The NeverEnding Story - Table Read - p2

What this episode is about

In this second part reading of "The NeverEnding Story," we continue following the journey of Bastion and Atreyu as they navigate the fantastical realm of Fantasia, where Atreyu is on a crucial quest to save the Empress from the destructive force known as the Nothing. Key events include Atreyu's daunting encounter with the Swamps of Sadness, the heartbreaking loss of his horse, and his newfound guidance from the Southern Oracle, as he faces imminent danger and the mysteries of

Key takeaways

• Bastion’s journey reflects every child’s struggle: navigating fantasy while grappling with reality’s ‘nothingness.’
• The Swamps of Sadness teaches us that even the strongest can fall prey to despair—emotional depth in a kid's tale!
• Characters like the luck dragon Falor remind us: sometimes, unexpected allies swoop in just when we need them.
• The narrative blurs reality and fantasy, echoing how imagination serves as a refuge from life's harshness.
• Engaging with classic stories reveals enduring truths: friendship, bravery, and the importance of believing in oneself.

Who speaks in this episode?

• Cat Wilson (Host) · 25 min speaking
• Vicki Dykes (Guest) · 15 min speaking
• Aname (Guest) · 15 min speaking
• Aubrey (Guest) · 15 min speaking
• Matthew (Guest) · 15 min speaking

What is discussed, and when

1. 0:00 – 10:00: The NeverEnding Story
2. 1:10:00 – 1:20:00: The NeverEnding Story
3. 1:20:00 – 1:30:00: Doctor Who

Notable quotes from "The NeverEnding Story - Table Read - p2"

• Half our second part reading of the never- Ending Story for those of you who Miss l r so far we' met our main characters Bastion a little boy who's managed to get a hold of this lovely.

  about The NeverEnding Story · at 0:00

• Was like what is the next script we're reading we're taking a week off and then we're reading an episode of Dr Who yay which one are we reading for Doctor Who Vincent and the doctor Vincent Van go it's a very good one nice which era.

  about Doctor Who · at 1:27:01

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

• Vincent van Gogh — Person · Referenced subject (upcoming episode selection) · 2 mentions
  Mentioned as the focus of the next planned script reading: Doctor Who episode 'Vincent and the Doctor' (Matt Smith era).
  Like what is the next script we're reading we're taking a week off and then we're reading an episode of Dr Who yay which one are we reading for Doctor Who Vincent and the…

Books & papers

• The NeverEnding Story — Book · Primary recommendation · 2 mentions · first at 0:00
  Central to the podcast's discussion, serving as the main narrative being read and analyzed.

Media & podcasts

• Doctor Who — Media · Referenced work · 2 mentions · first at 1:27:12
  Mentioned as the next reading material after a break, indicating a shift in topic or interest.

Full transcript with timestamps

0:00 half our second part reading of the never- Ending Story um for those of you who Miss l r so far we' met uh our main characters Bastion a little boy who's managed to get a hold of this lovely magic book that he's been reading about another little boy named betray you um who's on a quest to save the empress and save the land of fantas not is it Fantasia Fantasia um and because it's being destroyed by the nothing and we've met some lovely characters along the way like the rock biter and the nighthob and a racing snail and all these folks are trying to get away from from the nothing and um in his quest um he had to go meet somebody who told him that they need to go up to a castle and had to a poor atrau had to drag his horse through the swamps of sadness where the poor horse was so sad it didn't make it which is very very distraught for many of us especially as kids um and we also met a mountain uh

1:09 named Mora who told the TRU that he needs to go meet the southern Oracle um we left off with a tro heading off to his quest when something big and wolflike came to attack him and just at the last minute he was plucked from the jaws of death by something with very white paws and flying through the air that's we're going to going to pick up our script today um before we do that we're going to do a quick set of introductions so you know the drill name pronouns where your located who you're playing today um and where people can find you on social media um starting with say Vicki hello I'm Vicki Dykes I'm from central Alberta a small town called penhold I'm trying to make it famous I am playing Angi wood basan and I will be reading some action and description my pronouns are she her you can find me on Facebook under the name Vicky dkes and I'm on Instagram I am yoga grma 10 awesome um moving over

2:18 to aname hi my name is aname I'm in Northern California my pronouns are she her and today I get to read falor the southern Oracle Eastern wind giant the childlike empress and actions and descriptions and uh you can also find me on Facebook under my name awesome um Aubrey hi I'm Aubrey I'm sure some of you seen me before uh so I'm from California I will be reading the parts of a Tru the gamor it's awesome and a few other characters and then uh my pronouns are are an experience and uh yeah you can find me on @ luthian theair or here on Facebook or uh sorry not Facebook or on YouTube and other places all right places I'm Matthew I am Matthew you my pronouns are he and him and you can find me on Facebook awesome and Matthew tonight is reading Ur urgle Northern wind Giant falor in the third section and then oh and continue to the end so U my name is cat Wilson you're one of your hosts this evening um

3:44 she her pronouns I'm in Gig Harbor Washington and when I'm not reading here you can find me with on Facebook with two households in Fair Corona a Shakespeare reading group and as you may have guessed from our our listing of our characters we'll be changing off today trading on today who's playing what character just because they are the bulk of the script is actions and descriptions and we want to give everyone a chance to play their favorite characters so um you'll try to see us um hopefully follow along who's reading what but it'll be fun so we're going to go ahead and dive right into our script so I'm going to go ahead and pull that up um I'm going to actually get into yeah there we go all right and let's see here I think I need to make this slightly larger so sec and 11 right how does that look that still too small is that too large no I think it's okay um can't see all if you move it if

4:50 you move it yeah there I think that that's good yeah okay so this is where we left off with Bastion um being very very glad that Tre has been rescued now we're going to cut to exterior of Rocky landscape gnome cave night close angle On A TRU the boy is sleeping against something large and white it is night but there is bright Moonlight throughout the scene something curved and white is across the treo's body he slowly wakes up then looks around a little confused he notices that he wears his clean clothes and has on bandages from Plants around his wound on his wounds then he notices the long curved white thing that is across his body almost pinning him in he's confused and looks around looking up and is very startled the camera pulls back to a long shot we now see what surprises at tray you from a long distance back we see a huge white dragon curled and sleeping with a Tayo curled up in one of his

5:52 claws in the center it is a surprising and yet somewhat Charming sight resting upon a rocky landscape against Stars is in bright Moonlight the white dragon is almost luminescent in this light he is 40 ft long and his huge head is not far from the tiny looking boy close angle on a angle on a tryu who looks a little scared by all this he tries to push what is he now realizes is a dragon's protective claw away from him and he manages to budget a few inches dragon's face who's been sleeping the dragon has a large white head and he opens one of his large eyes at tryu close angle as he pushes the claw away just enough that he can slip out he very gently tries to move away then quickly turns and looks toward the dragon's face the dragon's face from a tru's point of view the Dragon quickly closes his eye just in time at Tru and the dragon long shot we are back very far now and see atrau successfully climb

6:53 down off the dragon out from under his claws and he starts to sneak away A TRU close angle is he tiptoes away until he hears a friendly but deep voice leaving so soon Tre you freezes then turns a TR in the dragon as a dragon now has both eyes open and raises his head I I uh I I was just trying to go going to um um I have to I I was trying to sneak away I like children for breakfast no no never I'm a luck dragon my name is falor oh and my name is betray you when you're on a quest how do you know all about me you were unconscious but you talked in your sleep uh could you climb up and scratch behind my left ear I can never quite reach it the Tre climbs back behind the drag head and scratches his ear while they talk here oh yes oh that feels good thank you so little fella you're on your way to the southern Oracle yes but it's hopeless it's too far away I wouldn't necessarily say that you know how to get there sure it's

8:27 right around the corner how did all of this happen with luck you've already brought me the entire 10,000 miles only 9,897 as the dragon flies you're amazing close angle on Falco beams with cheerful good spirits having a luck dragon with you is an excellent way to go on a quest things will work out fine at tray you never give up and good luck will find you it's it's good to have a friend again you have more than one go look over there a tra's point of view the rocky landscape in the Moonlight with strange kinds of moss there are bright stars overhead several yards away there is a light coming from inside a small cave a tro walks over to the cave it is only three or 4 feet high and he must bend over to peer inside which he does there a delight expression on his face when he sees exterior cave move that just a tad can there you go exterior cave Knight a Treo bends down looks into the cave looks astonished the dragon in the

9:45 background the kitchen area of an alchemist all done in miniature we see an absolutely Charming little home for two gnomes who are about 2 feet high there's a fire crackling in the fireplace dozens of strangely shaped flasks bottles tubes and bubbling concoctions of all kinds there are boxes sacks and containers of herbs plants and strange remedies the furniture has a Charming crudeness about it made of root wood fastened together in some obvious makeshift way but like the rest of the place every piece of furniture looks comfortable and lived in a triu hears a cough we see a small gnome sitting in an armchair by the fire he even looks comfortable and lived in with a face is wrinkled as an apple that's been left on the window Ledge in the sunlight too long he wears big eyeglasses and is writing in a huge book that is in his lap he wears baggy pants Spenders and hemade shirt and smokes a pipe we shall

10:43 soon know him as Angi wuk from the Next Room a female gnome comes waddling in she is his mate in every way round wrinkled and very much at home in the little cave her name is urgle and she goes over to the fireplace where there's a tea kettle hanging over the fire oh get out of my light wench you're disturbing my scientific work you in scientific work this boy need is one of my fusions the boy will need my scientific advice much more yes yes but not until he's well she pushes his chair out of the way get back in your own P I need plenty of space angle and including A TRU A TRU who has been peering in on all this in amazement clears his throat to draw to himself he's well now it's my turn with him jumps out of his chair de said when he's well it's your turn when I say it's your turn she pushes him back down in his chair and wles over to at tray with a steaming Bowl she looks up at him well little man still in

12:00 pain uh a little but it's all right I like that the patient telling the doctor it's all right it's all right when I say it's all right child it has to hurt if it's to heal here drink this a tria looks at a tiny steing bow skeptically but drinks it yes that's my bwing br there's I am new there tree mode old lizard brains from a ransom sea serpent flavored with sand worms organically grown of course bet tray you stops drinking quickly tries not to look ill and hands it back I just where did you and your dragon come from what are you on to anything of interest to the scien Community Den's a scientific Community uh my name is TR I came here to find the southern Oracle enky W suddenly comes to life jumping out of his chair urgle reacts only to eny excitement oh here we go again you've come to the right place oh my boy I am somewhat of an expert on the southern Oracle my scientific speciality it's my scientific

13:37 speciality why don't you sit down and keep quiet for once oh you keep quiet wench it's my turn now he steps in front of a tryu takes his hat off and scratches his bald little head my name is Indy work she's ear ever heard of me um I don't think so ah um you don't travel in scientific circles I am the expert on the southern Oracle you've come to the right place my boy there's no fool like an old fool oh wait stay here to The Observatory to the winch winch exterior Rocky landscape night urgle pants strains and sweats as her entire strength goes into turning the crank of a strange creu looking winch come on Slowpoke can't you go any faster wide sh we can see what is going on now a homemade rope and pulley system leads from the edge of a cliff across a Chasm to a high narrow Peak an adventurous construction and Angi is on his way up and across traveling in a basket fueled by pure wife power a tryu however is big

15:05 enough to jump across the casm and he climbs up the peak on his own in an agile manner close angle on Angi in the basket having a glorious time I've been studying the mysteries of the Southern Oracle for years someday I'll publish a book A Century of studying the southern Oracle by Professor angor volume one the early years have you been to the suen Oracle yourself what do you think I work scientifically exterior Observatory platform gate night a flat platform rests on top of a high narrow Peak it's a very strange telescope made from Twisted rootwood with a series of bottles filled with water in the middle and at the far end is a huge multifaceted Crystal as the lens it rests on a crooked wooden tripod the basket arrives Angi will cops out and Waddles over to the telescope atreo also arrives at the platform and he looks down to the vast L below while anguk fiddles with his beloved telescope the

16:17 moonet PLS below A TRU Angi in the foreground there's a desert plane but with a natural valley that curves around almost enclosing it facing each other at the natural gate where the two Rocky sides of the valley end are two giant sphinxes they look mysterious and imposing in the silence and the Moonlight as so they possess all the mysteries of the universe and know how to keep a secret at Tru and anguk angua continues to polish adjust and focus his bizarre telescope is that the southern Oracle no no it's the first of the two gates you have to pass through before you can meet the southern Oracle and get me the information for my book of course most people never get that far why the Sphinx's eyes stay closed until someone who does not feel his own worth tries to pass by ah oh oh here comes a man who looks fancy oh we'll see what he really really thinks of himself Angi W gestures for a tryu to take a look the boy has to lay

17:35 down on the rocks to be able to peer through the tiny telescope you see a knight through the telescope a medieval knight in shining armor Galloping toward the sphinxes he rides a beautiful horse and carries a lance then he stops the horse hesitating oh go on scurity cat the Knight now Spurs his horse on and he tries to slowly ride by the two f es toward the gate opening angok Tru at Tru keeps peering through the telescope while angok impatiently dances around it's my turn oh let me see I'm the scientist but a tro keeps looking to the telescope he's going on I think he'll make it just sinks his eyes are they open or shut oh let me see the eyes are closed no wait the they opening oh no the knight in the sphinxes as the Knight and the horse Advance a few more paces and then suddenly there's an incredible flash of light and a powerful explosive sound it all lasts only a split second then the horse rears up the Knight falls

18:46 to the ground and lies motionless and the horse turns gallops away safely the Knight lies still a tray and angry work as a tro finally looks up did did he make it did he a TR just shakes his head frightened but what do you seen oh fancy armor doesn't help the sphinxes can see straight into your heart listen boy next time let me see what happens it's my telescope but a tryu isn't listening he's thinking and angok finally notices and shuts up I think I'll try it then at Tru starts climbing down the rocks to the plains below oh no at Tru don't go yet I haven't even told you about the next gate oh it's even worse than this one a tra cut to an exterior Sphinx Plains Observatory night long shot the Eerie moonlit seene on the plains below we see a tiny figure and the strange natural walls ending in two sphinxes Close Up On A TRU he moves step for step uniring Le forward point of view of a Tru the

20:02 Sphinx gate lies approximately 50 feet in front 50 Paces in front of him it's much much bigger than it had seemed from a distance behind the gate is nothing but desert the tray strides bravely forward rapidly closing the distance between himself and the gate angel on a tryu it's a tense moment he looks up carefully and stares up at the Sphinx on the right when a view of a tray you the giant Sphinx in the Moonlight its face resembles a human being and it's beautiful it seems to be smiling and its eyes are closed and tro looks up at the other Spinx at tra's point of view the mighty creature also has its eyes closed so far so good Observatory angok is watching through the telescope no oh he'll never make it he'll never make it stins fles Plaines at tra walks forth and stops seeing something at tra's point of view it is a fall a night in shining armor he lays still in the Moonlight dead he has fallen at an angle

21:04 where he can't see his face yet a tro walks on toward him past the falling man the tra's point of view of the Fallen Knight as he walks closely and we see the KN from a tr's point of view The Shining Armor glimmers in the bright Moonlight as we go by first the Silvery boots then the armor on the legs then the iron glove hands then the chest tryu close angled as he stares at the Fallen body the knight's body close angle we now pan up slowly and see the helmet has fallen off and we see a skeleton's face looking up at us in the Moonlight and the frightening image has bizarre mysterious eye holes shaped like stars try you close angle he reacts with fear and horror angle on the scene as a tryu stumbles back afraid then his foot knocks over a small rock which slides down and hits another with a loud sound that Echoes throughout the Silent Valley atrau suddenly looks up at the first Spinx who regally sits there eyes still

22:04 closed atrau whirls around a look at the second Spinx whose eyes are also closed Angy look watching through the telescope very oh no now don't start to do yourself be confident at tryu as though hypnotized looking ahead and then he looks up and freezes looking scared with a gate opening about 20 ft ahead the first spin is is now starting to open his eyes we cut to the interior attic day as Bastion is reading wide eyed oh I don't think I have a Bastion for the scene um matth do you want to take that

22:49 one run it TR run exterior Sphinx Plains Observatory night angle on the second Sphinx now also opening his eyes Observatory angok is watching through the telescope but starts jumping up and down run the TR run at Tru who looks around quickly at both Sphinx's eyes looking scared and desperate the first sphin were a tru's point of view his eyes are now almost open as well into your attic Bastion is now excitedly yelling as he stares into the book run a TR run now cut to exterior Sphinx Plains ofer for a night as a tryu breaks into a dead run the Sphinx's eyes are completely open staring at a tryu as we hear a terrible sound begin just like an just like before an explosion a tray runs as fast as he can toward the gate opening in the rocks and then he dives through the other side of the gate as a tray stals through the air right behind him is a giant flash of bright light and the sound of a huge

23:54 blast a tree who lands on the snow on the other side rolling and comes up safe he made it but he finds himself in some sort of blinding snowstorm Observatory Anga comes out of his excitement and begins jumping up and down out of his mind with excitement he made it he made it I always said he could do it he hurries over to his basket and pushes off without hesitation a long shot of Angy wook in the basket exterior Landing sight for the basket night as Ang sails in a view coming down too fast not noticing oh FAL he made it he made it through the Spinx Gate Crash the basket lands too hard and fast and Angi W tumbles out exterior mirror gate night A TRU is stumbling around half blinded by the sudden snowstorm you can't see but bravely goes forward exteror Knight close on URL she's testing a huge hypodermic needle by shooting giant bubbles straight up in the air powdered porcupine well dehydrated

25:04 whale blubber and crocodile tears we see that she is sitting a top falor as she plunges a huge needle into him he Roars with pain it has to hurt if it's to heal angok excitedly runs into a view waving his arms and true made it through the spin Gates I always said he could do it good but hardly reason for you to fall out of your basket again I knew would be safe oh I knew he would be safe oh what what I knew there wouldn't be any problem this said Ang this sets Angi Wick off again and now he's Furious nonsense oh you don't understand anything the worst one is coming up next is the magic mirror date a tra has to face his true self so what that won't be any problem for him oh that's what everyone thinks but kind people see they are cruel brave men discover they are really cowards oh confronted with your true selves most people run away screaming a tray will make it past this gate and I suppose you can tell me how with

26:36 luck a famous scientist like me shouldn't even be arguing with a dumb Dragon he stumps off to one side and sits down feeling dejected a tree will never make it so I shall never finish my book mean it that way my poor old egy work basically he's a poor good no W I'm not a good gnome I'm a tragic figure urgle takes their little man by the hand as they waddle to their cave it's all right it's all right all right and Vicky exterior mirr gate area night a tree who is staggering around through the great blinding snowstorm there's a constant roaring of the wind which swirls around him throwing snow into his eyes hair and clothes but a tro covers his eyes with his arm and forces himself to move on not giving up but the storm has no mercy it is terrible close angle on a TR who Squints out looking ahead into the gusting storm a treo's point of view for just a few moments the storm stops gusting as much

28:02 as before and a tri can see a strange sight a big rectangular shape seems to be suspended in midair about 20 feet away then the image of it is lost again in the storm a triu lowers his face into the crook of his arm Sheltering his eyes and he fights his way forward towards the shape another angle A TRU fights forward it is as if the storm doesn't want him to reach the shape ahead and the noise builds the wind is screaming in his ears but a tray who doesn't give up he fights on a Trio's point of view for brief moments between gusts the storm dissipates long enough for quick looks at the rectangle head A TRU is getting closer to it A TRU fighting for every inch a treo's point of view we can see that the shape ahead is a mirror a large mirror exactly like the mirror with the antique like frame we saw in the Attic with Bastion angle on scene the snowstorm blows harder and harder its howling is

29:17 terrible but a tro struggles and fights fighting even harder himself and he's winning gaining ground angle on mirror we can see a Tray's reflection in it as he slowly makes his way through the storm towards it angle on a tray as his face is covered by his arm he fights forward and then the mirror comes into frame we notice that the Roaring of the storm has died down somewhat at tro turns to one side and slowly lowers his arm from his face also realizing there was a lull in the storm he faces the mirror he is shocked by what he sees a tro point of view into mirror a tro looks into the magic mirror and he sees a small boy reading a large book in an attic it is Bastion he stares into his book in total shock we cut to the interior of attic day Bastion jumps up and hurls the book aside it hits the wall and Falls Bastion just stands there his whole body trembling he is breathing heavily panting he slowly calms down he

30:33 shakes his head this is going too far he presses his lips together and tries to pull himself together a pause it is very quiet Pan's expression changes again suddenly he starts shaking again what if they really know about me in Fantasia for the first time the idea seems tempting he suddenly jumps up and reaches for the book exterior mirror gate night we see a Tru staring into the mirror and within the mirror from his this angle we see Bastion pick the book up again reverse angle on a tray who is amazed at what he has seen and then slowly he reaches out with his right hand to start to touch the mirror close angle on at tru's fingers as they are extended towards the surface of the mirror slowly then the tips of his fingers touch the magic mirror causing the mirror surface to Ripple like water this causes everything in the mirror to blur and disappear close angle On A TRU as he hesitates close angle on a tru's fingers

31:56 now within the magic mirror as he then courageously puts his hand further into the mirror angle on mirror and a triu as a trio now removes his hand stares at it and then takes a deep breath and slowly walks into the mirror a tru's face close angle it is an expression of fear and wonder angle on new side of mirror tro steps through and the snowstorm starts fading away and the mirror gate is gone there's a stram light on his face and he takes a few steps forward cautious and afraid of what he sees but what is it he looks up and then off to both sides he is very guarded and cautious but the soft light and music should start to suggest a tranquil peaceful atmosphere the snow storm has faded away now it is quiet and Eerie in the Moonlight and A TRU looks up still tense and ready for anything exterior Southern Oracle a tro in front of the sphinxes a tro who stepped out on the other side of the

33:09 mirror gate and on the other side are the sphinxes a tro is poised for flight ready for the blast in the danger a blue night sky with stars and the sphinxes look like they are made out of ice the atmosphere now is quiet and peaceful we hear music that is both mysterious and reassuring the sphinxes are different now and not aggressive as before the first Sphinx do not be afraid we will not harm you we have been waiting for you a long time atrau angle on atrau and first Sphinx atrau relaxes his guarded stance but looks around confused as to the exact source of the voices the mood is Serene and peaceful are you the southern Oracle first thans up close the icy glow combined with the Moonlight creates a majestic presence yes we are at Tru looking around to the second Sphinx then you must know what can save Fantasia yes we do well what is it I have to know the empress needs a new name a new name that's

34:35 all but that's easy I'll give her any name that she wants nobody from Fantasia can do it only a human child can give her this new name a strange rumbling crunching noise seems to come from within the sphinxes it is an eerie sound and then the noise dies down but a tree who now stares at the second Sphinx noticing something second Sphinx close angle as a trail of dust begins falling down the face of the second Sphinx first Sphinx and a trau as a tro now turns to the other one a human child where can I find One A TRU as he turns and looks around quickly you can only find one a TR point of view on rocks on one side of the valley as voices Echo beyond the boundaries A TRU quickly looks at looking at other rocks up close of Fantasia A TRU and the southern Oracle as he stops looking around the voices seem to be everywhere at once suddenly the strange rumbling crunching sound is heard again a tro stares closely at the

35:57 first Sphinx it is as if the Sphinx has been crumbling from within for a long time A Tree close angle reacting with fear and awe something is happening to the southern Oracle he turns and looks at the other Sphinx if you want to save our world second Sphinx where several little Trails of dust fall from its face also then several Pebbles seem to crumble and fall down its shoulders you must hurry we don't know how much longer we can withand the nothing a trio close angle his eyes grow wide with fright as the nothing sounds grow louder and louder and louder at tro turning and yelling that was weird I think it it I know what it is dar it's falor falor I I remember that part all right exterior Flight of the Dragon day we see an exhilarating sight falor the luck dragon soaring up through the sky there are beautiful clouds and the dragon is a beautiful animal especially in Flight white body and ruby red eyes and sitting

37:21 just behind falkor's eyes is a tryu Clos ankle on a tryu and falor as we hear the wind and see a tro purposely holding his head up high so he can feel the wind in his face in his hair but at tro seems serious hurry falor the nothing is everywhere don't worry we only need to find the borders of Fantasia do you know where they are I have no idea then how will we find a human child with luck long shot flight faster faster falor we have to hurry all right hang on tight a tra leans closer and suddenly falor zooms right out of frame exterior flight Montage different landscape stay mountain landscape the boy riding the dragon are below us and small figures as they now fly very fast over rugged mountainous Landscapes we see the vast fantasian landscape as they go zipping along over purple mountains majesty above a fruited plain and falor flying through Fantasia Skies he flies at an enormous speed we see the changing

38:49 Landscapes passing by below from the vast Forest to the mighty rivers from the wide Canyons to the green valy valleys from the volcanic Peak volcanic Peaks to the Jungle plateaus a tra close angle the boy is getting the ride of his life every child's dream flying along as fast as the wind on his big friend a dragon a tray full of Hope and good spirits raises both hands in the air and just yells out a sound of pure happiness as the wind blows in his face Frozen landscape falor and a tray day still flying very fast we see the boy in the dragon now flying over vast white fields of Frozen ice and snow it seems to stretch out endlessly and we get a sense a sense of how immense and different Fant fancies lands must be the sky filled with clouds then suddenly falor and a tro go flying by us interior attic Sky dusk filled with clouds and then we pull back to reveal that we are looking at this sky and clouds over a boy's

40:11 shoulder it is Bastion and he looks at the gray late afternoon clouds from a skylight window in the roof of the school attic it has stopped raining for a while but the clouds are impressive bastion's face as a he stares up into the sky as though trying to imagine what it must be like to soar through the clouds on the back of a dragon and then he just SES to himself and closes the window the attic as we see Bastion climbing down off a tall stack of boxes which enabled him to reach the Skylight he climbs down and then gets some candles and matches from a box he notices and lights several candles Bastion then goes to his reading place on the gym mat behind the desk picks up the large old book and begins to read by the flickering light of the candles they flew for days and nights until they came to the Sea of possibilities we cut to the exterior sky with darker Clouds Day A TRU is asleep his arms around falkor's neck falor is

41:26 flying along slower now against dark gray clouds then suddenly falor sees something ahead and reacts the Flying Dragon version of putting on the brakes a little which causes a Tru to wake up and look around what is it FAL what's wrong look up ahead a tru's point of view there are blue black mountainous clouds building to the north to the West glowing clouds with blood red streaks a gray wall of thunderclouds to the East and to the South sulfurous yellow clouds with lightning flashes through them if this is what I think it is it won't be any fun believe me the for strange Cloud shapes now seem to be converging Straight Ahead at Tru and falor at Tru stares and is very excited okay can it be falor the Four Wind Giants they fight to see who is the strongest it is just a game to them but for anything caught in the middle of them the sky ahead the terrifying clouds approach with increasing speed but they

42:43 are experiencing the Calm Before the Storm at tro and falor at tro takes a deep breath well wait here for them I want to ask them something falor is so shocked he makes a jump in the air what do you want to do they know all the points of the compass maybe they can tell us where the boundaries of Fantasia are a tre's hair and Cape begin to Blow The Wind begins to howl how do you think you can just chat with wind Giants with luck the wind becomes a gale falor fights the turbulence a trao almost falls off him be careful tray you hold on tight the scene a horrible hurricane begins ear shattering noise the black clouds tangle with the sulfur clouds the gray walls slam into the bloody red ones the massive clouds howl falor is bounced around like a match in a raging Whirlpool close up a tryu he yells and pass holds on to falor desperately the faces of the Four Wind Giants for a few brief moments become

43:59 visible they appear in the Raging tangling winds they they disappear again they open their mouths wide and Roar and scream and howl and laugh and then their faces melt back in the churning clouds the name of the childlike Empress be silent and listen The Unbelievable happens the Raging clouds become peaceful the loud noise dies down the whole scene St stops moving suddenly total silence eight enormous eyes stare at Aran where are the boundaries of Fantasia do you know the face in the black cloud gives him a puzzled look then shakes its head to are North where where I make ice storms There Are No Boundaries in the East where I blow down Prairie Villages No Boundaries there please you must know the boundaries to the South where I make burning Desert Winds there are N I make typhoons at Sea to the West there are no bound is there then the Four Wind Giants gather together an angry grotesque mixure mixture of storm

45:37 voices has no boundaries never again a TR close angle a TR sits there as if struck by lightning the sky the battle of the Giants starts the Roaring m of clouds attack each other and become Tangled in a Titanic wrestling match the scene falor is knocked upward by a swirl of wind a tree holding on with his fingers dug into his back bolts of lightning flash past them Thunders Roars in their ears bluish black cloud Mass swirl around the dragon horizontal rain whips him in the face a Tayo just barely manages to hold on and then they are pulled downward gray clouds Pelt them with a hail of icicles and it gets even worse a great Forest pulls them upward raging masses of clouds throw them around back and forth a tru's strength leaves Hold On A TRU and falor falor tries to turn and get away but they are caught in the middle the angry faces get very close and blow as hard as they can the noise is deafening lightning flashes thunder

47:03 roars close angle on a tray at the height of the attack he hangs on as tight as he can but the wind forces him to lose his grip and he is slipping he tries to regain his hold but he's sliding off a tray falls close angle as the tro falls through the stormy sky he can only try to look back up towards falor and he tumbles through the storm to the sea below falor and the wind Giants at tr's point of view as he falls the tiny white dragon and the large clouds quickly shrink above him in the stormy gray sky angle on falor he tries to twist and turn in the air trying to regain control of himself but he's blown suddenly off into a different direction by a final loud blast of wind excuse me interior attic night as suddenly an attic window is blown open by the wind and crashes open with a bang Bastion jumps and his Candles now flicker their Flames almost horizontal nearly blown out by the night wind Bastion climbs up climbs up on the

48:21 boxes and closes and fastens the window it is suddenly quiet and still in the Attic the candle Flames are now they grow steady again Bastion looks out into the night where the night wind can be heard even through the window Bastion stares up at the sky as if appreciating what may go on up there on Windy Nights then he goes back over to his book we cut to the exterior Beach day the scene is as quiet and tranquil as the earlier moments had been by Island we slowly pan along the edge of a Sandy Beach it is a gray overcast type of day we come to a tray he is lying on wet sand the waves laughing at him he must have washed up during the night his eyes are closed wisps of fog blowing through the scene and then he suddenly regains Consciousness opening his eyes looking around close angle as the tro reaches up for the Orin but it's gone suddenly upset he looks around in every direction but the Orin is not there a tro jumps to

49:40 his feet looking around looking up at the sky falar can you hear me falar silence the only sounds are the gentle laughing of the Waves a tro turns and starts to walk away looking forlorn and lost another angle a tro walks on and then suddenly comes to the large wolflike tracks in the sand he doesn't know what they are but we do a trail looks worried and goes off in a different direction we cut to the exterior of falor flying day falor flies Over the Sea turning his head around frantically searching without any of his famous luck a tray you where are you a tray you exterior at Tru near large rock walls St at Tru walks past some large ancient Wells and Landscape he seems listless without hope and the weather seems to match his mood it is still a gray day with a small amount of fog angle on large rock as a treu stops and looks around leaning on one large round rock which is almost as big as he is

50:58 then he hears a strange sound as though someone is weeping not far away but where he looks around and then he slowly looks behind him and up his eyes widen and he slowly starts stepping back staring up the rockbiter over A TRU shoulder it is our old friend the rockbiter he sits against the large ancient walls slumped down he has been crying and now wipes a tear away then looks down and sees a tryu The Rock biter foot is the large Rock a tray was just leaning on the Rock biter then stares at the palms of his powerful rock-like hands he seems to be in shock talking more to himself than to anyone else like a dazed Refugee from a recent violent disaster A TRU and the foot as a Tru stares in Surprise touching the rock foot of the giant but then atrau hears the rock biter sob and he is moved by this immense figure of sadness intercut between Rock biter and a tree they look like big good strong hands

52:02 don't they I always thought that's what they were I used to tear big rocks in half and they've never let me down before ever what's wrong can I help you my little friends right there in my hands the little man with his racing snail a night bomb and even a stupid bat but I couldn't hold on to them the nothing pulled them right out of my hands I fail no no you didn't fail I'm the one who failed I was the one chosen to stop the nothing but I lost my orur and I can't find my lock Dragon so I won't be able to find the boundaries of Fantasia the distant rumbling sound of the nothing is now heard in the distance listen nothing will be here any minute I will just let them I will just sit here and let it take me away too they look like good strong hands don't they I treay you just nods yes then sort of awkward W wly Pats the giant Stone foot and then a Traer just sadly walks on the nothing's rumbling

54:02 crunching sound is coming closer exterior falor flying day falor is flying slowly but with determination Over the Sea searching not giving up Matthew you low angle overse fal's point of view as fly falor flied over it I treay you exterior ruin landscape day A TRU has now walked to a different place a strange gray dying place it is a landscape of ruins this is an ancient crumbling place of partial walls sides of old buildings which have caved in a city that has been dead for hundreds of years children now dead for hundreds of years once brought laughter and Life to this decaying city of ruins the Earth shakes a little now as we hear the nothing getting closer part of a wall crumbles there's a crack in the Earth there is Eerie gray light and foggy Mist which seems to envelop everything a clear Horizon cannot be seen there is a depressing Timeless atmosphere about this ghostly place and a tray you walks

55:07 through it without much sense of purpose or Direction like a Shell Shocked solder moving through a battle Zone he does not react to the coming nothing it doesn't matter anymore then he notices something which suddenly Peaks his interest and gets closer the ancient paintings close angle a tray who moves closer to a strange ancient wall which is covered with a series of ancient stylized drawings and paintings at first they don't make sense but then a pattern emerg emerges which almost hypnotizes a tryu the nothing sounds grow loud and then fade throughout scene and this wall of painting often cracks now the end is near first there is a large white Tower against a sky then a boy on a horse riding off then a small man wearing large shoes there is a large Turtle these drawings take a moment to understand and we suddenly realize what they are each is a puzzle for a moment then recognition this is the story of

56:01 the quest this is a tryu story a tray now walks quickly anxious to get to the end of this unbelievable series of old drawings then there is Angi wook and urgle holding hands by a cave two large sphinxes a tray who walks even faster now almost running his eyes never leaving the drawings then there's a drawing of falor and a tryu then a picture of a tryu looking at a wall filled with ancient drawings and at the end of those drawings within the drawing the last one is a tray you looking at another wall of drawings and on into a seemingly infinite series A TRU continues to ignore the way the wall paintings crack and Chip just behind him he's too fascinated by the paintings but like an advancing force of nature that gets closer and closer the nothing will clearly be back in force within minutes angelan Tru who was totally stunned by all this he cannot believe his eyes he touches the ancient paintings and the wall and they easily

56:56 chip off and crumble yes they are hundreds of years old A TRU looks just above the infinite NeverEnding series of paintings of the boy looking at a wall and he sees a final painting angle on the last painting which is a Tru standing near a wall as a gigantic wolf-like creature is leaping towards him a tryu who stares at this last painting genuinely puzzled then there's a moment of comprehension and his Warrior instincts take over he turns and whirls going into a fighting stance looking around everything suddenly seeing the gamor Who Lies hidden in a dark Cave likee opening in an ancient wall behind him the gor's shape is largely hidden but his white teeth and large green eyes are visible in the darkness and he makes a loud growl we still do not see it clearly but it is more frightening than ever A TRU and the gamor in Shadows of cave wall intercut throughout this the rumbling crunching sounds of the nothing grow louder and

57:53 the walls around them begin to crack and crumble and the strin sucking Force Begins the gamor makes strange gasping noises like a dying creature who is struggling to breathe A TRU moves toward him leave me alone can I help you if you come any closer I will rip you to Str who are you I am theor and you whoever you are can have the honor of being my last Victor I will not die easily I am a warrior Brave why and face the nothing but I can't I can't get beyond the boundaries of Fantasia what's so funny about that Fantasia has no boundaries that's not true oh you're lying the wall behind a Tru cracks and half Falls over now there is an almost blinding gust of Dusty wind between and Wolf the sounds of the nothing Peak and then fade but the Peaks grow louder and closer both boy and wolf ignore the catastrophy around them Foolish Boy don't you know anything about Fantasia it's the world of human

59:48 fantasy every part every creature of it is a piece of the dreams and hopes of man kind therefore it has no boundaries but why is Fantasia dying then because people have begun to lose their hopes and forget their dreams so the nothing grows stronger but what is nothing it's the emptiness that's left it is like a despair yeah destroying this world and I I have been trying to help it but why because people who have no hope are easy to control and whoever has the control has the power who are you really the wall nearby cracks and Falls the dust bill up there's a crack in the Earth the two have to yell now over the sound of the nothing the nothing is almost there in full force I am the servant of evil of the power behind nothing I was sent to kill the only one who could have stopped the nothing I lost him in the swamps of sadness his name is a was a tra I have stalked him for so long I am almost too weak to kill

1:01:34 you but I will find the strength eagerly as the world is ending around them A TRU picks up a jagged piece of wall that is cracked and fallen and holds it like a crude but deadly sword dagger and he goes into a fighting stance as the Roaring nothing descends around them dust swirls everywhere let me give you new Strength gar if we are about to die by the nothing I would rather die fighting come for me Mark I am a treay you Oz a terrible snarl begins from deep in his soul in a louder more vicious way than we've ever heard he is instantly going into a frothing rage angle on the gor inside the Shadows of the cave wall he moves slowly into partial view although the swirling dust still hides him somewhat but we now can see how big and vicious and evil this werewolf is and his teeth are bared and his green eyes become almost slits his snarl becomes low and guttural as his shadowy shape gets ready to spring forward angle from

1:02:39 back of wall cave over the gor's shoulder as a cloud of dust almost hides A TRU who stands as ground and the cracking of walls everywhere around us is heard the gamor snarls tenses and leaps forward at A TRU just as the entire wall cave is sucked away by the nothing obscuring our Clear Vision along with the dust we see only the wolf shape leaping upon the boy the cracking of the wall ripping away pieces of the Wall go flying by the sucking noise of the nothing fills our ears angle on a tryu and gamor which is still obscured by the dust and flying pieces of wall for a moment but then there is a lull long enough for us to see the back of the huge gamor which lies upon a tray you motionless the wolf is impaled on the jagged piece of wall a treay you held a tray you bloody and scratched now crawls out from under the big dark bloody body the boy is almost blinded by the nothing which will carry him away at any moment

1:03:34 he half crawls and half walks towards a piece of wall not yet carried off and tries to hang on but any moment he'll be sucked away by the nothing exterior falor flying along day falkor's flight through the clouds and Mist takes him over the sea and he suddenly stares at something below falkor's point of view far below a golden ray of light from beneath the water falor turns flies High into the clouds turns and now Dives straight for the sea at an incredible speed cut to exterior underwater Splash falor hits the surface of the sea falkor's point of view as he continues to search swimming through the green water he gets closer and closer to the source of the light it is Ain it hangs from a branch of coral he Dives toward it grabs it with his claw and shoots back towards the surface cut to exterior ruin landscape day a tro is now fighting through the fierce sucking force of the nothing grabbing

1:04:30 onto a crumbling wall the nothing Roars the Earth cracks pieces of walls and chunks of Earth and clouds of dust all fill the air the section of wall the boy boy holds on to now flies off into space only at the last second does a Tru grab onto a strong tree branch as he too starts to be carried off the rumbling crunching noise is almost deafening any second a tray you will die cut to exterior falor flight day Thor flies along now very fast with the Ain he seems as he now knows just where to go but will he get there in time cut two exterior ruined landscape day a tray you holds onto the tree but the tree is cracking now the full force of the nothing attack is underway the air is filled with dust and flying debris everything is being sucked away close angle on a tryu as the boy is almost torn away but he hangs on we almost can't see him in the gray Dusty clouds we hear the Earth cracking the walls

1:05:28 crumbling and now the tree itself is being uprooted but still a tree hangs on he won't give up then the nothing builds to an incredible pitch the sucking sound is overwhelming overwhelming and a tru's fingers now slip away off the tree Vicky you muted falor exterior falor flying he flies faster than we've ever never seen him go tray you exterior ruined landscape day a tray was finally carried off horizontally sucked across the ground just before the tree itself is ripped up he flies off but is then caught by a giant pair of white Claws and he is quickly carried aoft the tree is ripped up and flies away all parts of the walls and the ruin landscape disappear dust fills the air along with a terrible noise and then it grows more quiet dust swirls filling the screen and then even the dust is sucked away into the nothing's void and it grows quiet it is as though the nothing has now consumed everything here and

1:06:35 what is left as the last of the dust clouds dissipate away is nothing and this literal nothing takes the form of a light blue space silent empty cut to Interior attic night close angle on book by the flickering light of the candles we see an extremely close angle on the book and then bashes hand eagerly turning the page exterior nothing sky valkor and a tru's point of view we are flying through a very strange non sky with the subjective camera flying into an eerie light blue space with stars in the background but no clouds no wind falor and tryu as they fly along the weird non Sky a tryu is slumped down exhausted against falkor's neck the dragon flies as if he is very tired too close angle On A TRU and falor as a tryu raises his head he is exhausted scratched bloody and his clothes are torn one thing about you falor you never arrive anywhere too early well I just took a little cenic tour before I dropped in if I ask you

1:07:44 how you found the Orin I know what she'll say right Trey you looks down and around as they fly can you see anything anything at all no all the land is gone and I've never seen the sky that's way it isn't even sky anymore I know and all because I failed do you suppose the Ivory Tower is still standing it better be there's no place else to land let the Orin guide you if the Ivory Tower still stands take us there exterior nothing sky falor and a tru's point of view there is again only a light blue nothingness against distant stars but then something is shining far ahead although distances are now impossible to judge as if in response to the Orin there is a light then we see it is a glowing calling the Ivory Tower it grows larger and the Beautiful music The Ivory Tower theme is heard the moment it appeared close angle on a tray who Smiles For the First Time pats falor on the head and touches the Orin the Ivory

1:09:17 Tower as they get closer to it it is beautiful and glowing as usual it only looks strange with no clouds around falor and at Tru as they peer ahead happy to see it but they grow puzzled hurry falor look what's happened to the vast plains they're all

1:09:48 gone the Ivory Tower as they get closer to it it is still an immense glowing ivory Tower only now we can see that it rests on an island of Earth that somehow floats against the nothing Sky below as well as above it the ivory Tower's base has a chunk of land around it but then just nothing at Tru and falor the boy stares at this stunned the center of Fantasia must be the last place nothing hasn't destroyed yet and nothing will be here very soon as they fly closer and closer to the immense beautiful structure and then they sail up towards the top tray you close angle as they fly almost straight up now towards the top he leans back looking up cut to the interior attic night Bastion is very absorbed in this and outside the thunderstorm begins again it grumbles it grumbles in the distance and the sound of rain increases by the Light of the candles in the early hours of the morning Bastion is very absorbed in the

1:11:04 book clutching it tightly cut to the exterior Terrace we are slowly panning around the large Terrace area as we see no destruction and we see no destruction just an empty room where Chiron the merid once talked with all the creature ambassadors as they pan past the huge Magnolia Bud then one of the petals starts a slow go down like a drawbridge and radiant light pours out we continue to pan over until we get to a tro and falor as a Tru slides off the dragon the nothing sky is in the background in the same light blue with the

1:11:45 Stars Matthew all right um whatever you find inside there atra you remember one thing falor close angle you've got a luck dragon for a friend Angel on a tryu as he smiles at his friend rubs the dragon's nose in a friendly light way and then turns and starts limp away toward the glowing light angle on the Magnolia bud with his drawbridge pedal down a tro walks up to it hesitates then bravely walks into the blindingly bright white light as it goes inide side The Petal closes up behind him and he's now inside the inner chamber of the childlike Empress interior Magnolia Blossom as a tryu Squints his eyes right as a petal shuts behind him then the then the brightness of the light grows softer and the boy can look around the strange glowing flowerlike home of his goddess a source of worship few have ever seen a tru's point of view is a magically glowing room a round room with opaque walls and no source of light the light

1:12:58 is everywhere and yet it is not too bright but soft warm reassuring there seem to be a soft carpet and billowing folds of silk overhead as though teased by the night wind but it is the center of the room about 20 ft from him that holds his attention for there sits the empress she half sits half reclines on a round bed-like Throne designed for Comfort rather than formal occasions close angle on the empress the empress who is truly magical and ageless looks like a 10-year-old girl one with large almost Oriental eyes and long hair down to her shoulders she wears white silk so white the rest of the room looks dark the force of her charm and strength of personality do come clearly however making us believe her both as a child and an empress a TR why do you look so sad I have failed you Empress the EMP is not at all affected by at tru's bad news no you haven't you brought him with you who the Earthling child the one who

1:14:05 can save us all exterior base of Ivory Tower we see the immense base of the Ivory Tower and the large chunk of plains attached to it but this entire Mass looks as if it is suspended in midair the light blue non Sky surrounds it on all sides including underneath the camera flies toward the space and then goes under it and as it does we now pan up and see large cracks beginning to expand the nothing is starting its final assault on the Ivory Tower inside the Magnolia Blossom the cracking sound can be heard but it is ignored for now you knew about the Earthly child of course I knew everything my horse died I nearly drowned I just got away from the nothing for what to find out what you already knew the EMP raises herself up into a sitting position she looks at at tro coolly she is very much in charge it was the only way to get in touch with an Earthling but I didn't get in touch with an Earthling in tear atct night extreme

1:15:09 closeup bastion's face is filled with awe and amazement yes you did he has suffered with you he went through everything you went through and now he's coming here with you he's very close listening to every word we say inter magn a blossom all of a sudden a trembling runs through the pedal walls in a sound that is uncomfortably familiar with us exterior Ivory Tower long shot while the Ivory Tower is passing by like a spaceship is trembling in a few pieces of what is left from the landscaper pulled away all of a sudden there's a sound like an explosion a huge piece slowly breaks off and is sucked away but an incredible force of power interior Magnolia Blossom where is he if he so close why doesn't he show up the walls of the blossom start trembling again he doesn't realize he's already a part of The Neverending Story the trembling get stronger The Neverending Story what's that the nothing tugs at the Magnolia

1:16:11 Blossom but the emperor shows no fear it's the story that never ends just as he is sharing all your adventures others are sharing his they were with him when he ran into into your EIC KN there's a thunder storm overhead now but Bastion ignores it he is totally absorbed in the book pory Andre's book storm but that's impossible interor Magnolia Blossom a tree who can't fathom it any more than Bastion they were with him when he took the book with the Ron symbol on the cover interor attic night lightning flashes and Rain pounds down as Bastion sticks his finger between the pages he takes another look at the cover of the book in which he is reading his own story right now Bastion shakes his head in disbelief excited he Paces back and forth I can't believe it I they can't be talking about me the only way to find out whether all this is really happening is to read further he flips open the book again interior Magnolia Blossom now

1:17:13 the room is shaken so hard a Tre can hardly keep his legs from being pulled out from under him what will happen if he doesn't appear then our world will disappear and so will I exterior Ivory Tower several minor pieces of landscape are sucked away while passing by the tower keeps trembling and then with a sound of a huge explosion half the remaining landscape breaks off in tear Magnolia Blossom at Tray's legs are knocked out from under him and he falls down then gets to his feet again in the swaying room how could he let that happen he doesn't understand that he's the one who has the power to stop it in your attic the Thunder crashes overhead crashes overhead the way this thought crashes into bastion's brain he continues reading he simply can't imagine that one little boy could be that important is it really me intered Magnolia maybe he doesn't know what he should do he has to give me a new name what if

1:18:15 he doesn't come with the right name he's already chosen it he just has to call it out into your attic come on Bastion I that's going too far you're dreaming again I can't holler out a name that's ridiculous okay one more page Bastion reopens a book exterior base of Ivory Tower giant chunks of land crack and sail off into space Magnolia Blossom is ripped apart with a deafening Roar where is he why isn't he here he still doesn't have the confidence interior attic Knight Bastion face he's an Agony of Inc indecision lightning and thunder Rock his world but it's only a story it's not real it it's only a story exterior base of Ivory Tower more giant chunks of land break off and fly away in a few seconds the Ivory Tower will be destroyed inor Magnolia a tray is thrown to the ground suddenly and lies still a tray no the nothing whipping around the base of the Ivory Tower lightning thunder the Magnolia Pavilion is

1:19:24 cracking Bastion as he stares at the book in total awe lightning and thunder explode outside his attic the empress looking around her Dying World don't you have the courage to save us Bastion and then she turns and this exquisitely beautiful girl looks right into the camera and smiles Bastion as he is riveted by this and turns and looks at the camera he has never seen anyone so beautiful or been moved by any moment in his life I wish I could Quick Cuts the Ivory Tower base is cracking Fantasia is dying in a great Roar the empress extremely close up staring into the camera we hear the nothing crashing around her why don't you do what you want Bastion Bastion staring into the camera but I can't I have to keep my feet on the ground in Magnolia the empress scamed close up staring into the camera oh my name all wait I'll do it I'll save you I will do what I dream okay what have I got to lose nobody will

1:20:37 hear me anyway he jumps on a chair Bastion takes a deep breath and hesitates for an instant the lightning flashes over his face and the sound of thunder crashes all around him finally he makes up his mind he shouts into the deafening noise his voice blending with the sound of the thunder so so we can barely hear him immediately after he has finished calling out the lights go out Bastion is enveloped in darkness now slowly the noise of the storm Subs sits into deathly silence Darkness silence then we hear a thin trembling voice where sorry where am I you are here with me Bastion why is it so dark in the beginning it is always dark in the darkness a child's hand slowly opens holding something tiny that illuminates a hand in the two children's faces Bastion and the empresses it looks like a sparkling grain of sand what is that one grain of sand It's All That Remains of my vast Empire Fantasia has totally

1:21:52 disappeared yes then everything has been in vain the emperor shakes her head no it hasn't Fantasia can arise a new from your dreams and wishes how open your hand Bastion opens his hand and the empress places a sparkling grain of sand in it what are you going to wish for I don't know and there will be no Fantasia anymore how many wishes do I get as many as you want and the more wishes you make the more magnificent Fantasia will become really try it the tiny grain of sand weighs very lightly in bastion's hand then my first wish is all of a sudden the grain of sand starts a hover in the air Bastion quickly withdraws his hand the grain of sand hangs suspended between the two children's faces sparkling like a tiny star the camera holds under the star until the entire screen is filled by its light in this light we see something approaching us from afar quickly becoming more distinct exterior Ivory Tower it is the Ivory

1:23:02 Tower standing in a restored fantasian landscape it's more beautiful than ever we approach it swiftly passing by fantastic cloud formations exterior close upon Bastion Bastion has completely changed he's not worried but exhilarated no longer sad but laughing with joy how FAL it's even more beautiful than I thought the wind blows in bastion's face we can see he is sitting as stride falor as they fly to the Ivory Tower exterior fantasian Landscapes a montage sequence as Bastion and Falco are seen racing above the Fantasia Landscapes we have never seen before exterior a beautiful Mesa top far below we see an unusual looking rock as falor flies down to it we discover it's the rock biter he's sitting next to his bicycle and is placidly munching on a rock close to him we see teeny weeny next to his snail and the nighthob beside his Bat which hangs from a tree fast asleep angelon Bastion and falor look falor it's like the nothing

1:24:10 never was falor flies very fast angong creatures reacting into falkor's rapid flight overhead Quick Cuts the nighthob is chewing on some rocks he flails out at his Bat wake up you stupid bat the snails antenna spring up surprise The Rock biter gets so fascinated watching falor he forgets to eat exterior the homelands of the plain people and look what we have here bast's point of view we see a weapon Laden Indian boy racing on His Pony it is a tryu on ARX a tryu looks up as falor and Bastion and waves to them good look my friends at Tron ARX happily race away what would you like to wish for next Bastion thinks for a moment leans forward and Whispers in a falkor's ear falor gives a hearty laugh and speeds out of the scene Exterior Street it's the same street we saw Bastion and the tough kids in scene 3 we see people moving on the street among them are the three little bullies on their way to school suddenly

1:25:19 one of them looks up and reacts startled the others also stare in amazement angelon falor Matthew Matthew you have a line Matthew this one want a roar for falor races toward the three boys one of them throws himself flat on the ground the other two seek safety in a quick side step into the garbage container laughing loudly falor abruptly changes the Direction then disappears upward into the sky angle on the three boys cautiously the three peer out from their garbage container they join their prone companion looking upward as falor and Bastion are disappearing into the clouds long shot of the sky over Bastion city as the three bullies look up toward the empty sky in the spot where falor and Bastion have already disappeared Bastion made many other wishes and and many other Amazing Adventures before he finally did return to the Flesh and Blood world but this is another story and should be told at

1:26:30 another time the end the end Yay good job everybody that was lovely that was so fun that was so many really beautiful deep moments in this script yeah so many sad scenes for a no gosh I was glad I had my camera off I was like what is the next script we're reading we're taking a week off and then we're reading an episode of Dr Who yay which one are we reading for Doctor Who Vincent and the doctor Vincent Van go it's a very good one nice which era is it of to Who Matt Smith oh Matt Smith okay cool awesome and uh so so we're reading two episodes is that one one episode so we have a week off so no reading next week and then we have Doctor Who and then no reading after that and then we'll jump into another film which we'll put a poll up to figure out what we want to do for our next film so I have a list of more films that we can cover in a year cover in a year so put some of those up and pick one sounds

1:27:57 good sounds like a plan ah crap but yeah what an emotional roller coaster right that story and so good and to go from tears into being so ecstatic I couldn't get the tears to dry up fast enough oh man yeah it was really good I was like I'm so glad I had my picture off well your picture off when you did the gamor was great because then we couldn't see the wolf we had a he we knew it was in the darkness somewhere I'm like oh my gosh what I was picturing in my head was just really really scary you should do number of Story Part Two Two for the next script movie script um we don't have that script available it's not there's not published yes I mean because there's such some great moments in there I mean there's some pretty terrible ones too but I Do Love nevering Story 3 and we're never and never did I say nevering Story 3 nevering Story 2 nevering Story 3 does not exist kidding but I wish it

1:29:07 didn't it's really bad it's not even a fun script it's just not a fun it's just not fun it's it's awful so yeah to read and I promise we'll never do the third one yeah it's not good like don't just don't ever watch it it's it's not good at all number two has some actually really great great parts to it it has some of my favorite lines but it's like it's okay overall but it does have some great lines but three is so bad it's an atrocity just just skip it don't I love number two one and two are great number three just it doesn't exist I it doesn't exist it doesn't exist it doesn't exist for you no no literally it should not exist it it is not good I'm not saying this subjectively I'm saying this subjectively it is a terrible terrible movie but subjectively it is it's one of the worst movies I've ever seen wow that's it it tops honestly it's so bad it tops um attack of the Clones and and attack of the Clones is

1:30:18 one of my I hate that movie so much I don't like that movie at all it's so bad it's it's worse to me it's worse than yeah attack of the Clones and Star Trek Nemesis and I will yeah those are some of my most hated movies it's a good thing Heather isn't here she probably likes Star Trek Nemesis it's not a good movie she probably does she loves them all lay man's Wrath of con it's so bad anyway yeah it's my opinion and I love and I love Star Trek I'm a huge trekky I know I've watched all of the series series even the new ones if you're out there Heather we did Wrath of con for Heather we did that reading yeah that's a great but that's a great script and it's a great film and she did a great con that's awesome I was fantastic I uh I mean three is my favorite I like three but I do love Wrath of con um I think there's so many great moments in Wrath of KH too so I mean I like most of the if not all of the

1:31:25 original Star Trek except for maybe generation which I was like but it's not technically the original it was so good thank you guys yes for reading it you guys oh go ahead yeah no do you guys have any any I thoughts and any Impressions do you wanted to share on with everybody on the on the script I am just oh sorry it's mine's short I'm just so glad that we did it yeah for sure I think the the line that that really hit hard was that people without hope are easy to control yes I think that's an important message then and now and yes yeah I mean it's so relevant now yep yeah I caught that one too I'm like oh I I should have wrote it down on my paper here because it is definitely um worth worth remembering because without hopes and dreams yeah without hopes and dreams you don't have hope and without hope and no imagination you'll just listen know whatever PE what other people say because they think they have all those

1:32:41 things because you don't have the imagination or the thought you know thoughts to fight it or even think it or you know think about it because you're just like yep I don't have any imagination that's amazing it's such amazing an amazing concept um of like of just that idea of that you know yeah so and you give up and when you give up well yeah there really is no hope you're done and poor atra you had a lot of things happened to him that were I mean any single one of those would been really awful to do all of them in such a short amount of time very you know lot of shock and a lot of horror and a lot of um just totally negative emotions hitting him so hard and he still has to find his little kernel of Hope in there yeah true I mean after you lose your horse I know at least he had a luck dragon with him but after losing you know his friend and going through the swamps swamps meeting Mora which is just

1:33:44 awful no one should meet Mora I'm kidding but moress is pretty terrible as as a character I don't mean like like more or less place in the story and I think it's it's good but I just mean the character is kind of like that same like I'm so old I have no hopes and dreams left I'm the old man there telling you to give up kind of thing uh symbolically at least um me and the Giants which is really interesting that's actually not in the movie but it makes a lot of sense the wind Giants they're not in the movie and it just shows that the wind's coming and you know a nothing I I guess that they just made it so it's a nothing and they and they a trao gets blown off of falor and it there's not a lot of you don't really understand like how like what happened how they got into the mess really it's just they're lying along suddenly they're they're you know being tossed by the winds and and uh yeah and then tray falls off

1:34:47 falor I mean it still works it works fine it's just interesting that that it felt like there was something that was cut from it yeah to me and now I know something was cut from it yeah I really like how the script described how each different wind had a very different voice you know like the southern wind was supposed to be kind of parch and throaty like it was just too dry and um the the Western one was mean and and going up and down and you know it was just um really nice that they Del liberally wanted to show that The Four Winds were very very different yeah I liked that too I thought that was really really cool it really gives you something to work on work off of that thought and yeah gamor get very creepy oh you're great on that the growling oh my gosh yeah I have to say that there was I think three moments in this read where the hair was standing up on my legs and my arms like it you know not to toot our own horns

1:35:55 but hey you know we got that emotion and and it really like I knew what was happening and yet I still had that happen yeah aname you your your Empress was so good was and I loved your falor too like I I was just like I was getting all te I'm like I'm so glad my screen's off I'm getting Tey right here I'm starting to cry get all emotional and I'm like ah so it's unforunately I fortunately I could hold myself together this week instead of last week I mean actually that was something that I noticed like a difference um between this week and last I feel like this week there were more like conversations that happened like last week it was a lot of I mean there were still a lot of descriptions this week too but there were also like like a full page of like back and forth conversation as well um which was kind of fun yeah cuz at first after you got people talking but you know the night the night uh hob and rock biter and TW

1:36:59 teeny weenie the first half was some conversation but you know and there was a little bit in the in the castle when they met the when a trio gets his quest but for the most part there is not a lot of you know conversation no it's all visuals everything is visuals in this and that actually really sells the story I think in a lot of ways like I mean probably not it's probably not so fun in the script but I think like as a visual medium it really sells that and that really adds why Everything feels longer like even though the death of ARX is much earlier in the film you don't feel it cuz all you're getting is all that impression or all the you know all of that beautiful landscape and so I think it helps take some of that time which is really good um I don't know I think that's helps but yeah there's a lot more conversations that's happening here towards the end I wonder if someone you know listening to the script without

1:37:59 having ever seen the film you know what how it comes across you know in their head and what whether it does have the same effect you know I'm sure it doesn't have the same effect without that background and stuff you know I mean even just trying to picture a white fluffy Dragon you know that looks kind of like a dog I'm sure that that's not what it looks like in people's heads if they've not sing this film you know so I take I take total umage he's not a dog he's a dragon a dog I know the critics were calling him a dog I think he's a dragon it's funny because I have friends who say that too and I'm just like now he's not a dog they're like he's just a big fluffy dog I'm like there's not a dog I have to say that we had a family dog and she was half [ __ ] Spaniel and half mut a and she looked very much like valkor so we we kind of as a family we felt of her that way that she was magical and yeah

1:39:02 we had her for 18 years she was yeah a very important family member in fact it was 2008 when she left us and we haven't replaced her because she was one of a kind she was like the best dog yeah uh I knew a cat that's had their middle name was luck was uh falor luck dragon so it's pretty funny it was Anakin falor Anakin falor luck dragon um he was also the dumbest cat who's so dumb no like he I think he was Siamese he's like a firepoint Siamese and and mix M and he unfortunately he had been to Claud that was not did not add to a stupidity but he had been he was just the sweetest cat he was so sweet but gu he's so dumb he's dumb as rocks and I hate to say that for a cat because sweetest baby but he would like knock him like he'd C he's also crosseyed didn't help to give him the dumb thing but sometimes he wouldn't even know like his food was his food how stupid he was he was dumb but lovable he was super lovable yeah this

1:40:20 reminds me of something that I saw today on Facebook and it it was uh spoken by Yoda and it was uh wisdom has been chasing you but you are too fast yes that would be that would be Anakin I mean obviously he's named Anakin after Anakin Skywalker but you know the dog is probably just really confused with a name like that it was a cat it was a cat I'm sorry cat yes cat see I'm was Anakin yeah it was Anakin f luck dragon Skywalker I think that's what his name was actually now that I think about it and we just called him uh either yeah I think we just called him Anakin but he was so dumb lovable he was a lovable dumb o so yeah great cat well I have to dash it's so do I actually yeah Mother Nature says I must go you got you all have a wonderful evening we will see you in two weeks uh I hope to be with you guys in the next reading I'm sure I will be but uh I adore you all this is me signing out I

1:41:32 adore you all too all rightor three of my favorite people in the world a yeah bye see you

Questions about this episode

Who speaks in "The NeverEnding Story - Table Read - p2"?

Cat Wilson (Host), Vicki Dykes (Guest), Aname (Guest), Aubrey (Guest), Matthew (Guest).

What is "The NeverEnding Story - Table Read - p2" about?

In this second part reading of "The NeverEnding Story," we continue following the journey of Bastion and Atreyu as they navigate the fantastical realm of Fantasia, where Atreyu is on a crucial quest to save the Empress from the destructive force known as the Nothing. Key events include Atreyu's daunting encounter with the Swamps of Sadness, the heartbreaking loss of his horse, and his newfound…

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The episode runs 1 h 42 min; the transcript is about 14,859 words in 85 timestamped sections.

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