“Why does the Council have so many rules?” Violet asked.
“Why does anyone have a lot of rules?” Hector said with a shrug. “So they can boss people around, I guess.”
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Vile Village
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Trailer Thursday: Guardians of the Galaxy final trailers
Welcome to “Trailer Tuesday” where I talk about trailers for upcoming movies.
I’ve posted a lot of Guardians of the Galaxy since we got our first glimpse of it, and that’s not about to stop now. Today we’ve got three “final” trailers for the film, the first of which is actually a “viral” commercial for a Galaxy Getaways, while the second and the third are “extended looks” at the film. At this point, I doubt they could show us much more of the movie without delving into serious spoilers, and even some of these may be pushing the limit of how much people want to know before they see a film. They also give us a much better glimpse at the emotions and the characters of the film, along with several more complete scenes instead of just isolated clips. But let’s start with Galaxy Getaways
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Miles O’Brien: Here’s to retaking the castle.
Julian Bashir: And planting our flag on its battlements once again.
Jadzia Dax: You two spend too much time in the holosuites.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 6: Episode 5 – “Favor the Bold”
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“Er-my-nee,” croaked Ron unexpectedly from between them.
They all fell silent, watching him anxiously, but after muttering incomprehensibly for a moment he merely started snoring.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – J.K. Rowling
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Buffy: We don’t even know if this is anything.
Giles: No, we don’t.
Buffy: And I haven’t had a day off in a while.
Giles: True…
Buffy: And a cranky Slayer is a careless Slayer!
Giles: Buffy, maintaining a normal social life as a Slayer… i-i-is problematic at best.
Buffy: This is the 90’s. The 1990’s, in point of fact, and I can do both. Clark Kent has a job. I just wanna go on a date.
Giles: Well, I, I suppose it was a fairly slim lead…
Buffy: Thank you, thank you, thank you! And look, I won’t go far, okay? If the apocalypse comes, beep me.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 1: Episode 5 – “Never Kill a Boy on the First Date”
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‘Murder’ is the word for a group of crows, like a flock of geese or a herd of cows or a convention of orthodontists.
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Vile Village – J.K. Rowling
Review: Edge of Tomorrow
After Oblivion opened last year and was greeted with a general shrug, people started asking all sorts of questions. Had Tom Cruise’s box office clout finally faded, leaving him nothing more than an aging star doomed to appear in endless Mission Impossible sequels instead of more interesting fare? Did Oblivion‘s failure combined with that of After Earth signal the end of the days when a big name actor like Cruise or Will Smith could draw audiences to the theater by the strength of their name alone? Are original science fiction films dead altogether, leaving us nothing but sequels, remakes and reboots? Edge of Tomorrow (and its box office performance) doesn’t exactly answer any of those questions, despite being a fun and entertaining movie, but it perhaps postpones the day when both science fiction films and the concept of the box office star are declared dead.
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Worf: When we exchange vows, you must remember to present your d’k tahg to General Martok as a formal request for him to accept you into our House.
Jadzia Dax: But I don’t want to join his House.
Worf: What?
Jadzia Dax: I don’t want to get caught up in all those blood feuds. Every time a member of the House of Martok gets dishonoured or killed, I’ll have to drop whatever I’m doing and rush off on some quest for vengeance. It’s boring, Worf.
Worf: If you refuse, it will be a grave dishonour. General Martok will not understand.
Jadzia Dax: Worf, I’m joking.
Worf: So you will join our House?
Jadzia Dax: Of course I will.
Worf: I can see our lives together will not be easy.
Jadzia Dax: True. But they’ll be fun.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 6: Episode 3 – “Sons and Daughters”
Tonight’s Movie: Now You See Me
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“Blimey, it was lucky you thought of a bezoar,” said George in a low voice.
“Lucky there was one in the room,” said Harry, who kept turning cold at the thought of what would have happened if he had not been able to lay hands on the little stone.
Hermione gave an almost inaudible sniff. She had been exceptionally quiet all day. Having hurtled, white-faced, up to Harry outside the hospital wing and demanded to know what had happened, she had taken almost no part in Harry and Ginny’s obsessive discussion about how Ron had been poisoned, but merely stood beside them, clench-jawed and frightened-looking, until at last they had been allowed in to see him.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – J.K. Rowling
