I watch Demolition Man for the first time the other night. I always heard people say it predicts our current time and I definitely see that. The fines for profanity were funny, but hate speech laws are worse than that. Also the banning of meat and and salt
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That film REALLY called out the future (our present) and also how vulnerable the west is to a hostile actor. If the west didn't have nukes or hostile elements were able to infiltrate to strike from within, it would collapse quick.
Also did anyone figure out the whole 3 shells bit?
What? Hey, this guy doesn't know how to use the three seashells!
'Fuck, cocksucker, bitch, shit, faggot'
Takes tickets
'Screw your 3 shells'
Even action movies can be a teaching tool. This is how I learned that sotto voce is Latin for that fake whisper people do to actually draw more attention to what they are saying.
That whisper thing that Biden does has a name?
learns u/SoctaticMethod1 is 6'5 & very muscular
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Huh, I'd rather just use a bidet if toilet paper is out
Which the film also predicted. The great toilet paper shortage of 2020.
Got a bidet, never looked back.
Anyone who cleans their own toilet should have a bidet. The heated seat is the bee's knees and makes it attractive to squat to pee.
I yea I didn’t get that either. Rat burger scene was funny.
I also like the fact that because the main villain is called Phoenix and Stallone's speech pattern, it sounds like he's playing the penis game whenever he's shouting his name.
Don't worry if you didn't get it, it wasn't supposed to make sense. There's a video on YT explaining it. Basically, they were brainstorming, and the guy or someone he knew had 3 seashells on his desk (or something) and they decided to go with that. I'm paraphrasing, so I could be wrong on some of the details, but that's basically it.
EDIT: Full explanation and timestamped: https://youtu.be/QXvXNiOSPPM?t=240
Also from KnowYourMeme:
Yeah, the whole idea is to highlight just how different things are in the future to where even the most rudimentary activities like toiletries are completely alien.
It also shows that Hollywood was a very different place as recently as the 90s.