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Thursday, February 25, 2010

Geek / Luv Walking with Dinosaurs: The Mercury Review

Posted by Alison Hallett on Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 3:08 PM

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Last night, the Mercury's Nerd Posse™ attended Walking with Dinosaurs: THE ARENA SPECTACULAR at the Rose Garden. Hit the jump for our insightful and incisive critique. (If for some reason the following commentary fails to satisfy your curiosity about the show, feel free to leave questions in the comments.)

You can purchase your very own Walking with Dinosaurs tickets right here.

A Slightly Self-Indulgent and Just a Teeny Bit Lazy Group Chat Re: Walking with Dinosaurs: THE ARENA SPECTACULAR

by Alison Hallett, Sarah Mirk, Erik Henriksen, and Ned Lannamann

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Am I the only one who read and was amused by this chat... Before becoming red-faced angry that I'm not a part of the Mercury's Nerd Posse? Fuck that shit.
Posted by Patrick A. Coleman on February 25, 2010 at 3:24 PM · Report
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I was amused… and then infuriated I wasn't around to shove their heads in a toilet.
Nerds. NERDS!!
Posted by Wm. Steven Humphrey on February 25, 2010 at 3:28 PM · Report
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I am with Erik 1,000% on this one.

If your main criticism for a work of live theater is "the giant fucking fighting dinosaurs did not fight enough/the giant fucking flying dinosaurs did not fly enough" you are not really thinking things through. At all.
Posted by atomic on February 25, 2010 at 3:33 PM · Report
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My name is spelled incorrectly in your iChat window, Allison Halett.

Your friend,
Ned Lannamann
Posted by Ned on February 25, 2010 at 3:38 PM · Report
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DOES ERIK THROW ALL-CAPS TANTRUMS OVER EVERYTHING?! JESUS CHRIST!
Posted by Joneser on February 25, 2010 at 3:41 PM · Report
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@Joneser:

Yes.

@Patrick

Seriously? Did you READ that iChat? This is a club you want to be in?
Posted by Alison Hallett on February 25, 2010 at 3:44 PM · Report
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This made me cry laughing.
Posted by clairewillett on February 25, 2010 at 3:45 PM · Report
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@atomic: but that's what's wrong with most live theater.
Posted by dmitrir on February 25, 2010 at 3:46 PM · Report
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@ Alison

Yes. Unlike Groucho Marx, I'm all too happy to be a part of any club that would have me as a member. And also, I thought it was a Posse, which is waaaay cooler than a club.
Posted by Patrick A. Coleman on February 25, 2010 at 3:51 PM · Report
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PAC: Stick to your guns. I demand more reviews entitled "Inflatable Nipple Plants: Foie Gras of the Mesozoic?"
Posted by atomic on February 25, 2010 at 3:51 PM · Report
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What Patrick said. *sobs into embroidered stegosaurus pillow* *I embroidered it myself* *I'm not sure if this is the correct usage of asterisks anymore*
Posted by kiala on February 25, 2010 at 3:56 PM · Report
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Nerd Posse? You are all the cool kids on a wicked awesome field trip. I hope you didn't get motion sickness on the bus ride over there. Please be sure to write polite thank you notes to the performers. Here's a draft to get you started: Dear Dinosor Peeple, thank you for the tikets. You were awesom. I likt the part with the poop. Teh ptarodactile was lame tho. Yours truley, the special needs kids from Mercury Elementary.
Posted by MightyToyCannon on February 25, 2010 at 3:56 PM · Report
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I thought you were the cat! Who was the cat, then?
Posted by Reymont on February 25, 2010 at 4:18 PM · Report
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Me.
Posted by Alison Hallett on February 25, 2010 at 4:24 PM · Report
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Cats and dolphins and something that looks like a terminator pug talking about dinosaur shit! This kicks Dinosaur Comics ass in about a million different ways.
Posted by Beer Batter on February 25, 2010 at 4:32 PM · Report
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I can't believe I had to read so much of that just to find out if the dude was hot or not!
Posted by helevent on February 25, 2010 at 4:45 PM · Report
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@helevent: He was well fit for a fake archeologist, and he had all these vaguely sensual lines about "penetrating the unyielding armor of the ankylosaurus". The dude got some after-show DMILF play, that's for sure.
Posted by atomic on February 25, 2010 at 4:56 PM · Report
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Live action Dinosaur Comics! I would totally get into that.
Posted by Nick "muggins" Olmstead on February 25, 2010 at 5:03 PM · Report
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While you were tweeting, my friend & I spent the intermission with the puppeteers and peppered them with questions like “how in the name of triceratops-riding-christ do you get a job PUPPETING A T-REX?!” The crew offered the invite upon seeing our homemade dinosaur hoodies. THAT’S how a nerd posse rolls.
Posted by Night Moves on February 26, 2010 at 11:06 AM · Report
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@Night Moves

Point/match.
Posted by Alison Hallett on February 26, 2010 at 11:29 AM · Report

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