The thing people always overlook is that some of those names were given to the shapes that were seen thousands of years ago. And since then the position of those stars as we perceive them have changed quite a bit. And if they’ve moved in dissimilar directions, there can be quite a substantial change in the shape we see compared to what they saw. So the older the designation of a constellation is, the more it’s distorted.

My brother is a huge Whoopi Golberg fan so we actually saw it opening weekend. Yes, it’s derivative, but just too many bits of hilarity to not live it. And we constantly quote rowan Atkinson’s line to each other. “Eetza Race!!” “I’m weeeeening!”