Cracked Archive - Movies & TV
The 5 Ways Sci-Fi Universes Treat Black Characters
FYI: I tried my best to rank the universes' presentations of black characters from least to most favorable -- even if the ranking is more favorable to super duper favorable.
- By Gladstone
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- November 01, 2012
4 Pop Culture Arguments That Need to be Retired
I've been doing this for a while now, long enough that I've noticed the few pop culture arguments that come up over and over and over again. And I'm getting pretty tired of them.
- By Daniel O'Brien
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- October 26, 2012
6 Unintentionally Hilarious Moments in Famous Scary Movies
Even classic horror movies, the serious ones that actually have the power to frighten, tend to feature at least one or two unintentionally hilarious moments. Here are some of our favorites.
- By RiffTrax
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- October 23, 2012
If Movie Sequel Premises Were Forced to Be Realistic
what famous movie sequels would have looked like if they were forced to deal realistically with what happened in the first movie.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- October 22, 2012
The 10 Dumbest Things on TV So Far This Season
TV is widely reviled as the dumbest medium. I can't argue with that. Here are 10 moments from the last few weeks or so that stand out as pillars of dumbness in a dumb wasteland.
- By Christina H
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- October 18, 2012
19 Minor Changes That Would Make Famous Movies Amazing
There's a thin line between good and great.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- October 17, 2012
6 Insane Stereotypes That Movies Can't Seem to Get Over
It turns out there are subtle ways that Hollywood has been enforcing wrongheaded ideas right under our noses, and sometimes in our favorite films.
- By J.F. Sargent
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- October 15, 2012
What to Expect When Expecting (in the Village of the Damned)
The decision to start a family can be one of the scariest, but also one of the most rewarding choices you will ever make. And for those of you who had no choice at all because you were inseminated by an alien mist while you were unconscious at the local fair a month ago, you'll be giving birth no matter what, so try to make the most of it.
- By Soren Bowie
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- October 10, 2012
8 Movies Made Possible by Incompetent Background Characters
People tend to be incompetent in movies -- that's how our heroes are able to make so many daring escapes. However, some plotlines are dependent on downright boneheaded incompetence.
- By David Christopher Bell, Rohan Ramakrishnan
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- October 10, 2012
If TV Show Titles Were Honest
We asked you to show us what it would look like if TV shows were forced to use titles more accurate to their content.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- October 08, 2012
21 Recruitment Posters for Henchmen of Movie Villains
At some point people were tricked into joining an organization that, deep down, they had to know was on the losing side. But how?
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- October 07, 2012
6 TV Shows You Won't Believe Were Actually Made
Herein are just a few of the ugly bastard progeny that the unholy union of sitcom writers and head trauma victims produced over the years.
- By Robin Warder
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- October 06, 2012
6 Movie Mysteries the Characters Should've Solved Way Sooner
Secrets drive the plots of some of the best movies. That being said, sometimes a secret is only as good as the writers' ability to cover huge gaps in logic.
- By David Christopher Bell
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- October 05, 2012
22 Unexpected Downsides of Being a Zombie
Movie zombies are slow and constantly getting shot in the face, but even they don't show the everyday problems you'd encounter while piloting around a rotting, barely coherent corpse.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- October 01, 2012
5 Pop Culture Creations Spoiled by Their Own Creators
Surprisingly, networks, studios or publishers are in a rush to give away the endings to their own creations.
- By Jacob Trowbridge
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- September 30, 2012
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