Friday Cephalopod: Poised to star in the next Hollywood SFX blockbuster

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   ChasCPeterson

   28 October 2011 at 11:02 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Why, it’s the dual clenched-tentacle salute!

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   Aliasalpha

   28 October 2011 at 12:00 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   I thought it was fighting with the ancient art of wire-fu

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   razzlefrog

   28 October 2011 at 1:11 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Or cephalopod porn. Look at them legs.

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   Holytape

   28 October 2011 at 1:17 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   I, for one, welcome our new kung-fu-grip-space-octopus overlords.

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   Nangleator

   28 October 2011 at 1:36 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Obviously a green screen shot. The CG helicopter will be comped in later. This scene involves the hero rescuing his love interest from the baddy with the harpoon gun.

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   Snowshoe the Canuck

   28 October 2011 at 1:52 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Much cuter than my neighbour’s cat.

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   Chuck C

   28 October 2011 at 1:59 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   A green screen? I bet he uses a teleprompter, too. What a fake.

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   The Ys

   28 October 2011 at 2:11 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   That’s not a green screen! This cephalopod can fly and had its pic taken against this backdrop!

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   zugswang

   28 October 2011 at 2:19 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Oh, Otto, you crazy!

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    Brownian

    28 October 2011 at 2:31 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Can you hear it screaming “Khan!” as it shakes its tentacles at the surface?

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    Dhorvath, OM

    28 October 2011 at 3:03 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Chas,
    I was thinking similar, but I can’t quite tell: is there a third tentacle end up there too?

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    Glen Davidson

    28 October 2011 at 3:06 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Yay, it’s Thing:

    For example, researchers who cut off an octopus’s arm (which the octopus can regrow) discovered that not only does the arm crawl away on its own, but if the arm meets a food item, it seizes it—and tries to pass it to where the mouth would be if the arm were still connected to its body.

    On the other hand, it would seem likely to greatly complicate any weight-loss plan.

    Glen Davidson

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    Quincyme

    28 October 2011 at 4:32 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    I’ve seen enough hentai…yadayadayada

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    billygutter01

    28 October 2011 at 6:33 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Anyone else hearing Bert Lahr?

    “Put ‘em up… I could beat ya’ with most of my tentacles behind my back!”

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    Katalina

    28 October 2011 at 6:44 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    I was thinking Adam from the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. And I am God! HAHAHA! (Or anyone else who wants to reach out and zap him to life.)

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    Sisu

    28 October 2011 at 8:07 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Anyone else hearing Bert Lahr?

    “Put ‘em up… I could beat ya’ with most of my tentacles behind my back!”

    YES! That’s exactly what I thought of.

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    'Tis Himself, OM

    28 October 2011 at 8:17 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Aw, he’s so cute. I’m want to love him and hug him and pet him and call him George.

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    Richard Smith

    28 October 2011 at 8:26 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Brownian (#10):

    CONCH!!!!!

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    billygutter01

    28 October 2011 at 8:37 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    CONCH!!!!!

    Is it too early to declare the thread won?

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    feralboy12

    28 October 2011 at 8:59 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Anyone else hearing Bert Lahr?

    All I hear is Tchaikovsky.

    Aw, he’s so cute. I’m want to love him and hug him and pet him and call him George.

    What do you do if he misbehaves? There’s no fur to rub the wrong way.

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    Sean Boyd

    29 October 2011 at 12:37 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    First thing I thought of was the cinematic wonder Sharktopus. Maybe he can be in the sequel.

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    anarchic teapot

    29 October 2011 at 8:24 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    I was on the point of posting this pic on my own blog, but clearly I was right to check here first. I think this is from the storyboard for that film.

    http://twitpic.com/776zso

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    fcaccin

    29 October 2011 at 10:17 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    “I’ll show them! I WILL SHOW THEM ALL!! BWAHAHAHAAA!”

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    Bob Carroll

    29 October 2011 at 3:46 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Looks a lot like Homer Simpson.

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    Aeolus13

    29 October 2011 at 4:06 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    I was wondering when this article would show up here :)

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    RealityBasedSteve

    29 October 2011 at 6:45 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    All right, Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my close-up

    Steve

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    ChasCPeterson

    29 October 2011 at 7:31 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    is there a third tentacle end up there too?

    hmmm.
    I think you’re right.

    Well, only 2 of them are clenched.