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Clem

Jul 8th, 2003, 10:26pm

Do you think Robert Maxwell's body has washed ashore at last?

:roflmao:

Rupert must be sweating.

cthulhu77

Jul 8th, 2003, 11:05pm

I know it isn't Cthulhu...the stars aren't right yet.
"Hon, where are my obscure and essential salts???"
Greg

Tentacular!

Jul 8th, 2003, 11:59pm

I know it isn't Cthulhu...the stars aren't right yet.

Dead ringer for a shoggoth though.

cthulhu77

Jul 9th, 2003, 07:59am

"Strange piping noises emanating from ocean mystery blob in Chile"

What a great headline that would be!!!!

Teke-li-li!
Greg

TaningiaDanae

Jul 9th, 2003, 07:42pm

Other: World's first toxic snot spill.

Tentacular!

Jul 9th, 2003, 07:52pm

"Strange piping noises emanating from ocean mystery blob in Chile"

What a great headline that would be!!!!

Eeeeew. I'd be grabbing all my elder signs and running for the hills, personally.

Clem

Jul 9th, 2003, 10:14pm

Hang on. What if it isn't lying atop the sand? What if it's bulk lies beneath the sand?

Could it be a titanic ELBOW?

:goofysca:

cthulhu77

Jul 9th, 2003, 11:15pm

break out the carboys of acid...time to kill the giant vampire!!
isn't that a ghost of a sadistic judge I see in the backround of the picture?????? :?:
Greg

TaningiaDanae

Jul 10th, 2003, 12:37am

Hang on. What if it isn't lying atop the sand? What if it's bulk lies beneath the sand?

Could it be a titanic ELBOW?

:goofysca:

Get yer mind out of the Witch-House, k'nucklehead -- a quart or two of Nivea will take care of that elbow situation pronto.

Keziah's Cosmetologist
Miskatonic Beauty Academy

Bald Evil

Jul 10th, 2003, 03:38am

Since it is clear that this forum has a number of fans of the gentleman from Providence, I figured I'd share this for those who don't know: after directing "Hellboy" and "The Wind in the Willows", Guillermo del Toro plans to make an epic film version of "At the Mountains of Madness". As a period film, not some updated 21st century version. Could the first truly great modern Lovecraft film be close at hand? Could it possibly topple "The Haunted Palace" from first place on my (admittedly short) list of favourite Lovecraft-adapted films? Time will tell!

Tentacular!

Jul 10th, 2003, 03:45am

Guillermo del Toro plans to make an epic film version of "At the Mountains of Madness"

Mmmmmm. Wholesome protoplasmic non-euclidean eldritch gambrel-roofed goodness.

cthulhu77

Jul 10th, 2003, 08:40am

Yikes. Can you imagine the people dressed up as Old ones, etc at the line outside the theater for the premier?????
Could be fun!

Maybe they could do an updated version like Rom. and Juliet....Decaprio can play Danforth! " Like G, lets take a bump and cruise over those chillin peaks with all the non-like-euclidian stones and sh*t..."

Hmmm.

ubiquity

Jul 11th, 2003, 05:20pm

i don't do movies and all that entertainment type stuff usuall,but if thet release "at the mountains of madness" i'll have to make an exception to my usual routine. no doubt about it! that one's gonna rock! of course if they botch it they'll only reinforce my apathy for the industry. here's hoping that they do it justice...'cause it would be super sweet to see a shoggoth on the big screen!

Emperor

Feb 16th, 2004, 03:13pm

Thought you might enjoy this follow up on this globster:

They solved the mystery of the Blob, Is the giant squid next? (http://www.usforacle.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/02/16/4030cf82b1581)

Emps

Tintenfisch

Feb 16th, 2004, 04:23pm

'Steve O'Shea, a professor and researcher at the Earth and Ocean Sciences Research Center at the University of Auckland in New Zealand and the world's foremost expert on giant squids, said there have been reports of the giant squid reaching sizes of up to 60 feet, but the largest known specimen that washed ashore on New Zealand measured 55 feet 2 inches in total length.'

How do we misquote thee, let me count the ways... :?

Steve O'Shea

Feb 18th, 2004, 01:44am

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/files/liar.gif

:grad:

Emperor

Feb 25th, 2004, 02:12pm

And on the lines of all things rotten whale-related:

RALEIGH, N.C. -- A dead, smelly whale was delivered to Raleigh Monday so it can rot away outside a research lab off Reedy Creek Road.

http://www.wral.com/news/2869813/detail.html

Emps

Phil

Mar 12th, 2004, 01:59pm

Just found this:

http://craphound.com/images/shoggoth.jpg

:)

tonmo

Mar 12th, 2004, 02:09pm

Ha! That's frighteningly well done.

joel_ang

Mar 12th, 2004, 06:45pm

I suppose more whale fat?

Phil

Jun 24th, 2004, 11:43am

Official report is due for publication this weekend.

Sperm Whale it was!

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,9938805%255E30417,00.html

As was the "Giant Octopus of St. Augustine" of 1896, and the "Tasmanian West Coast Monster" of 1960. No surprises there...

Emperor

Jun 27th, 2004, 12:24am

The paper:

Sidney K. Pierce, Steven E. Massey, Nicholas E. Curtis, Gerald N. Smith, Jr., Carlos Olavarría and Timothy K. Maugel (2004) Microscopic, Biochemical, and Molecular Characteristics of the Chilean Blob and a Comparison With the Remains of Other Sea Monsters: Nothing but Whales. The Biological Bulletin. 206. 125-133.

http://www.biolbull.org/cgi/content/abstract/206/3/125

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Emperor

Jul 27th, 2004, 10:34pm

Another big article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/27/science/27blob.html

Emps

chrono_war01

Jan 25th, 2005, 12:35pm

In a article that said that the only squid you can see is a cuttlefish in a tank..that is so wrong! First of all, cuttles are not squids and the person who said it must do more research as I've seen squid in aquariums you know and they were about the size Dr.SOS has on squidcam...

darquerift

Feb 9th, 2005, 04:53pm

Did some research and found some articles...all saying the same thing so far. I'm rooting for a monster Octo myself, but am figuring it's probably just whale blubber.

spartacus

Feb 20th, 2005, 04:29pm

it's Robert Maxwell

chrono_war01

Feb 21st, 2005, 08:27am

maybe it a giant octo bigger than Haliphron atlanticus? I know it sounds like I'm crazy, but who knows? Only hoping that there would be one that big.

Melissa

Feb 21st, 2005, 02:01pm

maybe it a giant octo bigger than Haliphron atlanticus? I know it sounds like I'm crazy, but who knows? Only hoping that there would be one that big.

Eric, we're all with you hoping for the discovery of an octo bigger than H. atlanticus! This board was really busy when the
Mesonychoteuthis specimen was hauled in. An octo that could be measured in unofficial London bus units would keep us online for days. :shock:

Melissa

OctopusV

Feb 22nd, 2005, 01:05am

It's definately either Rush Limbaugh or Patrick Moore, but there's only one way to find out, we have to find out if the thing can play the xylophone!

spartacus

Feb 22nd, 2005, 01:20pm

hey, you leave young Patrick out of this, he's one of my gods ! :mad:

Keef

H. lunulata

Mar 27th, 2005, 03:18pm

i think it is some kind of jellyfish well at least that is wut i was told but i beelieve it is sperm whale blubber

Octomush

Apr 16th, 2005, 06:14pm

It's a spicy cambodian seafood dish, that is composed of a lobster drizzled with globs of liquified squid, served cold in a wicker basket.

Squidman

Apr 16th, 2005, 11:41pm

Yummy.

Octomush

Apr 17th, 2005, 12:18am

lol

chrono_war01

Apr 17th, 2005, 03:35am

double LOL. :lol: :lol:

OctopusV

May 23rd, 2005, 09:32pm

hey, you leave young Patrick out of this, he's one of my gods ! :mad:

Keef
I'm sorry, I'm quite fond of Pat, too. But you cannot honestly say that he can't play the xylophone!

bobwonderbuns

Mar 13th, 2006, 10:52pm

I have absolutely no clue on this one!! :smile:

Castor

Mar 14th, 2006, 09:44am

:hmm:
It's either my ex-mother-in-law or whale blubber. I'm inclined to go with the first suggestion.