I can EAT your spicy brains
Aug. 13th, 2003 11:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cthulhiaOne of the joys of contracting for medical publishers is overheard conversations of folks trying to figure out how to make an edible giant replica of a cell, out of jello, for an eventual company picnic. (I was drawn in with my own comments about why they should not to use a brain mold for anything like chocolate coating...)
"And the nucleus could be a darker color of Jello! This would be excellent!"
Of course, they have to be accurate, and not just vaguely cell-like, since they have tech illustrators and hard-core biologists to impress. Their bickering about what would look most convincingly like mitochrondria, and NOT render the final product inedible, was the stuff of which (geeky, shortlived) sitcoms are made.
(But what do I know? I've also theorized that Dogma was inspired by the thought of a demon escaping hell during a "routine possession". Sure, it's a fun movie, but that's the line that made me think, wow, had I thought of it, I'd've had to write a whole script that let me use it, too.)
"And the nucleus could be a darker color of Jello! This would be excellent!"
Of course, they have to be accurate, and not just vaguely cell-like, since they have tech illustrators and hard-core biologists to impress. Their bickering about what would look most convincingly like mitochrondria, and NOT render the final product inedible, was the stuff of which (geeky, shortlived) sitcoms are made.
(But what do I know? I've also theorized that Dogma was inspired by the thought of a demon escaping hell during a "routine possession". Sure, it's a fun movie, but that's the line that made me think, wow, had I thought of it, I'd've had to write a whole script that let me use it, too.)
