Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe · 2022 — 第 4 / 22 章 · 2'32" · B1

Beavis and Butt-Head See Earth, Explained:take it all in

Serena shows the boys the sunrise over Earth and warns them not to touch the telescope: 'Don't mess with those.' They are unimpressed — 'The Earth sucks' — and start fiddling with the controls anyway, pointing the telescope straight at the sun.

あらすじ

In orbit, Serena calls the two boys over to see the sunrise over Earth and tells them not to touch the telescope controls unless they want to risk breaking equipment worth two billion dollars. The boys are bored by the view. One says the Earth sucks, and they decide to mess with the telescope anyway, point it at the sun, and start blaming each other.

TeasingExplainingWarningCoworkersB1slowamerican
IMDb ↗

注目の表現

mess witha goDamn ittake it all in

00:00 / 02:32
Space 再生 · ← → セリフ移動 · R リピート
いま
セリフをタップするとそこから再生

このシーンの表現

take it all in

absorb the whole scene

Serena tells the boys to really look and feel the view while they have it.

Stand here and take it all in.

このシーンの他の表現

  • mess with

    tamper with

  • a go

    cleared to proceed

  • Damn it

    a mild curse

  • blue marble

    a nickname for Earth

  • The Earth sucks

    a flat put-down of the wonder

このシーンのメモ一覧

32 行のセリフに 21 件のメモ

スラング · A2sucks

is bad — Casual put-down; too blunt for polite company.

- Counting sucks.
表現 · A2lift-off

launch

- 2, 1, lift-off.
表現 · A2not working

broken

- I think the floor's not working.
表現 · B1dock with something

connect to in space

or I was thinking maybe we could-- - We don't need you until we dock with the Mir in three hours.
表現 · A2until then

before that

Until then, do you wanna see something amazing?
表現 · B1Mother Earth

the Earth, personified

Sunrise over Mother Earth.
文法 · B1isn't it

tag question: The tag question invites the listener to agree.

Incredible, isn't it?
表現 · A2the best view

the finest sight

- Is it three hours yet? [giggling] - This is the best view on the whole ship.
表現 · B1risk doing something

run the risk of breaking

Don't mess with those, unless you want to risk breaking a $2 billion piece of equipment.
表現 · B1a piece of equipment

one item of gear

Don't mess with those, unless you want to risk breaking a $2 billion piece of equipment.
文法 · B1unless you want to risk

unless clause: Unless means if not and sets the condition for the warning.

Don't mess with those, unless you want to risk breaking a $2 billion piece of equipment.
発音mess with those

Drop the t in Don't and run mess-with-those together.

Don't mess with those, unless you want to risk breaking a $2 billion piece of equipment.
表現 · B1while you can

before it's too late

- Take it all in while you can. Just think, all of life, everything we've ever known, is down there on that beautiful blue marble.
文法 · B2everything we've ever known

appositive: The phrase restates all of life to make it concrete.

- Take it all in while you can. Just think, all of life, everything we've ever known, is down there on that beautiful blue marble.
発音Take it all

Link take-it-all as one smooth run.

- Take it all in while you can. Just think, all of life, everything we've ever known, is down there on that beautiful blue marble.
表現 · B1point something at something

aim it at

- Let's point it at the sun.
スラング · A1Cool

nice, awesome — An easy yes or approval between friends.

- Cool, yeah. Heh heh. Maybe we'll see some fire.
表現 · A2have a look

take a quick look

- Let's have a look here. See what we can see.
表現 · A2go away

disappeared

I saw something but, like, it went away.
発音can't do

Try swallowing the t in can't before do.

- Beavis, you can't do anything right.
表現 · B1step aside

move out of the way

Step aside.

「Beavis and Butt-Head See Earth」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene sets up the film's central joke about wonder and cluelessness: Serena offers a genuinely sublime view, and the boys cannot receive it. Her speech about 'all of life, everything we've ever known' being 'down there on that beautiful blue marble' is the movie's thesis about Earth's preciousness, spoken sincerely. Their reply — 'The Earth sucks' — deflates it in three words. What follows is closer to the film's engine: given one warning not to touch expensive equipment, they immediately touch it. Even their attempt at looking around is bungled, and the failure ends with one boy telling the other, 'Beavis, you can't do anything right.' Serena's awe and the boys' boredom sit side by side, and boredom wins.

Theme

PhilosophySerena's speech frames Earth as a precious blue marble, a wonder the boys cannot see.
AbsurdityHanded a sublime view and a clear warning, the boys are bored, then wreck the equipment within minutes.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Serena treats a whole planet as something small and precious.
  • The boys answer wonder with boredom, which is the joke.
  • A go is mission jargon that leaked into daily speech.

発音のポイント

  • mess with those — Drop the t in Don't and run mess-with-those together.
  • Take it all — Link take-it-all as one smooth run.
  • can't do — Try swallowing the t in can't before do.
Don't mess with those, unless you want to risk breaking a $2 billion piece of equipment.

Serena's warning not to touch the telescope controls, with a price tag to make it stick. It gives the boys a rule they will break almost immediately.

- Take it all in while you can. Just think, all of life, everything we've ever known, is down there on that beautiful blue marble.

Her sincere summary of what is at stake: all known life sits on a small blue planet. It is the film's awe, spoken plainly, just before the boys shrug it off.

- Beavis, you can't do anything right.

Butt-Head's verdict on Beavis after their telescope attempt fails. It reduces the scene to their usual dynamic: one blames, the other absorbs it.

- I think the floor's not working.

A boy's summary of weightlessness: the floor has stopped working. The line treats a basic fact of space as a broken appliance.

I saw something but, like, it went away.

One boy's report from the telescope: something appeared and vanished. It is a non-discovery, said as if it were real news.

Until then, do you wanna see something amazing?

Serena's tease before the reveal. It promises a sight worth waiting for, and sets the boys up to be completely unimpressed by it.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Serena show the boys the view?

She has nothing for them to do until they dock with the Mir in three hours, so she offers them what she calls the best view on the ship.

What does Serena warn the boys about?

She warns them not to touch the telescope controls unless they want to risk breaking a piece of equipment worth two billion dollars.

How do the boys react to the view of Earth?

They find it boring. One says the Earth sucks, and they decide to mess with the telescope instead.

What goes wrong with the telescope?

They point it at the sun and take turns looking. One sees nothing lasting, and their attempt ends with one blaming the other for doing everything wrong.

What does 'a go' mean in 'you are a go for orbital operations'?

It is mission-control jargon meaning approved to proceed. 'Endeavor, you are a go' means the shuttle is cleared to begin orbital operations.

Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe · 全 22 章

すべて見る →
第 4 / 22 章 · 残り約 62 分