Land of the Blind

- For we shall not rest for one hour,

not one minute until freedom and democracy

have triumphed over the forces of evil!

We will crush our enemies beneath our feet.

Lay waste their farms and towns,

make their children our slaves.

- So many fond memories of Maximilian the First

on the 10th anniversary of our glorious leader's death.

To threaten out great nation.

- Many of course doubted that his son

and heir Maximilian the Second could live up

to the example of his charismatic father.

But the man affectionately known as Junior has valiantly

continued the fight against the pesky rebellion

led by playwright-turned-terrorist John Thorne.

- Once derided as the playboy prince more

interested in the movie business, the president-for-life

today vowed not to rest until he has rid the country of

these criminals whom he called quote "really bad guys."

In a gesture of goodwill to commemorate his father's

passing, the president today also commuted the sentences

of several men condemned to the gallows,

sending them to the guillotine instead.

- Papa would have been proud.

- Long live the House of Bonaventure!

Long live democracy, long live freedom!

- When I think of the lazy afternoons of my childhood,

of the bruised skies and the blank faces of the women

with dirty bare feet by the side of the road,

I wonder if I should have stood by and done nothing.

In some way that's precisely what I did.

I know that I've done questionable things.

But my role in the assassination of the President is one

that even now I cannot say I entirely regret.

They say I'm a war criminal but everything

I've done, I've done for my country.

I met Mister Thorne in the last days of the Empire,

though no one knew then that they were the last days.

- In R-28 Prison the dirty protest by terrorists

of the Citizens for Justice and Democracy

has entered its fifth year.

Agitating for political prisoner status,

the terrorists refused the bathe, perform work details

or participate in any other activities.

They registered their protest by using their

own excrement to smear anti-government

slogans on the walls of their cells.

- Wow, a mess like that sounds like it needs the heavy

duty scouring action of new, improved Ultra-Gleen.

- You're right about that, Jane.

Fresh as a daisy in here.

You're going to wear the uniform today, prisoner seven?

- You've asked me that every morning.

- I ask you that every morning and every morning you say no.

So, you going to wear the uniform?

No.

- You really are a pig, you know that Thorne?

A filthy fucking pig.

Gimme the regular criminal any day.

I've been thinkin' about it.

When you gonna give this silly shit up?

You will answer me when I address you, prisoner.

I said when you gonna give this up?

Not gonna.

Don't fuck with Superman.

- How far does a man have to go to be thought

so dangerous that he needs to be locked away,

physically separated from the rest of the world

behind concrete walls and iron bars?

Clearly it's the last resort.

- Ladies and gentlemen his excellency,

defender of the constitution, protector of the faith,

guardian of the people, master of all that crawls

upon the earth and swims beneath the sea,

savior of the nation and the House of Bonaventure,

Generalissimo President-For-Life Maximilian the Second.

From the start,

Junior ruled the shadow of his late father.

Papa Max had been a grade-A son of a bitch,

if ever there was one.

Who'd have thought we'd look back on his reign

as the good old days.

- This is the hour of our long-awaited victory!

- For all his brutality, papa Max was clever enough

to make us believe that his tenure was for our benefit.

Junior on the other hand had been born day-old

stupid and been losing ground ever since.

Aside from indulging his interests in murder,

rape and torture he spent most of his

time running the film industry.

- Action Martina, Martina do it again faster.

- With Junior in power it was no surprise that Thorne

and his comrades were winning the war for the nation's soul.

Junior had pillaged the treasury and filled

Parliament with movie stars.

As Thorne won over the poor and the middle class

the rich retreated to their villas in the hills,

hidden behind walls fitted with firing ports and razor wire.

They send their children off to private schools

in bulletproof cars to be taught in French.

Many of the third and fourth generation children,

the really inbred ones couldn't even

speak their own native tongue.

Every field a feast.

Yo, how's it hangin'?

How is he this morning?

How is he, you know, the same.

Chow time. (scraping)

Prison food, almost as good as hospital food.

This used to be a hospital.

What?

This prison.

It used to be a hospital.

I read your plays in school.

- You're new, where do you come from?

Upstairs, admin section.

- You asked for this detail?

Yes sir.

Why?

I got tired of pushing paper,

wanted to do something that made a difference.

- Depends on what's written on the paper.

- This wasn't my first choice.

- You want to go fight terrorists.

Yes sir.

- You don't approve of what we do?

- Officially sir I have no opinion.

- You should look into getting one.

- Good morning Mrs. President, Madame.

- Chuck, I thought you were out on the island.

- Helen gave me the weekend off, sir.

What a ball-buster.

Really.

How is the movie, sir?

It's coming together.

It's got a certain je ne sais quoi.

- It's brilliant, he's just being modest.

Yeah no I'm happy with it.

It's just I have to be on set for

the next one at six tomorrow.

- No rest for the wicked, eh sir?

What?

Nothing sir.

- Will this be our chance to see Madame's

long-rumored return to the silver screen?

- Ooh no no no, my official duties keep me far too busy.

- And big congratulations on your triple-double

the other night, sir.

- Yeah you know it's the end of the season,

everyone takes it to a higher level.

- But to score 50 points in the same game.

- Yeah no I was in the zone, what can I say.

You're not a basketball fan, are you Ted?

Only during the playoffs sir.

- Because you're a big fag, that's why.

Big fag, no I'm kidding Ted, I'm kidding.

Okay so what's the buzz?

Tell me what's happening, why the emergency?

- Another monk immolated himself.

- Is it really necessary to bother the president

with the antics of these malcontents?

We don't need to know every time there's a barbecue.

- Well having priests killing themselves doesn't help us

in the polls with the dirty protests still going on.

- The comfort of criminals is not

of great concern to the state.

- It's not a question of comfort, Madame.

Thorne's people are starting to win

the war for hearts and minds.

Lemme tell you something Ted.

When you've got them by the balls,

their hearts and minds will follow.

Come with me.

Come on!

- So where are we with the monk thing?

It's all under control, sir.

We're rounding up the usual suspects.

Our element in the press will as ever blame

Thorne's people for the atmosphere of anarchy.

Blase, blase, blase.

- But that won't be enough, bottom line we can't

signal weakness when our freedom is at stake.

Hand me soft paper, would you?

Sure.

So what did you have in mind?

Have a good year.

- In other news Imperial forces continue

their crackdown on terrorist activity as ordered

by his excellency Maximilian the Second.

Both political parties argued that the heinous crimes of

John Thorne and his followers left the government no choice.

- It's clear from these cowardly and barbaric acts

that we need to reestablish law and order in

the face of this threat to our peace and freedom.

- It's clear from these cowardly and barbaric acts

that we need to reestablish law and order in