"In Indiana Jones, the hero’s improbable achievement was to survive a nuclear blast by hiding in a refrigerator. Hence, 'to nuke the fridge' means to introduce a wildly implausible element to a once-respected franchise, or more generally, to signal the abandonment of past standards of quality." [Times]
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