Answers to the Movie Quotes!

[lls_mutant]

1.) "You don't go to Bombay to become a movie star! You go where we're going- Hollywood!" "Well, sure, if you want to do it the easy way." The Muppet Movie guessed by heidi8.

2.) "Like Baby Fish Mouth is sweeping the nation." When Harry Met Sally, guessed by heidi8, thistlerose, aome and rinelk.

3.) "Didn't I tell you not to blow yourself up?" October Sky No one got that.

4.) "Look, my dear! A little frog!" (Stomp stomp stomp!) Moulin Rouge!, guessed by thistlerose and yourssincerely.

5.) "We can stay up late, swapping manly stories, and in the morning, I'm making waffles! " Shrek, guessed by heidi8, lj user=, dsneyvoice, yourssincerely, rinelk, and sundappled.

6.) "Did you love your father?" "Yes, very much." "Prove it." Contact, which no one got.

7.) "I hope so. 'Cause, you know, if that was an "undecided," then we need to work on our people skills." The American President, guessed by aome and danjio1.

8.) "Certainty of death. Small chance of success. What are we waiting for?" Lord of the Rings: Return of the King guessed by thistlerose, geyahi (I assume you meant to type an 8 there), yourssincerely, and nevermindirah

9.) "For most problems the marine is issued a solution. If ill, go to sickbay. If wounded, call corpsman. If dead, report to graves registration. If losing his mind, however, no standard solution exists." Jarhead, guessed by lykophile and I assume sundappled.

10.) "You have a circle of trust with a person whose diary you stole?" The Prestige, which no one guessed.

11.) "Is this a kissing book?" The Princess Bride, which everyone guessed!

12.) "Do you know how I define idealism, Monsieur Delbenet? Youth’s final luxury." Quills, which no one guessed

13.) "If I don't love it, I don't swallow!" Ratatouille, guessed by dsneyvoice

14.) "An intelligent guard... didn't see that one coming." Titan A.E., which no one guessed

15.) "You're a genius!" "A genius with access to unstable chemicals!" (Okay, so the movie was awful. But I LOVE that quote.) Van Helsing, which perhaps you all have wisely not seen.



Also, another world building question. If you see religion in a fantasy world, do you feel gypped if the god/gods never make an appearance? I'm planning on having religion, and it's quite important in that there are two different ones and they have some very different structures. But I plan on treating it like religion on Earth. Some people are very religious, others are not, and no one knows who's right because if there are signs from the god/gods, they tend towards the subtle.

If this was not a fantasy novel, I wouldn't even think of asking. But the appearance of gods seems like a fantasy standard if you're going to use religion.

Comments

[aome.livejournal.com]

The majority of the time the gods/goddesses don't make an appearance in the things I've read, so I think that's fine.

[ignipes.livejournal.com]

If you see religion in a fantasy world, do you feel gypped if the god/gods never make an appearance?

No, not at all. I think a good fantasy world culture has to have some element of religion in it, and whether it's like ours or one where the gods are a more active participants depends on the kind of world you want to create. I love fantasy stories that have a very realistic religious aspect to them, especially when it adds to both people's personal behavior and their political environment.

I've actually thought about this a lot for the same reason. I've got a world where I want religion to have the same feel as it does in our world (or did, a few hundred years ago), and the magic in the world isn't necessarily connected to that. But it's still there.

[sasha-davidovna.livejournal.com]

If you see religion in a fantasy world, do you feel gypped if the god/gods never make an appearance?

No, not at all. Actually, when they're used as a literal deus ex machina, I feel more gypped when they do. Realistic fake religions are interesting whether or not the gods themselves actually make an appearance, imho.

[lilacsigil.livejournal.com]

Actually, I don't like it when gods show up, unless it's a well-telegraphed and integral part of the story - Dragonlance did this well. When they show up and change things for the characters, it's extremely annoying, especially when this happens more than once.

[rinelk.livejournal.com]

A better expression of my position than I'd have produced.

And, ack! I not only blanked on Aaron Sorkin and LotR, but also Joss Whedon (which YOU gave me on DVD!). It's good that I can fall back on the claim that I was sleep deprived. :-)

[lls-mutant.livejournal.com]

Enjoy those brain cells now, because I swear they take a vacation once a baby shows up. And baby farts are powerful enough to alter the space-time continuum :)

Are you guys all set?