At last, a really worthwhile activity for a Friday ... with added confirmation that El Reg staff have good [sci-fi] taste!

the toughest call was definitely between Bladerunner and Dark Star, but Bladerunner edged it. Most importantly though, I must have used up a good 10 minutes chortling over the sheer cheekiness of script writers over the decades. Absolutely beat hands down watching emails dropping into my In Box (and doing nothing about them).

Nice one guys :-)

"Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom!"

I am offended and disgusted :oP

One thing the aliens hadn't counted on was Derek, and Dereks don't run

Just kidding, but here it is anyway:

"You came in that? Your braver than I thought!"

(Princess Leia - Star Wars)

Add entire comments section full of other quotes below.....

Mines the long cape with a hood. Thats not the coat your looking for...

"Game over man... Game over!" (Private Hudson - Aliens)

"It's a rescue mission, you'll love it. There's some juicy colonists' daughters we have to rescue from their virginity. Heh!" (Apone - Aliens)

"If it bleeds, we can kill it." (Dutch - Predator)

The BOFH was right we techies are sad pasty gits, I have seen all the films listed. But you missed a lot which would make me an even sadder git if I listed them.

So long and thanks for all the fish.

Debates, arguments, fond memories all.day.long. in workplaces all over the world. You will be charged with crimes against the Earth's economy.

... I've used our vote.

"Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen..." - Hudson, Aliens.

"We're on a first class elevator to hell... goin down!!!!" - Hudson, Aliens.

From Empire Strikes Back, when Han is about to be frozen in carbonite. Princess Leia says, "I love you"; Han's reply: "I know".

"Lee-Loo Dallas Multi Pass - M-U-L-T-I-P-A-S-S" Lee-Loo.

"I don't want one position I want all positions" Ruby Rod

"Big Bada Boom" Korben

"Mmm Chick-en" Lee-Loo.

Where is, "Prepare to reverse polarity", from Forbidden Planet and milked to death in "Return to the Forbidden Planet"? (I suppose the latter isn't a film, though.)

He's worse than dead. His brain has gone! - Dr. McCoy, Star Trek

if we are going to want a Time Bandits quote then surely it should be...

"God isn't interested in technology. He cares nothing for the microchip or the silicon revolution. Look how he spends his time, forty-three species of parrots! Nipples for men!"

however, for that ultimate sci-fi quote you cannot go wrong with Split Second

Dick Durkin: We need to get bigger guns. BIG F*CKING GUNS!

Dick Durkin: I don't think this thing thinks it's Satan, I think this thing IS Satan.

Stone: Well Satan is in deep shit.

I am much embarrassed about my vote.

The best quote in the list came from the worst film...

"Specsavers have some great deals on at the moment, folks."

Ouch!

I voted to nuke the site from orbit.

It really was the only way to be sure.

Well, they had Corbin's 'Meat Popsicle' quote in the list but that movie has loads of classic lines.

Strange Days has a ton of them too..

"Bullet-resistant? What ever happened to bullet-proof?"

"This tie cost more than your entire wardrobe... it's the one thing that stands between me and the jungle"

"This is what we laughingly refer to as a plan, right?"

"His ass is so tight, when he farts only dogs can hear it."

"Right now his frontal lobes are like two runny eggs."

..and that's just from Lenny.

Neil & Peter,

(And any other "what about Douglas Adams" complainers.)

Look how many quotes there are to choose from.

6 times 9 perhaps?

Max

Helmet: "I am your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former room-mate."

Lone Starr "What's that make us?"

Helmet: "Absolutely nothing!"

From Spaceballs: The Movie

And:

"Violence is the ultimate authority, from which all other authorities are derived."

From Starship Troopers.

Is it wrong that I have that last quote memorised?

Paris because most of the time she's on another planet.

...to vote for one of the Aliens quotes, but Roy Batty's speech is just fantastic.

But Aliens is a damn quotable movie - here's a couple more of my faves:

Hudson "Vasquez, have you ever been mistaken for a man?"

Vasquez "No. Have you?"

Hicks (produces shotgun) "I like to keep this handy. For close encounters..."

so many quotes to choose from.

still I'm happy with the selection so far ;)

Is Jurassic Park classed as SciFi?

"after careful consideration I have decided NOT to endorse your park...."

"Me too."

The bkg music during his brief monologue nails it for sure... :D

Holy : They're all dead. Everybody's dead, Dave

Paris, because she would remember...

... i voted for blade runner...

my fave dark star/bomb quote is later, when they're discussing the philosophy...

i liked it so much i used it in a rather nice [if i do say so myself] psy-trance track:

http://www.ingie.com/media/music/demo/light-sheep.mp3

/plug :)

[ if you want to just hear the quote it's at the very beginning, so you don't have to suffer the whole track ]