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Favorite Film Scientists?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the that-wacky-bunch-from-real-genius dept.

theodp asks: "From Rotwang in Fritz Lang's Metropolis to Wallace the Engineer in last year's Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Slate notes that scientists have long been a staple of the movies. So who are some of the more memorable scientist characters from your movie-going?"

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  1. Only one choice for me... by Mindwarp · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ..Cristopher Lloyd as Dr. Emmett Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy.

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  2. Easy by eronysis · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Dr. Strangelove of course

  3. No contest by afree87 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Doc Brown:

    "If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits eighty-eight miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious shit."

    Let's hear another scientist top that quote.

  4. Scientologist by j235 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Tom Cruise... oh wait... Scientist. Nevermind.

  5. Re:Favorite Scientists by captn+ecks · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Dr Strangelove, of course. Although he was more of a 'political' scientist... "Mein Furher! I can walk!"

  6. Hard to pick just one... by rampant+mac · · Score: 5, Insightful
    So I have to pick three:

    Dr. Peter Venkman
    Dr. Raymond Stantz
    Dr. Egon Spengler

    :)

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  7. Mr. Spock by GreyKnight · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Mr. Spock, science officer of the USS Enterprise.

    His objectivity, intellect, and curiosity made him the quintessential scientist.

    (Okay, he's mostly a TV character, but he appeared in his share of movies.)

  8. I will pick up that gauntlet by awtbfb · · Score: 5, Funny
    Let's hear another scientist top that quote.

    I humbly submit:
    New Jersey: Why is there a watermelon there?
    Reno: I'll tell you later.

    Hell, you could probably take half a dozen other quotes from The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension.

    Of course, Real Genius had some great lines too.
  9. Gilligan's Professor by srobert · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The professor from Gilligan's Island. When I was a kid, that's what a scientist was like.
    He knew nearly everything except how to get them off the island. He was a social misfit, still everyone respected him because of his high intelligence.

  10. Obligatory quotes by DaveAtFraud · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hump? What hump?
    ...
    Wow! What knockers!
    ...
    So which brain did you get?
    Abby.
    Abby who?
    Abby normal.

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