Have you seen Bodyworlds? Do you want to?

Cafe Society
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I heard about Gunter Hagen back in 1996 and I was DYING (hehehehe) to see it. I finally did see it a couple of years ago and it rocked right down to the ground. Genuinely extraordinary, beautiful, fascinating and moving. Not creepy, not gross, just amazing. I am very grateful he does this and grateful I got to see it.

It’s all wonderful and amazing, but I’d have to say the ones that really blew me away were the stand alone blood vessel exhibits. Whoa!

Skin man and the horse and rider are also standouts in a standout exhibition.

I also loved teh nervous system… amazing.

Some people freaked about the pregnant woman, but I think that’s silly.

Pictures will never do it justice. If you get the chance, do yourself a favor: don’t miss it. And take your kids! Lots of kids when I saw it and they loved it. (Of course, lots of stupid coming from some parents who couldn’t be bothered to read the information in front of them, but I know Dopers would never…)

Currently headed toAustria, San jose, Mexico, and Vancouver.

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I saw BodyWorlds 2 in Milwaukee a couple of years ago. It was a pretty incredible experience. Fascinating, disgusting, awe-inspiring, and sobering.

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Strikes me as both, actually. Glad you enjoyed it; I have no interest in ever seeing it myself.

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Not only have I seen it in three different cities, I have signed up with his organization to have my body donated for plasticination after my demise.

I loved and would love nothing more than to think that I might ultimately become a work of art.

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I saw it a few years ago. I didn’t find it particularly mind-blowing, although the nerves and blood vessels were pretty impressive. The exhibits such as “dead dude riding a skateboard” and “dead dude running” and “dead dude dancing” were less interesting to me.

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I saw it in Philly a couple years ago. It was interesting, but not especially so. The only exhibit that really hit me was what I think was called Exploding Man, or something like that. It was eye opening to realize we carry around that much inside us.

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Saw it in Los Angeles a few years ago. Very interesting.

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Saw Bodies at Luxor in Vegas. Same as others. Interesting but not mind-blowing. In fact it was a bit clinical. I would have liked a little more explanation regarding how things worked together.

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We had the other one, Bodies, at the Science Center a few years ago. It was fascinating, but a pain in the ass to deal with. (We had to keep going through the comment booklet after every school group went through, to take out the dirty remarks before someone complained!)

We had some amusing episodes – one woman called to make reservations and asked if the bodies were dead.

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I’ve seen Bodies, too, in New York City down on Fulton. It was pretty cool. I don’t know if it was mind blowing either, Cyberhwk, but interesting. Especially the embryo/fetus part.