Ok. I give. What is this from? It sounds very familiar.60.
"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe
Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion
I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate
All those moments will be lost in time
Like tears in rain
Time to die"I cannot watch this scene without crying.
I can't even listen to these lines without dropping a tear.
"He say you Brade Runner."
72. "Soylent Green is people!"
73. {Mathenauts-‘Convergent Series’, Rudy Rucker} Protagonist paints the pentagram on the time-frozen demon’s belly. When time starts again, the demon re-enters our dimension only to find the pentagram has moved – it is on his belly. Each time the demon tries to re-enter it gets smaller and smaller in the limit.
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73. {Mathenauts-‘Convergent Series’, Rudy Rucker} Protagonist paints the pentagram on the time-frozen demon’s belly. When time starts again, the demon re-enters our dimension only to find the pentagram has moved – it is on his belly. Each time the demon tries to re-enter it gets smaller and smaller in the limit.
That is so COOL!
72. "Soylent Green is people!"
Word!
Actually I think it's "You are in Command now, Admiral Piett."
Sorry. Guess I lack the full magnitude of your geek cred. ;)
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76. (Blake's 7: Cygnus Alpha) Vila: "The Architectual Style is early Maniac." Arko: "We need food and shelter." Vila: "I know! But do we need them that badly."
77. (Blake's 7: City on the edge of Forever)
Baban: "Baban."
Vila: Still doesnt recognise him.
Baban: "Baban the Beserker."
Vila: still no clue...
Baban: "Baban the Butcher."
Vila: "Oh no. You're Baban the Butcher."
Baban: Smiles that he has been suitably recognised by the man now cowering in fear in front of him.
78. (Blake's 7: Blake) Avon shoots Blake
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62. From Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven: As the giant meteor plunges into the Pacific a surfer dude decides to spend his last minutes riding the biggest wave in history. He manages to get up and ride the thousand ft. tsunami halfway over Los Angeles before he's smacked into the side of a skyscraper.
Gods, I'd forgotten that book. Now I'll have to find a copy. A bit out of date, but still a good read.
74: Gil 'The Arm' Hamilton.
LOVED these. Cigarette in the eye, baby!
Dick Seaton staring out of his shattered lab window as his analysis equipment flies off in a perfectly straight line: E. E. "Doc" Smith, Skylark of Space.
81. The Cold Equations by Tom Godwin: A heart breaking short story that, unlike most other Godwin stories, has no happy end.
Yes, this one still makes me pause and ponder -- a most powerful yarn.
88. The Galactica jumps into New Caprica's atmosphere; launches it's attack vipers; then jumps out again before smacking into the ground.
Edit: it's too bad the whale in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy didn't come ready evolved with jump capability.
71. Using Beer for Chemical Warfare in Ian Douglas Semper Mars: Book One of the Heratige trilogy...The panicked French Troops surrendered bc the foam looked like acid trying to eat through their suits since Co2 behaves quite differently in a Low Pressure enviroment.
72. Give them the Air Cohaagen, give them the Air.... Total Recall....Kuato Lives!
73. End scene of Planet of the Apes...the original.... They finally did it!
74. Adama's quote in the new BSG...before it went all emo... Sometimes you have to Roll the Hard Six
96. Space: Above and Beyond {The Angriest Angel}
The fighter duel between Col. McQueen & Chigie Von Richthausen.
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97. Stargate Atlantis: McKay goes to a scientific symposium, and after the keynote speaker activates a subspace bridge that sucks heat from our space-time, McKay enlists the help of Bill Nye to collapse the bridge, and saves Dr. Keller from being frozen to death.
98. Watchmen (graphic novel): Adrian's deadpanned response to Dan's query: "I'm not a Republic serial villain. I did it thirty-five minutes ago."
99. {2001: A Space Odyssey} Hal-9000, an AI, commits murder.
100. {Wargames} "A strange game. The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?"
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It is not over I have not participated yet...........
101. Of all my relations, I like sex the best and Eric the least.
102.If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family Anatidae on our hands. -
103. Don't Panic
104. 42 -
105.Rose: You're so different.
The Doctor: New-New Doctor.
106. Bad wolf !!!!!
107. Take the blue pill.
109: KHAN!!!!
110: Jelly Babies. mmm!
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108 When Hell Tannen got his birth name in 'Damnation Ally' His mother dies the father walks in says one word , Hell and walks out never to be seen again and thats what the nurse puts down.
112 Hell Tanner's entire speech about why he doesn't shake hands (I'm left handed, I loved it).
112a When I read the book and went "Why couldn't they make a movie about this?"
113. Wilma Flintstone uses a washing machine powered by birds and a pulley system. (This foreshadows all biotech engineering.)
114. (Starship Troopers, movie) "Only way you'll see action is to be knocked down to private, Zim." ... "The brainbug has been captured by a private named Zim."
115. (Dr. Who) "Exterminate!"
Supreme Bashar Miles Teg, under mental torture, has his mind break open into wide-spectrum prescient awareness, and proceeds to kill all his tormentors as if they're in slow motion.
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10 (The 5th Element) Crazy Hat Guy: "Gimme de caaaassssh!". That whole scene cracks me up.
HAH! me too!
"Nice hat..."
1XX. 5th element, whole movie...
1XX Silence in space...ala Firefly.
1XX Pre-Earth aliens giving Earth culture, ala Stargate.
1XX Tribles. plus Harcourt Fenton Mudd and his clone wives...
1XX River going all assassin crazy, Firefly...pick a scene.
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108 When Hell Tannen got his birth name in 'Damnation Ally' His mother dies the father walks in says one word , Hell and walks out never to be seen again and thats what the nurse puts down.112 Hell Tanner's entire speech about why he doesn't shake hands (I'm left handed, I loved it).
112a When I read the book and went "Why couldn't they make a movie about this?"
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81. The Cold Equations by Tom Godwin: A heart breaking short story that, unlike most other Godwin stories, has no happy end.Yes, this one still makes me pause and ponder -- a most powerful yarn.
After I started doing safety engineering, the story lost a lot of its power. It still makes me pause and ponder, though, but now what I wonder is what sort of idiots run the interstellar ships in that world. See, e.g., the essay here.
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Did someone say movie?108 When Hell Tannen got his birth name in 'Damnation Ally' His mother dies the father walks in says one word , Hell and walks out never to be seen again and thats what the nurse puts down.112 Hell Tanner's entire speech about why he doesn't shake hands (I'm left handed, I loved it).
112a When I read the book and went "Why couldn't they make a movie about this?"
That was my point. Read the book, then you go 'why couldn't someone make a movie about the book.' ;-)
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That was my point. Read the book, then you go 'why couldn't someone make a movie about the book.' ;-)Did someone say movie?108 When Hell Tannen got his birth name in 'Damnation Ally' His mother dies the father walks in says one word , Hell and walks out never to be seen again and thats what the nurse puts down.112 Hell Tanner's entire speech about why he doesn't shake hands (I'm left handed, I loved it).
112a When I read the book and went "Why couldn't they make a movie about this?"
yes and the sad thing is, that the actors in the movie were good actors. the movie just has nothing to do with the book and I think the director was on acid.
I love the book and own an autographed copy.
Come on, people. Space Opera. You cannot have a thread titled space opera and don't have quotes like this:
Sheridan "Now get the hell out of our galaxy!"
Drake: "Negative. We have authority here. Do not force us to engage your ship."
Delenn: "Why not? Only one human captain has ever survived battle with a Minbari fleet. He is behind me. You are in front of me. If you value your lives, be somewhere else."
Sebastian: "Remembered not as a messenger, remembered not as a reformer, not as a prophet, not as a hero…not even as Sebastian. Remembered only…as Jack."
Londo Mollari: "But this…this, this, this is like… being nibbled to death by, uh…Pah! What are those Earth creatures called? Feathers, long bill, webbed feet…go "quack"."
Vir Cotto: "Cats."
Londo: "Cats! I'm being nibbled to death by cats."
And since Serenety's mentioned:
Jane: "I'll be in my Bunk"
Okay, since we've mentioned a few B5 moments now, I have to add one of my personal favorites. Vir looking up at Morden's head on a pike and doing that little smile and wave.
"Zathras, not ZAthras. Totally different."
"WE WOULD DESTROY THE CYBERMEN WITH ONE DALEK."
Kwll: "My brother and I have slain all of your gods of Chaos, and all of their minions."
Corum: "The Lords of Law will reward you!"Kwll: "Unfortunately, no. We slew all of them as well, for good measure."
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Okay, since we've mentioned a few B5 moments now, I have to add one of my personal favorites. Vir looking up at Morden's head on a pike and doing that little smile and wave.
My absolute favorite pair of moments - with the payoff TWO SEASONS LATER - in the whole run of the show.
"What would I like, Mr. Morden? I'd like to see your head, on a pike, as a symbol for the next 10 generations that some favors come at too high a price. And I'd look up into your lifeless eyes, and I'd wave... like this [waggles fingers]. Do you think your 'associates' could arrange that for me, Mr. Morden?"
Love it. Love love love it. In fact, I just watched this clip on youtube like a day or two ago.