Terl (Travolta's character) provides one further demonstration of his power. This entails taking Jonnie and the others out to a meadow, one containing a herd of none-too wild looking cows. Terl’s brought them here to show them what a great shot he is. Then -- and I had to stop writing his sentence because I was laughing so hard -- he demonstrates his marksmanship by, and I swear this is what happens, blowing legs off some of the cows and toppling them over. We only actually see this once. Then we watch as he squeezes off further shots, each of which is followed by a "moo!" sound and then a thud. I realize that this is meant to show us Terl’s manifest cruelty, but I can’t help it, it’s one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. Really, it’s right up there with the sheep catching a LAWS rocket in Bad Taste. The only difference being that that was meant to be funny.
I'm watching this movie right now for the fourth or fifth time, and it is... amazing.
i watched a bit of it just now on HBO and i say again, what the fuck? And if the movie isn't bad enough as it is, people actually believe this happened?
A disbelieving Terl is told that a man-animal has shot a guard, and responds angrily: Terl: "You are out of your skull-bone if you think I’m going to write on the report "shot by a man-animal"!"
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Terl: "You were waiting for me to be transferred so you could turn it in and get all the credit for yourself." Ker: "I didn’t think you’d mind!" Terl: "I don’t mind. Turn it in. But before you do, pretend you’re not a complete imbecile and check the compo-gradients!!"
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Chirk to Terl, breathlessly: "I’m going to make you as happy as a baby Psychlo on a straight diet of Kerbango!"
Some rave reviews:
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You don’t watch this movie – you survive it. -- Steven Rosen, Denver Post.
It may be a bit early to make such judgments, but Battlefield Earth may well turn out to be the worst movie of this century. -- Elvis Mitchell, New York Post.
Christian shoots every scene in a weird Dutch angle titled left or right for every frame of the movie! And every scene in the movie ends with a middle wipe -- really. -- Max Messier, Filmcritic.com.
A disbelieving Terl is told that a man-animal has shot a guard, and responds angrily: Terl: "You are out of your skull-bone if you think I’m going to write on the report "shot by a man-animal"!"
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 11:40 pm Posts: 1145 Location: Topeka,Kansas
i hate to admit this..but i kind of enjoyed the movie.
my brother was watching it one day a few years back,so i watched with him....and i liked it.
i can easily see where people don't though.
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 2:51 pm Posts: 2869 Location: Appalachian Hills of Tennessee Gender: Male
a co-worker of mine was trying to convince me to watch this today. it was pretty creepy the way he had all sorts of lines memorized and basically told me the entire plotline without hesitation.
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