I saw that Blank Check movie as a kid and my dad casually devastated me by having absolutely no comment on anything in the movie other than “that’s not how checks work”. What was I going to say back to him? I didn’t know how checks worked. We were all victims of ignorance. - ThreadSky

brendelbored.bsky.social • 3 days ago

I saw that Blank Check movie as a kid and my dad casually devastated me by having absolutely no comment on anything in the movie other than “that’s not how checks work”. What was I going to say back to him? I didn’t know how checks worked. We were all victims of ignorance.

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padrock.bsky.social•3 days ago

My father would shake his head muttering about all the fouls Airbud was committing with no pushback

alainaappaloosa.bsky.social•3 days ago

My dad (who looks and acts a lot like John Goodman) complained through all of Big Lebowski and then at the end turned to me and my friend and said “ok so it was all a case of mistaken identity? Dumb” and we just about died laughing

alainaappaloosa.bsky.social•3 days ago

This is a man that wouldn’t let us watch the Simpsons but was totally cool with my brother watching Pearl Harbor by himself when he was 5 😭😂

spacenacho.bsky.social•3 days ago

Isn't that the movie where a grown woman kisses a child?

goodplaywright.bsky.social•3 days ago

When that movie came out an older kid in my neighborhood permanently tainted it for me by going “he could’ve written 10 million instead of 1 million”

abbendectomy.bsky.social•3 days ago

I have to tell you about a number called 100 million.

goodplaywright.bsky.social•3 days ago

I don’t think that much money is possible sorry

abbendectomy.bsky.social•3 days ago

It shouldn't be 🙃

wcpetree.bsky.social•3 days ago

Your dad could've saved Brian Bonsall from a life of criminality.

birdybird.online•3 days ago

The virgin Richie Rich vs the Chad Blank Check

darksidestraxus.bsky.social•3 days ago

Did anybody ever really know how checks worked? I feel like it's one of those concepts that society just went along with because nobody had the gall to say "Um, this actually doesn't make any sense."

drummerfromfife.bsky.social•3 days ago

I didn't see it until my wife showed me it in 2012. That kid got unbelievably lucky that the bank manager was laundering money. Plus he must've gotten the most impressive discounts to get the mansion, limo with a driver, a giant wall-sized TV and all those toys on just a simple million...

daedsider.bsky.social•3 days ago

"How do my dreams taste in your teeth, father?"

hellointernet.bsky.social•3 days ago

I’m 43 years old and I still don’t know what a two-party check is (don’t tell me what it is, I do not care to know!!)

snoopsqueak.com•3 days ago

"Wow! This is enough money to pay for TWO parties! 🥳"

flopwizard.bsky.social•3 days ago

I'm 35 and this is the first time im hearing those words put together

amullinstx.bsky.social•3 days ago

My problem with that movie is that the FBI agent does not shut him down fast enough when he hits on her.

antiquequaalude.bsky.social•3 days ago

Remember when he bought a castle for $300k in that movie lol

antiquequaalude.bsky.social•3 days ago

That movie probably lead to a ton of kids getting mauled by cars as they tried to commit some fraud so they could be handed a blank check after getting their bike hit just like in the movie.

bdewling.bsky.social•3 days ago

My son is fascinated with the Loch Ness Monster. One day, I found myself telling him how there has never been any evidence that it existed. Suddenly, it dawned on me what I was doing to his open mind. So I told him that there is no evidence to prove it didn't. We can change how we look at things.

thehell.zone•3 days ago

my extremely cool parents made sure I knew that was Worf’s son from Star Trek

omfproductions.bsky.social•3 days ago

It's been a long time since I saw it... but I think they actually mainly got it right? Like the villain is dumb enough to hand the kid a signed check with no amount to pay filled in. As long as the account has a sufficient balance, the bank is going to "cash" it. The lack of security authetnticating

omfproductions.bsky.social•3 days ago

The check is where it falls apart. Heh

omfproductions.bsky.social•3 days ago

I just read the plot summary and it turns out he got the check from a money laundering banker who gave him the Million thinking he was a drug mule or some shit... so... this is actually a very period appropriate plot, heh.

danny.page•3 days ago

also a million dollars would absolutely not buy everything in that movie. definitely not now, maybe not even then

cheweycarapace.bsky.social•3 days ago

That's the biggest issue. He'd be capped at withdrawing $250,000 without higher security or scrutiny and you could only build half a TV wall with that to play Nintendo on.

beeb33.bsky.social•3 days ago

and like hardly an important takeaway from the thematic elements of the film

snoopsqueak.com•3 days ago

I do remember the fun toys and tech stuff, but also "if you play it cool, a grown woman might kiss you," which was... odd.

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