Primeval Webisode transcript #2

[wiseheart]

PRIMEVAL WEBISODE #2 – THE NEW ARC
TRANSCRIPT BY SOLEDAD

Notes from your friendly transcriber:
This transcript (and the others following) most likely has a lot of mistakes. I tried to interpret wherever the actors were mumbling, but let’s face it, I’m not a native speaker, and the automatically generated subtitles on YouTube are more a hindrance than any help. Sometimes I even had a hard time to figure out who was speaking!

So, if anyone finds really stupid mistakes, please tell me, so that I can correct them.

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Becker: (walks in, looks around futuristic new centre sceptically)
Jess: (brightly) Captain Becker! Welcome to the ARC… the new ARC. You’ve no idea how good it is to finally have some company here!
Becker: I’m supposed to report to Parker.
Jess: (sticks out hand) Jess Parker at your service.
Becker: (gives her a once-over, taking in her miniskirt and the eye-wateringly bright colours of her clothing) You… you’re the new field coordinator?
Jess: (babbling a bit breathlessly; but again, who could blame her? Becker is pretty) Sorry, I’m not usually this crazy, I promise. Well, not unpleasantly crazy. Only I’ve been here on my own for the last two weeks – just me and the creatures. I’ve been going through all the mission reports from (the team???). Really, the best part is I already feel like I know you and Abby and Connor and Danny… (trails off, realizing that she might have said something stupid and adds awkwardly) If you want to come through, I’ll get you set up.

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Matt: (on the phone) It’s me. Can you talk? Have you heard something? No. Yeah, I assume I’m still invested. Yes, I am worried.
Gideon: (on the phone) You shouldn’t be. Your background is perfect. Besides, it is possible I made you sound a little bit more (or too? – it would make more sense) perfect.
Matt: Yeah, I noticed. Climbing Everest – really, you don’t think that’s pushing it?
Gideon: You have to be approved by their security; their own ex-military. Trust me; it’s not enough to just impress them. You have to intimidate them. (hangs up)
Matt: (hangs up, too, looking doubtful)

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Jess: (hands Becker a file) Matt Anderson, the new team leader – or will be. Lester wants you to look this over, to see if everything is okay.
Becker: Lester still chooses the staff? I thought the new ARC was privately owned.
Jess: No. Well… fifty-fifty government and private.
Becker: Unless (???) he still reports to the Minister, not this Nobel Prize winning bloke from Prospero.
Jess: He is names Philip Burton. He seems to have to keep (???) happy. (not sure about this part, the subtitles are crap and I can’t understand her)
Becker: (nods distractedly while turns the pages in Matt’s file)
Jess: Pretty impressive CV. The stuff this guy’s done… you’d think he’d be old and crusty, but he’s not, he’s young and fit. (sees Becker’s expression) What?
Becker: Nothing. Nothing… is he the only candidate?
Jess: (nods in understanding) The bit about Everest?
Becker: The way some people feel the need to boast about things, it’s…
Jess: (stands and turns away angrily) Excuse me, but if you’re gonna put the brakes on this just because this guy’s too good, that would be pretty lame.
Becker: I’m not putting the brakes on anyone. I mean…
Jess: He’s ex-military, decorated for heroism, is an expert on animal behaviour, and he’s got countless glowing references – it’s perfect!
Becker: I merely meant whether he was the only candidate.
Jess: No one would think you didn’t want your boss to be better than (I guess she says ‘you’ here, but the subtitles come up with a nonexistent word, so…)
Becker: (finally grins) I see, you’re making fun of me.
Jess: Yeah, just checking. You smile, which means you’re much better company than the men I knew:
Becker: (gestures) You’ve got (I don’t know, perhaps ‘something on your face’?) It’s disgusting (walks out)
Jess: (checks her face, shakes her head and smiles)

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Matt: (on the phone; we never learn whom he’s talking to) Right, thank you. I’ll see you then. (hangs up on unknown person and calls Gideon)
Gideon: You’ve heard a half (I’m sorry, this makes absolutely no sense; so much about subtitles). I mean, you’re ready for this.
Matt: I know.
Gideon: You’ve worked hard for it and you’re the perfect candidate, not just for the job, for the mission. Now, whatever happens… don’t mess it up.
Matt: (hangs up, looking grim)


A few comments to his one:
It seems that Jess and Becker have great chemistry from the beginning, despite the fact that she's supposedly 19 so he's about twice her age.
The Gideon thing is the biggest red herring in the history of episodic television.
I like it that we're told that Philip Burton is a Nobel Prize winner, certified genius, not just some megalomaniac. It makes him more interesting.

Webisode link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tHEOQefHlI

Comments

[breannarose1.livejournal.com]

here's the few missed words for this piece:

Jess: (babbling a...) the creatures. I’ve been going through all the mission reports
Becker: Fun.
Jess: No. They're good. Really, the best part is I already feel like I know you and Abby and Connor and Danny… (trails off, realizing that she might have said something stupid and adds awkwardly) If you want to come through, I’ll get you set up.

Matt: (on the phone) It’s me. Can you talk?
Gideon:Have you heard something?
Matt: Not. Yet. I assume I’m still getting [or getting?!?] vetted/
Gideon: You sound worried....a little bit more perfect. [you had this right]
Gideon: You have to be approved by ARC security; they're all ex-military.

Jess: No. Well… fifty-fifty government and private.
Becker: And Lester still

Jess: He is names Philip Burton. He seems to have to keep both of them happy.
Becker: Ah.

Jess: Pretty impressive CV. With all this stuff this guy’s done

Jess: (nods in understanding) Got to the bit about Everest?

Jess: (stands and turns away angrily) Insecure much?
Becker: Excuse me
Jess: No. It's nothing. But...
.
Becker: No. I'm no- No one's putting the brakes on anyone. I mean…

Jess: Anyone would think you... ([You got this right]
Becker: (finally grins) Ah. I see, ...
making fun of me.
Jess: Totally. Just checking to see if you smile. And you do. Which means so far, way better company that the mammoth

Gideon: You’ve heard?
Matt: I have. I'm in.
Gideon: You're ready for this

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Jess is supposed to be 19?!?!? not buying it.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Agreed. Jess being 19 just isn't believable. A child prodigy might have the brains but not the experience for the kind of work she does.

Thanks for your help. I messed put his one quite spectacularly, I'm afraid.

[breannarose1.livejournal.com]

She struck me as being in her mid-20s as there's NO way she'd be the "Best". Hardly likely that anyone would be a prodigy "Team coordinator". What would she have done to become that?? Organize bake-sales?!?! Run a small company?
It rings almost as false as Matt's credentials.

You're doing just fine on these.