How do we know that for sure???? Is there a worms rights activist group now?
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How does swearing make you any better than me?
P.S. and the point of your post was...?
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i know.. i was an extra. the boys tried to throw them at us, but nope. no worms harmed.
shareYou were an extra! That's awesome!
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I asked one of the prop guys/worm handlers while on set, as I recall he said they had met with ASPCA or some sort of group before or early on in the filming and went over how the worms would be handled.
sharethats so stupid...they r worms . they can find them in the ground..they dont need handlers...but i wonder if they got paid
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Haha, I wonder if they got paid.
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-Rachael.
Like, I understand animals, like, anything you can pet, and see emotion in its face...but worms?....thats a bit rediculous.
shareWhy would you make a movie with worms in it, when they know there going to get one uped by a movie with snakes in it refering of course to the soon to be legendary film snakes on a plane
sharebecause it is a kids movie based on a popular book....meanwhile Snakes on a Plane is just plain....stupid....it's snakes...and they're on a plane...
shareSnakes WERE harmed in the making of that film. Samuel L Jackson killed them all.
sharewith a gun too!
sharedid he eat any of them?
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Only those he fried. You can watch it in the sequel - How to Eat Fried Worms and Snakes on a Plane. Coming August 2016.
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"That the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?"
I can't wait.
I'm going to beat the rush and start queueing for my ticket now.
¡make yer own!
Phew. Good, no worms were harmed. And they should've got something in return for their acting.
shareWell no...I know it's a silly example but imagine this : a giant grabs you from your house and decides to fry you or shove a giant fork into your belly... even if it's just a worm, it feels (I suppose) and as long as we are not obligated to harm it, we better not...don't you agree?
Peas In A Pod
Screws Fall All The Time The World's An Imperfect Place
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this kid Andrew Gillingham who rode my bus last year was in the movie! he played Techno Mouth. i find that pretty awesome.
shareStupid PETA.
"Well no...I know it's a silly example but imagine this : a giant grabs you from your house and decides to fry you or shove a giant fork into your belly... even if it's just a worm, it feels (I suppose) and as long as we are not obligated to harm it, we better not...don't you agree?"
Yes. But the thing is, giants don't exist.
if you think it is stupid to worry about worms, in the movie The Shawshank Redemption (1994)in the scene where Andy pulls a maggot out of his food and hands it to Brooks who then feeds it to Jake the raven, the American Humane Association demanded that no live maggot should be fed to the raven for the scene because it was cruel to the maggot, they were forced to find one that had died of natural causes. See trivia for The Shawshank Redemption.
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I'm pretty sure that story is apocryphal.
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Yup, my friend said it was boring though...I'm still going to read it anyway...
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I really don't get what is so great about limbless, faceless creatures. They are gross and creepy. Didn't anyone used to watch Goosebumps? All most all the episodes were about worms... EWWW!!!
shareI don't care if those worms lived or died. Who cares?! THERE WORMS. It's not like there people, or other importantanimals. I mean what the hell do worms do? Eat the bugs in your backyard? WOOPDY DOO!
Harry Potter,Skandar Keynes,Dakota Fanning, & Narnia are my favorite.
No worms were harmed soo everyone chill lol...
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"Worms on a plane"
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True =[
But he was a touching character so that's not fair. Worms; are just.. nevermind
Harry Potter,Skandar Keynes,Dakota Fanning, & Narnia are my favorite.
PETA members don't have jobs. They're an organization. They made themselves up, and they don't have occupations like normal, living breathing people do. PETA members don't actually care about animals. They kill more animals than they take in. The only reason that Worms put "No worms were harmed etc." in their theatrical trailer is because of PETA. But it doesn't even matter, because PETA doesn't even care about the stupid worms anyways.
Movie last seen in theaters: World Trade Center
Favorite movie: The Producers
i dont give diidly squat about worms
were humans we are above worms
that doesnt mean im going to go around and dig up worms up and kill them but i really dont care if worms were harmed in this movie
First of all, it's "they're". It's a contraction. Second I find in disgusting and disturbing that you have such low regard and respect for life. Yes, "THERE WORMS," but they still have just as much a right to life as you or I.
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I don't care if those worms lived or died. Who cares?! THERE WORMS. It's not like there people, or other importantanimals. I mean what the hell do worms do? Eat the bugs in your backyard? WOOPDY DOO!
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What do worms do...? Quite a lot, ignorant young man.
In fact, worms are far more important than most animals.
The major benefits of earthworm activities
to soil fertility can be summarized as:
Biological.
The earthworm is essential to composting; the process of converting dead organic matter into rich humus, a medium vital to the growth of healthy plants, and thus ensuring the continuance of the cycle of fertility. This is achieved by the worm's actions of pulling down below any organic matter deposited on the soil surface (eg, leaf fall, manure, etc) either for food or when it needs to plug its burrow. Once in the burrow, the worm will shred the leaf and partially digest it, then mingle it with the earth by saturating it with intestinal secretions. Worm casts (see below) can contain 40% more humus than the top 6" of soil in which the worm is living.
Chemical.
As well as dead organic matter, the earthworm also ingests any other soil particles that are small enough—including stones up to 1/20 of an inch (1.25mm) across—into its 'crop' wherein minute fragments of grit grind everything into a fine paste which is then digested in the stomach. When the worm excretes this in the form of casts which are deposited on the surface or deeper in the soil, a perfectly balanced selection of minerals and plant nutrients is made available in an accessible form. Investigations in the US show that fresh earthworm casts are 5 times richer in available nitrogen, 7 times richer in available phosphates and 11 times richer in available potash than the surrounding upper 6 inches (150 mm) of soil. In conditions where there is plenty of available humus, the weight of casts produced may be greater than 4.5 kg (10 lb) per worm per year, in itself an indicator of why it pays the gardener or farmer to keep worm populations high.
Physical.
By its burrowing actions, the earthworm is of great value in keeping the soil structure open, creating a multitude of channels which allow the processes of both aeration and drainage to occur. Permaculture co-founder Bill Mollison points out that by sliding in their tunnels, earthworms "act as an innumerable army of pistons pumping air in and out of the soils on a 24 hour cycle (more rapidly at night)". Thus the earthworm not only creates passages for air and water to traverse, but is itself a vital component in the living biosystem that is healthy soil.
you should definitely read the book. I read quite a bit when I grew up and this is one of the books that I remember reading, it stands out from the crowd.
It's by Thomas Rockwell.
The sad thing is that there really are bleeding-heart ultra liberals who actually care.
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There should be a group. I would like a group to get on all that ant murder that takes place in those CGI movies too. Why do people target ants with such hatred?
sharetheir ants! ANTS! why do you care so much about things that can fit on your fingernail their ants their hardly intelligent and they probably wont feel pain if you step on them now im not going to go around and stomp on ants everywhere i go but probably everyone in the world has stepped on ants at one point whether on purpose or accidental so stop caring so much about ants!
shareI always wondered how "Fear Factor" got away with all insect eating that goes on in their show. Not that i care so much, but if alotta movies catch crap from PETA (whome i do believe are fighting a good cause, just some people take that cause too far) then how can a TV show aired on basic cable get away with it.
shareI agree-- always wondered about the bug eating there. If not that, then the bug squishing during the stunts and everything. Luckily, that show has died down a bit it seems.
As for previous comments, about "do they have worm wranglers?" Well, the answer is probably yes. The famous story behind The Shawshank Redemption is that the ASPCA representatives on board that film had them find a maggot that had died from natural causes to feed to a bird. A maggot.
Sure, it's silly, but like someone else said-- if we don't HAVE to kill a real animal, then why do it? Especially when money is involved... big corporate Hollywood businesses, lots of paid actors, staff, etc... and now we're just going to kill some animals? It begs for lawsuit, animal cruelty, etc., so moviemakers avoid it all together.
They used to do do real animal stuns all the time, or so I hear... use trip-wires to make horses fall, etc. etc.
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You're obviously a Christian, given your argument, sig, and username Please don't try to bring Rapture into this, please don't try to bring the idea that animals have no souls into this. I don't believe that everytime we step on an ant a tiny soul shoots up to heaven-- but then again, who knows?
I think the idea isn't that we're worried that ants, worms, and maggots are becoming the target of more and more hatred-- the idea is that as good, humane, self-aware people, we shouldn't make movies and kill animals at the same time. Whether or not the value of human life has gone down (a statement in which I believe you are BEGGING THE QUESTION), it doesn't really apply to this argument.
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Their bugs! Its quite funny that people think that bugs should be cared for and not harmed in something like this. I never see anyone yelling at fishermen. They have to use worms as bait, right? I mean you have to peirce the living creature and then throw it in the water to its death for a fish to eat it. [I hope you no im being totally sarcastic] And another thing, when I was little I would see kids kill and stretch and torture worms all the time in the school yard and there was never a lawsuit, put against a 5 year old. But then again, this is Hollywood and this is America [not that i have ANYTHING wrong with America,but you can just bring someone to court for mostly anything], people nows-days are always trying to snatch a few grand here and there. That would be bloody funny to see someone brought to court about "hurting" worms. hahahaha
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hahahahahahhahahahahahahaahaahahahahaah u guys r great getting so off topic of the disscusion and just arguing. it is acutully great material.
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