# Challenge us with a non-famous line from a movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [April 2, 2022, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142 "2022-04-02T06:07:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 241
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4805 "2026-08-25T01:19:19Z")
A little slow-paced by modern standards, but I really appreciated how much they were able to accomplish with practical effects and the way the Kobayashi Maru scene at the beginning foreshadows Spock’s sacrifice at the end. They could’ve done more to play up the fact that Khan was a genocidal tyrant instead of just a buff old guy in Mad Max gear, and it was a little disappointing that he and Kirk never actually meet face-to-face in the movie, but overall excellent, and Ricardo Montalban is absolutely hamming it up in every single scene he’s in to the point that Shatner seems sedate by comparison. Also, the red jacket with the flap is my all-time favorite Starfleet uniform and I want one. I’m gonna have to rewatch The Search For Spock and The Voyage Home when I get back from vacation so as to close out that trilogy. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2026, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4806 "2026-08-27T01:04:42Z")
The Big Lebowski. ‘It’s not often we receive visitors here, let alone offer them… hospitality.’ RIP Tim Curry. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2026, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4807 "2026-08-27T01:31:02Z")
Spoken by Dr. Frank N Furter in _ **The Rocky Horror Picture Show** _. I haven’t seen this movie in a very long time, but I knew it right away. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4808 "2026-08-28T02:08:01Z")
Correct, I didn’t really think that line would last, but I thought it was off the top enough for the spirit of the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2026, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4809 "2026-08-29T06:23:29Z")
“She doesn’t have bad dreams because she’s a piece of plastic.” ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2026, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4810 "2026-08-29T08:10:43Z")
_Aliens_ ?? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4811 "2026-08-30T08:04:43Z")
Correct! Watched it on a flight the other day. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2026, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4812 "2026-08-31T08:45:02Z")
“Where I come from, there’s a terrible drought.” ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2026, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4813 "2026-09-02T04:44:02Z")
_The Man Who Fell to Earth_? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2026, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4814 "2026-09-02T04:49:25Z")
Bingo! ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2026, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4815 "2026-09-02T04:58:00Z")
In honor of my recent retirement. ‘Well, Abe, how’s it fell to be retired?’ ‘Yeah, it’s driving me crazy. Man’s only as good as his last days work.’ ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2026, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4816 "2026-09-02T23:29:57Z")
“(he) is a dying star. A white dwarf heading for a black hole. That’s physics. It’s inevitable.” ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2026, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4817 "2026-09-03T08:43:48Z")
No Country for Old Men? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2026, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4818 "2026-09-03T09:03:53Z")
“For future reference, right-handed men don’t hold it with their left." ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2026, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4819 "2026-09-03T11:24:37Z")
Gattaca ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2026, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4820 "2026-09-03T18:47:44Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > “I read Sylvia Plath, I listen to Bikini Kill and I eat Tofu. I am a unique rebel.“ No one? Okay…a different movie: “If I could think of an excuse that you would buy, I’d use it.” ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4821 "2026-09-04T04:42:51Z")
No, not _quite_ that dark. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2026, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4822 "2026-09-05T04:04:51Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > No, not _quite_ that dark The Office? ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2026, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4823 "2026-09-05T04:05:31Z")
[quote=“Superdude, post:4820, topic:962142, full:true”] > [@Superdude](#): > > “I read Sylvia Plath, I listen to Bikini Kill and I eat Tofu. I am a unique rebel.“ Okay, since no one guessed it, it’s from _Not Another Teen Movie_. This one is still up for grabs, though: > [@](#): > > “If I could think of an excuse that you would buy, I’d use it.” And I’ll add another movie: “I will go insane! And I will take you with me!” ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2026, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4824 "2026-09-05T04:08:39Z")
Ugh! Stumped at the “Abe” line. Here’s this: “He didn’t burst into tears and he didn’t think that the first thing most people do when they realise someone doesn’t love them anymore is cry” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142.md?page=240) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142.md?page=242)