Here's a Giant Squid Robot, from da Squid Blog I think…working on public computers is so disorienting, dammit!
Nemo Gould's Giant Squid will be on display at Varnish Fine Art in San Francisco from June 8 – July 15, 2006.
The robot is 6'7"(h) x 10'8"(l) x 3'6"(w)
See more at http://www.nemomatic.com/
So yesterday my power goes out at 2pm, just as I am seeding the Bullshit Jobs post with lovely linkies. It's still out. So, for yesterday raincoaster had precisely one, count 'em, ONE post.
And the record for the highest number of hits in one day.
So, let me see if I get this: unless I am posting about Michael Sandecki and Clay Aiken, Mentos and Diet Coke, or Orgasm Videos, you basically don't want to hear from me. Okay, fine. Be that way. See if I care.
Just you wait, your rejection will turn me back towards the Squid. You'll be sorry.
Here it comes.
[sho' nuff]
What is it?
[the Giant Pacific Octopus]
Is it real?
[no, it is an early work by Ray Harryhausen, master model monster]
A Tidalwave of Terror Engulfs the Screen as the Raging Monster from the Dawn of Creation Attacks the World of Man.
[they just don't alliterate and hyperbolize like they used to – Michael Bay excepted]
IT CAME FROM BENEATH THE SEA!!!
The H-bomb Blasted It Loose from the Depths of the Pacific, But Not Even the H-bomb Can Kill It.
[because we have to work out our existential nuclear guilt somehow]
San Francisco Doomed!
[Save the Filmore!]
Golden Gate Bridge Uprooted!
[Tacoma Narrows 2.0!]
Buildings Topple!
[Yeah, I'm thinking the time is right for a comeback for this flick]
Thousands Die in Streets!
[see above]
West Coast Reels Under Holocaust as the Men and Weapons of the Atomic Age Battle to the Death Against the Ageless Monster of the Deep
[five bucks on the ageless monster of the deep]
WHAT CITY WILL BE NEXT?
[is this voting-enabled?]
A video tribute to one of my favorite movies of all time, the immortal cinematic masterwork The Valley of Gwanji, the James Franciscus cowboy dinosaur flick.
After a confusing opening scene in which some gypsies argue about a vague legend, we meet our hero: Tuck Kirby, as played by James "They Couldn't Get Heston" Franciscus.
Kirby is a rootin'-tootin' turn-of-the-century cowboy with peroxide hair and unbelievably large and perfect teeth. Kirby has come to a small Mexican town to purchase a circus act for Buffalo Bill's show…
The centerpiece of it all, of course, is the allosaurus named (what else?) Gwangi who becomes the focus of our heroes' attentions. After taking down another dinosaur, Gwangi is quickly targeted to become the headlining act in T.J.'s circus. Anyone else who thinks this is a bad idea, raise your hand.
Ah, what does this dope know? It was a stroke of genius, as you can see from the following trailer. Gwanji is just so frickin' cool that he's automatically elevated to "Squid" tag.
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