Hot Slut Of The Day!
The badass baby iguana who outran a bunch of snakes on the Islands episode of Planet Earth II!
I was planning to do a political-themed HSOTD today, but we could all use a quick distraction from that shit show. You may have already been distracted with this thrilling-as-hell chase scene, but get distracted all over again like it’s the first time. Planet Earth II is airing the UK right now, but it doesn’t come out in the U.S. until January. They should move up that January release date to TONIGHT because we need this now more than ever.
Only Planet Earth II’s first episode has aired and it’s already become the must-see cinematic experience of the year. It’s got suspense, drama, romance, heartbreak and action.
This chase scene was filmed on Isla Fernandina in the Galapagos, and the BBC says that it’s the first time that a bunch of Taylor Swifts have been filmed hunting as a pack. But they’re not exactly hunting together. It’s every snake for themselves as they try to swallow Courtney Stodden’s first cousin twice removed. In this clip, the baby iguana is playing the role of me and the snakes are playing the role of you after I post another Kartrashian story. This is probably how most of our Thanksgiving dinners will end after someone brings up the election.
Matthew Meech, the editor of Planet Earth II’s first episode, talked to the The Independent about how they filmed the scene and put it together:
“One of the amazing things about the encounter was that it was shot at such a high speed. So in real life those things are moving much, much faster. It’s incredibly hard to film them while running and keep everything in focus. But sometimes the focus didn’t matter as the moment was so intense. The music and sound design was obviously a big part of it too. The work everyone did was amazing.”
If Daniel Craig decides that he really doesn’t want a giant mountain of money to play Bond again, then the producers really don’t need to hold a massive search for his replacement. This iguana is it! It can do its own stunts, the camera loves it and you know trick looks good in a tuxedo.
And here’s a behind-the-scenes clip of how the scene was shot. SPOILER ALERT: One of that baby iguana’s iguana friends wasn’t so lucky. I know, the hell kind of palate cleanser did I give you?