Pixel Perfect Page #2

Synopsis: Samantha's band, the Zettabytes, is meeting with little success, so her friend Roscoe uses his knowledge of technology designed by his father to create a holographic lead singer, Loretta Modern. The band instantly becomes successful, but Samantha begins to feel alienated, Roscoe discovers feelings for Samantha, and Loretta struggles with individuality.
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Director(s): Mark A.Z. Dippé
Production: Alan Sacks Productions
 
IMDB:
5.8
TV-G
Year:
2004
85 min
386 Views


LIKE A SATELLITE

I'M RECKLESS

YOU'RE

SPEECHLESS:

SCREAM, SHOUT,

I LOVE IT LOUD:

I FEEL THE NEED:

TO STAND OUT IN A CROWD

NOTHIN'S WRONG WITH ME

NOTHIN'S WRONG WITH ME

FREAK OUT,

AND STAND MY GROUND

NOTHIN' IN THE WORLD

IS GONNA KEEP ME DOWN

NOTHIN'S WRONG WITH ME

[MUSIC STOPS]

Rachel:
WOW.

WHERE DID YOU LEARN

TO MOVE LIKE THAT?

UH, YOU DON'T LEARN

TO MOVE LIKE THAT, SAM.

IT KINDA COMES:

WITH THE HARDWARE.

UM, I DON'T THINK

I CAUGHT YOUR NAME.

LORETTA.

LORETTA MODERN.

WELL, HA,

IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU.

[VOICE ECHOING]

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

SURPRISE.

LADIES...

MEET YOUR NEW:

LEAD SINGER.

Roscoe:
MY FATHER'S

BEEN WORKING ON:

HOLOGRAPHIC TECHNOLOGY

AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

FOR SKYGRAPH.

HE JUST HASN'T APPLIED I TO HUMAN FORM.

SHE'S SO REAL.

YOU'RE IN MY LIVER.

EWW.

Roscoe:

DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

SHE DOESN'T HAVE A LIVER.

WELL, I KNOW WHERE

IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE.

SHE PULLS WHATEVER

INFORMATION SHE NEEDS

RIGHT OFF THE NET.

THAT MEANS:

SHE KNOWS EVERYTHING.

IT'S INCREDIBLE.

I DON'T EVEN SEE

A PROJECTOR.

SHE DOESN'T NEED ONE.

THE COMPUTER:

USES ECHO LOCATION

TO MEASURE THE ROOM

AND PULSING FREQUENCIES

TO HOLD HER PATTERN.

HERE, WATCH THIS.

I CAN CHANGE HER HAIR,

HER EYES, HER WHOLE LOOK.

[RACHEL LAUGHS]

Cindy:
WOW,

THAT IS SO COOL.

I LOVE THIS OUTFIT.

THIS IS:

JUST PLAIN WEIRD.

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

Rachel:
NO, IT'S FANTASTIC.

Cindy:
CAN YOU IMAGINE

GOING BACK TO MOXLEY

WITH HER SINGING LEAD?

Roscoe:
AS LONG AS NO ONE

TRIES TO TOUCH HER,

NOBODY WILL EVER KNOW.

[CHIRPING]

Loretta:
ROSCOE?

YEAH?

CAN YOU GIVE ME A HAND?

WELL, SURE. WITH WHAT?

I MEAN, A HAND.

OH, YUCK. EW.

HOW MANY TIMES:

DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU?

YOU HAVE TO STAY AWAY

FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS

THAT LEAD OUTSIDE.

WHY?

HOLOGRAMS:

CAN ONLY EXIST INDOORS.

I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES

I'VE LOST THE CAT.

WE'LL HAVE TO BUILD YOU

A NEW HAND FROM SCRATCH.

HEY, ROSCOE,

DOES YOUR FATHER

KNOW ABOUT LORETTA?

ARE YOU KIDDING?

IF HE FINDS OUT,

HE'LL DELETE HER.

THEN I SUGGES WE HIDE HER. FAST.

[CAR ALARM BEEPS]

Roscoe:
PRESS THE BUTTON

EVERY TIME THE ALARM STOPS.

IT'S GOOD FOR ABOU 5 MINUTES.

[BEEP BEEP]

[CAR ALARM BLARING]

[CAR ALARM STOPS]

[BEEP BEEP]

[CAR ALARM BLARING]

SAVOR IT NOW.

DEFEATED BY TECHNOLOGY.

[CAR ALARM BLARING]

Cindy:
I LOVE IT.

Rachel:
WHAT'S THAT?

HOLOGRAM STORAGE CELL.

MY DAD INVENTED IT.

THINKS THESE TWO

WERE STOLEN BY COMPETITION.

YOU ARE SO BAD.

Roscoe:

ALL RIGHTY. READY

FOR BED, LORETTA?

CIAO, EVERYONE.

[BEEP]

[BEEPING]

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

[RING]

Roscoe on answering machine:

HEY, THIS IS ROSCOE.

LEAVE A MESSAGE. [BEEP]

Sam:
HEY, ROSCOE,

IT'S SAMANTHA.

IF YOU'RE THERE,

PICK UP.

UM, OK. JUST CALL ME

WHEN YOU GET BACK.

ALL RIGHT. BYE.

[BEEP]

[ANSWERING MACHINE

BEEPS]

WHY DIDN'T YOU

TALK TO HER?

I--I ALWAYS

SCREEN MY CALLS:

WHEN I'M BUSY.

IT'S NO BIG DEAL.

Dad:
ROSCOE?

I GOTTA HIDE YOU.

UH, HEY, DAD.

WHO YOU TALKING TO?

UH, NO ONE, NO ONE.

MY-MY-MYSELF.

HUH.

WOW.

IMPRESSIVE.

YEAH. YEAH, WELL,

IT'S--IT'S JUST A HAND.

WELL, WHY DON'T WE

TEAM UP AND WORK

ON THIS TOGETHER?

I--I DON'T--

I DON'T NEED HELP.

I JUST THINK:

THAT I COULD--

MAYBE SOME--

SOME OTHER TIME.

ALL RIGHT, FINE.

Roscoe:
IT'S SIMPLE, MAX.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS PLUG IN

THE QUADRATIC FORMULA,

AND SOLVE FOR "X."

HOW CAN I DO THAT?

I DON'T KNOW WHAT "X" IS.

COME ON, MAX.

YOUR MOTHER'S

THE HEAD OF SKYGRAPH.

SOME OF THOSE BRAINS

MUST HAVE TRICKLED DOWN.

WELL, YOU KEEP

WORKIN' ON THIS.

I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

WAIT!

WHERE ARE YOU GOIN'?

COME ON!

WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT,

SOME GIRL:

OR MY MATH TEST?

Roscoe:
SAM, WAIT UP.

HI.

HEY.

I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU

ALL WEEK.

YEAH, WELL, YOU KNOW,

I'VE BEEN WORKIN'

PRETTY HARD:

FINE-TUNING LORETTA.

I WANT HER TO BE JUST RIGH FOR HER FIRST GIG.

FIRST GIG?

WHAT DO YOU KNOW

THAT I DON'T?

ARE YOU GONNA GO

TO THE DANCE ON SATURDAY?

WELL, THAT DEPENDS.

ARE YOU ASKING ME?

WHAT'S THE POIN IN ASKING

IF YOU'RE GONNA BE

ON STAGE THE WHOLE TIME?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

THE INFECTIOUS MEASLES

ARE PLAYING.

AREN'T THEY?

[FEEDBACK]

THIS OVER HERE.

IS THIS ON?

[FEEDBACK]

HELLO? EXCUSE ME.

WOW.

I KNOW ALL OF YOU HERE

ARE WAITING:

TO CATCH THE INFECTIOUS

MEASLES TONIGHT.

[ALL CHEERING]

UM, I'M SORRY TO SAY

THAT THE INFECTIOUS MEASLES

WON'T BE PERFORMING

AS THEIR LEAD SINGER

HAS THE CHICKEN POX.

[ALL BOOING]

BUT, UH, SOME OF YOUR

VERY OWN SCHOOLMATES

HAVE VOLUNTEERED

TO FILL IN FOR THEM.

[ALL BOOING]

NOW, NOW, COME ON.

DON'T BE DISPARAGING, OK?

ALL RIGHT.

NOW REMEMBER,

DON'T LET ANY

OF THE BAND MEMBERS

GET TOO CLOSE,

OR THEY'LL PASS

RIGHT THROUGH YOU.

IT'S SO SWEET. IT'S LIKE

HE'S HER MOTHER.

WE COULD HAVE DONE THIS

WITHOUT HER.

SO PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER

FOR THE ZETTABYTES!

[CROWD BOOING]

Sam:
UH...

1, 2, 3, 4!

[BAND PLAYS

NOTHING'S WRONG WITH ME]

YOU MAY FIND ME JUS A LITTLE STRANGE

I LIKE DANCIN' BAREFOO IN THE POURIN' RAIN

MY MIND IS RACIN'

AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT

I'LL DANCE AROUND YOU

LIKE A SATELLITE

I'M RECKLESS,

YOU'RE SPEECHLESS

SCREAM, SHOUT,

I LOVE IT LOUD:

I FEEL THE NEED:

TO STAND OUT IN A CROWD

NOTHIN'S WRONG WITH ME

NOTHIN'S WRONG WITH ME

FREAK OU AND STAND MY GROUND

NOTHIN' IN THE WORLD

IS GONNA KEEP ME DOWN

NOTHIN'S WRONG WITH ME

I SEE SOME THINGS THA MIGHT NOT COME OUT RIGHT

I SAY THEM LOUD AND PROUD

AND IN THE LIGHT

IF YOU ASK:

ABOUT MY ATTITUDE

I'LL SAY COME ON

JUST GET A CLUE:

SCREAM, SHOUT,

I LOVE IT LOUD:

I FEEL THE NEED:

TO STAND OUT IN A CROWD

NOTHIN'S WRONG WITH ME

NOTHIN'S WRONG WITH ME

FREAK OU AND STAND MY GROUND

NOTHIN' IN THE WORLD

IS GONNA KEEP ME DOWN

NOTHIN'S WRONG WITH ME

NOTHIN'S WRONG WITH ME

NOTHIN'S WRONG WITH ME

NOTHIN'S WRONG WITH ME

NOTHIN'S WRONG WITH

ME:

[CHEERING]

MY NAME IS LORETTA MODERN,

AND WE ARE THE ZETTABYTES.

[CHEERING]

Loretta:
THIS IS

SO FUN, ROSCOE.

CAN WE DO THIS:

EVERY DAY?

WELL, LET'S FIRST SEE

IF YOU CAN PHOTOGRAPH.

IF YOU'RE JUST TUNING IN,

OUR GUEST TODAY IS DARYL FIBBS.

SO WHAT MADE THE NOTORIOUS

DE FIBB GIVE UP RAP

AND TAKE A JOB WITH

HARSHTONE RECORDS?

I--I DECIDED I WANTED

TO BE A STAR MAKER

INSTEAD OF A STAR.

THAT'S WHY

I'M SCOUTING NEW ACTS

IN BACK ROOMS WHERE

I'LL DISCOVER TALENT.

THAT'S SOMEBODY

WE SHOULD GET TO KNOW.

BUT TO GIVE UP:

PERFORMING...

LORETTA?

WELL, I MEAN,

IT'S LIKE BOXING.

THE CHAMP...

Roscoe:
HOW DO YOU

LIKE THE RAIN?

Loretta:
I DON'T KNOW.

IT ONLY HAPPENS OUTSIDE.

I CAN'T GO OUTSIDE.

SO HOW:

SHOULD I LOOK NOW?

WHAT?

FOR YOUR PICTURES.

OH, UH, RIGHT. UM...

LET'S SEE.

UH, FIRST,

UH, LOOK AT ME

LIKE:

YOU'RE SURPRISED.

GREAT. ALL RIGHT.

NOW, UH, LOOK AT ME

LIKE YOU'RE ANGRY.

OK, NOW, UH,

LOOK AT ME LIKE:

YOU'RE IN LOVE.

IS THIS RIGHT?

YEAH.

YEAH, IT'S--

IT'S PERFECT.

HMM.

Loretta:

THEY'RE ALL THE SAME.

IT'S LIKE

I'M NOT REALLY THERE.

YOU'RE LIKE LIGHTNING.

YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD

TO CATCH IN A PICTURE.

BUT IT'S STILL THERE,

LIKE YOU.

WHY AM I HERE?

YOU'RE HERE

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Alan Sacks

Alan Sacks is an executive producer, most well known as producer and co-creator of the TV series Welcome Back Kotter. He formerly managed the band Unlocking the truth. more…

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