Reporter #1 Quotes in Lost in Space (1998)

Reporter #1: Professor Robinson, how do your children feel about traveling into space for the next ten years?

John Robinson: They couldn't be more excited.

[next scene]

Penny Robinson: This mission sucks!

Reporter #1: Mr. Morse, what happened to your friends?

Reporter #2: How did they die?

Charles Morse: They died... saving my life.

[inside an astronomical observatory, scientists hold a press conference]

Reporter #1: Dr. Shiga! The same galactic waves were caught in England. Uh, last year, accordingly. Are they the same one?

Dr. Shiga: No. That was different. The one before, was from beyond the solar system we think. But this one is very much nearer. According to our calculations.

Reporter #2: Does that mean... people on Solar... are the same system planet?

Dr. Shiga: No. That's hard to say. You have that ready?

[Dr. Shiga points to some slides]

Dr. Shiga: There's no! Air or water on the Moon? So no living thing inhabits it. As you know for sure. And... there are... no rivers on Mars. And on Venus... it has several hundred degrees Centigrade. And... the surface of... Jupiter is covered with... frozen ammonia. Saturn... is also... the same. No advanced vertebrates there, of course.

Reporter #3: So... what do those waves mean?

Dr. Shiga: Assuming. They come from... Proxima Cenauri

[sic]

Dr. Shiga: , which is nearest to us... How long? Will it take Apollo. One of the newest. Spaceships as you know. How long will it take us to get there do you think?

[the audience mutters and mumbles to themselves]

Dr. Shiga: Five hundred thousand years.

Reporter #1: [to McQueen] How you feeling?

Reporter #2: [to McQueen] Have you seen the latest record Storm's been set?

Reporter #3: [to McQueen] Have you given any thought to retiring?

Reporter #4: [to McQueen] McQueen, over here!

Karl Rove: Here they come they'll be bringing the heat.

George W. Bush: I know, don't swing at anything I can't hit.

Reporter #1: Mr. Bush, Mr. Bush, you didn't talk much about education. What are your plans for reform?

George W. Bush: Well, uh, I'm gonna deregulate school districts so that teachers and administrators can, you know, can develop programs to best fit their kids

Reporter #2: Sir, are you proposing to measure student's progress?

George W. Bush: Oh, well, we need to make a wholesale effort against racial profiling, you know? Which is, uh, illiterate children. You need to be able to teach a child to read and then he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.

Karl Rove: We're in the very early stages of developing our program.

Reporter 1: Have you located the splurge gun yet, sir?

O'Dreary: I'm afraid I can't answer that.

Reporter 1: You're not at liberty to say?

O'Dreary: [annoyed] No, I don't know the answer.

Reporter 2: Do you know where the guns are coming from, Lieutenant?

O'Dreary: Eh, I'm not at liberty to say. You'll have to ask Captain Smolsky that question.

Reporter #1: Did you get an insight into the workings of Massey's mind?

Joe Waters: This guy, he was a very bad man. Not a nice guy.

Gus Green: Yeah.

Reporter #1: Are you gonna keep on with your detective work then?

Nick Charles: I retired. I'm just going to take care of my wife's money, so I'll have something in my old age.

Reporter #2: You said you'd retired in New York; but, I noticed you took that Thin Man case.

Reporter #3: Oh, that Thin Man was a beaut! They're still talking about it.

Reporter #1: Pick us up another Thin Man, will ya Nick?

Reporter #1: You're related to Senator Issel, is that right? Am I correct?

Sen. Issel: [watching it on the TV] No.

Jack Issel: Yes, I am.

Sen. Issel: Son of a bitch!

Jack Issel: I'm his son.

Sen. Issel: Lying goddamn bastard!

Dickie Pilager: [conducting a press conference] In the case of capital offenses I am absolutely in favor of the death penalty. You hear stories about frontier justice - you can bet that the wrongdoers, the folks who couldn't play by the rules, had some respect for that. And there was no -

[starts floundering]

Dickie Pilager: it didn't cost the taxpayer - if they had had taxpayers back then... those were the good old days, I suppose -

[gathers steam again]

Dickie Pilager: and all you needed was a good strong rope and a tree to hang it from!

Reporter #1: So you'll be proposing tougher criminal legis...

Dickie Pilager: My message to criminals is this: straighten up or get out. There's no place for you in our state. You do the crime, and by God, you're gonna have to face your lumps.

Nora Allardyce: But the majority of those serving time for drug possession are...

Dickie Pilager: You want to change the behavior? Stiffen the consequences!

Nora Allardyce: There have been reports, Mr. Pilager, that before you became involved in politics you had considerable experience with...

Dickie Pilager: Look, if you're up in a helicopter, airplane, something that flies, you don't want your pilot intoxicated with drugs, do you? And it's that way with our schoolchildren... Junior can't read if he's high on crack. Yeah, air is thin enough up here!

[points to another reporter]

Dickie Pilager: Yes?

Reporter #1: Doctor, how did anybody break through those bars in there?

Dr. Chet Walker: Maybe he ate all his vitamins.

Reporter 1: What's that?

Reporter 2: Another Venus.

Reporter 1: Twenty-five thousand bucks. That's a lot of money to pay for a dame without a head.

[first lines]

Reporter #1: Tonight, investigators are questioning the credibility of those clinical trials.

Woman #1: I'm very angry. I can't believe doctors could betray so many people.

Man #1: I was part of the initial test group for the drug Vypraxilin. And, I can say without a doubt it was probably the worst decision I've ever made in my life.

Man #2: These people knowingly put out inaccurate information and they were being selective in the facts about the case.

Woman #2: She looked at me and then collapsed. Her mouth filled with blood and... it was terrifying.

Reporter #2: In fact, an investigation by the fda found no evidence of false data from Pierson pharmaceuticals.

Reporter #3: This is the third death attributed to the medication, with many more claims surfacing each day.

Woman #3: They need to be held accountable.

[last lines]

Kit Winter: It's easy. It's like breathing. It's like a heartbeat.

Reporter 1: Have you been following the Tom and Theo trial?

Reporter 2: Where's Barnaby?

Reporter 3: Carmen, who made your dress?

Bouncer: Get that camera out of here!

Harris: [while giving a TV interview] I could kill you right now, couldn't I?

Reporter #1: You could.

Harris: [laughs] But I won't.

Dr. Adam Steele: Gentlemen, we have just returned from our last meeting with our science advisors, and I'm happy to report that the launch is ready to go on schedule. The countdown will begin at 0800 tomorrow. And now, gentlemen, I want to introduce the astronaut chosen for this mission... Colonel Frank Saunders. Colonel Saunders will answer any questions that you might have. Frank?

[shows Frank to the podium]

Col. Frank Saunders: Dr. Steele is an optimist. What he means is I'll *try* to answer your questions.

Reporter #1: Colonel, aren't you just a little concerned about making a trip of 49 million miles alone? And when you *do* get to Mars, you still expect to be alone, or... you expect to find other life?

Col. Frank Saunders: I'm completely trained and ready for this mission, I'm not concerned. Now, fear is either physiological, or the result of ignorance and superstition. I'm in good physical condition, and haven't had the time to get superstitious. On the basis of all available data, it would be impossible to determine conclusively whether or not there is life on Mars. That's one of the things I expect to find out.

Reporter #1: Colonel, we understand that the radio telescope located on the down range island complex has been receiving signals in answer to their transmissions. It should maybe be from another civilization or a space vehicle itself.

Col. Frank Saunders: These signals could come from several sources. There's been no official agreement as to their origin, nor has there been anything to prove that they were sent by other intelligent beings.

Reporter #2: Colonel, how did you get picked for this project? Aren't there more experienced astronauts available?

Col. Frank Saunders: My career in the military, prior to this mission, was in test flight operations. Now, as I understand it, all the data on available test pilots was fed into a computer, and the results seem to indicate that I am the most likely candidate. Of course, I'm proud and happy to have been chosen, but I make it a rule never to question the decisions of my superiors.

Reporter #1: Colonel, I, uh, I've been covering the space program for *quite* a long time, yet, uh, prior to the day, I've never even heard of you. How do you explain that?

[Steele, Karen, and General Bowers look at each other nervously]

Col. Frank Saunders: [smiles] I guess I'm the shy type!

[Frank, smiling, freezes perfectly still, much to everyone's concern]

Reporter #1: [chuckling nervously] Colonel? Colonel?

Dr. Adam Steele: Gentlemen, the Colonel wasn't kidding, he really *is* shy! He, um... it's been a long day and we're all rather tired.

[Steele and Karen take the stiff Frank out of the conference room]

Reporter #1: Your TV-movie will be called "Happening in Mexico", Mr. Vogel. Can you tell something about the plot?

Sam Vogel: Well, adventures, action, pistoleros, cucaracas, sex, sex and again sex.