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6 Crazy Ways Your Favorite TV Shows Get Written
At its best, TV writing is an exceptional art form -- from the existential malaise of 'Mad Men' to the quippy horror of 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer' to the sadly cancelled 'Zoo,' which once devoted an entire episode to fighting a giant octopus inside of an airplane.
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- By Adam Wears, JM McNab, Marina Reimann
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5 'Edgy' Ads That Sold Nothing But Failure And Madness
Here are some ad wizards who came up with unspeakable, horrific situations and hoped for the best.
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- By Michael Garowee, Greg Tuff, Jordan Breeding, Andrea Meno
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12 Bizarre Inspirations Behind Star Wars Movie Characters
We’ll make you sorry you ever wondered what inspires the creative minds behind Star Wars.
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- By Joel B. Kirk, Timon DJ Spajic
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6 Ways The Star Wars Movies Were A Total Nightmare To Make
It's a miracle the Original Trilogy got made at all, given how much of a white-knuckle nonstop carousel of suffering it was.
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- By Nimby Smith
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6 Movie 'Jobs' That Serve Zero Purpose
Some movies make up entire careers that have no reason for existing whatsoever.
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- By Spencer Thew, Abraham Mireles, Jordan Breeding
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5 Movies Where The Heroes & Villains Would Be Reversed Today
The world is rapidly changing, and as a result, many things we took for granted are falling by the wayside.
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- By James Kinneen, Michael Garowee, Dan Hopper
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6 Tiny Movie Moments That Took Insane Amounts Of Work
Movies are hard to make. The times movies put insane work into little things that nobody ever noticed? Who will cry for them?
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- By Matt Cowan
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5 Theories That Make Famously Bad Movies Awesome
If you use a heaping helping of positive thinking, some cinematic turds can become cinematic gold ... Or, at the very least, semi-watchable.
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- By JM McNab
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5 Movie Scenes That Aged In Unexpectedly Horrifying Ways
Sometimes older movies don't hold up because the screenwriters took a wild stab in the dark and hit something. The wrong something.
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- By Tiago Svn, E.M. Caris
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17 'Serious' Movie And TV Moments (That Just Unleashed Laughter)
You should probably feel bad for laughing at these super-dramatic moments.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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6 Easter Eggs In Movie Posters (You Never Knew Were There)
Even though posters are only supposed to be advertisements, some go the extra mile and sneak tantalizing mysteries into their art.
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- By JM McNab
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6 Movies Where Centuries-Old Problems Got Fixed In 2 Seconds
A surprising number of ancient, supposedly terrifying movie threats are easily treated with obvious, sometimes even moronic solutions which somebody should have figured out long ago.
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- By Alex Hanton, E.M. Caris, Daisy Walters, Michael Battaglino, Alex Holland
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Uh, Venkman From Ghostbusters Was Probably A Sexual Predator
The 'comically lecherous middle-aged loser' has been a comedy staple so long that they probably turn up in cave drawings.
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- By Spencer Thew, Riley Black
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14 Movies And Shows That Make You Go 'Not Cool' Now
These movies and shows just sank to a new level of uncomfortable.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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What Movie News Should You Know RIGHT NOW (11/27/17)
Movie news is the only news.
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- By Tim Hawkman, Chris Pauls
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