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[-] anguo@lemmy.ca 36 points 2 months ago

I still chuckle every time I hear the Wilhelm scream.

[-] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 50 points 2 months ago

Once I knew to listen for it, I find it jarring and cringeworthy tbh. Really takes me out of a movie

[-] CatZoomies@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago

Buzz Lightyear makes that sound when he’s knocked out of Andy’s window.

I think a Nazi or two also scream Wilhelm-like when Indiana Jones punches them off a car.

In TLOTR: The Two Towers, some dude is falling at Helm’s Deep and does a Wilhelm. I think it’s after a scary flying beast that’s naughty picks him up and drops him from really high up.

In Spidey Into the Spiderverse, Spidey punches a crook and the crook Wilhelms about the audacity to be hit by Spidey.

When Luke Skywalker gets his hand chopped off by a sharp light blade that’s burning hot and stuff, he screams Mark Hamilly, and not Wilhelmly. Thank you, Luke.

[-] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 2 months ago

Man, a comic book speech bubble in a Spiderverse movie that just says "Wilhelm Scream" would be hilarious

[-] Obi@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 months ago

This comment could've kept going for another thousand paragraphs.

[-] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

Same. It breaks the immersion and reminds people that they’re watching a movie.

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

They used it perfectly in The Hangover. I never listen for it, but they made it painfully obvious and got a surprised chuckle out of me.

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