Do you remember the Star Trek episode where the resident of the planet only spoke in metaphors? It was called “Darmok”. I loved the idea of communicating that way and realized that we actually do that when we quote movie lines to each other in situations where they describe it so well. Here are a few of my personal ones and I bet you can add a few of your own.
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Lil Zen says that I make my mash potatoes into the Devil’s Tower, like in Close Encounters. Mz. Picky wants her gooey cat food to be scraped into the same shape 2 or 3 times while she is eating it. I tell her “This is important.” She doesn’t remember the movie.
We use “You can’t handle the truth.” more often than you might think. And “Are you talking to ME?” is a big hit when you want to get out of doing something someone else asks you to do.
Trying to get the balky garage door to open- “Open the pod bay doors, Hal”. “I’m sorry Dave, I can’t do that” is sometimes the answer although “Dave’s not here”.
The uses for “Frankly, Scarlett, I don’t give a damn.” are numerous beyond count. Actually, that movie has tons of quotable/usable lines like “I don’t know nothing about birthing no babies!” and “Tomorrow is another day.”
Another one that gets tossed around here often is “Push the button, Max.”, especially after Mr. Zen has muted the commercials on tv and now the main show is back.
Tell us some of your fave uses of movie lines.