Sure Fire Dialogue

Letty, do you remember Gunsmoke? Miss Kitty always said, "Be careful, Matt," as he walked out the door to get the bad guy.

"I dont like the term blackmail, I prefer monetary persuasion"


"You wait here, Ill check on ahead"



"...and dont call me Shirley"

Good grief...Just when I was going to say, "Thanks, I needed that." the plane took a nose dive...

Farmer, Diane...Definitely remember Mister Dillon and the macho guys who forged ahead as the buffer to all mankind

"Here's lookin' at you, kid,"

Yes, Letty, weren't they manly?

How about "You farging bastages?"

Diane,

Disaster movies: Let's just ride it out.

I don't know about the sure fire dialogue, but I have noticed the inclusion of what I call "the computer work sequence" over the last few years. This is the (often) MTV-like scene where the protagonist of the film has to use the computer the find some information that is hidden, or unlock the secret encryption to the satellite uplink, or any number of plot related things. One of my favorite examples is Minority Report where Tom Cruise is shown figuring out how to stop the future crime. A movie simply filled with computer work sequences is the oft overlooked Sneakers.

Hey, dishpan. Didn't see Minority Report, but did see Sneakers. I guess you could say that many of these type movies always have some dialogue that's predictable. "We're in" comes to mind.

Welcome dishpan!

A sentence that has become common in everyday use is, "Todo, we're not in Kansas anymore."

How about this chestnut from just about every Western movie: Just as the hero and his sidekick, in search of the bad guys, enter a new piece of scenery: "It's quiet. Maybe a little TOO quiet..."

Diane, we sure aren't in Kansas any more.

Science Fiction movies:

"Warp speed!"

d'ar, love it!

Jungle movies:

" The men refuse to go into the jungle, sir. They say evil spirits lurk there."

Here's another one from Westerns, or just about any movie where gun play is a major element. It's a variant on one or two others that have been posted here:

"I'm going in. You cover for me..."

heh! heh!

Musicals: "Hey, my dad's got an old barn we can use, and I know a great band that will play for nothing just to help us out."

"Come on in. My husband won't be home for hours."

My favorite is when sweetheart's just been killed in the San Francisco earthquake, Chicago fire, plane crash, you name it.

"You've got to be brave. He'd want you to go on. You're not singing for the crowd out there. You're singing it for him. He can hear you. That's what he'd want you to do." (How many times have we heard that one ?- and I love it everytime. (lol))

Dishpan: One of the computer screens in SNEAKERS that supposedly shows a complicated alarm system or somesuch, is actually a map of the London Underground subway system.

Now there's another sidebar topic for you: how many instances of the above (see quote) have you seen? Little inside jokes maybe or just sketchy set goof-offs? I like the scene in 2001 where the investigator is on his way to the moon to check out the monolith and he is stymied by the multitide of directions concerning how to use the zero-gravity toilet!

Raggedy, So Sure fire is not a liability, is it? Still didn't shed one tear over "An Affair to Remember"

Dish, Your comment reminds me of Usher II by Ray Bradbury Must have slept through the part to which you refer...

and thus spake Letty.

Goodnight-----

from Florida

Oh Letty, it's too early for bed!!

I love Jean Luc Picard when he says, "Engage," or, "Make it so." Since I have a thing for Jean Luc, anything he says makes me all tingly. LOL

All these lines are bringing back so many memories and quite a few laughs.