Quote of the Day

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 2: Episode 14 – “Whispers”

Miles O’Brien: Are you nearly finished? I believe you poked into every orifice in my body… and created a few new ones.

Julian Bashir: Any dizziness? Oversleeping? Lack of energy? Euphoria?

O’Brien: Yes! All of them, especially euphoria! Lots of euphoria!

Bashir: Seriously.

O’Brien: Look, if you are determined to keep me here until you find something wrong with me, I’ll see if I can’t grow you a hangnail!

Bashir: Eye problems? Hearing? Headaches

O’Brien: Headache! There you go. In fact, I’m getting a very bad one right now!

Bashir: Short temper…flies off the handle under the slightest provocation. Perfectly normal.

O’Brien: I’m glad you’re enjoying this.

Bashir: Sorry, I know how you feel about doctors.

O’Brien: It’s not doctors I have a problem with

[Together] It’s you Julian.

Bashir: Well, your sense of humor seems normal enough.

O’Brien: I don’t have a sense of humor.

Bashir: Cough.

[O’Brien coughs]

Bashir: How’s the sex life?

O’Brien: I don’t have a sense of humor.

Bashir: Cough!

[O’Brien coughs]

Bashir: Everything all right in that department

O’Brien: That department is none of Starfleet’s business, or yours.

Friday Favorites: Favorite Character – Babe

Welcome to “Friday Favorites” which highlight some of my favorite movie-related things.

Babe is one of my favorite movies.  And while I love all of the things that everyone else praises, the story of an “unprejudiced heart” who challenges preconceptions, the fantastic music (which will be a post of its own one day soon) and the Oscar-winning effects, my favorite part of the movie is one that is often overlooked: Arthur Hoggett.  Though James Cromwell was nominated for an Oscar for the role, losing to Kevin Spacey for his deserving role in The Usual Suspects, his performance in this Best Picture nominee has been mostly ignored in the 18 years since Babe’s release.  So today, I’d like to highlight one of my favorite characters/performances, who turns out to be deeper than he might seem on one viewing.

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