The Osterman Weekend - The Consequences of Programming and Decisions
Bernard Osterman:
I'm still wondering how we got into this mess.
John Tanner:
It's called being programmed.
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The Osterman Weekend - The Impact of Media on Society's Values
Maxwell Danforth:
Suppose I was to tell you that our enemies are capable of impairing rational thought, of dismantling our willingness to defend ourselves, of dissociating whole societies from their value systems?
John Tanner:
You mean they've got televisions.
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The Osterman Weekend - Television's Illusion of Reality and Free Will
John Tanner: [pause]
What you've just witnessed is, in many ways, a life-sized video game. You saw a liar talk to a killer and you couldn't tell them apart. But hey, it's only television. As you may know, television programs are just the filler between attempts to steal your money. So if you want to save some, turn me off. It's a simple movement, done with the hand and what is left of your free will. The moment is now. My bet is you can't do it. But go ahead and try. Am I still on?
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Confessions of a Dangerous Mind - First Experiences of Violence and Intimacy
Keeler:
Killing my first man was like making love to my first woman.
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Timeless Wisdom on Immaturity and History
Lothos:
Twelve hundred years old, and you behave like a child! Honestly, I don't know how you made it through the Crusades.
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer - The Nature of Perfection and Consumption
Lothos:
What are we? We are man, perfected. We exist to consume.
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Dominance in a Changed World
Lothos:
We can't be stopped. This is our world now.
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer - A Lighthearted Comment on Amilyn's Behavior
Lothos:
You must forgive Amilyn. He tends to drool before supper.
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Batman Begins - Authority and Job Changes in a Meeting
Jessica:
The meeting's already started.
William Earle: [enters conference room, sees Fox distributing materials to board members seated around table]
What meeting? Fox? I seem to remember firing you.
Lucius Fox:
You did. I got another job: yours.
Earle:
On whose authority?
Alfred Pennyworth: [driving Bruce Wayne]
Batman may have made the front page, but Bruce Wayne got pushed to page eight.
Bruce Wayne: [Bruce reads headline, answers phone]
Bruce Wayne.
Earle:
What makes you think you can decide who's running Wayne Enterprises?
Bruce:
Well, the fact that I'm the owner.
Earle:
What are you talking about? The company went public a week ago.
Bruce: [speaks slightly louder]
And I bought most of the shares - through various charitable foundations, and trusts, and so forth. Look, it's all a bit technical, but the important thing is that my company's future is secure. Right, Mr. Fox?
Fox: [turns to Earle, takes off glasses]
Right you are, Mister Wayne. Didn't you get the memo?
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