I always love it when people refer to “this ending” or “this scene” as if everyone is supposed to know what this blurry still is supposed to be from. Even if it was a video, that still doesn’t tell me what it’s from.
Edit: to all the haters…
Saying ‘what kind of an idiot doesn’t know about the Yellowstone supervolcano’ is so much more boring than telling someone about the Yellowstone supervolcano for the first time.
128 million Americans saw it in theatres when it came out apparently (that’s just Americans! And just the initial theatre release). But it’s been shown on TV, streaming services, etc (and you could pirate it of course) and is accessible in pretty much every country today. There’s been surveys with results like “26% of brits haven’t seen Titanic”, etc, but no real hard data unfortunately. But I’d wager the percentage has to be double digits. Not super high double digits, but definitely double digits.
I think the count may be skewed, unless they accounted for folks who were paying to watch it in the theater multiple times per day, multiple times per week, for its entire run. I knew several of those at the time.
Still, I didn’t recognize the scene or even the movie based on the pic, the description, OR your appeal to popularity, so I’m gonna have to sustain the objection to vagueposting.
(And yes, I DID see Titanic once. Mostly meh and Leo was awful in it afair)
Its ok, there can be cultural references you do not immediately understand, we don’t have to all have the exact same repetoire of concepts in our brains.
I have never watched the movie, don’t know that I’ve ever seen an image from this scene, but instantly recognized it because I’ve read people complain about it so many times online.
You’re either the perfect shut in that doesn’t leave the house or interact with anyone or anything. Or lying through your teeth to make yourself look cool and hipster to random internet strangers.
It’s been talked about online, referenced in other media.
I know the average Lemmite makes being a contrarian their only personality trait.
Or… and here me out… maybe not everyone has a photographic memory for every scene in every movie that they’ve ever seen going back twenty years…
Or maybe someone just isn’t a cinemaphile and doesn’t watch every movie that receives hype.
And just because you’ve heard people talking about a movie doesn’t mean you can automatically identify every fucking still frame and synopsis point from that movie.
You’re the one being contrarian. Also, apparently according to you the average lemming has at least two "only personality trait"s. Do you know what that phrase even means? Is it your only comeback? Are you a bot, or just not very creative?
If Titanic was some low budget indy film, that would be a fair complaint.
But when it’s one of the biggest films of all time.
Constantly referenced, in the popular zeitgeist for years. Changed movie going for years. If this was Crank 2, sure I would be perfectly ok with someone not knowing. But it’s not.
This isn’t about having a photographic memory for every scene and plot point. (Although if you think you need that to remember the media you’ve watched. Yikes, hate to be you)
At a certain point it changes from “I haven’t watched this so I don’t know” to “I am deliberately going out of my way to pretend to not know anything about this”
That’s being a contrarian, that’s being culturally blind, that’s trying to be a hipster and proud of it.
If Titanic was some low budget indy film, that would be a fair complaint.
So because it had a high budget and was produced by a big-name studio, that somehow obligates everyone on the internet to have seen it?
Constantly referenced, in the popular zeitgeist for years. Changed movie going for years.
In other words, hype.
This isn’t about having a photographic memory for every scene and plot point. (Although if you think you need that to remember the media you’ve watched. Yikes, hate to be you)
It’s about recognizing one still frame from the end of the movie, and a vague description of what happened in that scene. You’re doing mental gymnastics to pretend otherwise.
At a certain point it changes from “I haven’t watched this so I don’t know” to “I am deliberately going out of my way to pretend to not know anything about this”
No, some people just haven’t seen it. Or some people saw it over a decade ago and don’t remember that seen. You’re just being a dick because it makes you feel superior.
That’s being a contrarian, that’s being culturally blind, that’s trying to be a hipster and proud of it.
You’re the one being contrarian and pretentious. Nobody is obligated to understand every media reference that you dictate is so famous that everyone should know.
Nobody is obligated to understand every media reference
The very post we are talking about explains the scene and doesn’t require knowledge of the film.
If comprehending the post itself is too much? Then you are deliberately going out of your way to make yourself culturally blind, and to be a contrarian to what’s popular culture.
don’t remember that seen
It’s the emotional payoff right at the end, not some random scene half way through. If you can’t remember the end of a film, yikes.
In other words, hype
In other words you’ve been going out of your way to avoid it because it’s popular and watching what’s popular would ruin your hipster identity.
The very post we are talking about explains the scene and doesn’t require knowledge of the film.
It gives a vague descriptor of the scene, and that absolutely does require knowledge of the film. What the fuck kind of mental hoops are you jumping through just to justify your own pretentiousness?
If comprehending the post itself is too much? Then you are deliberately going out of your way to make yourself culturally blind, and to be a contrarian to what’s popular culture.
That’s a wild fucking leap, and repeating yourself doesn’t change how irrational it is.
It’s the emotional payoff right at the end, not some random scene half way through. If you can’t remember the end of a film, yikes.
It’s literally the least memorable scene in that entire film, especially if someone hasn’t watched it in over a decade or ever.
In other words you’ve been going out of your way to avoid it because it’s popular and watching what’s popular would ruin your hipster identity.
I’m not obligated to watch fucking anything, hype or no hype. And just because I don’t watch a film that you’re trying to dictate everyone should see, doesn’t mean I’m “avoiding it so I don’t ruin my hipster identity.” You’re fucking psychotic.
That’s also how fascists think. “Everyone should do the things that I say everyone should do, and if they don’t then that’s a personal failing on their part.” FUCK OFF.
I always love it when people refer to “this ending” or “this scene” as if everyone is supposed to know what this blurry still is supposed to be from. Even if it was a video, that still doesn’t tell me what it’s from.
Edit: to all the haters…
Literally the most watched film of all time.
I dont remember this scene from backdoor sluts 9…
“Draw me like one of your French girls”
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Bee Movie?
LotR?
Hot cheerleaders 3?
Shrek 2?
Iron Lung?
K well I didn’t see that one.
Nonetheless, I would be willing to bet that only a single digit percentage of people on this planet have seen this nearly 30 year-old movie.
128 million Americans saw it in theatres when it came out apparently (that’s just Americans! And just the initial theatre release). But it’s been shown on TV, streaming services, etc (and you could pirate it of course) and is accessible in pretty much every country today. There’s been surveys with results like “26% of brits haven’t seen Titanic”, etc, but no real hard data unfortunately. But I’d wager the percentage has to be double digits. Not super high double digits, but definitely double digits.
I mean a portion of those have certainly died within 30 years?
Yes, and at least a billion other people have seen it since.
I think the count may be skewed, unless they accounted for folks who were paying to watch it in the theater multiple times per day, multiple times per week, for its entire run. I knew several of those at the time.
I have seen it, but because it has been nearly 30 years since I have, I had no recollection of this scene.
Yeah there was a different scene teenage me found a lot more memorable
And what percentage do you think is represented on Lemmy?
4.784% of which 95.88% haven’t seen it since they saw it at the cinema or briefly after on VHS.
I bet it’s still less than 25%. Just a SWAG though.
Multiple times, I’m tired of it.
Shrek 2 obviously!
Avatar?
I saw that a year or two after it first came out and I don’t remember any of this being part of it…
Avatar made more money per view due to 3D/IMAX - which wasn’t a thing for titanic
Still, I didn’t recognize the scene or even the movie based on the pic, the description, OR your appeal to popularity, so I’m gonna have to sustain the objection to vagueposting.
(And yes, I DID see Titanic once. Mostly meh and Leo was awful in it afair)
Debbie Does Dallas?
One Night In Paris?
By you?
Titanic
I had no idea what I was looking at, then you writing this instantly made me realize the scene.
So yeah, I think the commenter’s got a point
Damn, I had a feeling, it was Titanic, because of the eerie lighting, but I’ve never watched it, never seen this scene.
I guess, it did narrow things down, though, that it’s posted here without explanation…
To be fair, Titanic was pretty iconic
I tried watching it three times and fell asleep every time. I’ve come to the conclusion, that it is a very boring movie.
It’s the ending of Spiderman 3.
Gave me a solid giggle, thanks man
No, it was Gandalf wrapping the ring for Frodo.
Its ok, there can be cultural references you do not immediately understand, we don’t have to all have the exact same repetoire of concepts in our brains.
I have never watched the movie, don’t know that I’ve ever seen an image from this scene, but instantly recognized it because I’ve read people complain about it so many times online.
Lemmites try not to make cultural blindness their only personality trait challenge.
Calling someone expressing their lack of omniscience “making cultural blindness their only personality trait” is a wild leap.
It’s bloody Titanic.
If you never heard it seen anything about it.
You’re either the perfect shut in that doesn’t leave the house or interact with anyone or anything. Or lying through your teeth to make yourself look cool and hipster to random internet strangers.
It’s been talked about online, referenced in other media.
I know the average Lemmite makes being a contrarian their only personality trait.
Or… and here me out… maybe not everyone has a photographic memory for every scene in every movie that they’ve ever seen going back twenty years…
Or maybe someone just isn’t a cinemaphile and doesn’t watch every movie that receives hype.
And just because you’ve heard people talking about a movie doesn’t mean you can automatically identify every fucking still frame and synopsis point from that movie.
You’re the one being contrarian. Also, apparently according to you the average lemming has at least two "only personality trait"s. Do you know what that phrase even means? Is it your only comeback? Are you a bot, or just not very creative?
If Titanic was some low budget indy film, that would be a fair complaint.
But when it’s one of the biggest films of all time.
Constantly referenced, in the popular zeitgeist for years. Changed movie going for years. If this was Crank 2, sure I would be perfectly ok with someone not knowing. But it’s not.
This isn’t about having a photographic memory for every scene and plot point. (Although if you think you need that to remember the media you’ve watched. Yikes, hate to be you)
At a certain point it changes from “I haven’t watched this so I don’t know” to “I am deliberately going out of my way to pretend to not know anything about this”
That’s being a contrarian, that’s being culturally blind, that’s trying to be a hipster and proud of it.
So because it had a high budget and was produced by a big-name studio, that somehow obligates everyone on the internet to have seen it?
In other words, hype.
It’s about recognizing one still frame from the end of the movie, and a vague description of what happened in that scene. You’re doing mental gymnastics to pretend otherwise.
No, some people just haven’t seen it. Or some people saw it over a decade ago and don’t remember that seen. You’re just being a dick because it makes you feel superior.
You’re the one being contrarian and pretentious. Nobody is obligated to understand every media reference that you dictate is so famous that everyone should know.
The very post we are talking about explains the scene and doesn’t require knowledge of the film.
If comprehending the post itself is too much? Then you are deliberately going out of your way to make yourself culturally blind, and to be a contrarian to what’s popular culture.
It’s the emotional payoff right at the end, not some random scene half way through. If you can’t remember the end of a film, yikes.
In other words you’ve been going out of your way to avoid it because it’s popular and watching what’s popular would ruin your hipster identity.
It gives a vague descriptor of the scene, and that absolutely does require knowledge of the film. What the fuck kind of mental hoops are you jumping through just to justify your own pretentiousness?
That’s a wild fucking leap, and repeating yourself doesn’t change how irrational it is.
It’s literally the least memorable scene in that entire film, especially if someone hasn’t watched it in over a decade or ever.
I’m not obligated to watch fucking anything, hype or no hype. And just because I don’t watch a film that you’re trying to dictate everyone should see, doesn’t mean I’m “avoiding it so I don’t ruin my hipster identity.” You’re fucking psychotic.
That’s also how fascists think. “Everyone should do the things that I say everyone should do, and if they don’t then that’s a personal failing on their part.” FUCK OFF.
Until coming to the comments, I thought it was from The Others, but that didn’t fit the title.
It’s a frame from near the end of my sex tape.
Titenic
T-t-t-t-titenic
The bougiest of beat-em ups!
For some reason I thought it was Wendy from Hook lol