Fesshole 🧻fesshole@mastodon.social
Oct 7, 2026, 8:25 PMWhen I was a kid I didn't understand what a special effects or stunts were and thought that people who 'died' in movies were terminally ill and their families got money for their sacrifice.
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Oct 7, 2026, 8:34 PM@fesshole this is a Bill Hicks bit
Oct 7, 2026, 9:13 PM
NSKEnske@ravenation.clubOct 8, 2026, 11:00 AM
The Snail On Two WheelsDearlyArt@mastodon.socialOct 7, 2026, 8:46 PM@fesshole In early movies, animals such as horses really were injured or even died when they were shown as coming to grief.
Ester Píscoreesterpiscore@neopaquita.esOct 7, 2026, 9:09 PM@fesshole I didn't have that thought until my brother told me so.
Rob Johnston 🍁rjohnston@techhub.socialOct 7, 2026, 10:42 PM@fesshole I recall watching "Starsky and Hutch" on TV when I was a kid, reasoning that the people who got shot must have been condemned prisoners.
JMcDMcD1979@mastodon.socialOct 9, 2026, 11:16 AM@fesshole If you saw the same actor die in multiple films, did you think that was a bunch of terminally ill identical twins?