#death's whistle

[araminakilla]

That was a close one.

[shardofcognition]

Puss: The Last Wish - The Wolf's Whistle

This is just a tiny observation, but the most brilliant thing about The Wolf's Whistle in Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, is that it's an incomplete couplet.

The opening of the tune is six notes, which then shifts and goes for 5 notes. What makes that so disconcerting, and so character appropriate, is that there's an obvious 6th note to the second half, and that note never comes. The tune extends its final note, then fades - dying out.

It's an incomplete tune - a question - a moment cut short before its time. Every time the Wolf whistles, he ends the tune... either prematurely, or with a question: When will that final note play? But it's poetic, because Death does not care, necessarily, if the story is complete - it ends when it ends, and that is all we get.

[big-low-t]

Vought F4U Corsair

[sakuraluck]

setting the pain aside… two hot men getting wet under the rain… vivinos really gets it

especially with the passionate make-out session?? i love that this is what they dedicated the most detailed and fluid animation on

[frenchublog]

Life’s flashing through your eyes ?

[wheelsgoroundincircles]

F-4U Corsair

Corsair AKA "Whistling Death"

[aha-my-villainous-thoughts]

Showing my best friend who's had to listen to two years of pirate brainrot pictures of the #OurFlagMeansDeath crew and getting her first impression thoughts and observations: a thread. 🧵 of 9 ⬇️

First up:

"I know that one, you've shown me your weird porn of him. He's got a new coat, and he's really happy about it but the guy behind him is like 'ahhh the label's still on it.'

'Oh it's Leslie Jones. Pretty much, that's just Leslie Jones looking great. She just turned up on set and they were like 'wow you look sick af' and then she was in it because she looked so fly. No one cast her, the camera just turned on.'

'OK, so someone's just told him 'I don't like this lasagne you made' and he's like 'it's my mother's recipe, how dare you! My nonna's spaghetti! She gone be so upsetti!'

'OK so this guy just turned up in one of those fast fashion shops for tweens and was like 'oh, finally, belly shirts are really in right now.''

Me: What do you think his name is?

Her, *whispered*: ...Fernando.

'This guy just fell over. It's really unfortunate. He's just really clumsy. Someone left something out on deck and he went 'whoopsie doodle!''

Me: you're actually pretty close to the truth.

Her, guessing wildly: 'oh boy, what a day to be... captain... smiggs?'

'Taylor.'

Me: just Taylor?

'Taylor... Swifts. Undercover. She wants to be on a boat now. She loves boats. Nautical-core. I don't know, I just looked at her and at first, tailor of suits, but then nope - Taylor of songs.'

'Oh this guy's a mime.'

Me: what do you think his role in the crew is?

Her: just a shit mime. He's just here so when they play charades he just wipes the floor with the rest of the crew.

'Someone's just gone in the bathroom, he was like 'urgh I really needed to go' and now he's sad. He's sad because he needed a shit. He's wondering whether to just go in the sea.

Me: where else would it go?

Her: like in a corner. I know how ships work, I've been on a cruise.

'Have you seen Ratatouille? It's like that, the seagull is controlling that guy. He makes the foodfor the ship, but all the food's just raw regurgitated fish, like a fucked up sushi bar.'

And, scene.

[shizunitis]

personally i understand why shen qingqiu immediately and without hesitation jumped at the chance to fight airplane. shizun needed a chew toy! his gums were itchy!

[letsplaythermalnuclearwar]

I mean, I appreciate the aesthetic of a dog-shaped god of death being defeated with a the sci-fi equivalent of a leash and a dog whistle, but I also appreciate it when I understand the sci-fi equivalent of a leash and a dog whistle

[blueiscoool]

The Aztec Death Whistle ‘The Most Terrifying Sound in the World’

For those who want to celebrate Halloween like it’s 1399: Scientists are sending shivers down the internet’s collective spine by recreating an ancient “Aztec Death Whistle” that’s said to emit the “most terrifying sound in the world.”

The macabre kazoo is detailed in a new video produced by the Action Lab, a group of proud internet nerds who specialize in mind-bending experiments.

“The sound that the death whistle makes innately strikes fear into your heart,” intones presenter James J. Orgill in the clip while holding a 3D-printed version of the instrument.

The Brigham Young University engineering grad then plays an audio clip of the scream machine, which evokes a bloodcurdling, bansheelike shriek resembling a sound effect from a haunted house attraction. (We dare you not to jump!)

Orgill points out that this is not a “human scream” but rather the sound emitted by the replica of a skull-shaped artifact originally discovered in Mexico City in 1999 by archaeologists.

It was reportedly found clutched in the hand of a headless skeleton in a temple dedicated to the wind god Ehecatl — one of many sites where the Aztecs conducted human sacrifices.

Initially thinking it was a toy, per Orgill, scientists didn’t blow into it until 15 years later, whereupon it emitted a terrifying sound.

“‘It was a startling discovery because it sounded like a screaming human,” said the burgeoning YouTube star, who dubbed it the “most terrifying sound in the world.”

The Aztecs were able to create this nightmarish noise by modeling the death whistle after the human larynx.

When the user blows into the instrument, the wind divides in two, producing oscillating sound waves that bounce around a large chamber before leaving via a second hole.

While the purpose of the instrument remains unclear, experts have several theories, with some believing this fright flute was used to scare enemies in battle.

Others postulate that the whistle was a defense talisman used to ward off evil spirits during a sacrificial victim’s journey to the afterlife.

In order to resurrect this symphony of screams for our listening “pleasure,” Orgill blew into different Tim Burton-esque whistles that were 3D-printed by US tech firm HeyGears.

All told, they made the raptor larynx from “Jurassic Park” sound like a kazoo.

No 3D printer, no problem: Interested parties can buy their death whistles on Amazon, which offers duplicates made of materials ranging from resin to carbon fiber.

Many advertise how closely their decibels match that of the most bone-chilling human screams.

By Ben Cost.

[pixlokita]

Now I just have the imagery of the gang having to go to a Freddy’s for some plot reason

Gregory/CC: if we need to find the current night guard how will we know who it is?

*Mike starts whistling the toreador march seconds later one dude dives under a table*

Mike: found them

(Though I do wonder if the other animatronics at other places will see Mike and go “ah one of us carry on”)

Michael: word of advice? next time don’t hide under the table. If the electricity is still on you should shut both doors.

Security guard: a-and if the electricity is out?

Michael: -eyes glowing- Pray.

-security guard proceeds to pass out-

Gregory: HEY! We needed to ask him questions!

CC: that’s …. Never do that again, please.

Michael: ah- yeah … sorry.

[sherbertilluminated]

Rip to Edwin Payne you would have loved M. R. James.

Not that your lifetimes didn't overlap or you can't catch up now. But if you had read "Oh Whistle, and I'll Come to You, my Lad" we would know

[phonification]

does. does anyone else see the vision or am i going insane.

[yeehawkins]

...so NOBODY is gonna talk about the SCREAM derek does in episode 7 of icebound huh

[saints-who-never-existed]

Lovely weather for it and by "it" hehe well let's just say dabbing innocent young Victorian sailors. 💦🔪🩸

[shithowdy]

i can't find the post i made where i speculated on what the next mass-market appeal subject would be in the tradition of dolphins > monkeys > llamas > sloths > garden gnomes > highland cows> capybaras but needless to say i was not expecting it to be aztec death whistles