1 | [[foldercontrol]] |
2 | [[folder:Film -- Live-Action]] |
3 | ->''"You're beginning to think that the tube is reality, [[RealityIsUnrealistic and that your own lives are unreal]]. You do whatever the tube tells you! You dress like the tube, you eat like the tube, you raise your children like the tube, you even *think* like the tube! This is mass madness, you maniacs!"'' |
4 | -->-- '''Howard Beale''', ''Film/{{Network}}'' |
5 | [[/folder]] |
6 | |
7 | [[folder:Literature]] |
8 | ->''"As stated before, in Western--especially American--culture, there is the myth of the individual superbeing. One man or woman, well-armed and highly skilled, with nerves of steel, can conquer the world. In truth, anyone believing this should simply strip naked, holler for the undead, and lie on a silver platter. Not only will going it alone get you killed--it may also create one more zombie. Working together, always together, has shown to be the only successful strategy for annihilating an undead army."'' |
9 | -->-- Literature/TheZombieSurvivalGuide |
10 | [[/folder]] |
11 | |
12 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
13 | ->''"Torture works on ''Series/TwentyFour'' and in movies because ''it has to''. It's a dramatic device to move the plot along. But ask terror experts and they'll tell you it's one of those movie tropes that's got no basis in real life, like a wedding being interrupted, or someone this handsome feeling sad, or [[Creator/EmmaStone this]] [[Film/{{Aloha}} character]] being part Asian."'' |
14 | -->-- '''Creator/JohnOliver''', ''Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver'', on torture |
15 | [[/folder]] |
16 | |
17 | [[folder:Music]] |
18 | ->''"Television rules the nation."'' |
19 | -->-- '''Music/DaftPunk''' |
20 | [[/folder]] |
21 | |
22 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
23 | ->''"Attention, Test Prisoners attempting to [[AirVentPassageway escape through the air ducts]]. I don't know what nonsense you learned on TV, but [[ThisIsReality in real life air ducts just go to the air-conditioning unit]]. It's also pretty dusty, so if you've got asthma, chances are you're gonna die up there. And we'll be smelling it for weeks, because again, the air ducts ''aren't'' a secret escape hatch, they're how we ventilate the facility."'' |
24 | -->-- '''Space Prison Warden Cave Johnson''', ''VideoGame/Portal2: Endless Testing Initiative'' |
25 | |
26 | ->''"It is not impressive to [[SafetyGearIsCowardly forgo ear protection]] when shooting."\ |
27 | "In real life, it is not advisable to [[SuperWindowJump jump face-first through plate glass windows]]."'' |
28 | -->-- Two pause menu tips in ''VideoGame/Receiver2'' |
29 | [[/folder]] |
30 | |
31 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
32 | ->'''Peggy:''' Before you start [firearms training], there's something important you need to do.\ |
33 | '''Sydney:''' What's that?\ |
34 | '''Peggy:''' Close your eyes and think of every TV show and movie you've ever seen with guns in it.\ |
35 | '''Sydney:''' Uh... okay...\ |
36 | '''Peggy:''' Really visualize all your favorite fight scenes, all that action hero stuff. Got it?\ |
37 | '''Sydney:''' Yeah, have you ever seen ''Film/{{Equilibrium}}''? That GunKata...\ |
38 | '''Peggy:''' ''*smacks her hand on Sydney's forehead*'' OUT FOUL DEMONS!!\ |
39 | '''Sydney:''' Ow! Hey! What the hell?!\ |
40 | '''Peggy:''' Nearly all popular media is absolutely terrible when it comes to the portrayal of guns and what constitutes acceptable cover. ''[[{{Geek}} You]] especially'' are going to need to retrain how you think about them.\ |
41 | '''Sydney:''' You're saying I must unlearn what I have learned?\ |
42 | '''Peggy:''' Saying precisely this, I am. |
43 | -->-- ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'', [[https://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-330-action-zeroing-the-needle/ #330]] |
44 | |
45 | ->''"You still got people who think [[BulletSparks bullets spark]], that [[EveryCarIsAPinto gasoline is as explosive as nitro]], and that [[SoftGlass you can jump through pane glass without a scratch]]--all because "they saw it in a movie." People make bad decisions all the time--bad decisions based on what they saw up on a movie screen, because they think we were careful enough to get it right."'' |
46 | -->-- '''Nip Todd''', ''Webcomic/NipAndTuck'' |
47 | [[/folder]] |
48 | |
49 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
50 | ->''"This little boy broke his leg trying to fly like Franchise/{{Superman}}. This boy's brother hit him in the head with a wrench, mimicking [[ProfessionalWrestling a recent TV wrestling match]]. I won't even subject you to the horrors of our ''[[Film/TheThreeStooges Three Stooges]]'' ward."'' |
51 | -->-- '''Dr. Hibbert''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E8BartTheDaredevil Bart the Daredevil]]" |
52 | [[/folder]] |
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