Earth vs. The Olympic Bullet Men

Cafe Society
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This story suggests that the “Bullet Men” decorating the current Olympics are obviously phallic:

The HuffPost author clearly had a deprived childhood. It’s clear that the sculptors simply watched too much of the 1956 ray Harryhausen movie Earyh vs. the Flying Saucers:

https://www.google.com/search?q=Earth+vs.+the+Flying+Saucers+aliens&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjX5MDAhqPZAhWKnlMKHfcxAIcQ_AUICygC&biw=1440&bih=729#imgrc=b2f2XQrbZDz23M:&spf=1518530385491

https://www.google.com/search?q=Earth+vs.+the+Flying+Saucers+aliens&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjX5MDAhqPZAhWKnlMKHfcxAIcQ_AUICygC&biw=1440&bih=729#imgrc=5U3ZDbCGpkArhM:&spf=1518530549988
…and they wouldn’t put anything overtly phallic in a 1950s movie, right?
Either that, or the Saucer Men from that film finally succeeded in invading the earth, and this time they feel so secure they’re not wearing their pants.

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The Saucermen are a bit phallic, but the Bulletmen are much more so. It’s like they took the basic idea, and decided to just drop all pretense.

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Especially with those lop-sided helmets. How could they be anything but phallic?

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Apparently they are ribbed for your pleasure.

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I don’t see anything circumspect.

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After the games are over, they could donate the statues to this park.

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Since Lisa Simpson obviously isn’t starring in this year’s hot and steamy flick, I’d say it’s all been overblown.

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If you want your own miniature statues, this model kit of the Flying Saucer from the film comes with two tiny bullet-headed aliens. They seem to be about the size of a penny

http://www.culttvmanshop.com/Earth-Vs-The-Flying-Saucers--Silver-2nd-Edition-from-Atlantis_p_3420.html
Size isn’t everything.

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Now I’ve seen everything. Bizarre, to say the least. I have to wonder if this is included in most of the tour packages.

Reading the story of the fishing village and how the park was started, it would seem the story would have sparked an annual ceremony to kick off the fishing season. One where all the men go to the shore and…give their “offering” to the sea. Not unlike Groundhog Day here, I would think all the news agencies would provide coverage…

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Those statues would not look out of place at the Giger Museum in Gruyères (Been there, lovely place).

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They’re kind of vulnerable-looking; the headgear is not only an echo of the tingly parts, it’s also effectively a blindfold.

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Not if they function like the helmets in Earth vs. the Flying Saucers – those actually improved your vision (and hearing)