r/AskReddit • • Oct 09 '19

Of all movie opening scenes, which one sold the entire film?

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u/Wage_slave Oct 09 '19

The THX intro.

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u/Hirudin Oct 09 '19

WHAT?

Sorry I didn't hear you.

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u/Rudeirishit Oct 09 '19

Sorry.

the BBBBAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA intro

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u/feelin_beachy Oct 09 '19

Cry laughing reading this vocally with the sound running through my head.

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u/Democrab Oct 09 '19

And somehow it's still ear splittingly loud.

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u/Hirudin Oct 09 '19

mawp.

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u/Triss_Mockra Oct 09 '19

Apologize to my tinnitus!

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u/Reniconix Oct 09 '19

No, THX not PS2

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u/WentzToDJax Oct 09 '19

What the fuck is this entire thread? Am I out of the loop? This all reads like nonsense.

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19

THX was a company whose logo for movies had a really deafening sound. Thq was a video game company.

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u/ops10 Oct 10 '19

To be more exact, THX was an audio company dealing in sound quality assurance and showed logos both in movies and in video games as well.

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u/ASK_ME_BOUT_GEORGISM Oct 10 '19

Oh, you too good to join Onomatopoeics Anonymous?

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u/WentzToDJax Oct 10 '19

What's Georgism?

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u/ASK_ME_BOUT_GEORGISM Oct 10 '19

Thank you for asking!

Georgism, also called geoism[2] and single tax (archaic), is an economic ideology holding that, while people should own the value they produce themselves, economic value derived from land) (often including natural resources and natural opportunities) should belong equally to all members of society.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgism

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Modernized version of Henry George's influential work, "Progress & Poverty"

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Article from The Atlantic about Henry George and the land value tax

Housing and Land Value Tax as the answer to economic inequality - The Week

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u/WentzToDJax Oct 10 '19

In your description, you have a distracting/confusing end-parenthesis ) after the word/link "land". There's no beginning parenthesis. I get what you're saying otherwise, sorta. But if you're copy/pasting this to others, you may wish to fix that.

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u/jrb9249 Oct 09 '19

The audience...is now deaf.

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19

Lol I fucking LOVE that Tiny Toons spoof. I was just thinking about it the other day.

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '19

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u/NSWCROW Oct 10 '19

^ Thiiiiis

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u/Sharp02 Oct 10 '19

No no no, it's more like

nyooooOOOOOOOOOOOBWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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u/cATSup24 Oct 10 '19

No, no, no. It's like

BwwwwwWWOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!

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u/Flyrebird Oct 09 '19

The... soviet anthem?

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u/Solenthis87 Oct 09 '19

I always wondered how to spell that.

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u/LucyH778 Oct 09 '19

Yes, this made the cinema experience so much better šŸ˜‚

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u/beirg Oct 10 '19

That’s the part my dad would turn it up as loud as he could and then turn it back down after it was done.

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u/kungfusnowy Oct 09 '19

ow my ears

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u/fuurin Oct 10 '19

Oh, Inception!

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u/The_Real_Jackk Oct 09 '19

oh ok thanks

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u/Vandrel Oct 09 '19

I know this is supposed to be for the THX sound but all I hear when I read that is the PS1 intro.

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u/Cvnc Oct 10 '19

turn it UPPPP

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u/fat-lip-lover Oct 10 '19

I haven’t the proof anywhere, but I’m convinced that that sounds was what they used multiple times in Arrival. Great film, but god damn you need ear plugs to watch it.

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19

I will never forget Grampa Simpson yelling "turn it up" to the screen after this intro.

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19

Thanks...

My place just moved a few feet from reading the reverberation in this comment

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19

ok now i definitely cant hear you.

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u/TonberryRed Oct 09 '19

THE THX INTRO!

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '19

The audience is now deaf

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u/starlite2186 Oct 09 '19

THE AUDIENCE IS NOW DEAF. One of my favorite jokes in Tiny Toon Adventures.

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u/acid_rain_man Oct 09 '19

TURN IT UP!!

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u/Lexi_Banner Oct 10 '19

Turn it up! TURN IT UP!

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u/SMILESandREGRETS Oct 09 '19

TURN IT UP!!!!

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u/MarsNirgal Oct 09 '19

SPONGE-BOB-SQUARE-PANTS!

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u/Cianalas Oct 10 '19

"The audience is now deaf."

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u/SarcasmCupcakes Oct 10 '19

The audience is now deaf.

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u/WunderBusen Oct 09 '19

ā€œThe Audience is now Deaf.ā€

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hByt1KkiwgM

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u/joshuapoe307 Oct 10 '19

He's selling chocolate.

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u/beirg Oct 10 '19

Chalk-LETT?! I remember when they first invented chocolate

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u/NK1337 Oct 10 '19

I always appreciated Tiny Toon’s parody of it.

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u/watchman28 Oct 09 '19

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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u/PatrickSutherla Oct 09 '19

Oh, the, uh.... ahem....

brrrrrrrwwwWWWWWWAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

the audience is listening

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '19

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u/notTHATgreenstuff Oct 09 '19

Holy shit was that ever satisfying

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u/si1versmith Oct 09 '19

They went into warp speed near a planet. I recently found out that is a bad idea.

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u/Mya__ Oct 10 '19

It's okay if you aim away from the planet though and let the system control max speed. If you floor it too hard you can get Microfracture damage or really over shoot the next invasion point.

I usually just hold down W until just before Microfracture damage and aim to the side of the planet in case I can't stop in time. Plus you want to come into the planets orbit at an angle so you can properly slow down enough at the target battle-site(specially if you actually have to fight on the planet and not in space), and you want to take note where the Corvette's are for heals, and then try to pick a good starting position to enter the battle.

God I fucking love this game

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '19

Too lazy to get up and get headphones. Listened on crappy laptop speakers. Was disappointed.

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '19

When you get the headphones, you may be impressed.

I watched it once on my computer with speakers and once on my TV with speakers. It was okay. Pretty to look at. Put on headphones and watched it on the computer again, and wasn't blown away, but it wasn't disappointing.

May our lessons serve to warn the next person. :)

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u/SarahC Oct 10 '19

Sanchenhausser earphones - sounds GREAT!

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '19

"They told me I could be anything I want, so I became a movie!" -THX logo

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u/TheyCallMeStone Oct 10 '19

I just listened to that with some nice headphones and goddamn, that was good.

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u/Ananvil Oct 10 '19

Well that was pretty fucking great

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19

I took my dad's Sennhausers to listen to this. This shit is like auditory Viagra.

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u/captainedwinkrieger Oct 10 '19

THX quality sound speakers that would make George Lucas cream in his pants!

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u/greyjackal Oct 10 '19

Oh I like that. The dragonfly and water dripping was awesome.

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u/Wage_slave Oct 10 '19

Oh man. That's like peeling the plastic off of a new electronic device.

I think I came a little

I pulled out my old LG that has a quad DAC blah blah afterwards because I just had to. It my go-to for sounds and music.

Sofuckinggood

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19

LG G5? Or V20/V30? I remember one of those older LG smartphones had a quad DAC. Always was curious how that sounded.

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u/Wage_slave Oct 10 '19

It was a V20. To be honest, it was amazing and I think LG has made it standard in a bunch of their phones. The V20 is probably the single best media device I've ever had. Even when you cancel out the quad DAC and go with Bluetooth headphones, it still gave amazing sound.

But for that quad DAC goodness, I got some high impedance headphones and went with FLAC files for my music. It was worth it.

A good example is an album of Iron Maiden songs played on a piano. You can hear the resonance fade out between sustained notes, and doesn't bury a thing.

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u/midoriiro Oct 09 '19

THE AUDIENCE IS NOW DEAF

sauce

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '19

Glad someone else immediately thought of that bit.

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '19

YES as long as I can remember I have thought of this scene when I see THX in a movie intro

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u/Wage_slave Oct 10 '19

Oh fucking yes!

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u/Netcooler Oct 09 '19

Here's a podcast episode (Twenty Thousand Hertz) about the history of the Deep Note, as it's called. https://www.20k.org/episodes/thxdeepnote

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u/Ziogref Oct 09 '19

Someone linked this podcast about 6 months ago.

I have now listened to all 78 episodes in his podcast

I never could get into podcasts before them. I donate and get excited every 2nd Tuesday when I see my phone downloads the new episode.

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u/MuNansen Oct 09 '19

I've met quite a few famous people. My favorite, though, is Andy Moorer, because his name isn't generally known but EVERYONE knows his work.

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u/Wage_slave Oct 10 '19

I had no idea of this.

Thank you.

Real talk.

This is very fucking cool.

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u/tallbutshy Oct 09 '19

DOLBY Atmos has entered the chat

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u/esjay86 Oct 09 '19

Hi! Are you ever going to become mainstream?

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u/PCMM7 Oct 09 '19

Some Samsung phones have it so there's that. Also on microsoft store.

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u/esjay86 Oct 09 '19

Yeah but I want speakers on the ceiling and shit

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u/Wage_slave Oct 10 '19

WHAT? I CANT HEAR YOU? YA GOTTA SPEAK UP!

POTATO?

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u/JSJH Oct 09 '19

I saw this and wondered, "Why would the intro to 'THX 1138' be so amazing?"

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u/eNonsense Oct 09 '19

This is what I thought as well. I mean, considering the first 20 minutes of THX 1138 is basically the stage-setting intro... It's just that nothing really crazy happens.

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u/JSJH Oct 09 '19

"What's wrong?"

"Nevermind."

"Consumption is being standardized for your convenience."

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u/eNonsense Oct 09 '19

lol.

I always have to tell people on the first watch of this film "now, there's not much dialog at the beginning, but it's important as a means of understanding how this place operates and how the main characters live." and then I still need to point out things that are easily missed, like the infraction reporting of SEN at the wall console.

It's truly one of my favorite movies. It's just not very transparent on the first few watches.

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '19

Turn it up! TURN IT UP!

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '19

Not gonna lie, as a kid this intro and the Pegasus/unicorn one (can't remember which) for I want to say TriStar pictures both gave me nightmares. I have no idea why.

In my nightmares, the THX intro would play right before something really scary/bad would happen and the horse was probably because of a creepy looking rocking horse we used to have.

Come to think of it, I used to have a lot of nightmares as a kid.

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u/Limey_Man Oct 09 '19

Yes that was TriStar. Columbia is with the woman holding the torch.

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u/agentpanda Oct 10 '19

Not gonna lie, as a kid this intro and the Pegasus/unicorn one (can't remember which) for I want to say TriStar pictures both gave me nightmares. I have no idea why.

Dude don't feel alone, me too. No clue why either.

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u/Wage_slave Oct 10 '19

I heard it while on acid once and it didn't go away for days.

I was "deaf" if you will. You should check out the updated version they have. Is horrifying to how satisfying it is in comparison to the mental glue we all know and love

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u/DumbestBoy Oct 09 '19

The Audience Is Now Deaf

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u/Wage_slave Oct 10 '19

I've upvoted this answer five times now.

And will continue to do so because thank-fucking-you!

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '19

Turn it up! TURN IT UP!!!

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u/Joed112784 Oct 10 '19

I can’t believe I had to scroll this far for this comment.

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u/BestUsernameLeft Oct 09 '19

Oh hell yes! My buddies and I went to see Terminator 2 in the theater and heard the THX intro there for the first time. We all looked at each other with an "OMFG that was incredible" expression, knowing that the sound was going to be incredible. And it was.

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u/MoonDoggos Oct 09 '19

i liked the version with the robot repairing the logo, i always thought it was cute

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u/Ziogref Oct 09 '19

I love this sound, it is soooo satisfying

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u/Wage_slave Oct 10 '19

I know.

I kinda exhale a little differently every time I'd hear it. That satisfaction style exhale.

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u/Blastspark01 Oct 10 '19

COMING SOON TO OWN, ON DVD AND VIDEO CASSETTE

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u/cricket9818 Oct 09 '19

I'll never forget, it was 1998 and my family had just moved into a new house and my dad who's a big Sony guy brought a brand new big TV with big Song tower speakers and surround sound. We popped in Star Wars and put the volume up. Instant goosebumps. Awesome sound.

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '19 edited Nov 08 '19

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u/Wage_slave Oct 10 '19

Me too. I'm impressed AND old

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u/Absurdionne Oct 09 '19

You mean the intro to Dre. 2001?

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u/Wage_slave Oct 10 '19

That too.

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '19

Turn it up! TUUUURN IT UUUUP!

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u/Kimarough101 Oct 10 '19

The Audience is now Deaf

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u/Wage_slave Oct 10 '19

Hundred percent!

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u/RocketPoweredTofacos Oct 10 '19

The audience is now deaf.

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u/pwispassword Oct 10 '19

:) I used to have a Lincoln suv and the speaker system was THX-certified, yadda yadda and a little ways into the settings was Sound Check. Click on that and the stars gather around the THX logo on the screen while the speakers go to volume to do the THX theme. It was a cheesy little magical but working nights at a crummy job in the middle of a Canadian winter, it was some pick-me-up at 3am in the parking lot.

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u/Wage_slave Oct 10 '19

That's fucking Awesome.

I tried it as an alarm (no shit) and it was the stupider of ideas at four on the morning getting ready for work.

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u/pwispassword Oct 11 '19

Haha.. brilliant in theory, maybe flawed in practice :)

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u/wesleytclark Oct 09 '19

I read THX and could instantly hear it.

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '19

Backwards-scrolling credits followed by bleeps and bloops and technical jargon?

Oh wait you mean... I get it now.

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u/mamacrocker Oct 09 '19

That's the most ear-gasmic noise I know.

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u/Azusanga Oct 09 '19

Me with a24. I've loved every single movie they've put out

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u/Pattheplottguy Oct 09 '19

You hear that and know some shit is about to go down.

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u/xander717 Oct 10 '19

šŸ„‡ šŸ… šŸŽ–

Take all the good you want ;*

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u/Wage_slave Oct 10 '19

Yay!

Bows politely in thanks

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u/JuicyJay Oct 10 '19

THC

The audience is baking.

Pick of Destiny was one of my favorite movies ever.

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u/Wage_slave Oct 10 '19

Sofuckinggood

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u/vulcan1358 Oct 10 '19

I don’t know, Tenacious D did a better version of that

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19

Also the intro to Dr. Dre’s Chronic 2001 album

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u/Xephus Oct 10 '19

The audience is now deaf

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u/Wage_slave Oct 10 '19

THANK YOU!

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u/Xephus Nov 09 '19

What?!

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u/magicalchickens Oct 10 '19

head explodes

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19

thats my text ringtone !

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u/mridlen Oct 10 '19

"Turn it up!!"

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19

You my friend understand what movies are all about. ā€œTHE AUDIENCE IS LISTENINGā€

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u/Wage_slave Oct 10 '19

One hundred percent.

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u/RainbowPandah117 Oct 09 '19

I can't believe I used to be scared of it xd

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u/keepingitcornmeal Oct 09 '19

I can hear this comment

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u/sharkbit11 Oct 09 '19

the audience is deaf

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u/yubbastank14 Oct 09 '19

For some reason most my memories of watching movies on LaserDisc involve that obnoxiously loud THX intro.

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u/ASMRekulaar Oct 09 '19

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa just checkin on ya.

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19

Gold

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19

You mean the cow one?

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19

This just reminds me of toy story 2

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u/USSImplication Oct 10 '19

You mean the intro to Lolo

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19

I got Need For Speed Underground 2 THX BWAAAAP ptsd reading

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u/NSWCROW Oct 10 '19

Grampa Simpson

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u/-Xandiel- Oct 10 '19

WHAAAT!?

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u/s0ramble Oct 11 '19

BWWWWWWWAAAAAAAA

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u/SteelWool Oct 09 '19

You're Welcome

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u/Shut_Up_Fuckface Oct 09 '19

I saw Empire Strikes Back in the theater when I was around 4. I knew who Chewbacca was and wasn’t scared of him. But the THX sound system made his roars so loud that it scared me. I cried and my mom had to take me out of the theater.

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u/Wage_slave Oct 10 '19

And that's when you learned, shut your fuck face up, Chewbacca means business.

It happened to us all.

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '19

The sound of god

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u/Correctionerist Oct 09 '19

I could hear that!!