38 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Shoved Into the Escape Pod Just Before the Mothership Detonated

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38 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Shoved Into the Escape Pod Just Before the Mothership Detonated
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Batman: War Games

Wild Superhero Deaths LADY. YOUR SMUG SILENCE IS INTOLERABLY RUDE. YOU AREN'T GOING TO PASS OUT ON ME AGAIN. Batman: War Games STEPHANIE BROWN DIED BY TORTURE PORN. Stephanie was captured and gruesomely tortured by Black Mask After being fired as Robin. But she actually died because Dr. Leslie Thompkins refused to treat her to teach Batman a lesson. N IS THAT HOW YOUR MOTHER RAISED YOU? DIDN'T SHE TEACH YOU HOW CRACKED.COM TO BE A PROPER GUEST IN SOMEONE'S HOUSE?

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Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson grew up with his mother and sister. However, when Nicholson was 37 years old, a reporter uncovered that his 'mother' was actually his g

Jack Arnold

CRACKED.COM CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON UNDERAPPRECIATED DIRECTORS JACK ARNOLD Arnold's later output is mostly mediocre (even though there's interesting stuff like 1959's western No Name on the Bullet). Still, his true legacy was making some of the best representatives of '50s American sci-fi: It Came From Outer Space, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Tarantula! and The Incredible Shrinking Man.

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38 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Shoved Into the Escape Pod Just Before the Mothership Detonated

Studio Ghibli

Studio Ghibli Fans Caused Problems Because Of A Rumor. People began trespassing in a shipyard to take Instagram photos after a rumor circulated that the spot inspired a famous scene in Spirited Away. The owner wasn't happy that they were a nuisance to residents and left all trash all over. CRACKED.COM

Return of the Jedi

TELL US NOW. ... Anthony M. hated the Sy Snootles update in Return of the Jedi. Не calls it a horrible CGI scene forced into the beginning of a tense encounter in Jabba's Palace. It is especially jarring against the practical effects and makeup of the original scene. CRACKED.COM

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Stop-Motion Animation

Historical Firsts in Practical Effects The first full-length 1925 stop-motion animation Stop-motion pioneer Willis O'Brien developed several innovations for The Lost World that are still used today. Не created a technique that joined stop- motion and live-action onscreen at the same time. CRACKED

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Star Trek

According to a novelization, Star Trek's Borg were created by Voyager 6. Voyager 6 came to the Borg's planet, who sent it back but it returned, reporting a biological infestation on Earth. This led to making them what they became. CRACKED.COM

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Jack Palance

Boss Grissom actor Jack Palance refused to come out of the bathroom on Batman. He was supposed to just walk out, but he picked a fight with Tim Burton, saying I've made over a hundred films, how many have you made? CRACKED.COM

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Aqua Teen Hunger Force

SouL Quest Overdrive 2011 CRACKED COM A spin-off of Aqua Teen Hunger Force, anthropomorphic sports equipment goes on adventures.

Die Another Day

In Die Another Day, Bond tricks a scanner with a severed hand. But biometic scans don't just read your palm print, a very inexact ID method. They chec
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Elton John

38 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Shoved Into the Escape Pod Just Before the Mothership Detonated

Justin Bieber

In 2014, after he was caught taking part in an illegal street race, Justin Bieber was charged with resisting arrest and driving with an expired licens

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