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[[Stephen Hawking is facing a pair of people. His voice appears in a square machine readable font.]]
Stephen Hawking: I thought maybe later we should go see a movie.
[[The two people are running.]]
[[The front page of a newspaper appears instead of a third panel.]]
((Name of the paper.)) The Times
((Main headline.)) Physicist Stephen Hawking Suggests We See More Films
[[A picture of Stephen Hawking is in the center of the page.]]
((Picture's caption.)) Smartest Man Alive
((Secondary headline.)) What Does He Know That We Don't?
((Large quote in article body.)) Is this a warning?
[[Stephen Hawking is sitting alone, looking depressed.]]
{{Title text: 'Guys? The Town is supposed to be good, and I thou--' 'PHYSICIST STEPHEN HAWKING DECLARES NEW FILM BEST IN ALL SPACE AND TIME' 'No, I just heard that--' 'SHOULD SCIENCE PLAY A ROLE IN JUDGING BEN AFFLECK?' 'I don't think--' 'WHAT ABOUT MATT DAMON?'}}
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