Out of their original context, many of these are pure nightmare fuel.
Because if LOTR taught us anything, it's that wizards in chemically altered states have all the answers.
Commercials create a glaring absence. No matter how obviously unrealistic their short narrative is, there's still that one aspect of a food/gadget/service they never depict.
To achieve true good-badness, movies must follow a surprisingly complex series of rules.
When it comes to fictional names, their main power is being able to spoil your favorite films harder and faster than 'Rosebud McItwashissled.'
Not everyone can nail a title on the first shot, which means there's bound to be some famous things that ran through some exceptionally crappy titles before they landed on the one that worked.
Even stranger than when truth is stranger than fiction is when truth is exactly as strange as fiction, right down to the unfeasible little details that would make you roll your eyes and change the channel.
Note: There are several spoilers for eons-old plot twists in this article. May anyone who does not realize and accept this be eaten by a grue.
Cartoon writers have the unenviable task of creating something a toddler will love, without it making mom or the babysitter want to blow their own brains out. Yet some of the stuff they slip past censors is pretty shocking.
What's life like on Coruscant for a cab driver? How does a cobbler in Rohan get by? Not as well as you might think, I'd wager.
Why don't we check out some movie-worthy theories out there and see if Hollywood will bite?
Enjoy this transcript of the interview, titled 'Things Spider-Man Hasn't Learned.'
You'd be surprised by how close some great TV shows came to destroying themselves with awful storylines.
Cracked talked to 'The Biggest Loser' Season 3 runner-up Kai Hibbard, who told us that behind the hasty weight loss, trumped-up drama, and dramatic music, there lurked a dark side.
The following biopics have as much in common with the true events they depict as 'Super Mario Bros.' depicts the day in the life of an Italian plumber.