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In the middle of the 16th century, a talented young anatomist named Andreas Vesalius made a shocking discovery: the most famous human anatomy texts in the world were wrong.
While the government churned out national broadcasts which denied Nazi atrocities, the Scholls learned shocking truths.
I was afraid some repressed part of myself would go out of control, and I'd be forever entrapped in the shocking seethe of her stench.
Full of shocking and disturbing content, these pictures and videos burrow into their memories where, at any time, they can have unpredictable effects: eating disorders, loss of libido, anxiety disorders, alcoholism, depression, which can even lead to suicide.
What I have learned is two things: one, that the epidemic of violence towards women is shocking; it's global; it is so profound and it is so devastating, and it is so in every little pocket of every little crater, of every little society that we don't even recognize it, because it's become ordinary.
And what is even more shocking is that this system has followed, step by step, the evolution of our own system, of our Western capitalism.
This is a bit shocking, because in fact our government is relying on that for us to meet Kyoto, and do all those kind of things.
I know it's shocking, right, that architecture would actually say that.
So this was pretty shocking to me, that we could do this.
But to me, what's shocking is not just the amount of light, but the fact that it's not just luciferin and luciferase.
And again, that was very shocking to many Twitter users, but it shouldn't be.
Isn't that figure shocking?
Nothing was truly shocking.
After some shocking incident, (there is plenty to "try" and shock the viewer in this film), 2 characters are seen sharing a beer and talking about the weather.
Fred also suffered a bit from casting, I love Adam Arkin but he was not a cheerful, happy to be alive upbeat sort of Detective, character traits which book Fred possesses which makes it more obviously out of character for him to mess with evidence and thus more shocking.
The only mildly shocking scene involves crazy Jonas, going a bit Goldfinger, wielding a blood soaked dildo; a scene that is just plain bizarre rather than graphic.
There is just poorly set-up shocks (that are not shocking) that we've seen before, and more accomplished as well.
Tune in to Channel 5 every night of the week and you might just be treated to a daily, shocking effort from one filmmaker or another.
WIP-flicks are meant to blend graphic sexual images with shocking violence, but the violence here has just been replaced with more sex.
There are some decent kill scenes, and some of them are gory; but it's never very shocking, which really just makes this another dreary slasher based on a celebratory event on the American calendar.
Especially in French and the neighboring countries (in Belgium, where I am located, for example), "Baise-Moi" was announced as THE most shocking and THE most thought-provoking social drama you could ever experience.
It might be a little shocking, maybe (how often do you see someone getting shot up the arse?), but the weak and pointless plot surely didn't cause me to think much.
One of the things that is quite shocking about the Cyborg franchise, is how the series has managed to have quite prolific and off beat actors in the cast.
It's clear that directors Louis Leahman and William Sachs thought they were making something really shocking; but despite its best efforts, South of Hell Mountain is just too boring to shock the viewer.
The movie is full of tension and the ending, shocking, yet somehow inevitable.
Even with the "shocking" twists at the end, we are merely left to shake our heads and wonder if the producers and director/writer feel as ashamed and embarrassed as they should for creating this inconsistent, incoherent nonsense.
Firstly, let me make it clear that I love aircraft, and usually any film with them in is worth watching - and I've sat through some shocking ones.
The trouble is, even for an aviation nut like me, making something out of the shocking aircraft featured (B-36 and B-47) just grates on the nerves too much.
Publicity for this film suggests that it is shocking and sensational.
It wanted to be as shocking as "Silence of the Lambs," but has neither the style nor the wit of the aforementioned.
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