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Shooting the MGM lion logo in 1924 (X-Post from r/history) (i.imgur.com)

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[–]VaJoiner 135 points136 points ago

How many times is this photo going to get posted and actually get up-votes.

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[–]farox 10 points11 points ago

Please don't:

Complain about reposts. Just because you have seen it before doesn't mean everyone has. Votes indicate the popularity of a post, so just vote. Keep in mind that linking to previous posts is not automatically a complaint; it is information. Votes indicate how the community values information, so just vote.

[–]SpaghettiPants -1 points0 points ago

This is true, I don't know how long I've lurked but my account is almost a year old. First time I've seen this...but then I've scoffed at a repost here and there =/

[–]plateoshrimp 13 points14 points ago

First time I ever saw it.

[–]turkletom 9 points10 points ago

Congratulations, you're one of today's Ten Thousand.

[–]ghettajetta 1 point2 points ago

Seriously, does reddit write XKCD? it is relevant so often it is alarming.

[–]turkletom 0 points1 point ago

Yes.

Dunn...dunnn... dunnn...

[–]noraamitt 4 points5 points ago

not everybody has seen this particular picture before. i've seen it a couple times before and i'm still alive

[–]McPiggy 1 point2 points ago

What you've typed : "this is a repost, blah, blah, blah..."

What I read it as: " I've seen this before, not only once, but many times. Upvote me 'cause I know about things!"

[–]somethingintelligent 4 points5 points ago

I haven't seen it once and I've been internetings for a substantial amount of time, I'm impressed!

[–]kittensngravy 7 points8 points ago

I HAVEN'T SEEN IT SO FUCK OF YOU MISERABLE CUNT

[–]stirfried 1 point2 points ago

http://karmadecay.com/i.imgur.com/tczD3.jpg

[–]CUNTBERT_RAPINGTON 11 points12 points ago

7 times, with increasing frequency on a logarithmic scale into the present. So infinity more times.

According to my calculations, the next repost will be tomorrow, followed by another one 6 hours after that, and another one 20 minutes after that.

Within a few days, it will be posted so quickly it will be measured in Planck Units, and universe as we know it will start to break down due to the physically impossible interval between mgm lion reposts. Way to doom humanity, OP.

[–]MasonJoody 2 points3 points ago

Oh my...

[–]arborday 2 points3 points ago

That site is far more interesting to me than it should be.

[–]tblackwood 3 points4 points ago

how many times is a comment about reposted photos getting up-votes going to get up-votes?

think about it...

[–]Spasticated 3 points4 points ago

seriously. it's exponentially more annoying and a redundancy at that

[–]Th3_Great 2 points3 points ago

maybe because not everyone spends such an inhuman time on the internet that they've seen every picture out there

[–]noraamitt 3 points4 points ago

the only people who scream bloody murder with something to the extent of "REPOST!" when they've seen something before likely spend entirely too much time on reddit

[–]rjm-11[S] 2 points3 points ago

My bad, I hadn't seen it before and just thought it would be appreciated here. If my "reposting" bugs you, just downvote and move on.

[–]malilla 1 point2 points ago

Like stirfried said, it's been posted before but in other subreddits, so just check out if this is a repost to same subreddit or a x-post from other subreddit for people here to see for the first time.

I fact I had never seen it before, so I thank you OP for making me another lucky Ten thousand, we've all been someday.

[–]FUCKINGCRATE 1 point2 points ago

This is the first time I've seen it, so thanks for submitting it!

[–]catvllvs 1 point2 points ago

I haven't seen it before either.

So thanks.

[–]swander42 0 points1 point ago

at least 1 more time.

[–]mheyk 0 points1 point ago

Yea fucknut I havent seen it yet but thanks for being an arrogant internet douchbag

[–]dynamic03 0 points1 point ago

Some of us have a life.

[–]girafa[M] 0 points1 point ago

aaaaand it's gone

[–]mastersprinkles -1 points0 points ago

So far I have seen it posted 4 times, all 4 were upvoted to the front page.

[–]kranzb2 -1 points0 points ago

5000th time I have seen this now,

[–]shyyviolet 0 points1 point ago

go outside

[–]aspbergerinparadise 0 points1 point ago

Oh, is it wasting your precious time to look at a picture for two seconds? Maybe you shouldn't come into the comment section to start complaining if your time is so valuable then,

[–]Coloneljesus -1 points0 points ago

Yeah, look. It's this post again!

[–]dailyfusion -1 points0 points ago

i'll repost in 5 minutes and let you know.

[–]parrotsnest -3 points-2 points ago

Came here for this. Apparently this fucking lion is the most fascinating creature in history.

[–]vertigo1083 -2 points-1 points ago

Came here to see someone say "came here for this".

[–]triplea20x 0 points1 point ago

Arhhghehhhhhhhhh I came.

[–]parrotsnest 0 points1 point ago

I'm going to up vote you. I came here to say "came here for this." ;)

[–]smallklein -2 points-1 points ago

I don't know but it's a tad ridiculous.

[–]NewWorldState 5 points6 points ago

Does anyone actually have a credible source about the supposed lion killing its trainer a little while after being filmed? There seem to be an equal number of sources for and against the myth

[–]k3rn3 1 point2 points ago

I've been looking, too, and I can't find anything.

[–]KingDaveRa 10 points11 points ago

Hells bells. I wouldn't want to be sitting in front of that thing whilst it was roaring into the lens.

[–]MasterAssBlaster 3 points4 points ago

Im pretty sure the lion ate its trainer the day before or something like that. So yeah, you've got the right idea.

[–]KingDaveRa 1 point2 points ago

Yes - if I was one of those guys, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have been too keen to do it after that!

[–]dunnowhy 0 points1 point ago

I'm pretty sure he didn't eat them though.

[–]tajomaru 0 points1 point ago

http://theamotimes.com/2012/02/05/mgm-lion-tribute-ate-the-trainer-and-2-assistants-after-the-day-the-commercial-was-published/

From TIL 6 days ago.

[–]Admiralolz 2 points3 points ago

After about three minutes of googling I can safely say that no, none of the MGM lions ever killed their trainers. Factopolis first posted this rumor years ago, and it has never been substantiated. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Did_the_lion_used_in_the_MGM_logo_killed_its_trainer_the_day_after_it_was_filmed

http://carlygoogles.blogspot.com/2009/10/did-mgm-lion-really-kill-its-trainer.html

[–]tajomaru 0 points1 point ago

I certainly haven't eaten my trainers.

[–]BadThoughtProcess 0 points1 point ago

I kept reading trainer as "trailer" and was wtfing all over the place.

[–]0bi-JuAn 0 points1 point ago

The trainer of the lion was actually killed two weeks later by it.

[–]stanfan114 0 points1 point ago

I miss Leo the Lion. His roar was a good way to set the volume on my home theater.

[–]nimulli 2 points3 points ago

Pfft, i thought reddit preferred the MTM feline http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvJ5hcUQdKc

[–]Gegenki 1 point2 points ago

Pfft, i thought reddit preferred the MGM feline http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz61fODuu_s

[–]fuckbitcheseatcake 1 point2 points ago

The only thing I could think, "They are all dead now".

[–]cautioncarnival 0 points1 point ago

yep, lion killed them

[–]triplea20x 0 points1 point ago

Ate em with some fava beans and a nice chianti

[–]ocras 1 point2 points ago

As far as I know, the Lion was from Dublin Zoo in Ireland.

[–]manuscarlisle 0 points1 point ago

That's what I've heard too, but being from Dublin I wasn't sure if that was fact or just schoolboy rumour? Anyone have confirmation?

[–]BigGreenYamo 1 point2 points ago

Maybe I ought crank his tail, eh? That ought to start him up. Ok, start up, come on, eh!

[–]jorbin_shmorgin_boob 1 point2 points ago

i remember hearing that the MGM lion mauled its handler shortly after the filming for the logo. can anybody confirm this? is it an urban legend?

[–]abowlofcereal 1 point2 points ago

I've seen this picture so many times, but I do have a question. Its pretty clear that this is from one of the early MGM logo shoots, back when it was shot in black and white (1930s?). Are there are any pictures of them shooting the later MGM logos? It would at least be interesting to see if it was done differently.

[–]youarealldumbasses 1 point2 points ago

This has been on reddit every year since 1924.

[–]TarantusaurusRex 1 point2 points ago

The MGM Lion series.

[–]ClassicLightbulbs 1 point2 points ago

xpost from 4chan 6 months ago. quit blowing your own minds

[–]Mieleman 1 point2 points ago

How did they make it snarl?

[–]seqqer 1 point2 points ago

"I SAW IT SO IT MUST MEAN EVERYONE ELSE SAW IT! HOW DARE YOU INCREASE A NUMBER ASSOCIATED TO YOUR USERNAME ON SOME WEBSITE BY POSTING SOMETHING THAT WAS ALREADY POSTED BEFORE?"

[–]TheAdster 7 points8 points ago

Look right here, ya see. When I say action, you're going to roar, ya see.

[–]cautioncarnival 3 points4 points ago

Why is this downvoted? I think it's cute

[–]SFbound_ -4 points-3 points ago

i just read that like Dave Chapelle - this is how I talk SEEEEEE

[–]fall0ut 1 point2 points ago

at this point we should just put this picture in the sidebar.

[–]boyubout2pissmeoff 1 point2 points ago

Nowadays it would be 40 artists sitting at Macs and 80 more software engineers and sound technicians working in the background. And you would see every single one of their names in the credits.

And the DVD would have a special feature on "The Making of The Lion Logo".

[–]Pots_And_Pans -1 points0 points ago

(X-Post from r/epost)

FTFY

[–]andrewsmith1986 1 point2 points ago

Didn't it kill two trainers 2 days later?

[–]HandyCore 6 points7 points ago

Only once it realized it was being cheated out of its royalties.

[–]electnovak -1 points0 points ago

It was on orphan adopted by MGM. Therefore, no royalties.

[–]CheckALLtheusernames 0 points1 point ago

NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE

[–]PippinMcgee 0 points1 point ago

Isnt it in colour?

[–]Doddles 0 points1 point ago

The day after this photo the lion killed a guy.

[–]The_Weird_Ginger_Guy 0 points1 point ago

REPOST!

[–]nicksnare 0 points1 point ago

http://karmadecay.com/i.imgur.com/tczD3.jpg

So many reposts.

[–]Steve-Z 0 points1 point ago

pretty sure it attacked its trainer a few days after this was shot

[–]i_logged_in_2_say 0 points1 point ago

I have already seen this picture at a previous time in my life.

[–]shrillingchicken 0 points1 point ago

Jesus, the SECOND time this got posted today, and it was old already... Go away goddamn wanker!

[–]Schubertjr 0 points1 point ago

12, 8 - lion wiener

[–]MalvinO 0 points1 point ago

If you look online, there are many sources that indicate that the lion did not attack its trainers. There also seems to be discrepancies as to which of the 5 lions allegedly attacked.

[–]DJErikD 0 points1 point ago

I prefer the 1983 version. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZCI39NWZ5g

[–]Paladin6314 1 point2 points ago

Wow... That is an excellent photo!

[–]kukienboks 0 points1 point ago

I was terrified of that clip when I was little. Missed out on good movies on TV because I was hiding from the lion.

[–]IVIoosh 0 points1 point ago

http://i.qkme.me/3530i2.jpg

[–]EvenJesusGotHiccups -1 points0 points ago

where's the gun?

[–]Mountain_Ryan -1 points0 points ago

I am going to wait two months, repost this as an x-post from /r/movies and see what happens.

[–]duchovny -1 points0 points ago

Downvoted like it should be.

[–]elcolacho -4 points-3 points ago

thanks for the repost you hoser

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