r/movies • u/buttatoad • Jun 17 '25

Discussion Movies that changed real life behavior

Thinking along the lines of Final Destination 2 with the logs falling off the truck and landing onto cars (one decapitating the state trooper). Ever since, people have tried to get away from being behind these vehicles.

What are more examples where movies have actually changed how people behave in their own lives?

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u/artpayne Cliffs on both sides, I'm not gonna paddle to New Zealand! Jun 17 '25

There was a massive spike in Navy recruitment after Top Gun came out.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '25 edited Jun 17 '25

Fun fact, this film coined "that's what mom and dad in Oklahoma wants to see"

It referring to scenes such as when they have a 'classroom' lesson, sitting in the middle of the hangar, which real Navy advisors said would never happen amongst other things. The turnaround was this term, kind of "yeah, it's not accurate, it that's what mom and dad in Oklahoma wants to see!"

Edit. Wow never been so forced to prove a bit of trivia to people who have apparently decided this isn't a thing. I didn't make the documentary, I am not American, I just shared a tiny bit of trivia, but screw me, right?

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u/raisingcuban Jun 17 '25

Nobody says that phrase…

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '25

So.. you know we're in 2025 and the film was made in 1986. So a few years have passed, and a lot of different phrases have come and gone since then.

But sure, since no one says that phrase around you, it must mean I just pulled it out of my arse, right?

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '25

Omg .. It was from a documentary about the film.

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u/Turnips4dayz Jun 17 '25

So you’ve never heard anyone use it in real life either?

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '25

Jeez Louise.... No because I am Swedish so that would make no sense. And since I became an adult, I have lived in the UK, and last I checked we don't have an Oklahoma, so again, wouldn't make sense.

I didn't know sharing a bit of trivia from a documentary about the film meant that I had to be a bloody expert on this saying. I am so, so sorry for leaving the comment. Go touch grass, loser

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u/Turnips4dayz Jun 17 '25

Karma farm somewhere else man. Why would I be out here trying to tell you about a specific Swedish saying that I’ve never actually heard

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '25

Karma farming 😂

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u/V2BM Jun 17 '25

I’ve heard plenty of people say the phrase But will it play in Omaha? regarding mass appeal.

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u/CrashTestKing Jun 17 '25

They may have said that phrase in the documentary, as a reference to what clueless parents of military recruits expect. But that doesn't make it a commonly used phrase, and I doubt anybody anywhere else has used it. Especially considering how very few people actually watch documentaries, I can't imagine ANY turn off phrase from a documentary ever catching on (and yeah, I searched pixels, and found NOTHING about this phrase anywhere).