The Goonies and the illusive Giant Octopus

Symon — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:11:00 +0000

In relation to a recent Facebook thread, I couldn’t help but take 5 minutes out of my afternoon to write a quick post about the mysterious Goonies Octopus scene.

Back in the day (1985 to be precise), Goonies paraphernalia came out months before the release date here in NZ. The ever popular (at the time) Goonies Bubblegum Cards contained a couple of shots of the Giant Octopus scene. So, if you were anything like I was in ’85 (and still am), I couldn’t contain my excitement as I awaited the movie to start. The movie started and ended, there was no sign of the awesome giant octopus, I was gutted and it tarnished my view of the movie forever.

To rub salt in my wounds, at the film’s conclusion, when Data (the same kid who was in Temple of Doom) is talking to the reporters, he says: “…Yeah, and the part with the octopus was really scary!”

I could have cried.

And now, thanks to the magic of Youtube, let me reveal to you, the deleted Giant Octopus scene in all it’s glory. 29 years later all I have to say (once again) is… “Meh.”

Freaky Cloverfield squid discovered

Symon — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:37:00 +0000

I’ve always been fascinated by the giant squid. Click here to read the account of when my father’s friend witnessed a giant squid attacking a whale.

Imagine my excitement when I discovered the following?

On November 11, 2007, an unknown species of giant squid (6 meters long) was filmed off a drilling site in the Gulf of Mexico. A portion of the footage is shown below. Imagine doing some night scuba diving and seeing that emerge from the murky distance. *shudder*

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The Goonies and the illusive Giant Octopus

Freaky Cloverfield squid discovered