Giles: (examining vampire Willow) It’s extraordinary.
Willow: It’s horrible! That’s me as a vampire? I’m so evil and… skanky… and I think I’m kinda gay.
Buffy: Willow, just remember, a vampire’s personality has nothing to do with the person it was.
Angel: Well, actually… (Buffy shoots him a look) That’s a good point.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer — Season 3: Episode 16 — “Dopplegangland”
Lorelai: There goes the fire chief, the police chief and the one paramedic with a valid license. I feel safe, don’t you?
Luke: Look at them, all relatively intelligent men, but there they are dressed up in costumes, standing out in a snowstorm, and for what?
Lorelai: Because it’s tradition.
Luke: Tradition is a trap, it allows people to stick their head in the sand. Everything in the past was so quaint, so charming. Times were simpler. Kids didn’t have sex. Neighbors knew each other. It’s a freaking fairy tale. Things sucked then, too. It just sucked without indoor plumbing.
Gilmore Girls — Season 1: Episode 8 — “Love and War and Snow”
Sometimes it can be a lot of fun watching a bad movie. I get a lot of enjoyment out of watching awful movies like Battlefield Earth, Howard the Duck, Plan 9 from Outer Space, or The Room. The best bad movies are often a work of passion by the filmmakers, whose vision may be horribly misguided but who are fully committed to the dumpster fire they’ve created. The result is often unintended hilarity, and even in some cases a sense of admiration for those who dedicated themselves to such a glorious trainwreck. A bad movie can find a life for itself so long as it’s memorable, but what it can’t afford to be is derivative, bland, uninspired, phoned-in, and boring. Warcraft is all of these things, not just awful but utterly forgettable.
Saffron: Are you gonna kill me?
Mal: What?! What kind of crappy planet is that? Kill you?
Saffron: In the maiden’s home I heard talk of men who weren’t pleased with their brides —
Mal: Well I ain’t them! And don’t you ever stand for that sort of thing. Someone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill ’em right back! Look, wife or no, you are no one’s property to be tossed aside. You got the right same as anyone to live and try to kill people. I mean, you know… people that are… That’s a dumb planet.
Firefly — Episode 6 — “Our Mrs. Reynolds”
Scotty: I found this on Ganyroom, er, Ganymeer… mede.
Tomar: What is it?
Scotty: Well, it’s, er… (peers at it, sniffs it) …it’s green.
Star Trek — Season 2: Episode 21 — “By Any Other Name”
Independence Day has never made the list of my all-time favorite movies, though perhaps it should have. That list is usually reserved for films that have had a profound impact on me, or which speak to a very specific and often under-served aspect of who I am. I can’t say that Independence Day fits either of those categories but, in addition to being one of the movies I’ve watched the most, I feel a connection to it in other ways. In my mind, it is the pinnacle of a particular style and era of filmmaking, which rose and fell in the 1990s and was epitomized by a sense of fun, visual effects designed to entertain as much as impress, a “go all in” type of commitment to the movie, and a penchant for the film wearing its heart on its sleeve. And while nostalgia certainly plays a role in reflecting on 12-year-old me seeing Independence Day for the first time 20 years ago, the truth is that my appreciation and devotion the film has only grown through the years through constant exposure. I can honestly say that while Independence Day will probably never make my list of all-time favorites, my emotional bond with it is as strong as any other film I might put at the top of any list. But this article isn’t a love song to Independence Day, but rather a review of Independence Day: Resurgence. I just wanted to make sure you know where I’m coming from when I say that while Resurgence may have its moments and it isn’t as bad as I feared it might be, on the whole it’s a disappointing and occasionally infuriating mess.
Willow: It’s really nice that you guys missed me… Say, you all didn’t happen to do a bunch of drugs, did ya?
Xander: Will, we saw you at the Bronze. A vampire.
Willow: I’m not a vampire.
Buffy: You are. I-I mean, you, you were… Giles, planning on jumping in with an explanation any time soon?
Giles: Well, uh… something… something, um, very strange is happening.
Xander: Can you believe the Watcher’s Council let this guy go?
Buffy the Vampire Slayer — Season 3: Episode 16 — “Dopplegangland”
Lorelai: I came to pick up that rocker that I bought a couple weeks ago.
Mrs. Kim: Six weeks ago.
Lorelai: Oh, well, OK. Well, that’s a couple times three. That’s six… Math humor. Not big with a lot of people. Don’t feel bad.
Mrs. Kim: This is not a storage facility.
Lorelai: I know, I’m sorry.
Mrs. Kim: This is a furniture store. Furniture comes in, people buy, then it goes out.
Lorelai: Right.
Mrs. Kim: Except when Lorelai Gilmore buys. Then furniture stays here for six weeks.
Lorelai: How about I pay you extra?
Mrs. Kim: I don’t want you to pay me extra. I want you to pick up the thing you paid for in the first place. (she finds the rocker) Here.
Lorelai: Huh, I remember it smaller.
Mrs. Kim: It’s been six weeks. Maybe it grew.
Gilmore Girls — Season 1: Episode 7 — “Kiss and Tell”
The Love Pirate 