Favorite movie (or TV quote)
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One of my favorite quotes? This one. I love how Kirk sneers when he says this to Khan in ST II:
"Khan...I'm LAUGHING at the 'superior intellect'."
Better yet, the scene on board the transport that's taking Jack to the carrier:
"Some turbulence, eh Commander? You don't like flying, huh, Oh, this is nothing. You should have been with us five, six months ago. WOAH! You talk about PUKE! We ran into a hailstorm over the Sea of Japan. Everybody's retching their guts out. The pilot shot his lunch all over the windshield, and I barfed on the radio! Tossed it all completely! And it wasn't that lightweight stuff, either. It was that chunky industrial-waste puke! Say, you want a bite?" (hands Jack a candy bar)
Although my favorite Red October quotes are of course, Richard Jordan (who plays the National Security Adviser):
(to the Soviet ambassador)
"You have nearly a hundred naval vessels operating in the North Atlantic, RIGHT NOW. Your aircraft have dropped enough sonar buoys so that a man could WALK from Greenland to Iceland to Scotland without getting his feet wet! Now shall we dispense with the bull?"
(different scene, to Jack Ryan):
"I'm a politician, which means I'm a cheat and a liar. And when I'm not kissing babies, I'm stealing their lollipops. BUT it also means that I keep my options open."
And of course, his exit line:
"Oh, Andrei (chuckling)...you've lost another submarine?"
Also:
"I'm not an agent, I just write books for the CIA!"
"What books?"
"I wrote a biography of Admiral Halsey, called The Fighting Sailor, about naval combat tactics."
"I know this book! Your conclusions were all wrong, Ryan."
And speaking of, I just finally saw the trailer to the Pine film over the holiday. I was really disappointed. The trailer makes it seem Paramount has completely abandoned the CIA analyst and prolific author in favor of going full-on Bourne/CraigBond. The thing is, Pine might do a good job and it could turn out to be a really fun film, but it still completely misses the point of the character.
There's a reason Clancy did what he did and intentionally deviated from Fleming and Ludlum.
"I'm not an agent, I just write books for the CIA!"
"What books?"
"I wrote a biography of Admiral Halsey, called The Fighting Sailor, about naval combat tactics."
"I know this book! Your conclusions were all wrong, Ryan."
And speaking of, I just finally saw the trailer to the Pine film over the holiday. I was really disappointed. The trailer makes it seem Paramount has completely abandoned the CIA analyst and prolific author in favor of going full-on Bourne/CraigBond. The thing is, Pine might do a good job and it could turn out to be a really fun film, but it still completely misses the point of the character.
There's a reason Clancy did what he did and intentionally deviated from Fleming and Ludlum.
Well, you know how it is with purists and reboots.
Continuing on the Best Supporting Actor tip:
"Ah, as long as there's no find, the noble brotherhood will last but when the piles of gold begin to grow. . .that's when the trouble starts." - Howard, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Also from the inimitable Howard:
Howard: Say, answer me this one, will you? Why is gold worth some twenty bucks an ounce?
Flophouse Bum: I don't know. Because it's scarce.
Howard: A thousand men, say, go searchin' for gold. After six months, one of them's lucky: one out of a thousand. His find represents not only his own labor, but that of nine hundred and ninety-nine others to boot. That's six thousand months, five hundred years, scramblin' over a mountain, goin' hungry and thirsty. An ounce of gold, mister, is worth what it is because of the human labor that went into the findin' and the gettin' of it.
Flophouse Bum: I never thought of it just like that.
Howard: Well, there's no other explanation, mister. Gold itself ain't good for nothing except making jewelry with and gold teeth.
Flophouse Bum: I don't know. Because it's scarce.
Howard: A thousand men, say, go searchin' for gold. After six months, one of them's lucky: one out of a thousand. His find represents not only his own labor, but that of nine hundred and ninety-nine others to boot. That's six thousand months, five hundred years, scramblin' over a mountain, goin' hungry and thirsty. An ounce of gold, mister, is worth what it is because of the human labor that went into the findin' and the gettin' of it.
Flophouse Bum: I never thought of it just like that.
Howard: Well, there's no other explanation, mister. Gold itself ain't good for nothing except making jewelry with and gold teeth.
For underappreciated supporting roles, The Killer from Dirty Harry:
"Oh please, I scare easy."
Poor Andy, outside of Trek, he's never got the recognition he deserves.
Well my objection isn't so much a matter of purity so much as it is originality. Like I implied, my major concern is that it's a good film, and if it is, I won't much care. But between the trailer and what little I know about the plot, it seems like it could otherwise be a Bond/Bourne or even Hunt film.Well, you know how it is with purists and reboots.
Whereas, Red October, Patriot Games, and C&PD really wouldn't work with those other three guys.
Part of what made October so great is that it was a different kind of spy thriller, not just another spy thriller.
It seems like they're intentionally changing the core concept of the character from "I'm not an agent; I just work for the CIA," to "I'm a field agent of the CIA who also happens to have a PhD," to fill a quota.
But then it is just a trailer. So I can't fully judge until I see the film.
Favourite Quote from a Jack Ryan movie:
" ' Careful Ryan, most things down there don't react well to bullets.' Yeah, like me. I don't react well to bullets." - Jack Ryan. The Hunter for Red October
Maybe they've decided Clancy's particular sensibilities don't have enough general audience appeal to be worth risking. Not the first franchise that's happened to during a reboot process.
In fairness, I can see why the later Jack Ryan books would seem like a tougher risk for studios; they got into wackier science-fiction territory as things went on. Much as I love wacky science-fiction territory, I don't know if the core audience for the earlier movies would agree. And anyway, Shadow Recruit seems to be a kind of "prequel" to the other films (and to Clancy's books) tackling an incident in Ryan's early career. So, who knows but it might still have a somewhat different feel (while still allowing for more straight-ahead action).
" ' Careful Ryan, most things down there don't react well to bullets.' Yeah, like me. I don't react well to bullets." - Jack Ryan. The Hunter for Red October
Maybe they've decided Clancy's particular sensibilities don't have enough general audience appeal to be worth risking. Not the first franchise that's happened to during a reboot process.
In fairness, I can see why the later Jack Ryan books would seem like a tougher risk for studios; they got into wackier science-fiction territory as things went on. Much as I love wacky science-fiction territory, I don't know if the core audience for the earlier movies would agree. And anyway, Shadow Recruit seems to be a kind of "prequel" to the other films (and to Clancy's books) tackling an incident in Ryan's early career. So, who knows but it might still have a somewhat different feel (while still allowing for more straight-ahead action).
(purist rant coming)
The books started with whacky science fiction! The Caterpillar Drive as described in the book Red October had zero basis in reality (TC's exact words: "I made it up out of whole cloth!") The movie version at least had a theory behind it, but the execution was right out of seaQuest DSV! As a member of the "core audience" I would love it Hollywood would include more of his whacky sci-fi, cause that would at least be evidence that they actually read the freakin' books!
If it were a prequel, it would show him in the Marines, in graduate school and teaching at Annapolis. It wouldn't show him running around like a baby-faced Bourne!
I just finished Command Authority, with Commander-In-Chief Jack Ryan directing the action from the Oval Office. I prefer that version.
(rant over. We now return to our regularly scheduled thread.)
"Lighten up Francis." - Sgt. Hulka in Stripes.
Nice, i was just going to quote this awesome mopvie. Right after the moment you sited, the soundtrack really kicks in. That Skorponok scene is intense. Moreso than even climaxes of most comic book films.
That's my favorite part of the soundtrack cause that's when "Strike Package Bravo" gets rolled in and the music is just saying "Here comes the US Air Force, motherf---er!"
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