43. "All I want to do is graduate from high school, move to Europe, marry Christian Slater, and die. Now that might not sound too great to a scone head like you, but I think it's swell. And now you show up and tell me I'm a member of the hairy mole club so you can throw things at me?-
44. "It's not a laser. It's a light bulb that blinks.-
"What's wrong with him?-
"Laser envy.-
...
49. "Yeah, well, if she doesn't give us some extra flow from the engine room to offset the burnthrough, this landing is gonna get pretty interesting.-
"Define 'interesting'.-
"'Oh God, oh God, we're all gonna die?'-
"This is the Captain. We have a little problem with our entry sequence, so we may experience some slight turbulence and then explode.-
Whedon is great with dialogue. But Nathan sold that last line with the way he hit "Explode".
What's been interesting as I read the quotes is how important context is. For the quotes I didn't recognize I was like - meh. For the quotes I connected to right away I knew the movie and instantly saw the scene. It's the context, the character and the story that make these lines resonant.
What's been interesting as I read the quotes is how important context is. For the quotes I didn't recognize I was like - meh. For the quotes I connected to right away I knew the movie and instantly saw the scene. It's the context, the character and the story that make these lines resonant.
This is why I hate adverts and trailers that play a brief clip of some intense scene from a movie, and think that we'll get it. Out of context it has no impact, and just reduces the impact for when we finally see the movie and see the quote in context.
What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
And of course
What do you mean? An African or a European swallow?
Since I sensed a sudden lack of appreciation for my presence, I hopped out of the Jumpy-jump, snatched my glow-stick from the fridge and galloped away on the Rent-A-Pony. - Stolen from Jcorona
Since I sensed a sudden lack of appreciation for my presence, I hopped out of the Jumpy-jump, snatched my glow-stick from the fridge and galloped away on the Rent-A-Pony. - Stolen from Jcorona
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