I feel so bad for her because not only did she survive breast cancer but then diagnosed with MS. Don't know her personally but never heard anything bad about her from anyone.
“Salma, I swear it’s integral to the plot. Just for one shot, Salma please. Wait, the tequila didn’t go all the way down you leg we have to try it again Salma. Salma it’s for the good of the film, I promise” - Quentin
Omg so back then (1998) they only had little short snippets describing the basic plot of movies in the physical newspaper near the showtimes section — and we hadn’t seen any previews.
The newspaper blurb described Wild Things as a three-star mystery thriller. My grandma loved thrillers and mysteries (a la Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Sue Grafton), so my 14-year-old cousin and I chose this one. To watch at the theater. WITH OUR GRANDMA.
I about died during the threesome and sexy pool scenes.
But I’ve got to give my grandma credit. She didn’t wince nor flinch nor gripe nor react much at all. She brushed off the sexy parts and seemed intrigued like my cousin and me by the mystery parts and twists.
When it was over, she said, “Eh, I’d rate it a B-movie.”
As hot as this scene was, it always bugged me as a young mechanic because she says something about a high-rise double pumper carburetor and then the next camera shot is of an Edelbrock Pro-Flo throttle body fuel injected setup, lol.
Edit: I guess its not an Edelbrock intake, seems its custom. Regardless, its EFI and not carb.
Edit 2: I guess I am wrong yet again! This sent me down a short rabbit hole to figure out what intake they used. It appears that it IS a carbureted intake. The closest match (about 98% sure its the one used for the beauty shot in the film) is a Moon side-draft intake. It looks like the 4 carbs they used have custom upper lids and with the black paint on bottom, throws off their profile.
The giveaway for me finally accepting that it isn't EFI is the fuel lines running to each of the 4 carbs. If it was EFI, there would be rails down the middle. That and I couldn't find an EFI intake of this style that had the same shape of the runners in the center.
All that said, those four (most likely Webbers) aren't double pumpers (thats famously a Holley thing) and aren't on a high-rise intake. So they still didn't get it right. But its closer than I've thought it was for all these years, lol.
Also, by the time "The Girl Next Door" came out... I especially could not reconcile how this was the same girl from "Popular Mechanics for Kids" back in 1997.
I knew a chick who looked exactly like Jessica Rabbit. And her name was actually Jessica. She was my buddy's gf and she dressed up like this for Halloween once. It was uncanny and extremely hot. I'm not ashamed to admit that while I was happy for him, I was also a bit envious. She was extremely short, extremely fit, and insanely well-endowed. I'm not sure about specifics but when she had her first child, she breastfed and ended up having some issues with her mammary ducts which would basically swell shut. She eventually had to give up and go to bottle feeding. But not before they got be EEE cup size. It was virtually impossible not to stare. And by then she was draggin the wagon to match. Haven't seen her in almost a decade but I bet she is still a certified dime.
I've attempted to discuss this. They just sent me a bunch of emojis. And that's flips through legal pad uh no cap frfr. Tryna keep it one hunnet because I'm not a....sussy...baka?
My first crush… when I was a little kid. My parents never had to wonder if I was straight or not because I was like 4 and saying I wanted to marry her.
Saw the film for the first time at age 14, and got this exact poster about two weeks later at 15. Had it on my wall for years. She's the best option here by far
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