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researcher who helps himself to a steak...

posted 10 years ago by siccmaderecz
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so ok these dudes are "guests" and set up shop to research the poltergeist activity

he is munching on a bag of cheetos, that goes empty...decides to go into their kitchen without asking and get himself out a *beep* 2 pound sirloin fine cut of steak..gets a pan out at like 1 AM...

he deserved to have his face melt off into a sink, even if it was imagined.

what a total *beep* of a house guest. Steak isn't cheap..and he just waltz right into the kitchen with a drum stick hanging out his mouth

*beep* asshat.

[–] Wombstar 10 years ago

How do you know they weren't told to help themselves?
Happens all the time, he might have brought that streak long with him.

[–] EastVaner 9 years ago

For all we know, he was told to help himself to whatever was in the kitchen. A pretty common offer for guests staying over anywhere, especially ones trying to find your daughter...

[–] Lets_talk_about_that 9 years ago

Of course the researchers were told to help themselves to whatever's in the fridge. I got this even as a young child, nothing about the situation seemed strange to me. People don't seem to understand that the researcher raiding the kitchen is part of the Freelings' characterization in the film. It is yet another detail which reinforces how easy-going, communal, cozy, and family-oriented the Freelings are. The detail of the researcher helping himself casually to the Freeling's food emphasizes the cozy, camp-out atmosphere of the situation in the house among the researchers and the family - that the walls of formality were dissolving, that the researchers themselves were becoming like family, brought together by a powerfully mind-boggling situation. The deeply moving scenes between Dr. Lesh and Diane also communicate this sense of informality and closeness that is occurring. Again, it is powerful characterization, showing how open and family-oriented, warm, and communal the Freelings are.

www.huffingtonpost.com/nathan-j-winograd/PETA-KILLS-PUPPIES-KITTENS_b_2979220.html

[–] pauladowell 9 years ago

i always assume they bought their own food and borrowed the use of the refrigerator, now come on LMAO

[–] vocklabruck 9 years ago

Even with the Freelings' permission that guy trying to fry a steak in the middle of the night is kinda ridiculous. I don't know, get some bread, ham and cheese but a steak? LOL

[–] infoed 9 years ago

Whoever the steak belonged to isn't the question as much as the fact that the house had a semi-open plan and the kitchen range area led right into the living room.

Frying a steak when people are trying to sleep is noisy and smelly. Fried steak doesn't smell as good as grilled. These people are exhausted and he's gonna just go ahead and interrupt them as they are finally sleeping?

As Bon Qui Qui would say: "Rude!"

[–] jefgg 8 years ago

You are absolutely right.

I am surprised that guy didn't raid the liquor cabinet. And people like that always want the best ... when they aren't paying for it.

[–] dueville (43) 2 years ago

who just keeps a raw steak sitting in the fridge anyway? He pulled it with no wrapping or anything on it...nasty

[–] FootOfDavros (8465) 2 years ago

Yes, that was outrageous.

Those people have been traumatized enough without that dude helping himself to that massive steak!

I mean, it was just sitting there on it's own on a plate. We can but guess but I suspect Mrs Poltergeist kid's mom had bought it for the dad as a celebratory meal once they'd got their kid back. But then this jerk - who's only too well aware of the tough time they've been having - thinks "I'll just help myself to that!" Unbelievable...

Anyway, how much would a big steak like that have cost back in '82? Perhaps meat was cheaper back in those days, so maybe the crime wasn't so big.

(obviously meat would have been cheaper in 1982 but I'm meaning outwith inflationary adjustment)