Funny moments in sci-fi films that aren’t comedies
The Last Starfighter: The android Beta unit, replacing Alex Rogan on Earth while he’s away being a Starfighter, tries to flirt with Maggie while he’s on a date. He decides to do it by listening in on cad Jack Blake’s talk with his own girlfriend, out of human earshot, and repeating what he says. “The other girls meant nothing to me!”
Funny moments in sci-fi films that aren’t comedies
The Last Starfighter: The android Beta unit, replacing Alex Rogan on Earth while he’s away being a Starfighter, tries to flirt with Maggie while he’s on a date. He decides to do it by listening in on cad Jack Blake’s talk with his own girlfriend, out of human earshot, and repeating what he says. “The other girls meant nothing to me!”
Star Wars: While rescuing Princess Leia from her prison cell on the Death Star, Han attempts, and fails, to ad-lib a coherent response to an Imperial officer questioning him over an intercom. “Uh, we had a slight weapons malfunction, but uh… everything’s perfectly all right now. We’re fine. We’re all fine here now, thank you. How are you?”
Funny moments in sci-fi films that aren’t comedies
The Last Starfighter: The android Beta unit, replacing Alex Rogan on Earth while he’s away being a Starfighter, tries to flirt with Maggie while he’s on a date. He decides to do it by listening in on cad Jack Blake’s talk with his own girlfriend, out of human earshot, and repeating what he says. “The other girls meant nothing to me!”
Star Wars: While rescuing Princess Leia from her prison cell on the Death Star, Han attempts, and fails, to ad-lib a coherent response to an Imperial officer questioning him over an intercom. “Uh, we had a slight weapons malfunction, but uh… everything’s perfectly all right now. We’re fine. We’re all fine here now, thank you. How are you?”
The Terminator: While hiding out and preparing for the Terminator to arrive, Sarah tries to get to know Kyle better on a personal level. “The women in your time, what are they like?” Kyle doesn’t get that she’s trying to flirt with him. “Good fighters.”
Funny moments in sci-fi films that aren’t comedies
The Last Starfighter: The android Beta unit, replacing Alex Rogan on Earth while he’s away being a Starfighter, tries to flirt with Maggie while he’s on a date. He decides to do it by listening in on cad Jack Blake’s talk with his own girlfriend, out of human earshot, and repeating what he says. “The other girls meant nothing to me!”
Star Wars: While rescuing Princess Leia from her prison cell on the Death Star, Han attempts, and fails, to ad-lib a coherent response to an Imperial officer questioning him over an intercom. “Uh, we had a slight weapons malfunction, but uh… everything’s perfectly all right now. We’re fine. We’re all fine here now, thank you. How are you?”
The Terminator: While hiding out and preparing for the Terminator to arrive, Sarah tries to get to know Kyle better on a personal level. “The women in your time, what are they like?” Kyle doesn’t get that she’s trying to flirt with him. “Good fighters.”
2001: A Space Odyssey: HAL 9000 pleading with Dave as Dave’s about to shut him down. There’s a lot to unpack there, and it’s simultaneously fascinating, unsettling, sad, and yes (due in no small part to Douglas Rain’s performance), simply hilarious.
Funny moments in sci-fi films that aren’t comedies
The Last Starfighter: The android Beta unit, replacing Alex Rogan on Earth while he’s away being a Starfighter, tries to flirt with Maggie while he’s on a date. He decides to do it by listening in on cad Jack Blake’s talk with his own girlfriend, out of human earshot, and repeating what he says. “The other girls meant nothing to me!”
Star Wars: While rescuing Princess Leia from her prison cell on the Death Star, Han attempts, and fails, to ad-lib a coherent response to an Imperial officer questioning him over an intercom. “Uh, we had a slight weapons malfunction, but uh… everything’s perfectly all right now. We’re fine. We’re all fine here now, thank you. How are you?”
The Terminator: While hiding out and preparing for the Terminator to arrive, Sarah tries to get to know Kyle better on a personal level. “The women in your time, what are they like?” Kyle doesn’t get that she’s trying to flirt with him. “Good fighters.”
2001: A Space Odyssey: HAL 9000 pleading with Dave as Dave’s about to shut him down. There’s a lot to unpack there, and it’s simultaneously fascinating, unsettling, sad, and yes (due in no small part to Douglas Rain’s performance), simply hilarious.
Starman: The Starman and Jenny are driving to his rendezvous point in Arizona. At one point, she, driving, accelerated to get through a yellow light. He eventually learns to drive a car, and they share the driving. At one point, when he was behind the wheel, they come up to a traffic signal that suddently turns yellow. The Starman floors it, and they roar through just as the light turns red. Jenny says, “I thought you knew what traffic signals mean.” He replies, “I do know. Red means Stop, green means Go, and yellow means Go Very Fast.”
Funny moments in sci-fi films that aren’t comedies
The Last Starfighter: The android Beta unit, replacing Alex Rogan on Earth while he’s away being a Starfighter, tries to flirt with Maggie while he’s on a date. He decides to do it by listening in on cad Jack Blake’s talk with his own girlfriend, out of human earshot, and repeating what he says. “The other girls meant nothing to me!”
Star Wars: While rescuing Princess Leia from her prison cell on the Death Star, Han attempts, and fails, to ad-lib a coherent response to an Imperial officer questioning him over an intercom. “Uh, we had a slight weapons malfunction, but uh… everything’s perfectly all right now. We’re fine. We’re all fine here now, thank you. How are you?”
The Terminator: While hiding out and preparing for the Terminator to arrive, Sarah tries to get to know Kyle better on a personal level. “The women in your time, what are they like?” Kyle doesn’t get that she’s trying to flirt with him. “Good fighters.”
2001: A Space Odyssey: HAL 9000 pleading with Dave as Dave’s about to shut him down. There’s a lot to unpack there, and it’s simultaneously fascinating, unsettling, sad, and yes (due in no small part to Douglas Rain’s performance), simply hilarious.
Starman: The Starman and Jenny are driving to his rendezvous point in Arizona. At one point, she, driving, accelerated to get through a yellow light. He eventually learns to drive a car, and they share the driving. At one point, when he was behind the wheel, they come up to a traffic signal that suddently turns yellow. The Starman floors it, and they roar through just as the light turns red. Jenny says, “I thought you knew what traffic signals mean.” He replies, “I do know. Red means Stop, green means Go, and yellow means Go Very Fast.”
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home – When the Star Trek crew lands in Golden Gate Park in their invisible Klingon ship (due to the cloaking device) and fan out to search for the whales, Kirk reminds the crew to “Remember where we parked.”
Funny moments in sci-fi films that aren’t comedies
The Last Starfighter: The android Beta unit, replacing Alex Rogan on Earth while he’s away being a Starfighter, tries to flirt with Maggie while he’s on a date. He decides to do it by listening in on cad Jack Blake’s talk with his own girlfriend, out of human earshot, and repeating what he says. “The other girls meant nothing to me!”
Star Wars: While rescuing Princess Leia from her prison cell on the Death Star, Han attempts, and fails, to ad-lib a coherent response to an Imperial officer questioning him over an intercom. “Uh, we had a slight weapons malfunction, but uh… everything’s perfectly all right now. We’re fine. We’re all fine here now, thank you. How are you?”
The Terminator: While hiding out and preparing for the Terminator to arrive, Sarah tries to get to know Kyle better on a personal level. “The women in your time, what are they like?” Kyle doesn’t get that she’s trying to flirt with him. “Good fighters.”
2001: A Space Odyssey: HAL 9000 pleading with Dave as Dave’s about to shut him down. There’s a lot to unpack there, and it’s simultaneously fascinating, unsettling, sad, and yes (due in no small part to Douglas Rain’s performance), simply hilarious.
Starman: The Starman and Jenny are driving to his rendezvous point in Arizona. At one point, she, driving, accelerated to get through a yellow light. He eventually learns to drive a car, and they share the driving. At one point, when he was behind the wheel, they come up to a traffic signal that suddently turns yellow. The Starman floors it, and they roar through just as the light turns red. Jenny says, “I thought you knew what traffic signals mean.” He replies, “I do know. Red means Stop, green means Go, and yellow means Go Very Fast.”
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home – When the Star Trek crew lands in Golden Gate Park in their invisible Klingon ship (due to the cloaking device) and fan out to search for the whales, Kirk reminds the crew to “Remember where we parked.”
Contact - At a press conference, gov’t official Kitz is speaking to Ellie (Jodie Foster), when Dr. Kent Clark approaches. Clark (who is blind) greets Mr. Kitz with “Nice to smell you, sir.” Then leans towards Ellie and says, “Never would’ve pegged him for a Polo man.”
Funny moments in sci-fi films that aren’t comedies
The Last Starfighter: The android Beta unit, replacing Alex Rogan on Earth while he’s away being a Starfighter, tries to flirt with Maggie while he’s on a date. He decides to do it by listening in on cad Jack Blake’s talk with his own girlfriend, out of human earshot, and repeating what he says. “The other girls meant nothing to me!”
Star Wars: While rescuing Princess Leia from her prison cell on the Death Star, Han attempts, and fails, to ad-lib a coherent response to an Imperial officer questioning him over an intercom. “Uh, we had a slight weapons malfunction, but uh… everything’s perfectly all right now. We’re fine. We’re all fine here now, thank you. How are you?”
The Terminator: While hiding out and preparing for the Terminator to arrive, Sarah tries to get to know Kyle better on a personal level. “The women in your time, what are they like?” Kyle doesn’t get that she’s trying to flirt with him. “Good fighters.”
2001: A Space Odyssey: HAL 9000 pleading with Dave as Dave’s about to shut him down. There’s a lot to unpack there, and it’s simultaneously fascinating, unsettling, sad, and yes (due in no small part to Douglas Rain’s performance), simply hilarious.
Starman: The Starman and Jenny are driving to his rendezvous point in Arizona. At one point, she, driving, accelerated to get through a yellow light. He eventually learns to drive a car, and they share the driving. At one point, when he was behind the wheel, they come up to a traffic signal that suddently turns yellow. The Starman floors it, and they roar through just as the light turns red. Jenny says, “I thought you knew what traffic signals mean.” He replies, “I do know. Red means Stop, green means Go, and yellow means Go Very Fast.”
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home – When the Star Trek crew lands in Golden Gate Park in their invisible Klingon ship (due to the cloaking device) and fan out to search for the whales, Kirk reminds the crew to “Remember where we parked.”
Contact - At a press conference, gov’t official Kitz is speaking to Ellie (Jodie Foster), when Dr. Kent Clark approaches. Clark (who is blind) greets Mr. Kitz with “Nice to smell you, sir.” Then leans towards Ellie and says, “Never would’ve pegged him for a Polo man.”
The King’s Speech - “Fuck. Fuck! Fuck, fuck, fuck and fuck! Fuck, fuck and bugger! Bugger, bugger, buggerty buggerty buggerty, fuck, fuck, arse!” “You don’t stammer when you’re swearing.”
I couldn’t find the exact quote. I might have left off a couple of “fucks”.
Funny moments in sci-fi films that aren’t comedies
The Last Starfighter: The android Beta unit, replacing Alex Rogan on Earth while he’s away being a Starfighter, tries to flirt with Maggie while he’s on a date. He decides to do it by listening in on cad Jack Blake’s talk with his own girlfriend, out of human earshot, and repeating what he says. “The other girls meant nothing to me!”
Star Wars: While rescuing Princess Leia from her prison cell on the Death Star, Han attempts, and fails, to ad-lib a coherent response to an Imperial officer questioning him over an intercom. “Uh, we had a slight weapons malfunction, but uh… everything’s perfectly all right now. We’re fine. We’re all fine here now, thank you. How are you?”
The Terminator: While hiding out and preparing for the Terminator to arrive, Sarah tries to get to know Kyle better on a personal level. “The women in your time, what are they like?” Kyle doesn’t get that she’s trying to flirt with him. “Good fighters.”
2001: A Space Odyssey: HAL 9000 pleading with Dave as Dave’s about to shut him down. There’s a lot to unpack there, and it’s simultaneously fascinating, unsettling, sad, and yes (due in no small part to Douglas Rain’s performance), simply hilarious.
Starman: The Starman and Jenny are driving to his rendezvous point in Arizona. At one point, she, driving, accelerated to get through a yellow light. He eventually learns to drive a car, and they share the driving. At one point, when he was behind the wheel, they come up to a traffic signal that suddently turns yellow. The Starman floors it, and they roar through just as the light turns red. Jenny says, “I thought you knew what traffic signals mean.” He replies, “I do know. Red means Stop, green means Go, and yellow means Go Very Fast.”
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home – When the Star Trek crew lands in Golden Gate Park in their invisible Klingon ship (due to the cloaking device) and fan out to search for the whales, Kirk reminds the crew to “Remember where we parked.”
Contact - At a press conference, gov’t official Kitz is speaking to Ellie (Jodie Foster), when Dr. Kent Clark approaches. Clark (who is blind) greets Mr. Kitz with “Nice to smell you, sir.” Then leans towards Ellie and says, “Never would’ve pegged him for a Polo man.”
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension - Jeff Goldblum’s character joins the Banzais and arrives in full cowboy get up. One of the other Banzai’s asks him what they should call him, and he says, “New Jersey”.
Funny moments in sci-fi films that aren’t comedies
The Last Starfighter: The android Beta unit, replacing Alex Rogan on Earth while he’s away being a Starfighter, tries to flirt with Maggie while he’s on a date. He decides to do it by listening in on cad Jack Blake’s talk with his own girlfriend, out of human earshot, and repeating what he says. “The other girls meant nothing to me!”
Star Wars: While rescuing Princess Leia from her prison cell on the Death Star, Han attempts, and fails, to ad-lib a coherent response to an Imperial officer questioning him over an intercom. “Uh, we had a slight weapons malfunction, but uh… everything’s perfectly all right now. We’re fine. We’re all fine here now, thank you. How are you?”
The Terminator: While hiding out and preparing for the Terminator to arrive, Sarah tries to get to know Kyle better on a personal level. “The women in your time, what are they like?” Kyle doesn’t get that she’s trying to flirt with him. “Good fighters.”
2001: A Space Odyssey: HAL 9000 pleading with Dave as Dave’s about to shut him down. There’s a lot to unpack there, and it’s simultaneously fascinating, unsettling, sad, and yes (due in no small part to Douglas Rain’s performance), simply hilarious.
Starman: The Starman and Jenny are driving to his rendezvous point in Arizona. At one point, she, driving, accelerated to get through a yellow light. He eventually learns to drive a car, and they share the driving. At one point, when he was behind the wheel, they come up to a traffic signal that suddently turns yellow. The Starman floors it, and they roar through just as the light turns red. Jenny says, “I thought you knew what traffic signals mean.” He replies, “I do know. Red means Stop, green means Go, and yellow means Go Very Fast.”
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home – When the Star Trek crew lands in Golden Gate Park in their invisible Klingon ship (due to the cloaking device) and fan out to search for the whales, Kirk reminds the crew to “Remember where we parked.”
Contact - At a press conference, gov’t official Kitz is speaking to Ellie (Jodie Foster), when Dr. Kent Clark approaches. Clark (who is blind) greets Mr. Kitz with “Nice to smell you, sir.” Then leans towards Ellie and says, “Never would’ve pegged him for a Polo man.”
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension - Jeff Goldblum’s character joins the Banzais and arrives in full cowboy get up. One of the other Banzai’s asks him what they should call him, and he says, “New Jersey”.
Repo Man - Miller is in the 1964 Chevy Malibu with the alien in the trunk which makes it a space ship that doubles as a time machine and beckons Otto to join him. Otto moves towards it which prompts the below conversation:
Leila: What about our relationship?
Otto: What?
Leila: Our relationship!
Otto: Fuck that!
Leila: You SHITHEAD! I’m glad I tortured you!
Funny moments in sci-fi films that aren’t comedies
The Last Starfighter: The android Beta unit, replacing Alex Rogan on Earth while he’s away being a Starfighter, tries to flirt with Maggie while he’s on a date. He decides to do it by listening in on cad Jack Blake’s talk with his own girlfriend, out of human earshot, and repeating what he says. “The other girls meant nothing to me!”
Star Wars: While rescuing Princess Leia from her prison cell on the Death Star, Han attempts, and fails, to ad-lib a coherent response to an Imperial officer questioning him over an intercom. “Uh, we had a slight weapons malfunction, but uh… everything’s perfectly all right now. We’re fine. We’re all fine here now, thank you. How are you?”
The Terminator: While hiding out and preparing for the Terminator to arrive, Sarah tries to get to know Kyle better on a personal level. “The women in your time, what are they like?” Kyle doesn’t get that she’s trying to flirt with him. “Good fighters.”
2001: A Space Odyssey: HAL 9000 pleading with Dave as Dave’s about to shut him down. There’s a lot to unpack there, and it’s simultaneously fascinating, unsettling, sad, and yes (due in no small part to Douglas Rain’s performance), simply hilarious.
Starman: The Starman and Jenny are driving to his rendezvous point in Arizona. At one point, she, driving, accelerated to get through a yellow light. He eventually learns to drive a car, and they share the driving. At one point, when he was behind the wheel, they come up to a traffic signal that suddently turns yellow. The Starman floors it, and they roar through just as the light turns red. Jenny says, “I thought you knew what traffic signals mean.” He replies, “I do know. Red means Stop, green means Go, and yellow means Go Very Fast.”
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home – When the Star Trek crew lands in Golden Gate Park in their invisible Klingon ship (due to the cloaking device) and fan out to search for the whales, Kirk reminds the crew to “Remember where we parked.”
Contact - At a press conference, gov’t official Kitz is speaking to Ellie (Jodie Foster), when Dr. Kent Clark approaches. Clark (who is blind) greets Mr. Kitz with “Nice to smell you, sir.” Then leans towards Ellie and says, “Never would’ve pegged him for a Polo man.”
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension - Jeff Goldblum’s character joins the Banzais and arrives in full cowboy get up. One of the other Banzai’s asks him what they should call him, and he says, “New Jersey”.
Repo Man - Miller is in the 1964 Chevy Malibu with the alien in the trunk which makes it a space ship that doubles as a time machine and beckons Otto to join him. Otto moves towards it which prompts the below conversation:
Leila: What about our relationship?
Otto: What?
Leila: Our relationship!
Otto: Fuck that!
Leila: You SHITHEAD! I’m glad I tortured you!
District 9 - “I mean you can’t say they don’t look like that. That’s what they look like, right? They look like prawns.”
