where does the line 'today is a good day to die' originate?

[johnsemlak]

I know that line is quoted in many films, and I assume books. Anyone know where it originated?

 

[devilish]

Kiefer Sutherland in "Flatliners." Opening line, I think.

 

[mojo1701]

I thought it was from Star Trek, what the Klingons believed.

 

[Cthulhudrew]

I know that line is quoted in many films, and I assume books. Anyone know where it originated?

It's a Lakota Sioux expression (hoka-hay). It's most famously associated with the Battle of Little Bighorn and General George Custer.

 

[DungeonmasterCal]

Its origins are lost in Klingon history.

Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam

 

[Darth K'Trava]

Its origins are lost in Klingon history.

Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam

Q'PLA!!!

 

[Hammerhead]

Crazy Horse, Battle of Little Bighorn IIRC. Was NOT invented by Star Trek.

 

[Viking Bastard]

Yes it was. As was Shakespeare.

Sheesh! Get your facts right!

 

[NTZ]

It's a Lakota Sioux expression (hoka-hay). It's most famously associated with the Battle of Little Bighorn and General George Custer.

This sounds correct since I remember it being said in the movie "Little Big Man" by an old indian. He travels up a hill and lays down to die, but when it starts to rain he gets up and changes his mind.

NTZ

 

[mojo1701]

Yes it was. As was Shakespeare.

Sheesh! Get your facts right!

You have not experienced Shakespeare until you've heard it in the original Klingon. "taH pagh, taH be?"