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OneLiner — May 16, 2026

Three movie quotes from this date. Featuring Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Top Gun (1986), The Silence of the Lambs (1991).

Matinee

Hasta la vista, baby.

Answer: Terminator 2: Judgment Day ()

In the Spanish-language version this became 'Sayonara, baby' to preserve the joke of a non-native phrase. Cameron wrote it as a throwaway line about the T-800 learning slang.

Primetime

I feel the need, the need for speed!

Answer: Top Gun ()

Cruise and Edwards improvised the chest-bump preceding this line. Scott kept it because it felt authentic to real fighter pilots he'd met at Miramar.

Midnight

I'm having an old friend for dinner.

Answer: The Silence of the Lambs ()

Hopkins delivers this as Hannibal watches Dr. Chilton in a crowd. Test audiences overwhelmingly preferred this ending over all alternatives.

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