Etikettarkiv: Science Fiction

Men in Black

Men in Black (1997)

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Edwards:
Why the big secret? People are smart. They can handle it.
Kay:
A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it. Fifteen hundred years ago everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat, and fifteen minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on this planet. Imagine what you’ll know tomorrow.
Edwards:
What’s the catch?
Kay:
The catch? The catch is you will sever every human contact. Nobody will ever know you exist anywhere. Ever. I’ll give you to sunrise to think it over.
[starts walking away]

Edwards:
[shouting after Kay]
Hey! Is it worth it?
Kay:
Oh yeah, it’s worth it…
[starts walking again, stops and turns back briefly]

Kay:
… if you’re strong enough!

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The Prestige

The Prestige (2006)

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Cutter:
Every great magic trick consists of three parts or acts. The first part is called ”The Pledge”. The magician shows you something ordinary: a deck of cards, a bird or a man. He shows you this object. Perhaps he asks you to inspect it to see if it is indeed real, unaltered, normal. But of course… it probably isn’t. The second act is called ”The Turn”. The magician takes the ordinary something and makes it do something extraordinary. Now you’re looking for the secret… but you won’t find it, because of course you’re not really looking. You don’t really want to know. You want to be fooled. But you wouldn’t clap yet. Because making something disappear isn’t enough; you have to bring it back. That’s why every magic trick has a third act, the hardest part, the part we call ”The Prestige”.”

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