I have to admit, I got this idea from my boss:
Essentially, I'll be taking quotes from my favorite 15 movies, and you need to guess which movies they're from. Thus far I've had very little success in guessing others, so good luck to you:
1. "On the seventh day the Lord rested, but before that he did, he squatted over the side of England and what came out of him... was Ireland. No offense son."
2. "Three tomatoes are walking down the street, poppa tomato, momma tomato, and baby tomato. Baby tomato starts lagging behind. The poppa tomato gets really angry, goes back and squishes him, says: "Ketchup!""
3. "They're bigger! They're stronger! They're faster! They've got more facial hair!"
4. "So what are you saying? When you get divorced you turn in your library card? You get a new license? You stop being Jewish?" "It's all a part of your sick Cynthia thing, man. Taking care of her fucking dog. Going to her fucking synagogue. You're living in the fucking past." "Three thousand years of beautiful tradition, from Moses to Sandy Koufax...You're goddamn right I'm living in the fucking past!"
5. "I wasn't like every other kid, you know, who dreams about being an astronaut, I was always more interested in what bark was made out of on a tree. Richard Gere's a real hero of mine. Sting. Sting would be another person who's a hero. The music he's created over the years, I don't really listen to it, but the fact that he's making it, I respect that. I care desperately about what I do. Do I know what product I'm selling? No. Do I know what I'm doing today? No. But I'm here, and I'm gonna give it my best shot."
6. "What came first, the music or the misery? People worry about kids playing with guns, or watching violent videos, that some sort of culture of violence will take them over. Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands, literally thousands of songs about heartbreak, rejection, pain, misery and loss. Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to pop music?"
7. "And why does he hang out with those retarded gorillas, as you called them, because any one of them, if he asked them to, would take a fucking bat to your head, okay? It's called loyalty."
8. "The funny thing is that Steve Rendazo secretly wants me. Jocks like him always want freaky girls. Girls with horn-rimmed glasses and vegan footwear and Goth makeup. Girls who play the cello and wear Converse All-Stars and want to be children’s librarians when they grow up. Oh yeah, jocks eat that shit up. They just won’t admit it, because they’re supposed to be into perfect cheerleaders like Leah. Who,incidentally, is into teacher"
9. "Before we start, I'd just like to say the campers you're about to see suck dick! But nevertheless, please welcome them."
10. "I want to marry you and I'm telling you it's the time." "Well I'm telling you with a hundred certainty that it is not the time. It's not about time, it's not the right time, it's not even quarter to the right time."
11. "Variety's the spice of life. I like a wide selection. Sometimes I'm in the mood for nasty close-ups, sometimes I like them arty and air-brushed. Sometimes it's a spread brown-eye kind of night, sometimes it's girl-on-girl time. Sometimes a steamy letter will do it, sometimes - not often, but sometimes - I like the idea of a chick with a horse."
12. "This is pitiful. A thousand people freezing their butts off waiting to worship a rat. What a hype. Well, it used to mean something in this town. They used to pull the hog out, and they used to eat it. You're hypocrites, all of you! You have a problem with what I'm saying, Larry? Untie your tongue, and you come out here and talk, huh? Am I upsetting you, Princess?"
13."When you pull on that jersey, the name on the front is a hell of alot more important than the one on the back."
14. "I knew a man once who said, 'Death smiles at us all. All a man can do is smile back.'"
15. "You're a... you're a complex Freudian hallucination having something to do with my mother and I don't know why you have wings, but you have very lovely legs and you're a very nice tiny person and what am I saying, I don't know who my mother was; I'm an orphan and I've never done drugs because I missed the sixties, I was an accountant."
Movie Quote Quiz
Mindless Friday Humor
I personally enjoyed looking at these, while imagining the captions being read in an Eastern European accent: Lolcats
Sticks and stones may break my bones
But consumer-generated words will never hurt me. Right? Not so fast.
Subway has filed a lawsuit against Quiznos and iFilm for a contest asking consumers to create their own ads depicting Quiznos sandwiches as being superior to Subway's. The New York Times published an article to examine the question underlying this lawsuit: "if Quiznos did not make the insulting submissions, should it be held liable for user-generated content created at its behest?"
This lawsuit makes it clear that while the practice of having consumers generate their own (ads, beverages, pants) has taken off, the rules have some catching up to do.
User-generated soda
In February 2007 several advertisers embraced the power of user-generated content, soliciting entries from their consumers to create Super Bowl commercials. The efforts that turned out from Doritos and the NFL, among others, were some of the better ads during a lackluster game.
Mountain Dew recently launched a new campaign that takes the user-generated idea to the next level: user-generated products. At DewMocracy.com (gotta love campaign season), users can submit their input for the color, flavor, name, logo, and design of the next Mountain Dew soft drink. Not since the vote for the a new color of M&M's (blue in 1995 and purple in 2002) can I remember having a real voice in the type of product that a manufacturer is putting out.
I for one trust that those who tune in to DewMocracy will create a good product. Are you with me?
