Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind

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Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind; You know the drill. . .
Topic Started: Apr 25 2012, 08:52 AM (930 Views)
El Squibbonator	Apr 25 2012, 08:52 AM Post #1
The Third Child Posts: 1,803 Group: Members Member #169 Joined: May 5, 2009 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Future Evolution Nationality: USA Favorite Quote: Maybe if we started looking at whats the same instead of always looking at whats different. . .well, who knows-- Meowth	Okay, so the other day I watched the movie Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind by Hiyao Miyazaki. The part of it that caught my attention the most was the animals, especially the giant arthropods. As usual, the idea is to speculate on what makes these creatures work, NOT to rain on the movie (not that you'd want to--it's amazing).



Russwallac	Apr 25 2012, 08:57 AM Post #2
"Ta-da!" Posts: 2,898 Group: Members Member #574 Joined: May 27, 2011 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Xenobiology Nationality: Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Primates, Hominidae, Homo sapiens sapiens Favorite Quote: One cannot define what life IS, but we sure as heck can define what it ISN'T.	Omu FTW!



Rick Raptor	Apr 25 2012, 11:00 AM Post #3
Adolescent Posts: 430 Group: Members Member #200 Joined: Aug 14, 2009 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Alternative Evolution Nationality: Germany Favorite Quote: "The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education." Albert Einstein.	The Ohmu are way, way, way, way, way, way too large for any arthropod I actually like the poisonous fungus that covers so much of the land it is called the "sea of decay". It´s like what the fungus epidemic of Primeval series 3 could have turned into, minus stupid humanoid killer fungus monsters running around.



Russwallac	Apr 25 2012, 11:12 AM Post #4
"Ta-da!" Posts: 2,898 Group: Members Member #574 Joined: May 27, 2011 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Xenobiology Nationality: Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Primates, Hominidae, Homo sapiens sapiens Favorite Quote: One cannot define what life IS, but we sure as heck can define what it ISN'T.	Well, the fungus itself isn't poisonous, it's just pumping out the toxins in the ground and leaving behind purified soil.



trex841	Apr 25 2012, 01:39 PM Post #5
Superhuman Posts: 3,518 Group: Members Member #533 Joined: Mar 28, 2011 Gender: Male Favorite Quote: "unnecessary is the best kind of necessary" Me	i have not heard of this. could a sample of the creatures be shown?



Russwallac	Apr 25 2012, 02:05 PM Post #6
"Ta-da!" Posts: 2,898 Group: Members Member #574 Joined: May 27, 2011 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Xenobiology Nationality: Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Primates, Hominidae, Homo sapiens sapiens Favorite Quote: One cannot define what life IS, but we sure as heck can define what it ISN'T.



JohnFaa	Apr 25 2012, 02:39 PM Post #7
Adveho in mihi Lucifer Posts: 7,699 Group: Members Member #5 Joined: May 31, 2008 Gender: Male Nationality: Portugayse Favorite Quote: Blame is the playing of children and is given to many like a gift that cannot be returned. Acceptance is the tool of the mature that is rarely loaned out.	The horseclaw birds are very obviously phorhusrhacids. The Omu, I think, are giant trilobites. Arthropods can't biologically grow beyond giant crab size, but you can use non-scientific explanations like demonic powers. Edited by JohnFaa, Apr 25 2012, 02:39 PM.



trex841	Apr 25 2012, 02:49 PM Post #8
Superhuman Posts: 3,518 Group: Members Member #533 Joined: Mar 28, 2011 Gender: Male Favorite Quote: "unnecessary is the best kind of necessary" Me	what the hell... oh, this is a Miyazaki film, of course.



yellowdrakex	Apr 25 2012, 03:06 PM Post #9
occasionally here! Posts: 1,803 Group: Members Member #82 Joined: Sep 22, 2008 Gender: Female Area of expertise: Xenobiology Nationality: American Favorite Quote: "That is the exploration that awaits you—not mapping stars and studying nebulae, but charting the unknown possibilities of existence."	GUYS GUYS I LOVE NAUSICAA BUT YOU SHOULD TOTALLY GET THE COMICS THEY ARE WAY WEIRDER AND MORE IN-DEPTH THAN THE MOVIE ANDK SFJDLKSJFSD EXCUSE ME WHILE I NERD OOOOOUT "Agatha, why do you own all 7 books of Nausicaa?" "BECUASE RELIGIOUS SYMBOLISMMMM" But lets be fair, Ohmu /also/ have magical healing powers and there are giant biomachine monsters and /literal angels/ at one point in the comics, so... Edited by yellowdrakex, Apr 25 2012, 03:10 PM.



JohnFaa	Apr 25 2012, 03:55 PM Post #10
Adveho in mihi Lucifer Posts: 7,699 Group: Members Member #5 Joined: May 31, 2008 Gender: Male Nationality: Portugayse Favorite Quote: Blame is the playing of children and is given to many like a gift that cannot be returned. Acceptance is the tool of the mature that is rarely loaned out.	I fucking love the manga. It has a thing that radiates light, but that light IS EVIL.



Russwallac	Apr 25 2012, 04:05 PM Post #11
"Ta-da!" Posts: 2,898 Group: Members Member #574 Joined: May 27, 2011 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Xenobiology Nationality: Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Primates, Hominidae, Homo sapiens sapiens Favorite Quote: One cannot define what life IS, but we sure as heck can define what it ISN'T.	Light is PAIN! Only the darkness protects us...



colddigger	Apr 25 2012, 04:54 PM Post #12
Joke's over! Love, Parasky Posts: 6,113 Group: Members Member #143 Joined: Feb 28, 2009 Gender: Male Nationality: Canadian. Just like Phasey! Favorite Quote: "If it weren't for the gutter my mind would be homeless!" - BaliTiger23	Yes, I read the comi-er-manga first and expected something similar in the movie. I was not entirely pleased. But I own it, and EVERYTHING IS DESIGNED LIFE SO WE DO NOT NEED EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATION. But if you can figure out how to have a giant arthropod exist in any reasonable way then you can go with that.



yellowdrakex	Apr 25 2012, 05:06 PM Post #13
occasionally here! Posts: 1,803 Group: Members Member #82 Joined: Sep 22, 2008 Gender: Female Area of expertise: Xenobiology Nationality: American Favorite Quote: "That is the exploration that awaits you—not mapping stars and studying nebulae, but charting the unknown possibilities of existence."	They're largely hollow, I assume. Just look at when she's inside the dead one, most of that huge shell is full of air, only a tiny part of the body is really a body.



colddigger	Apr 25 2012, 05:09 PM Post #14
Joke's over! Love, Parasky Posts: 6,113 Group: Members Member #143 Joined: Feb 28, 2009 Gender: Male Nationality: Canadian. Just like Phasey! Favorite Quote: "If it weren't for the gutter my mind would be homeless!" - BaliTiger23	I think they're a bunch of Japanese people in rubber suits. No. Even better. They're drawings.



El Squibbonator	Apr 25 2012, 05:16 PM Post #15
The Third Child Posts: 1,803 Group: Members Member #169 Joined: May 5, 2009 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Future Evolution Nationality: USA Favorite Quote: Maybe if we started looking at whats the same instead of always looking at whats different. . .well, who knows-- Meowth	JohnFaa Apr 25 2012, 02:39 PM The horseclaw birds are very obviously phorhusrhacids. Phorusrhacids? They look more like gastornithids to me.



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