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DeadT0m t1_iucfhrj wrote
Reply to comment by hemingway_exeunt in 'Arachnophobia': Frank Marshall reflects on his eight-legged directorial debut by JannTosh12
Pretty sure he mentioned that in one of the forewords to a later novel. He and Tabby both don't really consider the book one of his best.
DeadT0m t1_iuc002y wrote
Reply to comment by awol5943 in 'Arachnophobia': Frank Marshall reflects on his eight-legged directorial debut by JannTosh12
That's true, but with the shit weasels it's still at least implied that even the people using the term know it's not going to fly once actual academics get involved. In Tremors even the paleontologists call them ass blasters.
DeadT0m t1_iubothn wrote
Reply to comment by hemingway_exeunt in 'Arachnophobia': Frank Marshall reflects on his eight-legged directorial debut by JannTosh12
Yes but that was like a colloquial term and only applied to one variant. They also called them 'gray-boys' and other such epithets. Something Kurtz even explicitly cracks down on once the operation goes loud.
DeadT0m t1_iub7vyn wrote
Reply to comment by CensoryDeprivation in 'Arachnophobia': Frank Marshall reflects on his eight-legged directorial debut by JannTosh12
Not just an entire film. Every film following 3 calls them ass blasters. It's just their goddamn name.
DeadT0m t1_ivcgamh wrote
Reply to comment by FireFight in Insects get stuck in a spider's web, why doesn't a spider get stuck in its own web? by Koning_Health
There's a bunch of stuff on the subject. Just google "future humans" and you'll find a good amount of reading.