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Why couldn't the amulet have been hidden by Aunt Alice, who understands modern key exchange algorithms?

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[–] Kage520 76 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Batman forever: Something like "It was left by a Mr E.... Mystery! And another word for mystery? Enigma!.... Mr E. Nigma...Edward Nigma!"

[–] hakunawazo 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)
[–] Smokeless7048 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

“It was left by a Mr E… Mystery!

Yea, but im pretty sure this is intentionally bad, instead of bad writing

[–] Thteven 16 points 1 year ago

It was a callback to Batman from 1966, that's how they solved all the crimes lmao. The Schumacher Batman movies were supposed to be "90s camp", which I can totally see now through my nostalgia goggles.

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