# Guinea pigs wanted to rate some short films **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 2, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guinea-pigs-wanted-to-rate-some-short-films/531021 "2010-03-02T18:30:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guinea-pigs-wanted-to-rate-some-short-films/531021/1 "2010-03-02T18:30:31Z")
The company I work for is working on some prepackaged short film compilations. We get kind of insulated, though, and each of us here has various prejudices and favorites. If anyone is interested in watching a handful of short films online and rating them according to a handful of criteria, it would be hugely helpful to us to see a more general audience than those of us who may know the filmmaker, or have seen some of them too many times, etc. There are about 12 of them, most of them under 15 minutes, a couple 20-30 minutes. My boss says I can give a month’s free membership to anyone who rates all 12 of them. Anyone interested, please PM me, or email me at [myusername]@gmail and I’ll give you the password for the online screening room. For what it’s worth, these films have all passed internal review, as it were; none of them are outright stinkers. Thanks! (And any followup discussion here is more than welcome of course; only please use spoilers, since we want people to watch these with no context or prejudice.) ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guinea-pigs-wanted-to-rate-some-short-films/531021/2 "2010-03-03T17:03:40Z")
Are they science fiction or fantasy? If they are I might be interested. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guinea-pigs-wanted-to-rate-some-short-films/531021/3 "2010-03-03T17:08:02Z")
We once took our guinea pig, Eno, to the drive-in in Lambs’ Grove, Iowa (_White Line Fever_ and _The Hills Have Eyes_ were playing). He didn’t seem to enjoy either one. What with rodents’ short attention span, short films might be just the ticket. ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guinea-pigs-wanted-to-rate-some-short-films/531021/4 "2010-03-03T17:32:13Z")
My original reaction to the thread title: “Why would guinea pigs want to… Oh!” ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guinea-pigs-wanted-to-rate-some-short-films/531021/5 "2010-03-03T17:42:05Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > our guinea pig, Eno Great name! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guinea-pigs-wanted-to-rate-some-short-films/531021/6 "2010-03-03T18:37:25Z")
Thank you, he was a legendary rodent, together with his consort Sheba. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guinea-pigs-wanted-to-rate-some-short-films/531021/7 "2010-03-03T19:42:32Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > Are they science fiction or fantasy? If they are I might be interested. THere’s a variety. A couple of them are, but we’re trying to put together a varied program. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guinea-pigs-wanted-to-rate-some-short-films/531021/8 "2010-03-03T19:58:51Z")
Wait, is this that story about how the actors who voiced the characters in the film _G-Force_ demanded to be allowed to select the cartoon that would precede the main feature?