[Maciste has been shot in the chest with an arrow, but he pulls it out effortlessly and gets to his feet.]
[snickering] Luckily, this was before death had been invented.
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[Maciste has been shot in the chest with an arrow, but he pulls it out effortlessly and gets to his feet.]
[snickering] Luckily, this was before death had been invented.
[Queen Amoa is explaining her peoples' problem to Maciste at considerable length.]
[wearily] Hey, look, my island blew up!
[Two men grapple on a rope bridge and tumble over the side.]
Oh no! It's a horrible drop into...
[They land in the water, about two feet below the bridge.]
Oh. Heh.
. . .
[More soldiers tumble off the bridge, continuing to fight in the river.]
Hey, this is fun! Whoopee!
And thus, synchronized swimming was invented!
Isn't it cute the way they're making a stab at a plot?
[A fight scene has broken out.]
Well, it's not a plot point... and it's not an action sequence... so what is it?
[As a not very good dancing performance goes on and on.]
So... apparently, the director... has a girlfriend.
. . .
This is history's first awkward moment.
[dramatically] For the first time, people don't know where to look.
[The camera pans across a battle in the headhunters' village--and past an embarrased-looking tribesman standing awkwardly by himself.]
Aw, poor guy doesn't have a fighting partner!
[The beanstalk-thin villain, Kermes, is explaining his evil plans to Queen Amoa.]
The fragile shoulders of a woman can not bear the burdens of a kingdom without assistance.
Pssh! He's talking about fragile shoulders.
Maintaining a throne demands courage, wisdom, bravery, and cruelty...
And pants!
And all the other virtues that only... a MAN could possibly possess.
Well, at least you're not pompous.
. . .
That is why you and I will rule together with me as your...
Dun-dun-dun!
...advisor.
Huh?!
. . .
[Queen Amoa rebukes Kermes as he looks on with a devastated look on his face.]
Why are you yelling at me? This is my greatest moment, stop it!
[The effeminate villain, Kermes, drops a portcullis to trap Maciste.]
[Lisping.] I caught you, you bitch!
[Kermes ambushes Maciste and, in the ensuing fight, gets stabbed with his own sword.]
Wow, those sharp things really work!
. . .
And three quarters into the movie, Maciste finally does something!
[Sheriff Ben and Deputy Martin examine a spacecraft.]
It could be one of our missiles.
This county has missiles, sir?
[The carpet/alien is "devouring" a victim, who is obviously climbing into the prop's mouth]
Uh, if you could help me out by climbing in...
I can't believe I ate the whole thing!
[A woman hangs laundry, consisting entirely of white items.]
When Tom Wolfe's wife does the laundry!
[Pursued by the monster, a morbidly obese man falls over into a shallow stream and flails around wildly]
Let the current take you away! SWIIIIM!
The monster next appeared in Lovers' Lane.
…to a sold-out crowd!
Everyone who experienced that catastrophe and survived would never go there again.
And those who did not survive such a catastrophe also would not go there again.
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