Plan 9 from Outer Space/Quotes

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Red Mage: It is time to initiate plan 9.
Black Mage: From outer space?

Red Mage: The same.

Mike Nelson: It's the Citizen Kane of bad movies.
Bill Corbett: Eh, it's more like the Caddyshack 2 of bad movies.

Kevin Murphy: I thought Howard the Duck was the Caddyshack 2 of bad movies.
If you haven't actually seen Plan 9, you really should take time to watch the whole thing. It will make you want to go out and create something. It's impossible to know how many aspiring filmmakers or novelists or artists buckled down to finish a project purely on the basis of "I know I can do better than that."

Greetings, my friends. We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. You are interested in the unknown... the mysterious. The unexplainable. That is why you are here. And now, for the first time, we are going to bring you the full story of what will happen on that fateful day. The incidents, the places. My friend, we cannot keep this a secret any longer. My friend, can your heart stand the shocking facts about grave—

God help us in the future.
—Criswell, from the remake trailer
Just a movie?! You don't understand. This isn't 'Plans 1 through 8 from Outer Space', this is 'Plan 9', this is the one that worked. The worst movie ever made!
Jerry Seinfeld, Seinfeld