Brain Fart

[tealin]

Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh!

I AM BRILLIANT!

The title of the movie Gattaca (which is basically about genetically modified superhumans and what it's like not to be one) is – get this, get this – is made up entirely out of the four letters which stand for the four kinds of molecules that make up the genetic code! ACGT!

(I'm sure thousands of people know this already but ... COOOOL!)

Comments

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

It looks like it could be either one. There's a little blob at the bottom of the stalk of the alleged 'F' that might be the bottom stroke of an 'E' or might just be a blob – the trouble with making letters out of blowing dust is that it's hard to have good penmanship.

[lady-werewolf.livejournal.com]

Fair enough. :D

[disneyboy.livejournal.com]

Alright, I admit I have reason to be a little sensitive, biased, and defensive about these sorts of stories, but the official word from the producer (whom I know personally and believe) is that the dust wasn't intended to spell ANYTHING - there are several different layers of pollen and dust swirling on top of eachother, and the SFX animators probably didn't know exactly what they would look like, all together, in any particular frame. I'm not saying that it might not LOOK like the word "SEX", or "SFX",or that it couldn't sound like a character said something dirty to someone (if you watch or listen to something enough times, having been told what to look for, all sorts of things magically appear!), but after getting to know the people who made these movies myself, I seriously doubt it was ever intentional. There are SO many filters to catch anything mildly offensive, and Disney has been so paranoid about offending ANYONE for the last 15 years (i.e., ruining "Pirates of the Carribean", taking guns and the plane out of "Lilo and Stitch", etc., etc., etc.), so determined to play it safe, go "the middle of the road" that we coworkers rarely accuse our leadership of being too risky and edgy anymore.
At least one of these stories (the Aladdin one) was started by a couple of drunken frat boys with nothing better to do than watch videos over and over again and try to find weird stuff, and somehow the e-mail was passed to a friend's mom, and to a pastor, and got in the news, and most of the people who passed this along as gospel didn' even bother to look at the video themselves, or find out where the info' originated from. It's an interesting story in itself, but really makes you question the reliability of these stories. OK, OK - it'safe to come out now - I'm off my soapbox, mopped the spittle up, and promise to stay off without any further provocation...(grrr):)

Astonishing Psychic Powers

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

I see... I seeee....

[gasp]

Why, it's THOUSANDS of screaming fangirls in a rage that anyone could suggest Pirates was 'ruined'! The thread of incensed replies is a mile long! There is sobbing and wailing and – and – excessive use of weird Johnny Department icons and indecipherable smileys! Oh the humanity!


Good to get the inside scoop...

Re: Astonishing Psychic Powers

[(Anonymous)]

I believe Disney Boy was talking about the ride where the pirates now chase wenches with plates of food rather than the wenches sans food.

Johnny Department? I was there at Home Depot just last week!

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

It's 'Johnny Department' all the way for me, now.

Those pirates love their tarts. (a ha ha.)

[disneyboy.livejournal.com]

I almost don't want to admit that I actually enjoyed...(trembling lip) a Jerry Bruckheimer film!!- oh, the SHAME! - and, yes, I was referencing the ride (I didn't think the movie was amazing, but I was heartily entertained, the effects were cool, liked the music, and Depp and ESPECIALLY Geoffrey Rush were very watchable) because I would be highly entertained if Twirlynoodle's prediction came true! Although...ALTHOUGH, in fact, it would seem that Johnny Depp and Co. may very WELL ruin the "Pirates of the Carribean" ride, at least for me, unless someone (Lasseter?) puts the brakes on: the ride is scheduled to be closed for several weeks and will reopen with Barbosa (Rush) captaining the pirate ship, and Depp popping out of barrels and from behind corners, and dialogue about the treasure map, etc. being inserted in certain scenes - I suppose this is not as grevious as gutting the whole ride, but in ten or fifteen years, who will remember the movie, and what these confusing references and additions are? It's not like the ride was lacking in attendance, and people loved the movie in large part because they loved the RIDE, not the other way around! The fans are already angry that they monkeyed with it as much as they have! Now, there was talk of having a whole separate track (used for maintenance) that would branch off from the ride early on, open only at night, which would include a ton of stuff from the movie (like the pirates turning into skeletons, etc.), which would be brilliant - everyone's happy, you feel like you're getting two rides for the price of one, you come back to try both (you could probably even keep both versions open at the same time: have two seperate lines, computer-track the boats)...but, naturally, They decided this would be too expensive. Bah.

P.S.

[disneyboy.livejournal.com]

"Johnny Department" and the joke about the "tarts" - HA! - (STILL) very funny!