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5 Brilliant Clues Hidden in the Background of Movies
It's hard to blame the internet for spoiling movies when these movies did it to themselves.
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- By J.F. Sargent, Dennis Fulton
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5 Horrifying Implications of the 'Star Trek' Universe
It turns out there are some horrible implications behind all that awesome technology and progressive ideology that are never addressed.
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- By J.F. Sargent, Kier Harris
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5 Classic Movies That Ruined Their Makers' Careers
So before you quit your day job and move to LA, let us tell you about the filmmakers who put their blood, sweat, and tears into something great, only to be rewarded with nothing but a middle finger.
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- By Sammy Trujillo
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7 Classic Movies That Are Shameless Ripoffs
There are times when a big-budget movie has incredibly specific similarities to some more obscure work, to the point that it's really hard to swallow that it could be coincidence.
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- By Aaron Short
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5 Marvel Characters Who Totally Dropped the Ball
Sometimes the characters in these movies seem to know less about what they're doing than we do, and for every sensible decision they make, they stumble through a series of catastrophically terrible blunders that defy explanation.
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- By J.F. Sargent
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5 Supposedly Brilliant Movie Doctors Who Suck at Their Job
[WARNING: SPOILERS!]
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- By Brendan Bourque-Sheil, Daniel Crow
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6 Movie Good Guys You Didn't Notice Were Total Hypocrites
Heroic movie characters stand up for what they feel is right, and they stick to those beliefs until it's inconvenient not to.
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- By J.F. Sargent
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5 Reasons Superhero Movies Are a Bubble That Will Soon Burst
Bad news: The explosion of big-budget superhero movies is a bubble that seems poised to burst. How do we know? Because it's happened before.
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- By J.F. Sargent
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7 Classic Movies That Almost Had Absurdly Dark Endings
Thankfully, someone decided to change them to keep people from sobbing through several traffic lights on their way home from the theater.
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- By Robin Warder
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The 6 Most Idiotic Decisions by Authority Figures in Movies
Authority figures, from police departments to federal agencies, aren't known for making the wisest decisions in movies. In fact, some of them are bafflingly stupid.
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- By Robin Warder
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8 Characters You Won't Believe Are Based on Real People
Some characters are so bizarre, improbable, or flat-out impossible that you have to wonder how their creators ever came up with them. In a surprising amount of cases, the answer is that they didn't.
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- By Sammy Trujillo
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5 Basic Facts of Life (Were Made Up by Marketing Campaigns)
No matter how cynical you think you are about the influence of advertising on things we consider traditions, it's always surprising how far it goes.
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- By Auriane Desombre, Eddie Rodriguez
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The 7 Most Half-Assed Monsters in Movie History
A great movie monster taps into our most primal fears, a terrible one taps into equal parts hilarity and sadness.
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- By Cole Gamble, Dustin Koski
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5 Fan Theories About Cartoons That Will Ruin Your Childhood
Crazy is like currency on the Internet, and among all the garbage, some strangely compelling ideas can emerge, making you rethink shows you thought you knew well.
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- By Aaron Short, Dennis Fulton
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6 Classic Movies Made Possible by Reckless Endangerment
Sometimes directors decide that the only way to make sure your actors look like they're about to die is by actually risking their lives.
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- By Dustin Koski
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