Posts Tagged “cliché”

Hack Into the Mainframe: A Movie Megamix

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- - 2013/03/25 at 9:49 am
  - by Alex Moschina
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- Filed under:Slacktory Supercut
It’s a no-brainer

You never hear this in real life, right?
- - 2013/02/22 at 11:44 am
  - by Debbie Saslaw
- - 398 views
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- Filed under:Slacktory Supercut
Slacktory Supercut: I can explain!

Get Clarissa in here, she can explain this! She can explain it all.

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- - 2013/01/11 at 9:34 am
  - by Debbie Saslaw
- - 886 views
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Supercut: There’s no time to explain!

There’s never time to explain.

Watch everyone in the movies say what no one says in real life. »
- - 2012/12/13 at 10:55 am
  - by Debbie Saslaw
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58 Corporate Pinterest-based Contests Named “Pin It and Win It”

Pinterest is a place for creativity. Like when you’re naming your brand’s social media engagement contest!

See how creative these contests get! »
- - 2012/09/10 at 12:05 pm
  - by Nick Douglas
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- Filed under:Stupid Pictures
Supercut: Walking and Talking About Walking and Talking

The walk and talk is such an essential element of American TV that it’s touched not just dramas like The West Wing and Law & Order, but also Power Rangers, Seinfeld, and Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. And all these shows have meta-walk-and-talked.

Watch every TV show walk and talk about walking and talking. »
- - 2012/07/24 at 10:45 am
  - by Alex Moschina
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Repeating Like an 808 (36 Songs That Shout Out to the TR-808)

Why do pop stars and rappers constantly give shout-outs to the Roland TR-808 drum kit? Hip-hop artists first fell in love with it because it cost just under two thousand bucks. Contemporary artists love its distinct sound. Ke$ha relates to a tool that got way more popular than its superior-sounding competitors.

Hear 36 songs that reference the 808. »
- - 2012/06/28 at 1:10 pm
  - by Debbie Saslaw
- - 650 views
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- Filed under:Slacktory Supercut
Slacktory Supercut: Look Who Showed Up

Don’t arrive late in a movie or a TV show. Someone’s gonna call you out on it.

Watch our ‘Look who showed up!’ supercut. »
- - 2012/06/21 at 12:54 pm
  - by Debbie Saslaw
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The 15 Characters in Every Indie Film, Illustrated

We watch indie films to avoid the clichés of mainstream movies. But as indie has become a genre itself, it’s accumulated its own tropes. We’re not saying these are bad, we’re just saying they show up everywhere.

The Manic Pixie Dream Girl

500 Days of Summer, Garden State, Annie Hall

The MPDG is the answer to any dashing young narrow-minded protagonist. She dispels all cynicism with her sunny outlook on life and gives off enough whimsy to make your audience “aw”. Or cry profusely, because no real girl is this perfect.

See the anti-dream girl and 13 more characters. »
- - 2011/11/17 at 11:04 am
  - by Monica Ekabutr
- - 6446 views
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- Filed under:Movies
Which Blogs Overuse “Under a Rock” the Most: A Graph

As we’ve noted, bloggers love to say “unless you’ve been under a rock.” Unlike typical journalists, bloggers are afraid of recapping basic info, because long-time readers will accuse them of being naive and disrespecting their intelligence.

Bloggers also tend to think everyone in the world is following rumors about the iPhone 5 as closely as they are.

I searched 12 top blogs for “under a rock” (adding “-Franco” to avoid false positives from 127 Hours), then graphed the results.

Worst offender: TMZ. »
- - 2011/08/18 at 4:42 pm
  - by Nick Douglas
- - 601 views
  - 1 comment
- Filed under:Charts and Graft

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