Quotes

Elysium

Matilda: There once was a meerkat who lived in the jungle. He was hungry, but he was small. So small. And the other big animals had all the food, because they could reach the fruits. So he made friends with a hippopotamus to...
Max: [interrupting her] Okay, stop. It doesn't end well for the meerkat.
Matilda: Yes it does, because he can stand on the hippopotamus's back to get all the fruits he wants.
Max: What's in it for the hippo?
Matilda: [precociously] The hippo wants a friend.

John Carlyle: Now, if you will excuse me, I have to not speak to you people any longer. Thank you.

Android Medic: Please sign this to receive medication.
[Max signs]
Android Medic: Miporol, extremely potent, will keep you functioning normally until your death. Please take one pill with each meal. Thank you for your service.

John Carlyle: [after his shuttle was shot down] Droids, there appears to be some type of wheeled vehicle with one - two occupants, they are armed and I'd like them dead.

[first lines]
Title Card: In the late 21st century Earth was diseased, polluted and vastly overpopulated.

Max: Frey.
Frey: Max? Max, where are you?
Max: I'm gonna have to break my promise. I can't make it back up there. You remember what I said when we were kids?
Frey: Yes.
Young Max: [Flash back] I'll take us there one day.
Young Frey: Really?
Young Max: Yeah, I promise.
Max: You wouldn't believe what I'm looking at now. Tell Matilda I really liked her story. And I... I figured out why the hippo did it.
[presses the key]

Delacourt: I'm not interested in your little ideas. I'm interested in something much larger. This habitat is dying. There is a political sickness inside of it. A tumor that needs to be removed. You and your company are in need of revenue... that is dying up. So... you built the torus. Can you override the servers and place a new president in power?
John Carlyle: A coup?... Are you suggesting a coup?
Delacourt: Is it possible?
John Carlyle: I could write a reboot sequence and shut down the entire system. And at that point... you could encode a new president, yes.
Delacourt: Then that is what you will do. And you will have your contract secured for the next 200 years. Missile defense batteries, droids. Everything we need to protect our liberty. All guaranteed, of course, by your new president.
[walks away]

Dr. Faizel: Frey, you know, we've done everything we could to help your daughter. I had a meeting today with the board and they recommend we send her home with you.
Frey: How can I work here and leave her at home? You know, it can happen any time, Dr. Faizel.
Dr. Faizel: I know. If she has another seizure, of course bring her back to the ward, of course. But until then, she's discharged. This isn't Elysium. We can't just heal her.

Max: What happened?
Android Medic: You have been exposed to a lethal dose of radiation. You will experience catastrophic organ failure. In five days' time, you will die.

John Carlyle: Does his skin fall off or something? I don't want to replace the bedding. Just get him out.
Foreman: Yes, sir.
John Carlyle: Great. Thank you.

Delacourt: The data is intact, yes?
Technician: Data looks intact. We can still pull the data out of him... which will kill him.
Delacourt: Okay, that's fine. How long before you can download and turn the system online?
Technician: Not long, ma'am.

Delacourt: Kruger, do you read me?
Kruger: Ah, Ms. Delacourt. How lovely to hear your voice.
Delacourt: There's a citizen carrying sensitive brain data out of the city right now. Some thieves are trying to hijack it.
Kruger: What's in it?
Delacourt: That's classified.
Kruger: You don't call a recently deactivated agent to retrieve classified fucking information! The government doesn't know about this, do they? I can ask for whatever I want, can't I?

Max: Hello. Ah, before we start I'd just like to explain...
Android Parole Officer: Max de Costa. Violation of Penal Code 2219, today at bus stop 34B.
Max: Yes, that's exactly what I wanted to talk to you about. You see, I believe there's been a misunderstanding...
Android Parole Officer: Immediate extension of parole by a further eight months.
Max: Wait, what? No, no no. I can explain what happened. I just made a joke, and, uh, you know...
Android Parole Officer: Stop talking. Police officers noted violent and antisocial behavior. We regret that we must extend parole. Elevation in heart rate detected. Would you like a pill?
Max: No, thank you. What I'd like to do is explain...
Android Parole Officer: Stop talking. Personality matrix suggests a 78.3% chance of regression to old behavior patterns: grand theft auto; assault with a deadly weapon; resisting arrest. Would you like to talk to a human?
Max: [in robotic voice] No. I am okay. Thank you.
Android Parole Officer: Are you being sarcastic and/or abusive?
Max: Negative.

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