Seriously? "I'm kind of the world!" is cheesier than "I will never let go"?
Maybe there's an extra bonus cheese factor since James Cameron repeated the line when accepting his Oscar.
Gimme some milk.
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tommyrot - Dec 07, 2004 5:29:35 am PST #6817 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
§ ita § - Dec 07, 2004 5:32:47 am PST #6818 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
"I'm the king of the world" is so immediately identifiable -- I never hear it without thinking of Titanic. As someone who's never actually seen the movie, I had no idea "I will never let go" was from it. I think sticking out gains points.
Jim - Dec 07, 2004 5:38:24 am PST #6819 of 10001
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
5. "Top Gun": Val Kilmer to Tom Cruise: "You can be my wingman anytime."
There was fic about this, right?
Probably, but it's famous cos it's the line Tarantino misquotes (as "you can ride my tail anytime") in the gay Top Gun speech in Sleep With Me.
Steph L. - Dec 07, 2004 5:46:46 am PST #6820 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
"Top Gun": Val Kilmer to Tom Cruise: "You can be my wingman anytime."
Dude, that line is SO not cheesy! Because it's immediately followed by "Bullshit. *You* can be *mine.*"
signed,
Top Gun apparently played a larger role in my formative years than I thought
Frankenbuddha - Dec 07, 2004 5:59:20 am PST #6821 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Top Gun apparently played a larger role in my formative years than I thought
Brought the slash early, did it?
DXMachina - Dec 07, 2004 7:01:51 am PST #6822 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Seriously? "I'm kind of the world!" is cheesier than "I will never let go"?
"Love means never having to say you're sorry." IJS.
P.M. Marc - Dec 07, 2004 7:24:53 am PST #6823 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Probably, but it's famous cos it's the line Tarantino misquotes (as "you can ride my tail anytime") in the gay Top Gun speech in Sleep With Me.
Such a fabulous movie moment, that.
(Signed, has owned Sleep With Me on VHS and DVD, and still knows all the lines.)
Nutty - Dec 07, 2004 7:47:58 am PST #6824 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
"Love means never having to say you're sorry." IJS.
I think this line has been rescued from cheesiness by the fact that it can be turned into so many different kinds of wrong. My favorite being "Love means always having to say you're sorry." Or, "Love means never having to say you look fat in that dress."
Sean K - Dec 07, 2004 7:58:34 am PST #6825 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Calli, Frank.... If they make A Lion In Winter with Pauly Shore and an Olsen twin, I'm blaming both of you.
I haven't seen the film, but I feel "They wore hats," which had me collapsing in giggles every time I saw the trailer, deserves at least an honorable mention.
Oh, Jess.... You need to see it for the BADNESS!
"I'm the king of the world" is so immediately identifiable -- I never hear it without thinking of Titanic.
Actually, even having seen Titanic several times, whenever I hear the line, I actually think of Jimmy Cagney's line in White Heat (where he plays a hard core killer), just before he EXPLODES.
(Actually, Cagney's line is "Top of the world," but both characters dedicate their declarations to their mothers. I never understood why Cameron chose to echo that particular line. I suspect he'd never seen White Heat)
tommyrot - Dec 07, 2004 8:01:50 am PST #6826 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Oh, Jess.... You need to see it for the BADNESS!
Oh yes. So many scenes are laughable.