52,714 --> 00:06:54,594 Sure. This is my favourite part. 63 00:06:54,795 --> 00:06:56,234 Take it away. 64 00:07:03,667 --> 00:07:05,029 All right. 65 00:07:05,432 --> 00:07:09,355 I'm ready to download eXistenZ, by Antenna Research, into all of you. 66 00:07:10,515 --> 00:07:15,196 Now, I'm warning you, it's going to be a wild ride. 67 00:07:15,397 --> 00:07:17,229 But don't panic. 68 00:07:17,431 --> 00:07:19,637 No matter what happens, okay? 69 00:07:20,989 --> 00:07:23,838 I'll see you back here in no time at all. 70 00:07:55,441 --> 00:07:57,992 She seems to be very shy. 71 00:07:58,194 --> 00:08:02,280 Never occurred to me that a big star would be shy. 72 00:08:02,481 --> 00:08:06,193 She spends most of her time alone in a room, designing her games. 73 00:08:06,394 --> 00:08:09,118 She'd like it best if she never had to show them. 74 00:08:44,884 --> 00:08:47,320 Death to the demoness Allegra Geller! 75 00:08:53,238 --> 00:08:55,799 Death to Antenna Research! 76 00:09:15,001 --> 00:09:16,881 Get her out of here. Save her! 77 00:09:17,082 --> 00:09:19,087 There might be more of them. Go on! 78 00:09:19,288 --> 00:09:22,002 -Me? Take her? -We have enemies in our own house. 79 00:09:22,204 --> 00:09:25,244 Trust no one. Trust no one! 80 00:09:40,130 --> 00:09:43,046 Miss Geller, you're coming with me. 81 00:09:45,328 --> 00:09:49,366 I'm responsible for you. You're supposed to come with me. 82 00:10:23,847 --> 00:10:25,852 Well, what are we gonna do out here? 83 00:10:27,415 --> 00:10:30,456 Do you know your way around? Do you know any country people? 84 00:10:30,935 --> 00:10:34,254 Not country people. Games people. 85 00:10:35,088 --> 00:10:39,692 Countryside's full of games-development people, project coordinators... 86 00:10:39,893 --> 00:10:41,131 ...little factories. 87 00:10:41,812 --> 00:10:44,334 So you know your way. We can hide out. 88 00:10:44,929 --> 00:10:45,734 Maybe. 89 00:10:46,415 --> 00:10:49,849 It seems like I have some enemies I didn't know I had. 90 00:10:50,252 --> 00:10:52,017 ' Death to Allegra Geller.' 91 00:10:52,736 --> 00:10:54,491 How would you like to hear someone scream... 92 00:10:54,693 --> 00:10:56,851 ...' Death to Ted PikuI'? 93 00:11:00,131 --> 00:11:01,330 How'd you know my name? 94 00:11:02,049 --> 00:11:03,450 You're labelled. 95 00:11:17,299 --> 00:11:18,096 What's that? 96 00:11:20,733 --> 00:11:21,779 My pink-fone. 97 00:11:25,817 --> 00:11:26,613 Ted Pikul. 98 00:11:28,099 --> 00:11:28,895 What hap-- 99 00:11:29,097 --> 00:11:29,893 What? 100 00:11:33,058 --> 00:11:34,334 What did you do that for? 101 00:11:35,293 --> 00:11:38,419 -That was our lifeline to civilization. -That was a range-finder. 102 00:11:38,621 --> 00:11:41,134 As long as you have that, they know where we are. 103 00:11:41,613 --> 00:11:43,417 -You mean head office? -Anybody. 104 00:11:49,296 --> 00:11:52,058 Pikul, why don't you have a gun? 105 00:11:52,902 --> 00:11:53,823 What? 106 00:11:54,015 --> 00:11:55,099 You're not armed. 107 00:11:55,540 --> 00:11:58,379 They told me you're my security, but you have no weaponry. 108 00:11:58,695 --> 00:12:00,662 Who told you that? 109 00:12:00,863 --> 00:12:02,379 I'm a marketing trainee. 110 00:12:06,263 --> 00:12:07,663 Fucking hell. 111 00:12:08,939 --> 00:12:13,418 I'm marked for death, and they send me on the road with a PR nerd. 112 00:12:14,818 --> 00:12:16,459 " Marked for death." 113 00:12:17,619 --> 00:12:19,624 " Marked for death." Oh, Jesus. 114 00:12:21,465 --> 00:12:23,499 Don't sweat it, Pikul. 115 00:12:23,700 --> 00:12:25,705 Don't sweat it. I'm gonna handle it. 116 00:12:25,906 --> 00:12:28,985 And right now we need to stop. 117 00:12:30,021 --> 00:12:31,104 We do? Why? 118 00:12:31,939 --> 00:12:35,421 So we can have an intimate moment together. 119 00:12:50,460 --> 00:12:52,464 If you're gonna do it, do it. 120 00:13:14,908 --> 00:13:16,145 Did somebody bite you? 121 00:13:16,865 --> 00:13:17,670 What? 122 00:13:21,545 --> 00:13:23,463 What I just dug out of you. 123 00:13:25,228 --> 00:13:26,024 It's a tooth. 124 00:13:29,151 --> 00:13:30,072 A human... 125 00:13:30,906 --> 00:13:32,105 ...tooth. 126 00:13:36,949 --> 00:13:39,068 Let me see that weirdo pistol. 127 00:13:53,753 --> 00:13:56,870 The bullets are human teeth. 128 00:13:57,791 --> 00:13:59,671 This one's got a cavity. 129 00:14:01,915 --> 00:14:06,471 That thing was designed to get past any kind of metal or synthetics detector. 130 00:14:06,672 --> 00:14:07,909 It's all flesh and bone. 131 00:14:08,149 --> 00:14:12,312 I suppose the smaller calibre pistols would have to fire baby teeth. 132 00:14:12,513 --> 00:14:15,554 The tooth fairy could go into the arms business. 133 00:15:12,958 --> 00:15:14,598 Where were you just now? 134 00:15:15,634 --> 00:15:18,636 I was wandering through eXistenZ. 135 00:15:18,837 --> 00:15:20,880 The new system, I mean. 136 00:15:22,559 --> 00:15:24,477 I like it in there. 137 00:15:25,839 --> 00:15:29,081 Of course, without another player you're only a tourist. 138 00:15:30,356 --> 00:15:32,083 It's frustrating. 139 00:15:33,358 --> 00:15:35,401 Why won't you let me contact Antenna? 140 00:15:38,682 --> 00:15:42,077 They've gotta be going crazy wondering what's happened to you. 141 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:46,844 I mean, it's not like we've done something wrong. 142 00:15:47,362 --> 00:15:51,045 We just ran because we didn't know how many of them there were, right? 143 00:15:55,840 --> 00:15:59,082 We owe it to Antenna to let them know you're all right... 144 00:16:01,125 --> 00:16:03,839 ...and to get them to send somebody to help you... 145 00:16:04,041 --> 00:16:05,480 ...who knows what he's doing. 146 00:16:06,161 --> 00:16:08,885 Besides, I can't.... 147 00:16:09,086 --> 00:16:12,644 I can't just keep doing this, whatever it is... 148 00:16:12,846 --> 00:16:14,121 ...you know, forever. 149 00:16:14,965 --> 00:16:18,246 Not having any idea when it's going-- 150 00:16:21,085 --> 00:16:22,284 What are you doing? 151 00:16:22,763 --> 00:16:24,125 Where's your bio-port? 152 00:16:25,967 --> 00:16:28,048 Don't tell me you've never been fitted. 153 00:16:28,767 --> 00:16:30,129 I can't believe it. 154 00:16:30,321 --> 00:16:32,402 I was never fitted. What do you care? 155 00:16:32,604 --> 00:16:35,884 You wanna get into the biz, and you've never played my games? 156 00:16:40,641 --> 00:16:43,049 You've never played any game? 157 00:16:45,447 --> 00:16:46,367 Look. 158 00:16:48,564 --> 00:16:51,086 I've been dying to play your games... 159 00:16:52,525 --> 00:16:56,486 ...but I have this phobia about having my body penetrated... 160 00:16:56,688 --> 00:16:58,165 ...surgically. 161 00:16:59,172 --> 00:17:00,889 You know what I mean. 162 00:17:02,366 --> 00:17:04,092 No, I'm not sure that I do. 163 00:17:04,332 --> 00:17:06,893 Getting a bio-port fitted. 164 00:17:08,446 --> 00:17:10,844 I don't know. I can't do it. 165 00:17:11,564 --> 00:17:13,933 It's too freaky. Makes my skin crawl. 166 00:17:14,172 --> 00:17:17,251 They just pop your spine with a little hydro-gun. 167 00:17:17,453 --> 00:17:19,131 They shoot the port plug into it. 168 00:17:20,090 --> 00:17:21,893 It's like getting your ears pierced. 169 00:17:22,085 --> 00:17:25,605 With only an infinitesimal chance of permanent spinal paralysis. 170 00:17:25,845 --> 00:17:29,212 -I've read all about it. -It's your chosen profession. 171 00:17:31,648 --> 00:17:33,566 Besides, once you're ported... 172 00:17:34,535 --> 00:17:36,808 ...there's no end to the games you can play. 173 00:17:37,489 --> 00:17:40,366 You can't seriously wanna play games now. 174 00:17:40,769 --> 00:17:44,088 Not here. Not while we're being hunted down by crazy people. 175 00:17:51,770 --> 00:17:55,655 My baby here took a huge hit in the church, Pikul. 176 00:17:55,856 --> 00:17:58,657 One of those UmbyCords got ripped out of her. 177 00:17:58,849 --> 00:18:00,489 Ripped out of her. 178 00:18:00,930 --> 00:18:05,697 Just as the game architecture was being downloaded from her to the slave pods. 179 00:18:07,097 --> 00:18:09,696 That's a very vulnerable time for her. 180 00:18:11,538 --> 00:18:15,250 She could be crying out for help right here... 181 00:18:15,451 --> 00:18:16,938 ...right now. 182 00:18:18,338 --> 00:18:21,177 The only way I can tell... 183 00:18:21,379 --> 00:18:23,700 ...if the game's not been contaminated... 184 00:18:24,333 --> 00:18:29,100 ...the pod is not about to be crippled for life because of my negligence... 185 00:18:31,737 --> 00:18:34,298 ...is to play eXistenZ... 186 00:18:35,133 --> 00:18:37,300 ...with somebody friendly. 187 00:18:39,938 --> 00:18:41,693 Are you friendly? 188 00:18:42,652 --> 00:18:44,494 Or are you not? 189 00:18:48,896 --> 00:18:49,702 Sure. 190 00:18:53,174 --> 00:18:54,497 Let's do it. 191 00:18:55,975 --> 00:18:57,135 Let's do it now. 192 00:18:59,140 --> 00:19:00,137 Let me see. 193 00:19:00,339 --> 00:19:02,660 To get an illegal... 194 00:19:02,861 --> 00:19:05,537 ...unregistered bio-port installed... 195 00:19:05,738 --> 00:19:08,501 ...at about midnight... 196 00:19:09,182 --> 00:19:12,424 ...we just drive up to your local country gas station, right? 197 00:19:24,739 --> 00:19:27,060 Anything else I can do for you? 198 00:19:27,261 --> 00:19:28,384 Well, Gas... 199 00:19:28,901 --> 00:19:31,625 ...you could check your bio-port plugs. 200 00:19:32,182 --> 00:19:34,100 The what? Spark plugs? 201 00:19:34,541 --> 00:19:35,740 You heard me. 202 00:19:35,980 --> 00:19:39,107 My friend here has a bio-port problem. 203 00:19:39,586 --> 00:19:41,341 A bio-port. Now... 204 00:19:42,502 --> 00:19:45,907 ...that's a sort of hole in your spine, isn't it? 205 00:19:47,182 --> 00:19:50,300 Lots of assholes around here, but that's generally it. 206 00:19:53,781 --> 00:19:56,745 I don't know why you'd be talking to me about that, lady. 207 00:19:58,587 --> 00:20:00,303 Sure you do. 208 00:20:21,663 --> 00:20:23,303 Allegra Geller. 209 00:20:23,783 --> 00:20:25,903 You've changed my life. 210 00:20:29,106 --> 00:20:30,669 What was your life like before? 211 00:20:31,389 --> 00:20:32,549 Before? 212 00:20:33,988 --> 00:20:36,031 Before it was changed by Allegra Geller. 213 00:20:36,990 --> 00:20:38,908 I operated a gas station. 214 00:20:40,750 --> 00:20:42,467 You still operate a gas station. 215 00:20:43,387 --> 00:20:46,744 Only on the most pathetic level of reality. 216 00:20:47,588 --> 00:20:49,910 Geller's work liberated me. 217 00:20:50,466 --> 00:20:51,348 Liberated? 218 00:20:51,905 --> 00:20:53,746 Did you ever play her game ArtGod? 219 00:20:53,947 --> 00:20:56,067 One word. Capital "A." Capital "G." 220 00:20:56,269 --> 00:20:57,669 I don't have a bio-port. 221 00:20:59,347 --> 00:21:03,827 "Thou, the player of the game, art God." Very spiritual. 222 00:21:04,354 --> 00:21:05,908 Funny too. 223 00:21:07,270 --> 00:21:10,473 God, the artist, the mechanic. 224 00:21:10,675 --> 00:21:11,509 Funny. 225 00:21:16,756 --> 00:21:17,552 Here we go. 226 00:21:25,388 --> 00:21:27,028 Those are sterilized... 227 00:21:27,229 --> 00:21:28,275 ...aren't they? 228 00:21:28,476 --> 00:21:29,512 Not to worry. 229 00:21:29,713 --> 00:21:33,157 You could fire in a bio-port in a slaughterhouse... 230 00:21:33,396 --> 00:21:35,957 ...and never generate an infection. 231 00:21:36,197 --> 00:21:38,192 Then why the clean overalls? 232 00:21:41,597 --> 00:21:42,758 It's a mental thing. 233 00:21:42,997 --> 00:21:44,791 Helps me focus. 234 00:21:44,992 --> 00:21:49,558 The one thing you don't wanna do is miss with the stud-finder. 235 00:21:51,754 --> 00:21:52,550 Oh, God. 236 00:21:52,752 --> 00:21:53,557 God? 237 00:21:54,478 --> 00:21:55,715 The mechanic. 238 00:21:57,998 --> 00:21:59,955 Step into my office. 239 00:23:28,204 --> 00:23:30,564 See? That didn't hurt, did it? 240 00:23:30,765 --> 00:23:32,607 I didn't expect that to hurt. 241 00:23:34,007 --> 00:23:35,647 I expect the next part to hurt. 242 00:23:42,083 --> 00:23:43,685 That's what I expect to hurt. 243 00:23:44,126 --> 00:23:46,121 I haven't crippled anyone yet. 244 00:23:47,406 --> 00:23:48,643 How many have you done? 245 00:23:48,845 --> 00:23:49,766 Three. 246 00:23:51,089 --> 00:23:53,765 Well, you'll be my third. 247 00:24:18,367 --> 00:24:19,364 Easy. 248 00:24:20,889 --> 00:24:22,884 -What was going on, Gas? -Hell... 249 00:24:23,086 --> 00:24:25,973 ...he's acting like I'm attacking him. 250 00:24:26,165 --> 00:24:28,332 People usually pay me to do this. 251 00:24:28,572 --> 00:24:30,327 Yeah? All two of them! 252 00:24:31,526 --> 00:24:32,811 As you can see... 253 00:24:33,013 --> 00:24:35,449 ...I've decided not to have a bio-port installed. 254 00:24:48,215 --> 00:24:50,095 This is it, you see. 255 00:24:50,287 --> 00:24:52,569 This is the cage of your own making... 256 00:24:52,771 --> 00:24:57,528 ...which keeps you trapped and pacing about in the smallest space forever. 257 00:24:58,737 --> 00:25:01,134 Break out of your cage, Pikul. 258 00:25:02,496 --> 00:25:04,137 Break out now. 259 00:25:16,212 --> 00:25:18,255 The swelling doesn't last for long. 260 00:25:18,495 --> 00:25:20,538 Tomorrow you won't even notice it. 261 00:25:22,619 --> 00:25:23,933 I love it. 262 00:25:24,815 --> 00:25:26,139 Great. 263 00:25:30,733 --> 00:25:33,534 What's going on? I can't move my legs! 264 00:25:33,735 --> 00:25:34,973 The procedure comes... 265 00:25:35,174 --> 00:25:36,651 ...with its own epidural. 266 00:25:36,900 --> 00:25:39,337 Just like when you have a baby. 267 00:25:39,538 --> 00:25:42,578 Kind of instant paralysis from the waist down. 268 00:25:42,780 --> 00:25:44,813 That's why it didn't hurt you. 269 00:25:45,015 --> 00:25:46,655 It'll wear off in no time. 270 00:25:48,180 --> 00:25:50,539 I'm gonna go wash up. 271 00:25:50,817 --> 00:25:54,059 You two make yourselves at home. 272 00:26:05,780 --> 00:26:08,734 We don't have to wait for the swelling to go down. 273 00:26:15,582 --> 00:26:18,220 You're gonna port into me while I'm paralyzed? 274 00:26:20,176 --> 00:26:22,344 You wanted to play my game, didn't you? 275 00:26:23,178 --> 00:26:25,461 Yeah, I did. I do, but-- 276 00:26:26,017 --> 00:26:27,542 Here? Now? 277 00:26:27,744 --> 00:26:29,940 It's an instant-on world, isn't it? 278 00:26:31,619 --> 00:26:33,144 What's that for? 279 00:26:33,345 --> 00:26:35,100 Feels... 280 00:26:35,302 --> 00:26:36,098 ...cold. 281 00:26:37,421 --> 00:26:40,184 New ports are sometimes a bit tight. 282 00:26:41,383 --> 00:26:42,946 Wouldn't wanna hurt you. 283 00:26:45,545 --> 00:26:46,946 How come... 284 00:26:47,818 --> 00:26:50,782 ...bio-ports don't get infected? 285 00:26:51,022 --> 00:26:52,346 I mean... 286 00:26:54,427 --> 00:26:56,940 ...they open right into your body. 287 00:26:59,539 --> 00:27:03,740 Listen to what you're saying, Pikul. Don't be ludicrous. 288 00:27:15,221 --> 00:27:17,906 Don't you think you could call me Ted? 289 00:27:18,741 --> 00:27:20,745 Maybe afterwards. 290 00:27:50,632 --> 00:27:52,147 Shit! 291 00:27:52,550 --> 00:27:53,346 Pikul! 292 00:27:54,190 --> 00:27:55,504 I can't believe it. 293 00:27:55,706 --> 00:27:56,550 You blew my pod! 294 00:27:57,912 --> 00:27:59,149 You neural-surged. 295 00:27:59,389 --> 00:28:00,185 What do you mean? 296 00:28:00,386 --> 00:28:02,746 I jacked you into my pod and you panicked. 297 00:28:03,590 --> 00:28:04,789 It's totally fucked! 298 00:28:05,431 --> 00:28:07,148 This is a disaster. 299 00:28:08,107 --> 00:28:10,553 I was nervous, but I didn't panic. 300 00:28:11,627 --> 00:28:16,193 I was forced to trust you, and you panicked and you neural-surged... 301 00:28:16,394 --> 00:28:17,708 ...and you blew my pod. 302 00:28:18,907 --> 00:28:20,394 You can get a new pod. 303 00:28:21,708 --> 00:28:22,513 Pikul. 304 00:28:24,029 --> 00:28:25,995 In this pod... 305 00:28:26,235 --> 00:28:30,388 ...is the only, the original version of eXistenZ. 306 00:28:30,589 --> 00:28:34,196 An entire game system that cost 38 million to develop. 307 00:28:34,397 --> 00:28:36,756 Not including prerelease marketing costs. 308 00:28:36,948 --> 00:28:39,912 And I'm locked outside my own game. 309 00:28:40,113 --> 00:28:42,636 I can't get me in or it out. 310 00:28:43,710 --> 00:28:47,834 Are you serious? That's the only version that exists? 311 00:28:48,429 --> 00:28:50,913 It's the only one and it's stuck inside... 312 00:28:51,393 --> 00:28:53,551 ...and it's your fault. 313 00:28:57,838 --> 00:29:02,557 I've devoted five of my most passionate years to this strange little creature. 314 00:29:05,358 --> 00:29:07,554 And I've never regretted it, Pikul. 315 00:29:09,031 --> 00:29:12,801 I knew it was the only thing that could give my life any meaning. 316 00:29:16,119 --> 00:29:17,874 Why is it my fault? 317 00:29:18,833 --> 00:29:20,598 I'm telling you, I didn't. 318 00:29:20,838 --> 00:29:22,238 I did not neural-surge. 319 00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:23,399 I didn't. 320 00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:25,519 I didn't feel any surging. 321 00:29:26,315 --> 00:29:27,437 It's not your fault. 322 00:29:29,595 --> 00:29:31,158 It's my fault. 323 00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:34,918 Oh, no, Gas. Not you. 324 00:29:35,561 --> 00:29:38,400 I wouldn't try to use that bio-port again. 325 00:29:38,639 --> 00:29:41,555 Except maybe for a toaster or something. 326 00:29:43,761 --> 00:29:45,075 What's going on? 327 00:29:46,322 --> 00:29:50,082 You're worth a lot of money if you're dead. 328 00:29:50,638 --> 00:29:51,636 What are you talking about? 329 00:29:51,837 --> 00:29:55,798 You know what I'm talking about. It's all over the countryside. 330 00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:59,999 Five million dollars for her dead body. No questions asked. 331 00:30:02,762 --> 00:30:05,524 But she changed your life. 332 00:30:05,725 --> 00:30:06,838 Yeah. 333 00:30:07,644 --> 00:30:09,006 Now I'm gonna change hers. 334 00:30:12,046 --> 00:30:13,840 Why did you install a bad port into me? 335 00:30:14,597 --> 00:30:16,324 There's a bonus for killing... 336 00:30:16,525 --> 00:30:21,081 ...Allegra Geller's latest game, or whatever it is. 337 00:30:21,282 --> 00:30:23,680 I think I just did that, didn't I? 338 00:30:27,239 --> 00:30:30,365 But can you kill me, Gas? Can you kill a person? 339 00:30:31,641 --> 00:30:32,965 Can you do that? 340 00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:35,247 Hide my body... 341 00:30:36,561 --> 00:30:38,566 ...contact the crazies... 342 00:30:39,161 --> 00:30:41,165 ...trust them to pay up? 343 00:30:41,808 --> 00:30:44,484 Hand over my now decaying, fucking grotesque corpse... 344 00:30:45,328 --> 00:30:48,368 ...really expect them to hand over five mill cash? 345 00:30:49,366 --> 00:30:52,761 I mean, don't you ever go to the fucking movies? 346 00:30:54,526 --> 00:30:56,569 I like your script. 347 00:30:59,763 --> 00:31:01,403 I wanna be in it. 348 00:31:26,206 --> 00:31:28,767 Oh, God, I think he's dead. 349 00:31:32,325 --> 00:31:34,167 He wanted to kill you. 350 00:31:39,806 --> 00:31:42,406 That's two people in one day... 351 00:31:42,645 --> 00:31:44,966 ...who wanted to actually kill you. 352 00:31:46,252 --> 00:31:48,573 I've never been more popular. 353 00:31:49,455 --> 00:31:51,009 Allegra, we need help. 354 00:31:52,649 --> 00:31:56,572 You're right. I've gotta get this pod fixed. 355 00:32:18,450 --> 00:32:19,850 We're going skiing? 356 00:32:37,460 --> 00:32:39,215 Look at that huge bug. 357 00:32:40,011 --> 00:32:41,977 It's got two heads. 358 00:32:42,179 --> 00:32:46,140 It's not a bug. It's a mutated amphibian. It's a frog... 359 00:32:46,332 --> 00:32:48,940 ...salamander-lizard thing. 360 00:32:49,573 --> 00:32:51,175 Sign of the times. 361 00:32:59,539 --> 00:33:03,174 What happens if somebody comes up here and really wants to ski? 362 00:33:03,375 --> 00:33:07,413 Nobody actually physically skis anymore. You know that. 363 00:33:19,220 --> 00:33:20,975 No, don't use that! 364 00:33:21,177 --> 00:33:23,584 And bring me the sterile wash. 365 00:33:27,660 --> 00:33:29,703 My darling. 366 00:33:36,264 --> 00:33:38,384 Allegra Geller. 367 00:33:40,062 --> 00:33:42,019 I am so pleased... 368 00:33:42,258 --> 00:33:45,817 ...and so astonished to see you here. 369 00:33:46,066 --> 00:33:47,342 Kiri Vinokur... 370 00:33:47,543 --> 00:33:49,346 ...my bodyguard, Ted Pikul. 371 00:33:51,418 --> 00:33:53,183 Sterile wash. 372 00:33:55,542 --> 00:33:57,384 I hear this ridiculous story... 373 00:33:57,624 --> 00:34:00,261 ...about some fatwa against you. 374 00:34:00,664 --> 00:34:03,666 The company are desperately trying to find you. 375 00:34:03,868 --> 00:34:06,304 Is this really serious? Are you in danger? 376 00:34:07,263 --> 00:34:09,785 There have been a couple of attempts on my life. 377 00:34:10,025 --> 00:34:12,461 This is unbearable. The company must stop this. 378 00:34:12,663 --> 00:34:14,984 They owe you every kind of protection. 379 00:34:15,224 --> 00:34:19,386 I don't know if they can do anything. It seems to be open season on me. 380 00:34:20,662 --> 00:34:22,264 You're safe here. I assure you. 381 00:34:23,348 --> 00:34:27,222 I will contact Antenna right away and have them send some people over-- 382 00:34:27,462 --> 00:34:29,582 No, Kiri, don't. 383 00:34:30,023 --> 00:34:31,423 Tell no one we're here. 384 00:34:31,625 --> 00:34:34,943 I can't be sure that Antenna is completely safe for me. 385 00:34:35,145 --> 00:34:36,305 I understand. Yes. 386 00:34:37,389 --> 00:34:38,588 You know... 387 00:34:39,787 --> 00:34:43,230 ...you can hide out in one of the guest chalets... 388 00:34:43,422 --> 00:34:45,264 ...as long as you like. 389 00:34:46,626 --> 00:34:49,148 And I'll make sure you get fresh towels. 390 00:34:50,472 --> 00:34:53,464 And make sure I don't lose everything I have in here. 391 00:34:55,267 --> 00:34:56,553 You bet. 392 00:35:08,628 --> 00:35:10,191 Take that. 393 00:35:11,592 --> 00:35:12,388 Good. 394 00:35:15,946 --> 00:35:18,191 Pull this back. 395 00:35:20,186 --> 00:35:21,711 What did you port into? 396 00:35:23,629 --> 00:35:24,713 PikuI's bio-port. 397 00:35:25,068 --> 00:35:27,475 That's what caused all the damage? 398 00:35:29,067 --> 00:35:31,628 It was a flawed installation. My first. 399 00:35:32,673 --> 00:35:33,671 Well... 400 00:35:35,752 --> 00:35:37,555 ...it fried a lot of expensive... 401 00:35:37,747 --> 00:35:39,435 ...neural webbing. 402 00:35:39,637 --> 00:35:40,673 You see? 403 00:35:41,152 --> 00:35:43,195 Looks like an animal in there. 404 00:35:44,193 --> 00:35:47,108 Feels like you're operating on somebody's pet dog. 405 00:35:48,077 --> 00:35:50,350 I told you, Landry, we have become... 406 00:35:50,552 --> 00:35:52,633 ...glorified veterinarians. 407 00:35:53,592 --> 00:35:55,395 Put a little in there, please. 408 00:35:59,874 --> 00:36:03,394 The eXistenZ game-pod is basically an animal, Mr. Pikul. 409 00:36:04,354 --> 00:36:09,274 It's grown from fertilized amphibian eggs stuffed with synthetic DNA. 410 00:36:10,358 --> 00:36:11,796 Only Antenna has this. 411 00:36:12,717 --> 00:36:15,719 Wow. Where do the batteries go? 412 00:36:17,676 --> 00:36:18,760 Very funny. 413 00:36:20,237 --> 00:36:21,752 He's not kidding. 414 00:36:21,954 --> 00:36:26,557 He's a total PR nerd. It ports into you. You're the power source. 415 00:36:27,152 --> 00:36:30,998 Your body, your nervous system, your metabolism, your energy. 416 00:36:31,200 --> 00:36:34,115 You get tired, rundown, it won't run properly. 417 00:36:38,077 --> 00:36:41,836 Landry here will finish up the pod work. Now, let's... 418 00:36:42,076 --> 00:36:45,395 ...get that nasty bio-port out, put a nice fresh one in. 419 00:36:52,876 --> 00:36:54,075 It hurts. 420 00:36:54,602 --> 00:36:56,118 I think it's infected. 421 00:36:56,319 --> 00:36:58,401 No, it's not infected. 422 00:37:00,117 --> 00:37:01,796 It's just excited. 423 00:37:04,203 --> 00:37:05,479 It wants action. 424 00:37:05,680 --> 00:37:08,318 I really don't think I want action. Me, I mean. 425 00:37:08,682 --> 00:37:11,205 The bearer of the excited bio-port. 426 00:37:15,003 --> 00:37:19,357 My baby has now taken three major hits. One in the church... 427 00:37:19,837 --> 00:37:23,165 ...one in the gas station and one on the operating table. 428 00:37:23,367 --> 00:37:26,119 The only way I can tell if everything's okay... 429 00:37:27,002 --> 00:37:31,001 ...is to play eXistenZ with somebody friendly. 430 00:37:31,682 --> 00:37:35,807 Are you friendly or are you not? 431 00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:43,048 You're telling me this thing will run off my body's energy? 432 00:37:43,240 --> 00:37:45,005 That's how they work. 433 00:37:47,239 --> 00:37:50,606 See? You're humming along already. 434 00:37:54,001 --> 00:37:55,325 eXistenZ. 435 00:37:56,447 --> 00:37:59,401 Only from Antenna. 436 00:37:59,603 --> 00:38:01,003 Here we go. 437 00:38:02,202 --> 00:38:04,609 You've got a bit of an unfair advantage. 438 00:38:04,801 --> 00:38:09,606 How can I possibly compete with the designer of the system? 439 00:38:10,287 --> 00:38:13,644 Well, you could... 440 00:38:13,846 --> 00:38:16,608 ...beat the guy that invented poker, couldn't you? 441 00:38:39,090 --> 00:38:41,411 -You want that one? -Yeah, that one. 442 00:38:41,612 --> 00:38:44,125 -Are you sure you want that one? -Yes. 443 00:38:44,327 --> 00:38:46,446 -I wouldn't recommend it. -Why not? 444 00:38:46,686 --> 00:38:50,206 The graphics on this one are better. There's no comparison. 445 00:38:51,050 --> 00:38:53,448 -This is the one you want. -That one? 446 00:38:53,688 --> 00:38:55,414 That was beautiful. 447 00:39:03,490 --> 00:39:05,610 I feel just like me. 448 00:39:06,368 --> 00:39:08,372 Is that kind of transition normal? 449 00:39:10,693 --> 00:39:14,213 That kind of smooth interlacing from place to place? 450 00:39:14,453 --> 00:39:16,295 Depends on the style of the game. 451 00:39:16,496 --> 00:39:19,776 You can get jagged brutal cuts, slow fades... 452 00:39:20,975 --> 00:39:23,009 ...shimmering little morphs. 453 00:39:26,413 --> 00:39:27,574 This is amazing. 454 00:39:30,058 --> 00:39:31,813 I had no idea. 455 00:39:35,094 --> 00:39:37,817 Look at this. Games I've never heard of. 456 00:39:38,614 --> 00:39:39,419 Wait a minute. 457 00:39:40,215 --> 00:39:41,491 That reminds me. 458 00:39:42,412 --> 00:39:46,411 What precisely is the goal of the game that we're playing now? 459 00:39:47,294 --> 00:39:52,061 You have to play the game to find out why you're playing the game. 460 00:39:52,780 --> 00:39:54,535 It's the future, Pikul. 461 00:39:55,494 --> 00:39:58,017 You'll see how natural it feels. 462 00:40:22,254 --> 00:40:23,060 Look at this. 463 00:40:28,776 --> 00:40:32,018 Can this be the future too? Ever see anything like this before? 464 00:40:32,219 --> 00:40:33,936 These are delicate. 465 00:40:34,502 --> 00:40:35,336 You got to be... 466 00:40:35,538 --> 00:40:36,698 ...careful. 467 00:40:38,099 --> 00:40:39,461 Yes, I can imagine. 468 00:40:39,662 --> 00:40:41,062 Cortical Systematics... 469 00:40:41,264 --> 00:40:44,659 ...is the latest and the hottest. Not just a new game... 470 00:40:44,899 --> 00:40:46,501 ...but a new system. 471 00:40:47,422 --> 00:40:50,424 Will it work with an industry standard bio-port? 472 00:40:51,623 --> 00:40:52,543 I'm D'Arcy Nader. 473 00:40:53,819 --> 00:40:58,058 Welcome to D'Arcy Nader's Game Emporium. 474 00:40:58,298 --> 00:41:01,703 Is there anything I can be helping you with? 475 00:41:03,180 --> 00:41:04,341 We're just looking. 476 00:41:09,299 --> 00:41:11,227 I have... 477 00:41:11,505 --> 00:41:13,385 ...what you're looking for. 478 00:41:16,502 --> 00:41:17,826 Who sent you? 479 00:41:20,588 --> 00:41:22,708 It's none of your business who sent us. 480 00:41:22,900 --> 00:41:24,185 We're here. 481 00:41:24,386 --> 00:41:25,825 That's all that matters. 482 00:41:28,424 --> 00:41:29,508 God. 483 00:41:30,669 --> 00:41:32,021 What happened? 484 00:41:33,901 --> 00:41:35,829 I didn't mean to say that. 485 00:41:36,587 --> 00:41:38,265 Your character said it. 486 00:41:38,505 --> 00:41:41,267 It's a kind of schizophrenic feeling, isn't it? 487 00:41:41,468 --> 00:41:42,782 You'll get used to it. 488 00:41:42,984 --> 00:41:46,264 There are things that have to be said to advance the plot. 489 00:41:46,466 --> 00:41:49,468 Those things get said whether you wanna say them or not. 490 00:41:49,707 --> 00:41:50,705 Don't fight it. 491 00:41:50,906 --> 00:41:52,623 Just go with it. 492 00:41:53,390 --> 00:41:56,105 But should you be saying this in front of him? 493 00:41:59,711 --> 00:42:00,670 Look at him. 494 00:42:07,307 --> 00:42:09,907 -What's he doing? -He's gone into a game loop. 495 00:42:11,106 --> 00:42:15,105 He won't come out of it until you give him a proper line of game dialogue. 496 00:42:19,114 --> 00:42:20,630 This is tricky. 497 00:42:22,193 --> 00:42:24,227 Start by repeating your last line. 498 00:42:24,428 --> 00:42:27,229 Include his name so he knows you're talking to him. 499 00:42:32,715 --> 00:42:34,355 We're here, D'Arcy Nader... 500 00:42:35,515 --> 00:42:37,674 ...and that's all that matters. 501 00:42:37,913 --> 00:42:42,028 Yes, you're right. That is all that matters. 502 00:42:46,229 --> 00:42:49,634 Now, you said you have what we want. 503 00:42:50,190 --> 00:42:51,629 We're waiting. 504 00:42:52,588 --> 00:42:55,389 You're going to need these micro-pods... 505 00:42:55,590 --> 00:42:57,633 ...to download your new identities. 506 00:42:58,832 --> 00:43:01,115 I assume that you both have had these... 507 00:43:02,035 --> 00:43:04,193 ...industry standard bio-ports... 508 00:43:04,395 --> 00:43:06,515 ...that you mentioned installed. 509 00:43:07,512 --> 00:43:10,111 Yes, of course, we both have bio-ports. 510 00:43:13,593 --> 00:43:14,399 We do, don't we? 511 00:43:14,955 --> 00:43:15,876 I assumed we did. 512 00:43:19,319 --> 00:43:21,036 In the game, we might not. 513 00:43:22,120 --> 00:43:23,318 We better check. 514 00:43:25,160 --> 00:43:26,397 Yeah, it's there. 515 00:43:26,599 --> 00:43:28,920 Looks a little different, but it's there. 516 00:43:32,440 --> 00:43:34,233 Yeah, I see what you mean. 517 00:43:35,480 --> 00:43:38,079 Yes, we both have bio-ports. 518 00:43:39,115 --> 00:43:39,921 Good. 519 00:43:41,321 --> 00:43:42,798 Port in. 520 00:43:43,000 --> 00:43:47,076 And this will tell you all you need to know... 521 00:43:47,316 --> 00:43:48,716 ...for now. 522 00:43:49,081 --> 00:43:54,001 I'm going to leave, while you two finish up here because... 523 00:43:55,401 --> 00:43:59,717 ...it wouldn't be good for us all to be seen together. 524 00:44:08,436 --> 00:44:11,803 I assume that Nader is our entry point into the game. 525 00:44:12,004 --> 00:44:14,680 Yeah, kind of disappointing. 526 00:44:14,881 --> 00:44:15,677 Nader? 527 00:44:15,917 --> 00:44:20,080 He's not a very well-drawn character. His dialogue was just so-so. 528 00:44:20,320 --> 00:44:21,125 His accent.... 529 00:44:35,445 --> 00:44:37,805 The pods are so small... 530 00:44:38,524 --> 00:44:41,641 ...they plug directly into the bio-port. 531 00:44:52,844 --> 00:44:53,640 Oh, God. 532 00:44:53,841 --> 00:44:54,647 What happened? 533 00:44:56,124 --> 00:45:00,603 The whole pod just disappeared into your back. 534 00:45:01,485 --> 00:45:03,087 It disappeared into my back? 535 00:45:03,327 --> 00:45:05,802 It's working its way round my spinal cord? 536 00:45:06,003 --> 00:45:08,046 Don't panic. It's just a game. 537 00:45:08,247 --> 00:45:09,849 Do you feel anything yet? 538 00:45:12,525 --> 00:45:13,849 No, I don't. 539 00:45:14,443 --> 00:45:16,448 Not a thing. I don't feel a thing. 540 00:45:19,085 --> 00:45:20,649 Do you want me to do you? 541 00:45:57,729 --> 00:45:59,254 What the hell was that? 542 00:46:00,894 --> 00:46:04,251 That wasn't me. It was my game character. 543 00:46:04,452 --> 00:46:07,052 I wouldn't have done that. Not here anyway. 544 00:46:24,853 --> 00:46:28,248 Our characters are obviously supposed to jump on each other. 545 00:46:29,409 --> 00:46:30,531 It's most probably... 546 00:46:32,296 --> 00:46:35,097 ...a pathetically mechanical attempt... 547 00:46:35,336 --> 00:46:39,250 ...to heighten the emotional tension of the next game sequence. 548 00:46:48,735 --> 00:46:49,896 No use fighting it. 549 00:46:50,538 --> 00:46:53,934 What about our new identities? 550 00:46:54,413 --> 00:46:56,255 Do you feel yours yet? 551 00:46:57,013 --> 00:46:59,257 They'll take care of themselves. 552 00:47:06,096 --> 00:47:08,254 I'm very worried about my body. 553 00:47:08,896 --> 00:47:10,460 Your what? 554 00:47:13,020 --> 00:47:15,696 Where are our real bodies? 555 00:47:16,454 --> 00:47:17,855 Are they all right? 556 00:47:18,142 --> 00:47:20,454 What if they're hungry? What if there's danger? 557 00:47:23,015 --> 00:47:25,460 They're just where we left them. 558 00:47:25,662 --> 00:47:27,897 They're sitting quietly... 559 00:47:28,136 --> 00:47:29,661 ...eyes closed. 560 00:47:34,064 --> 00:47:36,260 It's just like meditating. 561 00:47:42,619 --> 00:47:44,058 I feel really vulnerable. 562 00:47:45,545 --> 00:47:46,983 Disembodied. 563 00:47:53,016 --> 00:47:54,656 Don't sweat it. 564 00:48:00,018 --> 00:48:03,058 All your senses are still operating. 565 00:48:07,537 --> 00:48:10,664 You'll pop right out of the game if there's a problem. 566 00:48:48,070 --> 00:48:50,190 Trying to remember who you are? 567 00:48:52,943 --> 00:48:56,664 Hey, it works! I must be Yevgeny Nourish. 568 00:48:57,067 --> 00:48:59,024 And you are new to trout farm. 569 00:49:01,709 --> 00:49:03,503 Yes, I'm.... 570 00:49:03,752 --> 00:49:05,469 I'm very new. 571 00:49:05,948 --> 00:49:07,186 Did you say "trout farm"? 572 00:49:08,346 --> 00:49:10,073 Yeah, trout farm. 573 00:49:10,265 --> 00:49:14,504 You know, raising baby trout from eggs and releasing them in rivers. 574 00:49:14,705 --> 00:49:17,228 Entire place used to be trout farm. 575 00:49:17,429 --> 00:49:22,350 From outside, you would never guess it's now factory for making game-pods. 576 00:49:22,954 --> 00:49:26,867 Seems like most everything used to be something else, yes? 577 00:49:34,588 --> 00:49:37,274 You're new, but you seem to know what you're doing. 578 00:49:37,667 --> 00:49:40,468 It surprises me more than it surprises you. 579 00:49:44,429 --> 00:49:47,316 You're new, but you seem to know what you're doing. 580 00:50:15,437 --> 00:50:17,557 I've been trained by the very best. 581 00:50:22,075 --> 00:50:25,671 So have I, my friend. So have I. 582 00:50:26,439 --> 00:50:29,076 Where are you planning to have lunch? 583 00:50:32,472 --> 00:50:33,872 I'm new here. 584 00:50:35,512 --> 00:50:37,478 I have no plans for lunch. 585 00:50:38,639 --> 00:50:42,197 May I suggest the Chinese restaurant in the forest? 586 00:50:42,399 --> 00:50:45,679 Everyone knows where it is. Just ask. 587 00:50:46,954 --> 00:50:50,081 Well, won't you be going there too? 588 00:50:50,839 --> 00:50:53,313 Unfortunately, I have other plans for lunch. 589 00:50:53,553 --> 00:50:55,798 But I do suggest you order the special. 590 00:50:55,999 --> 00:50:58,675 And don't take no for answer. 591 00:50:59,442 --> 00:51:02,483 All right, I'll do that. 592 00:51:11,355 --> 00:51:12,237 Larry. 593 00:51:14,597 --> 00:51:15,402 Yes? 594 00:51:16,160 --> 00:51:18,884 They need this in the back. They asked for you. 595 00:52:36,449 --> 00:52:40,525 I saw you make contact, Larry. What did the guy on the assembly line say? 596 00:52:40,765 --> 00:52:43,412 Can you believe the game version of your pod? 597 00:52:43,604 --> 00:52:44,409 It's sick... 598 00:52:45,167 --> 00:52:48,524 ...and so unconvincing! I mean, using mutated animal organs... 599 00:52:48,726 --> 00:52:52,687 ...and nervous systems as game-pod parts is certainly feasible... 600 00:52:53,732 --> 00:52:55,248 ...but everything's so dirty. 601 00:52:56,092 --> 00:52:57,166 Absurd. 602 00:52:58,173 --> 00:52:59,247 Grotesque. 603 00:53:10,172 --> 00:53:14,891 I saw you make contact, Larry. What did the guy on the assembly line say? 604 00:53:18,775 --> 00:53:21,892 He told me where to have lunch. 605 00:54:02,051 --> 00:54:05,178 We have nice sea bass today. 606 00:54:05,456 --> 00:54:07,777 Shall I bring it for everyone? 607 00:54:08,938 --> 00:54:10,376 We want the special. 608 00:54:20,975 --> 00:54:24,015 Did you hear me, Chinese waiter? 609 00:54:24,255 --> 00:54:26,662 We want the special. 610 00:54:27,775 --> 00:54:32,695 The special is for special occasions. I cannot give you the special. 611 00:54:36,656 --> 00:54:41,375 But this is a special occasion. 612 00:54:42,862 --> 00:54:44,579 It's her birthday. 613 00:54:47,658 --> 00:54:50,899 A birthday is a special occasion. 614 00:54:51,101 --> 00:54:54,381 I will therefore bring the special for everybody. 615 00:55:03,819 --> 00:55:06,217 I guess the special isn't very popular. 616 00:55:06,466 --> 00:55:07,742 I guess not. 617 00:55:17,026 --> 00:55:18,983 I wanna put the game on pause. 618 00:55:21,381 --> 00:55:23,347 The game can be paused, can't it? 619 00:55:23,980 --> 00:55:26,579 I mean, all games can be paused, right? 620 00:55:27,145 --> 00:55:29,744 Yeah, sure. But why? What's wrong? 621 00:55:29,946 --> 00:55:33,379 Aren't you dying to see what's so special about the special? 622 00:55:34,502 --> 00:55:38,261 I'm feeling a little disconnected from my real life. 623 00:55:38,827 --> 00:55:41,263 I'm losing touch with the texture of it. 624 00:55:41,465 --> 00:55:43,469 You know what I mean? I actually think... 625 00:55:43,661 --> 00:55:46,750 ...there's an element of psychosis involved here. 626 00:55:48,946 --> 00:55:50,222 This is a great sign. 627 00:55:50,461 --> 00:55:53,981 Your nervous system is fully engaging with the game architecture. 628 00:55:58,470 --> 00:56:01,271 eXistenZ is paused! 629 00:56:14,948 --> 00:56:16,588 Did I do that? 630 00:56:19,264 --> 00:56:20,789 I guess I did. 631 00:56:22,266 --> 00:56:23,753 So how does it feel? 632 00:56:24,750 --> 00:56:25,546 What? 633 00:56:29,632 --> 00:56:31,234 Your real life. 634 00:56:32,030 --> 00:56:34,188 The one you came back for. 635 00:56:34,390 --> 00:56:36,586 It feels completely unreal. 636 00:56:37,229 --> 00:56:39,991 You're stuck now, aren't you? 637 00:56:40,835 --> 00:56:43,549 You wanna go back to the Chinese restaurant... 638 00:56:43,751 --> 00:56:46,187 ...because there's nothing happening here. 639 00:56:46,791 --> 00:56:49,390 We're safe. It's boring. 640 00:56:52,795 --> 00:56:54,589 It's worse than that. 641 00:57:05,274 --> 00:57:06,271 I'm not sure.... 642 00:57:09,196 --> 00:57:10,837 I'm not sure here... 643 00:57:11,076 --> 00:57:12,189 ...where we are... 644 00:57:13,158 --> 00:57:14,990 ...is real at all. 645 00:57:18,433 --> 00:57:20,389 This feels like a game to me. 646 00:57:22,557 --> 00:57:23,871 And you... 647 00:57:24,073 --> 00:57:26,710 ...you're beginning to feel like a game character. 648 00:57:33,798 --> 00:57:35,074 Definitely not. 649 00:57:53,479 --> 00:57:55,196 Let's go back. 650 00:58:24,440 --> 00:58:27,001 Special order for the birthday girl. 651 00:58:35,240 --> 00:58:37,398 Hope you enjoy it very much. 652 00:58:43,364 --> 00:58:45,483 Look, it's our two-headed friend. 653 00:58:45,685 --> 00:58:47,363 Doesn't look too healthy. 654 00:58:49,080 --> 00:58:50,845 I think I lost my appetite. 655 00:58:51,401 --> 00:58:53,041 Oh, a shame. 656 00:58:54,001 --> 00:58:56,043 Mutant reptiles and amphibians... 657 00:58:56,245 --> 00:59:01,165 ...provide new and previously unimagined taste sensations. 658 00:59:01,885 --> 00:59:04,609 Shall I clear all this away? 659 00:59:09,404 --> 00:59:12,205 We're happy. 660 00:59:13,883 --> 00:59:15,802 Very good. 661 00:59:16,204 --> 00:59:17,240 Enjoy. 662 00:59:45,487 --> 00:59:48,326 Pikul, what are you doing? 663 00:59:48,652 --> 00:59:50,292 I don't know. 664 00:59:52,325 --> 00:59:55,404 I find this disgusting, but I can't help myself. 665 00:59:58,166 --> 00:59:58,972 Good. 666 00:59:59,567 --> 01:00:02,089 'Good'? You think this is good? 667 01:00:02,885 --> 01:00:03,768 Yeah. 668 01:00:03,969 --> 01:00:05,686 It's a genuine game urge. 669 01:00:05,887 --> 01:00:08,093 It's something your character was born to do. 670 01:00:09,609 --> 01:00:10,769 Don't fight it. 671 01:00:10,971 --> 01:00:12,611 I'm fighting it. 672 01:00:14,452 --> 01:00:16,610 But it isn't doing me any good. 673 01:00:59,090 --> 01:01:00,817 Oh, my God. 674 01:01:03,454 --> 01:01:05,411 This looks awfully familiar. 675 01:01:11,099 --> 01:01:12,413 You sure this is okay? 676 01:01:13,659 --> 01:01:17,419 Yeah, it should be okay. 677 01:01:42,702 --> 01:01:45,061 Do you have that bridge in real life? 678 01:01:45,301 --> 01:01:49,224 Absolutely not. My teeth are perfect. 679 01:02:18,180 --> 01:02:22,784 Death to the demoness Allegra Geller. 680 01:02:29,066 --> 01:02:30,821 That's not funny. 681 01:02:34,428 --> 01:02:35,387 Sorry. 682 01:02:38,821 --> 01:02:40,221 But, you know... 683 01:02:42,504 --> 01:02:45,026 ...I do feel the urge to kill someone here. 684 01:02:45,909 --> 01:02:46,743 Who? 685 01:02:54,828 --> 01:02:56,181 I need to kill our waiter. 686 01:03:01,705 --> 01:03:03,624 Well, that makes sense. 687 01:03:07,105 --> 01:03:08,026 Waiter! 688 01:03:09,350 --> 01:03:10,309 Waiter! 689 01:03:15,306 --> 01:03:18,030 When he comes over, do it. Don't hesitate. 690 01:03:19,632 --> 01:03:21,828 But everything in the game... 691 01:03:22,269 --> 01:03:25,712 ...is so realistic. I don't think I really could. 692 01:03:26,106 --> 01:03:28,551 You won't be able to stop yourself. Enjoy it. 693 01:03:29,108 --> 01:03:32,628 Free will is obviously not a big factor... 694 01:03:32,829 --> 01:03:34,584 ...in this little world of ours. 695 01:03:35,390 --> 01:03:39,227 It's like real life. There's just enough to make it interesting. 696 01:03:44,991 --> 01:03:46,871 He's too nice. 697 01:03:47,111 --> 01:03:48,473 I won't do it. 698 01:03:50,506 --> 01:03:53,431 What can I do to make your lunch more pleasant? 699 01:03:54,870 --> 01:03:57,268 I found this in my soup... 700 01:03:57,508 --> 01:03:59,829 ...and I'm very upset. 701 01:04:47,833 --> 01:04:49,032 It's all right. 702 01:04:50,317 --> 01:04:54,432 Just a little misunderstanding... 703 01:04:54,921 --> 01:04:56,638 ...over the check. 704 01:05:03,237 --> 01:05:05,836 Pay no attention and enjoy your meal. 705 01:05:17,720 --> 01:05:20,357 I feel a serious game urge... 706 01:05:20,559 --> 01:05:22,036 ...to get out of here. 707 01:05:28,836 --> 01:05:31,042 Through the kitchen. That way. 708 01:05:40,921 --> 01:05:43,645 Did you like the meal I prepared for you? 709 01:05:45,803 --> 01:05:47,242 It was very... 710 01:05:48,604 --> 01:05:49,400 ...revealing. 711 01:05:49,726 --> 01:05:51,280 It certainly was for me. 712 01:05:51,519 --> 01:05:55,039 You both passed our little test with flying colours. 713 01:05:55,279 --> 01:05:58,847 -Why did the Chinese waiter have to die? -A waiter hears... 714 01:05:59,087 --> 01:06:02,722 ...many things spoken when people are relaxing and eating. 715 01:06:02,923 --> 01:06:05,925 A waiter has many opportunities for betrayal. 716 01:06:10,002 --> 01:06:10,884 He betrayed you? 717 01:06:11,086 --> 01:06:13,886 He betrayed us. Us! 718 01:06:14,644 --> 01:06:15,920 Come. This way. 719 01:06:18,442 --> 01:06:19,248 Come. 720 01:06:25,607 --> 01:06:28,446 These are the breeding pools. 721 01:06:29,204 --> 01:06:30,086 Breeding pools. 722 01:06:30,326 --> 01:06:31,649 Is this.... 723 01:06:31,841 --> 01:06:34,450 Is this where you caught today's special? 724 01:06:35,850 --> 01:06:38,804 We originally were raising these mutant creatures... 725 01:06:39,006 --> 01:06:42,046 ...for their nervous systems for game-pods. 726 01:06:42,248 --> 01:06:46,765 But then we found they could be quite tasty. 727 01:06:46,967 --> 01:06:50,209 So we opened the restaurant, and now that is our cover. 728 01:06:50,726 --> 01:06:53,489 We are also raising them as components... 729 01:06:53,690 --> 01:06:56,529 ...for undetectable and hypoallergenic weapons. 730 01:06:57,249 --> 01:06:59,733 Right under the noses of our enemies. 731 01:06:59,924 --> 01:07:03,166 And speaking of our enemies, it's important... 732 01:07:03,368 --> 01:07:07,089 ...that you go back to work at Cortical Systematics. 733 01:07:07,329 --> 01:07:11,453 We need to maintain as many agents there as possible. 734 01:07:11,645 --> 01:07:14,091 It's owned by Cortical Systematics? 735 01:07:14,292 --> 01:07:18,647 Yeah. Their corporate slogan should be: " Enemies of Reality." 736 01:07:18,886 --> 01:07:21,812 Someday soon, we will destroy trout farm... 737 01:07:22,013 --> 01:07:24,248 ...and all game-pods inside. 738 01:07:26,732 --> 01:07:28,248 We love you. 739 01:07:30,693 --> 01:07:35,451 Now that you have proven to be true and trustworthy Realists. 740 01:07:39,930 --> 01:07:41,848 We'll be in touch. 741 01:08:00,292 --> 01:08:02,373 I'm looking for D'Arcy Nader. Is he here? 742 01:08:15,015 --> 01:08:19,053 Hugo Carlaw, is D'Arcy Nader here? 743 01:08:20,539 --> 01:08:22,093 He's in the back. 744 01:08:25,738 --> 01:08:28,260 You want him, there he is. 745 01:08:37,219 --> 01:08:40,058 You shouldn't have killed the Chinese waiter. 746 01:08:40,739 --> 01:08:42,254 Why not? 747 01:08:42,455 --> 01:08:45,822 He was your contact at the trout farm. 748 01:08:46,014 --> 01:08:46,983 Damn good man. 749 01:08:50,340 --> 01:08:51,903 His dog brought me this. 750 01:08:53,217 --> 01:08:56,622 We were contacted by Yevgeny Nourish. He knew who we were. 751 01:08:56,823 --> 01:09:00,056 Nader told him that you were coming. Nader was a mole... 752 01:09:00,295 --> 01:09:01,935 ...for Cortical Systematics. 753 01:09:02,703 --> 01:09:05,062 You're with the Realist Underground. 754 01:09:05,455 --> 01:09:09,417 I was placed here to keep an eye on Nader. 755 01:09:10,337 --> 01:09:13,666 If Nourish isn't our real contact, who is he? 756 01:09:14,299 --> 01:09:16,783 He's a double agent for Cortical Systematics. 757 01:09:16,984 --> 01:09:20,264 He was working with Nader to subvert the Realist cause... 758 01:09:20,504 --> 01:09:25,022 ...and doing it rather well. He got you to assassinate your own contact. 759 01:09:29,338 --> 01:09:31,467 But now you're gonna put a stop to him. 760 01:09:34,306 --> 01:09:36,263 I don't wanna be here. 761 01:09:37,145 --> 01:09:38,507 Come on, Pikul. 762 01:09:38,747 --> 01:09:42,900 You've just got a bad case of first-time user anxiety. 763 01:09:43,140 --> 01:09:44,703 I don't like it here. 764 01:09:44,943 --> 01:09:46,708 I don't know what's going on. 765 01:09:46,947 --> 01:09:51,302 We're both stumbling around together in this unformed world... 766 01:09:51,542 --> 01:09:54,227 ...whose rules and objectives are largely unknown... 767 01:09:54,429 --> 01:09:57,507 ...seemingly indecipherable or possibly nonexistent... 768 01:09:57,747 --> 01:09:59,301 ...always on the verge... 769 01:09:59,541 --> 01:10:03,061 ...of being killed by forces that we don't understand. 770 01:10:03,588 --> 01:10:05,861 That sounds like my game, all right. 771 01:10:06,149 --> 01:10:09,305 That sounds like a game that's not gonna be easy to market. 772 01:10:09,544 --> 01:10:12,268 But it's a game everybody's already playing. 773 01:10:24,670 --> 01:10:28,065 The cashier said it would be in a familiar place. 774 01:10:29,744 --> 01:10:32,113 Is there such a thing here? 775 01:10:32,353 --> 01:10:34,271 My assembly bay. 776 01:11:03,668 --> 01:11:05,270 Is that it over there? 777 01:11:22,314 --> 01:11:26,073 God, it's ugly even for a game-pod. 778 01:11:27,752 --> 01:11:32,634 I have a terrible urge to port into it. What about you? 779 01:11:32,835 --> 01:11:37,075 Sure. Yeah. Desperate to port into it. 780 01:11:46,311 --> 01:11:47,673 All right. Here we go. 781 01:11:47,874 --> 01:11:50,474 -You wanna give me a hand? -You're not serious! 782 01:11:51,519 --> 01:11:54,320 That's a diseased pod. You port into that-- 783 01:11:54,560 --> 01:11:56,113 Yes, exactly. 784 01:11:57,274 --> 01:11:59,077 Help me. 785 01:12:09,033 --> 01:12:12,121 How long does it take for the infection to take hold? 786 01:12:15,354 --> 01:12:16,639 No time at all. 787 01:12:18,356 --> 01:12:20,763 Then you quietly port into the other pods... 788 01:12:21,358 --> 01:12:23,679 ...and spread the infection to them. 789 01:12:26,163 --> 01:12:27,477 Oh, God. 790 01:12:28,964 --> 01:12:30,278 What's happening? 791 01:12:31,563 --> 01:12:32,560 Something's wrong. 792 01:12:34,239 --> 01:12:36,080 I'm gonna unport you now. 793 01:12:37,960 --> 01:12:39,322 Oh, God! Don't! 794 01:12:40,358 --> 01:12:42,123 That really hurts. 795 01:12:42,324 --> 01:12:44,079 I'm gonna cut you free. 796 01:12:49,681 --> 01:12:51,283 No! I'm afraid! 797 01:13:15,721 --> 01:13:17,083 Pikul... 798 01:13:18,167 --> 01:13:20,085 ...I'm bleeding to death. 799 01:13:31,882 --> 01:13:33,484 I'm sorry. 800 01:13:35,086 --> 01:13:36,889 I don't know.... 801 01:13:37,081 --> 01:13:38,405 I don't know what else to do! 802 01:13:39,124 --> 01:13:40,764 I know what to do. 803 01:13:41,483 --> 01:13:42,289 I know... 804 01:13:43,162 --> 01:13:44,850 ...exactly what to do. 805 01:13:48,850 --> 01:13:50,250 Death to Realism! 806 01:13:54,086 --> 01:13:54,882 Burn! 807 01:13:57,530 --> 01:13:59,525 Burn, diseased pod. 808 01:14:04,972 --> 01:14:05,769 Bugs! 809 01:14:06,450 --> 01:14:08,886 No! No, spores. 810 01:14:09,126 --> 01:14:09,970 Deadly spores. 811 01:14:21,172 --> 01:14:22,007 Spores! 812 01:14:22,208 --> 01:14:23,887 No, it's just.... 813 01:14:37,650 --> 01:14:39,808 Death to the demoness! 814 01:14:40,288 --> 01:14:41,410 Demoness! 815 01:14:50,368 --> 01:14:52,977 I think we just lost the game. 816 01:14:59,969 --> 01:15:01,609 Or maybe not. 817 01:15:09,090 --> 01:15:10,251 Allegra... 818 01:15:10,615 --> 01:15:12,850 ...we're back home. We're back home. 819 01:15:13,291 --> 01:15:15,258 Pikul.... 820 01:15:17,416 --> 01:15:18,212 What's wrong? 821 01:15:18,979 --> 01:15:20,216 It's here. 822 01:15:22,499 --> 01:15:25,137 It's happened. It's come back here with us. 823 01:15:25,971 --> 01:15:27,611 We brought it back from eXistenZ. 824 01:15:27,860 --> 01:15:30,019 Brought what back? I can't understand. 825 01:15:30,220 --> 01:15:32,618 We brought the disease back with us. 826 01:15:32,819 --> 01:15:35,217 My pod is diseased. 827 01:15:35,572 --> 01:15:37,097 Oh, God! 828 01:15:37,298 --> 01:15:38,852 I'm really gonna lose it. 829 01:15:39,054 --> 01:15:41,221 I'm gonna lose my game. 830 01:15:43,216 --> 01:15:44,540 Unport me. Come on. 831 01:15:45,019 --> 01:15:46,218 All right. 832 01:15:46,775 --> 01:15:49,422 Okay. I'm coming. 833 01:15:53,057 --> 01:15:54,860 How can a game event... 834 01:15:55,416 --> 01:15:57,421 ...merge into real life? 835 01:15:58,217 --> 01:16:02,178 There's a very weird reality- bleed-through effect happening here. 836 01:16:02,380 --> 01:16:04,221 I'm not sure I get it. 837 01:16:10,503 --> 01:16:11,817 What's in the needle? 838 01:16:12,978 --> 01:16:14,417 Sporicide. 839 01:16:14,781 --> 01:16:16,939 Pods are susceptible to spore infections. 840 01:16:17,141 --> 01:16:18,656 It works if you get it in time. 841 01:16:19,184 --> 01:16:20,584 Come on. 842 01:16:24,699 --> 01:16:26,617 Let me see your bio-port. 843 01:16:27,979 --> 01:16:28,784 Let me see it. 844 01:16:30,626 --> 01:16:31,460 What? 845 01:16:33,024 --> 01:16:34,223 I know what happened. 846 01:16:34,462 --> 01:16:37,263 It's Kiri Vinokur. That bastard. 847 01:16:37,503 --> 01:16:38,299 Vinokur? 848 01:16:38,500 --> 01:16:40,265 He gave you a new bio-port. 849 01:16:41,464 --> 01:16:42,423 Oh, God. 850 01:16:43,785 --> 01:16:48,063 He gave you an infected one so that my pod and my game system would die! 851 01:16:48,264 --> 01:16:50,422 I'm infected? Wait a minute. 852 01:16:50,624 --> 01:16:54,902 It was saying it was sick by introducing the theme of disease in the game. 853 01:16:55,103 --> 01:16:58,546 'The theme of disease'? I'm fucking really infected! 854 01:16:58,748 --> 01:17:00,666 What? Is it gonna rot my brain? 855 01:17:00,867 --> 01:17:05,020 All right. Just calm down. I've got something that will help you. 856 01:17:11,590 --> 01:17:13,029 Turn around. 857 01:17:14,708 --> 01:17:18,103 I'm gonna seal up your bio-port with this sporicidal resonator. 858 01:17:18,582 --> 01:17:20,942 It uses the Umby pickups for power. 859 01:17:21,143 --> 01:17:24,587 It should cleanse all your porting channels of infection. 860 01:17:26,064 --> 01:17:29,229 It's gonna give you a slight skin buzz when it's done. 861 01:17:29,670 --> 01:17:30,984 We can't play until then. 862 01:17:31,703 --> 01:17:32,509 Great. 863 01:17:33,343 --> 01:17:34,149 Now listen. 864 01:17:35,032 --> 01:17:35,866 Listen. 865 01:17:37,026 --> 01:17:41,947 This could be critical. Were you really saying that Vinokur... 866 01:17:42,148 --> 01:17:44,786 -...is an agent for-- -Oh, God! 867 01:17:44,987 --> 01:17:46,071 Pikul... 868 01:17:47,385 --> 01:17:48,229 ...my pod's dying. 869 01:17:49,313 --> 01:17:51,270 I can't help it. There's nothing... 870 01:17:51,471 --> 01:17:53,226 ...l can do for it. 871 01:18:11,076 --> 01:18:12,553 The uprising has begun! 872 01:18:12,754 --> 01:18:14,989 The world is in flames! Let's go! 873 01:18:15,190 --> 01:18:16,869 You gotta get out of here! 874 01:18:17,070 --> 01:18:18,432 The cashier... 875 01:18:18,912 --> 01:18:20,629 ...from the game. How can he be here? 876 01:18:20,830 --> 01:18:22,835 Leave that here. It's done its job. 877 01:18:23,036 --> 01:18:25,913 I keep my game inside there! I can't let my game die! 878 01:18:26,115 --> 01:18:27,429 No! Wait! 879 01:18:41,317 --> 01:18:44,233 Allegra! Listen to me. Listen to me. 880 01:18:45,230 --> 01:18:46,755 We're still inside the game. 881 01:18:47,398 --> 01:18:50,275 I think your pod's out there somewhere safe. 882 01:18:50,477 --> 01:18:53,239 I think it's all right to let go of this pod. 883 01:18:53,431 --> 01:18:54,994 It's not the real one. 884 01:18:59,876 --> 01:19:00,672 Everybody out! 885 01:19:00,874 --> 01:19:01,679 Now! 886 01:19:08,480 --> 01:19:11,836 This way! Come on! Follow me! 887 01:19:15,318 --> 01:19:17,236 This way. Come on. 888 01:19:19,241 --> 01:19:20,641 Up here. 889 01:19:25,715 --> 01:19:27,480 You can see everything from here! 890 01:19:27,720 --> 01:19:28,957 What are we seeing? 891 01:19:29,398 --> 01:19:31,758 The victory of Realism. 892 01:19:32,678 --> 01:19:33,877 You were part of it. 893 01:19:37,119 --> 01:19:40,639 The death of eXistenZ. And we were part of it. 894 01:19:42,922 --> 01:19:45,042 There's just one more thing. 895 01:19:46,921 --> 01:19:48,044 We're on your side. 896 01:19:49,636 --> 01:19:51,084 How could you be? 897 01:19:51,324 --> 01:19:53,117 How could Allegra Geller... 898 01:19:53,319 --> 01:19:56,321 ...the world's premier game designer, be on our side? 899 01:19:57,040 --> 01:20:01,165 Yeah, we know who you are. But you can't hide inside a game forever. 900 01:20:01,884 --> 01:20:03,524 Something slipped over the edge. 901 01:20:03,725 --> 01:20:04,886 Something's wrong. 902 01:20:06,325 --> 01:20:08,559 See what I mean? See the problem? 903 01:20:24,961 --> 01:20:28,126 I tried to find you. Thank God I got here in time. 904 01:20:28,327 --> 01:20:30,360 My dog brought me this. 905 01:20:31,722 --> 01:20:34,005 You didn't get here in time. 906 01:20:34,322 --> 01:20:35,847 My game is dead. 907 01:20:36,528 --> 01:20:38,206 You murdered my game! 908 01:20:38,408 --> 01:20:42,369 No, I murdered your pod. Your game... 909 01:20:42,561 --> 01:20:44,488 ...is healthy and happy. 910 01:20:45,524 --> 01:20:46,848 I replicated... 911 01:20:47,088 --> 01:20:50,723 ...your pod's entire nervous system during our surgical procedure... 912 01:20:50,924 --> 01:20:53,965 ...at the chalet, complete with contents. 913 01:20:56,209 --> 01:20:58,127 You copied eXistenZ? 914 01:21:00,726 --> 01:21:01,647 Allegra... 915 01:21:03,124 --> 01:21:05,848 ...come over to Cortical Systematics. 916 01:21:06,529 --> 01:21:08,889 Yes, Cortical Systematics. 917 01:21:09,128 --> 01:21:12,006 I am defecting, and so are all Antenna top brass. 918 01:21:12,524 --> 01:21:14,289 You're a spy for Cortical? 919 01:21:14,807 --> 01:21:17,732 If you want to be reunited with your baby, you'll come. 920 01:21:29,654 --> 01:21:30,690 Can you talk to her? 921 01:21:31,131 --> 01:21:33,769 It would be best for everyone. 922 01:21:34,526 --> 01:21:36,492 I mean, you can come with us too. 923 01:21:46,055 --> 01:21:47,216 What are you doing? 924 01:21:49,489 --> 01:21:50,851 You've killed him. 925 01:21:53,690 --> 01:21:55,608 Are you gonna kill me next? 926 01:21:57,891 --> 01:21:59,617 He was only a game character. 927 01:21:59,809 --> 01:22:02,015 I didn't like how he was messing with me. 928 01:22:02,216 --> 01:22:04,652 You didn't like that, so you killed him? 929 01:22:06,053 --> 01:22:08,249 He's only a game character. 930 01:22:10,129 --> 01:22:12,258 What if we're not in the game anymore? 931 01:22:16,057 --> 01:22:17,255 If we're not.... 932 01:22:18,493 --> 01:22:19,855 If we're not... 933 01:22:20,891 --> 01:22:22,377 ...you killed someone real. 934 01:22:28,612 --> 01:22:31,211 It was no accident we ended up on the run together. 935 01:22:32,899 --> 01:22:34,098 Not an accident? 936 01:22:35,335 --> 01:22:36,141 No. 937 01:22:38,740 --> 01:22:42,174 That's why you never had a bio-port. You were one of them. 938 01:22:43,056 --> 01:22:44,619 I still am one of them. 939 01:22:46,135 --> 01:22:47,775 But you have a bio-port now. 940 01:22:47,976 --> 01:22:51,218 I made the bio-port sacrifice to get close to you. 941 01:22:51,420 --> 01:22:52,657 Why would you do that? 942 01:22:53,616 --> 01:22:55,860 To understand what I have to kill. 943 01:22:56,541 --> 01:22:58,258 Then understand this. 944 01:22:59,102 --> 01:23:00,215 I knew... 945 01:23:00,416 --> 01:23:04,943 ...you were my real assassin when you pointed the gun at me in the restaurant. 946 01:23:05,135 --> 01:23:06,497 And understand that... 947 01:23:08,415 --> 01:23:09,576 ...you're dead. 948 01:23:16,741 --> 01:23:20,664 Death to the demon Ted Pikul! 949 01:23:25,737 --> 01:23:27,061 Have I won? 950 01:23:28,337 --> 01:23:29,382 Have I won the game? 951 01:23:31,339 --> 01:23:32,864 Have I won? 952 01:24:13,022 --> 01:24:14,663 Are you all back? 953 01:24:16,264 --> 01:24:18,029 We're back. 954 01:24:18,221 --> 01:24:20,427 We're back, Merle... 955 01:24:20,628 --> 01:24:24,628 ...but I have a feeling some of our crew doesn't realize it yet. 956 01:24:28,704 --> 01:24:31,505 Anybody want a bowl of hot and sour soup? 957 01:24:31,706 --> 01:24:33,068 It's on me. 958 01:24:35,303 --> 01:24:36,665 Yes, I'll have some. 959 01:24:37,029 --> 01:24:41,585 If you make sure there's some mutated amphibian nervous systems in the rice. 960 01:24:42,468 --> 01:24:46,592 My accent in the game was so thick, I could hardly understand myself. 961 01:24:47,829 --> 01:24:50,150 -How long were we gone? -About 20 minutes. 962 01:24:50,352 --> 01:24:52,510 God, it seemed like days. It's fantastic. 963 01:24:52,711 --> 01:24:54,668 Just think about it, man. 964 01:24:54,908 --> 01:24:57,948 If you stayed your whole life in the game world... 965 01:24:58,351 --> 01:25:01,391 ...you could live to about, I don't know, 500 years. 966 01:25:02,226 --> 01:25:05,631 The twists and turns at the end made my head spin. 967 01:25:05,832 --> 01:25:08,748 Maybe there was too many, too fast to absorb. 968 01:25:09,707 --> 01:25:12,153 I sucked. You guys were great. 969 01:25:12,354 --> 01:25:14,512 I mean, you were like game divas. 970 01:25:14,714 --> 01:25:17,629 Personally, I think you both deserve to win. 971 01:25:24,909 --> 01:25:28,391 I was bummed out at first. I got knocked out of the game so soon. 972 01:25:28,592 --> 01:25:31,028 It was fantastic how mean you were. 973 01:25:31,230 --> 01:25:33,273 Really scary and crazy. 974 01:25:33,513 --> 01:25:36,754 I had a lot to do in the church, but the character was boring. 975 01:25:38,749 --> 01:25:40,869 Well, no matter how boring you were... 976 01:25:41,109 --> 01:25:45,310 ...you still all get a certificate for helping us out here and.... 977 01:25:45,550 --> 01:25:47,036 Am I right, Merle? 978 01:25:47,238 --> 01:25:50,432 Yes. And that will entitle you to reserve one of the first... 979 01:25:50,633 --> 01:25:53,117 ...of the transCendenZ game modules... 980 01:25:53,357 --> 01:25:56,513 ...at a seriously discounted price. You're gonna love it. 981 01:25:56,954 --> 01:25:58,872 Remember, it's written like this: 982 01:25:59,112 --> 01:26:01,433 Capital " C," capital "Z." transCendenZ. 983 01:26:01,634 --> 01:26:06,075 It's new from PilgrImage, capital " P," capital " I," and it's coming soon. 984 01:26:07,034 --> 01:26:10,276 I just wanted to say thank you to Mr. Nourish... 985 01:26:10,516 --> 01:26:14,918 ...for giving me the chance to play the role of a star designer. 986 01:26:15,158 --> 01:26:18,400 I guess the game picked up on my ambition to be like you. 987 01:26:18,601 --> 01:26:21,680 Allegra, you were so good in that role, I suspect... 988 01:26:21,882 --> 01:26:26,274 ...it won't be long before PilgrImage is after you to sign a design contract. 989 01:26:26,514 --> 01:26:30,274 And maybe you should bring along your friend, Mr. Pikul. 990 01:26:30,514 --> 01:26:35,079 He's good in a crisis. And when you design games, there's plenty of those. 991 01:26:36,479 --> 01:26:39,683 I guess you could tell that Pikul and I had a relationship... 992 01:26:39,923 --> 01:26:42,839 ...prior to coming here. We do like to play together. 993 01:26:43,836 --> 01:26:44,642 We do. 994 01:26:44,843 --> 01:26:48,277 But I'd just like to assure everybody here that... 995 01:26:48,478 --> 01:26:52,842 ...Allegra wouldn't really jump into bed with a security guard. 996 01:26:53,044 --> 01:26:54,003 Unless he were me. 997 01:26:56,842 --> 01:26:58,885 What do we have to say to our brilliant... 998 01:26:59,125 --> 01:27:00,803 ...designer, Yevgeny Nourish? 999 01:27:01,004 --> 01:27:03,680 Does he have another winner on his hands or not? 1000 01:27:20,321 --> 01:27:23,323 I was very disturbed by the game we just played. 1001 01:27:24,561 --> 01:27:25,366 What do you mean? 1002 01:27:25,846 --> 01:27:28,800 It had a very strong, very real anti-game theme. 1003 01:27:29,759 --> 01:27:32,684 It began with the attempted assassination of a designer. 1004 01:27:33,365 --> 01:27:35,207 Really? That's very creative. 1005 01:27:38,928 --> 01:27:42,161 On second thought, I see what you mean. It makes me nervous. 1006 01:27:42,362 --> 01:27:45,009 You think this must've come from one of our game players? 1007 01:27:45,201 --> 01:27:47,762 Well, it sure didn't come from me. 1008 01:27:50,486 --> 01:27:52,606 Let's probe it when we do the focus group. 1009 01:27:55,128 --> 01:27:58,284 Thank you for looking after my dog. 1010 01:28:12,767 --> 01:28:15,730 We just wanted to ask Mr. Nourish some questions. 1011 01:28:17,169 --> 01:28:18,531 Sure. Shoot. 1012 01:28:19,289 --> 01:28:21,926 Just don't ask me to fill in your questionnaires. 1013 01:28:25,091 --> 01:28:26,214 We've played your game... 1014 01:28:26,405 --> 01:28:30,731 ...so we can finally agree that you are the world's greatest game artist. 1015 01:28:30,971 --> 01:28:34,366 We weren't sure before. 1016 01:28:36,093 --> 01:28:37,128 Thanks so much. 1017 01:28:37,330 --> 01:28:38,452 Yevgeny? 1018 01:28:39,286 --> 01:28:43,574 Don't you think you should suffer for the harm you've done to the human race? 1019 01:28:44,686 --> 01:28:45,492 What? 1020 01:28:47,650 --> 01:28:51,093 Don't you think the greatest game artist ought to be punished... 1021 01:28:51,535 --> 01:28:55,448 ...for the most effective deforming of reality? 1022 01:28:56,052 --> 01:28:57,174 I don't think this-- 1023 01:28:57,376 --> 01:28:59,294 Guys, can you come over here now? 1024 01:29:16,136 --> 01:29:19,695 Death to the demon Yevgeny Nourish! 1025 01:29:19,896 --> 01:29:22,131 Death to PilgrImage! 1026 01:29:22,332 --> 01:29:25,737 Death to transCendenZ! 1027 01:29:44,814 --> 01:29:46,819 No, no, no! You don't have to shoot me! 1028 01:29:50,377 --> 01:29:52,535 Hey, tell me the truth. 1029 01:29:52,775 --> 01:29:54,137 Are we still in the game?