Alter Egos Page #7

Synopsis: Brendan, a.k.a. the instant ice-forming superhero Fridge, has become jealous of himself over his steady girlfriend Emily's preference for sleeping with posturing Fridge over whiny geek Brendan. Superhero buddy C-Thru would like Brendan to get it together, get out of his Fridge tights and have a good wash. With superheroes in public disfavor and government subsidizing being pulled, its a sad day when they have to haul in Shrink, the last known and captured supervillain. Waiting for nightfall when Shrink can be transported from their motel room, Brendan runs across Claudel, the motel manager who dislikes superheroes, and Jimmy, an embittered cop who can turn invisible for only a few seconds. As Brendan and Claudel start to connect, Brendan discovers a set-up that puts his future, freedom and good name in jeopardy.
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Jordan Galland
Production: Phase 4 Films
 
IMDB:
5.2
R
Year:
2012
80 min
Website
183 Views


- No, no, no, no, no.

- No, I'm gonna be fine.

It's okay.

Don't worry.

- You're gonna be okay.

- Yeah, no, seriously,

I'm gonna be okay.

[Warbling tone]

- You healed yourself.

You've got--

- healing powers, yeah.

- Why didn't you tell me?

- I was gonna tell you.

I've just kept it a secret

for so long.

I just didn't want it

to be the only thing

that people cared about.

[Breathing heavily]

- Yeah, tell me about it.

You okay?

- Yeah.

- C-Thru.

Come on.

Can you get up?

- Yeah.

- Oh, dude.

Can you heal him?

- Well, if he's still alive,

I can.

[Warbling tone]

- Come on, bud.

Claudel saved you.

She's got superpowers.

- Yeah, let's keep that

on the d.L., please.

- Brendan--

- look, just save it, all right?

You're one lucky piece of sh*t.

- Jimmy's dead.

I can't heal him.

- Oh, man.

Well, he did shoot you.

- So what happens now?

- As far as I'm concerned,

that's Fridge right there.

- Fridge is dead.

- Just as I was starting

to like superheroes.

- I'll take it from here.

[Grunting]

I got a report to write

about a dead superhero.

Hey, Brendan?

You think you'll ever

forgive me?

- [Sighs]

Sure.

Over my dead body.

- Good night

I say to you

good night

dream

of all the impossible

and when you wake

you'll see

that all these dreams

aren't fake

they're real

not impossible

believe

you'll be all right

sad things

you keep inside

so go

tell me what it's like

tell me what you like

about when you dream

ooh-ooh ooh-ooh

ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

ooh-ooh ooh-ooh

ooh-ooh

- With their funding

fully restored,

the supercorps determined

that Fridge,

whose body was found

washed up on shore,

was not evil,

but only under the mind-control

powers of shrink,

who faked his own death

to escape custody.

Shrink is still at large,

and considered

incredibly dangerous.

New evidence shows

he was responsible

for the deaths

of two superheroes in 1992.

Supercorps leader,

captain amazingness,

has pledged to spare no effort

in capturing shrink.

For the first time,

the supercorps

has confirmed the identity

of one of its members.

Fridge has been identified

as local police officer

His family and friends

claim they are not surprised

to find out that Jimmy

was a superhero.

"He had a true love

for justice," his wife says.

"He was one of the good guys,

and that's rare."

- The other day,

I took my third-grade class

into the park,

and three third-graders

found underwear in the bushes.

- Do I think guns are good?

No, I don't, really.

But I would sooner have a gun

in the hands of sunburn

than some law-enforcement

officials.

- What am I going to do

with a taser

if a guy is half a mile away?

I need pistols.

- I'd even go so far as to say,

you know, I would put

a stealth bomber in his hands.

- Superheroes, like yourself,

are getting their powers

younger and younger these days.

- Well, I mean,

some people think

it's like the hormones

in the cows

and that we spray on crops,

but I think it's cosmological.

- Now, we know what kind

of problems puberty causes

in a normal human being,

so we can only imagine what must

be going through the mind

of these troubled

teenage individuals

who suddenly have--

suddenly have fire

coming out of their fingertips

or pieces of metal

flying at their body.

I once had a young patient

whose parents thought,

"she's just bumping

into things."

But really things were bumping

into her.

See, she had just

developed magnetism

and couldn't control it.

[Romantic music]

- you don't need

to leap over buildings

in a single bound

or run to me faster

than the speed of sound

you don't need X-ray vision

to look into my heart

you're my hero

just the way you are

just the way you are

you don't need to fly

around the world

to show a girl a good time

you don't need telepathy

you can already read my mind

and you don't need

super strength

to hold me in your arms

you're my hero

just the way you are

you don't need a Batmobile

to take me to the prom

don't have to be

the man of steel

to diffuse this little bomb

all you got to do

is open up your heart

you're my hero

just the way you are

you don't have

to move mountains

to show your sweetness

'cause, baby, you move me

without telekinesis

don't need to take me

to the moon

to show me all the stars

you're my hero

just the way you are

don't have to stop

one of the trains

with your bare hands

or befriend supervillains

just to stop

their evil plans

believe me when I say

I loved you from the start

you're my hero

just the way you are

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Jordan Galland

Jordan Galland (born 1980) is an American, New York City-based filmmaker, and musician. He has won a number of awards on the film festival circuit. He has also contributed his music to raise money and awareness of various charitable causes. Other entrepreneurial endeavors include Slush Puppy Music, a record label, as well as his own movie production company, Ravenous Films. more…

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