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Real eggs? My gosh people are so stupid

posted 3 years ago by 123Guy (6254)
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https://www.newsweek.com/red-notice-netflix-cleopatras-eggs-third-egg-real-1648608

At what point in time, exactly, did people stop believing "Fiction" was made up?
Was it that darn DAVINCI CODE book that was so well made up that people thought it was real? Was that when everyone starting seeking truth inside made up fictional crap?

Here's the definition of FICTION in hopes someday people start to comprehend what it is again.

FICTION
1a : something invented by the imagination or feigned specifically : an invented story

[–] maximmm (3089) 3 years ago

It's not uncommon for works of fiction feature real life items.
Like... did you know that pyramids seen in The Mummy actually exist?

Saying that people are dumb for asking a question is pretty ridiculous.

[–] 123Guy (6254) 3 years ago

i dunno man, people eat up reality TV like they think it is realy.

gullibility is the new religion

[–] JoeCinema (89) 3 years ago

Asking a question is the opposite of that.

[–] fc31 (4660) 2 years ago

If they asked if the eggs were real that means they already wondered if they were not. That is not stupid at all.

[–] PrimeMinisterX (8337) 3 years ago

I know, right?

I recall Nicolas Cage in National Treasure chasing after the Declaration of Independence. I believe I remember reading once that that is a real thing.

[–] HedleyLamarr (356) 2 years ago

The pyramids are real? no way. Next you'll be telling us that the boat in Titanic really existed.

[–] DrRed (522) 3 years ago

Exactly. There was a guy on here who didnt enjoy Queens Gambit because it wasnt a true story. It was only "fiction".

[–] Reaperscout (583) 3 years ago

Based on true stories/events is one of the worst gimmicks ever for movies and TV. People probably don't realize that the "based on true events/stories" are pretty much 5-15% accurate and then the rest is just put through the Hollywood blender to make the 5-15% more interesting/eventful (like The Conjuring, I'm sure there was a lot of downtime and it ended very anti-climatically in real life), include a love interest/romance subplot, add extra subplots, change the event's ending to give things a happier ending (if they ended tragically or something in real life) and so on. That's why I either skip those type of movies or TV shows, or just watch it for 100% entertainment and say NONE of it actually happened in real life and they are just trying to pull a Blair Witch Project, only in a non-found footage way. I'm pretty sure the main three Conjuring movies weren't all that exciting/eventful as the cases happened in real life. Also, all three main Conjuring movies I believe changed the ending to the events to make them happier. I heard that the actual case for Conjuring 2 was that the family faked everything to get a new house. But in the movie they changed it so it really was ghosts/supernatural. Plus I'm pretty sure the whole nun Lorraine Warren kept seeing and that subplot never happened in real life when they were investigating the family's home in London. That more than likely came from the Hollywood blender. And the actual case/investigation was probably super boring and maybe took weeks or months for something interesting/exciting to happen. Not constant like in the movie. So yeah. The Conjuring movies (for example) I look at as 100% entertainment. The whole "based on true events/story" is a gimmick thrown in to get people more interested. But a lot of people aren't smart enough to call it out. They'll believe anything/everything if the "based on" stuff is slapped on.

[–] Towelie_Towel (1722) 3 years ago

Agreed.
People think that somehow a movie is more worthy of praise if it's "based on a true story" than if it's a purely creative new story.

[–] asom (6556) 3 years ago

Wait until they realize that the nazi vault is not real either.

Or, wait for it, none of the items in Indiana Jones are real ...

[–] jerryrip (57) 2 years ago

The Ark of the Covenant was definitely a real thing. Archeologists are still looking for it to this day.

[–] asom (6556) 2 years ago

Not only real but of alien origin. Or was it divine? Atlantis? Lizard overlords?

[–] TheGreatBambino (207) 2 years ago

Mmmm, eggs.

[–] ExTechOp (2766) 2 years ago

I finally got around to reading the article

It's nothing to rant about - the movie's producer just thought it was amusing that so many people he pitched the story to believed that the eggs were real.

It's no crime against "truth," just an amusing side-note, confirmation that the film's MacGuffin is credible enough to support this light-weight caper comedy.

Even "National Treasure" had to be more credible than this (since it presented us with more adventure, less comedy, and historical artifacts better known to the public at large).

Besides, the writer points out that Antony and Cleopatra's gift-giving WAS expansive and generous, so the fictional eggs fit into the quasi-historical mythos just fine.