Block 28 - My name is Neo
 

Not noticing the homeless man in the shadows, Neo, Morpheus, and Trinity approach the subway payphone. It rings, and Morpheus goes back. While waiting for the next ring, Trinity starts to tell Neo what the Oracle told her. Her hesitation and the distraction of a passing train give Smith time to transfer himself into the homeless man -- Trinity sees him just barely in time to pick up the ringing phone, and escapes as a bullet from Smith's gun shatters the phone booth. Panicking, she tells Tank he has to send her back, but he can't. All she can do is watch the screen and whisper "Run, Neo. Run." (He should change his name to Lola. And hey, anybody seen Minority Report? Everybody runs? Great movie. Tom Cruise sure beats Keanu Reeves as an action hero. But I digress.)

His exit destroyed, Neo must stand and fight. He and Smith shoot at each other till their bullets are gone, and then go at it hand-to-hand. After several minutes of brutal combat, Smith seems to have the edge -- he's got Neo pinned on the subway tracks, and there's another train coming. (Already?) Naturally it's no loss to Smith if his current body is crushed, but Neo's only got the one. Fortunately, he also is the One. At the last second, he hurls himself upward, smashing Smith into the ceiling. He escapes the train; Smith does not. Unfortunately, in the few moments Neo takes to catch his breath, the Agent takes a host on the train. Neo bolts for the escalator with Smith in hot pursuit.

Two scenes should do for this block, maybe three. Synopsis here.

(I really dig this part of the movie. Does it show?)

Morpheus: Disconnect.
Trinity: Disconnect.
Smith: BOOM!
Neo: Crud.

Neo: Monkey Steals Lunchbag!
Smith: Elephant Tramples Snake!
Neo: Subway Smashes Agent!
Smith: Pseudo-GAK!
Neo: HA! Neo 1, Smith...
(Smith comes out of subway train.)
Neo: I bid you farewell, good Sir!

Gatac

Morpheus: Beam me up Tank! *Disappears*
Trinity: My Turn, but first I need to delay.
Homeless Man: Bill and Ted? Coooo....*He becomes Agent Smith*
Trinity: Oh crap! *Disappears*
Agent Smith: So, where is your big toy now?
Neo: You mean Trinity or that really big gun?

Neo and Agent Smith fight
Agent Smith: You broke my shades!
Neo: Uh Oh!
Agent Smith: That was my best pair too.
Neo: Why don't you just replicate a new pair?
Agent Smith: I will, once this train runs you over, Mr Anderson.
Neo: Dude, My name is Neo!
Agent Smith: Huh? I thought it was Ted.

Homeless Man: Ted?
Neo: Bill, is that you?
Agent Smith: No, it's Me! Me Me Me!

or

Homeless Man: Ted?
Neo: Bill, is that you?
Trinity: Old Friend?
Neo: Yep, we go way back
Trinity: Most Excellent

or

*Neo looks at phone booth*
Trinity: What's wrong Neo?
Neo: Nothing, just a little deja vu

or

Homeless man: OMG, Ted! Is that you?
Neo: Bill! What brings you here?
Homeless man: The phonebooth
Trinity: Riiiight.

:mrgreen: :mrgreen:



Trinity: Neo, there's something I've been wanting to tell you...

As always, am busybusybusy - the Gilbert and Sullivan show I'm in (Iolanthe, chorus, first bass) opens a week from Tuesday - yay!

Muchos Gracias to Zeke for opening up all the remaining blocks - ah! we can smell the end approaching!

I hope I'll be tackling more blocks in the next few days, but for the moment:

yeah, perfect, it works perfectly.... I want that one! but there's a second part!

TRINITY: Neo, there's something we should talk about...
NEO: Ah, heck. Ok, lemmie explain: I've spent my whole life in a computer simulation, and I've never actually "been with a woman". So its kind of hard to communicate my feelings for you. Now, I know the cameras in your shower on the Neb may be a--
TRINITY: Wait, what cameras?!
GUN: Bang!
TRINITY: *teleport*
AGENT SMITH: Surprised to see me?
NEO: Actually, kind of relieved.

For the fight scene

Smith: You're out of bullets
Neo: You didn't say "Simon says"...

After Smith comes out of the Subway.

Neo: Hey! That's cheating!
Smith: *ahem* look whose using the phoneline to escape the matrix mid-battle...
Neo: Good point

-OR-

Neo: Don't you have anything better to do than abuse your powers?
Smith: Actually, no...
Neo: Oh, well, I guess we'll continue fighting then

Morpheus: Now, to safely...wait a minute. Where's the phone?
Smith: Looking for this?
Trinity: That's a banana.
Neo: Great, now I'm stuck with *that* song again.

Gatac

Ah, it continues. :) I like Gatac's
...so I'll only submit an entry for part 2:

Smith: Hah, gotcha! Now I just need a rope, dress, and wig for you.
Neo: No thanks. SPROING!
Train: TOOT! *splat*
Neo: Scratch one Agent!
Smith: Scratch is right.
Neo: Double crud. Exit, stage anywhere but here!

Naturally, edit or lose the "Double crud" part if the one-liners block isn't used. -- Pteryx

Vote time!

I'm for Gatc's first shot on this one.

Gatac's Crud Block:
Gatac's Headline Block:

I'd say Gatac's "Crud" the best with the "bananaphone" one the second best.

Since when did Standback decide which entries were put to a vote? None of mine were even considered

I didn't decide anything, Neo... it's been a good four months since the last vote, but a voting round will generally start with somebody listing their favorites. And continue with further people listing their favorites. Any block of yours that was a favorite of yours - quote it and vote for it! That's what we're here for! :D

I vote for what's voted!

Actually, I vote for the following:

Smith: Time to Die
Neo: Uh-Oh, Tank, I need a subway train to hit him
Tank: Got you covered
Train: Squish!

I like all the blocks so far, actually, both those mentioned and those not mentioned. Will have to consider this further. :?

For the first block I choose Standback's version:

For the second I'ld like to suggest a new block:

Neo: Bring it on!
Smith: Very well, Mr Anderson. 1772 Limehouse Boundary rules it is. I'll open with Euston Square.
Neo: Neasden!
Smith: South Kensington!
Trinity (watching from the ship): Oh no, he's flunting him!
Neo: Ah... uh... Kenton!
Smith: Do you hear that, Mr Anderson? That is the sound of a transverse poly-thaumic Alberquerque Left Turn shuffle. Goodbye, Mr Anderson.
Neo: My move.. is... Mornington Crescent! Now if you don't mind, I have an important phone call to take.
Smith: Come back here! I want a rematch!

Possibly it needs a bit of refinement.

PHJ, it's funny. but that might be a wee bit obscure for everybody outside this forum... and possibly for everyone outside you ;)

Like I'd let a little thing like that stop me. :D

...Point.
:D

Actually, keep the Mornington Cresent one, just as a 5MV in-joke

So... we just post here fivers of the scene?

Morpheus: Bye bye. Don't get shot at.
Trinity: Come on. There's no one around but that helpless homeless guy.
"Homeless guy": Uh, yep. I'm not about to be infested by Smith. I'm helpless.
Neo: Sounds good.

Smith: Out of ammo, darn it!
Neo: They sent you to kill the biggest threat you'll ever face and you didn't bring more ammo?
Smith: Okay, you get run over now.

Neo: Ha ha! I have escaped your dasterdly plot!
Smith: I'll return! Maybe with buddies!
Neo: Pft. How many buddies could a guy like you possibly make? Certainly not the millions needed to fight me.

Heya Skiltch! Welcome to the forums - hope you stick around.

Yup, we just post fivers of the scene. Simple. Elegant. Than we argue about them for months. Simple. Elegant. :D

We're technically in a voting stage now - that is, deciding which of the blocks already suggested will be in the final fiver - but posting new suggestions is still fine. So write, post, vote, and have fun!

It's all good, no need to change it

Finalize the last two blocks and we're finished, folks!

Tally so far, to the best of my understanding:

Neo is Left Behind
2 votes: Standback, Xeroc.

1 vote: PHJ

Subway Fight

1 vote: Standback

1/2 votes: PHJ, I think KGMan?

Please double-check that I've included and correctly understood your votes. Let's wrap this fiver up, people :D

2 votes: PHJ, KillerGM

I'm in.

So now we have a tie... not good
[/quote]

For Neo Is Left Behind, I definitely want Gatac's Crud block. His "Headline" block (which I think is really supposed to be a cheesy kung-fu move block) works well enough if nothing better comes along.

(And I guess no one likes my "rope, dress and wig" block... oh well.) -- Pteryx

I'll also go for "Gatac's Headline Block". :D

Just to confirm, yes, it's meant to be bad Kung-Fu moves.

Gatac

But MC is... well, it's MC! How could you possibly beat that?? :shock:

Huh. I thought Kung-fu attack moves were generally nouns. "Lunchbag-Stealing Monkey Attack!". Or possibly "Fist of the Monkey-Stealing Lunchbag!". But whatever.

Yes, but I'm specifically lampooning Jackie Chan Adventures. (Which is, in itself, a parody of this practice.)

Gatac

I like these two as well. :)




I vote for Standback's block for the first part. For the second part I vote for something along the lines of Skiltch's suggestion.

Smith: Out of ammo, darn it!
Neo: Ha! You came to kill the biggest threat you'll ever face and you didn't bring enough ammunition?
Smith: Just for that, you get run over now.

Neo: Urk...
Smith: Heheh. This one is too easy.
Neo: *boing*
Smith: Impressive.

On a totally random note, whenever I see the title of this thread, these lines pop into my head:
"Her name is Neo and she dances on the sand/Just like that river twisting through the dusty land"

I'm a sick puppy, no? :D

That's 4 for Gatac's "Crud" block, and 3 for my "#thematrix".

Gatac's kung-fu block has either two or three votes, as Pteryx's seemed rather half-hearted... And PHJ's Mornington Crescent has 2 (and it's starting to grow on me...)

If anybody has a deciding vote to cast, or a new suggestion to make, this would be a good time, folks. Ditto for block 30.

Thread open: 4 months
Voting open: 1 month
FBC operating for: 2.5 years

May I call upon the power of Zeke to descend upon us, in the guise of the Holy Tiebreaker, and finish this fiver once and for all?

Kira's good too.

*Snort*

Good? :lol:

Good? I meant great. Kira is amazing, wonderful, superb in every way, shape and form, and the only reason I refrain from describing her as "goddess-like" is because of all the second-rate lowlife goddesses out there. Kira is perfection such as the rest of us can only strive to attain.

Especially so, I may add, if she should happen to wrap up the $%@#-in' fiver.