What a great line. Is that Shakespeare?

And can anyone guess where I am getting that line? I'm watching one of my favorite movies as a kid. :)

(and first time in a long time, too).

CR

I think it's from Moby Dick, actually.

It's from Star Trek: The Wrath Of Khan.

Well, that's where I got it from, sabotai. I haven't seen Khan in years, and they showed it tonight at AMC. Great fun to see it again.

I figured that line had to have come from a literature great, though, and not from some hack writer for Star Trek, so it would make sense to me if it's from Moby Dick.

CR

Just to make it clear, I was kidding. :)

Edit: Peregine upped me by quoting more of the passage. :p

Moby Dick, yep.

"Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee!"

Billy's right. The original line is from Moby Dick.

Makes it kind of interesting in one of the later ST movies (First Contact, I think?) when there's another Moby Dick reference regarding Picard and his Borg obsession.

Heh, Khan said the last part of that quote, too. :)

CR

My favorite movie when I was a kid was Clash of the Titans. Persueus was a friggin badass...

Yeah.. it's probably in my top10 flicks of all-time. Who can forget those burrowing creatures khan puts into chekov's ears?

You mean the guy that wrote the Wrath of Khan and episodes of T.J. Hooker didn't write great literature? Damn, I went to the wrong college...

Good point, Sackattack. I looked it up, and the movies have different writers all around (even including story and screenplay writers and uncredited help; probably editors).

So either it's coincidence, or they got a big reaction from using Moby Dick references in the second one, big enough to throw it in there in First Contact. Of course, Picard is just the sort of bloke who would know that sorta stuff, so it fit.

CR

I vote coincidence...Moby Dick is a pretty popular book. :)

Star Trek Nerds :p

Star Wars is better!!!!!

Four words, Neuq:

Attack. of. the. Clones.

'Nuff said.

Don't be a hater, Neuq. Do as I do, and love them both! :)

CR

"Revenge is a dish best served cold...and it is very cold in space."

Classic movie. :) I actually have heard that the Moby Dick theme was present throughout all of Star Trek II, with Kahn having an obsession with Kirk / The Enterprise. There are supposedly other parallels, but I don't recall them.

The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one.

After all these years, it still gets to me as Spock slowly dies on the radiation chamber floor. One of the most touching cinematic moments.

Khan, I'm laughing at the superior intellect.

Proud to say I've used this one in many day to day conversations over the years :cool:

I've never had any interest in Star Trek, but I do remember that "bug in the ear" scene really creeping me out as a kid.

And kudos for working a mention of Clash of the Titans into the thread. That one was standard birthday party fare for a year, right up there with The Blackhole.

I've never had any interest in Star Trek, but I do remember that "bug in the ear" scene really creeping me out as a kid.

And kudos for working a mention of Clash of the Titans into the thread. That one was standard birthday party fare for a year, right up there with The Blackhole.

Maple Leafs, I too didn't like that sceen as a child (or even much now really). I was also afraid when Kirk yelled KAHN! :)

My first rated R movie was Blue Thunder.

Sweet.

Chief, it is my very favorite movie line of all time. I had actually thought that Melville picked it up from Shakespeare.

My first rated R movie was Blue Thunder.

Sweet.

I think it was mine too!

God, that movie sucked!

Actually, I saw Halloween when I was 4... I think my parents thought I was asleep, but I wasn't. That Shatner mask still creeps me out.

Khan, I'm laughing at the superior intellect.

Proud to say I've used this one in many day to day conversations over the years :cool:

You probably don't date much, do you?

;)

Yeah, the wax Vulcan ears and the "Beam me up, Scotty!" tee-shirt don't help, either. :D

Did anyone see the Daily Show episode a while back where Jon Stewart was talking about A.Q. Khan, that Pakistani guy who was selling the nuclear weapon parts to all the rogue nations? Pretty funny, he was in the middle of delivering his little spiel about the guy when he suddenly paused, said Khan...Khan (a little louder), then threw his head back and they got the overhead camera shot of him yelling KHAN! It really cracked me up.

oh... I thought this thread was going to be about the Angels losing 3 of 4 to the worst team in baseball. :D

Druez: From hell's heart, I stab at thee!

Joe: Druez! DRUEZ!!!

Joe's Wife: Revenge is a dish best served cold...and it is very cold in the computer sports simulation market.

Druez's Wife: The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few... Or the one.




This one act play brought to you by .400 Studios and Star Trek - The Sim Generation.

*chuckles* So you're saying there's no nookie forthcoming from Mrs Druez?

"You lied!"

"I exaggerated."

"He cheated."

"I changed the conditions of the test. I got a commendation for original thinking. I don't like to lose."

"Then you never faced that situation. Faced death."

"I don't believe in the no-win scenario."

"Bottany Bay...oh no...Bottany Bay...oh no..."

"You go right on quoting regulations!"

Spock: "Be careful, Jim."

McCoy: "WE will."

How do I know you'll keep your word.

Oh, I've given no word to keep Admiral.

"You managed to kill just about everyone else, but like a poor marksman you (in godly Shatner form)KEEP... MISSING... THE... TARGET!"

I've done far worse than kill you. I've hurt you. And, I wish to go on hurting you.

I shall leave you as you left me and her... marooned for all eternity... in the center of a dead planet... buried alive

buried alive... (echo echo)

KHANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN !!!!

"There she is! THERE she is! So...not as wounded as we were led to believe. So much the better."

**Fantasy Island voice**

"ADMIRAL Kirk?"

You gotta say this for him: he's consistent.

McCoy: Where are we going?

Kirk: Where they went.

McCoy: Suppose they went nowhere?

Kirk: Then this will be your big chance to get away from it all.

I have been, and always shall be, your friend.

McCoy: Where are we going?

Kirk: Where they went.

McCoy: Suppose they went nowhere?

Kirk: Then this will be your big chance to get away from it all.



I absolutely LOVE this line, I've used this on family during group vacations, and gotten huge laughs.....

I don't think these kids can steer....

Oh, I'm afraid the deflector shield will be quite operational when your friends arrive...


Oops. Wrong movie!

Kirk: You're about to remind me that logic alone dicates you actions?

Spock: I would not remind you of that which you know so well.

Another KHAAAAAAAAN! (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?t=16099) thread.