The following is one of my favorite pieces of music. Not because of it’s musical merits, but because it immediately conjures up the time around the Anarchy Online Launch, when we were working hard to Finish The Game. Somebody shared this around the office, and while I’m not sure about its origin, rumor has it that it was made by one of the guys in the audio department.
And now for to the quiz part of this post: Where are all those sound bites from? Having grown up with a lot of dubbing before I first heard this track, I had a vague idea about a few, and since then, new bits have been popping up every now and then when I was watching TV or movies. This is part of what makes this fun to me: I knew the sound bites first, and I’m finding the references later.
So far, I can tell:
- Shall we play a game? is from War Games, of course.
- We need more monkeys! … We’re formulating a new plan! – from Toy Story, the scene where they try to use they Barrel of Monkeys to save Buzz.
- You said bullshit and experience is all it takes, right? – Google says this is from 48 Hrs, which I never saw.
- Beavis and Butthead are in there, probably a clip from the “Vistual Stupidity” computer game.
- Unorganized Grabasstic Pieces of Amphibian Shit is from Full Metal Jacket
- Not enough time is from Heat.
But there’s a lot of them I have no clue about. Got any ideas?
“This calls for a special blend of psychology and extreme violence.” – Trainspotting
“Oh, drat these computers! They’re so naughty and so complex. I could pinch them!” – Marvin the Martian
“Any of this getting through to you son?” – Yosemite Sam
“What would you do with a brain if you had one?” – Dorothy, The Wizard of Oz
“He’s more machine now than man. Twisted and evil.” – Obi-Wan, Return of the Jedi
“Young man, we need a professional hero. Not an amateur.” – Lady, (Disney’s) Hercules
“It was tragic. We lost everything.” – Woman, (Disney’s) Hercules
“I want him in the Games until he dies playing.” – MCP, Tron
“Will somebody, I don’t care who, tell me what is going on?” – Jack Burton, Big Trouble In Little China
“I thought I told you never to interrupt me while I’m working!” – Willy Wonka
“I learned it on a planet called Kataan. Never heard of it. I’m not surprised.” – Picard, Star Trek:TNG “Lessons”
“Any of this getting through to you son?” – Foghorn Leghorn http://www.barbneal.com/foghorn.htm
“Producer? What’s that?” – Spongebob Squarepants
“I’m not being grouchy. I’m just finishing my work.” – Jack, The Shining
“Houston, we have a problem.” – Tom Hanks, Apollo 13 (?)
OMG. That’s a lot of clues – thanks! I knew that was Picard, but I couldn’t have found the episode. And the Hercules quotes were a real puzzler for me, but I’ve never seen the movie, so that explains it 🙂