# "THe Human Centipede" - Who would go to see such vile trash? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 23, 2009, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-human-centipede-who-would-go-to-see-such-vile-trash/514898 "2009-10-23T20:05:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-human-centipede-who-would-go-to-see-such-vile-trash/514898/21 "2009-10-24T20:03:37Z")
I probably would. Some reviews are saying that the woman who stars (she’s the one in the middle) manages some pretty good acting and character development, which is pretty remarkable, given the role’s limitations. I’m also curious how and why the Mad Doctor was supposed to have worked this – the engineering problems alone seem immense (if you dopn’t strain-relieve things, those people are going to pull apart, even if they don’t try to), as do the medical ones (If they are truly joined, then he must be encouraging their circulatory systems to join – which will help alleviate the nourishment issue, but your subjects must be virtually living on anti-rejection drugs.) Whatever he would be trying to achieve would be more trouble than it’s worth. Of course, it’s not suppopsed to be realistic – it’s a nightmare fantasy. You can see similar horrors on many art websites, if you look. I;m not at all into coprophagy (I find it particularly gross), but there’s a sick fascination to the concept. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-human-centipede-who-would-go-to-see-such-vile-trash/514898/22 "2009-10-24T21:01:58Z")
> [@Zjestika](#): > > I’m sure that there’s a perfectly reasonable mad-scientist explanation in the movie, but what on earth is making a human centipede supposed to achieve? Why take a creature with such a complicated brain and take away everything that makes it motivated to exist- all social communication, possibility for sexual reproduction, physical comfort, pretty much everything except the ability to feed and shit. The IMBD synopsis say the doctor “has a demented vision for mankind’s future existence.” Demented, yeah, and really, really stupid. > > Oh, dammit, there’s a centipede on the wall right in front of me. Gross. Maybe he just wants a chaise lounge he can ride to the office? ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-human-centipede-who-would-go-to-see-such-vile-trash/514898/23 "2009-10-24T21:02:17Z")
> [@ToeJam](#): > > I’d watch it maybe if my friends were there to mock it. > > You’ve never had “Bad Movie Nights”? > **[So Bad It's Worse](https://xkcd.com/653/)** ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-human-centipede-who-would-go-to-see-such-vile-trash/514898/24 "2009-10-25T00:07:22Z")
> [@](#): > > . . . attaching people face-to-ass to form a chain. Flip a few of those people over, and I think I’ve been there. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-human-centipede-who-would-go-to-see-such-vile-trash/514898/25 "2009-10-25T02:42:54Z")
Not me, but OMFG, there are already plans for a sequel: [The Human Centipede (First Sequence) - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Human_Centipede_%28First_Sequence%29) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-human-centipede-who-would-go-to-see-such-vile-trash/514898.md?page=1)