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Favorite Film Scientists?
Posted by
Cliff
on Fri May 12, 2006 06:43 PM
from the that-wacky-bunch-from-real-genius dept.
from the that-wacky-bunch-from-real-genius dept.
theodp asks: "From Rotwang in Fritz Lang's Metropolis to Wallace the Engineer in last year's Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Slate notes that scientists have long been a staple of the movies. So who are some of the more memorable scientist characters from your movie-going?"
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Only one choice for me... (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Only one choice for me... (Score:5, Insightful)
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Re:Only one choice for me... (Score:5, Funny)
Well, not quite a movie, but I don't think anyone can top the professor in Futurama. Who could forget classic lines like:
Movie scientists got nothin' on him.
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Easy (Score:5, Insightful)
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General "Buck" Turgidson: Doctor, you mentioned the ratio of ten women to each man. Now, wouldn't that necessitate the abandonment of the so-called monogamous sexual relationship, I mean, as far as men were concerned?
Dr. Strangelove: Regrettably, yes. But it is, you know, a sacrifice required for the future of the human race. I hasten to add that since each man will be required to do prodigious... service along these lines, the women will have to be selected for their sexual characteristics which will have to be of a highly stimulating nature.
Ambassador de Sadesky: I must confess, you have an astonishingly good idea there, Doctor. (via imdb, what else)
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No contest (Score:5, Insightful)
"If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits eighty-eight miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious shit."
Let's hear another scientist top that quote.
I will pick up that gauntlet (Score:5, Funny)
I humbly submit:
Hell, you could probably take half a dozen other quotes [imdb.com] from The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension [imdb.com].
Of course, Real Genius had some great lines too.
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Scientologist (Score:5, Funny)
My Favourite Movie Scientists (Score:5, Insightful)
Of course, the real heros [imdb.com] are engineers [imdb.com].
No Matter Where You Go, There You Are (Score:5, Insightful)
Hard to pick just one... (Score:5, Insightful)
Dr. Peter Venkman
Dr. Raymond Stantz
Dr. Egon Spengler
Beaker! (Score:5, Funny)
Dr Egon Spengler (Ghostbusters) (Score:5, Funny)
See, like a true scientist, even when a epic global disaster is about to take place in front of him and his death is imminent, he says something coherent and explanatory. He even apologizes!
mahlen
Stargate SG-1 (TV) (Score:5, Insightful)
Mr. Spock (Score:5, Interesting)
His objectivity, intellect, and curiosity made him the quintessential scientist.
(Okay, he's mostly a TV character, but he appeared in his share of movies.)
Previous /. Polls (Score:5, Informative)
Favorite Mad Scientist? [slashdot.org]
Winner: Dr. Evil
Favorite Scientist? [slashdot.org]
Winner: Einstein
Dr. Ellie Arroway (Contact) (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Dr. Ellie Arroway (Contact) (Score:5, Insightful)
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Dark City's Dr. Daniel Scheber (Score:5, Interesting)
Dr. Daniel P. Schreber
(played by Keifer Sutherland in Dark City)
Honorable mentions would be:
Dr. Evil & Dr. Stranglove
Gilligan's Professor (Score:5, Interesting)
He knew nearly everything except how to get them off the island. He was a social misfit, still everyone respected him because of his high intelligence.
Come on! (Score:5, Insightful)
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Re:Come on! (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:Favorite Scientists (Score:5, Insightful)
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Re:Favorite Scientists (Score:5, Insightful)
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Obligatory quotes (Score:5, Funny)
Wow! What knockers!
So which brain did you get?
Abby.
Abby who?
Abby normal.
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