The Specials (2000)

Actors

• Rob Lowe (actor)
• Jamie Kennedy (producer)
• Jamie Kennedy (actor)
• Melissa Joan Hart (actress)
• Mary Shellogg (miscellaneous crew)
• Robert Meyer Burnett (producer)
• Robert Meyer Burnett (actor)
• John Doe (actor)
• Judy Greer (actress)
• James Gunn (writer)
• James Gunn (actor)
• James Gunn (producer)
• Thomas Haden Church (actor)
• Lynn M. van Kuilenburg (miscellaneous crew)
• Chase Masterson (actress)

Genres

• Action
• Comedy
• Fantasy
• Sci-Fi

Taglines:

They're Not Incredible, They're Just Special
Before They Could Save the World, They Had to Save Themselves.
Not as good as regular superheroes, but slightly better than you.
It doesn't take much to save the world.
Not as good as other superheroes, but definitely better than you.

Quotes:

Minute Man: The great thing about not getting the person that you love is that you can still think about that person and masturbate, which is essentially the same thing.

Deadly Girl: Ted might have been right about some things. Like drinking; last week I got drunk at a bar mitzvah, unthinkingly summoned forth demons and... they ate a kid.

Deadly Girl: I used to think I didn't need a family. I mean, I had the demons and the walking skeletons. But the difference between a walking skeleton and a kid is, a kid won't eat the soft parts of your face while you're sleeping.

The Weevil: I've had superpowers longer than anyone in the Specials, I think - which explains why I'm the only one with a Pez dispenser with a little me on it.

Minute Man: The one thing that happened that sucked was that I lost my shrinking ability for two weeks, like a flu bug, or... I mean, I didn't lose them entirely. I was able to shrink down to about four-foot-five. But just being short isn't really a superpower.

Amok: Sex? It's difficult. I get charged up, the anti-matter starts flying, next thing you know I'm humping a chick without an ass. I shoulda just stayed home.

The Weevil: My old man used to say that love is what happens when you fail at living life on your own. He was gay, so what did he know?

U.S. Bill: This is the basement. Want to see the furnace?::Nightbird: That's okay.::U.S. Bill: It's hot. Don't press your face against it for too long or you get red streaks on you for, like, a month.

Minute Man: What's it like, summoning demons?::Deadly Girl: They do your will, and that makes you feel good about yourself.

Ms. Indestructible: Every morning I look down and I'm wearing boots with lightning bolts on them and I think... where did I make the wrong turn?

Verdict

Cast

• Susan Duerden
• John Bowe
• Barrie Rutter
• Sarah Lancashire
• Marian McLoughlin
• Tracie Bennett
• David Robb
• Vanessa Knox-Mawer
• Stella Gonet
• Richard Dillane
• Emily Hamilton
• Idris Elba
• Michelle Collins
• John Woodvine
• John Duttine
• June Brown
• Ken Drury
• Ian Curtis
• Haydn Gwynne
• Martin Walsh
• Bernard Gallagher
• Keith Barron
• Jonathan Barlow
• Judy Holt
• Jason Merrells

• Season 1
• Episode 1: Split Second
  UK:31 July 1998...
• Episode 2: Neighbours from Hell
  UK:7 August 1998...
• Episode 3: The Doctor's Opinion
  UK:14 August 1998...
• Episode 4: Be My Valentine
  UK:21 August 1998...

• Lyrics: play full screen play karaoke
• Verdict - Westlife
• Verdict - Diary Of Dreams
• Verdict - Return To Innocence
• Verdict - Spina Bifida
• These Are Dreams - Verdict
• Waiting At The Door - Verdict
• Lies - Verdict
• The Quick And The Dead - Verdict
• Unforgiving - Verdict
• Never Be The Same - Verdict
• Stay Right Here - Verdict
• Finally You Figured Out - Verdict
• Dawn Was Better - Verdict
• Didn't Mean To Make You Cry - Verdict
• Never Seen You Run - Verdict
• Don't Play Games - Verdict
• A Light In The Dark - Verdict

I will confess to you
Because you made me think about the times
You turn the picture on to me and I'll turn over
The vision was a masterpiece of comic timing
But you wouldn't laugh at all
And I wonder what the boy was thinking
The picture was an old collage of something classical
The model with a tragic air
Because without a doubt he'd given up the fight
The ghost of somebody at his side
I will confess to you
Because I didn't think about the message
As I walked down the alleyway it was a Sunday
And all my friends deserted me because you painted me
As the fraud I really was
And if you think you see with just your eyes you're mad
'Cause Lisa learned a lot from putting on a blindfold
When she knew she had been bad
She met another blind kid at a fancy dress
It was the best sex she ever had
I'll send a dress to you
Because it's needing badly taken in
But I was so embarressed when I missed your party
It was me that paid for it eventually
Because you know how much I wanted
To meet your friend the star of stage and local press
The dream of all the bowlie boys that hang around here
And I'm no different from the rest
I'm not too proud to say that I'm okay with
The girl next door who's famous for showing her breasts
You're not impressed by me
But it's a funny way for you to tell me
A whisper in a choir stall
The man was talking about you simultaneously
Frankly, I let my heavy eyelids flutter
Because I have been sleeping badly lately
I know you were historical from all the books I've read
But I thought you could be bluffing
And with this chance I've missed I feel remiss
It's days and months before I see you again

[An ode to sleep]
Observe the strategies of war
I know you needed so much more
This is mental, so sentimental
Any way is my way
Anything I cared for you destroyed,
any promise null and void
Can't you take my pain away. Tell me, can you?
Can't we close our eyes forever. Help me, can you?
And now, you wonder why I'm asking you to go.
I'd give up anything to make your dreams come true
and if I'd pray I'd pray for you.
I'd leave your world to find a new one,
but don't you dare misunderstand!
How can this be a sacrifice,
if you did not lose anything?
I know it isn't fair,
but have we ever asked for fairness?
Save yourself from needless harm.
An overdose for now?
How can I talk about completeness,
if I consist of many pieces?
How can these walls come closer,
if there are really none?
To prevent misinterpretations:
This song tells the story of the urge

I remember us riding white horses
that would die for their faithfulness
with us on their backs.
Paths that went across the lands of fields,
only your white dress flied behind us.
hillock that extends along the path,
a cross on top guards its land.
It extends its hands sideways and it leaves everybody choose direction.
Shadows and clouds are flowing towards the night
and towards the light where the sun looks,Sun looks up by day.
You have chosen (the) way of night
where the moon spill a shiny thin thread
It lights up trees and abandoned houses
which are empty and where is no children shouting.
I felt like in a trap
when my legs turned to stones.
But you have chased your horse on
up to the edge of the wood where a quarry was.
I have rambled since this moment
and the woods are my judges.
I expect my verdict and judgement on and on
Close to the end of my strength and infirm,

Manslaughter, frenzied action, lost desires.
Thus sentenced, time's slowed down since you're here.
Fugitive existence, made way for apathetic waiting.
Thoughts crossed your mind, adrenaline excreted.
Death's collecting, your time is gone now you're on.
Dementing scare rips the hope, useless anyway.
Indigestion, bile is all you taste.
Heart pounding, perspiring body, muscles trembling.
Lights slithering along you, when you pass the hallway.
The room approaching, life's still strong but doubtfull soon.
Arms are clasped, tighting straps, poison prepared.
Immunity is a joke, or would you prefer some volts.
The needle penetrating, unleashing evil in your blood.
Scorching it's way to your brain.
Muscles, contracting, spinning eyeball,

Girl you're walking downtown fast,
Snow is falling like you're in a movie.
And are you bundled up?
'Cause man I'm sure it's cold where you're walking.
And these are dreams,
That I've kept,
Deep inside of me.
So sing to me,
So I can sleep.
Sing to me.
Sing la, la de de dah dah dah.
La, la de de dah dah dah.
La dah dah dah.
Sing to me.
I know that's it's hard for you
I will fill this space, drives you crazy.
I will fit the strive to hold
I know that I need to see you soon
I'm goin' crazy, crazy.
And these are dreams,
That I've kept,
Deep inside of me.
So stay with me,
And I will sing you to sleep.
Sing la, la de de dah dah dah.
La, la de de dah dah dah.
La, la de de dah dah dah.
La, la de de dah dah dah.
Dah dah dah dum.
Stay with me.
Stay with me.

You have the eyes that I'll come home toYou have the
hands that I will hold
And my baby's waiting at the door
My baby's waiting at the door
Turn off the lights
We'll have ourselves a waiting night
Forget all the rules that you surrounded yourself with
I dim the lights
To tell you baby it's warm inside
Baby all I need is you
Tell me you need me when you do
Tell me that you stay right here
And my baby's waiting at the door
My baby's waiting at the door
Turn off the lights
We'll have ourselve a waiting night
Forget all the rules that you surrounded yourself with
I dim the lights
To tell me that it's warm inside
And baby all I need you
The beat it goes on and on and on
The beat it goes on and on and on
I know my baby loves me, no
I know my baby loves me

Tell them you lie
You do it everyday
You lie right to his face
You lie right to his face
Tell them you play
The sweetest of the games
Tell him it's the same
Cause everyday's the same
I'll, remember the lies
All of them
Remember every lie
He is only one
Soldier with a gun
He is all alone
You left him all alone
Every night
He takes all your advice
Just tell him that you need me
Just tell him that you need me
I'll, remember the lies
All of them
Remember every lie
I, I, I...
Lies
Tell him your lies
Tell him your lies
Lies
Tell him your lies
Tell him your lies
Lies
Tell him your lies
Tell him your lies
Lies
Tell him your lies
Tell him your lies
Lies
Lies (tell him your lies)

Take your time
Or cut this all off
The things you've had
The things you've loved
I once fell into these lies
I once read between the lines
Just wait on, on you, oh

Woke up in this bedThe one that you and I had been in
many years ago
The sun cracked through the shades
The sound of children playing made me think of you my
love
Tell me do you tire
Or are you still the same girl that I used to know?
Well I'm missing you
In my own style
And we'll be ok if you'd hold on
I'm sorry
I'm leaving
But also unforgiving, aren't we?
If you're tired
Then go to sleep
I'll wake you in the morning
Or maybe you're a differnt kind of tired
Tell me do you love
Or are you still the same girl that I used to know?
Know, I'm missing you
In my own style
We'll be ok if you hold on
Well if you'd hold on tonight
Well if you'd hold on tonight
Oh oh oh, I'm missing you
In my own style

I took a letter homeI put my best clothes on
And you say we're tired of lying
I say you should come out, please?
And you know, it will never be the same.
And you know, it will never be the same.
Tired of being the one,
I'm tired of playing all these games.
But maybe we could figure it out,
Figure it out
We're both still standing,
On our two feet.
Do you hear me?
I've been so tired,
Of you complaining.
Did you listen?
And you know, it will never be the same.
And you know, it will never be the same.
I'm tired of being the one,
I'm tired of playing all these games
Maybe we could figure it out, oh.
And you know, it'ill never be the same.
And you know, it'll never be the same.
You know, it will never be the same.

Did you see?Could you even see at all?
Could you stand right before
What we built so strong?
Yeah, we're young,
But barely holding on.
We're just kids who never grew
Up enough to know
What's right,
Or wrong.
What's right or wrong.
And there you are again,
Guess it was the same thing that brought us back.
You took your steps,
You took 'em with courage,
You were always there.
We were, separated, no.
Separated, no.
Stay right here,
I can feel that something's wrong.
You know, there's more than just words.
And don't say that you can call it all,
When you know, there's more than just words.
I've been feeling much better.
I've been feeling much better.
I've been feeling much better.
You're never happy, no.
You're never happy.
No, no...
Stay right here,
I can feel that something's wrong.
You know, there's more than just words.
And don't say you can call it off

Finally you figured out, everything you wanna say
Tell me what you need to know, I'll give it to you right away
I have never needed love, I have never needed you
Tell me what you need from me, what would I go through
To be with you?
Running just as fast as you can
Telling them that they're never gonna get you girl
Is fast as you can
Telling them that they're never gonna get you girl
Everybody loves you, everybody needs you
Baby you know that it's hard for you to stay
The picture frame is facing down
Do you, do you want me in your life?
Do you want me in your life?
I know you can't stay
It's getting late
Running just as fast as you can
Telling them that they're never gonna get you girl
Is fast as you can
Telling them that they're never gonna get you girl
Everybody loves you, everybody needs you
Baby you know that it's hard for you to stay
So tell you that I need you, tell you that I love you
Baby you know that it's hard for me to say
Everybody loves you, everybody needs you
Everybody loves you, everybody needs you
Everybody loves you, everybody needs you
Everybody loves you, everybody needs you
Everybody loves you, everybody needs you

Driving north and all I see'sAreflection in your eyes
Driving I don't see a thing that I recognize
People say that we should not have left
Left our homes
But they don't know, oh no
I don't see a sign,
That I recognize.
Sit back in your seat,
And wait for sunrise.
Tell me that you'll wait with me
And everything's not lost.
Tell me that you'll wait with me
Even if we're wrong.
I can't tell you what it is
That we have been through
But we're still happy, oh...
I don't see a thing
That I recognize
Sit back in your seat
And wait for sunrise.
There is no place,
No place like home.
There's no (place like home)
No place (like home)

I had one, maybe two, it was three and I'm sorry baby
Words expressed, the loneliness, that I felt without you lately
I had one, maybe two, it was three and I'm sorry baby
What to do? What to say? You're in the rain and you're crying baby
I know I can make things right
I know I can change your mind, if you let me in
I can do, what you want me to, but I can only do so much baby
I can change, rearrange, the truths the same and I'm sorry baby
I can do, what you want me to, but I can only do so much baby
And I can do, what you want me to, but I can only do so much baby
I know I can make things right
I know I can change your mind, if you let me in
I know I can make things right

Oh, I'd never seen you runQuite as fast as you'd done
I'd never seen you...
You can run this one in the ground
You can make me think that you won
But the rooming keeps changing
No, the rearranging
You're not going home
You're not going anywhere
Oh, I'd never seen you run
Quite as fast as you'd done
Never seen you
Never seen you run
When you turn this one back around
Yeah I think you'll see yourself
Cause the rooming keeps changing
No, you're rearranging
You're not going home
You're not going anywhere
Oh, I'd never seen you run
Quite as fast as you'd done
Baby, no I'd never seen you
Never seen you run
Run, run

You can make this easyYou can make this hard
You can even leave me
I can let you go
Don't go
Don't play games
Don't make me wait
Listen close when I say
Don't make me wait
You know it drives me crazy
Oh no
Well it's getting cold out
But it's warm inside
Say you've got to go home now
Can you stay for awhile
Please stay, with me
Don't go
Don't go
Don't, don't go, oh, oh, oh
Don't play games
Don't make me wait
Listen close when I say
Don't make me wait
You know it drives me crazy
Oh no
Oh no
Oh, oh, oh
Don't go, oh, oh, oh

I'm gunna love you my whole lifeAs long as I possibly can
I'll stick through thick and through thin
Oh lord, I'll stick through thick and through thin
I'll hold you hand through dark times
And when the sun shines too
I'll be the light that you look to love
I'll be the light in the dark
I'll be your light in the dark
I'll be the one you look to
You look to
You look to
I'll be the sun on your face
Whenever you're walking along
And I'll give you all of my love
Oh Lord, I'll give you all of my love
And I'll give you all of my love