scene 1. cows in a field
(music: [to be decided post production])
two cows close to each other grazing in a field.
(music fades out)
DAVE
(all dialogue subtitled)
‘ere, i was talking to Simon the other day and he only reckons that our reality is part of some elaborate computer generated matrix which was created for the sole purpose of providing an infinitely replenishable supply of energy for our digital overlords. What d’you think Barry, is he talking bollocks or what?
BARRY
Well Dave, there has always been speculation about the possible illusory nature of reality and Simon’s contention seems to be a novel interpretation of a classical idea. But, it does beg the question, is it better to live in this fabricated world or face the unknown reality of a possible future dystopia?
DAVE
Funny you should say that Barry ‘cos he offered me these two pills and said that if i take the red one I will awake from my computerized nightmare.
BARRY
What d’you do?
DAVE
I told ‘im to stick it, tryin’ to mug me off.
BARRY
What’s Simon doing with a portal to the real world in pill form anyway?
DAVE
He says he’s the leader of an elite band of renegade freedom fighters who are in turn part of a complete underground resistance fighting to destroy the matrix and thus saving cow kind from its invisible prison.
BARRY
It’s a bit far fetched ‘an it? I mean, I saw Simon get pushed over the other day by two teenagers; it took him half hour to get up.
DAVE
You’re not wrong. But Barry, one question… what’s a computer?
