Remember the scene in the first Austin Powers film where Powers, attempting to escape in a steamroller, warns one of Dr. Evil’s henchmen to move out of its path? Despite its comically slow speed — and a huge distance between them, the guard stays rooted to the spot, yelling Stop! … until it’s too late. (The scene dissolves to his Donna Reed-like wife getting the news and noting tragically: “People never think how things affect the family of a henchman.”)