The moment that sold you?
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When I saw that in the theatre (worst $10 I've ever spent btw) these two guys a couple of rows in front of me would high-five over the heads of their dates everytime Megan Fox appeared onscreen.
I wanted to club them like baby seals.
I wanted to club them like baby seals.
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Lana: Nietzsche? I didn't know you have a dark side, Clark.
Clark: Doesn't everyone?
Lana: So what are you: man or superman?
Clark: I haven't figured it out yet.
Lana: Nietzsche? I didn't know you have a dark side, Clark.
Clark: Doesn't everyone?
Lana: So what are you: man or superman?
Clark: I haven't figured it out yet.
You probably should look, because the first scene on the clip is from the episode "Serenity" when Mal shoots the fed in the head without saying anything to him.
The second scene was what told me this was going to be a different kind of show.
I have a bunch.
Star Wars, the opening scene sold me.
As a kid, I tried watching TNG, but I didn't get the technobabble and lost intrest. Later, I watched Star Trek TOS reruns. The first episode I saw was City of the Edge of Forever, and I was hooked. I started watching lots of great TOS eps, and then later watch TNG again. I think the first episode I saw Cause and Effect, and thought it was a good as TOS. I remember what got me was Conundrum. I've only saw a few episodes before and still learning the crew. I honestly thought the extra guy was a regular cast member. His death actually shocked me.
I was interested LotR trilogy when I first heard about it. Then my sister told me about its previous incarnation, which was the cartoon that I hated. Then I saw the sneak peek of LotR:FotR with the troll scene in the Mines of Moria and I knew that it would be awesome.
As for TDI, I avoided that show like the plague. Then in season 3, I happened to catch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bwhuGE1LiI by accident. This got me, which is ironic, since I normally don't like musicals. Every episode in season 3 will feature a song.
I didn't watch South Park at first. I played World of Warcraft and found out in the WoW forums that South Park will parody it. Then, I watched Make Love, Not Warcraft, and made me a fan of the series. Thanks WoW.
For Ninja Scroll, it has to be Jubei's first confrontation with the villianous rock monster. Rock dude's stone skin was impenetrable by swords, and he can killed an army in seconds. I had no idea how our hero can stop this guy. When Jubei made his move, and I cheered. That's using your head.
The first episode of Friends I saw was The One with the Jellyfish. I missed the first part and didn't know about the jellyfish. I spent the whole episode wondering why the three of them were acting weird. I loved every moment of it, and when the truth was revealed, it had me laughing.
Lex and Clark becoming friends in the pilot sold me on Smallville.
Star Wars, the opening scene sold me.
As a kid, I tried watching TNG, but I didn't get the technobabble and lost intrest. Later, I watched Star Trek TOS reruns. The first episode I saw was City of the Edge of Forever, and I was hooked. I started watching lots of great TOS eps, and then later watch TNG again. I think the first episode I saw Cause and Effect, and thought it was a good as TOS. I remember what got me was Conundrum. I've only saw a few episodes before and still learning the crew. I honestly thought the extra guy was a regular cast member. His death actually shocked me.
I was interested LotR trilogy when I first heard about it. Then my sister told me about its previous incarnation, which was the cartoon that I hated. Then I saw the sneak peek of LotR:FotR with the troll scene in the Mines of Moria and I knew that it would be awesome.
As for TDI, I avoided that show like the plague. Then in season 3, I happened to catch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bwhuGE1LiI by accident. This got me, which is ironic, since I normally don't like musicals. Every episode in season 3 will feature a song.
I didn't watch South Park at first. I played World of Warcraft and found out in the WoW forums that South Park will parody it. Then, I watched Make Love, Not Warcraft, and made me a fan of the series. Thanks WoW.
For Ninja Scroll, it has to be Jubei's first confrontation with the villianous rock monster. Rock dude's stone skin was impenetrable by swords, and he can killed an army in seconds. I had no idea how our hero can stop this guy. When Jubei made his move, and I cheered. That's using your head.
The first episode of Friends I saw was The One with the Jellyfish. I missed the first part and didn't know about the jellyfish. I spent the whole episode wondering why the three of them were acting weird. I loved every moment of it, and when the truth was revealed, it had me laughing.
Lex and Clark becoming friends in the pilot sold me on Smallville.
I just saw Captain America. I guess the audience was okay (perhaps because I deliberately go to movies when the audience will be sparse) but there was one guy who was eating so many snacks, I couldn't believe it (but he was a skinny guy, so maybe he has to eat a lot all the time) and another guy behind me who kept belching and snorted when he laughed. So it was a bit of a zoo. But nobody talking or using their cell phones and no crying babies, so it could have been worse.
Way back when I saw "Daredevil" on opening night, someone brought a baby which began screaming before the lights had even dimmed. People began to get upset, yelling at the parents to "shut that damn baby up", which it was obvious they were trying to do. Of course, that wasn't enough and people began screaming actual threats at them, and at one point a group even got up and started moving toward them. The parents scooped up their stuff and ran out of the theatre.
Now, I'm the first to say, it was wrong of them to bring a child that small to such a movie (and a 9 pm showing, at that!) but I was appalled at that response.
See, that moment was just traumatizing for me. I was already despondent over the end of The Next Generation a couple weeks earlier. To see another Galaxy-class ship get so viciously destroyed was like pouring salt in the wound (though it did succeed in making the Jem'hadar pretty fucking scary right out of the gate!).
Honestly, I don't think I was completely sold on DS9 until Worf joined the cast, although it eventually far surpassed TNG as my favorite Star Trek show.
Cowboy Bebop first sold me in the movie at the beginning when Spike & Jet bicker during a tense stand-off while foiling a convenience store robbery.
(A fourth, previously unnoticed thief comes out of the bathroom and takes an old lady hostage.)
SPIKE: "'Scuse me, Jet? You said there were three, not four."
JET: "Disinformation is sometimes necessary for both enemies and allies."
SPIKE: "Don't pull that Art of War crap with me."
THIEF: "Drop the guns now!"
SPIKE: "And you! You take too long to take a shit!"
Excel Saga had me in the 1st episode when Excel's wild gesturing ends up causing a massive multi-car pile-up and the construction site catches fire. Excel shrugs, "Oh well. What's the worst that could happen." A caption then appears on the screen, "Homicide through professional negligence."
Ranma 1/2 first won my love in the 1st movie when someone is about to attack Mr. Panda, and he pleadingly holds up a sign that says, "Be Kind to Animals Week."
"Is it OK if they say 'Happy birthday' on them?"
"I'd rather they say 'Death from above,' but I guess we're stuck."
"There are no good wars, with the following exceptions, the American Revolution, World War II, & the Star Wars trilogy."
Agreed. There's something about that gesture and the whole feel of being in the Village that really gets under your skin. I was using that gesture for months to everyone I met after I started watching that show.
I missed Firefly on TV but Serenity sold me in the trailer:
"This landing is going to get pretty interesting."
"Define 'interesting'?"
"'Oh god, oh god, we're all gonna die'?"
Pitch Black is mostly just an OK Aliens rip-off. Where it elevates itself is in its unexpected wit.
"Looks clear."
(Giant alien flies over them.)
"I thought you said it was clear!?"
"I said it looked clear!"
"Well how does it look now?!"
(Pause. Looks.)
"Looks clear."
Either that moment or this one:
"Paris P. Oglive, antiquities broker, entrepreneur."
"Richard B. Riddick, escaped convict, murderer."
The Sopranos: The pilot. Not many shows have me hook, line and sinker that quickly. But were I to pinpoint a moment it'd be this: "We had coffee."
The pilot episode of E.R. was great and really intrigued me to keep watching the show but it was episode when there's a massive snow storm and the E.R. gets swamped with mass casualties. Pure fecking epic T.V. that got you hooked in and waiting for the next big casualty.
For Lost, it was the moment on the beach when Jack was running from one bad scene to another and then the end with the great big noise and ominous monster movements in the jungle. That just made you go WTF are we in for here?
For Lost, it was the moment on the beach when Jack was running from one bad scene to another and then the end with the great big noise and ominous monster movements in the jungle. That just made you go WTF are we in for here?
Funny you mention that. I had a similar experience during Cap and, to make matters worse, the guy was eating a bag of smuggled-in Funyuns.
Speaking of kids at inappropriate movies, I still remember the idiots next me who took their (I would estimate) six year old with them to see Robocop II.
I love that scene, especially Spike's line "We're not the cops and we're not from some charity organization. Sorry lady, we do not protect or serve. This is strictly buisness."
Here's the whole scene for those who want to see it. Sorry, it's off an old VCR tape.
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXYDwWTOO2I[/yt]
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