Lasers

[pjthompson]

Random quote of the day:

"If I were creating the world I wouldn't mess about with butterflies and daffodils. I would have started with lasers, eight o'clock, Day One!"

—Evil, Time Bandits











Yes, I probably should have illustrated this with something from Time Bandits, but how could I resist this movie? It's the one that inspired Lunar Magnusson's great epic, Lasermasters of the Mojave, featuring the last special effects done by the late, great claymation master, Larry Torqmachen. (It's rumored he died of shame during the making of this "film.")

Comments

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

You know, it's been far too long since I've seen Time Bandits. I must do something about that.

[pjthompson]

I was thinking the very same thing when this popped out of the quote file this morning.

[hominysnark.livejournal.com]

Gosh, Billy seems fun.

[pjthompson]

He was, he was. And this was poor Ray Harryhausen's last film. He wasn't getting much work by this time and I sometimes wondering if the shame of working on this finally killed him. However, this abomination is at least worth a laugh--and the Harryhausen critters are decent.

[geniusofevil.livejournal.com]

Ha!

[pjthompson]

Military industrial complex.

[geniusofevil.livejournal.com]

totally obvious

[helios137.livejournal.com]

Perfect combo of visual and quote from an excellent movie by the genius and warped mind of Terry Gilliam.

[pjthompson]

I love Terry Gilliam.