A character in Forbidden Planet (1956)

Commander John J. Adams quotes from Forbidden Planet (1956)

Leslie Nielsen
A line from Commander John J. Adams

I'm in command of 18 competitively selected super-perfect physical specimens with an average age of 24.6 who have been locked up in hyperspace for 378 days. It would have served you right if he ... they ... oh go on, get out of here before I have you run out of the area under guard — and then I'll put more guards on the guards.

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Commander John J. Adams

Alta, about a million years from now the human race will have crawled up to where the Krell stood in their great moment of triumph and tragedy. And your father's name will shine again like a beacon in the galaxy. It's true, it will remind us that we are, after all, not God.

Scenes with Commander John J. Adams

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Commander Adams

No offence, but you are a robot...

Robby

That is correct, sir.

Commander Adams

Nice planet you have here. High oxygen content.

Robby

I rarely use it myself, sir. It promotes rust.

Commander Adams

Whatever you know in here, your other self knows out there.

Dr. Morbius
[angrily]

I'm not a monster, you...

Commander Adams
[grappling with Morbius]

We're all part monsters in our subconscious, so we have laws and religion!

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