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jm9987690 t1_j1seg00 wrote

I love how oblivious the wife and son are during the parade, turboman is being played by a 6'2 bodybuilder with a thick Austrian accent in a small American town but they're absolutely shocked to find out its Howard

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Birds41Pats33 t1_j1so1wj wrote

The fact that his character is ridiculously ripped and huge is basically completely ignored… except the one time where Phil Hartman says “ you can’t bench press your way out of this one” which is an amazing line, but would’ve made a lot more sense if they ever acknowledged the fact that he is not built like a normal person any other time in the movie

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DerCatzefragger t1_j1u895t wrote

My favorite example of this was Kindergarten Cop.

It's been awhile, but I don't remember anyone saying anything about how the new substitute teacher is built like a brick shithouse, which is itself built out of other, smaller brick shithouses.

I do, however, remember the scene where he's walking down the hallway with the principal, who asks him where he's from, to which Arnold replies, "Ach, Ja! I am from ze Chlevelands in Ohio." And the principal is like, "Cool, cool. A fellow Midwesterner. . ."

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Wishart2016 t1_j1un4q2 wrote

Isn't the 'small American town' actually Minneapolis?

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Birds41Pats33 t1_j1so1fq wrote

The fact that his character is ridiculously ripped and huge is basically completely ignored… except the one time where Phil Hartman says “ you can’t bench press your way out of this one” which is an amazing line, but would’ve made a lot more sense if they ever acknowledged the fact that he is not built like a normal person any other time in the movie

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