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"Mutation: it is the key to our evolution. It has enabled us to evolve from a single-celled organism into the dominant species on the planet. This process is slow, and normally taking thousands and thousands of years. But every few hundred millennia, evolution leaps forward."
"[to Senator Robert Kelly] Are you a God-fearing man, Senator? It's such a strange phrase. I've always thought of God as a teacher. As a bringer of light, wisdom and understanding. You see, l think what you really are afraid of is me. Me and my kind. The brotherhood of mutants. It's not so surprising, really. Mankind has always feared what it doesn't understand. Well, don't fear God, Senator, and certainly don't fear me. Not any more."
"There seems to be this embarrassment with superheroes in the culture. If you see the new X-Men movie, they all have to wear black leather because it makes them look cool and tough, because people are afraid to make the characters look like the characters."
""X-Men" is at least not a manic editing frenzy for atrophied attention spans. It's restrained and introspective for a superhero epic, and fans of the comic books may like that. Graphic novels (as they sometimes deserve to be called) take themselves as seriously as the ones without pictures, and you can tell that here when the opening scene shows Jews being forced into death camps in Poland in 1944. One could argue that the Holocaust is not appropriate subject matter for an action movie based on a comic book, but having talked to some "X-Men" fans I believe that in their minds the medium is as deep and portentous as, say, "Sophie's Choice." The Holocaust scene introduces Magneto (Ian McKellen) as a child; his mental powers twist iron gates out of shape. The narrator informs us that "evolution takes thousands and thousands of years," which is putting it mildly, and that we live in an age of great evolutionary leaps forward. Some of the X-Men develop paranormal powers which cannot be accounted for by the strictly physical mutations which form the basis of Darwinian theory; I get restless when real science is evoked in the name of pseudoscience, but, hey, that's just me. Magneto's opponent in "X-Men" is Xavier (Patrick Stewart), another mutant of the same generation. They aren't enemies so much as ideological opposites. Magneto, having seen the Holocaust, has a deep pessimism about human nature. Xavier, who runs a school for mutants in Westchester County, where it doubtless seems no stranger than the other private schools, hopes these new powers can be used for good. Bruce Davison plays the McCarthy-like senator who waves a list of "known mutants" during a congressional hearing and wants them all registered—no doubt for dire purposes. Magneto wants to counter by using a device which can convert world leaders to mutants. (The world leaders are conveniently meeting on an island near Ellis Island, so the Statue of Liberty can be a prop.) How a machine could create a desired mutation within a generation is not much explored by the movie, which also eludes the question of why you would want to invest your enemies with your powers. No matter; Xavier, who can read minds, leads his good mutants in a battle to foil Magneto, and that's the plot, or most of it."
"I started out liking this movie, while waiting for something really interesting to happen. When nothing did, I still didn't dislike it; I assume the X-Men will further develop their personalities if there is a sequel, and maybe find time to get involved in a story. No doubt fans of the comics will understand subtle allusions and fine points of behavior; they should linger in the lobby after each screening to answer questions."
"Q: How did you decide Wolverine would be the star of the piece even more so than Xavier or Magneto?"
"Q: Some fans complained Storm wasn't given her due in the first X-Men movie, and then became better over time. Did you pay attention to those concerns and how did that happen that she was given more to do in X2?"
"I was sold it by Bryan who said, ‘Mutants are like gays. They’re cast out by society for no good reason, and, as in all civil rights movements, they have to decide: Are they going to take the Xavier line — which is to somehow assimilate and stand up for yourself and be proud of what you are, but get on with everybody — or are you going to take the alternative view — which is, if necessary, use violence to stand up for your own rights. And that’s true. I’ve come across that division within the gay rights movement."
"I of course studied the comic books. In fact I think it was some of the most relaxing research I've ever had to do on a movie. Usually the kind of projects that I've been involved in I end up with heavy novels and background research. But in this case the studio just sent over a box of comic books."
"I wanted to get some of the history of the character of course, particularly with his relationship with Magneto, but also to feel how Stan Lee had got inside the mind of Xavier from the very beginning. That was valuable. But it's true, like Bryan, when we had the final draft of the shooting script that's what we worked on."
"DS: Did you find it limiting as an actor to be stuck in that chair [as Professor Xavier]?"
"PS: Bryan set out to make a serious movie. That was his intention from the very beginning. Which also happens to be very exciting and very colorful, funny and so forth. It wasn't only Xavier, but having Magneto also as an individual of substance, of great strength and power was important. And who better than Sir Ian to do that. It was a very sensible idea."
"Join the Evolution."
"Protecting Those Who Fear Them."
"The time is coming when all that we are afraid of will be all that can save us."
"Trust a few. Fear the rest."
"We're Not What You Think."
"The future is here."
"Hugh Jackman – Logan/Wolverine"
"Patrick Stewart – Processor X"
"Ian McKellen – Magneto"
"Famke Janssen – Jean Grey"
"James Marsden – Cyclops"
"Halle Berry – Storm"
"Anna Paquin – Rogue"
"Tyler Mane – Sabretooth"
"Ray Park – Toad"
"Rebecca Romijn – Mystique"
"Bruce Davison – Senator Kelly"
"Brian Peck – Hot Dog Vendor"
"This never happened to the other fellow."
"He had lots of guts!"
"[After Tracy has been shot and killed; to a police officer responding to them] It's... It's all right. It's quite all right, really. She's having a rest. We'll be going on soon. [choking up] There's no hurry, you see. We have all the time in the world."
"George Lazenby - James Bond"
"Diana Rigg - Tracy Di Vicenzo"
"Telly Savalas - Ernst Stavro Blofeld"
"Gabriele Ferzetti - Marc Ange Draco"
"Ilse Steppat - Irma Bunt (final film role)"
"Angela Scoular - Ruby Bartlett"
"Lois Maxwell - Miss Moneypenny"
"Catherine Schell - Nancy"
"George Baker - Sir Hilary Bray"
"Bernard Lee - M"
"Bernard Horsfall - Campbell"
"Desmond Llewelyn - Q"
"Far Up! Far Out! Far More! James Bond 007 Is Back!"
"War. War never changes. The Romans waged war to gather slaves and wealth. Spain built an empire from its lust for gold and territory. Hitler shaped a battered Germany into an economic superpower. But war never changes."
"Come here, Chosen One. There are things you should know."
"You will be faced with many challenges throughout your lifetime, and the most difficult of these will be dealing with your fellow man. There will come a time when diplomacy and tact will prove to be useless and your hand must be raised instead."
"You've gotten a lot farther than you should have, but then you haven't met Frank Horrigan either. Your ride's over, mutie. Time to die."
"What do I want? I don't really know. Most of the time I ignore my quest and walk into the homes of others, riffling through people's shelves... oooh, like those over there!"
"Come on over here. I want to show you something. See that? It was your mother's favorite passage. It's from the Bible. Revelation 21:6. "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely." She always loved that."
"You’ve made your last delivery, kid. Sorry you got twisted up in this scene. From where you’re kneeling, must seem like an 18-karat run of bad luck. Truth is, the game was rigged from the start."
"You know, In a 100 years, when I finally die, I only hope I go to hell- so I can kill you all over again you piece of shit."
"The Fallout universe paints a picture of a dystopian future. It exists in what people on the cusp of the atomic revolution in the 1950s saw as the sci-fi world of tomorrow... if several thousand nuclear bombs were dropped on it. It's a quaint sci-fi view of a future filled with atomic cars, robot servants, and incredibly basic computer terminals. A nuclear war has taken away most of these technological comforts, providing the backdrop for a game with a dreary, desperate atmosphere filled with glib and dark humor. It's a world that is both fantastic and somehow believable. And it is one that's exciting to explore."
"Trading heavily on its nuclear theme, the Fallout video game series has so far teetered between satirizing the Bomb, and reveling in its power. But now it may be toppling over that fine line. These games are almost certainly the most well-known (and well-loved) media that deal with nuclear weapons today. Fallout must therefore be taken seriously as an influence on the real-world politics and culture of nuclear weapons in the 21st century."
"To be sure, the Fallout games have never had an explicitly anti-nuclear stance; they have never come across as an after-school special. But the satirical humor of the series has frequently targeted the hubris of mid-20th century science, politics, society, and industry. The alternative universe created by the game developers diverges from our own timeline after World War II, imagining a world where dreams of robots and nuclear-powered cars came true. Far from ushering in a utopia, however, in Fallout, nuclear technologies led to a nightmarish collapse of organized human civilization in the United States and the rest of the globe. The Bomb is only the most obvious cause. Before the war, nuclear-fueled consumerism and unchecked mega-corporations pillaged the natural resources of the continent and poisoned the environment. (The series has never been content to poke fun at the past, but often draws unflattering comparisons to our world today.) A rampant military-industrial complex led to a garrison state, social unrest, and international tension. In short, the setting of Fallout is hardly an endorsement of the nuclear age. As players move through the hellscape of post-nuclear war America, they are confronted by jarring relicts of the pro-nuclear age. Advertisements for the best-selling soda before the war, Nuka-cola, are everywhere. One variant of this soda was even sold with the exciting inclusion of real radioactive isotopes. All the while, players struggle to deal with finding food and water that isn’t dangerously irradiated. Take too many doses of radiation, or “rads,” and the player’s character will die. The nuclear utopianism of the past is made to look preposterous next to its horrific consequences."
"Blending history, science-fiction, and interesting decision-making is what makes the Fallout games modern classics. And while there is no need for the series to become full-fledged anti-nuclear weapons education materials, it would help if the latest incarnation maintained the closer connections that the older entries had to the realities of our own nuclear age. Earlier Fallout games show that a humorous treatment of nuclear weapons is possible without slipping into outright ambivalence about their implications. (And yes, one can indulge in dark satire and still be outraged by the dangers of nuclear weaponry; witness movies such as “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.”) What should be clear, rather, is that repackaging nuclear weapons and technologies as entirely unproblematic makes for less-interesting decisions for players and weaker ties to the historical flavor that has underpinned the unique appeal of the games. And, perhaps most important of all, these sanitized representations risk teaching a misleading version of humanity’s nuclear predicament to a massive audience."
"[to Travis out in Hopman Bog] You're full of shit. [to David] He's full of shit."
"Hoo-fuckin'-yah. [repeated line]"
"[Last words] Fuck you for what you did."
"I'm not right, am I?"
"Come on, chief, I'm done. I'm gonna die here no matter what, so let it mean something. Let it mean that you two make it out, give me that."
"[After Curt Hamill] Just making sure."
"[To Judy, after Becca's coughing fit] I'm just saying, if she's sick, we don't want to be in the fucking car with her."
"[To Travis, regards to the crashed plane] You said it sounded like a plane, Trav? Shit, big plane, little plane? What? Come on now."
"[To David, threatening him with his gun] One. Two. Three. That's how many times I saved your life."
"A funny thing happened on the way to Cedar Rapids. Bastards spiked my tires."
"I hope you're right chief. I'm no world beater, but I had plans."
"I don't care what the calendar says. Opening day. That's the first day of spring."
"[to Judy, after evading the helicopter and driving into the car wash] What road can they not see? Tell me, what magic road can they not see? Tell me and I'll fucking go!"
"Do you wanna give up? You wanna sit here and die? Tell me and I will sit here and die with you."
"[To Travis] Travis you ask about that again and I will throw you out off the fucking boat."
"[To Russell, in reference to Bill Farnum] The same look Rory gave me. The same goddamn look."
"Did we or did we not request a transfer for him this morning?"
"Tell you what Kevin, don't ask me why I can't leave without my wife and I won't ask you why you can."
"Fear Thy Neighbor."
"Welcome to Ogden Marsh, the friendliest place on earth."
"Insanity is infectious. (UK tagline)"
"Timothy Olyphant - David"
"Radha Mitchell - Judy"
"Joe Anderson - Russell"
"Danielle Panabaker - Becca"
"Christie Lynn Smith - Deadra Farnum"
"Brett Rickaby - Bill Farnum"
"Preston Bailey - Nicholas"
"John Alyward - Mayor Hobbs"
"Joe Regan - Pvt. Billy Babcock"
"Glenn Morshower - Intelligence Officer"
"Larry Cedar - Bend Sandborn"
"Gregory Sporleder - Travis Quinn"