I don't know anything about this movie, but I know something about "The Flintstones." Shouldn't the whales be named Fred, Wilma and PEBBLES? Bam-Bam was the adopted son of Barney and Betty Rubble. Perhaps this is explained in the movie.
shareI love the "Flintstones" reference in the trailer. The Hanna-Barbera cartoon is a classic. I'm curious about the inspiration for that Fred, Wilma and Bamm-Bamm reference. Is the writer or director a "Flintstones" fan?
shareI grew up watching The Flintstones as a kid....when I see the ad for this movie it irks me so much. Yeah, Pebbles was their kid and Bam-Bam was the Rubble's adopted kid. It really bothers me for some reason that this minor detail is so freaking wrong.
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They do address this issue in the movie. The conversation goes something like this:
First person: "This is Fred, that's Wilma and the little guy is Bam-Bam."
Second person: "But wait, isn't Pebbles Fred and Wilma's kid in the show?"
First Person: "Yes, but Pebbles is a girl, and Bam-Bam here is a boy, hence the name change."
Then the other two should have been Barney and Betty.
shareThey actually address this in the film, so take that!
shareBut that wasn't even their names in real life, so what was the point of writing it in?
Furthermore, who gives a crap if Pebbles was a girl. It's a whale, not a boy. And Pebbles isn't a real name, it's a multiple of small rocks.
Because it's a movie. Who knew giving them name changes would make people so outraged? Seriously, it's not that big of a deal. The fact that "Inglourious Basterds" literally changed history should be more of a concern.
shareYou're an idiot if you watched IB for historical purposes.
shareAnd you're the idiot if you get angry over some freaking names. I suppose a change in names would have drastically change the quality of the film, right? Because names are held in such high regard in films, over the directing, script, performances, etc. Look at yourself.
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I'm neither outraged,nor claiming this is a big deal.
But that doesn't take away the fact that this is stupid. There was literally no point in changing their names, and even less logic in saying the name was Bam Bam, only to have to go out of their way in the film to explain why they are using the wrong name, even though no one would ever care that the WHALE had a penis because Pebbles is NOT A NAME, LET ALONE AN EXCLUSIVELY GIRLS NAME, AND EVEN IF IT WERE, IT'S A WHALE NOT A HUMAN YOU CAN CALL IT ANYTHING YOU WANT!!!
NOW I'M ENRAGED, BY YOOUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!
Sorry, but complaining about Pebbles not being a real name but "a multiple of small rocks" is like complaining about June not being a real name but a month in the calendar.
share No it's not. Because NOBODY IS NAMED PEBBLES. Human beings are named June. An imaginary concept known as a cartoon character was called Pebbles. It's not a girl's name, it's rocks. It's not a human's name, it's a concept's name.
That is my point. You don't seem to understand you've only supported my argument. June is a REAL NAME, for REAL FEMALES. Pebbles is not. So if they named a whale Pebbles, no one is going to care.
Pebbles Johnson probably disagrees with you.
shareWhat the f#ck are you blabbering about? That's not a real name. Prove me wrong. No human on Earth has ever been named Pebbles. Hollywood names don't count. Unless that person legally changed their name. I'll give it to you if they legally changed their name. But they didn't 0 humans in history have had the name Pebbles.
shareUhm... http://www.imdb.de/name/nm1346498/ for a start?
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For a start? FOR A START? You're driving me insane Deutschlander! Do you not understand the simple concept, you can name a whale anything you want, and considering the whale isn't a "boy", it's a whale, and Pebbles isn't a girl, it's a cartoon character, the name is sex neutral and neutrally applicable!
Is it just me or are you starting to argue against yourself now? By the way, you have been proven wrong twice now. Get over it.
shareWRONG. Just entirely WRONG. Here are some sites for you.
http://names.whitepages.com/Pebbles/Robinson
http://names.whitepages.com/Pebbles/Brown
http://names.whitepages.com/Pebbles/Harris
http://celebritybabies.people.com/2008/03/07/neil-razor-rudd/
Oh, and here's a site showing NO LESS than 20 Pebbles Martins living throughout this country in Texas, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, and Tennessee.
http://www.spokeo.com/Pebbles+Martin
Come again how 0 humans in history have had the name Pebbles? You do realize that just as animals can be called whatever you want, humans can name their child whatever they want, too, don't you? How else do you think a person got this name "Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorffwelchevoralternwarengewissenschaftschafe rswessenschafewarenwohlgepflegeundsorgfaltigkeitbeschutzenvonangreifeudurch ihrraubgierigfeindewelchevoralternzwolftausendjahresvorandieerscheinenersch einenvanderersteerdemenschderraumschiffgebrauchlichtalsseinursprungvonkraft gestartseinlangefahrthinzwischensternaitigraumaufdersuchenachdiesternwelche gehabtbewohnbarplanetenkreisedrehensichundwohinderneurassevonverstandigmens chlichkeitkonntefortpflanzenundsicherfeuenanlebenslanglichfreudeundruhemitn icheinfurchtvorangreifenvonandererintelligentgeschopfsvonhinzwischenternart" lol? And yes, that is an actual name of an actual person.
Never give in. Never give up. Never surrender.
Who cares? That's the one that dies, so what's it matter?
shareIf it is a male why not use the Rubble family?
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The whale is a male pebbles is a female ergo the boy whale is named Bam-bam. It's explained in the film.
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