# Media that added to our culture **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 6, 2018, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/media-that-added-to-our-culture/815557 "2018-06-06T18:12:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/media-that-added-to-our-culture/815557/1 "2018-06-06T18:12:30Z")
I have been thinking about media that has had a strong impact on our culture. Mostly movies, but other media have given us phrases that have entered our language even if we never saw/read the original. _Casablanca_ gave us “the usual suspects,” “I’m shocked!” and “this could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship.” From _Star Wars_ we get “These aren’t the \_\_\_\_ you’re looking for.” “That’s no moon…” _Star Trek_ gave us many (as a Trekker, I’m biased) such as the Picard facepalm, and a phrase that was never uttered in any incarnation: “Beam me up, Scotty; there’s no intelligent life here.” What other creative works have changed our culture, giving us common words or phrases that people don’t need to be fans to use? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/media-that-added-to-our-culture/815557/2 "2018-06-06T18:17:02Z")
I’d post a bunch, but frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/media-that-added-to-our-culture/815557/3 "2018-06-06T18:27:50Z")
_Seinfeld_ was pretty rife with catch phrases. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. I beg to differ that those _Star Wars_ phrases are as generally known as you think. Most of my friends are _Star-Wars_-aged, even, and if they’re not fans of the franchise they wouldn’t know “That’s no moon…” However, “Beam me up Scotty” they would know for sure. ---
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/media-that-added-to-our-culture/815557/4 "2018-06-06T18:28:06Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > I’d post a bunch, but frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/media-that-added-to-our-culture/815557/5 "2018-06-06T18:30:25Z")
We’re not in Kansas, anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/media-that-added-to-our-culture/815557/6 "2018-06-06T18:31:39Z")
I question several of your examples being used outside of familiarity with/fandom of the original–they seem pretty nerd-specific. The first that come to mind for me are red pill (which unfortunately is heard by a wider audience than those who have seen _The Matrix_) memory hole (_1984_), and rabbit hole (_Alice in Wonderland._) (Also–now that I think about it–the concept of Big Brother itself from _1984_.) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/media-that-added-to-our-culture/815557/7 "2018-06-06T18:34:15Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > We’re not in Kansas, anymore. “I’ll get you, my pretty! And your little dog, too!” ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/media-that-added-to-our-culture/815557/8 "2018-06-06T18:35:57Z")
There’s probably a hundred examples from The Simpsons. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/media-that-added-to-our-culture/815557/9 "2018-06-06T18:40:52Z")
I cringe when I hear the quotes from Office Space, but there’s no doubt that movie has added to the vocabulary of the average American cubicle worker. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/media-that-added-to-our-culture/815557/10 "2018-06-06T19:22:00Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > There’s probably a hundred examples from The Simpsons. All perfectly cromulent ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/media-that-added-to-our-culture/815557/11 "2018-06-06T19:44:56Z")
Terminator gave us “I’ll be back”. And Predator has “I don’t have time to bleed”. “Nuke the site from orbit, it’s the only way to be sure” from Aliens. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/media-that-added-to-our-culture/815557/12 "2018-06-06T19:50:10Z")
I remember the first time I heard: let me Google it and there’s an App for that. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/media-that-added-to-our-culture/815557/13 "2018-06-06T20:21:45Z")
Because of Jurassic Park when people hear the word “Raptor” they think Dinosaur instead of Bird. The movie Bucket List which almost no one saw popularized the term in its title (yes the term predates the movie but it did not enter pop culture until the ads for the movie). ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/media-that-added-to-our-culture/815557/14 "2018-06-06T20:41:36Z")
Some people might say The Big Lebowski is to culty to qualify, but that’s, like, their opinion, man. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/media-that-added-to-our-culture/815557/15 "2018-06-06T20:42:47Z")
Looking for catch phrases movies have added to the language? Surely you can’t be serious! ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/media-that-added-to-our-culture/815557/16 "2018-06-06T20:51:57Z")
Go ahead, make my day. (from _Sudden Impact_, spoken by Clint Eastwood) ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/media-that-added-to-our-culture/815557/17 "2018-06-06T20:52:55Z")
The very first line in the first “talkie,” _The Jazz Singer_, was “You ain’t heard nothin’ yet.” And so it began. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/media-that-added-to-our-culture/815557/18 "2018-06-06T20:57:26Z")
_Star Wars_’ influence goes far beyond its quotes. It’s pretty much the movie that made blockbusters, particularly sci-fi blockbusters, a thing. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/media-that-added-to-our-culture/815557/19 "2018-06-06T21:21:35Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > I’d post a bunch, but frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn. One way to answer the question in the OP is to look at the [AFI list of the top one hundred movie quotes](http://www.afi.com/100Years/quotes.aspx). That one from Gone With The Wind is number one. “Make him an offer he can’t refuse” is number two. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/media-that-added-to-our-culture/815557/20 "2018-06-06T21:33:01Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > There’s probably a hundred examples from The Simpsons. D’oh!! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/media-that-added-to-our-culture/815557.md?page=2)