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Humanity's Voice in an Alien Encounter
Regina Jackson
What is your purpose in coming here?
Klaatu
There is a gathering of world leaders not far from here. I will explain my purpose to them.
Regina Jackson
I am afraid that is not possible. Perhaps you should explain yourself to me instead.
Klaatu
Do you speak for the entire human race?
Regina Jackson
I speak for the President of the United States. Now please, tell me why have you come to our planet.
Klaatu
Your planet?
Regina Jackson
Yes. This is our planet.
Klaatu
No, it is NOT.
Change Occurs at the Edge of Crisis
Klaatu
Only at the precipice we change.
The Nature of Humanity and Change
Professor Barnhardt
There must be alternatives. You must have some technology that could solve our problem.
Klaatu
Your problem is not technology. The problem is you. You lack the will to change.
Professor Barnhardt
Then help us change.
Klaatu
I can not change your nature. You treat the world as you treat each other.
Professor Barnhardt
But every civilization reaches a crisis point eventually.
Klaatu
Most of them don't make it.
Professor Barnhardt
Yours did. How?
Klaatu
Our Sun was dying. We had to evolve in order to survive.
Professor Barnhardt
So it was only when your world was threatened with destruction that you became what you are now.
Klaatu
Yes.
Professor Barnhardt
Well that is where we are. You say we are on the brink of destruction and you are right. But it is only on the brink that people find the will to change. Only at the precipice do we evolve. This is our moment. Don't take it from us, we are close to an answer.
Lessons from First Encounters Between Civilizations
Regina Jackson
History has lessons to teach us about first encounters between civilizations. As a rule the less advanced civilization is either exterminated or enslaved. I'm thinking of Pizarro and the Incans, Columbus and the Native Americans, and the list goes on. Unfortunately in this case, the less advanced civilization is us.
Michael Granier
This is the representative of an extra-terrestrial civilization. This is the most important discovery in the history of Mankind!
Regina Jackson
It may well be the last discovery in the history of Mankind.
A Warning About Earth's Deteriorating Condition
Helen Benson
I need to know what is happening.
Klaatu
This planet is dying. The human race is killing it.
Helen Benson
So you have come here to help us.
Klaatu
No, I didn't.
Helen Benson
You said you came to save us.
Klaatu
I said I came to save the Earth.
Helen Benson
You came to save the Earth from us.
Klaatu
We can't risk the survival of this planet for the sake of one species.
Helen Benson
What are you saying?
Klaatu
If the Earth dies, you die. If you die, the Earth survives. There are only a handful of planets in the cosmos that are capable of supporting complex life.
Helen Benson
You can't do this.
Klaatu
This one can't be allowed to perish.
Helen Benson
We can change. We can still turn things around.
Klaatu:
We have watched. We have waited and hoped that you would change.
Helen Benson
Please.
Klaatu
It has reached the tipping point. We have to act.
Helen Benson
Please.
Klaatu
We will undo the damage you have done and give the Earth a chance to begin again.
Helen Benson
Don't do this. Please, we can change. We can change.
Klaatu
The decision is made. The process has begun.