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[ebonlock]

Today is a day of dreary and monotonous testing, so I could use a little distraction. Since pretty much everyone reading this blog is a fellow geek I'd like you all to give me your all time favorite sci-fi quote. Doesn't matter what series or character, and you can only choose one. I'll start:

"I'm not stupid, I'm not expendable, and I'm not going." - Kerr Avon

Right, hit me with yours.

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[thuriweaver]

"Lookit the size of that thing!" - Wedge Antilles

Not sure it's my all time favorite, but it's the first thing that popped to mind!

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

Heh, it should terrify me that I can actually hear the line as it was delivered in my head, though not nearly as clearly as I hear, "But I was going in to Toshi Station to pick up some power converters!"

Mine's goofy

[kelbebop.livejournal.com]

Oh, mine would HAVE to be, "By Grabthar's hammer...what a savings," uttered by Alan Rickman in that droll, dry manner in Galaxy Quest. Or basically, the entire movie. :)

Re: Mine's goofy

[thuriweaver]

"Look around you, can you form some kind of rudimentary lathe?"

Re: Mine's goofy

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

Dammit, guys, now I'm going to need to watch Galaxy Quest when I get home tonight... The moment that always kills me, though, is Fred's happy, "It's the simple things in life you treasure."

Re: Mine's goofy

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

I fucking worship Rickman in that role, I actually flashed back to that scene when I saw the bit in OotP where Severus is trying desperately not to say what he really means when Umbridge wants him to confirm that he didn't get the DADA position.

[senatorhatty.livejournal.com]

"Here I am, brain the size of a planet and they ask me to take you down to the bridge. Call that job satisfaction? 'Cos I don't." -Marvin

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

Damn, my brain keeps trying to supply the original BBC Marvin voice and the Alan Rickman version at the same time...it's a rather weird amalgam.

[eilonwey.livejournal.com]

In honor of rewatching the original Star Wars trilogy:

"It's not my fault!" - Hans Solo in The Empire Strikes Back

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

That one is all in the delivery, as well as the looks of absolute disgust Leia and Chewie level at him in response :)

[eilonwey.livejournal.com]

Han Solo. I always get that wrong.

Now I'm imagining Harrison Ford dancing the polka in little German boy overalls.

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

Now I'm imagining Harrison Ford dancing the polka in little German boy overalls.

That is so not a mental image I needed today...

[elenderel.livejournal.com]

As a huge polka fan ... I personally find that vision quite rewarding. :)

[moonlightnrain.livejournal.com]

Although you are implying movie or tv show, my one sci-fi quote I utter most often is "Wheels within wheels, Bendreth" from the F. Paul Wilson novel called, strangely enough, Wheels Within Wheels. ;)

However, more in line with the spirit of your question:
"The truth is usually just an excuse for a lack of imagination." :)

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

That's a Garak quote unless I miss my guess, yes?

[moonlightnrain.livejournal.com]

VERY well done!

I'm here safely. Got in at 10pm, exhausted and dehydrated. Saw temps of 118 in the desert!

[elenderel.livejournal.com]

"Duane Dibley?!"

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

"Mr. Flibble's very cross."

[elenderel.livejournal.com]

My little cardboard cutout of Rimmer is laughing at me ...

[ebongreen.livejournal.com]

There are so many lovely quotes from this movie, it's hard to pick just one. But if I must:

"I say nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure." - Ripley, Aliens

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

Oh good one, though I do tend to find myself using, "Game over, man, game over!" more often :)

[pikabot]

"Laser Screwdriver-who'd have sonic? And the best part is, he's not dead long, I get to kill him again!" - The Master

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

You know I wish I could get the bad taste of the second part of that two-parter out of my mind so I could go back and enjoy part one again. Still, all I have to do is think of, "I like it when you say my name..." and I get chills. Love John Simm so very, very much.

BTW, you've seen his series Life on Mars, right?

A new hope

[(Anonymous)]

"Flying blind on a rocket cycle?" is hard to beat, now availible on DVD BTW. John

Buckaroo Banzai...

[scifi-freak.livejournal.com]

Laugh-a while you can, monkey-boy.....

-Lord John Whorfin-

Re: Buckaroo Banzai...

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

Excellent choice, and I'm astonished it took this long for anyone to come up with a BB quote :)