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misfoksI've a long standing bad habit of scavenging cutout bins for music and movies. Sure, I wind up with a fair amount of stuff which rightfully should've been tossed out, but you just can't find entertainment of this quality anywhere else. Stuff like low budget horror movies with a bonus commentary track by the likes of Shannon Wheeler (who had nothing to do with the movie), or an entire CD of '80s glam bands covering Cheap Trick songs which were then remixed by goth/industrial bands. Naturally that leaves me with a rather odd collection, amidst more standard fare.
Which brings me neatly into a segue. Sure, I usually mock memes since most are pretty pointless and vapid. But I do have to admit I'm a bit amused by the movie quotes meme. I didn't specifically try to pick out the most obscure, but even after trimming out the most obvious (after all, who wouldn't know "There is no spoon" or "If you refuse you die, she dies, everyone dies") it was still hard to keep it down to just fifteen movies--or for that matter, just picking one quote from some movies. I don't know that I can pin down favorites easily, but these are all ones I watch and enjoy, and only a couple haven't made it to my personal collection (to be remedied). And so...
1. "I shouldn't go in if I were you. The Town Clerk is in a very bad temper today."
2. "The old man's still an artist with the Thompson."
3. "She offered me free love. At the time, that was all I could afford."
4. "As long as you are a guest in my house, you shall play my games."
5. "What you never understood is that there are some feelings which can't be measured in words, some moments that last an eternity. You toyed with my affections, and after you crushed my heart I crawled into a whiskey bottle and I haven't come out since." "You left for Hawaii the next day with a bimbo in the cafeteria." "Well, uh...yeah...but I'd made that date a week before...and besides, the second I got back from Hawaii I crawled into a whiskey bottle and I haven't come out since."
6. "Fucking cow!" "Cease fire!"
7. "Through gradually tightening avenues, I felt the ecstacy of something nameless."
8. "We contacted government officials. They refuse our existance!"
9. "You four have failed me for the last--nice shoes!"
10. "The terrible toil of the insurance office continues as ever. I am continually harassed by petty tyrants as I issue pointless reports."
11. "You know how Americans are. They all love to travel, and then they only want to meet other Americans and talk about how hard it is to get a decent hamburger."
12. "You do not fuck with Special Branch, they fuck with you. [pause] I don't know what you're thinking and I don't care to know."
13. "You deny that there's an ovular shape concealed under this rug?" "He denies everything."
14. "President Johnson's dead." "Shit, that ain't gonna stop him!"
15. "Whoa, wow, what was that?" "There's a droid running crazy in my lounge." "Ah. That's OK, we can go to my place."
If I have the right setting, comments should be screened to avoid early tip-offs. I'll unscreen tomorrow sometime. And when nobody replies I'll refuse to assume nobody reads my crap and instead righteously mock you all for your feeble movie knowledge.
Which brings me neatly into a segue. Sure, I usually mock memes since most are pretty pointless and vapid. But I do have to admit I'm a bit amused by the movie quotes meme. I didn't specifically try to pick out the most obscure, but even after trimming out the most obvious (after all, who wouldn't know "There is no spoon" or "If you refuse you die, she dies, everyone dies") it was still hard to keep it down to just fifteen movies--or for that matter, just picking one quote from some movies. I don't know that I can pin down favorites easily, but these are all ones I watch and enjoy, and only a couple haven't made it to my personal collection (to be remedied). And so...
1. "I shouldn't go in if I were you. The Town Clerk is in a very bad temper today."
2. "The old man's still an artist with the Thompson."
3. "She offered me free love. At the time, that was all I could afford."
4. "As long as you are a guest in my house, you shall play my games."
5. "What you never understood is that there are some feelings which can't be measured in words, some moments that last an eternity. You toyed with my affections, and after you crushed my heart I crawled into a whiskey bottle and I haven't come out since." "You left for Hawaii the next day with a bimbo in the cafeteria." "Well, uh...yeah...but I'd made that date a week before...and besides, the second I got back from Hawaii I crawled into a whiskey bottle and I haven't come out since."
6. "Fucking cow!" "Cease fire!"
7. "Through gradually tightening avenues, I felt the ecstacy of something nameless."
8. "We contacted government officials. They refuse our existance!"
9. "You four have failed me for the last--nice shoes!"
10. "The terrible toil of the insurance office continues as ever. I am continually harassed by petty tyrants as I issue pointless reports."
11. "You know how Americans are. They all love to travel, and then they only want to meet other Americans and talk about how hard it is to get a decent hamburger."
12. "You do not fuck with Special Branch, they fuck with you. [pause] I don't know what you're thinking and I don't care to know."
13. "You deny that there's an ovular shape concealed under this rug?" "He denies everything."
14. "President Johnson's dead." "Shit, that ain't gonna stop him!"
15. "Whoa, wow, what was that?" "There's a droid running crazy in my lounge." "Ah. That's OK, we can go to my place."
If I have the right setting, comments should be screened to avoid early tip-offs. I'll unscreen tomorrow sometime. And when nobody replies I'll refuse to assume nobody reads my crap and instead righteously mock you all for your feeble movie knowledge.
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Date: 2005-01-29 02:36 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2005-01-29 06:15 am (UTC)Either that or I shouldn't try to do this at 8 in the morning. Which makes it even earlier in your time zone, so I'm working at a real disadvantage!
I think there were only about one or two that I had an inkling on. I will now slink back to my hole and wait for the movie list to do some catching up on.
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Date: 2005-01-29 09:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-01-29 10:49 pm (UTC)Man, I'd instantly join any club based on a guy beating himself up in a parking lot!
Though I'm thinking that something was lost in translation from the book to the movie... so I'll give the paper-version a chance.
Maybe I'm just being cranky.
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Date: 2005-01-30 12:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-01-29 07:01 am (UTC)14 - Bubba Hotep?
10 seems like it comes from The Incredibles, but I wouldn't bet on it.
A lot of these seem familiar, but I'm not able to place 'em. :/
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Date: 2005-01-29 09:33 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2005-01-29 10:21 am (UTC)In fact, I've only seen one movie where Google was able to find the quote. The others I had heard of, but never seen.
Oh... and you have a quote that appears in two seperate movies. Bastard. :D
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Date: 2005-01-29 09:38 pm (UTC)Um...
Date: 2005-01-29 01:32 pm (UTC)I started looking up the quotes and haven't seen a single one thus far.
Re: Um...
Date: 2005-01-29 09:38 pm (UTC)Re: Um...
Date: 2005-01-30 12:50 am (UTC)I'm thinking about it and I really haven't seen that many movies in my lifetime. Growing up, I wasn't allowed to watch tv let alone movies and I never picked up the habit. I don't rent movies, I don't watch them on tv. Unless I buy it, I probably haven't seen it.
Where were you when I called? I want to try out the new cell phone's battery. I had to walk the dog alone...*sigh* and I still haven't gone to bed yet. So much for going to bed a midnight. I think I'm going to bed now.
Re: Um...
Date: 2005-01-30 01:08 am (UTC)And time for you to watch more movies. Especially the bad ones.