Batman Forever Page #5

of the action!

[Upbeat instrumental music, background]

Nygma Tech brings the joy

of 3-D entertainment into your home!

Ladies and gentlemen, let me tell you...

... my vision.

The Box in every home in America...

... and one day, the world!

[Crowd shouting]

FEMALE NEWSCASTER ON TV:

In local news, Edward Nygma's 3-D Box...

... has become the rage of Gotham.

Rioting occurred last night

at electronic stores that were sold out.

There is hardly a home

without the Nygma Tech Box.

Critics claim The Box turns Gothamites

into zombies.

But Edward Nygma just shrugs.

"That's what they said

when TV was invented. "

[Zapping and popping sounds]

[Eerie instrumental music, background]

[Riddler chuckles and gasps]

ALFRED:
Master Dick!

DICK:
Up here.

Just checking, young sir.

Now!

[Yelling]

[Clanking]

[Groaning]

LOUDSPEAKER:

Intruder alert. Intruder alert.

[Dramatic instrumental music, background]

CHASE:
I have something for you.

It's on the table.

I hope you like it.

Call it clinical intuition.

I thought your dreams needed changing.

My parents were murdered before me...

...when I was a kid.

I don't...

...remember a lot of what happened, but...

...what I do comes to me in my dreams.

Flashes.

There's a new element now, though,

I haven't seen before.

It's a red leather book.

Something else...

BRUCE:
My dreams come to me

when I'm awake now.

Bruce, you're describing

repressed memories.

CHASE:
Images of a forgotten pain

that's trying to surface.

[Tea-kettle hisses]

I'll be right back.

Is it possible there's an aspect

of your parents' death you haven't faced?

You were so young when it happened.

Maybe I should leave you two alone.

BRUCE:
This goes way beyond taking

your work home, doesn't it?

CHASE:
All right.

I think he's fascinating.

Clinically.

Why does a man do this?

It's as if he's cursed to pay a penance.

What crime could he have committed

to deserve a life of nightly torture?

It's more than just...

...professional interest, isn't it, Chase?

Bruce, are you jealous?

BRUCE:
No.

I can't be jealous of Batman.

I want to be close,

but you won't let me near.

What are you protecting me from?

BRUCE:
Do you want to know me?

Do you want to know who I am?

I guess...

...we're all two people.

BRUCE:
The one in daylight,

and the one we keep in shadow.

Rage...

...violence...

...passion.

[Wristwatch beeps]

Excuse me.

I'm busy.

I'm sorry to bother you.

I have some distressing news about Dick.

Is he okay?

I'm afraid Master Dick has gone traveling.

BRUCE:
He ran away?

ALFRED:
Actually, he took the car.

He boosted the Jag?

Not the Jaguar.

The other car.

The Bentley?

ALFRED:
No, sir.

The other car.

[Rock music blares, background]

[Tires squeal]

[Hoots and hollers]

[Crowd jeering and taunting]

[Rock music continues]

[Jeering and taunting continue]

Come for a little ride

in my love machine, babies?

[Hollering]

It's Batman!

WOMAN 1:
Open up, Batman.

WOMAN 1:
Wait!

That's not Batman!

What do you mean?

WOMAN 2:
That's Batboy!

[AII laugh]

It ain't the Bat!

[Girl screams]

[Batmobile engine roars]

[Chaotic hollering]

DICK:
Hey!

Let her go!

[Crowd snickers and groans sarcastically]

[Girl gasps and sobs]

Who the hell are you?

I'm Batman.

[Hysterical laughter]

I forgot my suit, all right?

[Grunting and groaning]

[Crazy Eddie grunts]

[Grunting and groaning]

[Girl gasps]

Come on, run!

Doesn't Batman ever kiss the girl?

DICK:
Go!

GIRL:
Thanks, you saved my life!

I could definitely get

into this superhero gig.

[Whistles]

[Riotous yelling]

CRAZY EDDIE:
Batman!

[Dramatic instrumental music, background]

Bastard!

DICK:
It should've been you!

[Gasps] If you had told Two-Face

who you were at the circus...

...they'd still be alive!

If Bruce Wayne could've given his life

for your family, he would have.

[Dick gasps]

DICK:
All I can think about every day

is getting Two-Face.

He took my whole life.

When I was out there tonight...

...I imagined it was him I was fighting...

...even when I was fighting you...

...and the pain went away.

Do you understand?

BRUCE:
Yes, I do.

Good.

You must help me find him.

DICK:
When we do...

... I'm the one who kills him.

So, you're willing to take a life?

DICK:
As long as it's Two-Face.

BRUCE:
Then it will happen this way:

You make the kill.

But your pain doesn't die with Harvey,

it grows.

So you run into the night

to find another face, and another...

... and another...

... until one terrible morning

you wake up and realize...

...that revenge has become

your whole life...

...and you won't know why.

You can't understand.

Your family wasn't killed by a maniac.

Yes, they were.

BRUCE:
We're the same.

If we're the same, help me.

Train me, let me be your partner.

No.

I can't.

BRUCE:
You still have a choice.

Look, Bruce...

...I'm a part of this, whether you like it

or not.

[Lounge music plays, background]

[Scattered conversations]

NEWSCASTER:
Tonight

all of Gotham society has turned out...

... for Edward Nygma's gala unveiling

of his New Improved Box.

Thanks, Al.

My pleasure, sir.

NEWSCASTER:
They'll be dining

and dancing the night away...

... on the glamorous roof

of the Ritz Gotham.

[Upbeat instrumental music, background]

REPORTER 1:
What's it like to have

your face on the cover of every magazine?

GOSSIP GERTY:
How does it feel to be

the city's newest, most-eligible bachelor?

Gotham must know!

There's Bruce Wayne!

GOSSIP GERTY:
Brucie!

SUGAR:
Oh, Eddie, he is too cute!

How come you don't look so good

in that suit?

Shut up. You're here to work!

How's my mole?

Fine.

REPORTER 2:
What about rumors

of a Nygma Tech takeover...

...of Wayne Enterprises?

GOSSIP GERTY:
Nygma Tech stock is

outselling Wayne Enterprises two to one.

Are you yesterday's news, Bruce?

EDWARD:
Yes, yes, yes...

Bruce, old man.

The press wonders what it's like

to be outsold, outclassed, out-coifed and...

...generally outdone in every way.

Hello, Edward. Congratulations.

Great party. Nice suit.

Wit. Good.

EDWARD:
And you are?

Chase.

And what a grand pursuit you must be.

I'm Bruce Wayne, Miss...?

[Giggles]

You can call me anything you want.

EDWARD:
Ladies and gentlemen...

...the future!

My New Improved Box offers

fully-interactive holographic fantasies.

[Crowd gasps in astonishment]

Edward, you're dashing and a genius.

How do you create these images, hon?

That, my dear, is my little secret.

[Applause and cheering]

Fully-interactive holographs.

BRUCE:
Only a high-frequency

carrier wave, beamed into the brain...

...could create such images.

And you wish you thought of it.

EDWARD:
Don't be a sore loser.

Step inside. Give it a try.

If you can introduce images into the mind,

what stops you from...

...extracting images out of the mind?

Oh...

Too timid to try my machine? Just say so.

Shall we dance?

[Waltz melody plays]

SUGAR:
Naughty, naughty.

Looking for something?

I was just wondering how you turn it off.

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