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'''Venom:''' You'd like that, wouldn't you? }} |
'''Venom:''' You'd like that, wouldn't you? }} |
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* A classic example is from the late 80's comedy ''The Couch Trip'' where on a radio call-in show, John Burns ([[Dan Aykroyd]]) suggests to a man trying to overcome a problem with premature ejaculation, to imagine working on his car instead. His description of taking apart a transmission... well, if the caller had had the opposite problem, it would've helped. |
* A classic example is from the late 80's comedy ''The Couch Trip'' where on a radio call-in show, John Burns ([[Dan Aykroyd]]) suggests to a man trying to overcome a problem with premature ejaculation, to imagine working on his car instead. His description of taking apart a transmission... well, if the caller had had the opposite problem, it would've helped. |
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* The opening scene of ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' has Harry exuding a white light from the tip of his wand. Under his covers. With Harry hiding the evidence when Uncle Vernon comes into his room. |
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** [[Cleolinda Jones|''Movies in Fifteen Minutes'']] summarizes it thus: |
** [[Cleolinda Jones|''Movies in Fifteen Minutes'']] summarizes it thus: |
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{{quote|'''Harry:''' ''(playing with his wand in the middle of the night)'' |
{{quote|'''Harry:''' ''(playing with his wand in the middle of the night)'' |
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** Then we have the sixth movie, in which Ginny notices Harry's shoelace is untied and kneels down to fix it. Since we only see the top of her head near his waist... it's not hard to see what the makers were alluding to/making fun of. |
** Then we have the sixth movie, in which Ginny notices Harry's shoelace is untied and kneels down to fix it. Since we only see the top of her head near his waist... it's not hard to see what the makers were alluding to/making fun of. |
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** How about Tom Riddle's comments in ''Chamber of Secrets''?: "You'll find I can be very... persuasive. Not that she knew what she was doing..." |
** How about Tom Riddle's comments in ''Chamber of Secrets''?: "You'll find I can be very... persuasive. Not that she knew what she was doing..." |
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** In Deathly Hallows all the Death Eaters are shocked when [[Big Bad|Voldemort]] demands that one of them gives him their wand (in the book they look "as if he asked them for their arm". Suuuure.) Then he takes Lucius' [[Cane Sword|cane wand]], and snaps off it's handle, which makes Lucius ([[[Share the Male Pain]] and the male auditory]]) wince. And then he starts measuring up his wand against Lucius'. Are you kidding me? |
** In ''Deathly Hallows'' all the Death Eaters are shocked when [[Big Bad|Voldemort]] demands that one of them gives him their wand (in the book they look "as if he asked them for their arm". Suuuure.) Then he takes Lucius' [[Cane Sword|cane wand]], and snaps off it's handle, which makes Lucius ([[[Share the Male Pain]] and the male auditory]]) wince. And then he starts measuring up his wand against Lucius'. Are you kidding me? |
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* Sir [[Ian McKellen]]'s film version of ''[[Richard III]]''. The setting is established right off as 30s Europe. Sure, why not? Then we come to Richard's coronation scene... and down come the long, red banners with his black-and-white emblem and fervent background chanting. [[Putting on the Reich|Oh, right.]] |
* Sir [[Ian McKellen]]'s film version of ''[[Richard III]]''. The setting is established right off as 30s Europe. Sure, why not? Then we come to Richard's coronation scene... and down come the long, red banners with his black-and-white emblem and fervent background chanting. [[Putting on the Reich|Oh, right.]] |
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* ''[[Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country]]'' is a big, honkin' allegory about the end of the [[Cold War]]. It starts off with the horrible disaster on the Klingon moon Praxis, (not in Chernobyl); which forces the Klingon Empire, (not the Soviet Union) to reach out to the Federation (not the West). Conservative hard-liners then kill (not attempt to kill) Gorkon (not Gorbachev) for his trouble. From there, it diverges a bit from actual history, but you get the picture. The greatest irony is that history ultimately proved the Conservatives right, given Russia's involvement with Iran, partial renunciation of democracy and so on. |
* ''[[Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country]]'' is a big, honkin' allegory about the end of the [[Cold War]]. It starts off with the horrible disaster on the Klingon moon Praxis, (not in Chernobyl); which forces the Klingon Empire, (not the Soviet Union) to reach out to the Federation (not the West). Conservative hard-liners then kill (not attempt to kill) Gorkon (not Gorbachev) for his trouble. From there, it diverges a bit from actual history, but you get the picture. The greatest irony is that history ultimately proved the Conservatives right, given Russia's involvement with Iran, partial renunciation of democracy and so on. |
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