"( "Tank" by The Seatbelts )" "I think it's time to blow this thing." "Get everybody and their stuff together." "Okay, 3..2..1.." "Let's JAM!" "E" "What is a physical body?" "The body is merely an object." "It is a form of existence far too impure to.." "...store the gods within us called: "souls"." "Now, you will remember." "Bloodstained history..." "Material greed..." "Hunger..." "Sexual desire..." "Desire to dominate..." "Desire for fame..." "Humanity." "From the physical body, all the desires are born." "And the human ego will never disappear, as long as desire remains present." "Humans will continue to fight to fulfill their bodies' desires, and it will never end." "There's no future!" "You must awaken!" "Awaken your soul!" "Rid yourself of that filthy human body now." "We are Scratch, the migrate to electronics movement." "We are disciples of God, sent here to free your soul from your body and lead you to the infinite sea of electrons." "Bra-Bra-Brain!" "Bebop!" "Good evening." "This is CBC Action News." "Our top story, the migrate to electronics group, Scratch." "Receiving subpoenas for their leader, Londes last week  the ISSP and the Solar system police begin searching the homes of Scratch's highest-ranking members..." "Yet, another tragedy..." ""Easy contact" and "salvation of the souls" that has been the main cause of the phenomenal growth of Scratch..." "However, one more suicide..." "The followers of Scratch use the brain wave control device on this new game console to scan their own brain waves using a program created by their leader, Londes." "A program that is said to copy their spirit which is transformed from brain waves into digital data and relayed into the universal network." "Where it takes a transcended level of being thus allowing them to exists as souls without body." "Now Professor, they say that Londes, the leader, was once a reputable doctor." "Could a doctor devise this kind of methodology?" "That's absurd." "It's pure science fiction." "Some of it is theoretically possible but it's a theory, only a theory." "After all... (Lady crying)" "He hasn't returned in two weeks." "Madam, you need to talk this out with your husband." "I mean, it's his son too, isn't it?" "Well, yes..." "But he isn't the type that would just run away from home..." "Do you think he could have kidnapped my boy?" "!" "Whoa madam, are you even listening to me?" "That must be it!" "It's that new cult thing, you know..." "All right, we're take a short break." "Hey!" "Are you ready for Power CDJ?" "Let's start to groovin'!" "Our new exerciser releases your energy by adjusting the BPM using this lever and bingo, you can be a DJ while you workout!" "And can you tell us the reason you decided to sign up?" "Yes, I... er, I got tired of always being in debt and then by some miracle, I found my way here." "You see, if I get rid of my body, I won't need money" "Eeehhh!" "Hey, Jet!" "Hang on, it's almost ready." "Forget that!" "Get over here, quick!" "Huh?" "By releasing the spirit from the physical body...  ...we are able to eliminate all desire." "TV:" "So, what about the money?" " I was wondering where she was." "This must be some kind of scam, right?" "Brain Dream!" "The new game console, Brain Dream!" "Catches your brain waves and puts them into action!" "So you control the game the way you wanted!" "Problems in gameland?" "Tangled cords?" "Throw them away, and dream with us!" "Let's Dream!" "That is why our station, has the strictest broadcasting policies prohibiting programs such as the one you're watching!" "Jet:" "Ah, there it is." "SHOWTIME!" "Doctor Londes." "He's wanted for 1st degree murder." "The bounty is 38 million." "I see." "Well, that would explain why she flaked, wouldn't it?" "Jet:" "It looks like way back when, he was an RD guy in neurobiology." "One day he get's a call from God and starts a new research project." "How to store the human spirit." "In other words, the activities of the brain, as digital data." "Shortly thereafter, he turns up missing, for half a century." "Fast forward til two years ago, the guy suddenly shows back up and starts this migrate to electronics movement: "Scratch"." "Which is what?" "A religious group, or a cult." "Whatever." "Anyway, according to Londes..." "The human mind is essentially a weak stream of electronic pulses so if you capture those pulses as data, and download them onto the universal network as an integrated program the person can migrate to a new existence as a pure soul withouta body." "Are you listening to me?" "Hey, it's up to you if you believe in that stuff." "20,000 people do believe it!" "Of which 100 have committed suicide, or have disappeared." "Which is why the cops are finally getting their lazy butts in gear." "Tasteless face." "Seconds!" "That's all there is." "Ahhh!" "Let's get him!" "We are Scratch, the migrate to electronics movement." "We are disciples of God, sent here to free your soul from your body and lead you to the infinite sea of electrons." "Ed:" "Searching, searching, where are you?" "Hi, so you want to join our group, and renounce your body?" "A-ahh, yeah..." "Of course, we need to cleanse your soul as a first step." "We can start immediately." "Uh... right." "But before that, I really want to meet Mr. Londes." "Where is he?" "I can tell you that." "Really?" "He's up in heaven." "Londes?" "Hmm..." "Was there a fellow going by that handle?" "Ya gotta help me, old man." "All his old colleagues are gone." "You're the only one still alive." "So think!" "Can you remember anything, at all?" "Maybe he existed..." "and maybe he didn't." "Well, which is it?" "(Snoring)" "Oh,so you want to join a migration?" "Ah..." "yeah..." "We're gonna need to cleanse your soul." "That's the first step." "We can start right away!" "Can I ask something before we do all that?" "You see, I want to met Mr. Londes..." "Well, him, his soul, or whatever." "Anyway, where can I find this guy?" "Excuse me?" "You really want to join this migration?" "And that is why all the attention is focused on Dr. Londes." "The first big bounty in months!" "Sad to say, we have no info, nothing, nada, zip!" "Huh?" "Everyone is hunting high, and low." "But no one can find hide, nor hair of this guy." "His face is on TV everyday for the Scratch telecasts but try to track him down, and it's like he does not exist." "Oh, do you really think he is a soul without a body?" "I have something else to tell you, Judy." "And it's kinda important" "Really?" "What is it, Punch?" "Well..." "Oh boy, I can't wait!" "This here is the very last broadcast of "Big Shots"!" "We were canceled, shucks howdy!" "Happy trails, and all that!" "WHAT!" "Our ratings suck, so they're taking us off the air!" "OH, YEAH?" "!" "MY AGENT WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THIS!" "No luck?" "No luck." "I didn't get anything, either." "No way, no way, no way, no way, no way!" "Jet:" "I went after his colleagues from his research lab, but it was a dead end." "Spike:" "Yeah..." "I got the same thing out of the members of his cult." "Oh, it's Faye-Faye." "It's a little..." "tough right now, but..." "You listening...?" "I think I can..." "really get rid of my debts now..." "Jet:" "You deal with Faye." "I'm trusting you on that." "Spike:" "Great!" "I go solo while you hang out in kiddyland all day." "Like I said Brain Dream is a hot item!" "I've got to line up here like everyone else, if I want one!" "You still think you can hack into his web page through a video game, huh?" "Look, it's the only lead we got left." "So I'm going to follow it up." "If Faye has something, let's see if we can use it." "Alright." "I'm on it." "Yeah, fire it up." "Aiee, Yep...!" "Welcome to Scratch, the migrate to electronics movement." "Select line 1, if you would like to join our migration." "Select line 2, for more information frequently asked questions, and site map." "So it won't copy my spirit automatically." "Jet:" "Well, let's jump right in." "You've chosen to join us." "Please input your personal data by following the prompts." "Data, data..." "bogus, data!" "Londes:" "Blood, and muscle, and bone!" "When these are lost, each human being confronts his own death." " Grrrr..." " Huh?" "And what lies beyond it?" "Heaven?" "Hell?" "Reincarnation?" "These are fantasies which cannot possibly exist." "They are mere excuses..." "Ein, what's wrong?" "Huh?" "What's this?" "Huh?" "No path to salvation has had the clear vision of reality we now have." "Awaken your spirit!" "Shed the filth of your physical body." "Spike:" "High frequency?" "Jet:" "I'm not sure how but it acts on the central nervous system, paralyzing the sympathetic nerves." "It's all very fast." "Within seconds everything goes blank and you pass out." "Ein, sensing something wrong, fanged me." "If he hadn't, I would be a a member of Scratch right now." "Anyway, we need to find a way to counteract it so..." "Spike:" "I think I'll try migrating myself." "Hey Spike, wait!" "Hey!" "Well, dogs have brain waves..." "Ed wants to do it, too!" "If your brain migrates, who's gonna search the net for Londes, huh?" " Quit whining." " Alright." "Welcome to Scratch, the migrate to electronics..." "Ed, that's absolute perfection!" "Oh, my..." "It can't be!" "Jet:" "The person known as Londes never existed." "His past, all the records they're all counterfeit." "An elaborate construction." "And all the programming leads back to this location to right here..." "Alles Valley Hospice." "Come on,Ed." "I've got an idea." "Papa!" "Not yet!" "Papaaaa!" "Nobody here wants visitors and an appointment are required in any case." "Policy is strictly enforced." "What did you come here for an inheritance or something!" "Not at all!" "You see, her twin brother is here, and she has suffered so much." "Father!" "She's an unusual looking child, is she a girl?" "My father!" "A-Actually..." "It's a long, very dramatic story..." "Londes:" "I just put her into a state of deep sleep." "Of course, as you can see, the other bounty hunters slept to death." "And so we finally tracked her long-lost brother to this hospice." "Papa!" "It was such a shock to my daughter." "She's been so traumatized I thought if she could just see her brother once more." "Go on in." "Thanks so much!" "Guard:" "Un-ha!" "Why do you kill off the members of your own group?" "What's the point of that?" "I am not forcing anything on anyone." "They are merely practicing the faith that they decided to believe in of their own free will." "Tell me, why do you think people believe in God?" "Because they want to." "It's not easy living in a ugly corrupt world." "There is no certainty or nothing to hope for." "They are lost, so they reach out." "Don't you get it?" "God didn't create humans." "No, it's humans who create God." "Londes?" "Spike:" "I'm sick of this little act of yours." "What's wrong?" "Come on out here." "Illusions aren't enough." "I need more." "You are correct..." "This is an illusion." "Londes doesn't exist at all." "He's an imaginary character that I invented an illusionary image created by scanning digital lines." "I wonder, is this brain wave control system like that Brain Dream?" " Hey, Edward." " Yeah." "Can you disconnect the brain wave controller from the network?" "Un-huh!" "Do it." "But don't turn off the life support system." "Do you want to know what the greatest... ..and also the worst device that humans ever invented?" "It's Television." "Television controls people by bombarding them with information until they lose their sense of reality." "Now,televisionitself, has become the new religion." "TV has created a people who believe instantly in romantic fantasies who can be controlled by tiny dots of light." "You're like a kid with a toy." "What...?" "You're the one that can't tell fantasy from reality." "You're the one that lives in little dots of light." "If you want to dream, just do it by yourself." "What?" "What do you know about anything?" "!" "What makes you think you know anything about me?" "What's this?" "What are you doing?" "!" "Stop that!" "Cut it out!" "You can't do that!" "No!" "Stop!" "No!" "Stop it!" "Stop it!" "Don't turn it off!" "What!" "What did I do?" "!" "N" " No..." "This isn't fair." "Why do I have to be like this?" "Everyone to have..." "...the same body as..." "I have..." "...everyone damned." "No..." "I don't..." "I don't want to disappear!" "I don't want to..." "Jet:" "Ronny Spangen." "Use to be a hacker." "A boy who became a so-called vegetable when he had a medical accident 2 years ago at age 13." "That's it." "You're sure not a boy any longer." "You are quite a con artist." "Oh it's you." "Long time no see." "Where are we?" "Jet:" "It was all a kid's dream." "I guess, all he could do was dream, so the dreams turned dark." "And this time, I hope you have sweet dreams." "The souls that God has given us." "Our spirits." "Our spirits which found a way to swim through the immense network can live in the infinity of space." "Is not the human body not a mere shell?" "A form of existence all to small and weak for consciousness with such vast reach and potential?" "English subtitle by Dana Robertson You're welcome." "( "The Real Folk Blues" by Yoko Kanno )" "Aishiteta to nageku niwa..." "Too much time has passed by amarinimo toki wa sugite shimatta ...to lament that we were deeply in love." "Mada kokoro no hokorobi wo..." "The wind keeps blowing, while my heart iyasenu mama kaze ga fuiteru ...cannot heal all the tears in it." "Kawaita hitomi de dareka naite kure Someone, cry for me with parched eyes." "The real folk blues." "Honto no kanashimi ga shiritai dake I only want to know what true sadness is." "Doro no kawa ni tsukatta..." "Sitting in muddy water jinsei mo waruku wa nai..." "...isn't such a bad life ichido kiri de owaru nara..." "...if it ends after the first time..." "Next episode: "Hard Luck Woman"."