Tom Reimann
I am an editor at Cracked.com and the author of Stitches (available on Amazon!). I write things and play music at startthemachine.tumblr.com. Follow me to freedom on Twitter @startthemachine.
Horrifying Things Implied By Famous Movies
Think about every time a movie villain asks the hero something like,
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Why Michael Bay Might Secretly Be A Genius
Michael Bay movies are a strange thing.
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5 Historically Bad Movie Franchises We Keep Forgiving
In our rush to be excited over the reemergence of movies we loved decades ago, we haven't stopped to ask ourselves one very important question: What the hell are we so excited about?
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Why We Should Be Glad Game of Thrones Is Ditching the Books
But you won't notice behind all the boobs and bloodshed.
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How Internet Subcultures Combat Free Speech
Here's the easiest experiment in the world. Go to YouTube. Click on ANY video. Scroll to the comments.
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3 Ways 'Dumb and Dumber To' Proves Nostalgia Is Dead
Allow me to force-feed you this bitter pill in three steps.
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4 Reasons Timecop is a Modern Masterpiece
Are you ready to experience the totality that is Timecop? If you are, here are four things to keep in mind.
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4 Famous Movies With Insane Music Video Tie-Ins
Virtually all music videos are utterly terrible, but here are four that managed to rise above that distinction to become totally insane.
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3 Bands Who Completely Disowned Their Former Members
The band may not straight-up pretend that the amputated musician never existed, but the hows and whys of that person's sudden departure are rarely discussed.
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How One Terrible Movie Ruined Hollywood
This Week in WTF Pop Culture History: 'Waterworld' teaches Hollywood how to make money off of big-budget garbage.
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6 High-Tech Movie Facilities That Make No Sense
Once you strip away plot conveniences and forget about how cool everything looks for a second, it becomes immediately obvious that virtually no futuristic facility in the history of cinema could possibly serve its intended purpose in real life.
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The Bizarre History of Ninja Turtle Rap Songs
We're not being sarcastic when we say that a proud and important pop culture tradition was renewed this week with the release of a new rap song about life as a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.
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3 Minor Social Situations We Make Awkward for No Reason
Here are three simple social situations that conversationally inept people like myself routinely make awkward for no logical reason.
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4 Creepy and Baffling Implications of the X-Men Films
The most disturbing aspects of 'X-Men' are the implied storylines, which manage to be deeply unsettling without ever getting a minute of screen time.
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4 Awesome Marvel Movie Scenes You'll Never See (And Why)
A Spider-Man/Avengers team-up is just one of many things we can pretty much guarantee that you will never, ever see in a Marvel movie ... at least not in your own lifetime.
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3 Fan Communities That Hate Their Own Members
At some point the fans of these communities decided it was up to them to prevent new people from joining them at all costs.
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5 Popular Movies and Their Obviously Superior Counterparts
For every wildly popular movie that rampages through the box office like a cash-hungry Pac-Man, there is another film that took the same idea and did it way better, only to languish in relative obscurity.
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4 Reasons This One Kickstarter Proves Humanity Is Doomed
Some maniac courageously dared to ask 'What if the Germans had invaded the Soviet Union with breasts instead of tanks?' Turns out plenty of other maniacs were wondering the same thing.
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The 15 Most Insane Content Warnings About Famous Movies
If you made a flipbook of the following entries, it would transport you to a photonegative reality full of tarantulas and spoiled meat.
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