Cracked Archive - Movies & TV
4 Simple Rules for Not Screwing Up a 'Die Hard' Sequel
Before getting into the article, I will say that the single most important rule about Die Harding is that John McClane needs to be an average cop out of his element, and not a super cop
- By Daniel O'Brien
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- January 18, 2013
If 'Django' Was 10 Times Shorter and 100 Times More Honest
CHRISTOPH shoots all the SLAVE TRADERS and FOUR GALLONS OF BLOOD spurt onto the screen, followed by SIX MORE GALLONS of BLOOD.
- By The Editing Room
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- January 17, 2013
6 Deleted Backstories That Totally Change Classic Movies
Sometimes important stuff is cut from films, and sometimes that stuff includes character moments and backstories that kind of change the whole way you look at the film.
- By Robin Warder, Patrick Thomas
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- January 17, 2013
The Craziest TV Show Ever Greenlit by a Television Network
Since the 1980s, Robosaurus has defended your constitutional right to watch robot facsimiles of extinct animals eat sedans.
- By Cyriaque Lamar
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- January 12, 2013
3 Movies They Don't Make Anymore (But Really Should)
As much as I think 2012 was a great year for movies, it's also another in a long line of years where some of my favorite types of movies were absent.
- By Daniel O'Brien
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- January 11, 2013
5 Little-Known Sequels That Ruined Iconic Stories
These are the sequels that seem like they were written by someone whose only knowledge of the original came from overhearing a drunk hobo explain the plot an hour before their assignment was due.
- By Anthony Scibelli
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- January 11, 2013
The 5 Most Badass Movie Scenes That Happened in Real Life
Sometimes, real life does in fact resemble a Michael Bay movie, only minus the giant robots (usually).
- By Xavier Jackson
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- January 09, 2013
The 5 Craziest Ways Famous Actors Got Into Character
Actors are crazy, yes, but these actors adopted a special kind of "woo-hoo" and turned it into genius.
- By Carl Hoff
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- January 06, 2013
5 Popular Excuses That Are Totally Meaningless
We see a problem, make an excuse for it, and forget about the problem. But the problem still exists.
- By Gladstone
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- January 02, 2013
6 Places You'll Recognize from the Background of Every Movie
Here are six locations with more robust IMDb pages (and better managers, apparently) than 80 percent of Hollywood.
- By Erik Germ
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- December 28, 2012
The 4 Craziest Holiday Episodes of '80s Cartoons
While most Christmas things are presents for the kids, cartoon Christmas episodes are presents for the parents: They're the only sure way to get the kids to just sit down for a bit, sweetie, Mommy and Daddy are very tired. Which may be why parents in the 1980s didn't notice that their kids were watching solid crazy.
- By Luke McKinney
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- December 27, 2012
The 5 Most Baffling Pieces of Christmas Themed Fan Fiction
Without further ado, let's see the genital-shriveling ways your favorite characters celebrate the holidays.
- By Mark Hill
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- December 24, 2012
The 5 Most Disturbing Tween TV Show Universes
The problem with most tween TV, beyond the obvious, is the depressing and unfortunate world each one presents and never acknowledges.
- By Felix Clay
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- December 20, 2012
5 Ways 'Inspector Gadget' Totally Predicted the Future
Despite originally airing in the early '80s and having a shamelessly implausible cartoon premise, this cartoon managed to correctly predict more trends in the modern world than most serious speculative fiction novels.
- By Chapman Templer
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- December 20, 2012
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