Original subtitles

All right, Cotter,

that should do it,

We've proved our point,

Cotter, can you hear me?

Loud and clear, general,

Then what the hell ya doing?

Transformer

needs a little tweaking

as long as I'm up here,

Mother of god!

There,

He's out of his mind,

Not his mind, colonel,

( applause )

Thank you,

That was a hell

of an exhibition

you put on,

How do you feel?

Like I could do it again,

That won't be necessary,

You passed that test

with flying colors,

We're ready for the transfer,

Looks like we're all set,

See you on the other side,

Beginning transfer sequence,

code alpha-0019,

@

Somebody

get me out of this contraption,

I'm starving,

All clear,

Since our earliest beginnings,

we have always believed

in some form of transcendence,

But when we finally discover

how to transcend

our own biological bodies,

what exactly will we gain?

And what will we leave behind?

Hey, Greg, How am I doing?

You're one magnificent creature,

Well, that goes without saying,

I meant how's

my alter ego doing?

Remarkably Well,

considering

what it's been through,

Our friend here managed

to deflect 50 kilowatts

of electricity

up on that tower today,

Know what that would do

to a normal human body?

Toasted

as a marshmallow,

Look at this,

Hardly a mark on him,

That's pretty amazing,

We've shot it, froze it,

cooked it,

tried to electrocute it,

and it takes a licking,

it keeps on ticking,

Imagine a whole army

of these things,

We've done more than imagine it,

With next generation

commando group, a platoon

of these could get through

the most hostile

enemy environment,

Nuclear, biological, chemical,

you name it,

I won't pretend I'm not pleased

with our success,

with your Success, Cotter,

Yeah, that's right,

It's not the machine,

it's the driver,

Now we're done

patting each other on the back,

let's talk about our glitch,

I'm halfway up that tower,

and the servo-Valve

in the left knee actuator

malfunctions again,

I thought you fixed that,

I did fix it,

Mm-hmm,

That look like

an xt433 sub-Routine to you?

It sure does,

No, it can't be,

The xt433 was replaced

by the xt434,

or at least it should have been,

I'd hate to be

up to my ass in alligators

and have a bum leg,

I don't understand,

I was sure I inputted

the new sub-Routine

into the system,

It must have slipped past me,

That's what 36 hours

without sleep does to a man,

Come on, let's leave

the good doctor

alone with his guilt,

Thanks,

( romantic

classical music playing )

Cotter, dinner's ready,

Yeah, I'll be right there,

What's all this?

What does it look like?

I thought we could

have dinner by candlelight,

A little romance

never hurt anybody,

So what else do you

have planned this evening?

Why, captain Mccoy,

I can assure you

that my intentions are

strictly dishonorable,

Lucky for me,

So did you miss me?

Terribly,

Did you miss me?

I couldn't think

of anything else,

Liar,

What? Me? A liar?

That's okay, I love you anyway,

Not as much as I love you,

God, I am ravenous,

Oh, sorry,

Dinner first,

Fine,

You outdid yourself as usual,

Something wrong, hon?

No, not really,

All right, don't give me that,

Spit it out,

Okay, what did you do today?

Sally...

I know, I'm not supposed to ask,

So how's your steak?

Done just the way you like it?

Mmm, really tasty,

Sally, I know

that the last couple of months

have been hard on you,

Hard on me? I don't know

if I've married man or a rumor,

I'm sorry, I didn't mean that,

I know how important

this work is to you,

Not just to me,

What I'm doing

is making the world

a better place, a safer place,

That sounds kind of corny,

doesn't it?

No, it doesn't sound corny,

I'm doing this for us too,

This is high profile,

This will get me

out of the trenches

and into the spotlight,

You wouldn't believe

the brass involved,

If I didn't love you so much,

this wouldn't be so awful,

Listen, we're entering

the final phase of testing,

It's going to be two more weeks,

When we're finished,

we'll get a bungalow

on the beach,

just the two of us,

I'm not worried

about a vacation, sweetie,

I'm worried about you,

I have never been more happy

in my entire life,

That's what scares me,

You're never happier

than when you're

living on the edge,

Whatever it is,

I'm sure risk is involved,

There's risk involved

in getting out of bed,

I'm okay, really,

Sally,

Hi, Pete, You startled me,

Yeah, I have that

effect on women,

That bum of a husband

of yours around?

We just finished breakfast,

He'll be right out,

Sorry to keep running off

with him like this,

Don't say it

if you don't mean it,

You think

I enjoy separating

you lovebirds?

Take care of him for me,

Take care of yourself too,

Sally, this is nothing but

a series of training exercises,

You say that like

no soldier's ever been hurt

in a training exercise,

Don't worry, He'll be fine,

Hey,

take your hands off my wife,

If I'd seen her first...

Well, you didn't,

I, uh, I'll be in the car,

Bye, Sally,

Bye, Pete,

Oh, come on, No, it's okay,

I knew what I was getting

into when I married you,

Did you?

No, ,,but you were damn handsome

in that uniform,

Okay, take care of yourself,

I will, You too,

I'll see you

in a couple of days,

Every time we finish

one of these little exercises,

you're always in a hurry

to get me out of Cotter two,

What is the margin exactly?

We don't like

keeping you in there,

How long can your mind

safely reside

in the android's brain?

Let's just say it's not a limit

I'm anxious to test,

Any particular reason?

You are full of questions today,

Expect me to have my higher

Brain functions Deleted

Without knowing

everything you do?

Look, we're getting

these glitches

straightened out, I promise,

Cotter, ready

for these last round of tests?

Yeah, zap me over there,

and turn me loose,

I flew down to

Washington last night,

The president is

Positively ecstatic

over the progress

we've been making,

He wants me to tell you

that you're in line

for a promotion,

Don't expect me

to start saluting

and calling you sir,

We're ready, gentlemen,

Let's rock and roll,

You all set, Cotter?

Yeah, all set,

Last chance to abort,

I'm starting

to get used to this,

Let her rip,

Beginning transfer sequence,

code alpha-0019,

What's happening?

( Greg )

the circuits are overloading,

Well, do something,

I'm trying,

What's happening?

I don't know, ,,uh, ,,

turn it off! Open the door!

I can't! I can't!

Indications of major

thermal trauma...

Several full thickness

or third degree burns

of the epidermal layer,

Each of these burns appears

to have a central charred zone

and a peripheral

Grey-White zone necrosis,

Tissue samples,

Get out of my way,

Stand back, sir,

They're working on me in there,

You'd better get in there

and try and calm him down,

Let me in, Pete,

I can't,

That's my body, Pete,

I have a right

to see what's going on,

Whatever's happening in there,

there's nothing you can do,

How could this happen, Pete?

How?

I don't know, Cotter,

I understood

all systems were go,

It must

have been a freak malfunction

of some sort,

It's over, isn't it?

Leave us, gentlemen,

Tell me,

Cotter, your body suffered

extensive tissue degeneration,

We won't know the full extent

of the damage till

after the autopsy,

This can't be happening,

It can't be,

Do something!

You have to bring me back!

Do you hear?

Bring me back!

We can't, Cotter,

No one, ,,can,

I'm sorry,

I'd liketo think

this was an accident,

Either that or, ,,

or what?

As much as we've tried

to keep the screws tight,

it is possible that someone

may have slipped in,

committed an act of sabotage,

We know of at least two other

military android programs

under development

in less than friendly countries,

The first coalition

to put android soldiers

onto the battlefield

will have a decided advantage,

Are you suggesting that

someone did this deliberately?

I'm just pointing out

some options we should consider

during the course

of our investigation,

I must be

part of that investigation,

Don't even think about

cutting me out of this one,

If somebody did kill me,

I want to be there

when we find out who,

It's what I was afraid of,

The electric current

passed into the brain itself,

There are lesions and

burnt tissue all they way down

the corpus callosum

into the cerebellum,

Even if I could have

started your heart again,

it wouldn't have done any good,

I'm sorry, Cotter,

What am I going to tell Sally?

How will I break it to her

that her husband,

the man that she loves, is dead?

But that his mind

is still alive inside a machine?

Cotter, ,,

your, ,,hand,

The interface between your mind

and your android body

is starting to break down,

Your android brain operates

on the same principles

as a human brain,

The synapses in the small

section of your motor cortex

are either misfiring

or not firing,

What's causing it?

We don't know,

You're certain It's a breakdown?

It could be isolated,

He's right,

My hand is fine now,

You knew this was going

to happen, didn't you?

During our initial testing phase

with other primate subjects,

the same degradation occurred,

Your android apes

had this problem?

Yes,

We think the stress you suffered

since the accident this morning

has speeded up the degradation,

How much time do I have?

12 hours at the outside,

12 hours?

And then what?

My whole damn body

starts twitching?

The pattern of decay varies,

but the end is the same,

You'll gradually,

maybe not so gradually,

lose control

over your extremities,

and then ultimately

you'll be unable to speak

or move

or perform any other function,

Damn you, Greg,

You knew about this,

and you didn't tell me,

You knew there were risks

when you volunteered,

Things were going so well,

I didn't think

about the risks any more,

Sally knew, Pete,

Not the details,

but she knew it was dangerous,

I have to see her,

tell her What's happened,

That's not a good idea,

How would you tell her?

There are tests we can run,

Cotter,

Working together, we might be

able to slow the degradation,

If you don't know

how to stop it now,

you won't figure it out

in the next 12 hours,

General, I request permission

to go see my wife,

I'm sorry, captain,

Let me get this straight,

Are you saying I'm a prisoner?

Cotter,

Follow my instructions,

and no one will get hurt,

You don't know

what you're doing,

Never argue with a man

who has nothing to lose,

In there,

We can't have

a $2-Billion weapon system

running around on the loose,

When we're out of here,

I must return to Washington

and brief

the president and the nsc,

That leaves

colonel Butler in Charge,

Colonel, you have express orders

to either

recapture captain MCCOY

or terminate him

by any means necessary,

With all due respect, general,

as long as that android's alive,

so are Cotter's chances,

He'll listen to reason,

If you won't

take the necessary action,

I'll find someone who will,

( easy listening music playing )

( doorbell ringing )

Somebody there?

Sally,

Who is it?

Where are you?

It's me, Sally,

It's Cotter,

Cotter, what are you doing?

Turn off the porchlight,

Why?

Just do it please,

Cotter?

You're scaring me,

I'm sorry, I don't mean to,

Why are you hiding from me?

Is everything all right?

For the moment,

Well, this is silly,

Come inside, honey,

I, ,,I can't stay,

I just had to see you,

Come up onto

the porch,

No, stay there,

Are you all right?

I can call a doctor,

No,

Damn it,

Cotter, what is it?

What have they done?

Cotter?

I know it sounds incredible,

I'm the first human prototype,

The first human to be downloaded

into the prototype

to be more precise,

Why?

It was an experiment,

to fuse the electrical field

that made up my mind,

maybe even my soul

into a synthetic body,

Oh, this can't be,

This is just, ,,

look at me, Sally,

I'm trapped

inside this damn machine,

I didn't want you to see me

like this,

There was an accident

at the lab,

This is all that's left of me,

( doorhandle turning )

I have to get out of here,

Well, I'm going with you then,

No, it's too dangerous,

Don't argue with me, not now,

Hold it right there, captain!

Cease fire, damn it!

Cease fire!

You two go!

Let's go!

Watch the girl!

Hold your fire!

Hold your fire!

( intercom )

Dr, Olander,

you have a call on line three,

This is Dr, Olander,

Nice place you have here, Greg,

Cotter, is that you?

I just met your father,

I didn't know he was in town,

You never tell me these things,

What are you doing in my house?

I want you here

alone,

And you better make it fast,

Isn't there something

that we can do?

Maybe Olander's

figured something out,

We'll know soon enough,

What have you done

with my father?

He wanted to lie down,

He's fine, He's asleep,

He's old,

Even so, he's going to live

a hell of a lot longer

than I'm going to,

Talk to me, Greg,

Tell me what went wrong,

You must have some idea,

some theory, some

possible scenarios,

I don't,

There hasn't been enough time,

I'm losing motor control,

The convulsions are

more frequent now,

I need your help,

and I'm going to get it

one way or the other,

There's nothing I can do,

Cotter,

Cotter, don't,

Stay out of this, Sally,

This is between

me, ,,and the monster

who turned me into this!

I'm on your side, Cotter,

Don't you see that?

My heart and soul

are in this project,

Why would I sabotage it?

Somebody did sabotage it,

didn't they?

I don't know, Cotter, please,

Please, Cotter,

Cotter, stop it!

All right, all right,

I'll tell you what I know,

The accident was caused by

a missing feedback suppressor,

Somebody removed it

just before the last transfer,

Who?

I don't know,

But you have, ,,an idea,

( sighing )

I discovered

an anomalous pattern

in the software logs,

It appears

that someone removed the disk

with the operating code

and replaced it with

an earlier generation

of the program,

One of your technicians?

No, not possible,

They're not allowed

into the transfer room

when we're not working,

They don't have access

to the entire operating system,

Only four people

have unlimited access

to the program on disk,

You, me, general Chase, ,,

and Pete,

But, ,,

no, it can't be Pete, Cotter,

Why not?

He's been feeling passed over

ever since we started with me

for the first downloading,

He even pushed

for a parallel program

and volunteered

to be next in line,

Maybe he couldn't wait,

But why? Why would he do it?

I thought of trying

to find a suitable donor,

A donor?

You can put my mind

into another man's body?

Theoretically,

Where we'd find such a donor,

one that would pass

compatibility requirements, ,,

there just isn't time,

Then think of something else,

Well, there is one other option,

but it's really a long shot,

I don't have many options,

I don't know if this would work,

It'll only be temporary,

What? What is it?

It may be possible to slow down

the degradation process

by using the Meg,

Meg? What is that?

The magneto-

Electro-Encephlograph

to incrementally realign

the spin axes

of the neural array,

That might

give us the time we need,

We can only try this

back at the lab,

The research center

is crawling with commandos,

General Chase gave out orders

that you're to be terminated

on sight,

Well, there's

got to be another way in,

There is,

There you go,

Unauthorized Visitors

are not permitted,

This is Cotter Mccoy's wife,

( Sally )

I was taken

against my will,

but I got away

and called Dr, Olander here,

Listen,

okay, my husband

is no longer my husband,

He's crazy, out of control,

and he's got to be stopped,

She may be our best chance

of finding him,

I'm sorry, but I have my orders,

Look, you idiot,

I am the lead scientist

for a top classified project,

If you want to explain

to general Chase

why you were playing tin soldier

while a $2-Billion piece

of technology got destroyed,

good luck with

your new career as a dishwasher!

Thank you,

No,

Not yet,

I'll start preparing

the scanner beep,

Tell me the truth, Greg,

Do you really think

This is going to work?

I don't know,

I've never tried it before,

Please,

Please,

Cotter!

Are you all right?

I'm all right,

but I, ,,

don't think

I have much time left,

Let's get you into the chamber,

Don't worry,

He'll get you back,

And when he does,

I'll be here waiting,

Pete,

( Greg )

He's gone through

the transfer,

What do you think

of the new look, Cotter?

Be honest,

Is it really me?

What's wrong, Cotter?

Don't you recognize

your old Buddy, Pete?

Guess you didn't know

that Greg and his minions

built a second prototype,

a back-up,

in case you failed,

Let him go,

There'll be plenty of time

to deal with you later,

as soon as I take care

of my friend here,

It was jealousy, wasn't it?

Don't flatter yourself,

That's why

you arranged to kill me,

You were in the way,

We were friends, Pete!

We'd been through

everything together,

With you always in the lead,

Whenever we were up

for promotions,

they always went to you,

You learned how

to play the game better,

With you around,

I'd be second best,

You're the one who's been

stealing the operating codes,

I knew someone

would start sniffing it out,

How is that bum knee, Cotter?

You betrayed your best friend,

This was not about friendship,

This was about all those years

of being ignored,

They can't ignore me any more,

can they, good Buddy?

Give it up, Cotter,

Your mind-Body Link's

nearing termination,

Your convulsions

are getting worse,

Cotter!

Code Alpha,

the red key,

Cotter! Cotter!

You did it, ,,

Sally,

You did it,

No, Cotter, no,

I, ,,

love, ,,

you,

( warning buzzer Beeping )

Thank you, Murray,

Your husband was a True hero,

mrs, Mccoy,

The army owes him a great debt,

Thank you, general,

I'm terrible sorry

about Cotter, mrs, Mccoy,

Thank you, doctor,

If anyone understands,

it would be you,

How are you holding up?

I'm getting by, I guess,

Pete here has been

a great comfort to me,

Yes, I imagine

he has been at that,

I love you,

Let's go home, Cotter,

( car starting )

( control voice )

a great philosopher once said

the endeavor

to persist in its own being

is the essence

of the individual thing,

But when the day comes

that the mind and body

can be separated,

what will happen to the soul?

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