Thursday, September 3, 2009

Lowest Bidder

There is a dialogue in the movie Armageddon I like very much. The statement amuses me for the cynicism of Rockhound's tone in such a tense moment and for its reference to 'lowest bidder'. Rockhound, a crew member of Freedom shuttle says this to Harry Stamper (Bruce Willis):
You know we are sitting on 4 million pounds of fuel, 1 nuclear weapon, on a thing that has 270,000 moving parts, built by the lowest bidder.. makes you feel good.. doesn't it?
Of course, Bruce Willis replies 'Yes'.

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