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supremegoddess1

things we have learned...

Jun 27, 2010 19:49

Lessons from today's Netflix selections:

1) Live Nude Girls Unite - Sex workers are exploited, and men are skeezy.

(Yeah, okay, we knew that already.)

2) March of the Penguins - Antarctica sucks. It sucks to be a penguin. The odds of making it from egg to live baby penguin = approaching zero. Also seals are evil.

3) THX-1138 - The future is ( Read more... )

life lessons, movies

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canyonwren June 28 2010, 00:23:01 UTC

In defense of seals. (Okay, this includes penguin-eating, but is still terribly cute.)

supremegoddess1 June 28 2010, 00:31:19 UTC

I've seen that! It's so cute!

canyonwren June 28 2010, 00:34:31 UTC

Heh! Sequel to March of the Penguins It's Lunch of the Leopard Seal!

I've always thought they should make these animal documentaries from the perspective of the predator--makes happy outcomes much more likely. I usually avoid animal movies, because I get too drawn in, and therefore distressed, when nature takes it course.

coanteen June 28 2010, 00:41:56 UTC

Noooo! Many little penguins made it!

supremegoddess1 June 28 2010, 00:49:28 UTC

Did you see all the little penguin carcasses? And the eggs that cracked?

coanteen June 28 2010, 01:13:37 UTC

But there were so many little penguins at the end!

The egg-cracking transfer fail was so sad :(

supremegoddess1 June 28 2010, 01:26:12 UTC

But all the dead penguins!!

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mananath June 28 2010, 03:15:08 UTC

woah. hey now. I wouldn't say it sucks entirely. Sure the penguins have a rough life but once they reach adulthood they have no land based predators. Plus they are pretty well adapted to this lifestyle.

The weddell seals are pretty harmless. It's those leopard ones you have to watch out for.

supremegoddess1 June 28 2010, 03:18:01 UTC

I think it was leopard seals in the movie eating the penguins...

edith_jones June 28 2010, 19:15:41 UTC

After watching March of the Penguins I decided that I hated penguins, although I've always rather liked them, because it was the only way I could deal with their incredibly depressing existence. I now refuse to have anything to do with penguins in my life, including watching my daughter's copy of Happy Feet or allowing any plush penguins in the house. Feels good to be grim and scrooge-like about something. [I imagine them saying "my mum's kind of weird about penguins".]