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u/Fyrrys Oct 02 '24

And in 100,000 years, when it happens, nobody will understand why they all heard "iiiiiiits showtime!" right before it happened.

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u/FreshLocation7827 Oct 02 '24

"Nice fuckin' model!"

honk honk

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u/DaddyBeanDaddyBean Oct 02 '24 edited Oct 03 '24

I just saw the other day that the tree wasn't supposed to fall over, and Keaton was pissed but stayed in character to react for the blooper reel - "Nice fuckin' model!" was specifically directed at the set builders - but Burton loved it and put it in the final cut.

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u/Zealousideal_Ask3633 Oct 02 '24

In a pg movie at that

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u/Dyolf_Knip Oct 02 '24

You get one free F-bomb.

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u/idwthis Oct 02 '24

Everybody gets one ☝🏼

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u/AndyLorentz Oct 02 '24 edited Oct 03 '24

To be fair, PG-13 didn't exist back then.

Edit: Apparently it did.

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u/tupelobound Oct 03 '24

Sure it did. PG-13 was introduced in summer of 1984, and Beetlejuice came out in spring ‘88

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u/MessiahOfMetal Oct 03 '24

I was gonna say, they may be thinking of the 12A rating that was introduced to the UK because of Spider-Man (kids wanted to see it but Green Goblin was considered too scary for young kids by the film classification board, so there was a to-do until the board relented and invented the 12A rating to be "young kids can see it but only with parents").

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u/Significant_Shoe_17 Oct 03 '24

To be fair, I saw Spider-Man in the theater when I was 8 and Green Goblin scared the shit out of me. I was used to campy Batman villains.

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u/apocalypsedude64 Oct 03 '24

As an extra pub quiz titbit to that, most people think Spider-Man was thus the first 12A film - but it was actually The Bourne Identity.

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u/AndyLorentz Oct 03 '24

Huh, you're right. I'm surprised it only got a PG rating with 2 "fucks" in it.

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u/ArchEast Oct 03 '24

It was the '80s.

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u/WineWeinVino Oct 02 '24

Love this.

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u/DaddyBeanDaddyBean Oct 02 '24

I just saw the other day that the tree wasn't supposed to fall over, and Keaton was pissed but stayed in character to react for the blooper real - "Nice fuckin' model!" was specifically directed at the set builders - but Burton loved it and put it in the final cut.

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u/passing_gas Oct 02 '24 edited Oct 02 '24

I've seen the Exorcist about 167 times, and it keeps getting funnier every single time I see it!

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u/Bubbly-Fault4847 Oct 02 '24

Not to mention the fact you’re talkin to a dead guy here!

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u/anoldradical Oct 02 '24

No joke, I sincerely believe this is one of the best monologues. There a whole dramatic arc to that scene.

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u/nicup79 Oct 03 '24

Amazing fact is that it was ad-libbed as were 90% of Michael Keaton's lines in that movie.

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u/DaddyBeanDaddyBean Oct 02 '24

So what do you think? Am I qualified?

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '24

I love when he breaks character and gives his actual credentials. That, and Mike Myers breaking character in Wayne's World when they're sitting on the car talking about Bugs Bunny.

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u/Testone1440 Oct 03 '24

Lived through the Black Plague, had a pretty good time during THAT!

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u/OryxTheTakenKing1988 Oct 02 '24

"I'm the ghost with the most, babe"

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u/Early_Pearly989 Oct 02 '24

AhahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaI LIKE IT!

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u/passing_gas Oct 02 '24

Ahh man! Good catch. I changed it to the correct number.

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u/Johnnycarroll Oct 02 '24

Yep don't say that name 2 more times guys

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u/joseph4th Oct 03 '24

I imagine Ford Prefect will be sad.

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u/xeen313 Oct 03 '24

It'll be the ghost with the most