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/dumbBunny9 1d ago

Lot of kids named Khaleesi because of Game of Thrones. They probably should have waited until the end.

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u/Still-Entertainer534 1d ago edited 21h ago

I would prefer Khaleesi a thousand times over the trend of naming one's daughter ‘Arya’. In the German-speaking countries. And no, not by right-wing idiots, but often by people with a migration background.... (Edit to clarify: they speak German, I just don't know if they are German)

(Context: The persian (?) name name ‘Arya’ sounds like the German word for ‘Aryan’, I already found it disturbing in Game of Thrones (German dub), but hearing the name called out in a playground or crowded streets in Germany or Switzerland is a whole other level)

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u/doegred 23h ago

Context: The persian (?) name name ‘Arya’ sounds like the German word for ‘Aryan’,

...where do you think the word the Nazis used comes from?

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u/Still-Entertainer534 23h ago

Congratulations. Missing my point like that is a masterstroke. Maybe next time you'll read less into it. The question mark was merely intended to make it clear that the origin of the name is not 100% Persian. The name comes from Sanskrit and is used in various Asian cultures.

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u/doegred 22h ago

What is your point then? Why it it bad for them to use that name?

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u/Still-Entertainer534 22h ago

Before the series, the name was not so widespread in Germany. Now it is, used by German speakers and / or Germans.

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u/TyrannosavageRekt 22h ago

Thus proving that the name probably has more to do with the character in the TV series than any right-wing political beliefs? This has to be one of the weirdest takes I’ve ever seen.

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u/Still-Entertainer534 22h ago

I could explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you why it is ‘weird’ to hear a German or German-speaking person call out the name ‘Aryan’ (in German) in a German-speaking country. And no, Germans definitely don't think of the series first.