Q and A Classics

And so it is that we embark on another adventure of Q and A silliness.  This time we will be pulling out the classics.  Well, not all of them, there’s no way we have time for that here.  (But that does give me an idea of another spin-off…)

Confused?  The first time stopping by the kingdom on a Friday?  The rest of the movie quoting madness can be found here.

Over the years I’ve incorporated a lot of movie dialogue into my day-to-day lingo.  And what better place to pull quotes from than those films considered the best of the best.

Q: What do you say to your very best frenemy?
A: “You know, Rick, I have many a friend in Casablanca, but somehow, just because you despise me, you are the only one I trust.”
– Ugarte (Peter Lorre) – Casablanca

Q: What do you say when someone says you shouldn’t do something because it would “look bad?”
A: “With enough courage, you can do without a reputation.”
– Rhett Butler (Clark Gable) – Gone With the Wind

Q: What do you respond with when someone asks if you understand them?
A: “As an unmuddied lake, Fred. As clear as an azure sky of deepest summer. You can rely on me, Fred.”
– Alex (Malcolm McDowell) – A Clockwork Orange

Q: What do you say to someone who is slowing you down?
A: “Get out of my way son, you’re usin’ my oxygen.”
– McMurphy (Jack Nicholson) – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Q: What do you answer when someone asks about the person you are living with?
A: “We occupy the same cage, that’s all.”
– Maggie (Elizabeth Taylor) – Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Q: What do you say to someone who has lied, cheated, or stolen their way to prosperity?
A: “Not only are you a cheat, you’re a gutless cheat as well.”
– Doyle Lonnegan (Robert Shaw) – The Sting

Q: What do you say when you are sticking up for something a friend claims he can do?
A: “My boy says he can eat fifty eggs, he can eat fifty eggs.”
– Dragline (George Kennedy) – Cool Hand Luke

Q: What should you say anytime and every time you get the chance?
A: “It’s indecently brilliant.”
– MacDonald (Gordon Jackson) – The Great Escapae

Q: What should you say when you feel peer pressure easing you into doing something you don’t want to do?
A: “Not that I mind a slight case of abduction now and then, but I have tickets for the theater this evening, to a show I was looking forward to and I get, well, kind of *unreasonable* about things like that.”
– Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant) – North by Northwest

Q: What do you say when someone asks what you are lugging around in your purse, backpack, or fanny-pack?
A: “Survival kit contents check. In them you’ll find: one forty-five caliber automatic; two boxes of ammunition; four days’ concentrated emergency rations; one drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills; one miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible; one hundred dollars in rubles; one hundred dollars in gold; nine packs of chewing gum; one issue of prophylactics; three lipsticks; three pair of nylon stockings. Shoot, a fella’ could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff.”
– Major T.J. “King” Kong (Slim Pickens) – Dr. Strangelove or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

(That’s right, fanny-pack, you know you have one.  Don’t be embarrased.  They are indecently brilliant!)

(Did you see what I did there?)

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Do you think my bit of silliness regarding “the classics” will become a classic itself?  You don’t?!  Well, I don’t either it, but it sure was fun while it lasted.  Thanks for playing along.  Never forget, here there be monsters, and really really really talented actors and actresses and a few world class scripts too.  These monsters are golden.

Poorly Reviewed Q and A

Has anyone noticed that I’m just putting the theme for these posts right there in the title for everyone to see?

And while I’m not running out of quotes (that will never happen), I am running out of creative ways to say: “Hey, you can find all the previous Q and A silliness with this link right here.”

Anyway, enough of that silliness, let’s get on with it, shall we:  Over the years I’ve incorporated some movie dialogue into my day-to-day lingo.  Sometimes those quotes can even come from movies that have been universally panned.  Maybe I’m just a sucker for a flick on the silver screen, but I can usually find some redeeming qualities from every movie I watch.

Q: What should you say when you are about to get all preachy with someone?
A: “Let’s have an intelligent conversation here: I’ll talk, and you listen.”
– Deacon (Dennis Hopper) – Waterworld

Q: What should you say to someone who always makes you feel better?
A: “You give out hope like it was candy in your pocket.”
– Abby (Olivia Williams) – The Postman

Q: What should you say to someone after they use a pun?
A: “Oh, don’t make jokes; I’m serious.”
– Kira (Olivia Newton-John) – Xanadu

Q: What should you say when someone tells you to calm down?
A: “I can’t be calm! Oh, no, no, no, no, I’m the “Master of the Mechanical Stuff”! And I have to help you! You, the master of the STUPID STUFF!”
– Artemus Gordon (Kevin Kline) – Wild Wild West

Q: What do you say when nobody else wants to do what you want to do?
A: “But after my nap I always watch the Kangaroo Song.”
– Julian (Dylan Sprouse) – Big Daddy

Q: What do you say when…  Well, actually, you should probably never seriously say this one, but what should you say when you want to be silly after going someplace new?
A: “Could I speak to the drug dealer of the house, please?”
– Jack Slater (Arnold Schwarzenegger) – Last Action Hero

Q: What do you say before embarking on a dangerous adventure?
A: “If I’m not back in five minutes… just wait longer.”
– Ace Ventura (Jim Carrey) – Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

Q: What should you say to motivate someone to do their best?
A: “Do it for the butterflies!”
– Valerie (Patricia Arquette) – Little Nicky

Q: What do you respond with when someone asks what you are going to do with your life?
A: “Things are gonna happen for me, I’m Joe Dirt.”
– Joe Dirt (David Spade) – Joe Dirt

Q: What do you say to someone who doesn’t clean their plate?
A: “If you don’t eat them now, they’ll be waiting here for you at dinner.”
-Tutti Bomowski (Estelle Getty) – Stop or My Mom Will Shoot

I know that one kind of goes without saying, but I still think it’s funny.

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All of these either received Razzies or didn’t fare well with the whole Rotten Tomatoes thing or I just remember getting a lot of flack from the critics.  Hmm, I wonder if I would make a good critic.  Well, probably not if I like every movie, and from the number of quotes I’ve got bouncing around in my head it sure seems like I do.  Oh well.  Thanks again for playing along, even with this sad lot.  And never forget, here there be monsters, and really really really terrible movies, alrighty then.

Q and A Public Servant

And now for something … exactly the same and completely different all at the same time.  We’ve been here before, you and I.  And, yes, that was a Monty Python reference swiftly followed by a Matrix reference, how good of you to notice.  Neither of those have anything to do with this week’s theme.  See if you can spot it.

It shouldn’t be too hard, it’s right there in the post title…  Sometimes I just make these things too easy for you.

Get on with it?  Okay, here goes:

Over the years I’ve incorporated a whole lot, some might even say a plethora (of pinatas?), of movie dialogue into my day-to-day lingo.  The following is an example of that.

Q: What do you say when you want someone to know you will always, and I mean always, have their back?
A: “You go. We go.”
– Lt. Stephan McCaffrey (Kurt Russell) – Backdraft

Q: When you walk into an office building and have to look up on the directory where you are headed next, what should you say when you find your answer?
A: “Why does it always have to be the 12th floor? Why cant they be on the 4th?”
– Lenny Richter (Robert Patrick) – Ladder 49

Q: What do you answer when someone asks who you are?
A: “Just a fly in the ointment, Hans. The monkey in the wrench. The pain in the ass.”
– John McClane (Bruce Willis) – Die Hard

Q: What do you say when you are asked why you are acting more peculiar than normal?
A: “I’d always had nightmares, but now the ghosts didn’t wait for me to sleep.”
– Frank Pierce (Nicolas Cage) – Bringing Out the Dead

Q: What do you say after you’ve hit someone upside the back of their head (Jethro Gibbs style) or kicked them… well, you know where?
A: “Sorry, just had to jog your thinking!”
– Gus Mally (Sandra Locke) – The Gauntlet

Q: What do you say to someone who’s blocking your path?
A: “Get out of the way, Hammerhead.”
– Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) – Dirty Harry

Q: What do you say to someone who is about to move in with you?
A: “These are the simple rules. No barking, no growling, you will not lift your leg to anything in this house. This is not your room. No slobbering, no chewing, you will wear a flea collar. This is not your room. No begging for food, no sniffing of crotches, and you will not drink from my toilet. This is not your room.”
– Scott Turner (Tom Hanks) – Turner and Hooch

Q: What do you ask someone when…   Honestly, I’m not sure why you would ever ask someone this, but if you can think of a good reason, you should definitely do so.
A: “Do you know you have an animal growing out of your pants?”
– Tracy (Mel Harris) – K-9

Q: What do you say when a situation is getting out of hand?
A: “There’s something fishy going on here, and I don’t think it’s the chicken.”
– Pete Sandich (Richard Dreyfuss) – Always

Q: What do you say to someone who is bowing down to you?  (It’s a common problem for a king.)
A: “Farley! You’re drooling all over my Reeboks!”
– Savannah (Elaine Wilkes) – Paramedics

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Another successful theme, I’d say, and who’d disagree with me?  No one.  Exactly.  Thanks for riding along on this public service adventure.  Never forget, here there be monsters, cops, firemen, and a few paramedics too.  I think more kids should be trying these at at home these days, playing outside, rather than sitting online, except to read everything going on in the kingdom, of course.

Q and A from a Galaxy Far Away

You’ll never guess this week’s theme.  Not ever.  Because I’ll do my Jedi mind trick on you  (These are not the droids you are looking for?) and you won’t even remember us having this conversation…

What were we talking about?

I have no idea.

This might help if you don’t know either.

Over the years I’ve incorporated the odd bit of movie dialogue into my day-to-day lingo.  Just a couple that I throw out here and there.  Most people wouldn’t even notice.

You’ve noticed?

Shut up.

And enjoy:

Q: What do you say when you are trying to describe the current gulf between the left and the right?
A: “There is no civility, only politics.”
– Senator Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) – The Phantom Menace

Q: What do you tell someone when you are trying to give them a pep talk before they compete?
A: “Remember, concentrate on the moment. Feel, don’t think. Trust your instincts.”
– Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson) – The Phantom Menace

Q: What do you say to someone who is puffed up, overly confident, about something super silly?
A: “Your clones are very impressive. You must be very proud.”
– Obi-Wan (Ewan McGregor) – Attack of the Clones

Q: What do you answer when someone asks what you do?
A: “I’m just a simple man, trying to make my way in the universe.”
– Jango Fett (Temuera Morrison) – Attack of the Clones

Q: What do you say when you are, er, um… well, how about you just read the answer and then think of when and where you’d like to use it?  We’re trying to keep this blog PG.
A: “This is where the fun begins.”
– Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) – Revenge of the Sith

Q: What do you say when…  do you remember the question you thought of for the one above?  Yeah?  Okay let’s go with that one again, it will probably work here too.  Or, what do you say when about to venture into the wilderness on your own?  Either way….
A: “Good relations with the Wookies, I have.”
– Yoda (Frank Oz) – Revenge of the Sith

Q: What do you say to someone you are trying to scare off?
A: “You just watch yourself. We’re wanted men. I have the death sentence on twelve systems.”
– Dr. Evazan (Alfie Curtis) – A New Hope

Q: What should you answer when someone asks what you want to do when you grow up?
A: “I want to learn the ways of the Force and become a Jedi like my father.”
– Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) – A New Hope

Q: What do you call someone when you are trying to be mean but still keep it PG?
A: “Why, you stuck up, half-witted, scruffy-looking Nerf herder.”
– Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) – The Empire Strikes Back

Q: What do you tell someone when they are about to do something crazy?
A: “Sir, the possibility of successfully navigating an asteroid field is approximately 3,720 to 1.”
– C-3PO (Anthony Daniels) – The Empire Strikes Back

Q: What do say when you aren’t quite ready to give up on a project yet?
A: “We won’t get another chance at this, Admiral.”
– Lando Calrissian (Billy Dee Williams) – Return of the Jedi

Q: What do you say to your friends when you find yourselves in a sticky situation?
A: “Well, why don’t you use your divine influence and get us out of this?”
– Han Solo (Harrison Ford) – Return of the Jedi

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Fancy that?!  I didn’t repeat a single character!  Who all likes all 6 movies?  I do.  I think episodes 1 – 3 got a bad rap for no reason.  I enjoyed them.  They weren’t the greatest movies ever made, but neither were episodes 4 – 6.  I think we all have just built up the middle part of this series so much in our minds because they are classics that we forget the dialogue and acting were just as atrocious in them as they are in the first part of the series.  Anyway, as always, thanks for playing along.  Oh, and never forget, here there be monsters, and droids, and sith lords, and the force – may it be with you always.

Q to the power of A, parody

It’s Friday!  And we all know what that means here in the kingdom.  Some movie quoting madness (previously seen here, here, here, and here.)  Aren’t you excited?  I am.  Let’s get to it shall we.

Over the years I’ve incorporated an overwhelming (it would seem) abundance of movie dialogue into my day-to-day lingo.  (Some might even question if anything I have to say is my own or I’ve stolen it all from one movie or another…  I’ll plead the fifth on that.  You can make up your own mind.)  The following is this week’s list of possible questions/situations you may find yourself in life and how you should/shouldn’t respond.

I’ve used, well, more than I care to admit.

Q: What do you say when someone is really trying to drill something into you and you are feeling obstinate and don’t want to play along?
A: “I didn’t quite catch that, Lou.”
– Tyler Durden – Fight Club

Q: What do you say when a moment you’d never thought you would see is suddenly within your grasp?  A moment to right all the wrongs of your life?
A: “Revenge. Sweet lasting revenge. Now it’s time for all of us to get a taste.”
– Michael – Sleepers

Q: What do you say when you see some people are dressed up in similar clothes?  (This one is better if they look silly too.)
A: “You guys look like a bunch of ice-cream cones!”
– Tristan Ludlow – Legends of the Fall

Q: What do you say to someone who is constantly running late?
A: “Neal, in Montana there’s three things we’re never late for: church, work and fishing.”
-Paul – A River Runs Through It

Q: What do you say when someone asks you why you did something out of your normal character?
A: “When your partner gets inked, you do something about it. He was your partner, so you do something.”
-Frank Harris – Cool World

Q: What do you say when someone asks why you don’t conform with what everyone else is doing?
A: “I’m always lookin’ out my own eyes.”
– Benjamin Button – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Q: What do you say when you see someone that doesn’t quite look right?
A: “Looks like his optometrist has a sense of humor.”
– Chad Feidheimer – Burn After Reading

Q: What do you say when you are out and about having an incredible time, more fun than you thought you would be having?
A: “We should so not be allowed to buy these.”
– John Smith – Mr. and Mrs. Smith

Q: What do you say when you know something you are about to do is going to hinder something another person is supposed to be doing?
A: “See, now I just feel bad, ’cause you’re gonna get fired.”
– Sinbad – Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

Q: What do you say when asked where you learned to do something?
A: “Boy scouts, sir.”
– Tom Bishop – Spy Games

Which ones have you used?  Which ones are you going to start using?  Which ones would you use, but differently from how I’ve got them listed?

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This is normally where I’d put my fake legalese to see who is actually paying attention, with things like “Here there be monster,” and “Don’t try this at home, kids.”  But, today I’m just going to ask, did you see the theme?  Do you know what it is?  Also, you probably shouldn’t attempt any of these in real life unless you are prepared for the consequences.