Wonder Woman has been delivering pin-point accurate punches to the dick of the patriarchy for almost a century now and has inspired generations of young girls to aspire to greatness, take no shit and backhand assholes through brick walls. In 2016 the UN tried to honor Wonder Woman by making her an honorary ambassador for female empowerment, which didn’t exactly go well.
The simplest scene in Hot Fuzz was one of the hardest to film
Hot Fuzz is a lovingly crafted homage to 80’s action movies that at one point or another lampshades or references nearly every hackneyed cliche or trope from the genre. It also featured two brief clips from movies that inspired it, something it turns out were a total ball-ache to film.
McDonald’s Didn’t Know What the Internet Was in the 90’s
McDonald’s, as a monolithic billion dollar company responsible for more cases of childhood obesity than Gameboy’s and Doritos combined, obviously has an internet presence. Back in the 90’s though the company was so unaware of what the internet even was, they didn’t even bother to buy the domain name, McDonalds.com.
Charlie Chaplin Really Wanted Hitler to See His Movie
The Great Dictator, better known as Charlie Chaplin’s thinly veiled swaggering fuck you to Hitler and the Nazis, is a film that has been praised by critics for decades for being one of the first pieces of media to openly and brazenly make fun of Hitler. However, few people realise just how much effort Chaplin went to to make sure that the Fuhrer not only saw his movie, but also that he knew that he was making fun of him.
They Made the T-Rex in Jurassic Park Ran Faster Than a Real One on Purpose
There’s a scene in Jurassic Park where a big ol’ T-Rex chases after and keeps pace with a Jeep, something it could never have actually done in real life. Not that the animators cared, because they were more concerned with make the T-Rex look as badass as possible.
