52 great reasons to fail at software

'Mike Breen' on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:06:26 GMT, sez:

The tag-line is from "Jaws: The Revenge" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093300/

'lb' on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:09:26 GMT, sez:

thank you Mike.

that does make some sense, although when you think about it, Jaws (the original) was fairly personal. Chief Brody's manhood was on the line, as well as his role as a protector to his family, his sense of esteem with his wife, and his job, with the mayor.

So I think it could be safely argued that it was always personal in the case of the Jaws films.

'kat' on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:13:15 GMT, sez:

that's some bad hat harry

'kat' on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:13:55 GMT, sez:

Mike beat me to it, sorry

'lb' on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:15:56 GMT, sez:

@kat: I actually get what you're saying.

"that's some bad hat harry" is a quote from Jaws, [used by Bad Hat Harry productions, creators of the usual suspects]. So you was, lik,e subtlely 'tipping your hat' at Jaws.

'Kees' on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:28:55 GMT, sez:

Leela: This all must have something to do with the secret ingredient.

Fry: My God, what if the secret ingredient is people?

Leela: No, there's already a soda like that - Soylent Cola.

Fry: Oh. How is it?

Leela: It varies from person to person.

(and so it is with software)

'Mike Breen' on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:38:12 GMT, sez:

I always thought the tag-line meant it was personal for the shark.

'Jet' on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:42:07 GMT, sez:

@Mike, re: "personal for the shark"

i think that the plot suggests this is the case.

but knowing fish, i doubt it's plausible. and i doubt human audience are all that engrossed with fish feelings.

bring on the biting!!

'Mike Woodhouse' on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:38:05 GMT, sez:

According to IMDB, the Jaws tagline was "This time... It's personal."

Whereas this gem, of which I was hitherto ignorant, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482006/
, is rather closer, with "This time, it's personal..."

Tragically, this C$10,000 budget movie does not yet appear to have achieved a DVD release.

I'll get my coat...

'astroboy' on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:43:09 GMT, sez:

That tagline was probably used in all kinds of movies. Here's another : BRADDOCK: MISSING IN ACTION 3 :http://www.ruthlessreviews.com/reviews.cfm/id/1014/page/braddock__missing_in_action___.html

'Picacodigos' on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 05:50:00 GMT, sez:

I've personally always cherished a version of the same, a quote from "Die Hard" (a movie brimming full of quotable lines, as many of the 80's action flicks). The line comes from Alexander Godunov character, Karl (one of the bad-asses), just before he engages Bruce Willis on a slapfest:

"We're both professionals. This is personal."

You gotta love that! I've been tempted more than once to utter that line to some DBA or sysadmin I was having an argument with...

'Farmer Jeb' on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:30:58 GMT, sez:

Hmmm, even with my almost supernatural web-searching skills I cannot find a reference to the phrase "this time its personal" any earlier than 1987's "Jaws III". I would've thought it would go back further.
I had reason to quote Jaws just the other day when my one year old son, Eric, was playing in the bath - swamping his toy dinghy by dropping a toy whale into it; I said: "We're gonna need a bigger boat".

'Ben' on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:43:58 GMT, sez:

Haha. This is great! Thanks man!

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