3 y.o. = Too young for Star Wars.

As for the "she must have watched it 30 times...", I've had occasions where my 2-1/2 year old will just bust out with a reference or comment about something he saw or heard just once, many months ago. Kids this age are such incredible sponges that I would expect her to have the whole movie memorized after 3 or 4 viewings.

I just saw this criminal on the freeway this morning!!!

Link to high res: (Why are all those flickr pics always so small?)

http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/19/13771/13771_1192735633_large.jpg

This was part of a contest with the theme "Strange Behaviour" held at CG Society:

http://forums.cgsociety.org/forumdisplay.php?f=65

First thought: This can't be in the USA, where public sculptural nudity is bad, mmmkay?

Second thought: Her arms are much too long.

Even priests need a place for gay sex...(nttawwt)

I'm not a vegetarian, but that pic actually kind of nauseated me.

This must be the "American Portion".

My first guess would have been PS also, but looking at the source of the image (Nasa/JPL), I'm inlined to believe it's real. It's not like it was on some random blog and bounced around the web umpteen times.

If it's a joke by someone at Nasa/JPL, then they apparently don't desire any more public funding as this would be a PR disaster waiting to happen.

You are close, #1. But you have it the other way around. This is nothing more than people with healthy legs (presumably) adopting a technique/gear used by paraplegics for almost 30 years. I recall seeing things like this when I skied a lot back in the early 80s. Sometimes they would sit with legs extended, a la kayaking. Depends on the level of leg/hip use they have.

#2 As a 3D artist/animator myself, I, too, love the spacey soundtracks to these kinds of movies. But I think the type of music has more to do with simply adding an aural wash or background filler element that's energetic without being obtrusive or too distinct on top of (usually) dry narration. The plucking or pounding of standard instruments (guitar, piano, etc.) would draw too much attention to themselves and the melody, and anything too pulsing or rhythmic would turn it into a music video.

But I agree that many animation producers choose this style for its "futuristic" qualities also. It's also extremely easy to produce with cheap or free software, even with little or no musical talent. Otherwise they would just use classical, which has a more "old world" feel to it, no matter how new it is.

#12 - this is exactly what we did. I haven't seen any commercial tv in two years and don't miss it a bit. When I'm somewhere there's a tv, it's almost assaultive.

While saving that $80/month (for basic cable!), we get the added bonus that our 27 month old speaks in complete & detailed sentences, has well developed social skills, is amazingly polite, doesn't know what a commercial is, doesn't know what a "product tie-in" is, and never begs for crap he saw on tv. We are ecstatic that his first choice for fun is to play outside or read a book or play with his blocks.

Hmm, wages have flattened or gone down the last 20 years. Consumer goods, food and energy have gone up up up. If only we could put some "top...men" on it to figure out why we aren't saving enough.

Our Motto: Apocalyp...I mean, America: Still Blindly Consuming!

My guess is she hit & ran over something/one, and is trying to get a jump on the situation.

#6: Too bad you missed their trip home - red-eyed, carrying their shoes, leaning over the railing feeding the fish, cumber buns akimbo. That would've been even cuter.

"Have you ever wondered what the home office of Facebook, Digg, or Craiglist looks like?"

Um, no.

But let me guess, a poorly appointed room with computers and monitors and wires all over the place? Boho brick lofts are so pre-dot-bomb.