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    Posted: February 15 2018 at 20:43
I'd call The Ten Commandments sc-fi too  Wink
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Originally posted by progaardvark progaardvark wrote:

^Yeah, Charlton was a mixed bag. He did Planet of the Apes and The Omega Man, but also hosted "The Mysterious Origins of Man" which was filled with crackpot pseudoscience and creationism. Wacko

He also was a member of the gun lobby. As to great SF-movies he starred in I'd like to add "Soylent Green".


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Since no-one seems to know which movie my line ("They wanted - us"!) is from I will tell: It is from the movie "Phase IV" by Saul Bass. It is a movie about intelligent (but normal-sized) ants.


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And I agree with that Rutger Hauer's monologue is one of the best scenes ever.
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Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:

"let there be light". sf-fans will know which movie this moment is from. if no-one knows I will tell
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Points: 46838 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 27 2018 at 06:41
Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

"I've done questionable things."

"Also extraordinary things. Revel in your time."

"Nothing the god of biomechanics wouldn't let you in heaven for?"

There are, of course, a hundred other great lines from that movie.

amen brother Greg..... Clap Tears in the Rain..  the upcoming title to my biography...

in fact.. when text just doesn't convey how powerful that ;moment; was... for it doesn't catch Vangelis at his peak...
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Points: 13203 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 26 2018 at 18:25
"Klaatu barada nikto."

Or, from another great 50s sci-fi film, the little girl who screams: "THEM!"


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A bit left-field, but if 'time travel' counts as sci-fi - then I'll mention 'Somewhere in Time' - a bit of a cheesy 80s romance with Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour. Basically he wills himself to travel back to 1912 to meet a woman in a photograph who he knows he was destined to meet. However, the scene that sticks is when he sees a 1979 coin he has and the spell breaks as he realises this time travel status is not real. Unable to get back in time again, he dies of a broken heart to the strains of Rachmaninov's Variations of a Theme by Paganini. Quite memorable - have to say it would make a great prog rock concept album! .
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^  "The birds & the bees are not Vulcans".
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That moment in Predestination where you discover that the man (who was previously a woman), the woman (who later becomes the man), and the child they have are all the same person.

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Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

^ the Alien series gets most of my votes too --

There's "How could they cut the power, man, they're animals?!"  from the also deceased Bill Paxton



Definitely another of my favorites...that 2nd Alien movie is loaded with great lines Thumbs Up
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"The Thing" from Another World (1951)
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  1. "Get away from her, you bitch!"–Aliens
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^ Great Quote from a great movie.
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Points: 19557 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 25 2018 at 07:47
Easy

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe: Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of  Orion, I've watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tanhäusser Gate. All those ... moments will be lost in time, like tears...in rain. Time to die.


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But yeah, that's a memorable movie moment, for sure.

How about this funny (if misogynist and grisly) last line from post-apocalyptic cult classic A Boy and His Dog (spoken by the dog, Blood, as the boy muses on his dead love Quilla:

"Well I'd say she certainly had marvelous judgement, Albert, if not particularly good taste."
"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
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^Yeah, Charlton was a mixed bag. He did Planet of the Apes and The Omega Man, but also hosted "The Mysterious Origins of Man" which was filled with crackpot pseudoscience and creationism. Wacko
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Originally posted by progaardvark progaardvark wrote:

The ending scene of The Planet of the Apes (the 1968 film) where George Taylor (played by Charlton Heston) discovers the remains of the Statue of Liberty.

I thought that was Moses after crossing the Red Sea... or was it an NRA ad, after Obama won the presidency?

As with Tom Cruise, I find it hard to separate the man/arsehole from the role.
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The ending scene of The Planet of the Apes (the 1968 film) where George Taylor (played by Charlton Heston) discovers the remains of the Statue of Liberty.
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