Heavy Metal Quotes
A glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with a collection of stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.
Edsel: [completely wasted from Nyborg] I think... you're coming in a little high, man.
Zeks: [wasted from Nyborg, but more lucid] Look, man, if there's one thing I know, it's how to drive while I'm stoned. It's like you know your perspective's fucked so you just let your hands work the controls as if you were straight.
Zeks: [wasted from Nyborg, but more lucid] Look, man, if there's one thing I know, it's how to drive while I'm stoned. It's like you know your perspective's fucked so you just let your hands work the controls as if you were straight.
Zeks: Hey, do we have any of that Plutonian Nyborg left?
Edsel: Uh, yeah. Just one bag. Uh, it's in the transmitter compartment.
Zeks: Thanks, man.
Zeks: Oh, great.
[lays out a long, thick Nyborg line on floor]
Zeks: Think this is enough?
Edsel: Uhh... nah. Go for broke.
Zeks: Good thinking, man.
[lays Nyborg all over the floor in overlapping heavy lines]
Zeks, Edsel: [in jubilant unison] Nose dive!
Edsel: Uh, yeah. Just one bag. Uh, it's in the transmitter compartment.
Zeks: Thanks, man.
Zeks: Oh, great.
[lays out a long, thick Nyborg line on floor]
Zeks: Think this is enough?
Edsel: Uhh... nah. Go for broke.
Zeks: Good thinking, man.
[lays Nyborg all over the floor in overlapping heavy lines]
Zeks, Edsel: [in jubilant unison] Nose dive!
Prosecutor: Are you Captain Lincoln F. Sternn?
Stern: I am.
Prosecutor: Lincoln Sternn, you stand here accused of 12 counts of murder in the first degree, 14 counts of armed theft of Federation property, 22 counts of piracy in high space, 18 counts of fraud, 37 counts of rape...
[pauses to check rap sheet]
Prosecutor: ... and one moving violation. How do you plead?
Stern: Not guilty.
Stern: I am.
Prosecutor: Lincoln Sternn, you stand here accused of 12 counts of murder in the first degree, 14 counts of armed theft of Federation property, 22 counts of piracy in high space, 18 counts of fraud, 37 counts of rape...
[pauses to check rap sheet]
Prosecutor: ... and one moving violation. How do you plead?
Stern: Not guilty.
Harry Canyon: [as a nude redhead begins intercourse with him] Sucker play or not, I must have turned her on somethin' fierce. I mean, this dame was goin' for broke. Maybe it was her first time with a New Yorker, I dunno. Anyway, nothing beats good old American know-how. And I was givin' this broad the Stars And Stripes For Ever.
the Loc-Nar: [Den and Catharine fly off, ending the second story. the Loc-Nar breaks out of the scepter] Even when someone has the strength to discard me, my power is not diminished.
[the orb rises through the air and into a space station. a hand picks it up off the floor]
the Loc-Nar: Someone always finds me.
[the third story, "Captain Sternn" begins]
[the orb rises through the air and into a space station. a hand picks it up off the floor]
the Loc-Nar: Someone always finds me.
[the third story, "Captain Sternn" begins]
Desk Sergeant: Before you go any further, pal, I gotta tell ya it's cash up front. A thousand bucks a day for a full investigation, another thou' if the assailant is caught. Do you understand?
Harry Canyon: Yeah. Hey, here's a dollar. Thanks for nothin'.
Desk Sergeant: Think you can do better?... Punk.
Harry Canyon: Yeah. Hey, here's a dollar. Thanks for nothin'.
Desk Sergeant: Think you can do better?... Punk.
the Loc-Nar: [the first story, "Harry Canyon" ends] You've had your first lesson, young one. My evil corrupts the most innocent. I've chosen you because you possess powers you do not yet understand. look again. Look deep into me. In some worlds, I'm worshiped as God.
[the second story begins, "Den"]
[the second story begins, "Den"]
the Loc-Nar: [the fifth story, "So Beautiful, So Dangerous" ends. the space station fades away] My stories are almost over. I have chosen you because you are the future who could destroy me. With your death, I break the chain for all time. Look into me, one final time. See my evil destroy your race. Then prepare to die.
[the final story, "Taarna" begins]
[the final story, "Taarna" begins]
Girl: [the astronaut comes home with a grey box. he is greeted by his daughter] What did you bring me?
Grimaldi: You'll see.
[the astronaut goes into the parlor. his daughter follows]
Girl: [she runs after him] Wait, wait for me. What is it?
the Loc-Nar: [the astronaut opens the box and a green orb rises out. it hovers in front of him for a second, then destroys his body in a gooey mass of flesh and bone. it evaporates quickly into nothing. the orb confronts the girl] Do not try to escape. You are in my control. Look at me: I am the sum of all evils. Look carefully. My power infests all times, all galaxies, all dimensions. But many still seek me out; a green jewel they must possess. But see how I destroy their lives.
[the screen cuts to the first story]
Grimaldi: You'll see.
[the astronaut goes into the parlor. his daughter follows]
Girl: [she runs after him] Wait, wait for me. What is it?
the Loc-Nar: [the astronaut opens the box and a green orb rises out. it hovers in front of him for a second, then destroys his body in a gooey mass of flesh and bone. it evaporates quickly into nothing. the orb confronts the girl] Do not try to escape. You are in my control. Look at me: I am the sum of all evils. Look carefully. My power infests all times, all galaxies, all dimensions. But many still seek me out; a green jewel they must possess. But see how I destroy their lives.
[the screen cuts to the first story]
