All language subtitles for The Twilight Zone (1959) - S03E24 - To Serve Man (1080p BluRay x265 ImE)_track3_[eng]

[theme music playing]

(narrator)
You're traveling
Through another dimension--

A dimension not only
Of sight and sound,
But of mind,

A journey into
A wondrous land

Whose boundaries
Are that of imagination.

Your next stop,
The twilight zone.

[sighs]

(male voice on speaker)
Mr. Chambers?
Mr. Chambers?

It1s
The mealtime.

Kindly state
Your preference, please.

Mr. Chambers?

It1s
The mealtime.

Kindly state
Your preference, please.

[spits]

Please deposit
Cigarettes in
Appropriate receptacle.

This is a
Safety measure.

Why don't you take
A flying jump at
The moon?

Kindly repeat request.

Aw, knock it off,
Leave me alone.

You do not care
For food at
This time?

Yes, | do not care
For food at
This time.

Very well.

[sighs]

[mutters]
"Very well--
Very, very well."

[sighs]

[sighs]

[whirring]

[tap running]

Please conserve water.

[sighs]

What time is it?

There 1s no
Time in space.

This 1s to say,

There 1s no chronology
That can be calibrated.

| said what time
Is 1t? What time
Is it on earth?

Can you tell me that
Without an exercise
In euclidean geometry?

Now, just tell me
What time it is
On earth!

On earth, 1t would
Be 12:00 noon.

[sighs]

[muttering]
12:00 noon,
12:00 noon.

(chambers, off)
This 1s the way
Nightmares begin,

Or, perhaps, end.

Very simple,
Direct, unadorned.

Incredible, and yet
So terribly real

That even while
They're happening,

We live with them
And digest them

And assimilate them.

And if it's 12:00 noon,

That's what you
Preoccupy yourself with.

You don't think
About 12:00 noon

On the next day
Or the day after that.

But that's what we should
Have been thinking abou t--

Tomorrow and the
Day after tomorrow.

We were preoccupied
With the hands
On a clock

When we should have been
Checking off a calendar.

It was an april day,
And it was noon then, too.

And people walked and drove

And bought and sold
And fretted and laughed.

The world went on
Much as it had
Been going on

With a tentative tiptoeing

Alongside a precipice
Of crisis.

There was berlin
To worry about,

And indochina, and algeria

And all the other myriad
Problems, major and minor

That somehow had lost
Their incisive edge
Of horror

Because we were
So familiar with them.

And then...

[whirring and whistling]

[news over radio]

And that's
When /t happened.

That's when
We first heard
That they had come.

That's when we should
Have prepared ourselves

For any eventuality,
But we didn't.

Instead, we milled around
Like frightened farm animals

Looking for formulas
And father images,

While the secretary general
Of the united nations

Made the first
Official announcement

Of the arrival
Of creatures
From outer space.

They called
Themselves kanamits

And announced
Over the short wave

That on that given afternoon,
They would arrive on earth.

At 11:00 this morning,
Eastern standard time,

The first
Of these landings

Took place in an area
Just outside of newark,
New jersey.

Subsequently, we have had
Reports of other landings

In the soviet union,
In norway, the southern
Coast of france

Just outside
Of rio de janeiro
And several others.

Speaking on behalf
Of the united nations,

| can only tell you
That at this moment

It would be premature
To assume hostile intent

On the part of these,
These kanamits.

And so, it
Is the position
Of the united nations

That the world
Population remain calm,

To make no hostile move,

To keep in mind

That all governments
Are being apprised

Of the events
As they happen

And have
The situation
Well in hand.

What do
They look like?

Yeah, what do
They look like?

Who are they?

Can't we get a more
Specific statement?

We do not know
What they look like.

We only know that several
Of their craft have landed

And that they...

[anxious murmuring]

What's the secret?

Why can't we have
A statement?

What's going on?
What's happening here?

It appears--
It appears that
One of the craft

Has landed just
A few blocks away.

That close?

Does the defense
Department know?

One of their
Representatives is on
His way to this building.

Fantastic!

Unbelievable!

[clamoring voices]

[slow footsteps]

Respectfully submitted
For your perusal:
A kanamit.

Height: a little
Over nine feet.

Weight: in
The neighborhood
Of 350 pounds.

Origin: unknown.

Motives?

Therein hangs the tale,
For in just a moment

We're going to
Ask you to shake
Hands, figuratively,

Witha
Christopher columbus

From another galaxy
And another time.

This is
The twilight zone.

(male voice)
Ladies and gentlemen
Of the earth,

We greet you
In peace and friendship.

We come from a planet
Far beyond this galaxy,

A planet far
More developed
Than earth,

But we
Come as friends.

Although we know
Your language,

Our own methods
Of communication are
Mental rather than verbal.

Hence, the
Voice you hear
Me speaking with

Is totally mechanical.

Our intentions
Are honorable.

We desire above all things
To help the people
Of earth...

[simultaneously translating]

...To establish
Embassies here,

And, in the near future,
To set up reciprocal visits

Between earth people
And kanamits.

(chambers, off)
Perhaps you watched
This initial questioning

--most people
On earth did--

On television sets,
Radios, shortwave.

Surely, some of the questions
Asked by your representatives

Must have been identical
To a few of your own

Because as a race,
We're unaccustomed
To charity.

Brutality 1s a far more
Universal language to us

Than an expression
Of friendship from
Outer space.

Would you be
Willing to be
Interrogated here

And at this time?

There are u.N.
Delegates present

Of most of the
Important countries

And the
Television cameras

Are carrying
Our meeting
Throughout the world.

| will be glad to.

Senor valdes
Of argentina
Is recognized.

(valdes)
Thank you,
Mr. Secretary.

Senor, could you
Please inform us

Precisely why
Have you chosen this
Planet for your visit?

It has come to
Our attention

That earth has
Been plagued

By both natural and
Unnatural catastrophes,

All of which could
Easily be acted upon
And prevented.

We are here
To help you.

Recognizing
Dr. Denis leveque,

The representative
Of france.

Monsieur, my government
Wishes me to ask you

The nature
Of your help.

What forms
Will it take?

Indeed, if we
Should prefer not
To avail ourselves

Of the various aids
That you mentioned,

Your reply
Would be what?

We will not force
Anything on you.

You will take only that
Which you choose to take.

For example, tomorrow
We will demonstrate

To all interested parties

A new and extremely
Interesting power source

Which 1s atomic
In nature

And which can supply
A form of electric power

For entire countries

For the cost
Of a few dollars.

It's extremely economical.

Mr. Gregori,
The representative

Of the soviet union,
Is recognized.

The soviet people would
Like to ask the kanamits

Precisely--| repeat
That to him--

Precisely what
Are your motives

In coming here
Quite uninvited?

Are we to assume
That there is no
Ulterior motive

Beyond this
Vast humanity
You speak of?

There is
Nothing ulterior
In our motives.

Nothing at all.

You will discover this
For yourselves before
Too long

Simply by testing
The various devices

Which we will make
Available to you.

We can show you,
For example,

How to add a certain very
Cheap nitrate to the soil

And end famine on earth
For good and all.

We can demonstrate
To you quite practically

The principles
Of the force field

In which you may
Cloak each nation

With an invisible wall,

Absolutely impenetrable
By bombs, missiles,

Or anything else.

We ask only
That you trust us.

Only that you
Simply trust us.

(chambers)
That was what
We all thought.

It was the age
Of santa claus.

Only these kris kringle
Came without white whiskers

And rosy cheeks
And twinkling eyes.

They were nine-feet
Tall enigmas

Who descended on us
Like locusts.

But nobody
Was counting
Or worrying.

Except perhaps
A few professionals

Whose job it was
To second guess.

In a sense, /
Was one of these--

A decoding specialist
For the united
States government,

And this 1s where
| got into the act.

(male voice)
Well, chambers,
What have you got?

A corker of a migraine
Headache and
Eye strain.

You can't
Lick it?

No, not in
Eight hours,
| can't.

Colonel, it took
Us almost a year

To crack the
Japanese code--

We had an army of men
Working on that.

But thisisa
Language of people
From outer space,

Probably 500 times
As intelligent as we are

And a thousand times
More complex.

You need more help?

All donations
Gratefully accepted.

| showed this
To every man
On our staff.

I've had a dozen
People working on it
Since late last night.

We've tried
Pretty much everything--

Single transposition,
Double transposition.

We've tried
Every known method of
Cryptography there is,

And | don't know
Whether we're
Even close

Or a million miles away.

Are you saying
It's indecipherable?

No, we've just got
To keep trying,
That's all.

Standard, direct, reversed,
Systematically mixed,

Keyword mixed,
Random mixed,

Reciprocal, conjugate.

Every nature of sequence
Of letters there is.

I'll tell you
Something, colonel,
This is a tough nut.

This isa
Real tough nut.

How important is it?

Hmm, |
Don't know.

That, that kanamit,

Or whatever it is
He calls himself,

Walked off and left
This book yesterday
At the u.N.

The white house
Feels if we can
Decipher this book

We can find out
What they're up to.

Well, obviously,
Nothing but
Our good.

He hasn't commented
On the loss of
This book.

Probably unconcerned
That we have it.

Why should we
Be so concerned?

They've done
All right by
Us so far.

Parlor tricks.

They don't seem
Like tricks, colonel.

That new nitrate use
They demonstrated

In argentina
This morning--

That soil had
More vitamins in
It six hours later

Than a
Drugstore chain.

| know that country.

That's as barren
And fruitless

As any place
On earth.

Well...

We might lick this,
We might not.

But | got
A strange feeling.

What?

That we're looking

A gift horse
In the mouth.

| got another
Funny feeling, too.

And that is?

That if these kanamits

Are as helpful as
| think they are,

You boys will be
Out of a job.

And probably,
So will I.

Am | to assume

This is a scientific
Analysis, mr. Chambers,

Or just some
Kentucky windage?

Well, | don't know
What it is, colonel,

Beyond an
Instinctive feeling.

When this earth
Gets enough to eat

And there are no more wars
Or diseases or famines,

This is going to be
A garden of eden.

Your optimism is most
Refreshing, mr. Chambers,

But | suggest
You continue

Your process
Of deciphering

Until you can
Tell us precisely--

And | mean precisely--
What that book says.

We've licked the
Title, anyway.

What does
It say?

How much
Does it tell us?

Here it is.

Well, that makes
The cheese

More binding,
Wouldn't you
Say, colonel?

I'd call that
A reasonably
Altruistic phrase,

Do you
Agree, patty?

Well, I, uh--

Well, | want to
Believe it, but--

| don't know
What to think.

"To serve man."

| hope so.

| fervently hope so.

(secretary genera!)
Gentlemen, the purpose
Of this meeting

Is to acquaint you
With certain tests
Made over the past week.

At the request
Of several delegates

And with the full consent

Of our guests,
The kanamits,

These tests were filmed,
Cut together into
One short film

And you can
Watch them now.

Kindly lower
The screen.

[whirring]

(male voice from film)
These are the
Standard instruments used

To determine
The truth of a statement.

Our first object,

Since the physiology of
The kanamits /s
Unknown to us,

Was to determine
Whether or not they
React to these tests

As human beings do.

We will now repeat one
Of the many experiments made

In an effort
To discover this fact.

This instrument records
The subject's heartbeat.

This one shows the electrical
Conductivity of the skin

In the palm of the hand--

A measure of perspiration,
Which increases under stress.

This one shows the pattern

And intensity
Of the electrical waves

Emanating from
The subject's brain.

Which of these 1s
Longer than the other?

(kanamit)
The gray.

| shall repeat
The question.

Which of these 1s
Longer than the other?

The black.

How did you get
To this planet?

Walked.

Once again, how did
You get to this planet?

In a spaceship.

Many such
Experiments were made

And my colleagues
And myself
Are satisfied

That the mechanisms
Are effective.

Now, | shall ask
Our distinguished guest

To reply to the question
Put at the last session

By several
Of the delegates.

Namely, what
Is the motive
Of the kanamit people

In offering
Such great gifts

To the people
Of the earth?

| hope that the people
Of earth will understand
And believe

When / tell you that
Our mission upon this
Planet 1s simply this:

To bring to you the
Peace and plenty which
We ourselves enjoy

And which we
Have in the past

Brought to other races
Throughout the galaxy.

When your world
Has no more hunger,

No more war, no
More needless suffering,

That will be our reward.

(chambers)
And the machine
Showed no deviation.

According to /t,
The kanamit was
Telling the truth.

You and | and the
Rest of this earth
Had a ringside seat

To the rebirth
Of every dream
Man had ever dreamed.

[speaking french]

[speaking japanese]

( speaking spanish )

(chambers)
Santa claus
Came through.

Arid deserts
Became gardens

With the devices
The kanamits showed
Us how to use.

The force field that
Was to end war did
Precisely that.

Armies and navies were
Practically disbanded.

(kanamit)
Please check
Your guest visas.

This is flight number 267
From earth to our planet.

They tell me they have
A mean temperature
Of 76 degrees

On their planet,
And the sun never
Goes down.

And their clothing--

It's a
Metallic substance,
Just beautiful.

Kind of like
A spun gold.

My sister wrote me.

She says the
Day you land,

They take you on
A conducted tour
Of all their shops

And you can pick out as
Much of it as you want.

But it's
An entire planet.

Bigger than china.

Besides it's
An opportunity

To spread
Peaceful coexistence
To an entire galaxy.

Stand aside, please,
| have diplomatic visa.

It's just
One big holiday
When you get there.

They've even got
A form of baseball.

Leagues of everything,
Just like we've got.

And the whole trip,
Billions of miles,

Only takes
Just a few days.

Oh, man, | don't think
I'll want to come back

Once | do get there.
[laughs]

( humming )

I'm going home, boss.
Need me for anything?

Need you
For anything?
Like what?

This isn't
Exactly what you call
A beehive of activity.

Well, this is
The new story
Of man.

Nobody needs to decipher
Much of anything anymore

Because there aren't
Any more codes

Simply because there aren't
Any more secret messages.

Odd.

Huh?

Well, | mean,

We're not reading
About the hydrogen bomb

Or war scares
Or insurrections

Or anything
Like that anymore.

Millennium.

Yeah, close toit.

How many of them
Are around now?

Anybody ever
Figure it out?

A few thousand,
| guess.

They've got embassies
In every country now.

And for every one
Of them that comes,

A few thousand of us
Take off in their ships

To live with them.
[clicks tongue]

Yeah, that's
The odd thing:

The fantastic ease
With which

Human beings
Make adjustments.

One day, they watch
With bated breath

While a
Single individual
Orbits the earth

In a rinky-dink
Little cubicle

And they think
This is the most
Historic moment

That's ever happened in
The history of mankind.

And then,
One year later,

They stand in line

Waiting to take off
In a spaceship

To go
100 billion miles
Off into space,

And they
Act and react

As if this were
A weekend picnic
In the country.

Oh, strange and
Complex sanity
Of man.

Nothing fazes him.

Are you going?

Well, asa
Matter of fact--

I'm on a ten-year
Exchange group
Waiting list.

Mm-hm.

And what about
You, patty?

I'm on
The list, too.

The trouble is,
Their quotas fill

Just as soon
As they make

The announcement
Of a new trip.

While I'm waiting,

| think 'll do the
Next best thing.

I'm still working
On that book.

Deciphering that title
Has been of no help

Because their capital
Letters are different

Than the other
Signs they use,

Just as ours are.

But it's starting
To fall into place.

| think I'll get the
Answer eventually.

Well, | gave up
Trying a month ago.

(male voice)
This 1s flight
Number 914

From earth
To our planet.

We will be taking
Off in three minutes.

Mr. Chambers.

Mr. Chambers!

Don't get
On that ship!

The rest of the book,
To serve man-- it's...

It's a cookbook!

No! No!

No, no, no!

Hey! No!

[whirring and whistling]

You have not eaten
Enough, mr. Chambers.

Please, enjoy.

Eat hearty.

Please, mr. Chambers, eat.

We wouldn't want you
To lose weight.

How about you?

You still on earth
Or on the ship
With me?

Well, it doesn't make
Very much difference

Because sooner
Or later--

We'll all of us
Be on the menu--

All of us.

(narrator)
The recollections
Of one michael chambers

With appropriate flashbacks
And soliloquy.

Or more simply stated,
The evolution of man,

The cycle of going
From dust to dessert,

The metamorphosis
From being the
Ruler of a planet

To an ingredient
In someone's soup.

It's tonight's
Bill of fare on
The twilight zone.

(male presenter)
Rod serling, creator
Of the twilight zone,

Will tell you
About next week's story

After this message.

And now, mr. Serling.

Next week on
The twilight zone,
Contributor charles beaumont

Provides us with
A most charming tale

Of an old man
And some children--

An old man who's
An exceptional playmate,

Exceptional because, well,

How many old men do you
Know who can change
Into monsters?

Mr. Beaumont's
Excellent-tasting stew

Is further seasoned
By an element of mystery.

It's called the fugitive.

We hope to see
You next week.

(arness)
This 1s james arness.

You know, it's
Only a short hop

From the twilight zone
To dodge city and gunsmoke.

Saturday nights
Over most of
These stations.