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The Best Show on WFMU => Mike And His Ilk. => Topic started by: B_Buster on May 03, 2010, 03:51:46 PM
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I don't have anything for this, but thought I would just get out in front of the subject.
I did find out that the human centipede is made up of ladies, not dudes, and that somehow this made it less objectionable to me. Was that wrong?
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I don't have anything for this, but thought I would just get out in front of the subject.
I did find out that the human centipede is made up of ladies, not dudes, and that somehow this made it less objectionable to me. Was that wrong?
It depends on what the objections were in the first place.
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The trailer I saw made it look like there was one dude and two ladies. I may have misunderstood but frankly I don't want to go back and check.
I've gone out of my way to see a lot of the sickest stuff from the past few years but I think I've found the Line I Shall Not Cross.
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Two girls, one guy.
I think it looks interesting. Definitely looks more like Cronenberg and Yuzna than speculative trash like Hostel and other torture porn. I'm looking forward to seeing it.
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From the wikipedia entry, this seems to have nothing to offer beyond the horror elements.
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It seems that horror movies nowadays are either a remake or really, really gross. Like Anti-Christ, the Wikipedia entry was enough for me.
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I looked up Yuzna because i don't really like gross out horror movies and this was the first image Google came up with.
(http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/table_of_malcontents/images/2007/05/22/pdvd_241.jpg)
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Yuzna apparently wrote "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" also.
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I did find out that the human centipede is made up of ladies, not dudes, and that somehow this made it less objectionable to me. Was that wrong?
Yes.
However, as Martin says, it's two gals and a guy. Predictably, the guy is the head.
Now, that I find objectionable.
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I kind of really hate that the premise makes one consider why it would be better to be the head.
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I did find out that the human centipede is made up of ladies, not dudes, and that somehow this made it less objectionable to me. Was that wrong?
Yes.
However, as Martin says, it's two gals and a guy. Predictably, the guy is the head.
Now, that I find objectionable.
I agree.
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I believe I suggested in a chat (this board's or the other's--I don't remember) that "Which segment of a human centipede would you rather be?" might be a good question to pose on Depravity's Rainbow. But then I realized everyone would almost certainly choose to be the head, so the topic would have no legs.
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I believe I suggested in a chat (this board's or the other's--I don't remember) that "Which segment of a human centipede would you rather be?" might be a good question to pose on Depravity's Rainbow. But then I realized everyone would almost certainly choose to be the head, so the topic would have no legs.
http://www.instantrimshot.com/ (http://www.instantrimshot.com/)
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Another (initially) inadvertent pun, by the way.
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I like that one of the selling points of the movie is that it is "100% medically accurate!" As if the main reason someone would have for not seeing the movie is that it isn't believable enough.
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Saw that Human Centipede is on IFC on Demand last night. I didn't watch. I won't be able to watch tonight.
Days that I haven't watched Human Centipede: 2
How many days will I be able to go?!
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I like that one of the selling points of the movie is that it is "100% medically accurate!" As if the main reason someone would have for not seeing the movie is that it isn't believable enough.
That's funny, cause I was just wondering, what if William Castle were alive today making movies?
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Upon hearing about the movie, I immediately told myself that I would never see it. But now I have become haunted by it. Every time my brain is idle, I return to nauseating introspection about how horrible a fate that would be. I keep switching between "that is the dumbest premise ever" and "that is the scariest premise ever." I can't un-learn about the existence of this movie, no matter how much I wish for it.
Based on this, I am starting to think that the only way I can cure myself of this haunting is by confronting it. Expose it to the light of day. In other words, go see the movie.
May God have mercy on my soul.
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What if the movie doesn't end well, Jon?
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just saw the trailer and laughed my beehind off
this should be enjoyable, since it is supposed to take place in germany
i tell ya every time i go to my doctor i always suspect he is going to sow me together with an old lady who is in the waiting room reading gala magazine
sneaky guys
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Upon hearing about the movie, I immediately told myself that I would never see it. But now I have become haunted by it. Every time my brain is idle, I return to nauseating introspection about how horrible a fate that would be. I keep switching between "that is the dumbest premise ever" and "that is the scariest premise ever." I can't un-learn about the existence of this movie, no matter how much I wish for it.
Based on this, I am starting to think that the only way I can cure myself of this haunting is by confronting it. Expose it to the light of day. In other words, go see the movie.
May God have mercy on my soul.
Do what I did and spoil the movie for yourself on wikipedia. It worked for ORPHAN and it worked for this.
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What if the movie doesn't end well, Jon?
Then I will be seeking a cognitive-behavioral therapist whose specialty is obsessive thoughts.
Do what I did and spoil the movie for yourself on wikipedia. It worked for ORPHAN and it worked for this.
I already did and it did not sate my fascination. Ahhhhh!
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Do what I did and spoil the movie for yourself on wikipedia. It worked for ORPHAN and it worked for this.
I already did and it did not sate my fascination. Ahhhhh!
And then you'll see the film. And you still won't be satisfied. And then pets will start disappearing from around Maplewood, and you'll spend increasing amounts of time in your basement... and then tourists will go missing...
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Do what I did and spoil the movie for yourself on wikipedia. It worked for ORPHAN and it worked for this.
I already did and it did not sate my fascination. Ahhhhh!
And then you'll see the film. And you still won't be satisfied. And then pets will start disappearing from around Maplewood, and you'll spend increasing amounts of time in your basement... and then tourists will go missing...
Not sure why you chose to write that all in the future tense, Andy. :)
Actually, and oddly enough, I think confessing my obsession on this board did the trick. My fascination has passed! I will not be going to see the movie. And my thoughts have moved on to other obsessions.
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Why would a REAL person want to make a human centipede? To dedicate all of that time to that?
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Because people do the darnedest things.
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Yeah, at least with the Nazis their disgusting eugenics stuff served some sort of purpose.
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(http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/table_of_malcontents/images/2007/05/22/pdvd_241.jpg)
Ah, that takes me back...
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I just read a surprisingly good review of this by Roger Ebert today, actually.
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I just read a surprisingly good review of this by Roger Ebert today, actually.
I read that too he refused to give it any stars. Has he ever done that before? I remember he flat out didn't even review Observe and Report at all.
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I read that too he refused to give it any stars. Has he ever done that before? I remember he flat out didn't even review Observe and Report at all.
He's given some movies zero stars for being awful, but I think there are some he considers so extreme that star ratings are pointless. I remember Pink Flamingos as an example.
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I believe I suggested in a chat (this board's or the other's--I don't remember) that "Which segment of a human centipede would you rather be?" might be a good question to pose on Depravity's Rainbow. But then I realized everyone would almost certainly choose to be the head, so the topic would have no legs.
As I understand the premise, the topic would have no kneecaps.
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I read that too he refused to give it any stars. Has he ever done that before? I remember he flat out didn't even review Observe and Report at all.
He's given some movies zero stars for being awful, but I think there are some he considers so extreme that star ratings are pointless. I remember Pink Flamingos as an example.
I just saw Pink Flamingos for the first time a few days ago, and that movie is genuinely gross. Kinda funny as well. I think the idea of a human centipede is what make Human Centipede gross, like the movie won't be nearly as gross as the idea in my head is. Pink Flamingos is straight-up gross.
I remember telling my wife last week that it was coming from Netflix and that I had never seen it. She said it was gross. My reply was, "Does someone eat poop?" (Spoiler: yes).
Gross = eating poop.
I never thought my 400th post would be so poop-talk heavy.
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Out of all the gross things in Pink Flamingos, the one thing that made me gag was Edith Massey eating eggs in her underwear.
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I read that too he refused to give it any stars. Has he ever done that before? I remember he flat out didn't even review Observe and Report at all.
He's given some movies zero stars for being awful, but I think there are some he considers so extreme that star ratings are pointless. I remember Pink Flamingos as an example.
I just saw Pink Flamingos for the first time a few days ago, and that movie is genuinely gross. Kinda funny as well. I think the idea of a human centipede is what make Human Centipede gross, like the movie won't be nearly as gross as the idea in my head is. Pink Flamingos is straight-up gross.
I remember telling my wife last week that it was coming from Netflix and that I had never seen it. She said it was gross. My reply was, "Does someone eat poop?" (Spoiler: yes).
Gross = eating poop.
I never thought my 400th post would be so poop-talk heavy.
I've never really got around to seeing Pink Flamingos, i know somebody eats poop at the end, but what about the rest of the movie though is the whole thing gross?
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My favorite thing about Pink Flamingos is that they use the sound of crunching up paper for the sound of the fire.
I'm glad this juxtaposition was brought up, because it made me realize that I'm fine with gross films as long as they're not supersadistic and aren't determined to be "reality accurate." Human Centipede seems to be a weird edge case straddling the two. I won't see it though. Looks like cybersnuff ie boring and nauseous.
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The movie is bad and actually funny(scream some more in the detectives face dr.), because everything but the medical aspect is accurate.
Overacted, drawn out, relying on the gross out factor.
No content whatsoever.
Flush it!
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I used to think that the Dutch film industry was nonexistent. The few others I've seen/heard of all seem to fall into the "tacky extreme violence" genre.
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I believe I suggested in a chat (this board's or the other's--I don't remember) that "Which segment of a human centipede would you rather be?" might be a good question to pose on Depravity's Rainbow. But then I realized everyone would almost certainly choose to be the head, so the topic would have no legs.
As I understand the premise, the topic would have no kneecaps.
BOOYAH!!!
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Is it crazy to wonder about what a Human Giant/Human Centipede crossover would look like? It just seems like a natural to me.
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this thing seems to have exploded in the past week - my friends were just telling me about it the other night. it's one of those things that unsettled me so deeply at first i could barely watch the trailer. now I can't stop thinking about it, like that magazine tom was introduced to...
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also, human centipede humor (imagine andrew dice clay voice, or larry the perv):
eva since I got dis human centipede, i'm spendin a hundred bucks on shoes a week!
but dats ok - i save money on food and toilet paper!
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Who is this fiscally conservative human centipede who always sees the silver lining?
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Shoes? With no kneecaps, I imagine mobility would be achieved by means of a kind of wriggle/squirm. The inner thighs and inner side of the knees would probably experience the most wear and tear.
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maybe he spends the money on the shinguards and kneeguards
"jeez, that's the third time that german surgeon has been in here this month" - modells employee
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I pictured the shoes on their knees like it's "Dorf on Human Centipede".
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Shoes? With no kneecaps, I imagine mobility would be achieved by means of a kind of wriggle/squirm. The inner thighs and inner side of the knees would probably experience the most wear and tear.
I am so confused by this.
But intrigued!
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I've been confused by like the last half dozen posts.
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I watched this movie, and I don't have any real justification for doing so aside from having some sort of subconscious self-hatred thing going on. It's pretty... what's the word... revolting. The only reason I made it through the entire thing was because I was constantly distracting myself with video games and comics, but I still saw plenty. It achieves what it's going for, I guess, but why anyone would want to go for that is beyond me. I noticed on wikipedia that the director/writer has a sequel that he's working on where there'll be twelve people in the centipede, which is just... I want to say ridiculous, but that's doesn't seem like a strong enough word.
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That's just silly: how could one person eat enough nutritious food to keep eleven people alive with his or her shit?
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I hadn't even considered that aspect-- thanks, Sarah!
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You're very welcome. Although, forget about food: how could anyone drink enough water?
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That's just silly: how could one person eat enough nutritious food to keep eleven people alive with his or her shit?
Gwyneth Paltrow has an article bragging about it on Goop.
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That's just silly: how could one person eat enough nutritious food to keep eleven people alive with his or her shit?
Gwyneth Paltrow has an article bragging about it on Goop.
That's about the funniest thing I have read in years!
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That made me laugh so hard I almost swallowed my tongue.
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The plight of the last person in that lineup could give a new dimension to the old "This food is terrible, and such small portions" gag.
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I say you're dead on about the "gag".
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I think what's most worrying about this is the full title, The Human Centipede (First Sequence).
If George Lucas didn't have the confidence in his space opera to call it Star Wars I (or IV or whatever, I don't like those films), how can director Tom Six (supposedly real name) be so sure that we'll be clamouring for sequels to this?
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I get nauseous just whenever a new page in this thread gets created, because I fear the thread's first page will get weaker and might atrophy. (of course I'm not helping by posting this)
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That's just silly: how could one person eat enough nutritious food to keep eleven people alive with his or her shit?
Gwyneth Paltrow has an article bragging about it on Goop.
This makes me want to explain to everyone I know what Goop and The Human Centipede are all about, so that I can show them this joke.
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I get nauseous just whenever a new page in this thread gets created, because I fear the thread's first page will get weaker and might atrophy.
Omigod, we're all gonna die!
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Sarah, you're KILLING us
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But which of us is going to end up as the asshole?
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One interesting aspect of the 9-person human centipede; for 8 of them, their shit don't stink.
I can't believe I just typed that.
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Well, not right away, anyway.
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Human Centipede the game!
(http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2010/05/25/1274816846-human_centipede.jpg)
http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2010/05/25/human-centipede-the-game
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I played to 9275 points and then felt really weird so I quit.
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Writing in the Chicago Sun Times, Roger Ebert did not assign the film a star rating, explaining that "[usually] I am required to award stars to movies I review. This time, I refuse to do it. The star rating system is unsuited to this film. Is the movie good? Is it bad? Does it matter? It is what it is and occupies a world where the stars don't shine."
He loved it.
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That's just silly: how could one person eat enough nutritious food to keep eleven people alive with his or her shit?
Aren't they hooked up to an I.V.?
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I tried to watch this at a friends house on the internet. We took an intermission and then agreed to not bother finishing it.
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That's just silly: how could one person eat enough nutritious food to keep eleven people alive with his or her shit?
Aren't they hooked up to an I.V.?
Beats me. If they are, I think the doctor cheated.
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I do so enjoy the concept of The Hungry Hungry Human Centipede.
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Newgrounds, you won. You've made Human Centipede a complete laugh riot to me. I didn't start roffling until the policeman with the spider sound effect popped out.
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I had a dream about this movie, which I've already detailed extensively at my Twitter account (@newgroundhog - Follow me, you guys!). One aspect of my dream that I neglected to mention was that the doctor was actually forced to make the Human Centipede by a group who wanted to use it as a weapon in a war-type situation. Like a super-soldier or something, but one that moves very slowly, is severely weakened and has less-than-optimal peripheral vision.
It would make for a compelling sequel. DEPLOY THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE!
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I can't seem to let this go.
[youtube]UDmhWAdUhAU[/youtube]
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Human Centipede - The Necklace (http://www.etsy.com/listing/48710700/the-human-centipede-necklace)
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I just had a sudden impulse to pay for The Human Centipede on demand as my final (and only) PPV encounter with Time Warner.
I think I'll sleep on it before I decide.
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Human Centipede - The Necklace (http://www.etsy.com/listing/48710700/the-human-centipede-necklace)
The perfect valentine
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Reading something online in an entirely different connection, I saw someone making reference to a cartoon of the Human Centipede made up of several Gallaghers. (Gallagher, the comedian.)
Poking around further, I did find an image of the cartoon. I didn't think it was especially well realized. It had looked better in my mind's eye than it did when I actually saw it.
So I won't post a link to the image here. Just imagine it! Now, don't you feel better?
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I don't remember what Gallagher looks like.
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Sort of like a longer-mugged Croz. Or Ron Gallagher, in fact he looks a lot like Ron Gallagher.
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Finally watched this the other day. I don't recommend it.
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Finally watched this the other day. I don't recommend it.
In your opinion: Good but nauseating, OR bad and nauseating?
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The deadly combination: bad and boring.
I didn't find it very nauseating. Most of the gruesome stuff happens off-screen (the film was recently passed by the British censors without any cuts).
It's an interesting horror concept that could've/should've drawn much, much more from the premise - y'know, Cronenberg, Yuzna's Society, the new flesh, stuff like that. But no. The antagonist is frustratingly one-dimensional and predictable, the film never moves beyond the SHOCK of the innovative concept. Too bad.
And pretty much all the dialogue scenes are horribly flat and poorly acted.
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Happy Birthday, Martin!
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Happy Birthday!
I can't believe no one's put this on a cake yet:
(http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2baet12NP1qa2anb.jpg)
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The deadly combination: bad and boring.
On the basis of this review, I have downloaded it.
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Watched it Friday. Yup, bad and boring. I think I probably would have found it confusing as well if I hadn't already heard so much about it.
In conclusion: disappointing, but not unexpectedly so.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnY9cJV__eI&feature=player_embedded
I believe this is intended to represent the Matisyahuman Centipede
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My curiosity got the best of me last night, and my ladyfriend and I watched it. I'm a fan of terrible horror movies, and I thought it was just boring. A weird creepy concept with nothing to flush it out.
There was zero suspense in the entire thing.
Lame.
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I was amused to discover recently that the actor who played the mad doctor in Human Centipede was Mantrid in Lexx. Similar role.
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I'm putting this here as they both seem of the same 'extreme? I'll show you extreme' genre as this movie and also, discussing them before seeing them may ruin them.
So any thoughts on :
Martyrs
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EthSDriWWtg/SqGT6FBb8JI/AAAAAAAABbk/oaY_heG6O_Q/s400/martyrs-poster.jpg)
or
A Serbian Film
(http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2010-07-07/ggJkAHBHcCeBvBfxkeBiHqbowFknhojDyyhpEluIDBEcbqspvxpiHkefhufo/SerbianFilmPoster.jpg.scaled500.jpg)
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I enjoyed this review of Human Centipede by someone on Netflix:
"I enjoyed the movie. Even though some parts are a bit far fetched."
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What do you want to bet that the only difference between the first Human Centipede and the sequel is that they take the diapers off?
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Well, that would just be dumb. Think of the mess.
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Well, that would just be dumb. Think of the mess.
There's no mess if you do it right, as long as you keep the diaper on the 12th "unit".
I am still working out the details with squirrels.
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Well, that would just be dumb. Think of the mess.
There's no mess if you do it right, as long as you keep the diaper on the 12th "unit".
I am still working out the details with squirrels.
Actually, I think you have to admit, "The Squirrely Centipede" is a great title.
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That would only take care of the solid wastes, sir.
P.S. Your squirrely centipede reminds me of the roi des rats:
(http://fricfracclub.com/spip/local/cache-vignettes/L320xH480/roi_des_rats-f30e4.jpg)
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This comic's pretty funny (http://chainsawsuit.com/2010/12/02/the-human-single-pede/), but the artist commentary is invaluable. "demand better from your filmsmen" is right.
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Why yes, I DID intend to post this particular video in this particular thread. Why?
People Person (:60): Toyota Prius Family (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tz50_1Y2pXU&feature=relmfu#ws)
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Happy Birthday!
I can't believe no one's put this on a cake yet:
(http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2baet12NP1qa2anb.jpg)
Or somewhere a little more permanent...
(http://www.needlesandsins.com/2010/06/15/Human-Centipede-Tattoo.jpg)
http://drafthouse.com/blog/entry/projectionist_goes_totally_insane_gets_human_centipede_tattoo (http://drafthouse.com/blog/entry/projectionist_goes_totally_insane_gets_human_centipede_tattoo)
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Human Centipede 2 defeated both Mike and Skeevy yesterday.
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I read the now-infamous tweets, and I think Mike and his puppet Skeevy were "doing it wrong" by not getting drunk before watching or while watching the two movies (granted, I'm just assuming there was no drinking involved, since Mike said he started watching them at ten in the morning).
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The sun is always over the yardarm somewhere.
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I'm putting this here as they both seem of the same 'extreme? I'll show you extreme' genre as this movie and also, discussing them before seeing them may ruin them.
So any thoughts on :
Martyrs
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EthSDriWWtg/SqGT6FBb8JI/AAAAAAAABbk/oaY_heG6O_Q/s400/martyrs-poster.jpg)
or
A Serbian Film
(http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2010-07-07/ggJkAHBHcCeBvBfxkeBiHqbowFknhojDyyhpEluIDBEcbqspvxpiHkefhufo/SerbianFilmPoster.jpg.scaled500.jpg)
A Serbian Film....Oh man. Makes Human Centipede look like childs play. I'm telling you- just beware. The shit you will see in this movie will stay with ya for awhile.
edit: it goes there. and then way farther than that. You probably shouldn't watch this movie.
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A Serbian Film....Oh man. Makes Human Centipede look like childs play. I'm telling you- just beware. The shit you will see in this movie will stay with ya for awhile.
edit: it goes there. and then way farther than that. You probably shouldn't watch this movie.
Your post makes me want to see A Serbian Film even more now. Not sure what that says about me as a person.
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it goes there. and then way farther than that. You probably shouldn't watch this movie.
After I read this, I had to find out more about this movie so I read the whole plot on wiki, and even that feels like a mistake. Probably better to preface your warning with "grisly infant rape" to send the message home.
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The Primitives "The Human Centipede" Unreleased Lou Reed demo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKhbmRwBA50#)
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Sorry if this is funsucking and buzzstomping, but that's pretty obviously bogus.
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I was aware of that, I don't think he was trying to fool anyone. I just thought it was worth a few chuckles, although making jokes about this movie already seems a little dated.
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Sorry if this is funsucking and buzzstomping, but that's pretty obviously bogus.
Now I'm hesitant to post that YouTube link to Brian Wilson's demo, "A Serbian Surf."
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I SWEAR that's Moe Tucker on backing vocals.
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it goes there. and then way farther than that. You probably shouldn't watch this movie.
After I read this, I had to find out more about this movie so I read the whole plot on wiki, and even that feels like a mistake. Probably better to preface your warning with "grisly infant rape" to send the message home.
I thought maybe I could avoid mentioning that...
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A Serbian Film....Oh man. Makes Human Centipede look like childs play. I'm telling you- just beware. The shit you will see in this movie will stay with ya for awhile.
edit: it goes there. and then way farther than that. You probably shouldn't watch this movie.
Your post makes me want to see A Serbian Film even more now. Not sure what that says about me as a person.
I first heard about this movie when a buddy told me, "You think you've seen fucked up movies? You havent seen A Serbian Film." I laughed and thought that I could handle it. And I could/did. It's really... the most fucked. It's just gross.
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I am reluctant to add to the swamp of festering poison that already bubbles in my brain.