Squid and Octopus spotting

[msamaki]

just in case anybody cares: in harry potter movie #4, the grindylows seemed to have octopus arms for legs.

 

[cuttlegirl]

I found this bank on http://www.piggybankworld.com/cgi-l...73.html?L+scstore+jkwx0129ff8b758b+1176007839

 

[Jean]

ooooooooooooooooh I WANT one!!!!!!

J

 

[bigGdelta]

Just watched The Life Aquatic again, several cephs and the infamous jaguar shark

 

[nanoteuthis]

Thanks, msamaki, for mentioning the grindylows in the HP/GOBLET OF FIRE film!

Interesting.... in one of the opening scenes, Harry, Hermione, the Weasleys, and the Diggorys are walking on the campgrounds surrounding the Quidditch Cup stadium, and pass by a performer juggling a plethora of "tentacled" objects whose airborne formation almost exactly prefigures that of the grindylows when they attack Harry en masse in the underwater scene. Certainly, this no mere coincidence, but rather a wonderful (albeit extremely subtle) cinematic touch by the director.

Which leads me to a perplexing question: When will the lake-dwelling Hogwarts Giant Squid finally put in a film appearance? So far, he/she has been mentioned or alluded to at least once in every one of the books, and I'm sure JKR must have a reason for that. I and some of the other members of the Hogwarts Local NYC discussion group fully expect our cephy comrade to play some sort of significant role in the upcoming seventh book.... maybe consuming what's left of You-Know-Who after Harry does him in? (Think Hook and the Crocodile in PETER PAN ) But so far, no onscreen Architeuthis.

Is it possible that the teuthiform design of the grindylows was an hommage to the Giant Squid? I'd like to think so, as I know that JKR has a great deal of say in the cinematic interpretation of her books. But I still hope that somewhere in the final book -- and the next three films -- there is enough squiddage to keep us TONMO Potterphiles happy.

Resurfacing after Lo These Myriad Aeons,
THE BIOLUMINESCENT ONE

 

[krin]

Octopus on "Dora the Explorer"

On the episode in which Boots has his special day, there is an octopus playing with yo-yo's and s/he gives one each to Dora and Boots...I watch way too much children's TV for someone without children...

Cheers, KRin

 

[Jean]

Welcome back Tani, where ya been??

J

 

[cuttlegirl]

For all of you cooks out there...

 

[OB]

Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god!!!!! WHERE do I buy one of these?!

 

[cuttlegirl]

It was on flaxart.com - they call it a Nemo Whisk... http://flaxart.com/Creative-Living/Home-Decor/Kitchen/Nemo-Whisks

 

[Steve O'Shea]

For all of you cooks out there...

I've got one

 

[monty]

I've got one

Me too. I have the aquamarine color scheme...

 

[cuttlegirl]

I found a squid cookie cutter, although the squid looks like it has been lying on the beach for a day or two...

 

[chrono_war01]

I wonder are there any octo cookie cutters lying around?

 

[WhiteKiboko]

i think it was a few days ago on the show 'house' someone described a problem (tumor maybe? i wasnt paying attention) as an octopus wrapped around a body part...(internally)