Brave New Jersey Page #2

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Oh, and Clark, this is where

you're gonna lead the cows in.

Mm, yeah, okay.

Then I'm gonna tug on the heartstrings

a little bit.

Our fields are drying up.

You're working your fingers to the bone,

barely getting by.

Events in Europe are drawing us ever closer

to an inevitable world war.

I say change only comes

when you take bold leaps forward.

Well, that's it.

Now what do you say we fire this up?

Absolutely.

-And all these buttons--

-Yeah?

Designed and built in florida.

I think it's the future in dairy farming.

The fut--

...and when the time is...

Oh, my god!

-Has it got rotors on it?

-Yeah, get over here!

-Dump it right on there?

-Yeah, get out of the way!

I cannot believe it.

This is a disaster.

Oh, god, ah!

Oh, Chardy!

You're damn right I'm upset.

The whole town was due to arrive.

I had to cancel the whole damn ceremony!

No, I couldn't even start the thing.

There was going to be

a fireworks show, for god's sake!

What do you think?

Oh, look at those Halloween costumes!

They fit perfectly!

-Kind of itchy.

-Oh, you're gonna look great tomorrow.

You are a wonderful Abraham Lincoln.

And you are the spitting image of Bette Davis.

Greta garbo!

This--

You'll fix it. you always do.

You'll make it better.

I don't deserve you.

You're the most beautiful girl in town.

You know that?

In all New Jersey.

The Columbia Broadcasting System

and its affiliated stations

present Orson Welles and the mercury theater

on the air, in "The War of the Worlds."

Ladies and gentlemen, we interrupt our program

of dance music to bring you a special bulletin

from the intercontinental radio news.

It is reported that at 8:50 pm,

a huge flaming object

believed to be a meteorite, fell on a farm

in the neighborhood of Grover's Mill, New Jersey.

The government meteorological bureau

has requested a large observatory

keep a watch on any further disturbances

occurring on the planet Mars.

We'll return you, until then,

to the music of Ramon Raquello

and his orchestra.

Then you're quite convinced as a scientist

that living intelligence, as we know it,

does not exist on Mars?

How far is Mars from here?

I'd say approximately 40 million miles.

Well, that seems to take--

We take you now to Grover's Mill, New Jersey.

-Hello?

-Are you hearing this?

-The what?

-The radio's reporting something about Mars.

Something landed over at Grover's Mill.

You have to slow down.

You need to put the radio on

if you're not listening--

Okay, okay, I'll turn it on.

It landed, but they don't know what it is.

It was on the rad--

Well, I hardly know where to begin.

I guess that's it.

Yes, I guess that's the thing directly in front of me.

I can see the object itself.

Doesn't look very much like a meteor.

It looks more like a huge cylinder.

Friction with the earth's atmosphere

usually tears holes in a meteorite.

This thing is smooth,

and the metal casing is definitely extraterrestrial.

And not found on this earth.

What?

Something's happening.

Stay back, I tell you!

Good heavens.

Something wiggling

out of the shadow like a gray snake.

Eyes are black and they gleam like a serpent.

The mouth is kind of V shaped with saliva

dripping from its rimless lips.

I see the--

Will you hold on, please?

I'll be right back in a minute.

We are bringing you an eyewitness account

of what's happening on the Wwilmuth Farm,

Grover's Mill, New Jersey.

Wait a minute, something's happening.

...by the woods, the fires--

The gas tanks, tanks of the automobiles--

spreading everywhere.

Coming this way now,

about 20 yards to my right--

Ladies and gentlemen, due to circumstances

beyond our control,

we are unable to continue the broadcast

from Grover's Mill.

Oh, my god.

At least 40 people lie dead in the field

east of the village of Grover's Mill,

Their bodies burned and distorted

beyond all possible recognition.

I have been requested by the governor of New Jersey

To place the counties of Mercer and Middlesex East

of Jamesburg under martial law.

Of the creatures in the rocket cylinder,

I can give you no authoritative information

to their purposes here on earth.

Of their destructive instrument,

I shall refer to the weapon as a heat ray.

Operator, yes...

Yes, this is Clark hill from Lullaby.

Hey, hello?

Hello?

Martian cylinders are falling all over the country.

One outside of buffalo, St. Louis.

The monster is now in control

of the middle section of New Jersey.

It has effectively cut the state through its center.

Citizens of the nation,

I wish to impress upon you

the urgent need of calm and resourceful action.

You have just heard the Secretary of the Interior

speaking from Washington.

Dad, are we leaving?

Mom! you can't just sit there.

I've been informed that the central portion

of New Jersey is blacked out

from radio communication

due to the effects of the heat ray

upon power lines and electrical equipment.

Here's a special bulletin.

Chardy, what's happening?

I'll take care of it.

I'll-- I'll--

Chardy!

Oh, hit my head!

You okay?

Peg, are you okay?

-Yes.

-Damn it!

Damn it!

Mom, how much more do you need to hear?

We're under attack!

You have to get up!

Ladies and gentlemen,

I have a grave announcement to make.

Those strange beings who landed

in the Jersey farmlands tonight

are the vanguard of an invading

army from the planet Mars.

Everybody, hold on! Hold on!

They're coming right toward us!

It's the end of the world!

We're all gonna die!

Mom, we're leaving.

I packed your suitcase.

Dad's outside.

Come on!

It may be the saddest forecast.

Mom...

Dad's starting the car.

We have to go.

Is there anyone on the air?

Is there anyone?

I couldn't reach my daughter in Boston.

They must have wiped out Boston!

They might have wiped out the whole damn country!

Of course they're coming for us.

We've got the fourth tallest

water tower in three counties.

All right, hold on!

The radio said that they landed in Grover's Mill.

That's only a few hours from here, isn't it?

When Sheriff Dandy gets here

he will have definitive answers, I promise.

Can anybody tell me what the f*** is going on?

Okay.

Everybody finished?

Finished screaming and yelling?

You wanna act like a bunch of goddamn fools?

Well, that'll make it nice and easy for them

when they get here, won't it?

You'll be standing around

with your tits in the wind

and those bastards will float on over

burn you alive, right where you're standing.

You'll be dead.

Then you'll be dead!

Then you!

Is that what you want?

You're a crazy old man, Collins.

Crazy?

Crazy world, shorty.

Believe you me, I've seen it.

I've seen things make you sh*t a green carrot.

Wanna get in your cars and die on the road,

hide under a rug and die like an animal?

Go right ahead.

Seems like a fitting end to this town.

You've all been dead for years,

you just never knew it.

I'm gonna fight those bastards when they come.

Martian fire rays don't scare me.

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