I really REALLY want to go to PAX. Anyone in the San Diego/SoCal area interested in going? I'm moving to San Diego the first week of August, now.
I'll still be over here working on my dissertation unfortunately, but if I can't make my PhD I'll be back in CA next year and I'd be willing to catch a train down to SD. XD
Well, you know how the evil headteacher discovers all the things in Sara's room in the attic and immediately assumes that they've all been stolen? Doesn't happen in the book, the headteacher never sees the room. Regardless of that... why the hell does she assume that Sara's stolen everything? Yes Miss Minchin, Sara stole all that furniture and somehow got it up to the attic WITHOUT ANYONE NOTICING. Despite being ten. Clearly your first reaction should be to blame the kid, and not to wonder exactly how the hell she got that stuff up there. And hell, if that had happened in the book, Sara would have been smart enough to go "dude, I'm ten, how the hell am I supposed to get a bed up five flights of stairs by myself without anyone seeing me?" Ugh.
Hey, Ginny, as someone who got a lot of flak for using her college education to study in China, Vietnam, and Japan, I applaud you. You, missy, have balls.
In the book, the climax isn't the moving of Mrs Frisby's house, it's the rats' escape from the NIMH scientists who come to dig up the rosebush, because they have to make it look like they're not the superintelligent rats the scientists are looking for as well as escaping alive, which means destroying everything that's there. The move is glossed over because the focus is on "oh crap, we might all die or go back to NIMH tomorrow." So the book is less focused on Mrs Frisby, and more on the rats.
I prefer the focus to be on Mrs. Brisby, and I think that's the major reason why a lot of the changes were made. I dunno, as far as adaptions go, it seems to me NIMH is one of the better ones. I can name far worse, like The Relic or The Rescuers. Seriously, read the Relic and the Rescuers then watch the movie for each. You will gnaw your own limbs off in agony.
Well, you know how the evil headteacher discovers all the things in Sara's room in the attic and immediately assumes that they've all been stolen? Doesn't happen in the book, the headteacher never sees the room. Regardless of that... why the hell does she assume that Sara's stolen everything? Yes Miss Minchin, Sara stole all that furniture and somehow got it up to the attic WITHOUT ANYONE NOTICING. Despite being ten. Clearly your first reaction should be to blame the kid, and not to wonder exactly how the hell she got that stuff up there. And hell, if that had happened in the book, Sara would have been smart enough to go "dude, I'm ten, how the hell am I supposed to get a bed up five flights of stairs by myself without anyone seeing me?" Ugh.
I liked the older version of this myself, but that's because I'm a sap for sappy endings. And again, I haven't read the book. However, this scene was designed entirely to be the "despite all evidence and logic to the contrary, the mean old "cinderella stepmother schtick" woman always blames the child regardless, because she's the stupid little child NYAAAAAAAH" just to PISS THE VIEWER OFF. Good lord, I laughed for hours when that bitch got her comeuppance. I wanted her to fall in front of the carriage, have the wheel break, and have the spokes slowly impale into her body over and over, and then have the carriage back up then go forward over and over. I wanted someone to pour their waste out into the street, and onto her face, and have the dung burn her eyeballs, and laugh as she screams "AHHHHH! MY EYES! OH SHIT MY EYES! MY EYES ARE MELTIIIIIINNNNNGGGG!"
Well, you know how the evil headteacher discovers all the things in Sara's room in the attic and immediately assumes that they've all been stolen? Doesn't happen in the book, the headteacher never sees the room. Regardless of that... why the hell does she assume that Sara's stolen everything? Yes Miss Minchin, Sara stole all that furniture and somehow got it up to the attic WITHOUT ANYONE NOTICING. Despite being ten. Clearly your first reaction should be to blame the kid, and not to wonder exactly how the hell she got that stuff up there. And hell, if that had happened in the book, Sara would have been smart enough to go "dude, I'm ten, how the hell am I supposed to get a bed up five flights of stairs by myself without anyone seeing me?" Ugh.
Okay, that's retarded. I haven't seen the movie since I was very young, so I may have to watch it again and see how much bullshit I can spot through my matured (PFFT) eyes.
However, this scene was designed entirely to be the "despite all evidence and logic to the contrary, the mean old "cinderella stepmother schtick" woman always blames the child regardless, because she's the stupid little child NYAAAAAAAH" just to PISS THE VIEWER OFF. Good lord, I laughed for hours when that bitch got her comeuppance. I wanted her to fall in front of the carriage, have the wheel break, and have the spokes slowly impale into her body over and over, and then have the carriage back up then go forward over and over. I wanted someone to pour their waste out into the street, and onto her face, and have the dung burn her eyeballs, and laugh as she screams "AHHHHH! MY EYES! OH SHIT MY EYES! MY EYES ARE MELTIIIIIINNNNNGGGG!"
Miss Minchin's not quite as Disney!Evil in the book as she is in the movie, she doesn't care what Sara does as long as she has money, and she's not trying to weasel cash out of her father either. Basically, as long as the money's coming in she's perfectly indulgent, the minute Sara is left peniless she turns into Queen Bitch. (though Sara never likes her, because she's smart enough to know from the beginning that Miss Minchin only cares about the money)
Also, in the book she doesn't get that big a comeuppance, her biggest comeuppance is when it turns out that Sara's father's business partner has been looking for her because hey, the diamond mines weren't fake after all and now Sara's richer than the Queen. And guess what? She's not going to be staying in her seminary any more!
I don't think its possble to watch Manos hands of fate with out MST3K and keep your sanaty it was hard enough to keep my sanaty with Joel and the bots.
Watching them without the riffing!? That's masochism, man! :eek:
I've seen all the movies the MST3K guys have done without the riffing. But then I do run a movie review blog called 'Media Masochists Anonymous' so take that as you will.
I've seen all the movies the MST3K guys have done without the riffing. But then I do run a movie review blog called 'Media Masochists Anonymous' so take that as you will.
ALL? Such...dedication...
I am truly moved to manly tears by your courage and professionalism. This calls for a hug!
I was forced to watch MST3K once, and it put me to sleep. I can understand why the premise would be appealing, and occasionally some of the riffs were funny, but for the most part it was just a horrible movie that the commentary didn't do much to improve. I dunno, maybe I just got stuck watching a bad one, with a worse than usual movie and/or sup-par riffing.
I was forced to watch MST3K once, and it put me to sleep. I can understand why the premise would be appealing, and occasionally some of the riffs were funny, but for the most part it was just a horrible movie that the commentary didn't do much to improve. I dunno, maybe I just got stuck watching a bad one, with a worse than usual movie and/or sup-par riffing.
Watch this one or this one and if you still don't like it it's probably just not your thing. At which point you also have no soul. Actually Rifftrax can be funnier for some people because then you're watching your favorite or least favorite mainstream movies like the Dark Knight or Twilight, but with funny commentary.
Holy Hell, I've seen two occasions of Dutch "gaming websites" referring to Telltale as Tall Tale when talking about Back to the Future. It's very likely they really missed the joke in that name, but seriously, are we Dutch people really THAT stupid?
Should have known when half of the Netherlands voted for a racist.
The night before last, I got to bed sort of late, and I had to wake up by 11 am. Around 9 am this morning, I was in bed trying and trying to fall asleep. At some point after that, I managed it, and I didn't wake up at all until my dad came down here at 4 pm. Now it's just past 5 am, I've been awake for 13 hours, and I don't feel nearly tired enough to sleep. I think the only term that can properly describe my sleep schedule at this point is "utterly fucked".
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I'll still be over here working on my dissertation unfortunately, but if I can't make my PhD I'll be back in CA next year and I'd be willing to catch a train down to SD. XD
Thanks you ^^!
I prefer the focus to be on Mrs. Brisby, and I think that's the major reason why a lot of the changes were made. I dunno, as far as adaptions go, it seems to me NIMH is one of the better ones. I can name far worse, like The Relic or The Rescuers. Seriously, read the Relic and the Rescuers then watch the movie for each. You will gnaw your own limbs off in agony.
I liked the older version of this myself, but that's because I'm a sap for sappy endings. And again, I haven't read the book. However, this scene was designed entirely to be the "despite all evidence and logic to the contrary, the mean old "cinderella stepmother schtick" woman always blames the child regardless, because she's the stupid little child NYAAAAAAAH" just to PISS THE VIEWER OFF. Good lord, I laughed for hours when that bitch got her comeuppance. I wanted her to fall in front of the carriage, have the wheel break, and have the spokes slowly impale into her body over and over, and then have the carriage back up then go forward over and over. I wanted someone to pour their waste out into the street, and onto her face, and have the dung burn her eyeballs, and laugh as she screams "AHHHHH! MY EYES! OH SHIT MY EYES! MY EYES ARE MELTIIIIIINNNNNGGGG!"
Okay, that's retarded. I haven't seen the movie since I was very young, so I may have to watch it again and see how much bullshit I can spot through my matured (PFFT) eyes.
Miss Minchin's not quite as Disney!Evil in the book as she is in the movie, she doesn't care what Sara does as long as she has money, and she's not trying to weasel cash out of her father either. Basically, as long as the money's coming in she's perfectly indulgent, the minute Sara is left peniless she turns into Queen Bitch. (though Sara never likes her, because she's smart enough to know from the beginning that Miss Minchin only cares about the money)
Also, in the book she doesn't get that big a comeuppance, her biggest comeuppance is when it turns out that Sara's father's business partner has been looking for her because hey, the diamond mines weren't fake after all and now Sara's richer than the Queen. And guess what? She's not going to be staying in her seminary any more!
It doesn't help that there are about five films that I've seen that I haven't liked.
Oh, you got to watch some Mystery Science Theater 3000, girlfriend.
Watching them without the riffing!? That's masochism, man! :eek:
I keep my eye on you.
I've seen all the movies the MST3K guys have done without the riffing. But then I do run a movie review blog called 'Media Masochists Anonymous' so take that as you will.
ALL? Such...dedication...
I am truly moved to manly tears by your courage and professionalism. This calls for a hug!
You mean like when I helped you with Soul? I could do that again this week when I have a little more time.
Thanks a lot ^^!
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Its just awesome!
Um, sure, I guess. It's not that big of a deal, I enjoy taking the piss out of bad movies, even if they do hurt me a little on the inside.
Watch this one or this one and if you still don't like it it's probably just not your thing. At which point you also have no soul. Actually Rifftrax can be funnier for some people because then you're watching your favorite or least favorite mainstream movies like the Dark Knight or Twilight, but with funny commentary.
Puma man is so ridiculous it didn't injure me too badly. I was laughing so hard at it. Now Manos The Hands of Fate, that hurt. A lot.
what about its sequal!!!
i like to revel the truth as well
Hey, They all suck.
One of them is just one guy voicing all of the characters not even attempting to disguise his voice.
Hey, I'm might end up with the first three seasons of Power Rangers.
Hey, If I can think of anything I could try to abridge it.
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If you need anyone to talk to I'm here, and I'm sorry for your loss.
I was planning on 104 or 202. Something ridiculous.
Should have known when half of the Netherlands voted for a racist.