The sci-fi reference canon

[Sigma_Orionis]

I can add a couple to the list:

Galaxy Quest:

Gwen: We are not the people you think we are.
Mathesar: I don't understand.
Alex: Don't you make any TV shows on your planet? Any theater, films?
Mathesar: The historical documents of your culture, yes. In fact, we have begun to document our own history from your example.
Gwen: No, not historical documents. They're not all historical documents. I mean, surely you don't think "Gilligan's Island" is a —
(The Thermians moan in unison.)
Mathesar: Those poor people...

The Incredibles:

Edna: It will be bold! Dramatic!
Bob: Yeah!
Edna: Heroic!
Bob: Yeah. Something classic - like Dynaguy. Oh, he had a great look! Oh, the cape and the boots...
Edna: [throws a wadded ball of paper at Bob's head] No capes!
Bob: Isn't that my decision?
Edna: Do you remember Thunderhead? Tall, storm powers? Nice man, good with kids.
Bob: Listen, E...
Edna: November 15th of '58! All was well, another day saved, when? his cape snagged on a missile fin!
Bob: Thunderhead was not the brightest bulb...
Edna: Stratogale! April 23rd, '57! Cape caught in a jet turbine!
Bob: E, you can't generalize about these things...
Edna: Metaman, express elevator! Dynaguy, snag on takeoff! Splashdown, sucked into a vortex!
[shouts]
Edna: No capes!

I can't add any from (T)Raumschiff Surprise - Periode 1 because they are in German and I can't speak it, how about some help with that Laguna2?

Editted to add: Of course another obligatory reference would be "All your base are belong to us".....

[Dr Nigel]

I found myself quoting Marvin the other day.
"The first ten million years were the worst. And the second ten million. They were the worst too. The third ten million I didn't enjoy at all. After that I went into a bit of a decline."

"It's the people you meet that really get you down in this job. The best conversation I had was over 34 million years ago, and that was with a coffee machine..."

Marvin just keeps 'em comin'!

[Dr Nigel]

Sigma Orionis, I, too, loved Edna's "no capes" speech in The Incredibles.

Hear's another rather obscure one, from the film Split Second starring Rutger Hauer:

"We need bigger guns"

And, in the following scene:
Cop in armoury: That's an SA80,
Detective: Too ****ing small. We need big, big ****ing guns!



To give a little context (SPOLER ALERT), they'd just encountered the "bad guy", shot at him, and seen him excape by running through a steel door. The detective accompanying Rutger Hauer (I can't remember the names of the characters but it hardly matters) examines the remains of the door and then says "We need bigger guns."

[eburacum45]

I would also mention one particular quote from a different android, which I also have quoted in real life on occasion;
Step up to Red Alert!
Sir, are you absolutely sure? It does mean changing the bulb!

[Sigma_Orionis]

We could also the "Fifth Element", it has far too many good quotes to list so here are a whole bunch of them. And here is one of my favorites which is not in that list

The President hesitates.
CAPTAIN
...The ship is in combat formation.
The missile is loaded, General.
PRESIDENT (uneasy)
Staedert? Give me a minute...
I have a doubt.
STAEDERT (cold)
I don't, Mr. President.

[mike alexander]

"The thing's hollow -- it goes on forever -- and -- oh my God! -- it's full of stars!"

[Swift]

"I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that."
"It can only be attributable to human error. "
"My mind is going. I can feel it. I can feel it." (I feel this way every day )
"No 9000 computer has ever made a mistake or distorted information. "

[Serenitude]

Greetings, program!

This program is buggier than a bait store!

Are you a user?

[Bolasanibk]

"In space no one can hear you scream"

[darkhunter]

Sigma Orionis, I, too, loved Edna's "no capes" speech in The Incredibles.

Hear's another rather obscure one, from the film Split Second starring Rutger Hauer:

"We need bigger guns"

And, in the following scene:
Cop in armoury: That's an SA80,
Detective: Too ****ing small. We need big, big ****ing guns!



To give a little context (SPOLER ALERT), they'd just encountered the "bad guy", shot at him, and seen him excape by running through a steel door. The detective accompanying Rutger Hauer (I can't remember the names of the characters but it hardly matters) examines the remains of the door and then says "We need bigger guns."

And the first thing they do when they get the bigger guns is destroy Ruger Hauer's kitchen....because of a rat

[Roy Batty]

And the first thing they do when they get the bigger guns is destroy Ruger Hauer's kitchen....because of a rat

Hey, I feel that way about my kitchen too at the moment

'I dreamt music'.

[ciderman]

'A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away'

[Sigma_Orionis]

"Wipe them out..... All of them!"

[erisi236]

"Open the pod bay doors."

[Dr Nigel]

"Where are you going, Dave?"

And

"But I must detonate: I exist to destroy."

[Dr Nigel]

'A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away'

Hey, that's more like a cliche than canon, now.

[Dr Nigel]

Hey, I feel that way about my kitchen too at the moment

The first line after the detective destroys the kitchen is something along the lines of "I shot at a rat. I missed."

[Gemini]

Daisy, Daisy-HAL

Hello Computer! - Montgomery Scott

[Serenitude]

Shiny.

[Tobin Dax]

"But I must detonate: I exist to destroy."

I'm drawing a complete blank on the source of that one.

[JonClarke]

Dark star?

[nomuse]

"...and in the darkness, there was me."

"...Um....bomb...?"

[Dr Nigel]

Yes, I meant that to be Dark Star. From the bit where the bomb is jammed in the bomb-bay doors and the astronaut is out there trying to persuade it not to detonate. I love the concept there.

[Dr Nigel]

Greetings, program!

This program is buggier than a bait store!

Are you a user?

Not sure where that one's from (Tron, maybe?), but it reminds me of the Paranoia RPG...

The computer is your friend. Please report for termination.

Edited to add: hmmm, that might make a good signature...

[Serenitude]

Not sure where that one's from (Tron, maybe?), but it reminds me of the Paranoia RPG...

The computer is your friend. Please report for termination.

Edited to add: hmmm, that might make a good signature...

Yeah, that's from Tron. Also, I've been trying to remember Logan's Run without Googling...

[jamesabrown]

"I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."