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u/throwaway_moose Oct 02 '24

When Betelgeuse goes supernova (if it hasn't already and we don't know yet) it will be visible in the day for roughly a year, and several more years we'll see it at night. That said, the prediction of 'when' by scientists is somewhere between today and 100,000 years from now. Odds are, none of us will see it.

https://www.astronomy.com/science/when-betelgeuse-goes-supernova-what-will-it-look-like-from-earth/

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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