Pitch black. Dead quiet. Dim faint light appears in the distance, approaching, growing larger. As the light nears, we recognize car headlights. Closer and closer until the car is bearing down upon us with great force. . .
2 INT. CAR 2
Two men in the front seat, FISHER and MOORE. Fisher drives. All seems quite normal until we take a closer look, sweat matts hair, dirt stains on white tuxedo shirts
slide moves along. arriving under a long-lensed microscope.
IN MICROSCOPIC PERSPECTIVE, a thin needle pierces the bug and delicately removes a fragment of tissue.
PINCERS snare the fragment, dropping it into a narrow tube. The tube SPINS, faster and faster until it is a BLUR on the screen.
THE SCREEN FLOODS with an INFRA-RED LIGHT. Gray, oval shapes rock in a neutral mist.
WASH OUT TO:
HOT SUN
Mission To Mars Script
T-minus ten, nine,
eight, seven, six, five,
four, three, two, one,
zero, ignition.
Ten, nine, eight,
seven, six, five, four,
- three, two, one, blast off!
- Guys, guys, please, please !
This is very risky stuff here, and Im
a highly-trained professional astronaut.
Now, Uncle Phil will launch
another rocketjust as soon as
he completes his fuel intake.
Thanks, darlin.
Now,