He learned almost too late that man is a quoting creature...
Essentials:
-Again from Movie Sign number 34, It Conquered the World. A pickle monster from Venus attempts to take over the world, but is thwarted by Peter Graves and some army people.
-The quote in its entirety:
"He learned almost too late that man is a feeling creature, and because of it, the greatest in the universe. He learned too late for himself that men have to find their own way, to make their own mistakes. There can't be any gift of perfection from outside ourselves. When men seek such perfection they find only death, fire, loss, disillusionment and the end of everything that's gone forward. Men have always sought an end to our misery but it can't be given, it has to be achieved. There is hope, but it has to come from inside, from Man himself."
Info:
-Most often used by Fasteriskhead and why it has propelled itself into being a callback so quickly. Literally the most versatile callback there is, simply fill in the blank and go.
-In the actual episode of MST3K, the speech was heard four times: Once after the movie on the SoL, then down in Deep 13, followed by being heard in the credits (in place of the theme song), and then in partial form as the episode's stinger. The reason? The movie ran a bit too short for the time slot, but not short enough to warrant a short
