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Salopian 
"Four ever European"
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 Posted - 03/11/2009 : 14:34:24
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| Is Frank specifically a rabbit, or an unidentified leporid? (It doesn't matter for the purposes here whether this is supposed to be an actual animal or a man in a suit.) |
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BiggerBoat 
"Pass me the harpoon"
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Posted - 03/11/2009 : 16:44:15
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Are you wanting to do a hare pun?
Think it is supposed to be a rabbit, but in old English custom the hare was said to have 'an evil eye', which could only be countered by having a hare's hind foot on one's person (this was before rabbits were introduced to the country). And the 'leporid' in DD does have evil eyes. Bit tenuous though. |
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Salopian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 03/11/2009 : 17:48:02
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| Thanks. I think it's only fair to say it might be a hare then. It's not for a review, but for an accolade. Interchanging species is one of my pet bugbears, so I've created one called Hareless about films featuring rabbits. I'll remove Donnie Darko from it later. But does the rabbit's foot thing come from hares then? I didn't know that. That might affect M.:I.III. |
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demonic
"Cinemaniac"
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Posted - 03/11/2009 : 18:49:27
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| I'm pretty sure Frank is a rabbit. He's only ever referred to as such (or "the bunny"). |
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Salopian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 03/12/2009 : 00:40:26
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| It's the prevailing use of bunny that make me think they don't want to commit to his being a rabbit. I'll have to do some more research -- it doesn't seem fair to include it if it's at all plausible that he's a hare. Thanks. |
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demonic
"Cinemaniac"
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Posted - 03/12/2009 : 01:49:12
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| The use of bunny (which isn't used all that often come to think of it) would make them appear to be committing though, as you'd never call a hare a bunny. Bunny, as far as I'm aware, only ever refers to a rabbit. |
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Salopian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 03/12/2009 : 01:58:17
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quote:
Originally posted by dem9nic
The use of bunny (which isn't used all that often come to think of it) would make them appear to be committing though, as you'd never call a hare a bunny. Bunny, as far as I'm aware, only ever refers to a rabbit.
I wondered that, but wasn't sure. Even if it's supposed to only refer to a rabbit, I wonder whether people trying to hedge might use it. I got this impression from it being the main word used in online reviews that I found.
I expect you're right, but I'll try to find the screenplay: if rabbit appears in it then I'll go with that being a fact. |
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Salopian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 03/12/2009 : 02:11:19
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| O.K., rabbit it is. It stays in. Thanks. |
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BiggerBoat
"Pass me the harpoon"
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Posted - 03/12/2009 : 10:35:06
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| I think you were splitting hares anyway... |
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Donnie Darko
