Kenneth wrote:
> I didn't even grasp what that pig cannon was all about, it went by so fast. :-/
> I remember thinking, "What the hell *was* that?" A very bizarre (and thankfully
> short) interlude. (Although, somewhere in the story, mention *was* made of using
> pigs as subjects for testing weaponry. Rather cold-hearted--but probably true in
> RL, sad to say!  So perhaps this was another little piece of social
> commentary--a pig getting back at its tormentor, by being 'used' as a weapon!)

Pigs are often used as "human analogs," because of their similarity to 
humans.

But I suspect this was more a tribute to Peter Jackson's early humour, 
such as the rocket sheep from "Bad Taste" :)

...Chambers

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