# Diogenes the Cynic, I think we need to discuss this a little bit more

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-the-cynic-i-think-we-need-to-discuss-this-a-little-bit-more/313517>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [July 21, 2005, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-the-cynic-i-think-we-need-to-discuss-this-a-little-bit-more/313517 "2005-07-21T18:55:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 6

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-the-cynic-i-think-we-need-to-discuss-this-a-little-bit-more/313517/101 "2005-07-22T21:05:52Z")

</div>

> [@Snickers](#):
>
> Methinks those tech wizards take entirely too much delight in making Shelob extremely realistic. Bastards.

actually, it’s Jackson himself who insisted on it being very realistic, since I thought that spiders usually depicted in movies don’t look real and aren’t frightening. In particular, concerning the way they move. He wanted a Shelob that moves like real spiders, can suddenly change from a slow crawl to very fast movement depending on the circumstances, etc…

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-the-cynic-i-think-we-need-to-discuss-this-a-little-bit-more/313517/102 "2005-07-22T22:28:06Z")

</div>

> [@Left Hand of Dorkness](#):
>
> I know–I just can’t pass up a straight line.
> 
> (And I love coconut, too–my lovely wife is making me a coconut cake for my birthday tomorrow. Yay!)  
> Daniel

**Happy Birthday LHoD!!!** Hope it is a good one!!!  
Nic

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2005, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-the-cynic-i-think-we-need-to-discuss-this-a-little-bit-more/313517/103 "2005-07-23T16:33:00Z")

</div>

Thanks, **Nico**!  
Daniel

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2005, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-the-cynic-i-think-we-need-to-discuss-this-a-little-bit-more/313517/104 "2005-07-24T08:02:35Z")

</div>

I must confess that I know of someone who was killed by cotton. He was sleeping in a field and someone dumped a load of cotton on him. It seems to me that it was at night. I have no idea why anyone was dumping cotton in the field.

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-the-cynic-i-think-we-need-to-discuss-this-a-little-bit-more/313517.md?page=5)