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**What Happened:** Last Sunday, I decided to host a movie marathon in my living room. I invited a few friends, complete with snacks and the belief that we were in for the ultimate cinematic experience. As we settled in, I realized that there was a small problem: my dog, Rex, had discovered the power of the remote control. Every time a scene got exciting, Rex would jump up, accidentally hit a button, and pause the movie. After a few rounds of this, we were stuck on a dramatic moment where the hero was about to jump off a cliff—except we were stuck in a never-ending freeze-frame of his face mid-scream.
**Why It’s Funny:** The best part was Rex’s bewilderment as everyone yelled “unpause!” like it was some sort of group chant. He stared at us like we were the mad ones, clearly wondering why we weren’t interested in his new Netflix special titled “Rex Takes Control.” By the end of the night, we had watched the same two minutes of a movie for an hour, while Rex lounged on the couch as if he’d accomplished his ultimate goal of turning movie night into “Total Rex Cinema.” But hey, at least we got to spend a whole night laughing at Rex’s starring role in our cinematic disaster!
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No one dies in China without coughing up copious amounts of blood.
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like in the glorious Shaw brothers Wuxia movies lol 😂
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You know the ending is bad/sad for said character if they cough up blood Also soup and powder for any and all types of illnesses and injuries
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Long and storied tradition in “being so mad they coughed up blood” in Chinese literature. It’s a pretty common literary trope there, so I guess it only makes sense that the same would carryover in the film as well. Except, only when they get shot.
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did everybody have TB in old chinese literature?
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The amazing Korean skin care routine makes you die slower when shot.
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The only thing missing in the Korean one is flashbacks of when they initially got shot once they are most of the way down, then returning to present time with a super close up of their face as they reminisced over the flashback, and then returning to the wide shot with them inexplicably less far down than when the flashback begun, allowing the shot to drag out to like a minute.
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And showing it from 4 angles, then freeze frame for end of episode, and doing something slightly different at the start of the next episode that makes everything less dramatic than it seemed in the cliffhanger.
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Omg, there was multiple times when we watched My Demon, that we thought we’d already watched an episode because even 11 minutes in they were still recapping the previous cliffhanger, then they’d stare at each other and flashback events from 5 episodes earlier, and I swear they only had 2 songs for the whole series, so it always sounded like the intro or outro of an episode, but rarely like you were in the plot of the actual episode you are watching. But my wife was quick to point out it doesn’t matter because she could happily watch those 2 intensely stare at each other all day, no need for a plot.
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Song Kang and Kim You-Jung had amazing chemistry it made up for all the drawn out scenes, so I agree with your wife! Such a great series too
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Oh so like Dragonball Z?
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3 episode of charging the Kamehameha, you know it’s going to be worth the 6 episodes of blasting to see that planet destroying damage get slapped out of the way over another 3 episodes.
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Its more the 3 episodes of watching vegeta or piccolo get fucking annihilated while begging goku to hurry up with the spirit bomb
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And the random product placement, just stop for a subway snack mid death
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Dont forget the insane lens flare and over contrast of the snow or petals on screen depending on the weather in the episode
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Fade to watercolor
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Subway and Kopiko lol
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Always kopiko!
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And the sponsor banners like subway, Samsung, kopiko, etc
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Need to introduce you to the [Mexican Novela](https://www.reddit.com/r/popculturechat/comments/1pzckst/30_years_ago_itati_cantoral_had_the_most_iconic/).
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Episode ends with super sad heartfelt music but the next episode opens with the same shot but using dramatic music
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>flashbacks of when they initially got ~~shot once they are most of the way down~~ subway
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Next time on Dragonball Z flashback Previously on Dragonball Z flashback of the flashback
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As a 32 year old night shifter with pretty great skin, the actual secret is to avoid the sun at all costs! It’s also free!
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Omg lol also in my 30s and have done night shift a lot of my adult life and people always think I’m much younger and I always say it’s because my skin has never been sunlight haha
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4am-1pm is like half night shift. One of my coworkers came in and her face was all shiny, she said it was sunscreen. They asked for what? Moon beams?!
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Night shift sun avoider here. Can confirm, have flawless skin, I look a lot younger than the 33 years old I am.
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another sun avoider here, have awful skin
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I’m afraid we have to take out a hit on your life so we can maintain the agenda.
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I COMPLETELY MISSED THE WORD “NIGHT” AND AM THINKING YA’LL ARE WAREWOLVES……
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Gotta wear those beauty masks like a champ
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lmao bullets would slide through his face it’s that smooth
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All the cream for that photogenic final moment.
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I’m surprised how the Indian got shot actually the second time
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The protagonist has to be shot at least a hundred times right in the chest, yet he has to have that much time and lung capacity to deliver a heartfelt goodbye to his mom or girlfriend.
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*This little speech is going to add 22 mins to the runtime*
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I saw Blood Diamond in a theater back in the day. One of the main characters took so long to die that i went through almost all phases of grief, in the end i was bargaining for them to just fucking die already.
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*”The wound is beginning to smell a little like almonds!…… Which is not good!”*
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I think they finally died by a heart attack when they remembered what the damn satellite phone operator charges for a minute. Hope the estate had some diamonds tucked away.
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Like Elaine yelling at The English Patient?
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> i went through almost all phases of grief, in the end i was bargaining for them to just fucking die already. r/brandnewsentence
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Low-key reminds me of the Yakuza video games.
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Apparently there’s a scene in an Indian movie where the protagonist (Rajnikanth?) gets shot through the head, but the bullet hits a tumor that was going to kill him (he was going to die of cancer) so the bullet saves his life, and simply passes through his ears carrying out the tumor with it without any damage to him. I’ve not been able to find this scene though.
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Ooooh! I just had cancer surgery 10 days ago and it’s still healing, I wish my doctors would have known this simple trick!
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It is the pinnacle of American healthcare: a gun.
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Here’s to firearms! The cause of, and solution to, all of life problems!
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If only the ~~good guys~~ doctors had a gun
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“Cancer doctors hate this simple trick”
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I’m getting my thyroid out soon. Where do I sign up?
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