# Great Movie Tag Lines

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movie-tag-lines/365323>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 20, 2006, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movie-tag-lines/365323 "2006-07-20T13:09:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movie-tag-lines/365323/21 "2006-07-21T14:52:38Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
Was it _Poltergeist_ that had “Be afraid. Be very afraid”? It was so good, it quickly became a cliche.  
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No _The Fly_ but _Poltergeist_ had “They’re Here…” which cleverly became “They’re Back…” for the sequel.

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movie-tag-lines/365323/22 "2006-07-21T15:17:09Z")

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You know the name. You know the number" - **Goldeneye**

The human adventure is just beginning - \*\* Star Trek TMP \*\*

See how they run - **Fled**

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**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movie-tag-lines/365323/23 "2006-07-23T06:59:44Z")

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They didn’t make history–they stole it– **Time Bandits**

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**Author:** ![Julius\_Henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Julius\_Henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julius_Henry)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movie-tag-lines/365323/24 "2006-07-23T10:58:11Z")

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It’s finally it’s safe to go back in the water. **Flipper** the '96 remake.

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**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movie-tag-lines/365323/25 "2006-07-23T15:01:47Z")

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“See it again for the first time!” - under a Neuralizer for **Men in Black**

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movie-tag-lines/365323/26 "2006-07-23T15:13:17Z")

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**Alien Vs Predator** - No matter who wins, we lose.

**The Thing** (1982) - Man is the warmest place to hide.

**Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan** - At the end of the universe lies the beginning of vengeance.

**The Omega Man** - The last man on Earth is not alone.

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**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movie-tag-lines/365323/27 "2006-07-23T16:29:00Z")

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“For Three Men The Civil War Wasn’t Hell. It Was Practice!” - **The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly**

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**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movie-tag-lines/365323/28 "2006-07-24T00:05:21Z")

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I don’t know if the movie will be any good, but I like the tagline for the upcoming film _Talledaga Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby_, a comedy starring Will Ferrell as a dimwitted NASCAR driver: “The story of a man who could only count to #1.”

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