For those who missed it, didn’t know about it, or just want to relive the glory, I have summarized my live tweets from Day of the Dolphin the other night. I can recommend this film to anyone with a love/hatred of dolphins, the 70’s, or the weird in general. Seriously, watching General Buck Turgidson get all verklempt because his dolphin-child has to flee to the ocean to escape the secret agents was something else. Almost like this, but with dolphins:
Well, maybe not quite like that. Anyway, here are the tweets:
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I don’t think I’ve ever heard such sinister music played over dolphin montages #DayOfTheDolphin
Tue Feb 16 03:54:17 +0000 2010
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They have a pretty schwank tropical dolphin research facility #DayOfTheDolphin
Tue Feb 16 04:02:53 +0000 2010
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And George C. Scott’s shorts are really short Like *really* short. #DayOfTheDolphin
Tue Feb 16 04:05:24 +0000 2010
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Spontaneous sensual dolphin/diver slo-mo montage. #DayOfTheDolphin
Tue Feb 16 04:06:49 +0000 2010
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The dolphin sounds like Elmo! #DayOfTheDolphin
Tue Feb 16 04:16:19 +0000 2010
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The bad guy is Old Capulet from “Romeo+Juliet” #DayOfTheDolphin
Tue Feb 16 04:30:19 +0000 2010
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This music is really over the top. #DayOfTheDolphin
Tue Feb 16 04:37:14 +0000 2010
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“We shoud have become like them. Pure instinct, and energy.” #DayOfTheDolphin
Tue Feb 16 04:46:41 +0000 2010
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Just to be clear, this movie is taking itself totally seriously. #DayOfTheDolphin
Tue Feb 16 04:52:24 +0000 2010
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“A full-employment economy of watchers watching watchers. No, you’re watching the dolphins.” #DayOfTheDolphin
Tue Feb 16 05:02:21 +0000 2010
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This plot just got disastrously more complicated. #DayOfTheDolphin
Tue Feb 16 05:03:35 +0000 2010
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The dolphin is a material witness to a murder! #DayOfTheDolphin
Tue Feb 16 05:19:20 +0000 2010
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Will dolphin Alpha catch dolphin Beta in time to stop her from mining the president’s boat???!!? #DayOfTheDolphin
Tue Feb 16 05:20:48 +0000 2010
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OH SHIIIIIIIIITTTTT!!!!!!!!!!1111!!!11 #DayOfTheDolphin
Tue Feb 16 05:23:01 +0000 2010
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That ending was seriously dramatic. #DayOfTheDolphin
Tue Feb 16 05:31:21 +0000 2010
Mon Feb 15 17:36:57 +0000 2010
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[alybatt]@ElOceanografo Wait, this is directed by MIKE NICHOLS? As in, The Graduate/Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Mike Nichols?
Tue Feb 16 05:26:09 +0000 2010
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@alybatt Holy shit, you’re right! #DayOfTheDolphin
Tue Feb 16 05:35:43 +0000 2010
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@alybatt Roman Polanski was going to direct it, but his wife was murdered while he was scouting for locations… #DayOfTheDolphin
Tue Feb 16 05:38:53 +0000 2010
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[alybatt]@ElOceanografo so were they going for cutting edge?
Tue Feb 16 05:42:53 +0000 2010
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RT @ElOceanografo: @alybatt I think we have every reason to believe they were. #DayOfTheDolphin
Tue Feb 16 05:52:40 +0000 2010
