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eppur_se_muova

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Fri Apr 3, 2026, 10:22 PM Apr 3

Totally random thought ... you know that movie cliche where the hero walks away from an explosion and doesn't even ... [View all]

... bother to turn around to see it ? Has anyone like The Simpsons, Family Guy, etc. ever had a scene like that where the guy who won't turn around gets (a) smacked in the head by flying debris; (b) skewered by a flying pole; (c) crushed under a massive block of concrete, steel, etc.; (d) decapitated by flying plate glass; or (e) split down the middle, etc. ?

It's something so overdue for parody, but I've never seen it parodied in that way.

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