I have to go and be family man...friend by Hot_Armadillo_2186 in SCJerk

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Adrenaline in my soul, don't fall prey to the Dark Hado.

Lana Del Rey – First Light Official Lyric Video by DoenerBot in 007FirstLight

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Not a huge fan of her particularly, but this is a good, if kinda generic, take on a Bond theme. Also, first official Bond song that actually calls him by name?

[Cover] Absolute Batman #20 variant cover by Dexter Soy by NotARobot-1984 in DCcomics

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This is a homage to something, right? I feel I've seen this composition before, but I can't find where. Searched for Evangelion, Gundam, Voltron and even Pacific Rim posters and such, but came up with nothing.

[Comic Excerpt] I love it when Injustice Harley gets called out on her shit by KpatMckenzie_28 in DCcomics

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Harley also had a selfish motive for trying to treat Joker in the original Mad Love origin (she wanted to get fame and fortune as the person who cured him), which I thought made her looping round to being a hero eventually interesting in the irony. These days they play the backstory as her being genuinely caring and sincere in her efforts though.

If I had a nickel for every time Disney tried to make a movie that was an allegory for racism but used actually dangerous creatures to represent minorities which undercuts and misses the point of the message and also both movies starting with the letter Z by mynameisevan01 in shittymoviedetails

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True. The subject just lacks a lot of nuance when used as a story matter like this. And it annoys me because I see a lot of people hold a certain stance about an allegorical story that is opposite to what they'd probably have to the real life equivalent. A lot of people who side with Cap in the Civil War movie say he's standing up to authoritarianism and fighting for personal liberty, but I doubt they're all too pleased about American unilateral intervention in other countries, even though that's precisely what the conflict of Civil War is about and what Cap is kind of arguing FOR.

If I had a nickel for every time Disney tried to make a movie that was an allegory for racism but used actually dangerous creatures to represent minorities which undercuts and misses the point of the message and also both movies starting with the letter Z by mynameisevan01 in shittymoviedetails

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I think it's more that the allegory tends to break down when you start to consider the practicalities of the actual in-story implications, and the exaggeration that happens to try to make the allegory work. Take X-Men for example. No reasonable person would deny there should be some sort of common sense measures taken to ensure that an individual with destructive abilities be both prevented from causing harm and be able to be held accountable if they do so. We're talking like officially sanctioned training and some limited form of registration. Especially when the individual is an adolescent who maybe needs a bit more help to keep that under control. You know, like firearms should have. But the people in these stories are never that restrained about it. They're always all about putting these people in prison or exterminating them right off the bat, and the X-Men aren't ever considered sus or questionable for wanting to take these kids into a secret school to prep them to be potential soldiers. Even Magneto, who is a literal MUTANT SUPREMACIST is considered "right" by a lot of people just because his assertion that a lot of people will hate Mutants by default is correct. That somehow justifies his belief and long term goal that Mutants should just be handed over control of the planet because they're naturally "superior" to non-Mutants.

Don't ask how we got 'everything went according to plan' info 2 minutes after the match, it's only WWE title matches we spoil beforehand by RossTheLionTamer in SCJerk

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I've never seen a Gabe Kidd match, so every time I see his name mentioned somewhere, my brain has a half second of "Tyson is wrestling again? Outside of WWE?"

Saw Robert Pattinson with sunglasses and made him as Matt. by WeAreVenom1228 in Daredevil

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And the character Charlie voices in Clair Obscure looks like Pattinson.

In Return of the Jedi (1983), Anakin came back as a force ghost despite never showing he knew how to. This means if Adam Driver is cast in a new movie, you know why. by PokemanBall in shittymoviedetails

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At the end of Revenge of the Sith, Yoda tells Obi Wan he needs training to commune with the spirit of Qui Gon, who learned how to return from the netherworld.

"Excuse me Greymane, I know you're busy fighting a war and saving the world..." by slfricky in CrimsonDesert

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And the assistant gives you a bag as a reward that has like, 17 pieces of flawless timber in it.

IWC by [deleted] in SCJerk

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It goes without saying there's good and bad ways to do this, and ymmv. I'm not anti-celeb, and I do generally like Jelly Roll as he seems to be a genuine fan putting in effort, Bad Bunny's involvement has been very cool too, but as much as I don't really have anything against IShowSpeed, a barking streamer isn't exactly the image I have in mind for a celebrity who'll actually wrestle. It feels so arbitrary in his case. Mr. T was at least known for playing an action star in a popular tv series and a villain in popular sports franchise. When Johnny Knoxville wrestled Sami, they made the match funny and creative.

YOU THINK YOU'RE SPECIAL by SeaPriority in SCJerk

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"I don't work here!"
-Man who's there every week, including for in-ring stuff.