It is pretty obvious from watching it that it was the most fun movie shoot, ever. Also, Greece's tourism industry must have thanked their lucky stars; the whole movie is like a giant filmed travel brochure. I feel the urge to book a trip to Skopelos every time I watch.
Jayne: What're you gonna tell the others? Mal: About what? Jayne: About why I'm dead. Mal: Hadn't thought about it. Jayne: Make something up. Don't tell 'em what I did.
'Ariel'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 22, 2011 4:47:35 pm PST #18378 of 30001
Oh honey, the mentally unwell people have been in the fanbase since Game Changers was Stucky fanfiction on the internet. The calls have been coming from inside the house the whole time!
Hil R. - Jan 22, 2011 4:52:42 pm PST #18379 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
It is pretty obvious from watching it that it was the most fun movie shoot, ever.
Totally.
Also, Greece's tourism industry must have thanked their lucky stars; the whole movie is like a giant filmed travel brochure. I feel the urge to book a trip to Skopelos every time I watch.
My mom was planning on going on a cruise with one of her friends, and they were trying to decide where to go, and they decided on the Greek islands after seeing this movie. (She ended up not liking the islands as much as some of the other places she saw on that trip -- turns out, all those gorgeous hills and cliffs aren't so great for people with limited mobility.)
billytea - Jan 22, 2011 4:53:28 pm PST #18380 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
At least it's consensual, unlike those rapey dolphin bastards.
I'm not entirely convinced. Rolling her genitalia out of the water doesn't seem intended to improve access.
DavidS - Jan 22, 2011 4:59:22 pm PST #18381 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
billytea! Check out Isabella's Green Porno on Bed Bugs
Seriously, you should check out all her Green Pornos. They're scientific and hilarious.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 22, 2011 4:59:51 pm PST #18382 of 30001
Oh honey, the mentally unwell people have been in the fanbase since Game Changers was Stucky fanfiction on the internet. The calls have been coming from inside the house the whole time!
Oh Lord, he's singing again! Quick Meryl, kiss him and shut him up!
DavidS - Jan 22, 2011 5:02:48 pm PST #18383 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
DebetEsse - Jan 22, 2011 5:12:30 pm PST #18384 of 30001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I don't know, I got the distinct impression that many people involved in The DaVinci Code just wanted to run around the Louvre at night.
smonster - Jan 22, 2011 5:21:52 pm PST #18385 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
OMG, just caught up on over 400 posts and I read every one.
My siblings and I all have Old Testament names, first and middle. If I had been a boy, I might have been named Frodo (and my birthday's only one day off). I think there was also talk of naming me Leah Regina, and my brother was nearly Judah Benjamin.
...that's all I got. Bed time.
aurelia - Jan 22, 2011 5:42:56 pm PST #18386 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Rolling her genitalia out of the water doesn't seem intended to improve access.
Do you think that was for the cameras?
Names... I was named for a song that my mom liked.
billytea - Jan 22, 2011 6:16:19 pm PST #18387 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Do you think that was for the cameras?
No, I'd say it's one of two things. Either she doesn't want to mate at all, or else she only wants to mate with those males that are fit enough to fight through the other males to reach her. By making it harder to reach her, she improves the efficacy of the test. Either way, she's reacting to a situation in which she's getting mobbed by multiple males at a time, with little prospect of escape.
The Hawaiian monk seal, incidentally, carries this mobbing behaviour to extremes. They're a critically endangered species; there's more than one reason for this, but one threat is a highly uneven sex ratio. Males can outnumber females by up to 3 to 1, and come mating season, males mob females so aggressively that it's fatal to the female. One measure now being pursued to ensure the species' survival is removing the most aggressive males; I've even heard it suggested that to improve their birth rate, they should be given drugs to suppress their libido and make mating a less fraught affair.