Every time I see the word “organic” I hear it in Alice Krige’s voice from her role as the Borg Queen in Star Trek: First Contact.
Every time I see the name “Ramirez” I hear it in the voice of the Kurgan from Highlander.
The actor who played the Kurgan was in Cowboys and Aliens, an exceedingly silly movie that was just right for a sleepy Saturday night accompanied by pizza.
“Hey, it’s that guy!” I said when he came on screen. “From Highlander. He played the kudu. The Cromm. The kookaburra. You know.”
When I say I can’t remember anyone’s name, I mean it.
PS: I couldn’t find a clip of the Krige, but you can see the kookaburra/Ramirez thing here, at 1:08ish.
PPS: I keep thinking of more of these.
When I see the name “Agrippa” I think of “He has a-studied hees Agreepa” from Princess Bride.
It is possible that the following sentence has been uttered in my house: “I’m easily startled; but soon I’ll be back, and in larger numbers.”
A Classic Virginia Phrase: “Eat, Papa, eat! The children want a fat Santa!” Sadly, this is not *actually* from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. It is a paraphrase. But if I say it often enough it will come true.
You need to start writing movie reviews.
there are so many great lines in that film, but I think my favourite moment of all is when Inigo adds, pleasantly, “as I have!” onto that opening.
Agrippa alas makes me think of the 3 books on alchemy first.
My daughter has already been infected by this strange malady. If ever anything is unclear to her, she draws herself up to her full height and intones “what do you meeeean?” (without following up with “Flash Gordon approaching”). If my son has trouble with any electronic appliance he says “what a depressingly stupid robot.”
Cin: My method of writing movie reviews would very likely be real-time, with many repetitions of words like POW!
… which could be entertaining.
Richard: That’s enough right there to make your children sound *wonderful*. Also: you showed them Flash Gordon! EEEEE! I love that movie. It’s so awful.
Most movie reviews would be much improved with the addition of the word, “Pow!” Or possibly “Shazam!” If there was any justice in the world, Alice Krige would have been on “Downton Abbey”, with her amazing eyebrow of doom..