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Adrian Veidt:
You wanna know my past? Okay. Happily. It's a matter of public record that by seventeen both my parents were dead, leaving me alone. I guess you could say I've always been alone. I mean, they say I'm the smartest man in the world, but the truth is I've often felt stupid at being unable to relate to anybody. Well... anyone living, that is. The only person with whom I felt any kinship died three hundred years before the birth of Christ. Alexander of Macedonia. His vision of a United world, well... it was unprecedented. I wanted... needed to match his accomplishments, and so I resolved to apply antiquity's teachings to our world today, and so began my path to conquest. Conquest not of men, but of the evils that beset them. Fossil Fuels. Oil. Nuclear Power. Like a drug, and you, gentlemen, along with foreign interests, are the pushers.Lee Iacocca:Now listen.Adrian Veidt:No. You listen. The world will survive. And it deserves more than you've been able to provide. So let's cut to it, shall we? Privately I'm worth more than all of your corporations combined, I could buy and sell you three times over, which is something you should factor into your decision should you choose to make our disagreement public. I think you know the way out.Adrian Veidt's Assistant:The toy people wanna talk to you about some new villains for the Ozymandias line. Seems all the old villains are dead.Lee Iacocca:Mr Veidt?Adrian Veidt:I think I have some ideas
You wanna know my past? Okay. Happily. It's a matter of public record that by seventeen both my parents were dead, leaving me alone. I guess you could say I've always been alone. I mean, they say I'm the smartest man in the world, but the truth is I've often felt stupid at being unable to relate to anybody. Well... anyone living, that is. The only person with whom I felt any kinship died three hundred years before the birth of Christ. Alexander of Macedonia. His vision of a United world, well... it was unprecedented. I wanted... needed to match his accomplishments, and so I resolved to apply antiquity's teachings to our world today, and so began my path to conquest. Conquest not of men, but of the evils that beset them. Fossil Fuels. Oil. Nuclear Power. Like a drug, and you, gentlemen, along with foreign interests, are the pushers.Lee Iacocca:Now listen.Adrian Veidt:No. You listen. The world will survive. And it deserves more than you've been able to provide. So let's cut to it, shall we? Privately I'm worth more than all of your corporations combined, I could buy and sell you three times over, which is something you should factor into your decision should you choose to make our disagreement public. I think you know the way out.Adrian Veidt's Assistant:The toy people wanna talk to you about some new villains for the Ozymandias line. Seems all the old villains are dead.Lee Iacocca:Mr Veidt?Adrian Veidt:I think I have some ideas
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You wanna know my past
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Okay Happily
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It's a matter of public record that by 17
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both my parents were dead
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leaving me alone
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I guess you could say I've always been alone
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I mean they say I'm the smartest man in the world
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but the truth is I've often felt stupid
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at being unable to relate to anyone
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Well anyone living that is
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The only person with whom I felt any kinship
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died 300 years before the birth of Christ
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Alexander of Macedonia
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or Alexander the great as you know him
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His vision of a united world was
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Well it was unprecedented
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I wanted
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Needed to match his accomplishments
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And so I resolved to apply antiquity's teachings to our world today
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And so began my path to conquest
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Conquest not of men
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but of the evils that beset them
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Fossil fuels oil nuclear power
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are like a drug and you gentlemen along with foreign interests
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are the pushers Now listen
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No
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You listen
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The world will survive
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and it deserves more than you've been able to provide
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So let's cut to it shall we
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Privately I'm worth more than all of your corporations combined
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I could buy and sell you three times over
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which is something you should factor into your decision
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should you choose to make our disagreement public
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I think you know the way out
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Gentlemen
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The toy people wanna talk to you about
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some new villains for the ozymandias line
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Seems all the old villains are dead Mr veidt
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I think I have some ideas Mr veidt
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Movie Summary
In a gritty and alternate 1985 the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown, but after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered, an investigation into the killer is initiated. The reunited heroes set out to prevent their own destruction, but in doing so uncover a sinister plot that puts all of humanity in grave danger.
