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Dear Dave: F*@%k Yeah!
Dave at Dave's Long Box (one of the most excellent comics blogs in the world, along with Progressive Ruin) is doing "The F*@%k Yeah! Files," an idea that I wish I'd come up with: he's finding the moments where you leap out of your seat and shout, "F*@%k Yeah!" (Or, alternatively, "That is so Airwolf!") Dave's using comics as the "F*@%k Yeah!" moments, so let me give you an example of one of my personal F*@%k Yeahs! that Dave agrees with: In the JLA, a techno-villain called Prometheus beat the hell out of Batman because he has a disc that can upload the moves of the twelve best martial artists in the world directly into his neural pathways, Matrix-style. "I should warn you that it's not looking good for you, Batman,*" he says, slipping into position. "One of them is you." And he pounds the crap out of Batman, who has to be rescued. The next encounter, several months later, Prometheus meets up with Batman again. He taps his helmet, loading up his bad-ass kung-fu... and sags bonelessly. "Your skills and reflexes are counterfeit," Batman informs him. "Programmed directly into your nervous system from the CD in your helmet. I know that because I spent a month dissecting that helmet... And I just rewrote the information on your disk. I wiped the martial arts and gymnastics programs. Your nervous and muscular skills are now being imprinted with the physical characteristics of one man... "Professor Stephen Hawking!" Wham. And Batman knocks Prometheus out for the count. Those are the F*@%k Yeah! Moments - the ones where the hero pulls off a victory (or an entrance) so surprising, so stunning, and so emotionally fulfilling that you leap out of your chair in a roar. Maybe the example I gave didn't do it for you, but they happen in movies, too; for me, the finest F*@%k Yeah! moment ever is in Aliens. You know the one: Whrrrrrrr Clomp clomp clomp clomp clomp clomp "Get away from her, you bitch." For Gini, it's River in the Serenity movie, which if you've seen you'll know the moment and if you haven't I wouldn't dream of spoiling it for you. Interestingly enough, I can't remember a single F*@%k Yeah! moment in books; oh, I've been downright triumphant at some of the surprises that words have offered me, but none of them have made me throw the book to one side and scream "BOO YAH!" I think there's something about the visual impact where you have to see the action happening to get the full value of your F*@%k Yeah! And so I tender the question: what is the greatest F*@%k Yeah! in the history of mankind? Because if there's a movie or comic out there with a solid gold F*@%k Yeah! and I haven't seen it yet, I want to. I need to. 'Cause there's nothing like the visceral thrill of the F*@%k Yeah! * - Or something like that. I'm too lazy to get the trade paperback.
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When Gutenburg invented the printing press and brought writing to everyone, not just the nobility.
When the shark leaps up and eats Sam Jackson in one bite, when he's in the middle of his cliched "work together or die alone speech" in Deep Blue Sea. That was fvcking brilliant.
Gandalf on the bridge vs. the Balrog.
Matrix, Neo 'gets it' after getting dead.
Die Hard ... well there's several of 'em, but probably the gun and duck tape moment.
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Hmmm. As I was somewhat picked on in middle school and a bit in high school, I get an extremely guilty, yet very satisfying thrill out of such moments. And I've got a few favorite ones, but I'm sure you've seen them all:
1) "Back to the Future," when George McFly KOs Biff in the high school parking lot.
2) "Star Wars (yeah, yeah, Ep. 4, whatever)" Death Star = space kablooey.
3) The end of "Fight Club"
4) The end of "Road House" ("This is our town...")
5) The end of "Revenge of the Nerds"
And I must agree with Gini, River in Serenity is pretty cool, too, but I just saw it this past weekend, so I haven't mentally filed it away yet.
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| Date: | October 25th, 2005 02:50 pm (UTC) |
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Today is St. Crispin's Day, you know. :)
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| Date: | October 25th, 2005 02:51 pm (UTC) |
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The siege of Bastogne had a great one liner from the American commander...
Independence Day, when Will Smith punches the alien.
Fight Club... dude, that whole movie is a 'hellyeah!' moment for me. I can't pick a particular.
Batman Begins... a bit spoilery, so all I'll say is 'the subway scene at the end.'
Star Wars- do I even have to say which one?
And that'll be it from me for now. :)
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| Date: | October 25th, 2005 03:03 pm (UTC) |
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I'm having a difficult time thinking of good F Yeah! moments, but here's what my peanut brain came up with so far:
- TPM: Obi-Wan vs. Darth Maul
- X-Men 2: Wolverine starts to kick ass and take names in Xavier's school
- Serenity: River in the bar
I'm partial to the end of the Firefly episode "Trash" (aka, the second episode with Saffron). Inara so rarely gets the "OWNZED" moments in the series.
That, and because I *worshipped* Hackers as a 13 year old discovering the internet, the scene where they broadcast the evil plans of the antagonist to Times Square. :)
Not sure of the best one ever - but here's an example of one from a book: In Harry Potter Order of the Phoenix, when the Weasley Twins do their big exit, I almost cheered.
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| Date: | October 25th, 2005 03:06 pm (UTC) |
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My favorite comic book "F!@#$ Yeah!" moment would have to be in Hellblazer when Constantine changes some holy water into wine and then tricks Lucifer into drinking it.
--m4
planet of the apes when heston gazes up at the statue of liberty, and says "You blew it up." finally, all the degredation of humans at the hands of ape makes sense. We deserved it.
Not the greatest one, but the one that came to mind due to an icon on my friends page is the Harry Potter moment when Hermione decks Draco (which also made me hoot aloud with joy when I read it. I've been waiting for SOMEONE to do it since I first met him in the book. XD)
The very last page of "Transmetropolitan"... "One percent."
Or for some reason, the bit in "Re-Animator" where Jeffrey Combs says "You are a poor scientist.
Indy in Raiders has at least two F*@%k Yeah! moments:
- Looming out of the shadows after disarming Barranca with his whip. A serious contender for baddest-ass moment ever in movie history;
- Beating the ever-loving shit out of the Nazi in the truck and hurling him over the hood, whereupon the Nazi tries to hang on but gets squished.
"Promise me money and power."
"Yes! Yes!"
"Promise me anything."
"Yes! Anything you want!"
"I want my father back, you sonofabitch.!"
I saw that in a college town, and there was a roar just like a touchdown at the football game.
Real Genius - The laser going off for the first time, and then again when it goes off the last time.
Human Torch / Spider Man #3 (With the Spider-Buggy on the cover) - When Spider-Man seperates the Apes from Red Ghost. I'd been waiting since the mid-80's to see that happen.
Spider-Man (Onslaught Phase 2) - Clone taking out four Sentinels in one maneuver. (Behead one, webline, behead three more with first's head.) Yah, the X-Men take 'em out faster, but that's just classy.
Star Trek II -- When Kirk contacts Spock from the Genesis cave after the two hours are up (when everybody else in the cave thought they'd be there for two days). That got me all goose-pimply.
That John Byrne shot of Wolverine in the sewers under the Hellfire Club, during the Dark Phoenix Saga. Yeah, you know which one I mean.
(And I hated that Prometheus vs. Batman thing -- but then, Morrison's whole JLA run felt "off" to me)
The end of the book Wizards first rule when Richard outsmarts Darken Rahl.
The end of the movie "Fallen" where you realize the twist ending was given to you at the begining of the movie.
The thirteenth warrior: Bullvide kills the leader of the Vin-do and then dies, like the supreme bad asse that he is.
The most recent Terry Pratchett book has a "Fuck YEAH" moment near the end. Without being too spoilery, for those who have read it: "I am The Watchman."
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| Date: | October 25th, 2005 03:22 pm (UTC) |
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Regarding river in serenity, I don't think I can put it in that catagory. It's a good moment, but it's also the moment in that movie that stretches my suspense of disbelief the most. Don't get me wrong, River's my favorite character and I sure don't want her to die, but the first fight is one thing, that's an entirely different one.
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| Date: | October 25th, 2005 03:24 pm (UTC) |
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Hi There!
I don't know if these qualify as "F&*$% Yeah!" moments. I always love the: "You done F&*$%ed with the wrong guy" moments. The guy who's a reall bad-ass, but actually lets you forget it for a little while, and then suddenly, in one sudden moment, reminds you.
My favorite "You done F*&$%#ed with the wrong guy" moments are:
-- "Bilbo Baggins! Do not TAKE me for some conjuror of cheap tricks!!" (Also, the scene on the bridge with the Balrog, as someone mentioned)
There's a scene in one of the Peter Davis/Todd McFarlane Hulk comics, where the Hulk is fighting Rock and Redeemer. Redeemer has a ridiculous looking power suit with racks of missiles on his arm and a silly domed helmet. Hulk says to him:
-- "Nice suit, Redeemer. Looks like you could stop an army with it. [pause] I've stopped a few armies myself".
When Darth Maul first appears:
-- Obi wan: "We'll handle this".
Sandman, Season of Mists:
"Oh Azazel.. it was unwise for you to attempt to fight me here. Elsewhere perhaps, but not here. This is my home, Azazel, my place of power. This is the Heart of the Dreaming. Reality here conforms to my wishes. It is what I will it to be, no more, no less. And it light of your recent actions, it was very unwise of you to reject my hospitality...".
And as for BOOKS, there was one scene in Anne Rice's Tale of the Body Thief. It's spoilery, but then the rest of the book wasn't all that good, so I'll tell you. Lestat has just had his body "stolen" by some guy named Raglan, who was using Lestat's body to cause mischief and mayhem. He thought that he'd killed Raglan, but then Raglan comes back in the body of Lestat's mortal friend David. He then goes on this tirade how if Lestat kills him now, his friend David will not have a mortal body to return to, and how Lestat will have killed his own friend, and now you have to let me live, Lestat, muahahahahaha!!"
-- Lestat slams the guy's skull against a wall, shattering it. He is, after all, a complete and total bastard.
That was kind of a "F*&%$* Yeah!" moment, too.
Not to be mean, but you're typing "F*@%k" while Sir Dave is imputting "F*@#". You're usuing 3 placeholder characters, thus making your word a FIVE letter swear word that starts with "f" and ends with "k." Fluck? Flick?
On the other hand, Sir Dave uses 3 placeholders as well, but ammends no "k" to the end. Thus, his censored swear word can be easily associated with "fuck."
I'm dissapointed in you, Ferrett.
;)
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| Date: | October 25th, 2005 03:36 pm (UTC) |
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I've had a couple of those moments reading books, though the only examples I can think of are from the Vorkosigan books. Particularly the 'it isn't how much force you use, it's how it is applied' scene with Taura.
I think I'm a lot more likely to have 'OMG WHAT?' moments with books, where you're so involved in a universe that something breaking the rules is genuinely shocking. Movies just can't match that level of involvement. |
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