"I'm like a bad ___"

Indyologist

Indyologist

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Under inspiration from another thread, I decided to start this one. How many of you think this line from LC was a decidedly campy/lame/confusing/infuriating thing for Indy to say:

"I'm like a bad penny-- I always show up."

This is the only line in the whole trilogy that I really think is stupid. Do you agree with me?

If you do, then let's have a little brainstorming as to what smart aleck comment you think would have been better for Indy to say after Elsa says:

Elsa: (To Indy) I never expected to see you again...

If you wish, you can use this format:

Indy: I'm like a ____, I always _____.

Or have him say something completely different...
 
VP

VP

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Indyologist said:
"I'm like a bad penny-- I always show up."

This is the only line in the whole trilogy that I really think is stupid. Do you agree with me?
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No, I don't agree.
 
Finn

Finn

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"I'm like a piece of dung on the wall of a hillbilly house - you never get me off."
 
Webley

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Finn said:
"I'm like a piece of dung on the wall of a hillbilly house - you never get me off."
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So youv been to my house?
Im like the last sip of a beer with a sigaret but in it I always come back up.
 
Canyon

Canyon

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Personally I've always liked the line but how about something like:

Elsa: "I never expected to see you again
Indy: "Sorry to disappoint you, sweetheart."
 
Deadlock

Deadlock

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I'd like to know what the phrase MEANS... In what manner does bad penny turn up, so that it can be emulated by Indy??? And what the hell is a bad penny anyway???

And I think that in the realm of stupid dialogue, 80% of Willie's lines are competing for the top prize. Next to her, Indy is Shakespeare.

Here's my suggestion for a smart aleck comeback.

Elsa: I never expected to see you again.
Indy: Sleep with any more senior citizens since I saw you last? :)
 
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Finn

Finn

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Deadlock said:
Indy: Sleep with any more senior citizens since I saw you last? :)
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...and then we get a Monty Python reference when Henry backhands him.
 
I

Indy's_main_man

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"I'm like a bad Nazi...but Nazis are considered to be bad so technically i'd be a good nazi...but Like I said Nazis are bad...nazis are bad, right stephen? see YOU're a nazi and you've been trying to kill me...yes so i'd be a good nazi who turns bad. no wait a bad nazi who turns good...no wait..."
 
Tennessee R

Tennessee R

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good, Caitlin. :)

yes, Indyologist, I don't think that that was the best choice for words in that situation. But I kindof like it, anyway.
 
I

Indy's_main_man

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how about:

"I'm like a bad movie line...I always talk about something irrelevant to the situation...like pennies for example"
 
westford

westford

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Deadlock said:
I'd like to know what the phrase MEANS... In what manner does bad penny turn up, so that it can be emulated by Indy??? And what the hell is a bad penny anyway???
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Heads or tails? Flip a coin, and a bad penny will always show the opposite to what you picked, causing you to lose a bet or whatever.
 
Deadlock

Deadlock

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Your explanation is plausible... but who flips a penny when they are going to flip a coin??? They're too small. :confused:
 
Johan

Johan

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You know those pennies plastered with some sort of green mold...they alway's seem to show up in your pocket...even when you thought you spent it
 
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