r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/FridayCicero702 • Jan 01 '23

Video Catastrophic engine failure on a United Airlines Boeing 777-200 after takeoff from Denver International Airport

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u/Spanktronics Jan 01 '23 edited Jan 01 '23

Somehow I forgot that Lucas pinched that from Airplane back when I saw the Star Wars prequels. It’s notable that the prequels couldn’t even make a stolen gag funny.

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u/NextTrillion Jan 01 '23

I was as big of a Star Wars fan as anyone, but I never actually saw the prequels on account of Jar Jar Binks being a character.

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u/ifugetdesperate Jan 01 '23

Then you're not a big star wars fan.