Buffy: When he wakes up tell him… I don’t know. Think of something cool, tell him I said it.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 1: Episode 12 – “Prohpecy Girl”
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Just about everything in this world is easier said than done, with the exception of “systematically assisting Sisyphus’s stealthy, cyst-susceptible sister,” which is easier done than said.
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Hostile Hospital – Lemony Snicket
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Benjamin Sisko: I have begun to wonder. What if it wasn’t a dream? What if this life we’re leading – all of this, you and me, everything – what if all of this… is the illusion?
Joseph Sisko: That’s a scary thought.
Benjamin Sisko: I know, I know… But maybe, just maybe, Benny isn’t the dream. We are. Maybe we’re nothing more than figments of his imagination. For all we know, at this very moment, somewhere, far beyond all those distant stars, Benny Russell… is dreaming of us.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 6: Episode 13 – “Far Beyond the Stars”
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Harry looked around; there was Ginny running toward him; she had a hard, blazing look in her face as she threw her arms around him. And without thinking, without planning it, without worrying about the fact that fifty people were watching, Harry kissed her.
After several long moments — or it might have been half an hour — or possibly several sunlit days — they broke apart. The room had gone very quiet. Then several people wolf-whistled and there was an outbreak of nervous giggling. Harry looked over the top of Ginny’s head to see Dean Thomas holding a shattered glass in his hand, and Romilda Vane looking as though she might throw something. Hermione was beaming, but Harry’s eyes sought Ron. At last he found him, still clutching the Cup and wearing an expression appropriate to having been clubbed over the head. For a fraction of a second they looked at each other, then Ron gave a tiny jerk of the head that Harry understood to mean, Well — if you must.
The creature in his chest roaring in triumph, he grinned down at Ginny and gestured wordlessly out of the portrait hole. A long walk in the grounds seemed indicated, during which — if they had time — they might discuss the match.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – J.K. Rowling
Trailer Tuesday: Mad Max: Fury Road
Welcome to “Trailer Tuesday” where we look at trailers for upcoming movies.
The Mad Max films form one of the most bizarre trilogies out there. A product of the unique mind of George Miller (known more these days for the Babe and Happy Feet movies), each film had a drastically different style and feel. The first film, Mad Max, is the darkest of the three, with its tragic story and its nihilistic style, and it helped introduce the world to Mel Gibson. The second film, The Road Warrior, is an absolute masterpiece, possibly the greatest pure action film of all time, whose chase sequence is one of the most pulse-pounding and electrifying sequences ever put on film. The final film, Beyond Thunderdome, is almost too strange to describe, with Tina Turner overseeing a town powered by pig methane where arguments are settled in the craziest of cage matches (“Two men enter, one man leaves!”), and a group of abandoned teenagers who think Max is a prophet.
So it’s almost impossible to have any idea what to expect from Mad Max: Fury Road. I’m thrilled that George Miller is back behind the wheel, as there’s no one else to whom I would trust a new film, but I’m conflicted since Mel Gibson won’t be returning. On the one hand that’s probably a good thing, as the thought of watching an older Gibson try to revive his career by returning to his roots isn’t appealing, but on the other hand he was Max and I’m not eager to see him replaced. And then of course there’s the troubled production, which has been an ongoing story for years. But if this first trailer is anything to go by, we’re in for one hell of a ride with Fury Road. Take a look, and read on for my thoughts:
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Giles: How exactly do you propose to hunt someone you can’t see? You may have to work on listening to people.
Buffy: Very funny.
Giles: I thought so.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 1: Episode 11 – “Out of Mind, Out of Sight”
Today’s 2nd Movie: Speed Racer
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Today’s Movie: The Road Warrior
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Of all of the ridiculous expressions people use—and people use a great many ridiculous expressions—one of the most ridiculous is “No news is good news.” “No news is good news” simply means that if you don’t hear from someone, everything is probably fine, and you can see at once why this expression makes such little sense, because everything being fine is only one of many, many reasons why someone may not contact you. Perhaps they are tied up. Maybe they are surrounded by fierce weasels, or perhaps they are wedged tightly between two refrigerators and cannot get themselves out. The expression might well be changed to “No news is bad news,” except that people may not be able to contact you because they have just been crowned king or are competing in a gymnastics tournament. The point is that there is no way to know why someone has not contacted you, until they contact you and explain themselves. For this reason, the sensible expression would be “No news is no news,” except that it is so obvious it is hardly and expression at all.
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Hostile Hospital – Lemony Snicket
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Benny Russell: Call anybody you want, they can’t do anything to me, not anymore, and nor can any of you. I am a human being, dammit! You can deny me all you want but you can’t deny Ben Sisko – He exists! That future, that space station, all those people – they exist in here! In my mind. I created it. And every one of you knew it, you read it. It’s here. Do you hear what I’m telling you? You can pulp a story but you cannot destroy an idea, don’t you understand, that’s ancient knowledge, you cannot destroy an idea. That future – I created it, and it’s real! Don’t you understand? It is real. I created it. And it’s real! It’s REAL! Oh God!
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 6: Episode 13 – “Far Beyond the Stars”
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