LOL! But "I'll miss my bus!", "Time to change that oil" and "Marty, I always wear a suit to the office" are such compelling performances!
Truth be told, though, I can remember those three lines off the top of my head and not one single line from Sif if I tried other than "Thor".
Some of it is obviously just nostalgia but I also attribute it to my belief that bit-role characters were just handled so much better back then. So many memorable small parts in Back to the Future alone:
-The cafe worker: "Ya gonna order somethin' kid?!" and "I can't get ya a tab unless ya orda' somethin'!" and "If ya want a pepsi, pal, ya gonna PAY for it!"
-Lorraine's father: "What'd you do, kid, jump ship? What's with the life preserver?" and "He's an idiot. Parents were probably idiots, too. Lorraine, if you ever have a son that acts like that I'll disown you"
-Lorraine's mother: "Would you quit fiddling with that thing and come and eat your DINNER!" and "I think you should stay with us, Marty--I think you're our responsibility"
Anyway, I got off on a tangent but your reference made me think of how many small role characters I just sat here and thought off the top of my head what their lines were. Not one--not ONE from Sif or the rest of the Warriors Three. Nothing. I really attribute a lot of that to the writing of movies being better back in the good old days.
I watched Die Hard last Christmas and it dawned on me: You just don't get movies like this anymore. Sad, really.
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TJLamb0518 (3316)
6 years ago
What's really sad is that you don't need movies like that anymore...you just need the news.
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dteam6 (5073)
6 years ago
I hate dragging discussions into political territory but I just can't miss the opportunity to mention this: Biff in the alternate 1985 of Back to the Future 2...I'm sure you know this, but it was confirmed by the creators that he was supposed to be based on Donald Trump. Explains the Biff tower, hair and everything.
If you ask me, it's eerie because if Trump was allowed the have the freedom of power that Biff apparently had I could see our cities looking much like how Hill Valley did in Back to the Future 2--maybe even worse.
There was more truth in Back to the Future 2 than I ever realized.
What I love about the Back to the Future series is they come from a time when politics in films existed but were subtle and worked so well into the storylines that they didn't feel pretentious, forced or preachy--they were simply a commentary on the times.
You're right, though--we live in an era where the news shows us a world more violent and oppressive than any movie storyline. Sad, but true.
You don't need Die Hard--just look at the news and wait for the next weekly shooting.
I remember growing up looking at the news of the Columbine school shooting. I remember how shocking it was. I remember how unheard of such a mass shooting was. Now every week is like a Columbine shooting. There were 23--23 school shootings this year alone...and we're only just now coming upon the halfway point.
Oh, well.
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