30 Things That Hit Altogether Different in 2024
Digging up one problematic fossil at a time
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Greetings, 2020s. Our time machine was only so big, so we couldn’t bring every piece of pop culture with us. But now that we’re here, and have acclimated to your current way of life, we can see that it was good to leave ones below in the past.
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![MANHATTAN A V al won the BAFTA Award for best film in 1980. SH MEXUAL - - - In retrospect, it's unseemly to praise Woody Allen for making a film about his romance with a teenage girl. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/5/7/1033357.jpg)
![CRACKED YOUR ENTIRE PLOT CAN'T INVOLVE RIGID GENDER NORMS. MR. MOM A laid-off man becomes a stay-at-home dad while his wife returns to work. Jokes about a man changing diapers and ironing shirts couldn't be seen as ridiculous today. Don't worry, in the happy ending, he returns to work and his wife gets back to the homestead.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/5/8/1033358.jpg)
![CRACKED YOU CAN'T KILL EXTRAS ANYMORE. FITZCARRALDO In Werner Herzog's 1982 film, several indigenous extras were injured or even killed. A Peruvian logger was bit by a venomous snake on set and had to cut off his own foot with a chainsaw to stop the poison from spreading.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/5/6/1033356.jpg)
![CRACKED YOUR VILLAIN'S PLOT CAN'T BE EASILY THWARTED BY GOOGLE. TOMORROW NEVER DIES ILL BACK ST This Bond villain is a media mogul who plans to manipulate the news to incite war between China and the UK. Today, social media and a quick googling of countless news sources would label this fake news within a few minutes.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/5/5/1033355.jpg)
![CRACKED YOU CAN'T FILM ON AN ATOMIC BOMB TEST SITE THAT WOULD LATER KILL THE CAST AND CREW. THE CONQUEROR 91 out of the 220 cast and crew members got cancer later in life. 46 of those, including John Wayne, died from it. Radiologist Dr. Robert Pendleton said Blame for their exposure on set would hold up in a court of law.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/5/4/1033354.jpg)
![CRACKED YOU CAN'T KILL 100 HORSES ANYMORE. BEN HUR The 1925 epic won 11 Oscars, but as many as 100 horses were killed on set. The 2nd unit director reportedly ordered horses be shot and killed if they limped without first seeking veterinary care.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/5/3/1033353.jpg)
![CRACKED MAUI TRIED TO MURDER MOANA. MOANA Не starts by dooming the world for selfish reasons, then when Moana needs him to rectify this, he shut her in a cave without food or water, and sails off on her boat. Then he leaves her with those murderous coconuts.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/5/1/1033351.jpg)
![CRACKED CARRIE BRADSHAW IS SELFISH AND SUPERFICIAL. SEX AND THE CITY As viewers matured, they realized that Carrie was materialistic, needy with toxic men (prioritizing them over her friends), and she never matured into a strong independent role model for young women.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/5/2/1033352.jpg)
![CRACKED POUTING DOESN'T MAKE ROSS GELLER A NICE GUY. FRIENDS Seen as the ultimate nice guy, he's a jealous control freak who never supports Rachel's career. Не cheats (claiming they were on a break), lied about reading her letter, and lied about the annulment so Rachel would stay married to him (without her knowledge).](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/4/9/1033349.jpg)
![CRACKED ТОМ HANSEN WAS THE PROTOTYPICAL NICE GUY. 500 DAYS OF SUMMER planet earth ISPY part - NOWHERE CINCERNA DO TOUT POLICE LOVE WILL TEAR US APART LOST ISOT 12803 After years of hearing what nice guy Tom was, Joseph Gordon-Levitt said, I would encourage anyone who has a crush on my character to watch it again and examine how selfish he is.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/5/0/1033350.jpg)
![SETH'S CRACKED ENTIRE PLOT IS DATE RAPE. SUPERBAD His master plan is to get Emma Stone's character drunk enough to sleep with him. When he discovers she doesn't drink, he whines, gets grabby, and vomits on her. Worse, he seems to be practicing for a string of similar assaults in college.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/4/8/1033348.jpg)
![CRACKED THE DEPLORABLE PRIME MINISTER. LOVE ACTUALLY Hugh Grant as The Prime Minister is essentially Tony Blair with a Bill Clinton libido. Grant might be lovable in '90s rom-coms, but he abuses his power to sleep with a young aide. Relentless, he and his security guards even crash her family Christmas.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/4/7/1033347.jpg)
![CRACKED GRANDPA JOE IS MIRACULOUSLY ABLE-BODIED WHEN CHOCOLATE IS INVOLVED. WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY After 20 years in bed, he can get up and dance for a golden ticket, but not once did he get up to help Charlie's mom (the sole provider) while she slaved away to feed the near-starving family!](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/4/6/1033346.jpg)
![CRACKED DIRTY HARRY NEEDS A BODYCAM TO KEEP HIM IN CHECK. DIRTY HARRY In one of Clint Eastwood's most iconic films, this rogue cop is supposed to follow a strict code of conduct, but he violates civil rights, abuses prisoners, and kills at will. He's portrayed as good, but he's a menace to society.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/4/5/1033345.jpg)
![Dodgeball C Lance Armstrong randomly appears to give Vince Vaughn's character a pep talk, telling him that he never quit despite huge adversities. Today we know that drugs helped him quite a bit with that. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/4/4/1033344.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM Escape from New York Not only is the World Trade Center prominently featured, something retroactively wince-worthy in any movie. Terrorists crash a plane into a building. Prescient? Sure. Uncomfortable to watch after 2001? You bet.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/4/3/1033343.jpg)
![LONG DUK DONG Sixteen Candles is a rough nowadays, but nothing is quite as insufferable as the racist stereotypes the character emobodied. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/4/1/1033341.jpg)
![SI AND AM The Lady and the Tramp antagonists rely on heavy Asian stereotypes to taunt Lady and cause havoc. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/4/2/1033342.jpg)
![POWER RANGERS Mighty Morphin Power Rangers was a lesson in racial stereotypes, starting with the Rangers' color choices. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/4/0/1033340.jpg)
![PEPÉ LE PEW The cartoon skunk stalks and sexually assaults Penelope Pussycat, in a weird French stereotype. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/3/9/1033339.jpg)
![FLASHBACK MONICA Almost any character wearing a fat suit for the laughs is just cringey. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/3/7/1033337.jpg)
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![CRACKED.COM adidas Lost Tropes Going postal After a series of incidents during the '80s, '90s comedy was full of mailmen just losing it and shooting up people. You know, before shootings got a bit too real for laughs.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/3/5/1033335.jpg)
![... TELL US NOW. AMERICAN BEAUTY The award-winning movie stars Kevin Spacey pining after an underage person. Nina J. says it definitely doesn't hold up because it feels like, especially when you watched it as an underage girl, that those creepy guys are cool and if they assault you, you're going to be guilty. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/3/6/1033336.jpg)
![... TELL US NOW. THE BLIND SIDE Chris C. says, I love a good corny sports movie, and The Blind Side hit all the right emotional beats when I was 17. But 12 years later, I find it very pandering and patronizing. An Oscar-begging, by-the-books, made- for-TV movie that somehow made it to the big screen. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/3/4/1033334.jpg)
![... TELL US NOW. SHORT CIRCUIT David L. says, Loved that movie as a kid..buuuut Fisher Stevens in brownface... kinda cringy. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/3/3/1033333.jpg)
![... TELL US NOW. SHALLOW HAL Jennifer K. says, The whole movie is just so cringe now. The movie is about a superficial man who is given the ability to only see people's inner beauty, so he unknowingly falls for an overweight woman. Fat jokes galore. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/3/0/1033330.jpg)
![... TELL US NOW. REVENGE OF THE NERDS Merrit В. says, Lewis flat-out rapes Betty, and I was in my 30s when I suddenly processed that. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/3/1/1033331.jpg)
![... TELL US NOW. THE MATRIX Rodorick В. says the movie doesn't quite make sense anymore in a society without landlines or payphones. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/2/9/1033329.jpg)
![... TELL US NOW. SILENCE OF THE LAMBS Diana Q. says, The anti-trans rant kinda kills what is otherwise a great movie. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/3/2/1033332.jpg)