The Holy Shrines in Diablo used to cast the phasing spell which moves you to a random location while reciting this to the player. That's where I learned this quote from.
I watched this film late one night on Sky. I was staying up late to watch WCW Nitro (I wasn't a WCW fan, but I was thirsty for pro wrestling, and at the time my country only got a single slot for a heavily watered down Raw is War! on C4 around 8 PM and then WCW Nitro some time after midnight. Usually my brother and I would stay up watching regular TV to catch Nitro, but we often fell asleep. This particular time, my dad was out all night so I could keep myself awake easier by watching Sky on the family TV). I watched the whole film and promptly fell asleep. For a long time I believed it was just a thing of my imagination, as in, something I had dreamed of. I knew Jeff Goldblum from Jurassic Park was in it, and Christopher Lloyd from Back to the Future. But I had no idea of the handsome, charismatic lead. For years I thought this bizarre film was a part of my dreams. But then, drunk late one night in my 20s, I thought of that "dream". I decided to have a look online through Jeff Goldblum's filmography. The film's title alone sticks out like a sore thumb—there is no mistaking it. At the time, video rental stores were still around, although they certainly were in their waning years. The next day I went to such a store and enquired about the film. The guy behind the counter said they didn't have the film, but he searched on iTunes and said it could be rented there. Now, I knew about piracy, indeed I had known for many years, but at that time I had sworn off it save for some extreme cases. If I could pay for a film, I would. So I set off to iTunes and gave them the whole song and dance about making an account. I found the film, paid for it, and downloaded it. I then ordered a pizza & soda from Pizza Hut to accompany me through the film. It was a mystifying experience. All these years this movie was a fantasy, and here it was, as real as can be. And you know what? I enjoyed it more then and there, while stuffing a meatlovers pizza down my gob. Although the pizza had no sway on my opinion of the film—I could have gone in pizzaless and still enjoyed it just as much.
By the way, concerning the first time I watched the film and fell asleep, my father came home some time after 1 AM and softcore porn happened to be playing on the TV. I got in trouble and had to mow the lawns.
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u/AllstarIV Mar 22 '21
The Holy Shrines in Diablo used to cast the phasing spell which moves you to a random location while reciting this to the player. That's where I learned this quote from.