Was Mr.Bean an alien.

Mint Sauce

Was he abducted by aliens and they are literally dropping him off?

TeddyTedson

du Maurier wrote: »

"Teddy!". Is this because he was mean to you and cut you to shreds? He was a right bastard though, to be honest.

TheZohan wrote: »

Be janey the mods must have been in a good mood to let you back!


Nah he wasn't a creep and he wasn't an alien, he was a real person with feelings, just like Teddy.

Mean to me? Wuuut?

Didn't he kidnap a child in one of the episodes!?

ScumLord

I always thought it was a continuation of his bad luck. "how can this day get any worse? I'll probably end up abducted by aliens next"

Niles

TeddyTedson wrote: »

Mean to me? Wuuut?

Didn't he kidnap a child in one of the episodes!?

From memory I think it more fell into his care by accident rather than it being a kidnapping on his part...

As regards the opening sequence, there's also the idea that it's meant to symbolise the alien abductors couldn't deal with him and "handed him back" in frustration.

Amazing how a simple opening sequence can cause such speculation and debate.

Ontological Epistemologist

smegmar wrote: »

A friend and I were recently talking about our old childhood memories. We mentioned many TV series that shaped our childhood and eventually we came to Mister Bean. The following conversation took place.

Me: "Yea, it's still funny to this day"
He: "True, I'll have my kids watch it"
Me: "It's a shame they had to finish the series, he never got home"
He: "O_o"
Me: "....yea he was an Alien trying to get home"
He: "eh...Are we talking about the same series?"
Me: "Yeah, I thought everyone knew that, go see the intro credits again, he falls out of a spaceship and is trying to get back, that's why he's so weird."

The Discussion went on but I always thought it was the unmentioned subtext to the whole series. So did anyone else think the same.....

Here's the intro so you can see again and get nastalgic for a while.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYOWIdPHXts

Inb4 "You're an Alien"

He is alien to us given our expectations of normality, he represents the child within us, for he cannot talk, his mimes and mumblings represent a child like trance where we abandon the use of language and express ourselves on a communicative level through our external displays of subconscious anxieties, and yet manages to mock our adult pretences such as that as the belief that we are more mature and developed than our inner child.

Mr. Bean is alien to us as he represents through his actions, what we have lost through the sands of time in our self-assured belief that we have matured, yet desire a return to a child like state of innocence.

TeddyTedson

Niles wrote: »

From memory I think it more fell into his care by accident rather than it being a kidnapping on his part...

As regards the opening sequence, there's also the idea that it's meant to symbolise the alien abductors couldn't deal with him and "handed him back" in frustration.

Amazing how a simple opening sequence can cause such speculation and debate.

Yea you might be right about that actually

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVFRtkVr4Pc

Where To

Ontological Epistemologist wrote: »

He is alien to us given our expectations of normality, he represents the child within us, for he cannot talk, his mimes and mumblings represent a child like trance where we abandon the use of language and express ourselves on a communicative level through our external displays of subconscious anxieties, and yet manages to mock our adult pretences such as that as the belief that we are more mature and developed than our inner child.

Mr. Bean is alien to us as he represents through his actions, what we have lost through the sands of time in our self-assured belief that we have matured, yet desire a return to a child like state of innocence.

I ate my inner child.

ejmaztec

Since when did alien = thick twat?

TeddyTedson

ejmaztec wrote: »

Since when did alien = thick twat?

Since he fell out of a light shining from the sky I guess

RichieC

Mind blown....

ejmaztec

TeddyTedson wrote: »

Since he fell out of a light shining from the sky I guess

Spielberg's Close Encounters would have had an 18 cert after the spokesman for mankind said "welcome, you thick twats."

TeddyTedson

ejmaztec wrote: »

Spielberg's Close Encounters would have had an 18 cert after the spokesman for mankind said "welcome, you thick twats."

Aliens only ever land in America though, that's actually a fact.
So I guess you are correct, Mr. Bean is just an idiot and not in fact an illegal alien.

Ontological Epistemologist

where do i go from here wrote: »

I ate my inner child.

I ate Mr. Bean because he is a bean.

ejmaztec

Ontological Epistemologist wrote: »

I ate Mr. Bean because he is a bean.

A has-bean?:(

Where To

Ontological Epistemologist wrote: »

I ate Mr. Bean because he is a bean.

That's just silly.

TeddyTedson

This ****e hasn't Bean on in years???
thread needs moooarrrr pun.

Superbus

Rowan Atkinson had a strange career progression.

Clever sketches -> very clever historical sitcom -> OMG MR BEAN!!!! -> bit parts in British romcoms

ejmaztec

TeddyTedson wrote: »

This ****e hasn't Bean on in years???
thread needs moooarrrr pun.

Didn't he do a runner?

TeddyTedson

ejmaztec wrote: »

Didn't he do a runner?

:D

Ontological Epistemologist

where do i go from here wrote: »

That's just silly.

Where is your sense of humour?

ejmaztec

Ontological Epistemologist wrote: »

Where is your sense of humour?

He's just stringing you along.

Aenaes

I always thought it meant he was kicked out of heaven.

TeddyTedson

Aenaes wrote: »

I always thought it meant he was kicked out of heaven.

hmmm, never thought of it like that. I guess the idea of aliens just seems a little more realistic in my mind than heaven:p

Chuck Stone

He goes around as if he's constantly half baked

Plazaman

He must have got some sort of brain upgrade to transfer him into Johnny English. He's still does thick shít but at least we can understand what he's saying.

suicide_circus

Slag off Mr Bean if you want but the lack of dialogue meant that a worldwide audience could enjoy the series (14 half hour episodes). According to wiki, Mr Bean was sold and broadcast is 245 territories, this plus video/dvd sales, cartoon spin-off and movies have made rowan atkinson a wealthy man with an estimated fortune in excess of $60m...not had for an actor who has never been in a hit movie (bar four weddings)

ejmaztec

suicide_circus wrote: »

Slag off Mr Bean if you want but the lack of dialogue meant that a worldwide audience could enjoy the series (14 half hour episodes). According to wiki, Mr Bean was sold and broadcast is 245 territories, this plus video/dvd sales, cartoon spin-off and movies have made rowan atkinson a wealthy man with an estimated fortune in excess of $60m...not had for an actor who has never been in a hit movie (bar four weddings)

Mr Bean certainly covered a broad audience.

Latchy

My fav mr Bean moement is in the movie ' Bean' when he destroys the head on the painting of the old lady in that chair .

He then shows it to Peter MacNicol who recoils in horror , who then asks to see it again only to react again in absolute horror saying '' Oh Jesus of Nazereth '':eek: ...while looking to escape through a shoe box size window .

Funniest moement in the film

missvirgo

How did i never realise... MR. BEAN IS AN ALIEN!!!!!! :eek: I wont be right for weeks after this :eek:

-Can't wait to tell everyone!

St.Spodo

If you watch it without the laughter track, it's a very touching drama series about a man with special needs trying to overcome the difficulties life presents him on a daily basis.