First there was "jump the shark"...now "nuke the fridge" - Page 2

RichC2 · 06-05-08, 10:16 AM

So uhm, this thread really swings with monkeys?

Drop · 06-05-08, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by RichC2

Jump the shark is the one everybody knows for a reason

Nuked the fridge just doesn't roll off the tongue.

Not to mention it doesn't make sense. It implies the fridge was destroyed, or was specifically nuked. Also the Jump the shake moment usually means the peak of the series or film (as in it only got worse after that). Jump the shark is also self explanatory. As cool as I thought the scene was (and positively ridiculous) the phrase doesn't fit.

Save Ferris · 06-05-08, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Nick Martin

I don't care about being spoiled on the new Indy movie, so after reading that quote about him surviving a nuked fridge, I know I won't be missing anything but a hell of a funny scene. I'm laughing at the idea of that right now, it's so ridiculous

Its not supposed to be funny

Plus--Indy mentions 'nukes' after the incident--wasnt everything called 'atomic' testing in those days? We dropped an atomic bomb on Japan, not a nuke.

RichC2 · 06-05-08, 10:44 AM

In the late 50s? Who knows, that was quite some time after Japan.

And the scene was supposed to be funny, it looked like it was intentionally a bit goofy.

jdpatri · 06-05-08, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Charlie Goose

I'm still in favor of using "the bear walked by the pool".

As for Indy 4, I think the stupider part was

Spoiler:

Actually the fridge was low on the totem pole of issues with Indiana Jones.

Spoiler:

Save Ferris · 06-05-08, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by RichC2

In the late 50s? Who knows, that was quite some time after Japan.

And the scene was supposed to be funny, it looked like it was intentionally a bit goofy.

the movie is riddled with 'goofy' from groundhogs to the smiling mannequins in that whole sequence, but the fridge ride was supposed to be a 'daring escape' moment.

RoboDad · 06-05-08, 12:48 PM

"Nuke the fridge"

Worst. Internetism. Ever.

RichC2 · 06-05-08, 12:55 PM

Nuke the fridge makes me think of microwaving leftovers.

Shannon Nutt · 06-05-08, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by RichC2

Nuke the fridge makes me think of microwaving leftovers.

It makes me think of this guy:

PixyJunket · 06-05-08, 01:52 PM

Internet.

jpoppe · 06-05-08, 01:58 PM

This thread has been armbarred by lameness.

Charlie Goose · 06-05-08, 02:01 PM

UAIOE · 06-05-08, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Rogue588

Wouldn't nuking the site from orbit effectively take out the fridge too?

Its the only way to be sure.

The Bus · 06-05-08, 03:57 PM

This thread? Not so fetch.

Snowmaker · 06-05-08, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Shannon Nutt

It makes me think of this guy:

You beat me to it, but I was thinking something more like this:

Suprmallet · 06-05-08, 04:12 PM

Gremlins 2 rocks. That is all.

Jon2 · 06-05-08, 05:08 PM

Everyone does know, of course, that the phrase is about criticizing the "reality" of a fantasy movie?

Anyone else find that as amusing as I do?

If one wanted to, one could accuse the entire series of Indy movies as "nuking the fridge" by trying to present aspects of various religious mythologies (fantasies) as being "real."

Raiders "nuked the fridge" with the wrath of God zapping Nazis.

ToD "NtF" with ripping out hearts (among other things).

Crusade "NtF" with drinking from the chalice healing a mortal wound.

I could go on, but...

GoldenJCJ · 06-05-08, 05:11 PM

There is nothing fantastical about Indy. 100% real 100% of the time (unless of course he's in a fridge)!

Seantn · 06-05-08, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by jdpatri

Actually the fridge was low on the totem pole of issues with Indiana Jones.

Spoiler:

Are you serious ? You care about there being

Spoiler:

? Have you seen the previous Indy films? You didn't care about Nazis having their bodies melt because of some box that was opened -- but it didn't hurt Indy, because he didn't LOOK at it? Yeah, that's not one bit silly at all.

jjcool · 06-05-08, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Daytripper

Sorry, but "nuke the fridge" is really stupid.

Enough said.

NIMH Rat · 06-05-08, 05:28 PM

The urban dictionary really doesn't understand the phrase "jump the shark" if they think it equals "nuke the fridge."

Groucho · 06-05-08, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Jon2

If one wanted to, one could accuse the entire series of Indy movies as "nuking the fridge" by trying to present aspects of various religious mythologies (fantasies) as being "real."

To be fair, the sequences you mention are clearly based in mythology and fantasy. But nuclear tests sites and refrigerators are more realistic concepts. You make a good point, but it'll not quite the same thing.

HN · 06-05-08, 05:33 PM

it only took 2 dvdtalk pages for nuke the fridge to jump the shark.

Jon2 · 06-05-08, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Groucho

To be fair, the sequences you mention are clearly based in mythology and fantasy. But nuclear tests sites and refrigerators are more realistic concepts. You make a good point, but it'll not quite the same thing.

Now you're just being picky.

nickdawgy · 06-05-08, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Daytripper

Sorry, but "nuke the fridge" is really stupid.

I think it's stupid, too. Plus, I liked the fridge scene in the movie anyway.

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