Tropescilloscope: Reality Has No Subtitles

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Is Serious Business Kubrick Stare Exact Words The Brute Never My Fault Ascended Extra Despair Event Horizon Broken Pedestal Sequel Escalation Call-Back Dull Surprise Improvised Weapon "The Reason You Suck" Speech Central Theme Big Eater Leave the Camera Running Bloody Hilarious Fish out of Water As You Know Spanner in the Works Black Best Friend Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Bad "Bad Acting" Immune to Bullets Attempted Rape Big-Bad Ensemble Chekhov's Gun Heroic BSoD Ass Shove Screw the Money, I Have Rules! 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