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The Biscuitkeeper Member  |
 It's kinda tradition for me to sing Movin' Right Along on any road trip. It's on my iPod's Top Rated list. I'm Matt Cable and I approve this message. ________________________________________________ I'm alright. Don't nobody worry bout me. |
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has been eaten by a grue. Member |
yep. totally the beheadings. not for wee little kiddies, though. wait til they're tweens. my list!
I think scary movies are good for kids. in small, supervised doses. or during the daytime. several of these movies scared the crap out of me when I was a kid, but those moments have turned out to be some of my best memories. ahh, hiding behind the couch for fear of the ROUSes! and, oh, keeping my back to the wall for fear of the bull from The Last Unicorn running up behind me when I went down the hall! *sigh* ~ We're just babies making up a game, if you're right. But...babies playing a game can make a play-world which licks your real world hollow. That's why I'm going to stand by the play-world. ~ Elite Special Force Procrastinator, trained in High Arts of Extended Coffee Breaks and Master Linguist of the Water Cooler Conversation |
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Miss Kitty Fantastico Member  |
Well, of course Muppets! Of any variety!
and er... if the kid is like mine - a total parrot - ya may wanna skip over the Zoot in the castle/oral sex part of Holy Grail. Hubby let Dev watch this over Christmas break last year (1st grade) and I had horrible thoughts of Dev going back to school spouting off "A spanking! A spanking! And then the oral sex!" I would have thought the end of the world is everyone's responsibility, wouldn't you? ~Death in Thief of Time Minister of Kraftwerk in the Realm of U & P, Order of the Pineapple with frond for advancement in Nap studies. |
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Starving artist - well, not starving, but if you happen to have an extra biscuit lying around . . . Member  |
Oook!
*adds Holy Grail to the 'off limits when babysiting' list* ------------------------------ You are a Leprechaun. I'm not even sure what you are. Whiskey-soaked reports from your baffling Isle of Ire raise more questions than they answer. Are you a dwarf? Where's your pickax? If you're an elf, why don't you cobble? You'd think with all your gold, you could invest in some land, perhaps a title, and improve your station. Instead, you hide it in meteorologically-determined locations. You're getting killed on inflation, little friend! |
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has been eaten by a grue. Member |
hrm. yes, perhaps skip Zoot. or cough loudly at strategic points. we watched The Princess Bride with a bunch of wee little kiddies and used that technique to prevent their knowing that Inigo called the six-fingered count a son of a bitch. whee!
~ We're just babies making up a game, if you're right. But...babies playing a game can make a play-world which licks your real world hollow. That's why I'm going to stand by the play-world. ~ Elite Special Force Procrastinator, trained in High Arts of Extended Coffee Breaks and Master Linguist of the Water Cooler Conversation |
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Miss Kitty Fantastico Member |
Dev's heard the term bitch before. um. lots. (Mummy swears like a sailor)
I would have thought the end of the world is everyone's responsibility, wouldn't you? ~Death in Thief of Time Minister of Kraftwerk in the Realm of U & P, Order of the Pineapple with frond for advancement in Nap studies. |
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Girded for battle Member  |
That was exactly my thought at the Python recommendations. My gran quite didn't know what to say when my 8 year old sister started regaling her with the Bigus Dickus scene from Life of Brian.
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has been eaten by a grue. Member |
hehe. but, still, the principle holds. if you don't want them to hear something, make with the distraction! ~ We're just babies making up a game, if you're right. But...babies playing a game can make a play-world which licks your real world hollow. That's why I'm going to stand by the play-world. ~ Elite Special Force Procrastinator, trained in High Arts of Extended Coffee Breaks and Master Linguist of the Water Cooler Conversation |
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No way - books are my fav too ********* I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different. Kurt Vonnegut |
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Yahr! Member  |
If anything, you'd lose geek cred if it were the other way around. ~ Gal-El You don't have to be a basketball player, you can be the president of the United States. ~ LeBron James. |
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Although I think even the geeks are tired of the people complaining that Tom Bombadil didn't make the cut.
__________ AJGraeme "You see, I have a policy about honesty and ass-kicking: if you ask for it, I have to let you have it." -Taylor Mali "I am a sexy, shoeless god of war." -Belkar |
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The Biscuitkeeper Member |
I had a bigger problem with elves in Helm's Deep.
I'm Matt Cable and I approve this message. ________________________________________________ I'm alright. Don't nobody worry bout me. |
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Recovering catnip addict, (yahr) Member  |
Seems like almost every movie I ever saw as a kid is deemed geeky. I think it's because my Dad loves genre films.
This is what I was raised on: The Abominable Dr. Phibes (my first theatre film) BBC's Animal Farm Dr. Who Classic Universal horror movies Hammer films Star Trek The Outer Limits The Twilight Zone Andy Warhol's Frankenstein Wizard of Oz Singin' in the Rain Films featuring Harryhausen effects Supplemented by bedtime stories from Tolkien, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edgar Allen Poe. All before I was 10. I haven't seen 2 of the films on that list- Goonies and My Neighbor Totoro. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Well we all shine on, like the moon and the stars and the sun... Illusions on celluloid My new website! |
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Fractal demiurge Member  |
Well, well, well...us Midwestern folk will have to redeem that little gap in your upbringing, now won't we?  **** “Chives?†“Yes, m’lud?†“Is that Ms Ephemera hovering over the croquet lawn?†“Indeed m’lud. She’s marshalled all the haggle-dans. Missy-twigs and vale-nymphs from Claypole Woods. Apparently she intends to tear this house down and dance on the ruins.†“Well, Chives, you’d better start the car, what? And pack my tennis things too†--- Joe 3Heads |
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Recovering catnip addict, (yahr) Member |
Bring on the popcorn!
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Wigber Member  |
I'm sure I've mentioned this before, but the missus rented 'Holy Grail' when the boys were ~ 13 + 11, and I was rather amused when I overheard the younger one ask his brother "What's oral sex?" |
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Did something right Member  |
DEATHBLOSSOM!
Sir, what do we do now? We die. ---------------------------------------------------------- "It really is fun to to stick burning objects into various orifices." "Sorry I haven't been around much, but I am easily distracted by shiny objects." "WEIRD! WEIRDY-WEIRDO-WEIRD! WEIRDOPOTTAMUS WEIRDOSAUR! HIM! YOU! WEIRD!"-Mr. Furious |
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has been eaten by a grue. Member |
so did I, especially when that ended up being quite possibly the best part of that movie (for me, anyway). they ruined everything else, but, oh, hey, lookit! elves in Helm's Deep!
ha! and what was the reply? ~ We're just babies making up a game, if you're right. But...babies playing a game can make a play-world which licks your real world hollow. That's why I'm going to stand by the play-world. ~ Elite Special Force Procrastinator, trained in High Arts of Extended Coffee Breaks and Master Linguist of the Water Cooler Conversation |
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Miyazaki is the ruler. You have to watch his films.
Obviously Willy Wonka still holds up well even with the new and "improved" redo. Charlie Brown cartoons are good to give the kids a look at the way things used to be. Willow. Oliver. Practically any Disney classic. Rankin/Bass Christmas features. Big Trouble in Little China. Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan. Gladiator. . . . . . . .•:*¨¨*:•.ºoº... ºoº.•:*¨¨*:•..•:*¨¨*:•.ºoº...ºoº.•:*¨¨*:•. The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea In a beautiful pea-green boat, They took some honey, and plenty of money. Wrapped up in a five-pound note. The Owl looked up to the stars above, And sang to a small guitar, 'O lovely Pussy! O Pussy, my love, What a beautiful Pussy you are, You are You are! What a beautiful Pussy you are!' |
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here Member  |
I think this is why they did it. There's no place else in the trilogy where you get a picture of what the elves really are and what they are capable of. In the novels it is talked about a lot, but "show, don't tell" is even more important in movies than novels (and J.R.R. himself was pretty bad with that rule).
"I think I'll just go the the refrigerator for a drink for the next couple of minutes. You kids watch the movie." While it is funny no matter what, Holy Grail is so much better when you know the actual King Arthur story. Is there a good film/TV version of the Mort d'Artur that just plays it straight and tells the story? I think you need to start there. I still think I want to ease my kids into Monty Python with Time Bandits and Baron Munchausen first. |
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