Thursday, June 24, 2010

5 crazy ways that killer penguins are infiltrating pop culture

Inspired by Linkbait, 'killer penguins' suggested by my mother.

1. James Cameron’s Avatar: unsubtle metaphor about an indigenous people defending itself against imperialistic outsiders with the aid of a heroic member of said outsiders? Or devilishly subtle metaphor about Antarctic explorers and what the penguins did to them?

2. Vincent, the loyal canine of Lost fame, was originally meant to be a penguin until said penguin viciously gored the original actor portraying Jack Shepherd.

3. The pet rock craze originated when a penguin by the name of Exeter opted to replace her egg with a rock due to its greater potential for the culling of humans.

4. That same Exeter went on to influence pop culture in another way – by whispering secrets into George Lucas’ ear as he slumbered. That is why there is C-3P0.

5. Exeter’s cousin, Lucille, was known to lurk the sets of the Star Wars prequel trilogy, being lured by the chemistry between Hayden Christensen and Natalie Portman. This chemistry was killed dead when the two thespians had to contend with a penguin staring, staring at them with murder in her eyes.

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