atlantis: the lost empire
sentence starters.
it’s just a myth, isn’t it?
that is where you’d be wrong.
i’ll take your questions now.
don’t let it happen again!
well, this is it. i am finally getting out of the dungeon.
they can’t do this to me!
i swear, he gets crazier every year.
if i ever hear that word again, i’ll step in front of a bus!
i have new evidence that–
you have a lot of potential. don’t throw it all away chasing fairytales.
i came down the chimney. ho, ho, ho.
i’m acting on behalf of my employer who has a most intriguing proposition for you.
relax. he doesn’t bite… often.
join me in a little yoga?
he was crazy as a fruit bat, he was.
he knew how much i liked my privacy.
he said if anything were to happen to him, i should give it to you when you were ready.
i wasn’t born yesterday, son.
yeah, looks like gibberish to me.
it’s not gibberish to me.
i will make them believe.
this is exactly what i wanted to hear.
i am a man who keeps his word.
i’m going to the afterlife with a clear conscience.
if i could bring back just one shred of proof… that’d be enough for me.
don’t like to leave loose ends.
i’m your man – you will not regret this!
boy i am so excited, i can’t even hold it in!
what in the cockadoodle is cilantro?
i got your four basic food groups – beans, bacon, whiskey, and lard!
alright, cowboy. pack it up and move it out.
if you’re looking for the pony rides, they’re back there.
you dropped your dynamite.
what else have you, uh, got in there?
when you settle a bet, you settle a bet.
he always believed you couldn’t put a price on the pursuit of knowledge.
this should be enriching for all of us.
you ask too many questions.
do not be such a crybaby.
now tell me your story, my little friend.
what have i told you about playing nice with the other kids?
i used to take lunch money from guys like this.
hard to believe he’s still single.
do you want to do my job? be my guest.
we’re getting killed out here!
we have a crisis on our hands.
we’ve been up this particular creek before… and we’ve always come through, paddle or no paddle.
from here on in, everyone pulls double duty.
looks like all our chances for survival rest with you.
you didn’t just drink that, did you?
don’t move. don’t breathe. don’t do anything, except pray maybe.
you’re so skinny, if you turned sideways and stuck out your tongue, you’d look like a zipper.
we’ve been pretty tough on the kid. what do you say we cut him some slack?
don’t you ever close that book?
relax. we don’t get paid overtime.
sometimes i get a little carried away.
i guess i’m still a little rusty at this.
and now i’m telling you, you don’t wanna know.
now don’t everybody jump up at once.
you really came through.they can smell fear just by looking at you.
about time someone hit him.
someone’s having a good time.
he’s like a kid at christmas.
your journey has been in vain.
a thousand years ago, you would have slain them on sight.
we were once a great people. now we live in ruins.
the kings of our past would weep if they could see how far we have fallen.
our way of life is dying.
someone needs to talk to her. someone with good people skills.
i have some questions for you and you are not leaving this city until they are answered.
you are a scholar, are you not? judging from your diminished physique and large forehead, you are suited for nothing else.
you got another question for me?
that’s what i do, that’s my job.
such knowledge has been lost to us.
that’s an easy thing to miss.
i just wish he could be standing here with me.
we are not thriving. true, our people live, but our culture is dying.
we are like a stone the ocean beats against. with each passing year, a little more of us is worn away.
i have brought you to this place to ask you for your help.
why don’t you lead the way because i have no idea where we’re going.
what’s… what’s with all the guns?
this is just another treasure hunt for you.
i would’ve told you sooner but it was strictly on a need-to-know-basis… and, well. now you know.
i had to be sure you were one of us.
mercenary? i prefer the term “adventure capitalist”.
you don’t know what you’re tampering with.
you take that away, and they’ll die.
if you gave back every stolen artefact from a museum, you’d be left with an empty building.
we’re just providing a necessary service to the archeological community.
i’ve got to admit, i’m disappointed.
for once, do the smart thing.
i really hate it when negotiations go sour.
tell them to drop their weapons now!
you’re not applying yourself.
i’d suggest you put a bandage of that bleeding heart of yours.
you don’t have the slightest idea what this power of capable of.
why don’t you translate and i’ll wave the gun around.
no don’t! don’t touch her!
but that’s what it’s all about, right? money.
you’ve read darwin. it’s called natural selection. we’re just helping it along.
this is wrong and you know it.
we’re this close to our biggest payday ever and you pick now of all times to grow a conscience?!
we’ve done a lot of things we’re not proud of, but nobody got hurt.
i followed you in, and i’ll follow you out.
well, i think we’ve seen how effective my decisions have been.
it’s been my experience that when you hit bottom, the only place left to go is up.
i didn’t say it was the smart thing, but it is the right thing to do.
we better make sure he doesn’t hurt himself.
you told me he only had guns!
looks like somebody’s working overtime.
i really wish i had a better idea than this.
you said we were in this together!
well, i have to hand it to you. you’re a bigger pain in the neck than i would have ever though possible.
it takes a lot to get under my skin, but congratulations. you just won the solid gold kewpie doll.
if we don’t get out of here, we’ll die.
i only wish there was more we could do for you.
i don’t think the world needs another hero.
i hear there’s an opening down here for an expert in gibberish.
you take good care of yourself.
let me get this straight… you didn’t find anything?
i’m going to miss that boy.
i hope this piece of proof is enough for you.
