GAN(D/G)ISEE(G/D)
Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 9:38 pm
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That's strange, because I definitely heard it as 'gandiseeg'.Richard Brittain wrote:I think what I actually said was 'gandisee', not realising that I was missing a g. But I think we should imagine that I said 'gandiseeg' for purposes of anagrammic completion, and that the final g was merely inaudible. It definitely wasn't 'gangiseed'.
I got the impression that mispronunciation was the cool way to go with all words. Zeroth especially.Charlie Reams wrote:Maybe the G is silent, so I'm the idiot for pronouncing it.
Were we the only ones who thought that Susie's pronunciation and definition of ZEROTH was a bit odd? It sounded like she hadn't picked up on ZEROTH being the ordinal from ZERO, i.e. the one before the first.John Evans wrote:I got the impression that mispronunciation was the cool way to go with all words. Zeroth especially.Charlie Reams wrote:Maybe the G is silent, so I'm the idiot for pronouncing it.
Nah, Lu & I commented on that too.Charlie Reams wrote:Were we the only ones who thought that Susie's pronunciation and definition of ZEROTH was a bit odd? It sounded like she hadn't picked up on ZEROTH being the ordinal from ZERO, i.e. the one before the first.John Evans wrote:I got the impression that mispronunciation was the cool way to go with all words. Zeroth especially.Charlie Reams wrote:Maybe the G is silent, so I'm the idiot for pronouncing it.
Or maybe it's GGANDISEE.Charlie Reams wrote:Maybe the G is silent, so I'm the idiot for pronouncing it.
Hey Matthew! Where the devil have you been?Matthew Green wrote:Whatever it is, someone start a facebook petition and get it in the dictionary immediately.
Yeah, that had dawned on me well before the end of the film - but hey, it's fundamentally a fantasy (as the brilliant end credits sequence underlines). As in any movie, certain things are contrived for the sake of the story. Crucial to the last reel is the supposition that WWTBAM is broadcast live, when logically it can't be (otherwise the Phone-A-Friends would have already Googled the answers by the time the phone rings). In this particular instance, I was happy to suspend my disbelief to enjoy a terrific story.Chris Corby wrote:Slumdog Millionaire spoiler:
Not only did the questions relate to incidents in the lad's life (spooky already) but they actually came out chronologically - what are the chances of that, eh?
A friend of mine went to see Lord of the Rings and dismissed it as "totally unrealistic".Jon O'Neill wrote:Worrying about a thing like that is a bit like seeing Toy Story and going, "well, toys can't talk, this is rubbish".
What confused me more with Toy Story is that Buzz should communicate with Andy (his owner) in the same way he does with the other toys (before his epiphany). Yet he clearly behaves 'as a toy' with him.Jon O'Neill wrote:Worrying about a thing like that is a bit like seeing Toy Story and going, "well, toys can't talk, this is rubbish".
That's why I would never go to see Cats, the Lion King or Beatrix Potter etc.Charlie Reams wrote:A friend of mine went to see Lord of the Rings and dismissed it as "totally unrealistic".Jon O'Neill wrote:Worrying about a thing like that is a bit like seeing Toy Story and going, "well, toys can't talk, this is rubbish".
I was a bit like that with the Sandman in Spiderman 3. I totally believe while watching the films that the Green Goblin, Doc Oc, Venom etc could actually exist from scientific experiments going wrong, but a man who's made of sand?!Charlie Reams wrote:A friend of mine went to see Lord of the Rings and dismissed it as "totally unrealistic".Jon O'Neill wrote:Worrying about a thing like that is a bit like seeing Toy Story and going, "well, toys can't talk, this is rubbish".
I've never thought about that. Toy Story is pretty much in tatters now.Jon Corby wrote:What confused me more with Toy Story is that Buzz should communicate with Andy (his owner) in the same way he does with the other toys (before his epiphany). Yet he clearly behaves 'as a toy' with him.Jon O'Neill wrote:Worrying about a thing like that is a bit like seeing Toy Story and going, "well, toys can't talk, this is rubbish".
Explain THAT.
Woody dies in number 3.Michael Wallace wrote:I have never seen Toy Story. Shouldn't this be in the spoilers forum? You bastards.
And if he had said "Woodie dies in number two"... hmm let's not go there.Michael Wallace wrote:Must...resist...erection...joke...
D:Martin Gardner wrote:And if he had said "Woodie dies in number two"... hmm let's not go there.Michael Wallace wrote:Must...resist...erection...joke...
How did this thread go from Richard Brittain to gay innuendo? (so slowly?)Martin Gardner wrote:And if he had said "Woodie dies in number two"... hmm let's not go there.Michael Wallace wrote:Must...resist...erection...joke...
I WON'T let you tear my favourite film as a child to bits, so here's my theory.Jon Corby wrote:What confused me more with Toy Story is that Buzz should communicate with Andy (his owner) in the same way he does with the other toys (before his epiphany). Yet he clearly behaves 'as a toy' with him.
Explain THAT.
Right, so rather than battle him, he'd be utterly submissive? Try again.Dinos Sfyris wrote:I WON'T let you tear my favourite film as a child to bits, so here's my theory.Jon Corby wrote:What confused me more with Toy Story is that Buzz should communicate with Andy (his owner) in the same way he does with the other toys (before his epiphany). Yet he clearly behaves 'as a toy' with him.
Explain THAT.
OBVIOUSLY Buzz had his suspicions that Andy, a giant and strange being, was an agent of the evil emperor Zurg, sworn enemy of the Galactic Alliance.
It wasn't the opportune moment. Any self-respecting Space Ranger would know to wait for back-up from Star Command! Sigh...Jon Corby wrote:Right, so rather than battle him, he'd be utterly submissive? Try again.Dinos Sfyris wrote:I WON'T let you tear my favourite film as a child to bits, so here's my theory.Jon Corby wrote:What confused me more with Toy Story is that Buzz should communicate with Andy (his owner) in the same way he does with the other toys (before his epiphany). Yet he clearly behaves 'as a toy' with him.
Explain THAT.
OBVIOUSLY Buzz had his suspicions that Andy, a giant and strange being, was an agent of the evil emperor Zurg, sworn enemy of the Galactic Alliance.
Stop. Just stop. You immoral human being. How dare you?Jon Corby wrote:It does kinda spoil the whole film, doesn't it?