The Big Picture: Schlocktober 2012: Orca

[War Penguin]

So a "horror" movie has shots of whales swimming majestically to melodic mood music? ...what?

The 70s! Not quite as stupid and pointless as the 80s, but still damn close!

Oh, and Bob, please send us all that image of the Orca Punisher. I... I fell in love with that...

 

[likalaruku]

Killer Whale = Giant Dolphin.

Dolphin = Douchebags of the sea.

Orca = Giant douchebag of the sea.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

So a "horror" movie has shots of whales swimming majestically to melodic mood music? ...what?

The 70s! Not quite as stupid and pointless as the 80s, but still damn close!

Oh, and Bob, please send us all that image of the Orca Punisher. I... I fell in love with that...

Yeah, but still melodic mood music in a horror film??? Surely even in the 70's they knew what "horror" meant. Unless of course the director had a traumatic experience involving soothing mood music. ...and whales.

 

[War Penguin]

So a "horror" movie has shots of whales swimming majestically to melodic mood music? ...what?

The 70s! Not quite as stupid and pointless as the 80s, but still damn close!

Oh, and Bob, please send us all that image of the Orca Punisher. I... I fell in love with that...

Yeah, but still melodic mood music in a horror film??? Surely even in the 70's they knew what "horror" meant. Unless of course the director had a traumatic experience involving soothing mood music. ...and whales.

That's the 70s way of lulling you into a false sense of security.

Again, no quite as stupid and pointless as the 80s, but still damn close.

 

[KazNecro]

I remember watching the 'miscarriage' scene as a young lad when they showed the movie on network TV one time (this was back in the early '80s, when it was deemed okay to show such a scene on primetime TV). It certainly freaked me out, and I assume I stopped watching it, since I don't remember the rest of the movie. Way to jog my memory of that scene, Bob! *laughs*

 

[mykalwane]

MovieBob, you've made my day again. Not only with a bare mention of a movie I have seen already, but a full episode on a movie I've enjoyed. If even I meet you in real life I owe you an alcoholic beverage of your choice and a hug. Thank you so much.

 

[Vrex360]

Hmm, in Jaws 2 they establish a Great White Shark has returned to amity because they found the mauled remains of an Orca whale, do you reckon that was the studio's rebuttal to De Lorentis?

 

[kburns10]

Man this movie really "Jumped the Whale"!

I'll show myself out...

 

[comadorcrack]

Didn't that ice berg bit also happen in futurama?

It does.

Whether or not its an intentional shoutout is the real question now...

Probably not. Orca's legitimately hunt like that IRL. They break up ice sheets and use their body weight to guide seals and penguins towards other members of their pack for killing.

They also have been known to play with their pray before finishing them off and also just strait up kill for fun.

They are indeed the only animal that hunts white sharks, also they love to take down pray bigger than themselves because they love the hunt.

All in all. Orca's are dicks.

 

[Drops a Sweet Katana]

I used to call them killer whales, but now I call them Orcas, because killer whales, regardless of how true that name is in the wild, seems to condescending to me.

For more justification, Orcas aren't whales. They are dolphins.

Actually dolphins are whales (Toothed Whales).
EDIT: I mean they belong to the same order, Cetacea, which is commonly referred to and directly translates to the whales. I'm not referring to baleen whales, which are a suborder within the order Cetacea. I refer to whales generally.

 

[Draconalis]

Actually dolphins are whales.

Citation please, I've never come across anything to support that statement.

 

[BrotherRool]

That film just sounds flat out incredible

 

[Drops a Sweet Katana]

Actually dolphins are whales.

Citation please, I've never come across anything to support that statement.

When you say whale, are you referring to baleen whales like humpbacks and blue whales, or do mean the common name for the order Cetacea, which include the Odontocetes, the toothed whales, like dolphins, orca, porpoises, belugas, sperm whales and tooth whales, and the Mysticetes, the baleen whales, such as humpbacks, greys, rights, bowheads, blues, fins and minkes. Pretty much saying 'dolphins are whales' is like saying 'lions are cats'. Some people might interpret that as 'Lions are housecats', while some will interpret it as 'Lions are Felids'.

 

[Draconalis]

Snip

I use whale in layman terms, because it is not wise to assume one has knowledge otherwise. I must admit I had not personally thought of it like that, but what you say makes sense.

 

[abort_user]

this is that killer dolphin movie youve been looking for. Orcas are dolphins despite being called whales.

 

[Zeraki]

So I was reading Batman: Black Mirror today, and it got up to a point where Dick Grayson was tripping out on fear toxin and fell into the harbor. Well next thing I know he's hallucinating being attacked by an Orca who is saying "I'm coming for ya Dickie! Gonna eat you!"... I immediately burst out into a fit of laughter because all I could think about was this review.

 

[Jegsimmons]

Schlocktober 2012: Orca

Sea World will never be the same again.

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hey, bob, can you please point out next big picture that killer whales/orcas are not actually whales but dolphins?

because they shits been irritating me for 19 years that people dont know that.

 

[Jegsimmons]

this is that killer dolphin movie youve been looking for. Orcas are dolphins despite being called whales.

JESUS CHRIST FINALLY SOMEONE KNOWS THAT BIT OF TRIVIA BESIDES ME!!!

+10 Internets for you sir.

 

[Jegsimmons]

I used to call them killer whales, but now I call them Orcas, because killer whales, regardless of how true that name is in the wild, seems to condescending to me.

that and they are not really whales....but dolphins

 

[Jegsimmons]

When you said that the first part of the orca.s plan could be possible I like to know what you were smoking because 1 I don?t even a orca can eat that much fish 2 there not that smart and if they are I say we put them on the top 3 things that may exterminate humanity in the future.

well actually, whales and dolphins can actually drive away fish from areas or in some cases, help drive fish towards humans who will in turn feed them some of the caught fish.

they are very intelligent animals.