Have you ever been in a conversation with someone, and they spit out some line or quote, that references a movie that you like, then come to find out they have never even heard of it, but they understand the meaning behind it without knowing where it came from? It always amuses me how things become so commonly used in society that people don't know the origin, but understand what it means.
I was listening to a radio show recently; they were talking about a baseball management team, and the an announcer said that they were 'getting the band back together'. Clearly, that is a Blues Brothers line, but I know many people have used that term and have never seen the movie (blasphemy). Another one that really made me laugh was last winter, it was cold and some people had personal heaters at their desks. One lady was saying she was 'going to have to turn it to eleven to warm up.' I said "Great movie!" ...she said, "What movie". Had never seen Spinal Tap, but knew what it meant. Now, the Blues Brothers one, you could say is just clearly common sense to understand what that means. However, that '11' reference is pure Spinal Tap.
I almost fell out of my chair when a friend of mine answered a question with '42'. She had never seen or heard of Hitchhikers Guide, but somehow had come to find out that 42 was supposed to be the answer. (Less strange, but equally amusing were the few '42' references in Stargate: Atlantis).
I know how it works, I know that is how our society evolves and all, I just find it very interesting to see movie lines that I watched as a youth become integrated into common society so quickly.
I was listening to a radio show recently; they were talking about a baseball management team, and the an announcer said that they were 'getting the band back together'. Clearly, that is a Blues Brothers line, but I know many people have used that term and have never seen the movie (blasphemy). Another one that really made me laugh was last winter, it was cold and some people had personal heaters at their desks. One lady was saying she was 'going to have to turn it to eleven to warm up.' I said "Great movie!" ...she said, "What movie". Had never seen Spinal Tap, but knew what it meant. Now, the Blues Brothers one, you could say is just clearly common sense to understand what that means. However, that '11' reference is pure Spinal Tap.
I almost fell out of my chair when a friend of mine answered a question with '42'. She had never seen or heard of Hitchhikers Guide, but somehow had come to find out that 42 was supposed to be the answer. (Less strange, but equally amusing were the few '42' references in Stargate: Atlantis).
I know how it works, I know that is how our society evolves and all, I just find it very interesting to see movie lines that I watched as a youth become integrated into common society so quickly.
