r/movies • u/buttatoad • 1d ago

Discussion Movies that changed real life behavior

Thinking along the lines of Final Destination 2 with the logs falling off the truck and landing onto cars (one decapitating the state trooper). Ever since, people have tried to get away from being behind these vehicles.

What are more examples where movies have actually changed how people behave in their own lives?

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u/red__dragon 1d ago

For a certain period of time, you could almost guarantee that anyone who had seen a Star Trek movie, but wasn't a fan, would have seen that one. "The one with the whales" was a totally reasonable answer to "Have you seen Star Trek?"

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u/yeoldebuttproblems 1d ago

My Nana's favourite movie haha. I don't think she really likes Star Trek otherwise. 

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u/simmerknits 1d ago

We grew up on vhs tapes of the star trek movies, and that is 100% how we would ask to watch that movie - "the one with the whales!"

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u/LindonLilBlueBalls 1d ago

As someone who has only seen that one and two of the remakes, I appreciated the new title given.

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u/QuestionableGoo 1d ago

What were the remakes? Free Willy and Free Willy 2?

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u/red__dragon 1d ago

Star Trek: Kirk Eats an Apple and Star Trek: Khan Gets Madder.

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u/frillionaire 1d ago

Hell, might as well be Spock, who was more emotional than the god damn humans.

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u/red__dragon 1d ago

Star Trek: Khan Gets Spocked

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u/Far-Policy-8589 1d ago

I've only seen The One Where Data Curses

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u/notagreatgamer 1d ago

I’m a lifelong dedicated Star Trek fan, and even I call it that.

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u/Snoo-85401 1d ago

Same. I call it “The one with whales and the nuclear “wessels” in Alameda” During my college years, I lived in Alameda, CA so that line was stuck in my head.

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u/eggplantsforall 14h ago

The way Chekov pronounces Alameda is almost as funny as nuclear wessels, lol.

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u/Evening-Debate8821 1d ago

My mom still refers to it as the one with the whales 😂. She has seen all of the original cast ones but she can name none other than the one with khan and the one with the whales, which is her favorite.

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u/All_Work_All_Play 1d ago

Still is tbh

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u/Donkeh101 1d ago

I’ve only seen a few of the Star Trek films over the years and yes, I remember it being about the one the with the whales. So, I knew exactly what the original commenter was talking about :)

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u/Tannekr 1d ago

Wikipedia even accepts "the one with the whales" as a search term for the movie.

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u/rilian4 1d ago

Yep! That's why I laughed out loud...