Anybody know?
OK…this is a running joke I heard on the local radio station just to irritate one of the DJ’s who is a big Star Wars fan…but thought it would generate a few other stupid questions people ask about films, or inane questions that you have heard.
I heard this and it was one of the reasons I didn’t go see The Passion of the Christ:
“Why wasn’t he speaking English?”
I had a headache for two weeks from the smack I gave my poor, abused forehead.
Mr. Spock. Mr. Spock. Mr. Spock.
DR. SPOCK is the baby doctor. Dr. Benjamin Spock. DEAD.
Not our favorite Vulcan.
MR. SPOCK.
Years ago I was sitting in a theater watching Powasqatsi, the sequel to Koyanisqatsi. Both movies consist of nothing but interesting images accompanied by a Phillip Glass score.
About twenty minutes into it, a man sitting behind me turned to his date and muttered angrily: “Gee, how much longer do we have to wait before the MOVIE starts?”
A few minutes later they got tired of “waiting for the movie to start” and left … .
Gee…this question must REALLY be irritating that DJ! I hadn’t even considered that!
A coworker, knowing I was a movie buff, etc., once seriously asked me how come John Travolta was able to be in Pulp Fiction after being killed by Bruce Willis.
I could have been a jerk, but I carefully explained how the movie was shown out of sequence. To this day, I’m still not sure if he got it… as he asked me why anyone would want to do that.
Sir Rhosis
And to be fair, I once asked my stepfather how come cowboys could sling a rope and make it tie around someone’s neck.
I remember his patience in showing me how a noose was fashioned and how roping worked.
Granted, I was about six or seven years of age, but since then I have tried not to laugh openly about stupid questions. Here on the SDMB, yes, openly, no.
Sir Rhosis
But, if Dr. Spock IS dead, then the question of who to play him is relevant. It’s not like they could cobble together some archival footage and splice it into a scene…
I believe you’ve just let out the ultimate ROTS spolier. Yes, Obi-Wan does consult Dr. Spock and asks where he went wrong in Anikin’s formative years.
In the finale, Darth consults Dr. Spock for advice on the rearing of Luke and Leia.
Who says Lucas doesn’t write anything of any depth and substance.
Sir Rhosis
My sister once dismissed “Pulp Fiction” as ‘that dumb backwards movie’ – I had to keep away from her for a few weeks after that.
I know some idiot on these very boards who once seriously asserted that the Russian Ambassador used his pocket watch to detontate the Doomsday Device at the end of Dr. Strangelove–! Yeesh. What a maroon.
Did anyone get his katra before he died?
Okay, but so who is playing the role of Dr. Seuss in the new Star Wars movie?
I heard he was going to be played by Dr. Doolittle.
Oh geez… :rolleyes:
So, did you correct her and tell her that she was actually thinking of Memento?
I kid…I kid…
Sorry, his katra was chased away by the dogma.
I swear I am not making this up:
Overheard while waiting in line at a store:
“Do you think they’ll make a sequel to The Lord Of The Rings?”
I’m betting calling him “Dr. Spock” is part of the dj’s joke.
Which I unfortunately ran over with my karma. I’m sorry.
Speaking of Dr. Spock, did they bury him with those crazy ears?
Walking out of “Romeo and Juliet” I heard two young women in their late teens/early 20s talking.
“OMG!. I can’t believe they both died.”
”I know, I didn’t think they were both going to really die”.