Midnight Marathon (2019) - full transcript

The year is 2007 and the universe is a
dangerous place

filled with space pirates, aliens, and the
unknown

in this intergalactic frontier, the space
citizens need a hero to keep them safe

to watch over them,
a leader to show them the way...

...it's Captain Commander!
- Ash?

Honey? Hello?

previously on Captain Commander...

Hey I was watching that!

You can finish later - now come upstairs for dinner your dad's waiting

Come on!

So I was thinking...



when do you want the car?

I wanted to take Lizzy to the movies tomorrow

that's fine champ

Thanks dad

What about you honey, you excited about the Christmas break?

um yeah I guess

me and Chuck were actually planning on watching the Captain Commander Marathon tonight

if it's okay he stays over I mean

that's Chuck and I but of course sure
Charlie can stay the night if his mom is okay with that

Why don't you play football like Robert

It's better than wasting away like a bunch of zombies in front of the television

I don't know

You know that shows actually pretty good - the hero teaches the kids how to be tough

and I used to watch it



Why don't you try and make some new friends

I met all my friends in high school

There are kids out there other than Chuck

Take the Captain with you on all your adventures!
there doesn't seem to be anyone here

but watch out

come on dude

ok ok, here it is

the brand new

chrome detailed..

millenium series..

Captain Commander Communicator!

Man Chuck, your dad is choice!

I know, I almost crapped my pants when I opened it
and now if you get one too we can talk to eachother

any time!

wait..

Does this count as your Christmas present?

I.. didn't think about that.. no it can't - it's like a week and a half away

It's okay man you know I -

Wait! Holy shit it's starting!

and welcome to the Captain Commander Marathon!

Prepare for takeoff man

this is
going to be biblical

Captain...

it hasn't even begun!

hello?

well hello there dear this is Mrs.
Schumacher from Church

hello Mrs. Schumacher

sweet boy have you
been outside yet tonight it's just that

the moon is so spectacular I wouldn't
want a bright young man like you to miss it

it must be past midnight mrs...

well the light's just so glorious how about you go

outside and sneak a peek

It's even better than your television
stories

I don't know Mrs. Schumacher I'm

supposed to be asleep.

Mrs. Schumacher?

Are your parents in?

Mom!

What?!

Mrs. Schumacher's on the phone

Damnit Ashley! That better not be the TV!

No! She wants you to go outside!

Outside?

Yeah, she seems

worried or something

Okay, well, shut that off and go to bed!

hello Meredeth? Is everything okay?

Ash said... well he told me something was going on

Outside? Well I guess I could

The moon?

What? Meredeth you seem strange, are you sure you're alright?

ok ok, I'll go wake Peter and we'll be right outside. Just hang on

Ash? What is it?

SHH

this is the emergency broadcast system
please stand by... the following is a

message from the Department of Defense.
At approximately 8:50 p.m. Eastern

Standard Time instances of strange
behaviors were being reported to local

and state authorities at record levels.
It is believed that these incidents are

associated with looking directly at the
moon. For this reason we urge citizens

to stay indoors at all costs and to
refrain from looking directly at the

moon until this state of emergency has
ended. This station serves the greater Rockford

area. This message will repeat

Mom!!

Ash! Stop! Wait Ash!

Ash?

What's going on?

When you were asleep Mrs.
Schumacher called

That nice old lady on Elm?

yeah but she seemed weird and she
asked me if I wanted to go outside and

look at the moon

Holy crap

yeah she talked to my parents man!

So.. do we go and look for them?

No we shouldn't go outside

Then what do we do, there are no adults

Robbie! Robbie!!

What?

Somethings going on!

There was this thing on TV, then the phone call,
the door, and the moon!

Ok Jesus, calm down. Take a breath

What is going on.

So they just left?

Alright well they did not tell me I had to watch you guys
Do you wanna watch a movie?

Robbie. Why aren't you listening!

there was an emergency broadcast from
the government saying to not go outside and

look at the moon no matter what and
before that Mrs. Schumacher called and

told me to go outside and look at the
moon

My god

Mom is right, TV is rotting your brain!

You know what, look.

if you're joining us now we're covering possibly

the biggest hoax ever pulled in the
tri-state area. Some devious pranksters

got control of multiple live broadcasts
and aired a fake emergency alert I

repeat the emergency alert that was on
your screen just a few moments ago was a

hoax and there is no need to panic

That is stellar

Boy Ash, that's a relief. For a minute there
I thought you were serious about that phone call

That's because I was Chuck!

Now for a special weather report

the moon tonight is more radiant than

ever before I can't even believe it
myself so if you're watching this go

outside and take a look for yourself

Heck, bring your whole family

you do not want

them to miss out on our glorious
celestial neighbor is really putting on

quite a show why don't you

get as many
people together as you can and go

outside look skyward

just really get an
eyeful

you do not want to miss this moon

It's like they're all possessed or something

That's because it's not a prank

Alright Ash, start from the beginning

what can we do

We could... hmmhm

wait

Captain Commander issue 563

The Night of the Cerebral Insecti!

The recebral what?

in this issue, The Captain is at

a Trader Colony when the inhabitants are all infected by these bugs that can sort of

control them and make them brainless see?

and the Captain was the only one on the whole planet not infected

Wait. He escaped the mines of Gorlath?
What issue is this again?

He figured that the
bugs had to have a weakness

he noticed during the daytime the bugs
moved the colonists indoors so one day

when they were all inside he broke all
the windows and let the sunlight in and

the bugs burst into flames and he saved
everyone

that's awesome

I know and and that's

what we gotta do
we have to wait here for mom and dad and

figure out how to fix them

do you really think this'll work?

Of course, Captain Commander never lies

We need to get out of here

What?

I said we need to get the hell out of here!

but what about mom and dad

they're gone Ash gone okay and we can't

stick around here and become like them
we need to get somewhere safe somewhere

where they can't find us at least until
we can figure out what's going on

okay. but if you read this I think...

Damn it Ash!
I get that you're used to being some

mindless freak but I'm not!

alright

look - it's just this isn't an episode of

Captain Commander

we cannot be heroes

I'm with Robbie

okay good let's get to the

garage

wait but where are we going

shouldn't
we find the police or something?

No, no

we need to get out of town somewhere
secret where we can just wait and think

just us

The bunker.

The bunker?

yeah that'll work

Come on

it's like they're zombies

just look at them

Robbie wait I think that's mom

slow down

Robbie!

it's not her Ash so stop it

We're not gonna end up like that

We're here

this is the bunker?

yeah me and Robb..
Robbie and I made it a few summers ago

are you okay?

yeah I'm fine

so do we have a plan

well we wait till

morning that's it for now and tomorrow
we can go to the next town over and see

if it's also affected

it's my fault

what?

they'd still be here if it wasn't for me

they'd know what to do and the three of
us wouldn't even be out here

No Ash..

I saw mom Robbie

I know I saw her

ok guys I really have

to pee

Chuck just go find a tree or something

Hello??

who's out there?

hello???

Charlie? Is that you?

Don't worry sweetheart..

Mommy's here.

it's been too long

I'm sure he'll be back soon

he should have been back a

while ago I'm gonna go look for him

Chuck?

Chuuuck

Chuck!!

Chuck!

Chuuuuuckk

This isn't funny

Chuck?

Come on Chuck, please!

No! Chuck!

Chuck!

Ashley baby is that you?

Thank god!

I'm right above you okay, so look up!

Look up at me

Look up at me!

Look up at me right now!

what do you think you're doing private

Captain?

Are you gonna quit? nah, didn't think so

no private of mine would look in the face

of catastrophe turn tail and run.

So what have you learned from all these years of

watching me?
It's easy to give up but it's hard to be brave

I'm just afraid. I'm afraid all the time

What if that's all there is?

Do you remember episode 242: The Haunting

of Lunar Base Delta?

Well, what do you think
would happen if I stayed on my ship and

didn't get involved?

Even when I was
afraid I still knew my duty.

You? You were afraid?

It was the ghost of a giant
man-eating alien of course I was afraid

but bravery isn't just not being afraid

bravery is being afraid and still doing

the right thing anyway

so you can keep living in fear and be just

like them...

or you could stand up and be
who you were meant to be

Mom and dad...

wait Captain!

With the brain bu...

With the cerebral insecti

how'd you know what to do?

You see Ash, when I

really paid attention their weakness
couldn't have been more obvious

the truth is son

you don't need me
anymore

ASH!

Robbie

Ash!

Robbie!

Ok, back there...

I know!

you were scared,

so was I

but now

we need to save them

So grab Chuck and let's go

What are you crazy? What did I say
back there we need to...

Robbie we can't leave him too!

The sun's gonna rise soon and I don't know
what that means exactly but when it

happens we need to be with mom and dad

I just

I can't..

bravery isn't not being afraid Robbie

it's being afraid and doing what's right anyway

all right