I vote for a temporary ban on anyone that is caught using it.
Mondo Kane
07-02-08, 01:51 PM
Let's never use that phrase. ever again.
But it rolls off the tongue so easily :(
DeputyDave
07-02-08, 02:34 PM
No.
UAIOE
07-02-08, 02:38 PM
I vote for a temporary ban on anyone that is caught using it.
I like this idea.
Doc MacGyver
07-02-08, 02:48 PM
Well, while I vehemently do not support the saying, I will try to answer the general meaning of the question.
For me, it was in the Spider-Man franchise. Anytime Spidey swung past a 5-story-tall American flag, I'd roll me eyes, but the part that < retarded phrase redacted > for me was this groaner in Spidey 1: "You mess wit' Spidey, you mess with New Yawk! You mess wit' one of us, you mess wit' ALL OF US!"
-Doc
Yeti4623
07-02-08, 02:54 PM
When the vampires show up in From Dusk Till Dawn
fumanstan
07-02-08, 03:09 PM
There's an obvious one in WANTED.
RoboDad
07-02-08, 03:16 PM
That is still the...
WORST. CATCHPHRASE. EVER.
RichC2
07-02-08, 03:19 PM
There's an obvious one in WANTED.
Which is entitled to its own stupid phrase in its own, what should it be.. Deciphered the binary? Read the Textiles? Missed the Shuttle?
Doc MacGyver
07-02-08, 03:19 PM
There's an obvious one in WANTED.
You mean the part where they took a fantastic comic book premise, removed all comic-book-related elements and made it a standard special-effect-laden-setpiece-driven-matrix-ripoff-Angelina-Jolie-vehicle?
-Doc
dtcarson
07-02-08, 03:21 PM
How about "hotwired the alien spaceship".
Ok, I've looked it up. It doesn't look like it's a very close analogy to "jump the shark". Don't many movies, especially action movies, have unbelievable scenes? Hackers are good, ok, but hacking into the Pentagon in two seconds is a little unrealistic. Of course, so is an alcoholic supergenius creating a metal flying zapping astronaut suit. Or a gamma explosion turning someone into a temporarily huge powerful green guy instead of obliterating him.
If the rest of the movie is good enough, most people can blow right by most of those unbelievable moments. And unlike jump the shark, it doesn't usually signify the beginning of a downward trend in the movie quality, does it?
Oh well, maybe we need to dogear this one and come back to it; starting internet memes can be hard.
KillerCannibal
07-02-08, 03:30 PM
When Indy was nuked in a fridge.
Doc MacGyver
07-02-08, 03:37 PM
I'd also nominate "upload an IBM virus to the Mothership" or "Danced the Superhero."
-Doc
Michael Corvin
07-02-08, 03:40 PM
You mean the part where they took a fantastic comic book premise, removed all comic-book-related elements and made it a standard special-effect-laden-setpiece-driven-matrix-ripoff-Angelina-Jolie-vehicle?
Whatever works. :)
The Bus
07-02-08, 03:40 PM
The problem is that neither ID4 nor SM3 were "decent" movies.
ID4 has aged worse than Goldie Hawn.
RichC2
07-02-08, 03:40 PM
I'd also nominate "upload an IBM virus to the Mothership" or "Danced the Superhero."
-Doc
Hacked the motership, ftw.
ID4 didn't age well, at all.
Michael Corvin
07-02-08, 03:43 PM
:lol: at ID4 'not aging well.'
It was never a good flick people. It has nothing to do with aging, it's taste that is catching up to you. ;)
dtcarson
07-02-08, 03:45 PM
I need to nuke my fridge, something is in there and I'm not sure what it is.
Some films are "good", some are "good at the time", some are "good for the time". There are lots of films that might not be "good" but are "fun", ID4 was one of those (disclaimer: I haven't seen it since it came out). And yes, I have no problem with the core concept of the movie, but having Goldblum taptaptap and suddenly he's in their uplink bugged me.
Snowmaker
07-02-08, 03:45 PM
Someone has already made it the name of their "movie news" website:
http://nukedthefridge.com/
RichC2
07-02-08, 03:48 PM
:lol: at ID4 'not aging well.'
It was never a good flick people. It has nothing to do with aging, it's taste that is catching up to you. ;)
When I say aging well, I meant as I aged I realized how god awful it really was :lol:.
taa455
07-02-08, 05:02 PM
POTC: At Worlds End.
When the black toothed chick grew to 50 feet tall and exploded into all those crabs OR (if that didn't do it for ya) the ridiculous marriage during the (supposedly) climactic battle.
FunkDaddy J
07-02-08, 05:10 PM
The Indy series "nuked the fridge" when the roller-coaster mine car jumped the tracks in Temple of Doom.
Hey, I said this first in the other "nuke the fridge" thread!!! :)
Well, I did.
Anyway, yes, please. Enough with that stupid saying. Nuke the fridge.
calhoun07
07-02-08, 07:04 PM
Someone has already made it the name of their "movie news" website:
http://nukedthefridge.com/
That site sucks about as bad as the phrase.
Shannon Nutt
07-02-08, 07:12 PM
There's an article about "Nuked The Fridge" in the new Newsweek.
I wouldn't normally support such a phrase, but because I can see it getting under George Lucas' skin, I'm all for it catching on.
Zen Peckinpah
07-02-08, 07:33 PM
Four words: Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.
The first 40 minutes are so absolutely great if it maintained the momentum for the whole thing it would've kicked The Road Warrior and Mad Max's ass in the badass department. Once those stupid fucking kids came in, I realized why George Miller made Happy Feet.
The Bus
07-02-08, 07:52 PM
:lol: at ID4 'not aging well.'
It was never a good flick people. It has nothing to do with aging, it's taste that is catching up to you. ;)
I fell asleep when I saw it opening night. :shrug:
RD1973
07-02-08, 08:20 PM
There's an article about "Nuked The Fridge" in the new Newsweek.
I wouldn't normally support such a phrase, but because I can see it getting under George Lucas' skin, I'm all for it catching on.
I read this article too. It pissed me off because it states that Indy will never recover from this. Really? Indy 4 has made over $300 million and has a shot at being the #1 movie of the year. And there's already talk of Indy 5 and we'll all see that one too.
I hate the phrase too because the "nuked the fridge" scene is actually very cool in the context of an Indy movie (it probably wouldn't have been as cool in Clear and Present Danger). The truly horrible scenes are the quicksand and Shia-tarzan scenes.
Still, I'll play along. How about:
The girl in The Lost World killing a raptor by using her gymnastics skills
When the human-alien hybrid shows up in Alien Resurrection
The second Dr. Freeze shows up in Batman and Robin
The second we see Zion in the Matrix
gmanca
07-02-08, 08:57 PM
I hate the phrase too because the "nuked the fridge" scene is actually very cool in the context of an Indy movie (it probably wouldn't have been as cool in Clear and Present Danger). The truly horrible scenes are the quicksand and Shia-tarzan scenes.
QFT. It was pretty funny IMO and it actually had a point to the plot.
My dad and I played this game when we watched a ton of flicks at the theaters over the years where we would whisper, "that's too much," at things that were just there for the director to say, "oh yeah, I went there."
Things like Jon Voight's death in Anaconda, Johnny Deep swinging by handcuffs in POTC: Curse of the Black Pearl, Arnold jumping onto hovercopters in the 6th Day, the propeller flying through the fuselage in Con Air, Die Another Day in it's entirety, and finally, Arnold outrunning light-rail projectiles in Eraser.
But really, the only one real "nuked the fridge" moment that really ruined a film for me was the Beard's War of the Worlds where Robbie lived and the only non damaged building in Boston held the rest of the family... are you kidding me? Total letdown for me
Cellar Door
07-02-08, 11:13 PM
Johnny Deep swinging by handcuffs in POTC: Curse of the Black Pearl,
Which scene are you talking about?
The Valeyard
07-02-08, 11:24 PM
You mean the part where they took a fantastic comic book premise, removed all comic-book-related elements and made it a standard special-effect-laden-setpiece-driven-matrix-ripoff-Angelina-Jolie-vehicle?
-Doc
That's the one!
RD1973
07-03-08, 12:45 AM
QFT. It was pretty funny IMO and it actually had a point to the plot.
My dad and I played this game when we watched a ton of flicks at the theaters over the years where we would whisper, "that's too much," at things that were just there for the director to say, "oh yeah, I went there."
Things like Jon Voight's death in Anaconda, Johnny Deep swinging by handcuffs in POTC: Curse of the Black Pearl, Arnold jumping onto hovercopters in the 6th Day, the propeller flying through the fuselage in Con Air, Die Another Day in it's entirety, and finally, Arnold outrunning light-rail projectiles in Eraser.
But really, the only one real "nuked the fridge" moment that really ruined a film for me was the Beard's War of the Worlds where Robbie lived and the only non damaged building in Boston held the rest of the family... are you kidding me? Total letdown for me
That scene doesn't bother me. We didn't actually see what happens to him and its a given that you don't kill the kids in a summer movie. However, Billy showing up at the end of Jurassic Park III is truly ridiculous.
Jackskeleton
07-03-08, 02:35 AM
Someone has already made it the name of their "movie news" website:
http://nukedthefridge.com/
I know the creators of that site and let me just say, they're scum. Well, I would say that but it's an insult to scum.
They're frank and sons dealers who thought they would be creative. There charity idea is to sell tickets they got for the midnight arclight screening of dark knight and they call it "So come join us at this “unofficial” Nuke the Fridge screening, and donate to a great charity at the same time."
Yeah man, I'm going to see Wall-e tomorrow, who wants to join me at the dvdtalk "unofficial" screening of wall-e?
So yeah. Let us NEVER EVER use this stupid catch phrase again.
DarkestPhoenix
07-03-08, 03:28 AM
Arnold outrunning light-rail projectiles in Eraser.
Really? Going with THAT over the 'hanging onto the side of the plane in mid-flight then dodging said plane and having reserve shute open meters before ground' scene?
UAIOE
07-03-08, 05:51 AM
I hope he never sees "Commando". He'll probably pick the "kills an entire rebel army and never gets shot" over "falls hundreds of feet from an airplane and walks away unharmed".
PopcornTreeCt
07-03-08, 06:52 PM
project mayhem killed fight club
nickdawgy
07-03-08, 06:55 PM
When I say aging well, I meant as I aged I realized how god awful it really was :lol:.
I liked Independence Day, one of those movies you have to watch parts of whenever it's on TV for me.
Michael Corvin
07-03-08, 06:55 PM
I fell asleep when I saw it opening night. :shrug:
[the Todd]fallin' asleep high five! [/the Todd]
I almost walked out of the sneak preview, and would have if I hadn't rode with someone else.
nickdawgy
07-03-08, 06:59 PM
Yeah, the Nuked the Fridge thing is really stupid. I liked the fridge scene in Indy 4, anyway.
fumanstan
07-03-08, 07:26 PM
I liked Independence Day, one of those movies you have to watch parts of whenever it's on TV for me.
Me too, and I agree entirely with the TV thing. If it's on one of the cable channels like FX, chances are I leave it on in the background while i'm on the computer or something.
DeputyDave
07-04-08, 12:38 PM
I prefer "Danced at the Rave".
scott1598
07-07-08, 08:22 PM
anyone see the latest EW where they coin the phrase "Toss the Whale"? it is the point in "Hancock" when he tosses the CGI whale into the ocean effectively taking you out of the rest of the movie. seems like the next logical successor to "Jump the Shark"
i think it is kinda fetch.
Rockmjd23
07-07-08, 08:26 PM
The second we see Zion in the Matrix
Winner.
Goldblum
07-07-08, 08:27 PM
Nuked the fridge. I actually love it and am going to steal it!
nothingfails
07-08-08, 12:16 AM
I am not an Indiana Jones fan and haven't, nor do I plan to see the latest, can someone put spoiler-text and tell me exactly what the hell "nuked the fridge" is about? Seems like everyone is in on it except me here
whoopdido
07-08-08, 12:27 AM
anyone see the latest EW where they coin the phrase "Toss the Whale"? it is the point in "Hancock" when he tosses the CGI whale into the ocean effectively taking you out of the rest of the movie. seems like the next logical successor to "Jump the Shark"
i think it is kinda fetch.
I don't get it. Everybody saw that scene in the previews so it's not like that was a surprise. We all knew it was going to happen sometime in the movie...we just didn't know exactly when.
I really can't remember...did the movie start to go downhill after that scene or what?
fumanstan
07-08-08, 12:40 AM
I don't get it. Everybody saw that scene in the previews so it's not like that was a surprise. We all knew it was going to happen sometime in the movie...we just didn't know exactly when.
I really can't remember...did the movie start to go downhill after that scene or what?
Yeah, that phrase doesn't make sense at all. That and it made perfect sense for the character.
RoboDad
07-08-08, 12:53 AM
Yeah, that phrase doesn't make sense at all. That and it made perfect sense for the character.
That phrase makes the exact same amount of sense as Nuke the Fridge: that is, zero.
fumanstan
07-08-08, 12:57 AM
That phrase makes the exact same amount of sense as Nuke the Fridge: that is, zero.
Nuke the Fridge makes a lot more sense to me then that one, since I was one of the many that thought that scene was ridiculous.
RD1973
07-08-08, 02:29 AM
I don't get it. Everybody saw that scene in the previews so it's not like that was a surprise. We all knew it was going to happen sometime in the movie...we just didn't know exactly when.
I really can't remember...did the movie start to go downhill after that scene or what?
The real "jumped the shark" scene comes much later (I'll avoid spoilers). But let me just say that almost everyone in the audience simultaneously said WTF?!
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