The Big Picture: Schlocktober 2012: Orca
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Since Orca was partially filmed just a few minutes from my hometown, it is my duty to correct one slight error. Newfoundland is not pronounced "New Finland" the often repeated mnemonic device is - Understand Newfoundland.
Unfortunately, I was not old enough to attend the première, but apparently a good time was had by all as locals picked their houses and themselves out of the crowd.
Unfortunately, I was not old enough to attend the première, but apparently a good time was had by all as locals picked their houses and themselves out of the crowd.
The 70s! Not quite as stupid and pointless as the 80s, but still damn close!canadamus_prime said:
Oh, and Bob, please send us all that image of the Orca Punisher. I... I fell in love with that...
Killer Whale = Giant Dolphin.
Dolphin = Douchebags of the sea.
Orca = Giant douchebag of the sea.
Dolphin = Douchebags of the sea.
Orca = Giant douchebag of the sea.
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 said:The 70s! Not quite as stupid and pointless as the 80s, but still damn close!canadamus_prime said:
Oh, and Bob, please send us all that image of the Orca Punisher. I... I fell in love with that...
That's the 70s way of lulling you into a false sense of security.canadamus_prime said: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 said:The 70s! Not quite as stupid and pointless as the 80s, but still damn close!canadamus_prime said:
Oh, and Bob, please send us all that image of the Orca Punisher. I... I fell in love with that...
Again, no quite as stupid and pointless as the 80s, but still damn close.
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*
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.gigastar said:
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.
Actually dolphins are whales (Toothed Whales).Draconalis said:
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.
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 said:
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.Frieswiththat said:
this is that killer dolphin movie youve been looking for. Orcas are dolphins despite being called whales.
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.
MovieBob said:
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.