Monday, December 26, 2011

INSTEAD OF A REPEAT OF LAST YEAR'S BOXING DAY BLIZZAPOCALYPSE COVERAGE:  From the location of [                      ]'s [             ] at the end of David Fincher's Seven to the magic one on Lost to the one in which Adrian Pasdar slept on Profit (which followed the Alice in Chains song), boxes have played an important role in our popular culture over the years.  (Maybe.)  Add to the list.

31 comments:

  1. Meghan12:46 PM

    Friends: Joey's Porsche, Monica's stuff getting ruined gets her a car (Ross and Rachel's disparate driving styles), and, my favorite episode, the prom tape in the box.

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  2. Joseph Finn12:49 PM

    The nerve induction box in Dune.

    "Dick in a Box"

    "Button, Button" from the New Twilight Zone.

    The TARDIS, permanently stuck in the form of a police box. (Also, Inspector Spacetimes'a phone box and the Pandorica.)

    The Jack-in-a-box in "It's A Good Life."

    Pandora's box.

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  3. lisased12:55 PM

    Chandler in a box.

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  4. Emily1:51 PM

    The Ark of the Covenant was a big fancy box and it ended up in a box in a government warehouse at the end of "Raider's."

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  5. Chuck Remes1:53 PM

    Ah, Profit, how I miss thee. Too bad it arrived at a time when anti-heros were not in vogue. We had to wait for the arrival of Dexter Morgan to make anti-heros acceptable.

    Therefore, my favorite "box" is the shipping container where Dexter Morgan and his crazy brother saw their mom slaughtered. 

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  6. Joseph Finn1:54 PM

    Damn, good catch.  Also, Warehouse 13.

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  7. Meghan2:06 PM

    How could I miss that one??

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  8. Meghan2:15 PM

    The empty ring box Seth Rogen presents Katherine Heigl in Knocked Up.

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  9. Joseph Finn2:31 PM

    Oooh!  The movie Cube!  And Primer!

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  10. Joseph Finn2:41 PM

    The shipping container at the beginning of season 2 of the Wire as well.

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  11. Adam C.2:57 PM

    <span>"Button, Button" from the New Twilight Zone. </span>

    But not "The Box," Richard Kelly's recent feature remake.

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  12. Joseph Finn2:59 PM

    Hell no, Adam.

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  13. Adam C.3:20 PM

    My wife would want me to add "Box of Rain."  

    Meat Loaf would want me to remind you that there ain't no Coupe de Ville hiding at the bottom of a Cracker Jack box.

    Bruce Springsteen and Tom Morello would want me to note that the Preacher in "The Ghost of Tom Joad" is waitin' for when the last shall be first and the first shall be last/In a cardboard box 'neath the underpass<span><span>.</span></span>

    Also from the music world, Nirvana's Heart Shaped Box, The Who's Squeeze Box, and Alex Chilton-fronted The Box Tops.

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  14. Adam C.3:22 PM

    The redo is terrible in nearly every respect, though it at least offers a brunette Gillian Jacobs in a supporting role.

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  15. <p><span>And then he ran out.
    And, then, fast as a fox,
    The Cat in the Hat
    Came back in with a box.</span>
    </p><p> 
    </p><p><span>A big red wood box.
    It was shut with a hook.
    "Now look at this trick," said the cat.
    "Take a look!"</span>
    </p><p> 
    </p><p><span>Then he got up on top
    With a tip of his hat.
    "I call this game FUN-IN-A-BOX,"
    Said the cat.
    </span>
    </p><p> 
    </p><p><span>"In this box are two things
    I will show to you now.
    You will like these two things,"
    Said the cat with a bow....</span>
    </p>

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  16. How about, also, the crate that Clarence Beeks ends up in at the end of Trading Places?

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  17. Joseph Finn4:27 PM

    Schrodingers Cat!<span> </span>

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  18. Joseph Finn4:27 PM

    Damn, I keep coming up with ones; the Companion Cube in Portal.

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  19. lisased4:32 PM

    Stellar acting via fingers.

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  20. lisased4:39 PM

    "Little Boxes" by various artists

    Giles' Magic Box store

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  21. J.O'Connor5:31 PM

    I know it makes me a bad person, but the first thing that popped in my head upon reading this post after three days (and counting) of relatives, children, and holiday cheer was the Cenobite puzzle box in the Hellraiser movies that opens the gates of hell.

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  22. Real Live Woman5:39 PM

    No one wants to play with a Charlie in the Box.

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  23. Meghan5:39 PM

    One of many places Sam I Am would not like green eggs and ham.

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  24. Joseph Finn5:42 PM

    It may make me a bad person that I'm really jealous I didn't think of this first.

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  25. Adam C.6:14 PM

    Boogie's popcorn box in Diner.

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  26. Watts7:15 PM

    I'm too blue for this room - my first thought was this classic line from "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" http://youtu.be/2yLiGbJLWi8?t=1m16s

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  27. Devin McCullen2:36 AM

    Living in a Box, off the album Living in a Box, by Living in a Box. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sq8VDXlWQk&ob=av2e

    Chinese Boxes, off the album Chinese Boxes, by Kim Richey. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6IkXC7thbw (much better song)

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  28. Devin McCullen2:52 AM

    Although now that I actually listened to that YouTube of Chinese Boces, I like the studio version a lot more.  Sorry.

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  29. David Byrne wants you Back in a Box http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWfD3CTcCdE

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  30. Alyssa3:46 PM

    I was a big fan of Felicity back when the show aired.  Her roommate's special box with mysterious contents was one of my favorite running gags.

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  31. Gleemonex12:23 PM

    A large crate marked "fra-geee-lay" ... 

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