Twitter Users Ponder Stills From Films and TV That Devastate Them
By Petr Navovy | Social Media | July 6, 2022 |
By Petr Navovy | Social Media | July 6, 2022 |
The power of a single image. The sheer power that can be contained within one shot. Like the tip of an iceberg poking out of the water, it shouldn’t be underestimated. To those that know what lies underneath, even seeing just the relatively small hint visible to all is enough. This is what was on Twitter’s mind the other day when the great following prompt appeared:
What’s a still from a movie or TV show that will completely devastate anyone who has seen it, but seem completely unremarkable to anyone who hasn’t?
— ryley! (@columnthirteen) June 26, 2022
To some, it proved trickier than it might at first have seemed to be to find shots that were actually visually unremarkable as well as devastating to those in the know, as the original Tweeter mentioned:
I think this is the best one I’ve seen (though it’s more unnerving than devastating with context). The ideal answer is something with the most possible mundanity from a glance *and* impact with context. pic.twitter.com/LNTJkk5KzM
— ryley! (@columnthirteen) June 27, 2022
Nevertheless, here are some of the top responses:
it's just a car sitting in some mist. pic.twitter.com/LbIexG8Uz8
— One-One with legs (@scorpian7103) June 27, 2022
Still can’t believe Nintendo allowed this scene… pic.twitter.com/L75ZTwg0mg
— 𝓦𝓲𝓵𝓵 🇺🇦🇦🇺 (@KangarooWill) June 28, 2022
— Judd Taylor #Tribeca2022 (@JuddTaylor) June 27, 2022
For the anime fans in the thread. pic.twitter.com/e7b40SKYCD
— Tristan (@AcedeLaForet) June 27, 2022
— Sami (@AkiraMiyazaki17) June 26, 2022
— Judd Taylor #Tribeca2022 (@JuddTaylor) June 27, 2022
— Judd Taylor #Tribeca2022 (@JuddTaylor) June 27, 2022
I read this book with my daughter & we saw the movie a few weeks later. I sobbed on my 10 year old’s shoulder while she whispered “Mommy, I know it seems sad but, remember this is just a movie & it isn’t real.” pic.twitter.com/gLd4QrS8ZD
— Blue Dot (@ManoosMama) June 27, 2022
— Rainy (@Rainy18015904) June 28, 2022
— Z.A.Q.Q. (@wixiwerehere) June 26, 2022
Not a movie/tv show but rather a GAME
— Loife (@LoifeLikesThing) June 28, 2022
(GTA 4 SPOILERS BTW) pic.twitter.com/XUkhR7sbKS
— Kebert Xela (@Poodieboy) June 27, 2022
— bring on the dancing horses (@inthefade) June 26, 2022
— CWaldron (@TheRealCWaldron) June 26, 2022
— Brendan Taylor (@bt_mavericksvfx) June 27, 2022
— Paul Koehorst (@paulkoehorst) June 26, 2022
— nik 🏳️🌈🔪 (@sapphicgiallo) June 26, 2022
We all know this scene is the calm before the storm pic.twitter.com/K4A2pkJwom
— 𖤐 Can 𖤐 (@pneumau) June 28, 2022
— Quantum Tweet (@ProsinPlanet) June 27, 2022
— N̶o̶t̶ Weary (@ItsWeary) June 27, 2022
— N̶o̶t̶ Weary (@ItsWeary) June 27, 2022
— Paul Klein 👾 (@paulkleinyoo) June 26, 2022
— Det. Crashmore (@DavidWeiss9) June 27, 2022
I don’t even watch this far in the movie anymore. Stop it right before here. pic.twitter.com/XF8Q0UcgGH
— JMF (@MWhiteShelley) June 27, 2022
Coloring outside the lines a little here, but still pic.twitter.com/Oj8J5srOl9
— Emmanuel Necron (@skubzero) June 27, 2022
— Dr. Ray, Agent of Chaos, former playmate রশ্মি (@TheRealStanRay) June 28, 2022
— David James 🍩 (@funkentechno) June 26, 2022
Buffy the Vampire Slayer pic.twitter.com/UHoPVuMs9t
— Pandemic Academic (@EmicAcademic) June 27, 2022
— jj “good at rapping” d☭mon (@JJDemonic) June 27, 2022
Recency bias, but…. pic.twitter.com/g775mpOvRH
— Daniella Ashley Mazzio 🌹 (she/her) (@DaniellaMazzio) June 27, 2022
— Tyler (Tippecanoe not included) (@TStove7) June 26, 2022
— The Other Brewsky (@TheOtherBrewsky) June 26, 2022
This is the one. This is absolutely the one. pic.twitter.com/B7Nn3I9Ao9
— W³ (microplastics yum) (@dementedkirby) June 27, 2022
— Chris Otto (@Papergreat) June 27, 2022
— aurora jacobsen (@superturbo) June 26, 2022
— cole kuiper (@cmkuiper) June 27, 2022
Still hurts as much now as it did the first time I saw it. pic.twitter.com/44rFam0YdO
— jacobo (@the_nanner) June 27, 2022
— BLACKED Lodge (@WhatQueerIsThis) June 26, 2022
— Keith Bloomquist (@kdb150) June 27, 2022
Mulholland Drive, 2001 pic.twitter.com/bLPmSZKtr5
— St Vincent aka (not) Annie Clark (@hyperflesh) June 27, 2022
— Judd Taylor #Tribeca2022 (@JuddTaylor) June 27, 2022
— Leftist Bluth (@leftjerkstore) June 27, 2022
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