Brevity by Dan Thompson for March 24, 2013

seen pee wee herman at the movies, seen the geizenslaw brothers upstage junior samples, sarah bernhard naked, madonna fully clothed…

OK, gonna need some help with this one….

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tears_in_rain_soliloquy

Sheesh, Varnes… I just helped you yesterday..

(which I doubt you saw)But since you’re a pal….

Blade Runner soliloquy…which I’ll have to Google….

OK…. the replicant, before dying….

"I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. [laughs] Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.

I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like [coughs] tears in rain. Time to die."

Confession: I’ve never seen Blade Runner (I know, I know… I promised you guys I’d do better, but it takes time. ) But parodying this soliloquy is sort of an internet meme…

Nazz…. do you mean, you saw Pee Wee watching a movie…. which is infamous?

Or that you saw one of his movies?Cos Pee Wee’s Big Adventure will never be lost in time!

And Bruno….. I hope you’re joking… cos…. Honey BooBoo????

I’ve seen snipets of Honey BooBoo. I wish that could be washed away.BTW Blade Runner is a clasic show.

Susan, unless you hate science fiction you should see Blade Runner. It took some effort not to make that sound like an assignment.

A brilliant movie, even if I weren’t a science fiction fan from childhood.

I see an irony that not “Blade Runner”, not this scene, and not the many unforgettable images, characters, and performances (esp. my lovelies Joanna Cassidy, Sean Young, and Daryl Hannah) will EVER be “lost in time, like tears in rain”.

All I know is if they didn’t have laugh tracks in ‘Two and a Half Men’, I definitely wouldn’t know what to laugh at.

Have read Philip K. Dick and loved it. Saw Blade Runner and loved it. It is worth it to check in to both.Still, I missed it at first, Thank you Susan Sunshine. My first thought was – Is that a grown up Jonny Quest? LOL!

…..Is this funny?

It is JM (not JIM) J Bullock

Brilliant!

Too good! Still, has to be one of the best scenes of cinematography and writing!

FYI Rutger Hauer improvised that “Like Tears in the Rain” line.

A great scene from “Avatar: The Last Airbender” (the show, not the movie) paid homage to this scene.