Mission

Ok guys...when no one can get your quotes for several days in this thread, you have to fess up and open the floor to new quotes. Otherwise we can't play. (Here's some Kewpie dolls for winning the movie quotes games; celebrate in style tonight.)

I see several new folks around...let's drag this up from the depths.

I think they better pickle you at the faire, Diego. Or maybe you'll pickle yourself. WWII? Must be modern, with that crack in it. The old John Wayne movies were pretty nuts and bolts when it came to dialogue. "Saddle up!" Where's Jill? She watches modern war movies... (The last good war movie I saw was Patton.)

I was going to say Mars Attacks, but "that's disconcerting" sounds a little too urbane for that movie. I don't know. BTW, Quint is from Jaws for those of you who didn't follow all that repartee.

"Not like going down to the pond and chasing bluegills and tommycocks. This shark, swallow you whole. No shakin', no tenderizin', down you go." And Quint should know - no tenderizin', down he went. I thought this thread was about movie cars...Oh, well, here's an awfully easy one: "Oh, no, I've gone cross-eyed." "I suggest you don't worry about those things and just enjoy yourself. (to movie audience) And, you too."

Nah...Mad Max: The Road Warrior contains the best chase scene. Does anyone know what kind car that was without cheating? (I just read this the other day or I wouldn't know.) Diego, I have never seen the movie you're talking about, so I don't know what kind of car was in it. ______________ "The last of the v8 interceptors...a piece of history! Would've been a shame to blow it up."

I was just out close( r ) to you putting on a training in Grand Rapids last weekend! I didn't know there was a pirate group in Michigan. (I was just whining to Diego about this, actually.) You're awful far away from Detroit, though... Do you guys re-enact Dan Seavey's acts of pyracy?

It sure sounds like it, doesn't it? It's not, though. It's from Our Man Flint with James Coburn. You give us one, Diego.

Ok, what would the list be if you want to be a pirate captured and pressed-into-service ship's surgeon?

Oh, alright...it's from The Great Train Robbery directed by Michael Crichton. In his (fascinating) autobiographical book Travels, Crichton recorded this about Connery: And he left the set. Good ol' Sean. Although I'd hate to have to try and ride herd on the man. How about this one: "...I thought you were joining the team!" "But the team isn't joining me." "Dammit man, for once in your life you're going to follow orders!" "This is my mission, sir. I work alone; you know that."

Peter Cushing in pink bunny slippers...can't quite visualize it. Oh, yes, I remember those bits! That was where Paul was flying down the death star chasm of the fence rows! "Stay on target." The director also wrote the book, which is based (loosely) on a true story. In case no one has yet figured it out yet...I love movies. When I really find one I like (about once every two or three years), I watch the extras, buy the graphic novels and "Making of..." books, recreate scenes in haunted houses... Perhaps it's like searching for my cinematic naval. (Why do I like this so? Will having an 18" Johnny Depp doll help me to figure it out?) I don't buy every last thing, but I pay (literally) homage to favorite movies. Fortunately, most extras I've watched don't focus on the negative stuff (that's what our fine press is for), they focus on the hows...sometimes it mauls the magic, other times it makes me marvel at it.

I was more afraid that I'd seen it so many times that it would get a cursory viewing and then get stuffed in the back of the "less watched" DVD drawer. It's like watching The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Why bother? I'll just replay it in my head instead. Ah, so you're a bachelor too! The towel hook is part of my evil master bathroom decorating scheme. Umbra Torque. If they had bathrooms in the Death Star, Tarkin would have certainly specified this line. Presuming they make Umbra products in a galaxy far, far away. Shaun of the Dead! The lovely and fascinating Duchess and I were only recently discussing it in this very thread. I watched all the extras on the US release...is the one you're talking about where they're bandying about ideas for the plot on a white pad? (Strangely, all I remember from that is a lot of scribbling, silliness, much dicussion on the minimum requirements for the herione's cup size and Paul commenting on how he was going to have to lose weight.) No, really? It's from a film directed by a great writer and made in your own country.

Excellent catch! I don't know if I'd have gotten that one myself, it was such a bit part in the movie (but a good chuckle all the same). You must have a mind like a steel trap. The Man Who Would Be King! Peachy and Kipling. You know, I almost bought that yesterday out of the used DVD bin. I decided to spend the money on a towel hook instead. Here's a softball in the same vein: "You pick me clean, you put me in a coffin with a rotten, stinking cat, and now you strip me bollock naked."

Summer School "I remember you. Where you been?" "Bathroom. " "Six weeks?" "My zipper got stuck." No offense, Captain P.E.W, but that is an truly awful movie. Speaking of truly awful movies, next (very obscure) quote. ('k Foxe...this is a Brit flick ): (after shooting at someone) "Hey Al...Al...whereever ya' are...don't hold it against me."

Yes, Amelie. Fun little movie. Oh, where is Fancy when you need her? This is from one of her favorite movies: Goonies How's about this: "Chester Choses Chestnuts, Chedder Cheese and chewy chives, he chooses them and he chews them, those chestnuts, chedder cheese and chewy chives, in cherry, charming chunks." "Ah! Wonderful. Do another one!" "Oh, thank you."

Beware the goldwhales!

You know...I've never even heard of The Parole Officer. Hollywood needs to remake it with Tom Cruise or Ben Afflack before we'll recognize it, Jill. Ok, ok, an oblique hint: you probably read my quote somewhere recently.

Me?! Oh, um... I was just thinking of one today and now I've gone and forgotten it. This is one I've been saving back for just such and emergency, so I guess I'll spring it on you all now. "I like to look for things no one else catches. I hate the way nobody ever looks at the road in old movies."

I do sort of cheat occasionally by checking my quotes before I post them. Just to make sure I have every word right. (I think of the quotes on my own, often because they are somewhat relevant to something I'm thinking about. Then I start second-guessing myself. Then I start second-guessing my second-guessing. It's better if I check, really.)

Yes, I was afraid that was the case. You stumped me on this one. If I've seen the movie, I'll be shamefaced. Perhaps Duchess, PEW or Jill knows. For now...let's all admire that nickel. Isn't it beautiful? And so relevant to this thread...

Good God, Man! So little to go on...I'm trusting that's all spelt right? (Knowing you it is, but still...) Kirsty, not Kristy? 'It's' and not 'It'll'? The grammer is so wrong... Is it Attack of the Killer Tomatoes? Too bad about the nickel...here it is (found it last week):

Nope. (But if anyone can quote something in Xixo's native language, I'll give them another virtual nickel. )

Sweet Liberty? (That does seem like a movie you might like...except it's about the American Revolution...) If I'm right, here's another quote. If I'm wrong...here's another quote: "Friends, I'm going to to tell you of the great mysterious wonderful continent known as Africa. Africa, God's country. And he can have it..."

Hi there, Nomadical Pirate. This looks like a topic that would be better answered in the Ports O' Call forum. Would you mind if I moved it there, leaving a link here?

Oops! Apologies, Foxe. I don't know your quote. It almost sounds like something from Finding Forrester, but I don't think that's right.