Alien Visitor (1996)

Syd Brisbane: The Man

Quotes 

• She : You're going to have to help me get off.

  The Man : Me? Off where?

  She : Here. Off here. Off Earth.

  The Man : Oh, you mean, this "vile" planet?

  She : Yes.

  The Man : Looks OK to me.

  She : That's because you're like a frog.

  The Man : Oh, I see.

  She : You don't see at all. Have you ever cooked a live frog?

  The Man : Why would I want to do that?

  She : You might learn something.

  [pause] 

  She : When you drop a frog into a pot of boiling water it will jump straight back out to save itself. But if you put a frog into a pot of cold water and heat it slowly it will swim around quite happily until the water gets too hot and kills it.

  The Man : So?

  She : Are you representative of the level of intelligence here or are you particularly stupid?

  The Man : Oh, about average I'd say.

  She : This place is worse than I thought.

  [pause] 

  She : What happens to the second frog is what is happening to you here, right this minute. And I want to get off before the water boils.

• The Man : [offering a shirt]  Please put this on. I'm having trouble following the conversation.

• She : How can you do it?

  The Man : Do what?

  She : Eat dead pig? It's wasting of resources, cruel in the extreme, and it's symptomatic of an immature and ego-centric society.

  The Man : That's a lot of big words.

  She : Oh. In small words, it means you're a barbarian.

• The Man : The stars are moving!

  She : The stars are not moving. That's your Earth turning.

• The Man : Are there any, like, boundaries on our relationship?

  She : How do you mean, boundaries?

  The Man : Well, boundaries, ya know? Like, for example, physical boundaries. If I've known your five minutes, or a week - my watch behaving strangely. But, I figured it wouldn't hurt to ask. Say what you mean in a way.

  She : What do you mean?

  The Man : Well... you know...

  She : If that's your idea of saying what you mean, it's no wonder this place is in such a mess.

• The Man : If we weren't going to bring children into the world, there'd be no point saving it.

  She : There's no point bringing children into the world until we've saved it.

• She : I feel the need to have a relationship. We're together anyway, so it makes sense to also have a relationship.

  The Man : We hardly know each other.

  She : Oh, it's quite easy, really. We'll treat each other with respect and kindness, and have a relationship.

  The Man : Just like that, ay?

  She : Is that so hard?

  The Man : No. Suits me fine.

  She : Some simple rules need to be followed. Say what you mean, mean what you say. Don't get offended by anything I say or do, no matter how hard that might be for you, until after we've agreed to terminate the relationship. Don't bottle-up your feelings. Agree to disagree. Respect the other's point of view. That's the one that's going to be hardest for me...