# Where did "Nuke 'em from orbit" come from? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 11, 2007, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440 "2007-03-11T02:35:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/181 "2007-03-15T19:22:57Z")
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers] Looks like love at first sight to me. [/QUOTE] It doesn’t mean we’re engaged or anything. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/182 "2007-03-15T19:57:04Z")
So have we used every single line of dialog yet? Or will we start using stuff from the directors cut, too? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/183 "2007-03-15T20:46:47Z")
[QUOTE=Hypno-Toad] So have we used every single line of dialog yet? Or will we start using stuff from the directors cut, too? [/QUOTE] Yep. Next time they just come up and knock. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/184 "2007-03-15T20:55:27Z")
[QUOTE=Hypno-Toad] So have we used every single line of dialog yet? Or will we start using stuff from the directors cut, too? [/QUOTE] And after that, branch to other Cameron movies. Like the Abyss, for instance (which became a much better movie when all the deleted scenes were put back in) “There is something down there. Something not us.” ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/185 "2007-03-15T22:05:12Z")
[QUOTE=Hypno-Toad] So have we used every single line of dialog yet? [/QUOTE] Yeah, but it’s a dry heat. What? ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/186 "2007-03-15T22:14:47Z")
[QUOTE=NaturalBlondChap] You never said anything about a Ghanima being in this thread - why not? [/QUOTE] Nobody calls me **Ghanima** …except my brother. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/187 "2007-03-15T22:16:08Z")
[QUOTE=Hypno-Toad] So have we used every single line of dialog yet? Or will we start using stuff from the directors cut, too? [/QUOTE] Heck, we’ve even branched off into parodies Well, just me ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/188 "2007-03-16T02:39:40Z")
Man, I love you guys ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/189 "2007-03-16T12:54:24Z")
\*\* You now have two minutes to reach minimum safe distance. \*\* ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/190 "2007-03-16T12:58:49Z")
[QUOTE=BMalion] \*\* You now have two minutes to reach minimum safe distance. \*\* [/QUOTE] So two posts to hide in GQ? ---
**Author:** ![DustyButt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc348/32.png) [@DustyButt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DustyButt)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/191 "2007-03-16T14:20:17Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] So two posts to hide in GQ? [/QUOTE] But they will know about it, What Exit. From me. Just like they’ll know how you were responsible for the deaths of one hundred and fifty-seven colonists here – ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/192 "2007-03-16T14:58:08Z")
All right… we have seven cannisters of CN-20. I say we roll them in here and nerve-gas this whole fucking thread… To answer the OP, the dialogue in that scene goes like this: > [@Aliens](#): > > **Vasquez:** All right, we got seven cannisters of CN-20. I say we roll them in there and nerve-gas the whole fucking nest. > > **Hicks:** It’s worth a try, but we don’t even know if it’s gonna affect 'em. > > **Hudson:** Look, let’s just bug out and call it even, OK? What are we talking about this for?!? > > **Ripley:** I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. (dramatic pause) It’s the only way to be sure. > > **Hudson:** Fuckin’ A! > > **Burke:** (stammering) Ho-ho-hold on… hold on one second. This installation has a substantial dollar value attached to it! > > **Ripley:** (scoffs) They can bill me! I actually have a [WAV file of the audio](http://www.peteandkellie.com/media/aliens_cn20_nuke.wav) if you want to hear it. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/193 "2007-03-16T15:27:56Z")
Cut the power? How can they cut the power man, they’re guests!?! ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/194 "2007-03-16T20:08:27Z")
[QUOTE=Hypno-Toad] So have we used every single line of dialog yet? Or will we start using stuff from the directors cut, too? [/QUOTE] This thread looks like a god-damn town meeting! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/195 "2007-03-16T20:16:29Z")
[QUOTE=Ghanima] Nobody calls me **Ghanima** …except my brother. [/QUOTE] My brother called me **Ghanima** once. Once. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/196 "2007-03-16T20:35:21Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] My brother called me **Ghanima** once. Once. [/QUOTE] Is your brother around here, hiding, like you? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/197 "2007-03-16T21:38:51Z")
No, because he’s made from plastic. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/198 "2007-03-16T21:51:42Z")
Lightweight plastic. He ain’t heavy; he’s my brother. ---
**Author:** ![Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Full_Metal_Lotus)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2007, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/199 "2007-03-17T00:44:55Z")
Wll, now… It seems you all “jumped the gun” on this… I recently recieved the long lost “Director’s Cut” of “its a beautiful Life”, in which the suicidal Jimmy Stewart is visited by the angel “Clarence”. A shocking turn of events is portrayed in the never realeased ending. When the town folks are clamouring at the banker’s house to retrieve/withdraw their savings, Jimmy Stewart turns to Clarence and says : W.w.w.w.well now, couldn’t we just n.n.nnuke the b,b b.bastards from or.or.orbit?" Clarence grants Jimmy’s wish, and the movie ends with a pie fight Regards FML ---
**Author:** ![anamnesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb8c5e/32.png) [@anamnesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anamnesis)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2007, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/200 "2007-03-17T01:07:19Z")
“Lieutenant, what kind of pies are those?” “10 millimeter explosive crust fruitless. Standard light whipped cream fillings, why?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440.md?page=11)