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Jump the Turtle

posted 8 years ago by bossdog677
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I have a feeling we will have a new version of the saying "Jump the Shark" after this movie comes out

[–] elangton2000 8 years ago

How can a movie jump the shark?

"Jump the shark" is a phrase that means the point when a great series started to decline after doing something stupid.

A movie can't jump the shark. It can just suck.

[–] casey-75-119610 8 years ago

Well, Indiana Jones is a great series of movies that started to decline after doing something stupid. It actually coined the phrase "Nuke the fridge."

[–] smegmausa 8 years ago

Crazy, the first time I ever heard the expression 'nuke the fridge' was in Joseph Kahn's Detention.

[–] casey-75-119610 8 years ago

I stand corrected.

[–] smegmausa 8 years ago

Nah you're probably correct (Detention was made in 2011) I just never realised it was a term outside of that film.

[–] casey-75-119610 8 years ago

Oh. Gotcha. I never heard of Detention so I figured you were talking about an older book.