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- icantdrawanime, on 10/11/2007, -1/+38"I'm sorry, I cant do this. All I can think of is my dick an inch from the baby's face."
- TheKingInYellow, on 10/11/2007, -3/+37Well. I think a stork, he umm, he drops it down and then, and then, a hole goes in your body and there's blood everywhere, coming out of your head and then you push your belly button and then your butt falls off and then you hold your butt and you have to dig and you find the little baby.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -15/+47"After a few hours of labor pains, the movie climaxes with the birth of what looks like a real live baby"
Thanks for the spoiler warning, *****! - szembek, on 10/11/2007, -0/+16@darkstar949: did you see the movie? They do discuss the possibility of abortion. The guy's buddy tells him they should 'get rid of it'. Her mother also tells her to get an abortion, and to just move on with her life. After she thinks about it for a couple days, she calls the guy and tells him 'I'm going to have the baby'. So obviously, they addressed the possibility quite thoroughly actually.
- anonym41414, on 10/11/2007, -0/+16Read the article. The babies you see in movies are at least 15 days old.
Most people have never seen an actual newborn, it seems. They don't come out all pink and smiling and adorable. They come out greyish-purple, wrinkled and dead-looking, with grossly misshapen heads. It's actually kind of disturbing if you don't know what to expect.
But then they get better. - Haasmosis, on 10/11/2007, -1/+16Vaginas?
- trer, on 10/11/2007, -1/+16And they grow up to become the Lindsay Lohans, Britney Spears, and Olsen Twins of the world.
- Waskonator, on 10/11/2007, -6/+16So, if they become a child star when they're 15 days old... they are doing interveinous drugs and attempting suicide at 7?
- lostradamus, on 10/11/2007, -1/+11I'm no expert, but the baby in Knocked Up looked waaaay to big to be a newborn. I'd say a month old at least.
- areric, on 10/11/2007, -1/+10@darkstar949
Actually they do talk about abortion. Its a short scene and it involves only the male lead and his friends, not the female, but yes.. it is mentioned. The article mentions this but basicaly glazes over it passing it off as the equivilant of comedic tripe.
Regardless of the filmmakers personal beliefs exactly what is funny about abortion? The movie is a COMEDY. To have an abortion take place would not only be unfunny it would pretty much eliminate the whole premise of the movie. - Amoeba16, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9Idiotic question.
Babies in movies come from the loving union of the daddy character and the mommy character or, alternatively, from the horrifying union of the mommy character with a CGI alien.
I mean, duh. - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7turgor is referring to this:
During the filming of a segment directed by John Landis on July 23, 1982, actor Vic Morrow and child actors Myca Dinh Le (age 7) and Renee Shin-Yi Chen (age 6) died in an accident involving a helicopter being used on the set. The helicopter was flying at an altitude of only 25 feet, too low to avoid the explosions of the pyrotechnics used on set. When the blasts severed the tail rotor, it spun out of control and crashed, decapitating Morrow and Le with its blades. Chen was crushed to death as the helicopter crashed.
The accident led to legal action against the filmmakers that lasted nearly a decade, and changed the regulations involving children working on movie sets at night and during special effects-heavy scenes. Hollywood also avoided helicopter-related stunts for many years, until the CGI revolution of the 1990s made it possible to use digital versions. The incident also ended the friendship between director Landis and producer Spielberg, who was already angered before the accident that Landis violated many codes, including using live ammunition on the set. - jhendrix86, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7they actually have rules (obviously) like the infant can't be away from the mother for more than a few minutes and stuff like that..mother has to always be on the set.
- betacmag4u, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6@drinkxredxbull I am a conservative and would like to see Post Birth Abortion legal up till 780 months after birth. This would simplify things. :)
- raptormn, on 10/11/2007, -2/+7Cybernetic Ghost: And that is where babies come from … for machines.
- blaaguuu, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5its not very clearly stated there, but the baby birthing in Children of Men was created with a simple little doll, then a CG baby was composited over it.
- fitzfan, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5You look like Babe Ruth's gay brother..Gabe Ruth
- superbonbon, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5All movie babies are so huge and plump. Newborns are all scrawny and wrinkled up, it's funny to see the scenes where the doc hands the woman a hearty 3-4 month old baby that's just smothered in goop.
- MikeonTV, on 10/11/2007, -3/+6http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_men#Single-shot_sequences the last paragraph in that section shows what they did in the film Children of Men (You should see that movie to compare with Knocked Up.)
Here is also a whole article on it http://www.vfxworld.com/?sa=adv&code=3631a5a1&atype=news&id=18187 - DTJunkie07, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4***** for $126-$747 a day I'm game. I mean what possible harm could happen to a newborn from being on a movie set?
- wattznext, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4A very interesting and informative article!
I remember the episode of All in the Family where the daughter gives birth to Meatheads baby. it was obviously a doll. How far Hollywood has come.
And how bout that ***** about SAG regulating types of jelly approved for simulating afterbirth? I may never eat a PB&J again! - Himself, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2mandatory euthanasia after 744 months would solve the social security problems
- Himself, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2distance from the uterus?
- 10001, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2child of a star? probably born addicted to drugs
- 10001, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2put up your comedy abortion video on blip.tv ... and see whose laughing
- rspeed, on 10/11/2007, -2/+4"The possibility of not having the baby is never discussed by either woman despite her circumstances. The word “abortion” is never uttered."
Like hell! There were THREE scenes where it was discussed. A scene with Ben and his friends, then a scene with Alison and her mom, and finally a scene with Ben and Alison talking on the phone where (though the actual word "abortion" isn't used) she tells him that she's decided to have the baby. The subject too up at least ten minutes of film.
Shame on you, Mireya Navarro! - 10001, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2other than a few months or a few pounds... death at 15 days.. death 15 days after birth... what's the difference?
- 10001, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2lies!
baby is mearly the stage of human development allowed to happen from the zygote stage of human development.
some babies come THROUGH vaginas - effdatitsnick, on 10/11/2007, -6/+8death...
- 10001, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2child labor isn't necessarily wrong...
because a child isn't human unless its convenient for the mother to deem it such. - 10001, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2article implies hollywood has some common sense... but really is bitching that abortion is not promoted more often in movies.
or maybe the holyphobes have learned something from the dixie chix backlash? - drlha, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3Yes, a brilliant sequence, but what is the relevance here?
- Himself, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2love makes one open to receive the gift of a child. A selfish heart wants pleasure at the expense of dignity.. and is willing to murder for it.
- Himself, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1not much... because most movies promote licentiousness
- eean, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2No, Knocked Up.
Look who's talking is the one with "conception via a kiss" remember? Sparking awkward numerous "talks" to children across the country. - 10001, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1misshapen heads... NEVER allow your doctor to pull on your child's head with "birthing tongs"
- DRINKxREDxBULL, on 10/11/2007, -11/+12The New York has issues with the movie because they don't abort the baby.
I'm not even stretching the truth. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/10/fashion/10Knockedup.html?ex=1182484800&en=157d0231d7804b7d&ei=5070 - wannabenomad, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3The middle-aged lady next to me at the theater exclaimed "My goodness, that baby's big enough to crawl!"
- smallestmills, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Why is it so sad? It says in the article that it's regulated. It's not as if the baby is being kept on the side, captive under hot lights for 2 hours. Parents routinely take their 15 day-old babies to the mall or to town shopping in a stroller for 2 hours, what the hell difference does it make? Even if the kid was younger, who cares? Was the agent's kid stolen to be used? Sheesh.
- Gryffydd, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1What about C Sections?
- MikeonTV, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1I inferred that the chap who wrote this article thought that every newborn in film had to be a real (young) actor
- i4detail, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2Mommy and daddy love each other very much....
- mizzack, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2More importantly, where do fake vaginas in movies come from (a la Knocked Up birthing scene)?
- Klowner, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1realdoll.com
- icantdrawanime, on 10/11/2007, -5/+5Lies, everybody on digg knows the vagina is just a myth
- orlyfactor, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1Well, when 2 people love each other very much, their love makes a baby! That's where they come from.
- Kerath, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1All babies born since 1982 have been robotic . And I'm not just talking about the movies...
- LacY, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1Agreed. My friend and I looked at each other and said "What is that, a 4 month old?" DEFINITELY not a newborn.
- jhendrix86, on 10/11/2007, -3/+2Sad part is that it used to be even younger..An agent I know's son was used in a soap opera's tv show when he was like 5 days old in the 1980's..
kinda sad - LogicBomB, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1"exactly what is funny about abortion?"
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