Originally Posted By christiemarsh88 Has anyone seen this super cool traveling attraction? I first saw it in Casino Royale last year, when James Bond chases a suspect into the exhibition. It features real human bodies that have had the skin removed, leaving the organs open for viewing. Then the bodies are posed in interesting, entertaining poses. It sounds macabre, but it's really just fascinating to see how intricate the human body is. I was amazed by the exhibits he was walking through, and actually found myself pulled out of the movie because I was so interested in it. Well, I recently found out that the same exhibit featured in that movie is going to be in Branson, just a short drive from where I live. So this Friday I'm going to get to see it! Has anyone already seen it? Was it as cool as I'm hoping it will be? Here's a link to the website for anyone who's interested. WARNING: There are pictures. But don't worry...If you can handle Jack Skellington, you can probably handle this...it's not as gruesome as it sounds. <a href="http://www.bodiestheexhibition.com/intro.html" target="_blank">http://www.bodiestheexhibition .com/intro.html</a>
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<Has anyone already seen it? Was it as cool as I'm hoping it will be?>> My wife and I saw it when we were in Vegas for my birthday last June. It will be as cool as you hope it will be. Probably cooler. What I found even more amazing than the exhibits with revealed muscles and organs were the exhibits showing the system of arteries and vessels within the human body. How they could remove everything surrounding those tiny veins I have no idea, but it was absolutely astounding to see what must be hundreds if not thousands of miles of veins in the human body.
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 Interesting! christiemarsh88, you've made me realize something I never knew before: there are competing displays of polymerized bodies making the circuit. The Detroit Science Center has been hosting bodies, and it's been DSC's biggest draw ever. I haven't been yet, but I know that the show has been extended, and I clicked on your link to see if I could get info on the new end date. Lo and behold, there are apparently "Bodies, The Exhibition," which you linked to, and "Our Body: The Universe Within," which is going strong in Detroit. I wonder if there are others. Weird.
Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x It's in San Diego until November 11. I may have to go out there to see it. Very interesting.
Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x Yeah, I know I've got most of it done. The rest I'm going to have to do tomorrow at school, since I need a printer!
Originally Posted By Pixie Glitter I know I have seen a similar exhibit (I think maybe in Oklahoma City's Omniplex Museum), but I can't recall the name of it. I read through the list of similar exhibits on this link but didn't recognize any of the names. Anyhoo, looks like a very interesting exhibit!
Originally Posted By disneydad109 I never saw it,and hope to never see it . This show was in Raleigh earlier this year and every day the paper would have pctures. Just what I was hoping to see over the morning cup of tea. I feel so sorry for these poor people who are not being allowed to rest in peace but travel the world in this 21st century freak show.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<I feel so sorry for these poor people who are not being allowed to rest in peace but travel the world in this 21st century freak show.>> All bodies used in the exhibition had been donated for medical/scientific use. I would think that being preserved in an exhibition would be a classier end than being sliced up by medical students.
Originally Posted By sherrytodd The bodies used in this exhibit in particular and many other exhibits are from China and in many cases they are not donated bodies, but are unidentified bodies. I have no problem with them using bodies that were donated for science, particularly people who are now donating their bodies specifically to the exhibits, but the origin of many of the bodies used in these exhibits is questionable.
Originally Posted By disneydad109 I just have a little bit of trouble placing too much trust in the goverment of China. Don't ask me why,I just think that they may not be as nice and fair to their people as some other nations. I know that any goverment anywhere always tells the truth, don't they ?
Originally Posted By velo When I went to the Museum of Science & Industry in Chicago, back in the eighties, they have/had a great wing that had a human body ...hemi-sectioned (?, help me here Inspector, my college days are too far gone) between plexi-glass plates. It was fascinating because it to the human body and "sliced" it into 1-inch thick sections that could be viewed. I actually totally aced my physio class due to this (well, and a lot of studying, lol). yeah, I'm a nerd!
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 <<help me here Inspector, my college days are too far gone>> Oh! Like *I*m a spring chick?! <<hemi-sectioned?>> I'm pretty sure the hemi's are in the automotive engineering wing. To be honest, velo, I'm not sure of the proper term, either. "Hemi" means "half," so, given what you've described, that's prob'ly not it. "Sliced" sounds technically correct, though. Or "laterally sectioned." Nerdis semper!
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 Great minds think alike, I guess. I was just coming back to this thread to comment that the local media have been breathless over how "controversial" the exhibit is. While I think that coverage is more about ratings than news, there *have* apparently been some objections to the exhibit here. And I was going to ask if any of you found the exhibit to be objectionable in any way. Y'all beat me to it. FWIW, unless the Chinese government and/or the exhibitors "stole" bodies or killed people to obtain bodies (a la Robin Cook's "Coma"), I have zero problem with the use of these bodies for this purpose.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<I have zero problem with the use of these bodies for this purpose.>> I agree. I thought that the exhibit was absolutely fascinating and gave me a glimpse of the wondrous intricacies of the human body. You come away with a bit of awe and the desire to take better care of the body you have. Not to worry though... that desire doesn't last very long... ;-)
