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Earthlings: Ugly Bags of Mostly Water

Posted by michael on from the accurate-enough dept.

darthcamaro writes "Earthlings Ugly Bags of Mostly Water is the name of a new documentary film - starring Worf (aka Michael Dorn)about Klingon language and culture. They've got a weird website too. 'Earthlings: Ugly Bags of Mostly Water' captures the lives, passions and quirks of the members of the Klingon Language Institute during their annual qep'a' (conference). The film's producers issued a press release about it today with some interesting quotes... 'The perspective of Michael Dorn, the world's most recognized Klingon, provides both serious and comedic elements to the project,' said Earthlings Director Alexandre Philippe. 'This is a man who embodies all the elements of a Klingon warrior: honor, respect, ferocity. For years, Klingon fans have looked to the Worf character for their education in Klingon culture.' Quaplah! /. !!"

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  1. You guys totally lose. by ebbomega · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's Qapla'.

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  2. Only Constructed Language from Popular Culture? by rowdent · · Score: 5, Informative

    This film captures the life, passion and quirks of the Klingon Language Institute, an entity structured to support and facilitate the only "Constructed Language" to emerge out of popular culture.


    I thought Tolkien Elvish languages (Sindarin and the like) would count as well, considering Tolkien spent a considerable amount of time creating those languages. Although, I suppose, "popular culture" is a rather subjective term.
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    1. Re:Only Constructed Language from Popular Culture? by Selfbain · · Score: 2, Informative

      But Tolkien created the language BEFORE it became popular culture. Klingon emerged after.

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  3. Why the title? by beeplet · · Score: 5, Informative

    Surely they could have picked a Klingon phrase for the title? The "ugly bags of mostly water" comes from the "Home Soil" episode where a crystal "brain" uses it to describe humans.

  4. Re:Starting to understand by pknoll · · Score: 5, Informative
    The phrase "Ugly bags of mostly water" comes from the Next Generation episode where... OMG.

    I've just identified myself as a Star Trek Geek. Whoops!

  5. Trailer by Mmm+coffee · · Score: 4, Informative

    Direct link to the trailer (~2 megs), for those of us who don't/can't do the "view a movie in my browser" thing.

  6. Re:Shakespeare by chowdmouse · · Score: 2, Informative

    Perhaps. But you cannot truly appreciate Hamlet unless you've read it in the original Klingon.

  7. Re:Google? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Crank up the weirdness factor.

  8. Nah... by Mannerism · · Score: 2, Informative

    'Earthlings: Ugly Bags of Mostly Water' captures the lives...of the members of the Klingon Language Institute

    Too easy.

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  9. Re:NOT REAL ? by mlh1996 · · Score: 2, Informative
    WTF was that?
    The only point I can infer from your staement is that you believe the Math definition of the word "real" is the same as the English definition of the word real. I assure you that the difference is just as profound as the word "yo" in Spanish and the word "yo" in English street vernacular.
    That's exactly my point. i is not a real number.
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