Frank Walker
When I was a kid, the future was different.
A line from Frank Walker
Okay, let's get you up to speed. This is a story about the future. The future can be scary.
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3 quotes
Frank Walker
We are the Future.
Frank Walker
Find the ones who haven't given up. They're the future.
Scenes with Frank Walker
10 scenes
Athena
[of Frank's rocket pack]
Did you make this yourself?
Frank Walker
Yeah.
Athena
Why?
Walker
I guess I got tired of waiting around for someone else to do it for me. [he and Athena smiles]
Frank
Do you want to tell this story?
Casey Newton
No, you're doing fine.
Frank
Because if you think you could tell this story better, I would absolutely love to hear you try.
Casey
Wow! Really?
Frank
Really.
Casey
Well, I guess, technically, I am more qualified.
Frank
Are you? How so?
Casey
Because, unlike you, I'm an optimist.
Frank
[notices Casey looking at a bomb]
Hey, don't touch that! [takes the bomb and stows it in a pouch] This is one-kiloton detonation. It is NOT a toy. Do not mess with my stuff! You got that?
Casey
[annoyed]
Sor-RY!
Frank Walker
Oh, you little... [runs to the door and tugs at it] You know I can call the cops anytime! Anytime! You have– I'm giving you 5 seconds to–
Casey Newton
[from inside the house]
I am not leaving! Either tell me how to get there, or kill me!
Frank Walker
[from outside the house]
If you touch anything in there, that's exactly what I'll do! What are you doing?!
Casey Newton
[sarcastic]
I'm touching things!
Frank Walker
[bangs on the door]
Open this door now! I mean it! I'll knock you out! [bangs on the door again]
Casey Newton
[sees an interesting object and picks it up; to Frank, to taunt him]
Hey, what's this doing with the trombone-sliding-thing?
Frank Walker
Leave that alone! I'm serious!
Casey Newton
Will you take me there?
Frank Walker
No!
Casey Newton
Then you're not serious!
Frank Walker
Okay, accept that there is a world where I know, with absolute certainty the exact time of your death? Now, do want me to tell you, or not?
Casey Newton
Of course I would. Who wouldn't? But what if accepting my death is what causes it? So the answer is yes. I would want you to tell me, but I wouldn’t believe you.
Frank Walker
You have to believe me.
Casey Newton
Why, don’t we like make our own destiny and stuff? [probability factor on Frank's monitor reduces from 100% to 99.9994% — and she is puzzled to see him staring at it] What?
Frank Walker
[Shocked]
Who are you, kid?
David Nix
Well Frank, it's been wonderful catching up, but as we were fairly clear about the terms of your exile and the consequences of your violating it — what the hell are you doing here?
Frank Walker
I think she can fix it.
David Nix
[puzzled]
I'm sorry, I…
Frank Walker
Her. [indicating Casey] I think she can fix it, David.
Casey Newton
Wait— What?
Frank Walker
I've been pirating your signal. Every time you turn it on here I can see it there, and it flickered. A percentage dropped, David.
David Nix
Impossible.
Frank Walker
You don’t believe me? Let's go find out.
Casey Newton
I'm sorry. What can I fix?
David Nix
The world, Miss Newton. He thinks you can fix the world.
Casey Newton
You were pirating the signal. How?
Frank Walker
What?
Casey Newton
At your house, all your TVs, your "Doomsday room" — you were boosting the feed from that monitor thing. How did you do that?
Frank Walker
No big deal, they're running so much power through it now a HAM radio could pick it up — it's just a matter of finding the right frequency.
Casey Newton
You grabbed a signal from another dimension, from a machine here — that means it's transmitting there. What if its not just predicting the future …
Frank Walker
… It's broadcasting it.
Casey Newton
When I touched this thing, for a few minutes, it felt like anything was possible. So why can't the opposite happen? What if the monitor is just a giant pin, but instead of making you think positive? It makes you think negative, and it — it's convincing the whole world to feed the wrong wolf. We need to turn that thing off.
David Nix
Ah, it's uninhabited, and uncharted; looks like a perfect place to spend your last days.
Frank Walker
David, the monitor is acting as an antenna. It isn't just receiving tachyons, it is taking a possible future and making it likely...
Casey Newton
...And amplifying it — transmitting it, like a feedback loop.
Frank Walker
It's a self-fulfilling prophecy, that's coming from right there.
Casey Newton
But it's not just showing people the end of the world. It's giving them the idea — over and over and over again — so they just accept it!
Frank Walker
It's a ticking time bomb — and we're the ones that lit the fuse.
Casey Newton
We still have, like 58 days to try to change things - but nothing will work — as long as that thing is still on.
David Nix
Young lady, I'm going to assume that your knowledge of tachyonic fusion is a bit sketchy; shutting it down is impossible; there is no "off."
Casey Newton
I'm telling you what it's doing. Why don't you care?
Frank Walker
Because he's the one who's doing it... right?
Athena
The Monitor — the bomb is gone, but I'm not... yet. There isn't much time. My self-destruct. Use it. You know what to do, Frank. This … set it right this time.
Frank Walker
I thought you can't have ideas.
Athena
Well, what do you know?
Frank Walker
What do you know?
Athena
Systems failing.
Athena
Frank?
Frank Walker
Yeah?
Athena
You want to know why you could never make me laugh?
Frank Walker
Why?
Athena
Because you're not funny. [Frank and Athena laugh] You can let me go now. Goodbye, Frank.
Frank Walker
Goodbye, Athena.