Mystery solved? What Stephen really typed.

**chuckroast** · 27-Mar-2010

So I was looking through some old posts and see that there still seems to be a lot of confusion about what Stephen types on the typewriter. So I took some time to screen capture and enhance it to solve this mystery once and for all. (I hope)
It's a combination of capital and lowercase

He types " now Is YOUR TIME "

Here is the enhanced photo below.

**krakenslayer** · 27-Mar-2010

Could be. Did you get this from the DVD or the Blu-Ray? If it's from the DVD perhaps the Blu-Ray has it clearer and we can tell for sure, or if someone has access to a film print of the movie (were resolution is limited only by the size of the film grain) all you need is a magnifying glass...

**MinionZombie** · 27-Mar-2010

I've always wondered what he typed ... chuck's got the best idea for it yet I think, but I'm not sure whether I'm seeing those words because I can, or because they've been suggested to me just now.

Blu-Ray screen capture from someone of this moment, please, for clarification.

**axlish** · 27-Mar-2010

We've already discussed this. He types NOW IS THE TIME, which we debated and decided that he was beginning the sentence NOW IS THE TIME FOR ALL GOOD MEN TO COME TO THE AID OF THEIR COUNTRY, a practice sentence in typing class. I think the fact that he stopped at NOW IS THE TIME gives meaning to his state of mind, which I believe is suicidal at this point. Others disagreed.

**sandrock74** · 28-Mar-2010

What is this? Stephen who? Flyboy? I don't recall him typing anything.

**bassman** · 28-Mar-2010

Originally Posted by sandrock74

What is this? Stephen who? Flyboy? I don't recall him typing anything.

It's from the extended/Cannes cut. Which I believe is not available on BR, btw.

**Trin** · 28-Mar-2010

I'd sure like to see that scene. At what point in the movie does it occur?

From the positioning of the words on the page I'd have to disagree with "NOW IS THE TIME" being the start of a longer sentence. It is well centered. It almost appears to be a book title. Maybe he was starting a manuscript?

That does appear to be what is written though.

**Legion2213** · 28-Mar-2010

Originally Posted by Trin

I'd sure like to see that scene. At what point in the movie does it occur?

Sometime around 103 minutes and 30 seconds...and it definitely looks like "Now is the Time" to me.

**krakenslayer** · 28-Mar-2010

It probably reads "Dawn of the Dead", signifying that everything occurring from that point onward is part of the story on the typewriter and a figment of Flyboy's literary imagination. In reality, they probably lived happily ever after.

**AcesandEights** · 29-Mar-2010

It looks like it says:

Now it's YOUR penis!

Intriguing...

**mista_mo** · 29-Mar-2010

I always liked to think that he was typing whatever crossed his mind at the time. I mean, you are going to have a ton of free time on your hands in the middle of an apocalypse.

"The Milk has gone bad. Shall attempt to construct yogurt tomorrow evening".