It was really good, similar format to that ‘Spellbound’ documentary, but actually better. Unfortunately it continued the appaling title/good documentary trend by being named Stuff the World. If you get a chance you should definately check it out. The subjects of the film are, to put it mildly, a bunch of oddballs but most of them come out of the film pretty well, even if it’s only in comparison to Roy, who we see only towards the end of the film as he butchers his way around South Africa in pursuit of a leopard to stuff for the contest. “I just love being able to bring these beautiful animals back to life” - THEY WOULDN’T BE DEAD IF IT WEREN’T FOR YOU, YOU FUCKWIT. Never before have I wished so hard that someone would get mauled by a Leopard or a Lion or die horribly in a freak… well a freak anything really. The final scene in which Roy appears is so mindblowingly repulsive that I’ll have to tell you about it in person so you can see my arms gesticulating wildly and my face turning furious red in order to get any idea about it. The whole thing made me wonder about the wisdom of releasing African mega-fauna into the US.
[Added a few months later]
The British Guild of Taxidermists points out that their members work primarily with salvaged specimens, which i think was pretty adequately shown in the documentary, the horrific practices of some of the US taxidermists kind of cast a bit of a shadow over the program as a whole though.
And then Dan said:
Yes, watched this last night. It was excellent, although many of the participants seemed genuinely damaged in one way or another - I can easily imagine the Swiss guy gutting human corpses in his basement before, ahem, mounting them for the competition. I suppose this will be the logical progression when there’s nothing new to stuff/recreate…
Roy’s necklace? Oh, my sides are literally splitting. Yes, that’s right, you appalling excuse for a human, you DO need to have a sense of humour. Unfortunately, you currently do NOT have one. Wretched scum.
The sooner they release megafauna in the US, the better frankly. Then Roy will be able to go out by himself and die squealing as he is disembowelled by an enraged elephant.
And then Neil said:I too saw this, and Roy truly will burn in hell for what he has done, as Charlie Brooker put it in the Guardian this weekend. A very sinister man.
I thought the Swiss guy seemed eccentric but basically okay- his use of the English language was pretty amusing as well. Did you think that the British and Danish men were, how to put it, more than just partners in taxidermy?
And then Dan said:The Danish guy seemed a lot more normal and likeable than the British one.
And then tom said:Yeah, his description of the organic beauty of Bach followed by his playing of a brutal hardcore CD was pretty entertaining.
And then Neil said:The Brit was a bolshy Yorkshireman type, but he seemed okay really, I thought.
And then syrupalex said:Trypically enough, I found the killing of furry animals/fish to be too much - so I could only watch parts of it. When the leopard guy appeared I really never changed the channel back again. But the Danish and Swiss guys were excellent - they kept me watching for the same reason I watch The Sky at Night - the fascinating accents.
Did anyone watch the joy that is My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss on E4 recently. The Apprentice turned bad - keep an eye out for it.
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