Thanks to Dark Ilk for this:<\/p>\n
did out the transcript for the 2 interviews. Have one problem though… JB refers to a word and I think it’s “Aethest” (I’ve highlighted it in bold below)?? But I’m really not sure of the spelling. If someone knows the correct spelling, I’d really appreciate the amendment.<\/p>\n
JK: It\ufffds a very, very simple, simple story.<\/p>\n[Insert scene: Car about to hit little girl when the father saves her with Max and Michael watching]\n
JK: It\ufffds, in a way, much simpler than a lot of the stories that we tell on Roswell. It\ufffds like a lot times, you see on television they promo episodes saying \ufffdA very special episode of\ufffd\ufffd and\ufffd I never knew what that meant\ufffd<\/p>\n
JB: \ufffd a special episode of Roswell (grins)<\/p>\n
JK: \ufffd Yeah, I never knew what that meant.<\/p>\n[Insert scene: Max watching Sydney after Liz whispers something to him with the ghost of the dead father watching over their shoulders]\n
JK: I like the fact that it\ufffds a story about helping somebody else and it has nothing to do with protecting their own asses\ufffd as aliens.<\/p>\n[Insert scene: Max and Michael approach the accident scene as Max considered whether to save the father]\n
JK: I like the fact that it\ufffds about Max being confronted with this moral dilemma.<\/p>\n
JB: The idea about God and science, and how they don\ufffdt really necessarily blend very well.<\/p>\n[Insert scene: Max and Liz talking at her window ledge before she leaves for midnight service]\n
JB: I think, um, Max says that he doesn\ufffdt believe in God, I don\ufffdt think he says that to be a blatant Aethest<\/strong> (?? Sorry I have no idea of the correct spelling??) or\ufffd or just to be a slap in the face of religion. It\ufffds just\ufffd for himself; because of who he is, and what he is, I think that he has so many more questions than he has answers, and\ufffd<\/p>\n[Insert scene: Max lighting up the Christmas ornament using his powers]\n
JK: I honestly, too, think he wishes he DID believe\ufffd I think, yeah\ufffd I think you\ufffdre right. I think it\ufffds his perspective on it.<\/p>\n
JB: I think it also asks the question of\ufffd if you could just suspend your disbelief for just a moment\ufffd (he starts to grin) those watching the show really do suspend their belief for quite a while\ufffd<\/p>\n
(JK laughing in the background)<\/p>\n[Insert scene: Jason healing the children in the hospital]\n
JB: but um, but um, the idea of some one having this gift, this awesome power to heal people\ufffd who chooses who lives and who dies? And how do you actually make that choice? Are you disrupting some grand scheme, master plan that somebody has out there? Or have you become a part of the plan despite yourself? It\ufffds just\ufffd it\ufffds a, it\ufffds a powerful notion I think, and this huge responsibility of who are you to decide who lives and who stays\ufffd and how\ufffd how you go about making those decisions. You can shy away from it and act like it\ufffds not there, but you know, obviously the guilt will come and get you.<\/p>\n
Interviewer: How do you perceive the ending when Max takes Liz\ufffds hand?<\/p>\n[Insert scene: Max takes Liz\ufffds hand and tells her \ufffdI believe in you\ufffd as the camera pans to their intertwined hands]\n
JK: You know, that moment to me seems like a transcendent moment. It\ufffds the gift that he gives HER. It\ufffds him thanking her for being there for him, and being a friend. And it\ufffds not a moment\ufffd about them getting back together\ufffd as boyfriend and girlfriend. It\ufffds beyond that.<\/p>\n
JB: (A serious, pondering look on his face) I thought it was uh\ufffd I thought it was the cue for the (he points upwards into the sky) snow to fall\ufffd<\/p>\n
(JK starts laughing in the background)<\/p>\n
JB: I was\ufffd That\ufffds er \ufffd I say my line about \ufffdI believe in you\ufffd and the snow falls\ufffd<\/p>\n[Insert scene: Max looks up into the sky as snow starts to fall]\n
JB: That\ufffds what I thought\ufffd Right\ufffd No, I was kidding (JB starts to grin as JK cannot stop laughing in the background) Um, I thought that\ufffd someone was reading the script (mock reading an invisible script) and going \ufffdsnow in Roswell\ufffd yes\ufffd\ufffd \ufffd Forget it. (He tries to get serious)<\/p>\n[Insert scene: Max joins everyone at the Midnight session]\n
JB: Um, no, I thought\ufffd I though that THAT moment was so much more about the evolution of Max as a character, and his relationship to Liz, and his relationship to his family. And it was so much more than just saying, you know, \ufffdYeah, we\ufffdre back together now. I believe in you. Let\ufffds live happily ever after\ufffd. It was\ufffd it was\ufffd more about \ufffdWithout you, I couldn\ufffdt become the person I am now\ufffd.<\/p>\n[Insert scene: Max and Michael look in through the window watching Brody and Sydney in front of the fireplace]\n
JB: And I think that throughout the season, no matter what has happened, you know, good or bad, it\ufffds made these people who they are. I think that\ufffds the way it is with life in general\ufffd is that the choices that we make in our lives and the people that we know\ufffd help us in one way or another BE the people that we are\ufffd<\/p>\n[Insert scene: Liz whispering something into Max\ufffds ear after which he looks up]\n
JB: and I think at that moment, he was just sort of thanking her for helping open his eyes to a completely different world.<\/p>\n[Insert scene: Reflection of Max as he approaches Liz in the Crashdown]\n
JK: Right. I mean it\ufffds funny though\ufffd you\ufffd saying that. \ufffdCos he\ufffds able to go to her\ufffd even with everything that they\ufffdve been through\ufffd<\/p>\n
JB: \ufffd be some sort of sane voice\ufffd some sort of reasoning\ufffd I think that the person that he trusts the most is Liz.<\/p>\n
JK: \ufffd yeah<\/p>\n
JB: With\ufffd who knows him better than, I think, anybody.<\/p>\n
JK: right\ufffd<\/p>\n[Insert scene: Max watches as the ghost of the dead father bids him farewell]\n
JB: \ufffd but I think more than anything, it was just about being human\ufffd and being mature\ufffd and being alive. (Both ponder in silence for a moment before turning to face the camera)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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