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Thursday, June 5, 2014

Goosebumps and Feels



Geekbumps and Feels are those moments: sometimes your hair stands on end...sometimes some dust drifts into your eyes.   Either way they are the moments that stick with you and why we love our stories.

Please comment with any I left out...

Star Wars: 
  • Luke looking over the horizon at the twin setting suns.
  • The swing over the chasm.
  • "Never tell me the odds!" followed by the music crescendo.
  • "I love you."  "I know."
  • "No...that's not true.  That's impossible. No!  Nooooo!"
  • Lando and Chewie fly off with Luke, Leia and the droids watching...then the fleet moves forward...followed by the music crescendo.
  • Luke losing it when Vader indicates that he will try to turn Leia.
Star Trek:
  • "Ship out of danger?"  "You are now, and will always be...my friend."
  • "Of all the souls, his was the most...human."
  • Tasha Yar's Memorial Service
  • Inner Light
  • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra.   Shaka when the walls fell.
  • Lorcutus
  • Pilot of DS9.  "Why do you keep returning to this moment?"
Doctor Who:
     • Bad Wolf Bay
     • Martha inspires the world to believe in The Doctor
     • Donna's Mind burns
     • The Doctor introduces Vincent van Gogh to the docent (Bill Nighy)
     • "Rory?   Rory who?"
     • "Hello, Stonehenge!!!"
     • Amelia Pond blinks
     • John Hurt saves The Doctor from The Doctor
     • "I've always believed in Santa Claus."

Others:
  • ET Dies
  • ET Lives
  • Independence Day speech
  • Indiana Jones loves Marion
  • Juliet falling into the shaft during The Incident in LOST
  • Hurley remembers Libby in the Flashsideways in LOST
  • Hurley sees Charlie in the Flashsideways in LOST