# Tremors movie bad line. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 22, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tremors-movie-bad-line/533368 "2010-03-22T18:30:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![halfliquid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e57/32.png) [@halfliquid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/halfliquid)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tremors-movie-bad-line/533368/1 "2010-03-22T18:30:35Z")
This has bugged me since this movie came out, so I thought after 21 years that posting about it will help me move on with my life. A line near the end of the movie when Rhonda says, “…then we run like goddamn bastards” was stupid. It could have been something like, “…then we run like goddamn politicians” or “…then we run like goddamn diarrhea.” Maybe when this movie is remade in a few years that line will be changed. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tremors-movie-bad-line/533368/2 "2010-03-22T18:38:23Z")
> [@halfliquid](#): > > A line near the end of the movie when Rhonda says, “…then we run like goddamn bastards” was stupid. When it comes to Tremors (and to a lesser extent, the second one), I consider myself a bit of a film scholar. The whole line makes perfect sense as Rhonda is earlier shown not to swear, so when she does swear, it helps sell her plan to the rest, who like to swear. Tremors is deep man. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tremors-movie-bad-line/533368/3 "2010-03-22T18:58:34Z")
\*Tremors \*is what \*Dune \*wished it had been. Fuckin’ awesome! ---
**Author:** ![halfliquid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e57/32.png) [@halfliquid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/halfliquid)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tremors-movie-bad-line/533368/4 "2010-03-22T19:02:41Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > When it comes to Tremors (and to a lesser extent, the second one), I consider myself a bit of a film scholar. The whole line makes perfect sense as Rhonda is earlier shown not to swear, so when she does swear, it helps sell her plan to the rest, who like to swear. > > Tremors is deep man. I understand about the swearing, but it’s more about the choice of the word _bastards_ that I don’t like. I think just her using _goddamn_ would be enough, followed by a word that more appropriately relates to _run like_. The phrase “run like goddamn bastards” doesn’t roll off the tongue, for me. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tremors-movie-bad-line/533368/5 "2010-03-22T19:10:44Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > When it comes to Tremors (and to a lesser extent, the second one), I consider myself a bit of a film scholar. The whole line makes perfect sense as Rhonda is earlier shown not to swear, so when she does swear, it helps sell her plan to the rest, who like to swear. Yes. “Politicians” or “Diarrhea” would be clever, and she’s not trying to be clever, she’s trying to be one of the boys. Hence, the double-swear. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tremors-movie-bad-line/533368/6 "2010-03-22T20:56:45Z")
> [@halfliquid](#): > > I understand about the swearing, but it’s more about the choice of the word _bastards_ that I don’t like. I think just her using _goddamn_ would be enough, followed by a word that more appropriately relates to _run like_. The phrase “run like goddamn bastards” doesn’t roll off the tongue, for me. But you’re ok with Val referring to the graboids as “motherhumpers”?? . ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tremors-movie-bad-line/533368/7 "2010-03-22T20:58:07Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > Tremors is deep man. Amen. It’s a little masterpiece. I never get tired of watching it. . ---
**Author:** ![halfliquid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e57/32.png) [@halfliquid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/halfliquid)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tremors-movie-bad-line/533368/8 "2010-03-22T21:30:23Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > But you’re ok with Val referring to the graboids as “motherhumpers”?? > > . Why not? ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tremors-movie-bad-line/533368/9 "2010-03-22T21:47:20Z")
I’m ok with the line. It’s not supposed to be taken literally so “bastards” is just interjected as a tough sounding word. It could have just as easily been “then we run like a couple of goddamn sons-a-bitches” or “we run like goddamn m-fers” and it would have had the same feeling. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tremors-movie-bad-line/533368/10 "2010-03-22T22:20:03Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > It could have just as easily been “then we run like a couple of goddamn sons-a-bitches” or “we run like goddamn m-fers” and it would have had the same feeling. Funnily enough, the television edit replaces bastards (with blazes), not goddamn. Which I think works equally as well. Although Tremors is the source of the infamous “Shut the front door!” TV edit too… ---
**Author:** ![ProfessorX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@ProfessorX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ProfessorX)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tremors-movie-bad-line/533368/11 "2010-03-22T22:30:23Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > Although Tremors is the source of the infamous “Shut the front door!” TV edit too… A classic, but my personal favorite has to be “Jeepers creepers that thing’s real!” from The Matrix. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tremors-movie-bad-line/533368/12 "2010-03-22T22:39:49Z")
> [@ProfessorX](#): > > A classic, but my personal favorite has to be “Jeepers creepers that thing’s real!” from The Matrix. I remember that! 😃 One thing I don’t understand is why they even air movies like _Pulp Fiction_ only to censor it. Every other word is a curse. There isn’t a minute that goes by where you don’t have to listen to silly voice-overs. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tremors-movie-bad-line/533368/13 "2010-03-22T22:58:02Z")
I am guessing that the OP would not be onboard with “Woo hoo! I am masturbating like a motherfuck!” either. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tremors-movie-bad-line/533368/14 "2010-03-23T00:36:35Z")
> [@ProfessorX](#): > > A classic, but my personal favorite has to be “Jeepers creepers that thing’s real!” from The Matrix. Or, better, “I’m tired of these monkey-fried snakes on this Monday-Friday plane!” ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tremors-movie-bad-line/533368/15 "2010-03-23T00:46:01Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Or, better, “I’m tired of these monkey-fried snakes on this Monday-Friday plane!” Please tell me this is a joke. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tremors-movie-bad-line/533368/16 "2010-03-23T01:30:11Z")
> **["I have had it with these Monkey-Fried snakes on this Monday-Friday Plane!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=514729)** > > … and other examples of Really Stupid Censorship. And I thought the time when I saw some movie on TV where the word “F\*\*\*” was consistently replaced with “Fudge” was bad. :rolleyes: Even though one person thinks he said “I’ve had it with these monkey fighting snakes on this Monday to Friday plane.” ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tremors-movie-bad-line/533368/17 "2010-03-23T01:44:33Z")
> [@halfliquid](#): > > Why not? Because it’s not quite the word one would have expected from such a character? Nah- I was just having fun with talking about the movie. Consider it stepped on. . ---
**Author:** ![halfliquid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e57/32.png) [@halfliquid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/halfliquid)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tremors-movie-bad-line/533368/18 "2010-03-23T02:13:58Z")
Even “run like fucking crazy,” or “run like goddamn hell” seems like it flows better. I think I would have preferred Rhonda saying “…then we run like fucking crazy.” The next time I watch the movie I’ll hear that line! ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tremors-movie-bad-line/533368/19 "2010-03-23T02:29:21Z")
I think that line is _supposed_ to sound awkward. Swearing doesn’t come naturally to Rhonda, so her word choice/phrasing is a little odd. It’s in keeping with her character and I like the line just the way it is. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tremors-movie-bad-line/533368/20 "2010-03-23T03:53:18Z")
“…then we run like goddamn melonfarmers!” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tremors-movie-bad-line/533368.md?page=2)