The Black Hole (1979) · 23 quotes
2nd most-quoted character in The Black Hole (1979): in 8 of its 23 quotes
Most scenes with: V.I.N.CENT (6), Lieutenant Charles Pizer (6), Harry Booth (2)
Dan Holland Kate, try to get through to V.I.N.C.E.N.T with your E.S.P.
I got through to V.I.N.C.E.N.T! He said there are old pilots, and there are bold pilots, but there are very few old, bold pilots!
She's tuned into V.I.N.C.E.N.T all right!
Dan Holland Good.
The officer the men trusted most was Frank McCrae.
Kate's father.
They turned to him when Dr. Reinhardt ignored the orders to return home. They tried to take control of the Cygnus. Reinhardt called it mutiny and killed Mr. McCrae.
Dan Holland What became of the crew?
They were captured by the sentry robots and they're still on board.
What?!
Where?
In the command tower, the power center.
Robots, Mr. Pizer! Humanoid robots!
The most valuable thing in the universe, intelligent life, means nothing to Dr. Reinhardt. Without their wills, the crew became things he can command.
Holland That explains the funeral.
Right.
Holland And the limping robot you spotted.
Exactly, Mr. Booth.
Holland We can't just take off and leave these poor devils behind. Harry, it looks like we're gonna have to try your plan.
What?! And end up just like the rest of the crew?! Well, if they couldn't pull it off, what chance do we have?
That's right! For God's sakes, Dan, we can't take on that mechanical army!
Captain, I was forced to destroy two sentry robots. The others are searching now. If they're found...!
Holland Gotcha, V.I.N.CENT.. [to Charlie Pizer] Charlie, start the countdown.
Right!
Holland V.I.N.CENT., tell Kate I want her and Alex back here on the double!
2130; day 547. Unscheduled course correction due at 2200. Pre-correction check: rotation axis plus three degrees. Nitrous oxide pressure: 4100 rising to 5,000. Quad jet C and D on preselect. Rotor ignition sequence beginning in 3-0. Thruster line reactors on standby.
Dan Holland V.I.N.CENT, notify me with 15 to go. Alex?
Yes, Dan?
Dan Holland Have you determined a difference in ETAs with and without our correction?
Working on it. You know, we shouldn't be needing a correction at this time. V.I.N.CENT, run a confirmation on the last inertial fix and check it with another celestial, please.
I have. It is correct. But I think I've found the reason for our present variation. Mr. Pizer?
Yes, V.I.N.CENT?
Dan Holland It's only dinner.
Said the spider to the fly.
If Reinhart has anti-gravity strong enough to hold us here, I figure he's got enough to pull away.
So? So why not take this ship and Reinhart back home?
Dan Holland That's a long shot you're talking, Harry.
Oh, come on! You've got two scientific wizards here who could figure out the computers and possibly even reprogram the robots. And the three of us can handle Reinhart and that pet monster of his. I tell ya... we could all be heroes.
Dan Holland We could also be dead.
Every time I see one of those things I expect to spot some guy dressed in red with horns and a pitchfork.
Dan Holland It's a monster, all right.
A rip in the very fabric of space and time.
We'd be better off without you and Maximilian trying to knock heads.
I can handle that thing.
Well, far be it from you to admit there isn't anything you can't handle.
There are three basic types, Mr. Pizer: the Wills, the Won'ts, and the Can'ts. The Wills accomplish everything, the Won'ts oppose everything, and the Can'ts won't try anything.
Dan Holland Well, do us all a favor, V.I.N.CENT, and try to be a Can't, especially where that monster is concerned. We need you, not another corkscrew.
I should've known he was all-talk-no-guts and locked him up!
Dan Holland He may have done us a favor, Charlie; at least we're alive.
And where there's life...
That's just not what he had in mind; he was trying to save his own skin.
There is a saying that you can't unscramble eggs!
A penny's worth of philosophy right now isn't gonna buy us out of this now, V.I.N.CENT.!
A good offense is the best defense!
And what, go after Reinhardt and turn the ship around? It's too late for all that!
There is an alternative!
Dan Holland The probe ship. V.I.N.CENT., you're a genius!
