Cracked Archive - Movies & TV
Movies That Blew Up Their Worlds In Ways They Didn't Realize
Movies love to blow up the history books, but what happens when they don't even realize they've done it?
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- By Jordan Breeding
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301 5 Specific Things TV Banned For Way Longer Than You Think
The history of TV censorship is more like a weird rollercoaster, racing through bafflement, contradiction, and hypocrisy.
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- By Chris Sutcliffe
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6 WTF Ways Major Blockbusters Tried To Save A Buck
Sometimes a shoestring budget is all you need to produce something groundbreaking.
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- By Isaac Cabe
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Here's How To Save The Han Solo Movie From Total Disaster
The Han Solo prequel movie is currently a metaphorical flaming sail barge in a monster-filled desert.
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- By JM McNab
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5 Sequels That Introduce Huge Plotholes To The Originals
Sequels can retroactively ruin their predecessors by introducing plot elements that turn them into nonsense.
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- By Jordan Breeding
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6 NSFW Moments From The Making of Family-Friendly Shows
No child should've ever been let around Captain Kangaroo.
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- By Justin Crockett
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7 Actors Who Got Injured On-Set In The Dumbest Way Possible
Just because the drugs are fake in movies doesn't mean you can't still overdose on them.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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5 Movies That Were Based On Much Sadder True Stories
Movies based on true stories often leave a lot out. And sometimes, what's left out changes the whole story.
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- By James Kinneen
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6 Bafflingly Ludicrous Moments Implied By Movies
What's the water cooler talk like the day after the Purge?
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- By James Kinneen, Jordan Breeding, Dan Hopper
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6 Stupid Military Decisions In Movies And TV
Mance Rayder? More like Mance I'm-Not-Very-Good-At-This-Leading-An-Army-Thing-der. Or something like that.
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- By Ryan Lichtenstein, James Netter, Michael Battaglino
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6 Behind-The-Scenes Stories That Prove Hollywood's Crazy AF
George Lucas insisted that Jake Lloyd be cast as Anakin Skywalker ... so that explains a lot of things about 'Phantom Menace' already.
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- By JM McNab
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5 Impossible Ways To Die In Movies
If you were thinking about freezing someone in liquid nitrogen and shattering them, well, think again.
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- By Matt Farmer
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5 Movie Adaptations That Completely Missed The Point
When a creator's book gets popular enough, they may get to see their vision completely gutted and butchered on a giant screen.
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- By Maxwell C. Rettig
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6 Sad Facts About Beloved Characters (Proven By Fans)
Some of our favorite pop culture series have their joy forcefully ripped from them whenever they face the harsh light of arithmetic.
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- By Israel SH, Jordan Breeding
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5 Oddly Specific Tropes Famous Directors Slip In Every Movie
If you ever meet Wes Anderson, keep your pet away from him.
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- By Barry Scott
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