# Fifth Element Question **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 6, 2003, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifth-element-question/159601 "2003-03-06T23:17:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Belrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifth-element-question/159601/1 "2003-03-06T23:17:27Z")
One of my all-time favorite films is [The Fifth Element](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0119116). Police: “Are you classified as human?” Bruce: “Negative, I am a _Meat Popsicle_” (from memory, please forgive if I munged it). I’ve always wondered, why does Bruce Willis’ character refer to himself as a “Meat Popsicle” in this scene where the police are searching his apartment building for him? ---
**Author:** ![theendisnear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a4c791/32.png) [@theendisnear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theendisnear)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifth-element-question/159601/2 "2003-03-06T23:20:06Z")
It sounded to me like a smart ass remark to an obvious question. ---
**Author:** ![SylverOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SylverOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SylverOne)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifth-element-question/159601/3 "2003-03-06T23:32:37Z")
I wasn’t so much the spoken reply, but the unspoken for me. > [@](#): > > Bruce: “Negative, I am a Meat Popsicle” which would then be followed with “Lick Me,” "Bite Me, “Suck Me” or any other lascivious thing you could do with a popsicle. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifth-element-question/159601/4 "2003-03-06T23:49:37Z")
I thought it was both a smartass remark, and a subtle toss at the people he’s stuck in his fridge. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifth-element-question/159601/5 "2003-03-07T00:24:06Z")
“I am a meat popsicle… as in ‘cool as a-’” That’s my guess. ---
**Author:** ![thi6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e99b99/32.png) [@thi6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thi6)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifth-element-question/159601/6 "2003-03-07T00:33:53Z")
I thought it was like a password, because when the wacko next door freaked out, he said, “Wrong answer.” ---
**Author:** ![Ender\_Will](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Ender\_Will](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ender_Will)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifth-element-question/159601/7 "2003-03-07T00:50:23Z")
Semi-hijack here, sorry…I’ll try to keep it short. Are there any other PG-13 films which show nudity? IIRC, there are a few scenes with Milla Jovavich topless, usually in the background, and I cannot think of any other PG-13 films with nudity, but the friends all claim there are some… ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifth-element-question/159601/8 "2003-03-07T00:58:26Z")
Rapa Nui is PG and has naked people. Just one of the Guys is PG and has a naked chick. Just off the top of my head. ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifth-element-question/159601/9 "2003-03-07T01:29:21Z")
Titanic was PG-13, and there that scene with Kate Winslet topless. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifth-element-question/159601/10 "2003-03-07T02:24:41Z")
_Sixteen Candles_ was PG, and briefly showed Jake Ryan’s girlfriend naked in the shower. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifth-element-question/159601/11 "2003-03-07T04:19:31Z")
A related question about Fifth Element: So the General and the other two people get hidden in the freezer and we see them pretty much frozen solid when Willis opens it up and takes the tickets out of the frozen general’s hand. They were dead, right? Later when Willis and company are racing back toward Earth with the stones and they are talking to the President, the General is there alive and well. What’s up with that? Was he somehow revived? Was he cloned using the same method that brought back Leilu? That’s what I’ve always assumed, but I still think it very odd that this isn’t explained. Oh, and _Just One of the Guys_ had one or two brief tit shots. And _Under the Rainbow_. Actually, when “PG-13” was first introduced it was pretty much expected (by me and my friends at least) that there would be one or two gratuitous boob shots in any PG-13 movie. We would have been disappointed if there weren’t! ---
**Author:** ![sjc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@sjc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sjc)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifth-element-question/159601/12 "2003-03-07T04:49:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tangent \* > \*\*A related question about Fifth Element: > > So the General and the other two people get hidden in the freezer and we see them pretty much frozen solid when Willis opens it up and takes the tickets out of the frozen general’s hand. They were dead, right? > > Later when Willis and company are racing back toward Earth with the stones and they are talking to the President, the General is there alive and well. What’s up with that? Was he somehow revived? Was he cloned using the same method that brought back Leilu? That’s what I’ve always assumed, but I still think it very odd that this isn’t explained. > > \*\* I didn’t think they were dead. The whole movie was campy and stylized. I just thought thry were very cold. It was a sight gag. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifth-element-question/159601/13 "2003-03-07T05:19:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sjc \* > \*\*I didn’t think they were dead. The whole movie was campy and stylized. I just thought thry were very cold. It was a sight gag. \*\* I’ve considered that, but even though it’s a campy movie this scene seemed out of place. The general looks genuinely like he’s frozen and dead. He doesn’t move at all and his eyes are even glazed/whitened like a corpse. ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifth-element-question/159601/14 "2003-03-07T05:39:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tangent \* > \*\*I’ve considered that, but even though it’s a campy movie this scene seemed out of place. The general looks genuinely like he’s frozen and dead. He doesn’t move at all and his eyes are even glazed/whitened like a corpse. \*\* Naw, it’s a sight gag. When you see him the second time he’s still got the bandage on his nose from where he got smashed into the glass by Leeloo. Why would they clone an injury? ---
**Author:** ![Belrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifth-element-question/159601/15 "2003-03-07T16:25:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tangent \* > **They were dead, right?** I always figured that to that era of medical science, thawing somebody out was child’s play. And to echo the above posting, I agree it was a fun sight gag. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifth-element-question/159601/16 "2003-03-07T19:20:45Z")
Meat Popsicle? I figure it was a future extention of the police saying “Freeze”. Bruce has assumed the position, and is telling the police he is being compliant. ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifth-element-question/159601/17 "2003-03-07T21:06:10Z")
Topless is PG 13? Heck, in Quebec Toplessness is worthy of a G rating. ---
**Author:** ![TigoleBitties](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cab0a1/32.png) [@TigoleBitties](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TigoleBitties)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifth-element-question/159601/18 "2003-03-07T21:11:38Z")
A great film truly…one of my favorites with the slight tounge in cheekyness, the great fashion and overall look of the entire movie. and hey…I will be going to McDonalds a LOT more often when they start having drive thhru chicks looking like that. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifth-element-question/159601/19 "2003-03-07T21:31:29Z")
Just saw this flick myself - one of the benefits of letting your 13 year old son pick out the vids. Best line by far - “Anyone else want to negotiate?” For some reason or another, the missus was underwhelmed. The boy and I were rolling! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifth-element-question/159601/20 "2003-04-13T21:55:00Z")
I have another question; when Zorg (Gary Oldman) is on the phone with the evil thing, some sort of sticky brown fluid runs down his face. What is it? I don’t understand. (I’ve only seen the film on video, so I’m not sure if the pan-and-scan has trimmed off the source of the brown fluid or if I’m just being really thick about something that should be obvious.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifth-element-question/159601.md?page=2)