h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Entry: Bastion - A839937
Author: Dr Montague Trout - U188966

Testing the waters

Hi there Dr. M

not following you around. Just popped by the AWW to see what was floating about. Speaking of which, can you name this film quote in five...

"Come on in, that water's fine."

If you need clues, lemmee know; I've got some good ones.

Heck here's the vaguest one. It featured an actor who is sadly no longer with us - a very big star.

Jaws?

oops, the quote should be "Come on in - the water's fine!"

I remember it mostly coz they used it in the TV adverts at the time of the cinema release.

right, clue numero deux: The lead is today a very successful Hollywood star, seen here in a very early role.

I was going to put Drew Barrymore, but then changed my mind to Brooke Shields. That Lagoon thing?

(I'm thinking the water is relevant)

It is indeed!

I haven't clued the leading lady yet - that second one is also a chappy

So, you want more help - leading lady is not the only member of her family you can rent on video of an evening.

That's not much fun, as clues go, I realise. I'm not a big fan. I liked her best as a robot, to be honest. At least, that's how i found her most convincing.

If that doesn't do it for you, I've got a dead give-away that I'm just gagging to hit you with!

Was Jane Fonda in On Golden Pond?

She was indeed. Terrific film! But it's her dad i find stunning. As an actor, rather than a potential bed-fellow, you understand.

no, not OGP

Clue numero trois:

In terms of genre, it's definitely a 'fish out of water' movie!

That's numero quattrovalvole as Audi would say.

Pirhana?

Actually, if you count the fact that the leading lady has played a robot, it is the fifth in the trilogy.

ok, it was a silly film with a fat actor, a thin actor who is now one of the most bankable in the business, and a blonde actress who isn't known for her dialogue.

Now, for the rhyming booby prize clue: It wasn't the biggest box-office smash, but it did make quite a big...

oh, i spose that really *would* give it away!

Don't worry, probably best left forgotten, this one!

Oh Darryl Hannah. Who else was in that then?

Tom Hanks and the big man himself: the inimitable John Candy

"Testing the Waters" - I've only just cottoned on to the reason for this non-sequitur (sp?).

Very good.

What will happen to poem now then?

It was more a segue (segway) I suppose.

Well, it's still there, but, being frank, I felt more inspired by the little comment than by the poetry. Not a big 'poetry' man at the best of times. Sorry about that.

And naturally, don't let me put you off.

btw, speaking of poetry on h2g2, did you see that 'Twisted' guy in PR? Seemed like an A1 a******e, to me!

At least yours (poem, not heart) in the right place.

er... well... i don't mean to say that that your heart *isn't*! If you see worraye mean.

Yes for once I follow.

Yes I did see and I unsubscribed at once. I thought maybe (s)he'd just posted them all at once in the wrong place by mistake.

I'm not much for poems either - this was ion one of my notebboks and it seemed a waste to leave it there. At least here it's e-mortalised.

e-mortality, eh? Or is that something different. Like what happens to your PC after a particularly nasty virus, perhaps.

I meant it in the immortality fashion.

Hmmm. Wit-e re-partee.
A poem?
Hmmm.
Let's take a peek.

don't worry mate, that's the way i figured you meant it. Just hijacking it and demanding that it fly me somewhere it didn't want to go at all.