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The Prothestic Ding-Dong

posted 16 years ago by seanfb91
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Did anyone think that prothestic penis they put on Felicity was just totally unrealistic looking? It looked like a sex toy. (Not that I would know what one would look like...)

[–] thistledown-2 16 years ago

It WAS a sex toy...but it was rigged to shoot
a stream of yellow water that looked like urine..

[–] seanfb91 16 years ago

Really? That's odd...LOL

[–] The_Dying_Flutchman 16 years ago

You are a child.

Nothing is more beautiful than nothing.

[–] seanfb91 16 years ago

How does commenting on the prosthetic piece make me a child? I was just observing that Bree/Stanley's penis looked so fake that I thought they would've made or gotten one that looked more real. But then again, of course this is a small, independent film. If I were to make an unecessary or off-color joke about Felicity's looks or the shot of her, post-op in the bathtub then maybe you would have more reason to call me a child.

[–] The_Dying_Flutchman 16 years ago

If you are not a child, then are you a senile old goat?

Nothing is more beautiful than nothing.

[–] badgerking10 16 years ago

I thought it was a bit big... Don't the hormones male-to-female transexuals take make everything down there shrink? [Unless Stanley had been very well-endowed..!] Maybe they made it so prominent just to make sure everyone got the point.

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[–] wave54 16 years ago

** totally unrealistic looking? **

What planet are you from? Have you ever actually seen a penis? I have one myself, and it looked realistic to me. Of course, I'm not 12-years-old anymore and didn't obsess over this and rewind and play that little bit over and over, frame by frame.

If you didn't know that it was prosthetic (because the actress is a woman in real life) and it was a male actor instead, would you still feel the same? Probably not.

[–] Can_a_bitch_get_a_donut 16 years ago

You may be immature, but I thought the same thing, that it did indeed look way too fake, and should have remained off screen, not that I'm a prude, far from it!
But it was either too big to be flaccid, or inappropriately erect. Have you ever tried peeing with a hard erection? It's damn near impossible with all the muscles in there clenched, squeezing the pathways shut.
Since they couldn't make it look real, it totally took me out of the movie, which is the only reason I felt it should have been left off screen. We would have understood the scene just fine with the boy's looking into the rear-view and reaction shots.

Why can't a heterosexual guy
Tell a heterosexual guy
That he thinks his booty is fly?

[–] plazbo 16 years ago

It's not impossible to urinate with an erection...

[–] Can_a_bitch_get_a_donut 16 years ago

I didn't say it was.

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[–] Juliet_Alpert 16 years ago

Haha....it was fake. In an interview Felicity said there wasn't even a need for one in the film but she went to sex store and bought one and even nicknamed it Andy.

"If I make a fool of myself, who cares? I'm not frightened by anyone's perception of me"

[–] gallae 16 years ago

It probably was. It looked terribly oversized as well, but I guess they were trying to make sure the audience spotted it.

Laura S

[–] MrBigglesworth999 13 years ago

The question is then why, after a long hot car journey, would it be erect?

[–] rgcustomer 12 years ago

The right bumpy road will do it.