As I mentioned in yesterday’s MS-QOTD (you know how it’s pronounced), this week has had a little more downtime, which has allowed me a little more time for leisurely consumption of pop culture. Since I’m a sucker for a good romance (or, to be honest, even a terrible one), love stories have been my bread and butter, including the quintessential 90s tale of one Lloyd Dobler and his love for a beautiful and brilliant girl with whom he had nothing in common. The moment where he stands outside her home, blasting “their song” from his not-yet-old-school boombox is often cited as iconic, though many times people forget that the moment takes place AFTER their romance has melted down. Still, even 25 years later, the image still packs a serious punch, which begs today’s query…
The MS-QOTD (pronounced, as always, “misquoted”) doesn’t want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don’t want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed. You know, as a career, I don’t want to do that. So, what I’ve been doing lately is kickboxing, asking: What’s the most utterly perfect romantic moment in all of pop culture?
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I wouldn’t claim to know the most perfect romantic moment, but one of my favorites is the final shot of the X-Files: Mulder and Scully holding one another in bed, knowing an alien invasion will one day attempt to claim the planet and realizing how far they have come to get to this point..for me, it turned a sci-fi mystery program into an epic love story and redeemed a series that had, I think, somewhat lost its way…
I love you. I know.
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The almost kiss between Heero Yuy and Relena Peacecraft at the end of episode 48 of Gundam Wing! It perfect!
Pushing Daisies, like the whole thing.
The end of the episode when Jim & Pam (The Office) get married and they’re standing at the front of the boat. Jim looks at the camera and smiles. Mission accomplished.
I gotta admit that episode did bring a tear to my eye.
Yep. This one.
The wedding of Leslie & Ben in Parks & Recreation. It’s one of the few times where I went ‘aw.’ Just a very adorable moment.