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So whether we admit it or not, we’re all influenced by the media we consume. And for me some of the most influential and enjoyable things are monologues. Sometimes it can be an entirely new character backed by solid writing and a competent actor. But the ones for me come from long established characters speaking to us.
I’m torn on which is my favourite. There’s Sisko’s final monologue from “In The Pale Moonlight” for very obvious reasons.
But then there’s Dot Cotton’s absolute tour de force episode of Eastenders. I think this probably edges out Sisko because I normally cannot stand that programme. I loathe soaps, and Eastenders is the laziest and most hackneyed of the lot. But this episode? Just....wow. It’s Dot recording a tape for her husband Jim. Extra poignancy is added because Jim’s actor had suffered a stroke in real life. Just....*chef’s kiss*, probably because the general level of writing on the show is Bloody Awful. The whole thing feels real, and lived. Absolute bottled lightning of an episode. Sadly the following is just an excerpt. It’s otherwise a half hour of sheer brilliance.
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It’s kind of Americanese for Dave Lister’s “let’s get out there and gakker it” line from Polymorph.
You can find a group of the most globally minded Americans, the kind of people who pooh pooh the idea of American exceptionalism, show them this clip, and they start thinking about getting bald eagle tattoos. It is somehow insanely cheesy and unironically inspiring. It's such a good bit of wrting that if you google simply "Independence day speech" you have to go down seven results before you get an actual speech given on the actual holiday. It shamelessly paraphrases Dylan Thomas, and awkwardly ends with the movie's title even though it doesn't make sense. It's a speech about the universality of the moment, but overwhelmingly American in it's tone and perspective.
It is the greatest speech in movie history.
Still... my favorite monologue is one that is both baffling and informative. It can't possibly be true, but even as a web of lies it tells us so much about the speaker. It is, of course, Dr. Evil's description of his life:
"the sort of vague malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament" is simply fantastic writing.
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The Jewish Barber's speech from the end of The Great Dictator
Jake Roberts' promo before his match with Randy Savage at This Tuesday In Texas 1991
And his post match interview (unfortunately cannot find a free version with audio and video)
God damn was Jake a phenomenal heel! And at a time where your top guys were just shouting at each other with all the energy that several lines of coke could give them, he was so different in his delivery.
Oh, thought of one from one of my favourite TV shows
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The Laws of Thermodynamics:
1) You cannot win. 2) You cannot break even. 3) You cannot stop playing the game.
Colonel Flagg wrote:You think you're real smart. But you're not smart; you're dumb. Very dumb. But you've met your match in me.
I suppose I could just cheat and pick some random Captain Picard's Greatest Hits video off of YouTube, but that would be too easy.
Another option could be Bonasera's opening speech from The Godfather.
The quote in my sig from Albert in Twin Peaks is a bit too short to really be a monologue.
So, I'll go with this bit from Twin Peaks: Major Briggs sharing with his son a dream he had.
"Through the darkness of future past, the magician longs to see.
One chants out between two worlds: Fire, walk with me." - Twin Peaks
"You listen to me. While I will admit to a certain cynicism, the fact is that I am a naysayer and hatchetman in the fight against violence. I pride myself in taking a punch and I'll gladly take another because I choose to live my life in the company of Gandhi and King. My concerns are global. I reject absolutely revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method... is love. I love you Sheriff Truman." - Twin Peaks
That scene from Deep Space Nine probably has to be one of the best ever moments from Trek. What a delivery by Avery Brooks, just awesome
Loved the late and great Don Davis in Star Gate and also in Twin Peaks (where he effectively plays the same character!) Always thought they missed the cross-over episode in Star Gate there, just have some woman walking in holding a log or a strange dancing midget or something
Not every great monologue needs to be a long dramatic scene with a foot on a tactical rock/plane wing/fallen Jaeger.
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"By this point I'm convinced 100% that every single race in the 40k universe have somehow tapped into the ork ability to just have their tech work because they think it should."
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