# Movie Marathon (Part 4) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [February 10, 2026, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550 "2026-02-10T16:50:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 38
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/741 "2026-05-24T04:07:31Z")
**More memorable lines** 1. “Nobody steps on a church in my town!” - _Ghostbusters_ 2. “I am serious. And don’t call me Shirley.” - _Airplane_ 3. “I love you.” “I know.” - _The Empire Strikes Back_ 4. “I’m as mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore!” - _Network_ 5. “E.T. phone home.” - _E.T._ 6. “It must be some kind of … hot tub … time machine.” _Hot Tub Time Machine_ ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/742 "2026-05-24T09:20:25Z")
> [@](#): > > **More memorable lines** 1. “Nobody steps on a church in my town!” - _Ghostbusters_ 2. “I am serious. And don’t call me Shirley.” - _Airplane_ 3. “I love you.” “I know.” - _The Empire Strikes Back_ 4. “I’m as mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore!” - _Network_ 5. “E.T. phone home.” - _E.T._ 6. “It must be some kind of … hot tub … time machine.” _Hot Tub Time Machine_ 7. “May the Force be with you.” - _Star Wars_ ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/743 "2026-05-24T10:00:43Z")
> [@](#): > > **More memorable lines** 1. “Nobody steps on a church in my town!” - _Ghostbusters_ 2. “I am serious. And don’t call me Shirley.” - _Airplane_ 3. “I love you.” “I know.” - _The Empire Strikes Back_ 4. “I’m as mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore!” - _Network_ 5. “E.T. phone home.” - _E.T._ 6. “It must be some kind of … hot tub … time machine.” _Hot Tub Time Machine_ 7. “May the Force be with you.” - _Star Wars_ 8. “Is it safe?” - _Marathon Man_ ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/744 "2026-05-24T11:33:25Z")
> [@](#): > > **More memorable lines** 1. “Nobody steps on a church in my town!” - _Ghostbusters_ 2. “I am serious. And don’t call me Shirley.” - _Airplane_ 3. “I love you.” “I know.” - _The Empire Strikes Back_ 4. “I’m as mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore!” - _Network_ 5. “E.T. phone home.” - _E.T._ 6. “It must be some kind of … hot tub … time machine.” _Hot Tub Time Machine_ 7. “May the Force be with you.” - _Star Wars_ 8. “Is it safe?” - _Marathon Man_ 9. “Oh, Auntie Em, there’s no place like home.” - _The Wizard of Oz_ ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/745 "2026-05-24T11:43:37Z")
> [@](#): > > **More memorable lines** 1. “Nobody steps on a church in my town!” - _Ghostbusters_ 2. “I am serious. And don’t call me Shirley.” - _Airplane_ 3. “I love you.” “I know.” - _The Empire Strikes Back_ 4. “I’m as mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore!” - _Network_ 5. “E.T. phone home.” - _E.T._ 6. “It must be some kind of … hot tub … time machine.” _Hot Tub Time Machine_ 7. “May the Force be with you.” - _Star Wars_ 8. “Is it safe?” - _Marathon Man_ 9. “Oh, Auntie Em, there’s no place like home.” - _The Wizard of Oz_ 10. “Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my close-up.” - _Sunset Boulevard_ NEXT: **Lines that didn’t make the final script.** 1. “This boat isn’t going to be large enough.” – didn’t make it to _Jaws_ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/746 "2026-05-24T13:50:20Z")
NEXT: **Lines that didn’t make the final script.** 1. “This boat isn’t going to be large enough.” – didn’t make it to _Jaws_ 2. “A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more money than a hundred men with guns.” - left out of _The Godfather_ ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/747 "2026-05-24T14:43:27Z")
**Lines that didn’t make the final script.** 1. “This boat isn’t going to be large enough.” – didn’t make it to _Jaws_ 2. “A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more money than a hundred men with guns.” - left out of _The Godfather_ 3. “Here’s good luck to you, kid” Bogart ad-libbed and changed it to “Here’s looking at you, kid.” It sounded so good that they used it four times in _Casablanca_. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/748 "2026-05-24T15:18:20Z")
**Lines that didn’t make the final script.** 1. “This boat isn’t going to be large enough.” – didn’t make it to _Jaws_ 2. “A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more money than a hundred men with guns.” - left out of _The Godfather_ 3. “Here’s good luck to you, kid” Bogart ad-libbed and changed it to “Here’s looking at you, kid.” It sounded so good that they used it four times in _Casablanca_. 4. “Actually, I had our labs sequence your DNA and mine, and it turns out that I’m your dad!” - _Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back_ ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/749 "2026-05-24T15:21:34Z")
**Lines that didn’t make the final script.** 1. “This boat isn’t going to be large enough.” – didn’t make it to _Jaws_ 2. “A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more money than a hundred men with guns.” - left out of _The Godfather_ 3. “Here’s good luck to you, kid” Bogart ad-libbed and changed it to “Here’s looking at you, kid.” It sounded so good that they used it four times in _Casablanca_. 4. “Actually, I had our labs sequence your DNA and mine, and it turns out that I’m your dad!” - _Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back_ 5. “Life is like a box of chocolates. Sometimes you get that really gross one that you have to spit back out.” - not included in _Forrest Gump_ ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/750 "2026-05-24T15:31:35Z")
I think we have different interpretations of the topic meaning. 1 - 3 are real occurrences while 4 and 5 are made up for humor (unless my google-fu has completely left me.) ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/751 "2026-05-24T15:39:13Z")
I’m going to hazard that #1 wasn’t a real occurrence. Roy Scheider [famously ad-libbed](https://www.mattersmagazine.com/post/roy-scheider-were-gonna-need-a-bigger-boat) the “gonna need a bigger boat” line. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/752 "2026-05-24T15:55:17Z")
Uh, yeah-- I meant made up, un-snappy versions that never would have made it into the vernacular like the real line did. But if people know real examples of clunkers that got punched up for the final cut, that’s fine. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/753 "2026-05-24T16:06:26Z")
**Lines that didn’t make the final script.** 1. “This boat isn’t going to be large enough.” – didn’t make it to _Jaws_ 2. “A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more money than a hundred men with guns.” - left out of _The Godfather_ 3. “Here’s good luck to you, kid” Bogart ad-libbed and changed it to “Here’s looking at you, kid.” It sounded so good that they used it four times in _Casablanca_. 4. “Actually, I had our labs sequence your DNA and mine, and it turns out that I’m your dad!” - _Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back_ 5. “Life is like a box of chocolates. Sometimes you get that really gross one that you have to spit back out.” - not included in _Forrest Gump_ 6. “Who would enter the _Discovery_ must answer me these questions three, 'ere the inside of the craft he see.” Would have been spoken by HAL in _2001: A Space Odyssey_, after Dave tells him to open the pod bay door. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/754 "2026-05-24T16:08:26Z")
> [@dirtball](#): > > “Who would enter the _Discovery_ must answer me these questions three, 'ere the inside of the craft he see.” 🤣 🤣 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/755 "2026-05-24T18:45:54Z")
**Lines that didn’t make the final script.** 1. “This boat isn’t going to be large enough.” – didn’t make it to _Jaws_ 2. “A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more money than a hundred men with guns.” - left out of _The Godfather_ 3. “Here’s good luck to you, kid” Bogart ad-libbed and changed it to “Here’s looking at you, kid.” It sounded so good that they used it four times in _Casablanca_. 4. “Actually, I had our labs sequence your DNA and mine, and it turns out that I’m your dad!” - _Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back_ 5. “Life is like a box of chocolates. Sometimes you get that really gross one that you have to spit back out.” - not included in _Forrest Gump_ 6. “Who would enter the _Discovery_ must answer me these questions three, 'ere the inside of the craft he see.” Would have been spoken by HAL in _2001: A Space Odyssey_, after Dave tells him to open the pod bay door. 7. “I know what your thinking did he fire six shots or only five, and let’s see … I fired one at the guy with the shot gun, two that missed, two into the car, one that threw the guy through the window, 1+2+2+1 = 6 so I’m pretty sure I’m all out of ammo. But I might have miscounted.” - Dirty Harry ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/756 "2026-05-24T20:22:18Z")
OK, I’ll play along. **Lines that didn’t make the final script.** 1. “This boat isn’t going to be large enough.” – didn’t make it to _Jaws_ 2. “A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more money than a hundred men with guns.” - left out of _The Godfather_ 3. “Here’s good luck to you, kid” Bogart ad-libbed and changed it to “Here’s looking at you, kid.” It sounded so good that they used it four times in _Casablanca_. 4. “Actually, I had our labs sequence your DNA and mine, and it turns out that I’m your dad!” - _Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back_ 5. “Life is like a box of chocolates. Sometimes you get that really gross one that you have to spit back out.” - not included in _Forrest Gump_ 6. “Who would enter the _Discovery_ must answer me these questions three, 'ere the inside of the craft he see.” Would have been spoken by HAL in _2001: A Space Odyssey_, after Dave tells him to open the pod bay door. 7. “I know what your thinking did he fire six shots or only five, and let’s see … I fired one at the guy with the shot gun, two that missed, two into the car, one that threw the guy through the window, 1+2+2+1 = 6 so I’m pretty sure I’m all out of ammo. But I might have miscounted.” - Dirty Harry 8. “Ilsa, I ain’t good at making speeches, but I think what happens with people is they spill the beans on each other, making a big mess of things. Someday you might understand, and if you do, please explain it to me. Now beat it, kid.” - Rick Blaine; _Casablanca_ ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2026, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/757 "2026-05-25T04:30:04Z")
**Lines that didn’t make the final script.** 1. “This boat isn’t going to be large enough.” – didn’t make it to _Jaws_ 2. “A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more money than a hundred men with guns.” - left out of _The Godfather_ 3. “Here’s good luck to you, kid” Bogart ad-libbed and changed it to “Here’s looking at you, kid.” It sounded so good that they used it four times in _Casablanca_. 4. “Actually, I had our labs sequence your DNA and mine, and it turns out that I’m your dad!” - _Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back_ 5. “Life is like a box of chocolates. Sometimes you get that really gross one that you have to spit back out.” - not included in _Forrest Gump_ 6. “Who would enter the _Discovery_ must answer me these questions three, 'ere the inside of the craft he see.” Would have been spoken by HAL in _2001: A Space Odyssey_, after Dave tells him to open the pod bay door. 7. “I know what your thinking did he fire six shots or only five, and let’s see … I fired one at the guy with the shot gun, two that missed, two into the car, one that threw the guy through the window, 1+2+2+1 = 6 so I’m pretty sure I’m all out of ammo. But I might have miscounted.” - _Dirty Harry_ 8. “Ilsa, I ain’t good at making speeches, but I think what happens with people is they spill the beans on each other, making a big mess of things. Someday you might understand, and if you do, please explain it to me. Now beat it, kid.” - Rick Blaine; _Casablanca_ 9. “Frankly, my dear, I, uh, well, I don’t really care all _that_ much, y’know?” - Rhett Butler, _Gone with the Wind_ ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mike\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_H)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2026, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/758 "2026-05-25T18:51:45Z")
**Lines that didn’t make the final script.** 1. “This boat isn’t going to be large enough.” – didn’t make it to _Jaws_ 2. “A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more money than a hundred men with guns.” - left out of _The Godfather_ 3. “Here’s good luck to you, kid” Bogart ad-libbed and changed it to “Here’s looking at you, kid.” It sounded so good that they used it four times in _Casablanca_. 4. “Actually, I had our labs sequence your DNA and mine, and it turns out that I’m your dad!” - _Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back_ 5. “Life is like a box of chocolates. Sometimes you get that really gross one that you have to spit back out.” - not included in _Forrest Gump_ 6. “Who would enter the _Discovery_ must answer me these questions three, 'ere the inside of the craft he see.” Would have been spoken by HAL in _2001: A Space Odyssey_, after Dave tells him to open the pod bay door. 7. “I know what your thinking did he fire six shots or only five, and let’s see … I fired one at the guy with the shot gun, two that missed, two into the car, one that threw the guy through the window, 1+2+2+1 = 6 so I’m pretty sure I’m all out of ammo. But I might have miscounted.” - _Dirty Harry_ 8. “Ilsa, I ain’t good at making speeches, but I think what happens with people is they spill the beans on each other, making a big mess of things. Someday you might understand, and if you do, please explain it to me. Now beat it, kid.” - Rick Blaine; _Casablanca_ 9. “Frankly, my dear, I, uh, well, I don’t really care all _that_ much, y’know?” - Rhett Butler, _Gone with the Wind_ 10. “I am quite enamored during the early hours of the day of the burning smell of gasoline that has been gelled with coprecipitated aluminium salts of naphthenic acid and palmitic acid." - Lt. Colonel Kilgore, _Apocalypse Now_ Pass. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2026, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/759 "2026-05-25T21:47:07Z")
> [@Mike\_H](#): > > 1. “I am quite enamored during the early hours of the day of the burning smell of gasoline that has been gelled with coprecipitated aluminium salts of naphthenic acid and palmitic acid." - Lt. Colonel Kilgore, _Apocalypse Now_ If I might add: “… It smells like we did something good here.” ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2026, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/760 "2026-05-26T18:04:28Z")
Next: **Supporting/Secondary Characters in the _Star Wars_ Films** 1. Wedge Antilles - a Corellian fighter pilot for the Rebellion, he appears in all three films of the Original Trilogy, and has a cameo as a gunner on the _Millennium Falcon_ in _The Rise of Skywalker_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550.md?page=37) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550.md?page=39)