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Interesting Links for 22-11-2011

Nov 22, 2011 11:00

The spider that can process things too complex to fit in its brain all at once.
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What the recent paper on statistical interpretations of quantum physics means. (I skipped the equations).
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The cool twists of language
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bart_calendar November 22 2011, 11:47:12 UTC

Hollywood is weirdly prudish about sex still ( ... )

andrewducker November 22 2011, 11:51:13 UTC

I'm not sure which of those is the most ridiculous.

They're both despicable though.

bart_calendar November 22 2011, 12:31:42 UTC

Interestingly, this seems to be the point where LiLo started to begin to go crazy. I've always wondered if there was a connection (it's certainly when she started to do everything possible to get out of her Disney contract - particularly since there was a morals/image clause in there that she would have violated if she'd admitted she was lesbian or displayed publicly that she was in a lesbian relationship.)

alitheapipkin November 22 2011, 14:15:40 UTC

Having heard a bit about Breaking Dawn, I was wondering how they were going to film it without it being an 18/R rating, I might know it would be because a horrific birth scene is a good anti-sex message for girls :(

And as for large breasts being unsuitable for children to see even clothed... Utterly appalling :(

bart_calendar November 22 2011, 14:23:30 UTC

To be fair her breasts are spectacular.

I think that they were worried that dads would take their kids to herbie 2 for the wrong reasons.

supergee November 22 2011, 15:13:34 UTC

I seem to recall a recent story of a male actor being CGI'd down to more modest endowment.

brixtonbrood November 22 2011, 15:14:05 UTC

The BBFC on the other hand let the sex scene pass for a 12A certificate partly on the grounds that "the scene marks the culmination of a relationship that has been developing over the previous three films", which is rather sweet.

I don't know whether the British and US cuts are the same.

bart_calendar November 22 2011, 15:18:12 UTC

In the US version, apparently, they kiss and then it fades out and when it fades back in they are under the covers and the bed has been broken, but that's all you get.

erindubitably November 22 2011, 15:46:21 UTC

Are you sure? Because I've read some reviews that I'm pretty sure are from US-viewers and they definitely reference the sex scene...

bart_calendar November 22 2011, 15:51:30 UTC

Yes. I think Roger Ebert is a pretty reliable source.

"Yes, the most eagerly awaited deflowering in recent movie history takes place entirely off-screen."

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20111116/REVIEWS/111119983

erindubitably November 22 2011, 15:54:11 UTC

Fair enough. I guess the reviews I read were very good at using their imaginations.

bart_calendar November 22 2011, 15:56:49 UTC

Kristen Stewart has also bitched in several interviews about it - because she's mad that they singled out her "enthusiastic thrusting" and not his.

andrewducker November 22 2011, 20:31:43 UTC

I heard that it had been trimmed somewhat:
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a348145/twilight-breaking-dawn-sex-scene-cut-for-12a.html

Was there later news?

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