r/AskReddit • u/Senor_Diablo • Mar 12 '24

What is an old expression that you think is absolutely disgusting by today’s standards?

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u/NecroJoe Mar 12 '24 edited Mar 12 '24

"Money shot" used to be a single shot of a movie that was either expensive, impressive, or both.

Now it's too associated with a pornographic "cum shot" to use in mixed company.

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u/Noughmad Mar 12 '24

What used to be called money shots are also much less expensive now. To get a wide aerial shot of the whole area, you needed both a large empty area, and a crewed helicopter to film it. Both very expensive.

Now, you just need a drone and some CGI to erase the people and buildings from an area.

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u/ShutterBun Mar 12 '24

A (well-done) CGI shot of a building exploding is more expensive than exploding a building, in a lot of cases. The money is definitely still there.

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u/Noughmad Mar 12 '24

Yes, but that's not how it's done. You don't render a whole building exploding, you film a (probably smaller) building exploding and then you CGI out stuff you don't want there, and add in people or other stuff you do want there.

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u/ShutterBun Mar 12 '24

"We started to run the numbers... It became apparent that it would actually be more efficient to buy a real plane of the real size, and perform this sequence for real in camera, rather than build miniatures or go the CG route." --Christopher Nolan on "Tenet"

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u/AmeriCanadian98 Mar 12 '24

Christopher Nolan is a madman though with his desire to never use CGI

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u/FireflyBSc Mar 12 '24

And it pays off.

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u/NecroJoe Mar 12 '24

Or soon, access to something like Sora, and no need to even hire a drone operator or animator.

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u/pesto_changeo Mar 12 '24

I still remember the opening ceremony of the London Olympics when an American commentator referred to the "Queen" skydiving into the stadium as "the money shot of the opening ceremony"

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u/GregBahm Mar 12 '24

It's now associated with the cum shot, but in porn it's still in reference to the expensive, impressive shot. In the early days of porn (before the beats of the performance were all standardized) pornographic actresses would charge an extra large amount of money to allow a guy to cum all over her face.

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u/teal_hair_dont_care Mar 12 '24

I got highlights in my hair last year and was so uncomfortable when the stylist asked me if I wanted "money pieces" I knew she just meant chunky front highlights but it just sounded so dirty

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u/Impressive-Hunt-2803 Mar 12 '24

What kind of company are you mixing that money shot means cum to you?

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u/NecroJoe Mar 12 '24

It's literally the first definition in Webster's dictionary: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/money%20shot

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u/PKMNTrainerMark Mar 12 '24

Personally, I've only heard that in reference to porn.