Controller #1 Quotes in Superman II (1980)

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Controller #1 Quotes:

  • Controller #1: [unaware that Zod and Company have just wiped out the entire Artemis 2-crew] ... What did Nate say a minute ago? He saw a girl?

    Controller #2: I thought he said "curl."

    Controller #1: What's a curl?

    Controller #2: Isn't that what the old Cape Cannaveral guys called a comet with an east-west trajectory?

    Controller #1: How would I know? I was in high school back then.

    Controller #2: You look old for your age... Well, it looks like your run-of-the-mill, high-frequency electrical interference.

    Controller #1: All right...

    [to the other controllers]

    Controller #1: ... Which one of you guys is using the hair-dryer?

  • Controller #1: Is it A.M. or P.M.?

    Controller #2: A.M. Very, very A.M.

  • Steve McCroskey: [he hears lots of static on his two-way radio] Striker, you're fading out! Come in. Over.

    [more static]

    Steve McCroskey: Damn! We lost him!

    Controller #1: Could be those sun spots.

    Jacobs: Could be your dishwashing detergent.

  • Steve McCroskey: Get me radio contact with that ship, pronto!

    Controller #1: Yes, sir!

    Controller #3: [walks over carrying some papers. He is carrying them with an oven mitt] Here's all the available information on the sun, sir. That thing is *hot*.

    [McCroskey touches the hot papers and burns his hand]

    Steve McCroskey: Get me Bud Kruger immediately and some ice!

    Controller #3: Yes, sir.

    Steve McCroskey: Jacobs.

    [Jacobs hops over]

    Steve McCroskey: I want to know absolutely everything that's happened up 'til now.

    Controller Jacobs: Well, let's see: First, the Earth cooled. And then the dinosaurs came, but they got too big and fat, so they all died and they turned into oil. And then the Arabs came and they bought Mercedes-Benzes. And Prince Charles started wearing all of Lady Di's clothes. I couldn't believe it.

    [Jacobs turns and starts to walk away, continuing to speak, trailing off as he gets further from the camera]

    Controller Jacobs: He took her best summer dress out of the closet and he put it on and went to town...

    Steve McCroskey: [walks over to a wall and stands next to a portrait that depicts him standing next to a portrait that depicts him] Things sure haven't changed.

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