Tomorrowland (film)

Tomorrowland (titled Disney Tomorrowland: A World Beyond in the U.K.) is a 2015 American science fiction adventure film directed by Brad Bird, and co-written and produced by Bird and Damon Lindelof.

Athena

I'm the future, Frank Walker.

Frank, It's not personal, it's just programming.

Frank Walker

Okay, let's get you up to speed. This is a story about the future. The future can be scary.

When I was a kid, the future was different.

Governor David Nix

Every day is the opportunity for a better tomorrow.

You've got simultaneous epidemics of obesity and starvation, explain that one. Bees butterflies start to disappear, the glaciers melt, the algae blooms. All around you the coal mine canaries are dropping dead and you won't take the hint! In every moment there's a possibility of a better future, but you people won't believe it. And because you won't believe it you won't do what is necessary to make it a reality.

Dialogue

Athena: [of Frank's rocket pack] Did you make this yourself?

Frank Walker: Yeah.

Athena: Why?

Frank Walker: I guess I got tired of waiting around for someone else to do it for me. [Athena smiles and Frank smiles]

Frank Walker: Do you want to tell this story?

Casey Newton: No, you're doing fine.

Frank Walker: Because if you think you could tell this story better, I would absolutely love to hear you try.

Casey Newton: Wow! Really?

Frank Walker: Really?

Casey Newton: Well, technically, I am more qualified.

Frank Walker: Are you? How so?

Casey Newton: Because, unlike you, I'm an optimist.

Eddie Newton: Why do you love the stars so much, Casey?

Casey Newton: Because … I want to go there.

Eddie Newton: But they're so far away.

Casey's mother: It will take a long time, a real long time. What if you get all the way up there, and there's nothing?

Casey Newton: What if there's everything?

Casey Newton: Even the teeniest of actions can change the future.

Nate Newton: How can you be sure?

Casey Newton: Because I know how things work.

Nate Newton: Why are they taking the platform down?

Casey Newton: Because it's hard to have ideas. And easy to give up.

Nate Newton: But you won't, right?

Casey Newton: Never.

Casey Newton: "There are two wolves" … You told me this story my entire life, and now I'm telling you: There are two wolves and they are always fighting. One is darkness and despair, the other is light and hope. Which wolf wins?

Eddie Newton: C'mon, Casey.

Casey Newton: Okay, fine, don’t answer.

Eddie Newton: Whichever one you feed.

Casey Newton: Good. Eat.

Frank Walker: Okay, accept that there is a world where I know, with absolute certainty the exact time of your death? Now, do want me to tell you, or not?

Casey Newton: Of course I would. Who wouldn't? But — what if accepting my death is what causes it? So the answer is YES. I would want you to tell me — but I wouldn’t believe you.

Frank Walker: You have to believe me.

Casey Newton: Why? Don’t we like make our own destiny and stuff? [probability factor on Frank's monitor reduces from 100% to 99.9997% — and she is puzzled to see him staring at it] What?

Frank Walker: Who are you, kid?

David Nix: Well Frank, it's been wonderful catching up, but as we were fairly clear about the terms of your exile and the consequences of your violating it — what the hell are you doing here?

Frank Walker: I think she can fix it?

David Nix: [puzzled] I'm sorry, I…

Frank Walker: Her. [indicating Casey] I think she can fix it, David.

Casey Newton: Wait —what?

Frank Walker: I've been pirating your signal. Every time you turn it on here I can see it there, and it flickered. A percentage dropped, David.

David Nix: Impossible.

Frank Walker: You don’t believe me? Let's go find out.

Casey Newton: I'm sorry — what can I fix?

David Nix: The world, Miss Newton. He thinks you can fix the world.

Casey Newton: You were pirating the signal. How?

Frank Walker: What?

Casey Newton: At your house, all your TVs, your "Doomsday room" — you were boosting the feed from that monitor thing. How did you do that?

Frank Walker: No big deal, they're running so much power through it now a HAM radio could pick it up — it's just a matter of finding the right frequency.

Casey Newton: You grabbed a signal from another dimension, from a machine here — that means it's transmitting there. What if its not just predicting the future …

Frank Walker: … It's broadcasting it.

Casey Newton: When I touch this thing, for a few minutes, it felt like anything was possible. So why can't the opposite happen. What if the monitor is just a giant pin, but instead of making you think positive, it makes you think negative, and it — it's convincing the whole world to feed the wrong wolf. We need to turn that thing off.

Casey Newton: It's not just showing people the end of the world. It's giving them the idea — over and over and over again. So they just accept it.

Frank Walker: It's a time bomb, and we lit the fuse.

Casey Newton: We still have, like 58 days to try to change things … but nothing will work — as long as that thing is still on.