This Island Earth Quotes
Dr. Cal Meacham: Where am I?
Dr. Ruth Adams: Georgia.
Dr. Cal Meacham: I kind of expected Neptune.
Dr. Ruth Adams: Georgia.
Dr. Cal Meacham: I kind of expected Neptune.
Movie: This Island Earth
Joe Wilson: Cal, I - I know everybody's seeing flying saucers and screwy lights up in the sky. Well, you can put me in the booby hatch too, because, so help me, I saw this ship turn a bright green up there.
Dr. Cal Meacham: Are you sure, Joe?
Joe Wilson: Positive.
Dr. Cal Meacham: Did you hear anything?
Joe Wilson: Yes. A high-frequency howl, very high, all the time your ship was...
Dr. Cal Meacham: Green. Did Webb see it?
Joe Wilson: Unless he's blind.
Dr. Cal Meacham: Check him.
Joe Wilson: Right.
Dr. Cal Meacham: Oh, and Joe... until we find out what happened, all three of us were blind.
Dr. Cal Meacham: Are you sure, Joe?
Joe Wilson: Positive.
Dr. Cal Meacham: Did you hear anything?
Joe Wilson: Yes. A high-frequency howl, very high, all the time your ship was...
Dr. Cal Meacham: Green. Did Webb see it?
Joe Wilson: Unless he's blind.
Dr. Cal Meacham: Check him.
Joe Wilson: Right.
Dr. Cal Meacham: Oh, and Joe... until we find out what happened, all three of us were blind.
Movie: This Island Earth
[a mysterious catalog is delivered]
Dr. Cal Meacham: This isn't paper, it's some kind of metal! [reads]
Dr. Cal Meacham: Iterociter incorporating planetary generator. Iterociter with voltarator. With astroscope.
Joe Wilson: Here's something my wife could use in the house. An iterociter incorporating an electron sorter.
Dr. Cal Meacham: Oh, she'd probably gain 20 pounds while it did all the work for her. You know, Joe, according to this, there's no limit to what it can do. Laying a 4-lane highway at the rate of a mile a minute would be a cinch.
Joe Wilson: Cal... maybe we've been working too hard.
Dr. Cal Meacham: Complete line of iterociter parts, incorporating greater advances than hitherto known in the field of electronics. What exactly is an iterociter?
Joe Wilson: I don't know, and I don't want to know.
Dr. Cal Meacham: Well, I do. I want to know what it is and what it does. Order the list of parts on these pages.
Dr. Cal Meacham: This isn't paper, it's some kind of metal! [reads]
Dr. Cal Meacham: Iterociter incorporating planetary generator. Iterociter with voltarator. With astroscope.
Joe Wilson: Here's something my wife could use in the house. An iterociter incorporating an electron sorter.
Dr. Cal Meacham: Oh, she'd probably gain 20 pounds while it did all the work for her. You know, Joe, according to this, there's no limit to what it can do. Laying a 4-lane highway at the rate of a mile a minute would be a cinch.
Joe Wilson: Cal... maybe we've been working too hard.
Dr. Cal Meacham: Complete line of iterociter parts, incorporating greater advances than hitherto known in the field of electronics. What exactly is an iterociter?
Joe Wilson: I don't know, and I don't want to know.
Dr. Cal Meacham: Well, I do. I want to know what it is and what it does. Order the list of parts on these pages.
Movie: This Island Earth