"You unlock this door with the key of imagination, beyond it is another dimension. A dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind. You're moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas. You've just crossed over into . . . The Twilight Zone."
Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 33 1/3
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Mar 16, 2005 9:52:12 am PST #8036 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Emily - Mar 16, 2005 9:52:38 am PST #8037 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
One of Lex Luthor's Blue Bottles of Water?
Professor X's wheelchair?
Aims - Mar 16, 2005 9:52:40 am PST #8038 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
One more Victor...
A watermelon. That have been dropped from the sky.
Dana - Mar 16, 2005 9:52:52 am PST #8039 of 10002
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
And "I was falsely accused of a hideous crime...", although maybe not so famous.
§ ita § - Mar 16, 2005 9:52:54 am PST #8040 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
"In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit! These men promptly escaped from a maximum-security stockade to the Los Angeles underground! Today, if you have a problem, if no one else can help -- and if you can find them -- maybe you can hire... THE A-TEAM!"
Scrappy - Mar 16, 2005 9:53:28 am PST #8041 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
1968, I was twelve years old. A lot happened that year. Dennis McLain won 31 games, The Mod Squad hit the air, and I graduated from Hillcrest Elementary and entered junior high school...but we'll get to that. There's no pretty way to put this: I grew up in the suburbs. I guess most people think of the suburb as a place with all the disadvantages of the city, and none of the advantages of the country, and vice versa. But, in a way, those really were the wonder years for us there in the suburbs. It was kind of a golden age for kids.
Damn, I loved that show.
Betsy HP - Mar 16, 2005 9:54:05 am PST #8042 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
"Do not attempt to adjust your TV set..."
Right. And how many kids today even know what the horizontal and the vertical are, far less how to adjust them?
msbelle - Mar 16, 2005 9:54:06 am PST #8043 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
The A-TEAM cracks my shit up!
Frankenbuddha - Mar 16, 2005 9:54:17 am PST #8044 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Hey, guys, I'm trying to remember famous opening monologues, voiceovers that started shows. Here are three I know of:
Well, the obvious one - "Space, the final frontier..."
Also - "Steve Austin - astronaut - a man barely alive..."
Also - "Where am I?" / "In the village." / etc.
Emily - Mar 16, 2005 9:54:18 am PST #8045 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Oops. We're late.
"In the jungles... of Peru..." Okay, not that famous. I just needed to say it.