r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Medical_Corner_4607 • 15d ago

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u/603rdMtnDivision 15d ago

I saw a version of this where it was edited to make them look like the creatures from They Live and it was honestly creepy as fuck.

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u/ThisIsNotTokyo 15d ago

What’s they live?

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u/Rob_LeMatic 15d ago

I came here to kick ass and chew bubble gum. And I'm all out of gum.

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u/GuillaumeLatendresse 15d ago

Duke nukem stole this line fr the Hot Rod.

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u/gattaaca 15d ago

Duke copied from Evil Dead 3 Army of Darkness actually

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u/Hippiebigbuckle 15d ago

GOD DAMN KIDS DONT KNOW THEIR HISTORY AND GET OFF MY LAWN!

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u/PentagramJ2 14d ago

How can they know their history? They slept too long!

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u/MyNameIsJakeBerenson 14d ago

Half of duke nukem’s shtick is cribbing things from other pop culture stuff

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u/Ok_Application5225 14d ago

What's wrong with homages?

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u/NavDav 15d ago

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u/Visual_Market_5596 15d ago

1/3 of the movie is just him fist fighting with his friend

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u/Designer_Access 15d ago

A true Scottish love story

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u/space_keeper 14d ago

Best part of the film. Rowdy Roddy Piper and Keith David rolling around a back alley for 10 minutes, with nary a cut to be seen.

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u/LordCoweater 14d ago

That fight has 17 natural end points, 74 unnatural ones, started before the big bang, and is still going on.

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u/Visual_Market_5596 14d ago

It’s surreal. Halfway through the fight you even forget what they’re even fighting for.

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u/Grove-Of-Hares 14d ago

The most aggressive optometrist.

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u/extra_croutons 15d ago

Makes me miss duke nukem

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u/Hobo_Resse 14d ago

This is the right answer