Spectre- Imagine -Dan Hill

Apologies for the lateness on this one. I'd originally written this yesterday on the coach trip back from Thought Bubble. However it seems there was a snafu somewhere along the way. As such I have had to reconstruct the entire page from notes. 

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PAGE ONE

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We OPEN on the shot of the SPEAR OF DESTINY sitting inside a glass display deep inside a vault. Shelves of other artifacts sit nearby. Two US SOLDIERS (uniforms suggest this is the 40’s) guard the Spear and the artifacts.

CAPTION

The path of history is set in stone.

CAPTION

But we like to speculate, to imagine other ways. We like to imagine we’re not puppets to a higher power.

1.2
CUT TO a CLOSE UP on the crest of the JSA (http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/030/5/2/Justice_Society_of_America_by_CmdrKerner.png)

CAPTION

We imagine that good can always triumph.

1.3
Wide panel: CUT TO a shot looking out towards across the beach towards the ocean. This is Omaha Beach and it is D-Day. Several transport craft are open, spilling forth Allied troops. The craft in the centre has a much more dangerous cargo: the JSA. 

HAWKMAN, DOCTOR FATE and GREEN LANTERN fly above the troops swooping towards us. HOURMAN, SANDMAN and THE ATOM run across the sand with THE FLASH shooting forwards at tremendous speed towards us. 

SPECTRE is at the forefront of the charge, his face contorted with vengeful fury as he charges towards us.

CAPTION

We imagine that heroes can always save the day.

1.4
CUT TO the aftermath of the assault and an Allied soldier face down in the surf, the tide lapping at his corpse. 

A CZECH HEDGEHOG (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rozsochac.JPG) sits in front of the corpse.

CAPTION

We imagine our sons and daughters came back home.

1.5
RACK FOCUS onto the Czech Hedgehog, its shape forming a cross across the panel.

CAPTION

We imagine that God is fair and without malice.

1.6
CUT TO somewhere in the German countryside. In the BACKGROUND of the panel lies the shattered remains of a sizable Nazi force. Tanks, troops and fortifications lie in ruins.

In the FOREGROUND we can see the JSA and several Allied troops continuing their advance towards us.

CAPTION

But history is set in stone. The world isn’t like this.

1.7
Wide panel: CUT TO a haggard and sickly looking PRISONER wearing a striped uniform. The man is all skin and bone. In the FOREGROUND in front of him is a barbed wire fence, blocking his escape. 

Behind him we can see several other PRISONERS, all wearing the same uniform.
In the BACKGROUND we can see buildings, barracks and a guard tower as well as more wire fencing. Every Nazi worth his salt is running. Bolts of GREEN FLAME shoot from the sky, raining down on the enemy troops.

The PRISONER looks up at the sky slightly, his mouth agape. A PIERCING WHITE LIGHT shines down on his face from above.

CAPTION

Good sometimes flounders. Heroes can be defeated. War takes the innocent.

CAPTION

And God?

CAPTION

His vengeance can consume us all.