31 quotes
A Challenge to Be Displayed
Terl
You have been quite a challenge, rat-brain, and you're going to make a hell of a conversation piece when you're stuffed and hanging on the wall at the academy!
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Leverage in a Moment of Conflict
Terl
Why don't you vaporize me?
Jonnie Goodboy Tyler
Leverage.
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Critique of Humanity in Battlefield Earth
Terl
Stupid humans!
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Introducing a New Character in the Scene
Terl
Ker, I'd like you to meet Chirk.
Terl
She's, um ... she's, um ...
Chirk
His soon-to-be newly acquired secretary.
Terl
Yes.
Ker
Really?
[''Eagerly'']
Terl
She's stupid enough not to be a menace, good-looking enough to be decorative; she gets drunk with economical speed ... and has other advantages.
[''Quietly, to Ker'']
Ker
Ooh. I can see that.
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Critique of Battlefield Earth Character Perspective
Critical reaction
* Ron Weiskind, ]
[[:w:Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]
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Frustration with the Ceiling Repair Request
Terl
Crap-lousy ceiling! I thought I told you to get some man-animals in here and fix it.
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Accountability Amongst Chaos
Terl
Who is responsible for allowing this man-animal to run around unsupervised?
[holding Jonnie]
Processing Clerk
The man-animal shot the wrangler, sir.
Terl
I'm a little pressed for time. Why don't you save the going-away jokes for later?
Clerk
No joke, sir. I swear. The man-animal somehow got hold of his gun.
Terl
Really? Show me. Reach for the gun.
[switches the clerk's gun to "kill" and hands it to Jonnie]
Clerk
Sir, I might get shot.
Terl
Sure, you might, and I might suddenly grow a third arm!
Clerk
Sir, I swear it shot the wrangler!
Terl
Any report filed still has my name on it, and you are out of your skull-bone if you think I am going to write on a report, "shot by man-animal," as the cause of death unless I see it!
Clerk
If I obey your command I may get killed.
Terl
And if you don't, it's a certainty that you will be killed. Reach for the gun. Well now, I'll be damned.
[The clerk reaches for the gun; Jonnie shoots him.; laughs]
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Critique of Battlefield Earth by David Edelstein
Critical reaction
* David Edelstein, ]
[[:w:Slate (magazine)|Slate]
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Disappointing Filmmaking and Lackluster Engagement
Critical reaction
...the greatest ]-] music video ever ... If filmmaking has ever been less thrilling and more disengaging, I'd like to see it.
[[:w:White Zombie|White Zombie; [:w:GWAR|GWAR]
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The Power of Leverage in Strategy
Terl
Never underestimate what a little leverage can do, rat-brain!
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Chief of Security Issues Command
Terl
Attention. This is Terl, your chief of security. Exterminate all ] at will, and happy hunting!
[[Human|man-animals]
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A Historic Example of Bad Cinema
Critical reaction
...like taking a bus trip with someone who has needed a bath for a long time... something historic, a film that for decades to come will be the punch line of jokes about bad movies.
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Discovery of an Unfamiliar Species
Zete
What is this species?
[''Looking at an overhead photo of a car'']
Terl
Well, according to the Clinko historians, the species is called "].
[[Dogs|dog]
Zete
Dog?
Terl
Yes.
Zete
Obviously the superior race, having the man-animal chauffeur it around.
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Critique of Battlefield Earth’s Execution and Concept
Critical reaction
...breathtakingly awful in concept and execution... trite, befogged and dorky... glowering, humorless, clumsily rendered.
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Childlike Creativity in Battlefield Earth
Critical reaction
Battlefield Earth has the feel of a movie made by a precocious 8-year-old with access to too many leftover costumes from ] and ].
[[:w:The_Clan_of_the_Cave_Bear_(film)|Clan of the Cave Bear; [:w:Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek: The Next Generation]
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Pursuit of Happiness in Unusual Circumstances
Chirk
I am going to make you as happy as a baby Psychlo on a straight diet of kerbango.
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Training for Galactic Conquest from a Young Age
Terl
While you were still learning how to spell your name, I was being trained to conquer galaxies!
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Perceptions of Beauty in Unfamiliar Worlds
Terl
It is a pleasure to see you, Your Excellency, and I would be honored to expedite your clearance through security.
Zete
Please, call me Zete. Does all of ] look like this?
[[Earth]
Terl
Oh, I'm afraid so, sir.
Zete
Pathetic. All the green and the blue sky. They told me this planet was ugly, but this has got to be one of the ugliest crap holes in the entire universe.
Terl
I couldn't agree with you more.
Zete
I hate these puny undersized planets. The gravity is so ... different.
Terl
Well, one does get used to it.
Zete
And the human animals, grossly undersized.
Ker
They don't make very good eating, Your Excellency.
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Terl's Skepticism About Human Superiority
Terl
A man-animal getting leverage over a Psychlo? That'll be the day.
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Critique of Battlefield Earth's Plot and Decisions
Critical reaction
The plot depends on the most ludicrous decisions and senseless actions ever made by a thinking race.
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The Worst Film Ever Made
Critical reaction
...a picture that will be hailed without controversy as the worst of its kind ever made.
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Critique of Battlefield Earth’s Over-the-Top Style
Critical reaction
...an authentic howler of the Big Dumb and Loud school...
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Finding Positivity in Adversity
Ker
Look at the bright side! You may not be wallowing in luxury on Psychlo, but at least you finally got your gold.
[laughs]
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Humanity's Defeat in Battlefield Earth
Terl
When we attacked your planet, all your soldiers and all their advanced technology could only put up a measly nine-minute fight before they were exterminated, which is why man is an endangered species. Everything you humans knew is here, and you can look at anything you want, because there is nothing that will help you.
[Taking Jonnie to a library]
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A Character's Plan for New Relationships
Ker
I'm going to fire all my wives and buy new ones! Maybe pretty ones this time.
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Critical Perspective on Battlefield Earth
Critical reaction
* Wesley Morris, ]
[[:w:San Francisco Examiner|San Francisco Examiner]
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Critique of Battlefield Earth by Sean Axmaker
Critical reaction
* Sean Axmaker, ]
[[:w:Seattle Post-Intelligencer|Seattle Post-Intelligencer]
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The Balance of Hope and Reality
Chrissy
What if he's not dead?
Parson Staffer
Hope is an admirable quality, but foolish isn't.
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Critique of Battlefield Earth by Rita Kempley
Critical reaction
* Rita Kempley, ]
[[:w:Washington Post|Washington Post]
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Endless Cycles of Unwanted Commitment
Zete
Home Office is well aware of your academic achievements and obvious talents. That's why we've decided not to keep you here for another five cycles.
Ker
It's a joke!
Terl
Oh, thank you sir. I don't know if I could have kept my sanity to be here another five cycles!
Zete
We've decided to keep you here another fifty cycles, with endless options for renewal! Those options, of course, being at Home Office's discretion, not yours. The senator has a lot of friends!
[laughs maniacally]
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Critique of Battlefield Earth Character's Perspective
Critical reaction
* Arne Johnson, ]
[[:w:Citysearch|Citysearch]
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