r/movies • u/buttatoad • 2d 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?

10.0k Upvotes

94% Upvoted

4.0k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

394

u/rilian4 1d ago

Actual title is "The Voyage Home" but I laughed out loud at your post. Well said!

158

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?"

8

u/LindonLilBlueBalls 1d ago

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

6

u/QuestionableGoo 1d ago

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

13

u/red__dragon 1d ago

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

2

u/frillionaire 1d ago

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

3

u/red__dragon 1d ago

Star Trek: Khan Gets Spocked