The Black Hole (1979) · 23 quotes
3rd most-quoted character in The Black Hole (1979): in 6 of its 23 quotes
Most scenes with: Dan Holland (6), V.I.N.CENT (4)
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!
Lieutenant Charles Pizer She's tuned into V.I.N.C.E.N.T all right!
Good.
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.
V.I.N.CENT, notify me with 15 to go. Alex?
Yes, Dan?
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?
Lieutenant Charles Pizer Yes, V.I.N.CENT?
If Reinhart has anti-gravity strong enough to hold us here, I figure he's got enough to pull away.
Lieutenant Charles Pizer So?
So? So why not take this ship and Reinhart back home?
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.
We could also be dead.
Lieutenant Charles Pizer Every time I see one of those things I expect to spot some guy dressed in red with horns and a pitchfork.
It's a monster, all right.
A rip in the very fabric of space and time.
Lieutenant Charles Pizer We'd be better off without you and Maximilian trying to knock heads.
I can handle that thing.
Lieutenant Charles Pizer 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.
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.
Lieutenant Charles Pizer I should've known he was all-talk-no-guts and locked him up!
He may have done us a favor, Charlie; at least we're alive.
And where there's life...
Lieutenant Charles Pizer 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!
Lieutenant Charles Pizer 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!
Lieutenant Charles Pizer And what, go after Reinhardt and turn the ship around? It's too late for all that!
There is an alternative!
The probe ship. V.I.N.CENT., you're a genius!
