Dead bodies and a cancerous penis

[Lord-Ilpalozzo]

I went to see a concert yesterday and saw that the Body World exhibition was showing so I went in today to look at all the preserved plastinated dead bodies and organs

It was really cool to see all these fully preserved bodies displayed like a guy sitting holding a brain or some guy posed as if he was playing tennis so you can see all the muscle of course I kinda drew the line at the dead babies and foetus part .

I went up to the lung display with a healthy set of lungs and a blackened cancerous smokers lung and I noticed a clear plastic box with a hole on top and it was half filled with packs of cigarettes, apparently seeing the black lung makes a lot of people so disgusted /frightened that they immediately want to throw away their cigarettes.

Of course then I was looking at the dissected reproductive organs and while that was pretty interesting I'd say the most disgusting part for me was the deformed looking cancerous penis in the glass case I mean what a horrible way for a guy to die and now his junk is in a case for people to look at.

Have any else here seen this exhibition? What did you think? Would you go if it showed near you or do you think it would be to disgusting to look at preserved dead bodies and organs?

Body Worlds Website

[Drugged]

Sounds tasty.

[Ridleysoul]

I went when it was on in Manchester. It was pretty boring for me actually. I expected the bodies to look... more realistic I guess. Odd to say considering they are actual dead bodies, but I don't know, it just bored me.

[Lord-Ilpalozzo]

At 2/21/09 10:49 PM, Ridleysoul wrote: I went when it was on in Manchester. It was pretty boring for me actually. I expected the bodies to look... more realistic I guess. Odd to say considering they are actual dead bodies, but I don't know, it just bored me.

Maybe if it were like "House of Wax" where extremely lifelike wax sculptures are dead bodies coated in wax?

[Sensationalism]

I'm jealous. I've always wanted to go there.

[EverReady2Kill]

You have a morbid sense of fun don't you?

Even though I'd probably enjoy it.

[Rebbay]

Just thinking about those kinds of things makes me feel ill.

[MonkeyV]

We've got something pretty close to that where I live.
I've lived here all my life but never seen it.

[seaneatsmidgetclowns]

Have any else here seen this exhibition? What did you think? Would you go if it showed near you or do you think it would be to disgusting to look at preserved dead bodies and organs?

Body Worlds Website

Depends. How big was the cock?

[JadeTheAssassin]

I remember going when it came to Vancouver, and me and my dad went.

I thought it was pretty awesome--I have a fascination with the body and whatnot.

[tigerkitty]

At 2/21/09 10:49 PM, Ridleysoul wrote: I went when it was on in Manchester. It was pretty boring for me actually. I expected the bodies to look... more realistic I guess. Odd to say considering they are actual dead bodies, but I don't know, it just bored me.

So (besides those) have you actual seen any real dead bodies with which to compare them that haven't been on TV or in a video game?

I saw the exhibit when it was in Cleveland a few years back. I thought it was brilliant. I'd say my favorite particular part was the man standing at a desk with just the entire circulatory system. All of it was really fascinating though. They had this one that was a cross section of a normal weight person and a clinically obese person, the amount of fat just sitting in the body of the obese person was astounding.

[Lord-Ilpalozzo]

At 2/22/09 12:51 AM, tigerkitty wrote:

At 2/21/09 10:49 PM, Ridleysoul wrote: I went when it was on in Manchester. It was pretty boring for me actually. I expected the bodies to look... more realistic I guess. Odd to say considering they are actual dead bodies, but I don't know, it just bored me.

So (besides those) have you actual seen any real dead bodies with which to compare them that haven't been on TV or in a video game?

I saw the exhibit when it was in Cleveland a few years back. I thought it was brilliant. I'd say my favorite particular part was the man standing at a desk with just the entire circulatory system. All of it was really fascinating though. They had this one that was a cross section of a normal weight person and a clinically obese person, the amount of fat just sitting in the body of the obese person was astounding.

Yeah I liked that too or the guy sliced into thin segments or the arms and legs displayed or lungs as just the circulatory system I wonder how they did that I suppose the fill the blood vessels with something that wont dissolve and dip the body in acid so all your left with are all the blood vessels in the shape of the human body

[HungarianSupermarket]

I remember seeing a doco on it a few years back and wanting to go see it ever since. The amount of effort that goes into preserving/presenting the bodies is really quite astounding.

[CapnCrunchDaPimp]

I never thought of it that way, but yeah, that sounds hardcore. It is in the name of science but it's real gross, and cancerous penises? Ewww. I bet that guy misses his junk in the afterlife.

[Ohioman]

Sounds like a good lunch. Id enjoy the lungs myself.

[Metal-Sonic-v2]

I'm in a scientific mood right now, so I'd probably want to visit that exhibit, despite my distaste for gore.

[Ridleysoul]

At 2/23/09 10:33 AM, Metal-Sonic-v2 wrote: I'm in a scientific mood right now, so I'd probably want to visit that exhibit, despite my distaste for gore.

Thats the thing though, its not particularly gory. And yes, they were the only dead bodies I've seen, but I think what I meant was you don't actually think of them as things that were once people. Without skin, bodies look strangely artificial in my opinion, I just cant picture them ever actually being alive is all.

[PadreBueno]

Holy fuck thats some creepy shit.

[greenfaerie4]

At 2/21/09 10:58 PM, Sensationalism wrote: I'm jealous. I've always wanted to go there.

Yeah me too, I just never made it there.

[Metal-Sonic-v2]

At 2/23/09 10:51 AM, Ridleysoul wrote: Thats the thing though, its not particularly gory. And yes, they were the only dead bodies I've seen, but I think what I meant was you don't actually think of them as things that were once people. Without skin, bodies look strangely artificial in my opinion, I just cant picture them ever actually being alive is all.

I understand what you mean, but you're speaking/typing to a person who can't stand to watch Final Destination because of the fake gore.

[Ridleysoul]

At 2/23/09 10:57 AM, Metal-Sonic-v2 wrote:

At 2/23/09 10:51 AM, Ridleysoul wrote: Thats the thing though, its not particularly gory. And yes, they were the only dead bodies I've seen, but I think what I meant was you don't actually think of them as things that were once people. Without skin, bodies look strangely artificial in my opinion, I just cant picture them ever actually being alive is all.

I understand what you mean, but you're speaking/typing to a person who can't stand to watch Final Destination because of the fake gore.

It's not a particularly great movie anyway. I'm sure you'd be fine if you actually went there. The only thing that disturbed me was the part with the fetuses, but thats in a little enclosed area you can skip anyway.

[DrM]

I just find the guy who does these things REALLY creepy. He has some weird fetish for dead people.
That's the only objections I have to it really.
For educational purposes it's pretty cool, I kinda want to go to it.
But I'm sure I don't have the stomach for it.

[Ridleysoul]

At 2/23/09 11:08 AM, DrM wrote: I just find the guy who does these things REALLY creepy. He has some weird fetish for dead people

Tell me about it. He performed an autopsy live on TV once I think. Not that I watched it or anything...

[Mechabloby]

Oh, I think I'd love to see that - I've heard about that man's works all over the news so I think I would enjoy seeing that exhibition. I've seen some of his works before and it's enough to make my jaw drop, so yeah, would be fun.

[DrM]

At 2/23/09 12:22 PM, Ridleysoul wrote:

Tell me about it. He performed an autopsy live on TV once I think. Not that I watched it or anything...

He did do that autopsy thing. I saw one of them. It was gross... He was REALLY creepy and just went mad for chopping into these bodies.
The saving grace of it was the actual doctor they had on, who would explain stuff, and dissect things for educational purposes. If it had been just the doctor guy it would've been educational and kind of ok. But it wasn't.
The doctor actually looked quite worried by the mad guy in the background. He was like panting as he chopped up humans.
Whether panting cos of the effort of sawing through a pelvis, or cos he's a dirty necrophiliac, it doesn't matter. It was creepy. So I switched it off.

[Foustus]

I saw it but i thought it was completely unenteresting and boring except for the first 5 mins i was there

[jakabite]

It was there when I went to London, so I took a look. IT was good, and interesting, but kind of underwhelming considering how excited I was. Still impressive though. I took ages going around, looking at every little detail. It was fascinating, but like I said, a bit underwhelming and could have been more interactive. I dunno, there as just something missing.