classic science fiction lines

Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
From: Dave Swan
Date: 16 Jan 05 - 11:06 PM

"I always get the shakes before a drop."

Anyone??????

D

Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
From: Teresa
Date: 16 Jan 05 - 09:40 PM

from the Outer Limits:

""There is Nothing Wrong With Your Television Set.
There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling the transmission. If we wish to make it louder,
we will bring up the volume. If we wish to make it softer, we will tune it to a whisper. We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical.
We can roll the image; make it flutter. We can change the focus to a soft blur or sharpen it to crystal clarity. For the next hour, sit quietly and we
will control all that you see and hear. We repeat: there is nothing wrong with your television set. You are about to participate in a great adventure.
You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the inner mind to the Outer Limits."

(I cheated) :)

From Star trek: "Resistance is futile. You *will be assimilated!!* the Borg

From Heinlein's _Stranger in a Strange Land_: "Front!" Juball Harshaw

Eric Flint's Belisarious series, all through the books, fromValentinian: "mutter, mutter, mutter"

Teresa

Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
From: GUEST,Clint Keller
Date: 16 Jan 05 - 08:44 PM

Anybody else remember "Sqa Tront!" --?

clint

Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
From: Justa Picker
Date: 16 Jan 05 - 07:38 PM

In reference to the Universe :

"I guess I'd say, if it is just us, it seems like an awful big waste of space..."

C O N T A C T - Jodie Foster

Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
From: Leadfingers
Date: 16 Jan 05 - 07:34 PM

And , incidentally , !100!

Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
From: Leadfingers
Date: 16 Jan 05 - 07:33 PM

Oh !! Of Course !! BS is later than this !!

Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
From: Leadfingers
Date: 16 Jan 05 - 07:32 PM

Silly Question - Why isnt this in BS ???

Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
From: Midchuck
Date: 16 Jan 05 - 07:15 PM

Honor Harrington, facing a trial-by-combat with katanas:

Your Grace, I have only one question: Do you wish this man crippled, or dead?

Peter.

Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
From: Joybell
Date: 16 Jan 05 - 06:51 PM

From "The Giant Gila Monster".
As the monster crashes it's 10ft-round head through the wall of a crowded dance hall, gnashing its huge teeth and roaring, the hero shouts, "Don't panic folks!"
Cheers, Joy

Subject: BS: classic science fiction lines
From: Cluin
Date: 16 Jan 05 - 05:37 PM

From the original Godzilla movie (it was on last night):

Raymond Burr: "I'm afriad my Japanese is a little rusty..."

Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
From: Mooh
Date: 19 Nov 01 - 09:09 PM

"God created Arrakis to train the faithful." -Dune

~MT~

Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
From: GUEST,c
Date: 18 Nov 01 - 02:18 PM

'I know you have a civil tongue in your head---I sewed there myself!'
Whit Bissell to his creation in 'Teenage Frankenstein'.

CD.

Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
From: Kaleea
Date: 17 Nov 01 - 10:03 PM

Danger, Danger, Warning, Warning, . . .Danger, Will Robinson! "Beam me up Scotty" was NEVER in the dialog of any Star Trek TV or movie script. Nor was "...those darn narns..." in B5. However . . . (visualise lots of blinking lights) . . . I'm a doctor, not a bricklayer! I'm a doctor, not an elevator, Spock, give me a hand!

He's DEAD, Jim. Jim, he's DEAD! (and my personal fav ). . . He's WORSE than dead!

Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
From: Mooh
Date: 17 Nov 01 - 09:28 PM

This is Maribel Toshibo. I'm at Mooh's Computer. "Sometimes I miss my sanity." ~Wedge Antilles, Star Wars: X-Wing: Iron Fist~ "So glad you are among the living, Tainer. Now that I have you trained to proper manners, I would hate to lose you." ~Squeaky the 3-PIO unit, Star Wars: X-wing: Wraith Squadron~ I'd offer some Dune quotes, but I can't find my copies of the books at the moment. ~MT~

Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
From: Micca
Date: 14 Nov 01 - 11:58 AM

and for those H2G2 fans(as I believe they are called)who want quotes here is a helpful site Click here

Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
From: Steve Parkes
Date: 14 Nov 01 - 03:50 AM

And don't forget from Spaceballs, in a not unsimilar setting: "Humans! There goes the neighborhood!"

Steve (I assume they said it in American)

Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 13 Nov 01 - 08:22 PM

Some great ones from The Planet of the Apes

The female ape when Charleton Heston tries to kiss her..."but...you're so ugly!"

When Heston finally regains his voice..."get your hands off of me you goddamn ape!"

And when Heston sees the Statue of Liberty buried in the sand...."my God! We finally did it! We destroyed ourselves! Damn YOU ALLLLLLL!"

Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
From: Cllr
Date: 13 Nov 01 - 07:45 PM

Dark they were and Golden eyed.

Cllr

Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 13 Nov 01 - 07:06 PM

May I respectfully remind you sir, that you have been in that bath for nearly two years....

Ah, dear old Dougie Adams...

When one has had as many baths as one can sensibly have in a day, the hands of the clock tick relentlessly on towards 4.00 o'clock, and one enters the long, dark, teatime of the soul...

LTS

Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
From: GUEST,Chicken Charlie
Date: 13 Nov 01 - 06:36 PM

First time 2001 went around, seems to me the one we picked up on was "Rotate the pod, please, HAL."

"Professor Jones said, 'When I push this button time will run backward backward run will time button this push I when said Jones Professor...."

"Your mind to my mind ...."

"A whisky with lots of ice ...." ("Time Bandits," just before the Titanic sinks.)

"Let's run it against a rat in autopsy ...." (Andromeda Strain)

"Experiment with your own life, damn it." (Ditto)

CC

Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
From: lady penelope
Date: 13 Nov 01 - 05:03 PM

My mate Ben Aaronavitch is gonna be so happy, he's been quoted!!!! ( Doctor Who - Remembrance of the Daleks ) He came round and made my Mum read the script ( my Mother's read everything, as far as we can figure out ) and was happy when she passed it(?!) (He didn't want to accidentally nick a story line etc.). That was a big eye opener as to what Nathen-Turner (hack, spit) did to Dr Who. We got to read the original scripts for most of that series and they were all brilliant - the actual episodes were pale in comparison.

Rant over.

Current favourite line " Oh, it starts with oohs and aaahs, but it always ends with screams " Jeff Goldbloom's character, Jurassic Park.

"This must be Thursday, I could never get the hang of Thursdays." Arthur Dent. HHGTTG

TTFN M'Lady P.

Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
From: SharonA
Date: 13 Nov 01 - 03:12 PM

From "Night of the Comet" (as big sister is shaking little sister by the shoulders, freaking out and shouting something to the effect of "Do you realize that civilization as we know it has been obliterated?") Little sister: "I think I swallowed my gum."

Same movie (after sisters arm themselves with AK-47s) Little sister: "Daddy would've gotten us Uzis."

Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
From: Grab
Date: 13 Nov 01 - 02:33 PM

Random quotes from random films.

More SW quotes:-
"Oh my!" (C3PO, too many times to mention)
"Your powers are weak, old man."
"The Force is strong with this one."

Tremors:-
"A concrete bunker. Every defense known to man. And underground ****ing monsters."

Wargames:-
"What game would you like to play? ...., ...., Thermonuclear War...?"

Pitch Black:-
"So how does it look now?" "It looks clear."

Terminator:-
"Nice night for a walk... Your clothes. Give them to me."

Robocop:-
"They'll fix you. They'll fix anything."

Wierd Science:-
"Why am I so ****ing intelligent?"

Graham.

Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
From: Jacob B
Date: 13 Nov 01 - 01:37 PM

I shouldn't be wasting my time reading this thread, let alone posting to it, but since there seem to be so few people here who have actually read any classic science fiction ...

"To Serve Man" was written by Damon Knight. The Twilight Zone episode was a dramatization of his short story.

Heinlein not only popularized the expression TANSTAAFL, but he invented it in his novel The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress. (If anyone knows of a usage of the term that predates the novel, please speak up. Every reference to the term that I've seen, including an Economics textbook named TANSTAAFL, credited it to Heinlein.)

In case there are any SF fans out there who remember the days before the FIAWOL/FIJAGDH controversy, here's a line from an Asimov short story:

"Not blood, but high grade machine oil."

Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 13 Nov 01 - 11:40 AM

Venkman: "Igon, this reminds me of the time you tried to drill a hole through your head. Remember that?"
Igon: "That would have worked if you hadn't stopped me."
--Ghostbusters--

Earl: "Runnin' ain't a plan, Valentine. Runnin's what ya do when a plan fails."
--Tremmors--

Snake Pliskin: "Welcome to the human race."
--Escape From New York--

Roy Batty: "If only you could see what I've seen with your eyes."
--Bladerunner--

Lilu: "Me 5th Element. Me surpream being. You, no trouble."
--5th Element--

Kazan: "Gumdrops come in bags"
--Cube--

Priest: "This is a house of God. People are trying to pray."
Kurgan: "He cares about these helpless mortals..."
Priest: "Of course he cares, he died for our sins."
Kurgan: "And THAT shall be his undoing!"
--Highlander--

Mother: "Sorry to interrupt your recretions fellas, but it is time for Sgt. Pinback to feed the alien."
Pinback: "Aaaawwwww... I don't wannna do thaaaaat..."
--Dark Star--

Cat "Man! I'm sooo hungry, I just HAVE to eat!"
Lister "Rimmer's dad's died."
Cat "I prefer chicken."
--Red Dwarf--

Just to name a very few...

;-)

Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
From: Mrrzy
Date: 13 Nov 01 - 11:08 AM

Men in Black: people are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals, and you know it!

Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
From: Midchuck
Date: 13 Nov 01 - 10:35 AM

On the other hand...not sci-fi, but a fact article in a sci-fi magazine. John Campbell was writing in Analog - or maybe it was still Astounding then - in 1962 or so, about the first computer gaming - students at MIT and the other big tech schools sneaking into the computer rooms to program the big mainframes (of course, all computers then were big mainframes, and vastly less powerful than what I'm typing on now) to play space war games.

Good article, but he ended it by saying "Of course, it'll never be very popular. The game board costs $100,000!"

Peter.

Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
From: Lin in Kansas
Date: 13 Nov 01 - 09:27 AM

And another one from my era: Glory Road by Robert A. Heinlein, written in 1963: (sorry for the long quote, but the element of foresight struck me)

"Star ... got out a sketch block.... This block appeared to be a big cube of Plexiglas; it looked like it, felt like it, and took thumb prints like it. With [a long pointer] she could sketch in three dimensions; ... a 3-dimensional blackboard.

"This wasn't magic; it was advanced technology--and it will beat the hell out of our methods of engineering drawing when we learn how, especially for complex assemblies such as aviation engines and UHF circuitry--.... The block was about thirty inches on a side and the sketch inside could be looked at from any angle--even turned over and studied from underneath."

Anyone used CAD lately?

Lin

Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
From: GUEST
Date: 12 Nov 01 - 11:54 PM

"Every generation that reaches middle age believes firmly that the world is going to hell. But this time, ... even at my tender years, I think they may have something. Our culture seems like a big machine that's vibrating itself to bits. Parts keep flying off. Parts that are important. Decency, dignity, morality. We've all gone impulsive. Anything you want to do is all right, provided your urge is strong enough."

From Wine of the Dreamers by John D. MacDonald, written in 1951. One of the two "science fiction" novels he wrote, the other being Ballroom of the Skies.

Even "Harlin" Ellison agreed with John D.

Lin

Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
From: Rollo
Date: 12 Nov 01 - 07:24 PM

Princess Leia: "I love you!"

Han Solo: "I know!"

Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
From: Cllr
Date: 12 Nov 01 - 07:23 PM

"Beware the Id's that march" Return to the Forbidden Planet.

Cllr

Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
From: Micca
Date: 12 Nov 01 - 06:50 PM

and what about Eric Frank Russell.." MYOB and F:IW
Mind Your Own Business
Freedom: I Wont ( any fool can talk us into saying yes, but freedom, Real freedom is being able to say NO)

Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 12 Nov 01 - 05:54 PM

From lots of them!! "MIB" and "Cats and Dogs" at least. "Don't push the red button!" ...and.... OK, Now you can push the red button!

How about "Help me! Help me!" from "The Fly"

and there's the expositionary lead-ins, "Come look at this doctor."; "Theres and old indian legend..."

"I need a brain Igor"

Notice that they always get out of trouble by bypassing circuits. Most recent big budget example... twice in Phantom Menace. Starships have too many circuits!!

"You are standing there with an unlicenced nuclear accererator on your back" ....Ghostbusters

Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
From: Grab
Date: 12 Nov 01 - 05:06 PM

*grin* If you can't find a memorable line in Neal Stephenson then you're not looking, eh Clinton?

No-one's mentioned:-

"Get away from her you bitch!"
Aliens

Most chilling:-

"Stay with me forever."
Event Horizon

Graham.

Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 12 Nov 01 - 05:01 PM

A Star Trek one, from 'the Undiscovered Country' (I think) - Uhururururu - "well the thing's gotta have a tail-pipe...?!"

And from Hitchhikers Guide...

'Who said anything about panicking, this is still just the culture shock. You wait till I've settled down into the situation and found my bearings. THEN I'll start panicking!'

'Resistance is useless'

and 'So this is it, we're going to die.'

LTS

Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 12 Nov 01 - 02:36 PM

I remember "To serve man" as a short story. I don't remember who wrote it.

"The earth is too small a basket for all of our Eggs." (not sure that is exactly right)... Niven & Pournelle, Lucifer's Hammer.

Some more Nivenisms can be found here:

http://www.larryniven.org/frameset.htm

Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 12 Nov 01 - 02:36 PM

I remember "To serve man" as a short story. I don't remember who wrote it.

"The earth is too small a basket for all of our Eggs." (not sure that is exactly right)... Niven & Pournelle, Lucifer's Hammer.

Some more Nivenisms

http://www.larryniven.org/frameset.htm

Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
From: Mrrzy
Date: 12 Nov 01 - 02:28 PM

From The Last Starfighter, after being asked What to Do now that all systems are out and the ship is falling into the planet or the sun or something, the kind of thing Scotty would rescue the Enterprise from daily:

(something like) What do we do now, Captain>
(Exact answer:) We die.

Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
From: SharonA
Date: 12 Nov 01 - 02:11 PM

Tweed: "To Serve Man" was definitely a Twilight Zone episode.

But, of course, there's the opening narrative of The Outer Limits, which includes "We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical." (Can anyone remember the entire thing?)

Yet another Star Trek quote: "He called the Enterprise a garbage scow!"

And I can't believe no one has yet submitted this: "Soylent Green is people!!!"

Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 12 Nov 01 - 01:00 PM

"Think of it as evolution in action." Is a Nivenism, one of my favorite quotes of all time. from "Oath of Fealty"

Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
From: UB Ed
Date: 12 Nov 01 - 12:36 PM

"Don't get hung up
by the way I look.
Don't judge a book by its cover.
I'm not much of a man
by the light of day
but by night I'm a hell of a lover."

Frank N Furter.

Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 12 Nov 01 - 12:13 PM

Wanderer...

it's... "My God, it's full of stars."

If yer gonna quote, get it right eh!

;-)

snow crash eh!....

"Poor Impulse Control"

LOL!!!!!!

Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
From: GUEST,D-Hand
Date: 12 Nov 01 - 11:26 AM

'Are you out of your Vulcan mand???'

Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
From: A Wandering Minstrel
Date: 12 Nov 01 - 11:21 AM

"Oh my God! It's full of stars......."

(last recorded words of Dave Bowman)

Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
From: Grab
Date: 11 Nov 01 - 08:54 PM

Don, you've forgotton the classic Doctor Who line:-

"Lateral thinking. If in doubt, go sideways."

Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
From: Tweed
Date: 11 Nov 01 - 06:48 PM

"To Serve Man"....It's a COOKBOOK!!!
from the Twilight Zone or maybe the Outer Limits.

Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
From: Little Hawk
Date: 11 Nov 01 - 06:12 PM

Y'all 'r a buncha johnny-come-latelys imitatin' mah western thread like this...aw shucks...waal...

Star Trek quotes not good enough for you, Clinton? Well, then...

McCoy (fuming): "...why you emotionless, greenblooded, inhuman...!!!" (Spock's eyebrows arch quizzically as he observes McCoy's outburst...another fascinating example of human illogicality to file away in his mental archive.)

"Make yourself comfortable, my dear..." (Kirk, speaking to any attractive female alien, as he pours the wine, puts on the mood music, and begins to pull off his boots...)

- LH

Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
From: GUEST,TrevorBradbeer
Date: 11 Nov 01 - 06:09 PM

Just about ANY line of Babylon5 script, especially where Londo Mollari is trying to unravel the hidden philosopy of the humans' Hokey - Cokey song...

Or, from Star Wars:

Skywalker: 'I don't believe it!' Yoda: 'That.. is why you fail'

Trev.

Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
From: DonMeixner
Date: 11 Nov 01 - 05:58 PM

"But Which way do go Doctor?" Asked Leila, Sara Jane, Jo, Teeghan, Romana, et al.

"Foward." Replied the Doctor

Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
From: Grab
Date: 11 Nov 01 - 05:46 PM

I'll second Lamarca on that line - great. Not read that for ages.

Others:-

"Only you can save mankind. If not you, who else?" Terry Pratchett (a _very_ good book written at the time of the Gulf War, and extremely appropriate now)

"When a day you know for a fact is Wednesday starts off by sounding more like Sunday, something is very wrong." Day of the Triffids, John Wyndham

"I can't get used to the fact that I can kill my friends just by pressing my tongue against my back teeth in a particular way. So I tend not to have many friends." Daughter of Regals and other stories - Stephen Donaldson

Read any Neal Stephenson, and I can find a dozen favourite lines without hardly looking. But the one that sticks around, for the efficiency and nerve of it, is:-
"After that, it was just a chase scene."
Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson

Graham.