Talk:Stinking badges
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Do we need this article? -- Zoe
- Well, Casablanca has an extensive discussion of "Play it, Sam" and various "Play it again, Sam" misquotations and variants embedded within that movie article, so I see no particular reason not to have this information. However, since this article is longer than the movie article, I see no particular reason it should be included within The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. So why not let it be? I would note, in passing, however, that the movie article has one version of the quote and this article has another. Best to get our misquotation straight if we do keep this one. Someday we might have a whole treatise on misquotation.Ortolan88
- Thanks for pointing out that the quote is different from the one on The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, I've corrected that article. The form of words used in this article, is as listed on IMDB and as verified by my own ears. However the emphasis(!) is my own and in my opinion matches the emphasis as it was spoken. I think this is quite interesting myself, I believe there are probably more variations on this line in other films and TV shows not listed here. The fact that it was misquoted on the movie's page only confirms the first paragraph of this article. Mintguy 11:55 Dec 18, 2002 (UTC)
Singlular or plural
I removed the "s" from "quotes" and Malcohol added it back. We obviously had different ideas of what is appropriate in this case. I wrote an analysis of the sentence to show that I was correct, but found out thereby that Malcohol was correct. I'm writing this here to acknowledge the proper correction and so that some other well-meaning person won't make the same mistake as I made. I've simplified the sentence so that it become obvious, the way that I realized it:
- "We ain't got no badges" is probably one of the most frequently parodied movie quotes in history.
Of course, the proper word to use instead of "quotes" (a verb) is "quotations" (a noun). I'll make this change from a verb to a noun. Val42 16:27, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)