Daily Dialogue — May 2, 2016

BLACKWOLF: The trouble with you, my brother, is that you’ve always been too good.
AVATAR: Well, that may be, but I still think I look more like Ma than you do; y’know, uh, lots of character. I’m aging better.
BLACKWOLF: Brother, there is no need for me to destroy you. Surrender, surrender your world.
AVATAR: (Applauding, chuckles) You always did need an audience, you sap. Lemme tell ya, I ain’t practiced much magic for a long time. I wanna show you a trick mother showed me when you weren’t around, to use on special occasions like this. Ah, oh yeah, one more thing…I’m glad you changed your last name, you son of a bitch.

— Wizards (1977), written by Ralph Bakshi

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Brothers. Today’s suggestion by Will King.

Trivia: Bob Holt modeled Avatar’s voice after Peter Falk.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Commentary by Will: “At a time after the apocalyptic end of mankind when magic has returned to the earth, two brothers struggle for control of the world. Blackwolf uncovers “technology” left buried from the time of men and uses it (in the form of weapons of war: tanks, guns) to lead a Nazi-like attack to subjugate those remaining alive and defeat their magic. In this final scene, Avatar confront his megalomaniac brother and uses the very technology Blackwolf worshipped to defeat him.”