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C Moon

(12,209 posts) Mon Nov 24, 2014, 02:08 AM Nov 2014

I love this bit from the script of Five Million Years to Earth (1967)

Professor Bernard Quatermass (Andrew Keir): "The will to survive is an odd phenomenon. Roney, if we found out our own world was doomed, say by climatic changes, what would we do about it?"

Dr. Mathew Roney (James Donald): "Nothing, just go on squabbling like usual."

- Quatermass and the Pit (aka Five Million Years to Earth; 1967)

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I love this bit from the script of Five Million Years to Earth (1967) (Original Post) C Moon Nov 2014 OP

Damn. Cleita Nov 2014 #1

Ahead of its time... czarjak Nov 2014 #2

I saw that film in Reykjavik, of all places DFW Nov 2014 #3

A great movie! C Moon Nov 2014 #5

K&R DeSwiss Nov 2014 #4

:) C Moon Nov 2014 #6

Still love that movie. AtheistCrusader Nov 2014 #7

Wow... SoapBox Nov 2014 #8

Can't help being reminded of this... nikto Nov 2014 #9

"We'll keep doing what we do until we can't... alterfurz Nov 2014 #10

Cleita

(75,480 posts)

1. Damn.

Reply to C Moon (Original post)

Mon Nov 24, 2014, 02:17 AM

Nov 2014

It seems the scriptwriter was prescient.

czarjak

(11,254 posts)

2. Ahead of its time...

Reply to C Moon (Original post)

Mon Nov 24, 2014, 02:57 AM

Nov 2014

But, sad but true. What climate change?

DFW

(54,302 posts)

3. I saw that film in Reykjavik, of all places

Reply to C Moon (Original post)

Mon Nov 24, 2014, 03:00 AM

Nov 2014

I was with my brother on the way back from a summer trip to Europe, and we thought what a cool film, and "who had the time to prepare subtitles in Icelandic for all 628 people who were going to see it here?"