It was decided on the drive home from shopping today that we would be watching Jaws tonight. I abstained from voting on the matter but my vote didn't matter as it was.
I was scrolling adjacent as the movie played. I am not one for gore or violence or anything jump-scary, so luckily the movie is now so well known in modern folklore that I could anticipate.
In my wander around the playground that is the internet I discovered:
- The San Diego Botanic Gardens has a rare orchid bloom - a corpse flower (& if you go to their Facebook page you can name it) https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/08/28/rare-corpse-flower-prepares-for-its-first-bloom-at-san-diego-botanic-garden/
- ... about 1.67% of attackers in the Secret Service report were transgender and 95.56% of attackers were men who were not transgender... So in summation, if we are to change the outcome we need to consider the base root cause. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/transgender-mass-shootings/
- The length of the shark in Jaws spawned a sociological discussion of science vs myth https://www.quora.com/Can-a-great-white-shark-really-be-as-big-as-25-ft-long-and-weighing-three-tons-as-depicted-in-the-film-Jaws
- 316 sailors survived the USS Indianapolis https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/surviving-sinking-uss-indianapolis
- Not only is there Jaws (1975 Spielberg) and Jaws 2 (1978 Sczwarc) there is Jaws 3-D (1983 Alves) in a theme park, Jaws 4: The Revenge (1987 Sargent), Cruel Jaws (1995 Mattei) which is apparently some fan fic that got a limited release and a myriad of Jaws 6 concepts. The Jawsical (estimated Summer 2025 Whannell/Koepp) was promising but no tune on the promos trailer didn't fulfil the musical promise)