30 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Had to Spell Out in Full to Win This Spelling Bee

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30 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Had to Spell Out in Full to Win This Spelling Bee
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Antz

CGI WATER IN A MOVIE 1998 CRACKED.COM Dreamworks' Antz (USA, 1998) was the first movie to use computer software to simulate the properties of water, prior to this, computer-generated fluid effects were drawn, frame by frame, using graphics programs. The detailed studies of fluid dynamics at the time were being carried out by scientists at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, USA.

Twin Peaks

BOB became a character on Twin Peaks by accident. Frank Silva was working as the set dresser on the pilot episode when his image got caught on camera. The moment inspired David Lynch, who told him to crouch down at the base of Laura Palmer's bed and act scared. Silva, who had only dabbled in acting, went on to become the series' antagonist. CRACKED.COM

April Ludgate

They created April Ludgate after a casting director met Aubrey Plaza. The director called Parks & Rec writer Michael Schur and told him I just met the weirdest girl I've ever met in my life. You have to meet her and put her on your show. So Schur met with her, and wrote her into the show. CRACKED.COM

Signs

M. Night Shyamalan SIGNS CRACKED.COM His cameos were, at one point, pretty brief and inconsequential. But in Signs, he deus ex machina'd all over the screen, delivering key plot points and encouranging characters to act in ways that would very specifically drive the plot forward.

A Fish Called Wanda

A FISH CALLED WANDA In the dog funeral scene, you can hear the choir sing 'Miserere dominus, miserere dominus, canis mortuus est'. In Latin, the phrase means: 'O Lord, have mercy, the dog died.' GRACKED.COM

Stranger Than Fiction

Meta Movies Stranger Than Fiction Will Ferrell could actually hear the narration. Rather than having someone off-camera feeding him the lines he was supposed to react to, Ferrell was fitted with an earpiece so he could hear the actual narration recorded by Emma Thompson. CRACKED.COM

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Jim Henson

The Muppets send off creator Jim Henson. Henson requested a joyous affair with a jazz band, and no one in black. His two public memorials featured performances by the Muppets, and he was given a televised memorial, The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson. CRACKED

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Biopic Tropes

CRACKED.COM AWFUL BIOPIC TROPES SONG NAME AS TITLE Because musician biopics are all about the brand, their names follow two models: the musician's name, or an iconic song of theirs. Examples include Get On Up, Bohemian Rhapsody, Beyond the Sea, Rocketman, Coal Miner's Daughter, and Straight Outta Compton. We can't wait for Riskay's biopic Smell Yo Dick.

Hot Fuzz

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM HOT FUZZ (2007) A CITY COP IS TRANSFERRED TO A COUNTRYSIDE HAMLET, AND UNEARTHS A DISTURBING CONSPIRACY. WHY IT WORKS: Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg deliver another masterclass in storytelling that goes from a fish out of water story, to a murder mystery, to a balls-to-the-wall action flick at breakneck pace.

Wolverine

CRACKED VS POINTS FOR MOVIE WOLVERINE COMIC BOOK WOLVERINE MOVIE WOLVERINE CRACKED.COM Wolverine has been a Movie Wolverine has led character in the 7 major roles in the comics for 47 years, films, and as wide as died 15 times, and their quality swings they even his final at least tell a concise moments open the story of a character that door to revive the definitively ends in a Canucklehead. satisfying way.

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30 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Had to Spell Out in Full to Win This Spelling Bee

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30 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Had to Spell Out in Full to Win This Spelling Bee

Martha Stewart

To stay sane while Martha Stewart was on trial, her daughter had to quit all media. To make sure she didn't see anything upsetting about her mom, Alex

Mamma Mia

CRACKED The chapel from Mamma Mia is located on the Agios loannis clifftop on the Greek island Skopelos.

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