It should be illegal to dislike Some Like It Hot. But I actually wanted to say that... You know how it sometimes ruins a good movie to analyze it to death, bit by bit, line by line? Well, we did that to Who Framed Roger Rabbit in theoretical film analysis class and holy mother of, I believe I now love it even more. Rocketed straight to one of my all-time favorites.
Also, I completely approve of Disney character crushes. I've always had them, and it seems I always will (as Frog proved to me). Dodger Is cool on paws, anyway, and he has the most awesome-slash-badass song - what's not to like?
I watched Who Framed Roger Rabbit again recently, after several years, and wow, Jessica Rabbit. As a kid, I liked the movie well enough, I just never realised how controversial and groundbreaking it is. I mean, family-friendly-Disney? "Why Don't You Do Right"? Whoa. O_o Not to mention Looney Tunes characters interacting with Disney toons. Amazing.
Heh. I could've guessed that you do. You're my go-to person for Disney character crushes. XD Okay, I guess everyone had crushes on animated animals at some point in their childhood. It's only creepy if... it's creepy. Like furry porn creepy. Brr. As far as I'm concerned, no animated animal ever had genitalia. There, that's it. I can sleep at night.
I'd rather say furries are regressed some of us got past that phase. Ahem. X) (Don't mention the many incarnations of Robin Hood I've had crushes on. Yes, starting right there.)
I think on cartoon character crushes it's rather the idea, the personality, of the character you fall for. They're pure ideas of the things they represent, and if it's Pure Amiable Scoundrel you love, then you start with the toon shape and carry on to, say, Han Solo type and on to more complicated roles, and then maybe into a RL person of vaguely same description. /freudian analyse runthrough
(Funny, another friend just did a cross-reference to childhood shows and characters you loved then... Movie-time, I see. XD )
I always saw being furry as a deflection tactic. Real people intimidate you? Well, the purple anthropomorphic foxes will always be just the way you imagine them to be! Why learn social skills when you can just go on imagining that Sonic the Hedgehog loves you forever and ever? Of course, that's an over-simplification of what is a huge and probably varied fandom, but it still goes through my mind whenever I see a furry post over in Fandom_Wank or elsewhere...
Obviously, had I seen the Star Wars trilogy before Oliver and Company, Han Solo would've been the first scoundrel crush on the list. *g*
I've boggled at this strange interest you have before, but I think I understand now, with the RPG setting explanation. I actually almost have to admit that I sort of concur...! I can't for the life of me remember the plot or characters of Waterworld but I remember the village, the catamaran and the tanker quite clearly, and considering that I've only seen it once, they really did leave a positive impression! I actually started thinking that I might want to watch it again, just for props an' shit.
And okay, I could tack The Postman to the list of post-apo flicks I'm (re)watching. It really isn't quite as bad as some on there already to be honest... There's this one movie that I like just because it has giant irradiated scorpions (mmmm, bad early eighties CGI!), but it's actually quite grade A shit. I admit I was and still am horribly biased against Costner, so that coloured my viewing. But still, my biggest problems with The Postman were that it never justified its big
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I sort of wish this meme was longer. I could babble about my movie obsession for aaages! :D
I can't for the life of me remember the plot or characters of Waterworld but I remember the village, the catamaran and the tanker quite clearly, and considering that I've only seen it once, they really did leave a positive impression!
That's it exactly! I mean, what kind of a weird freak watches these movies for the characters? Their outfits have way more personality than they do! And who cares about plot when you don't care about whom it concerns? Seriously, I had a lot more fun watching these movies and letting my own imagination fill the character- and plot-sized gaps.
Um, should I confess that I've actually stolen (or been inspired by, in a Tarantino way) something from Waterworld to my own post-apo crap heap? Whoops. X) And it's not the wispy hair extensions!
Well, so have I. And I'm not even ashamed of it. Tomato plant? Daisy in a bucket? :D
Filuri is a brilliant translation for Dodger! But I really didn't know that there's a Disney
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P-p-p-p--please, Eddie!vureoeltMarch 14 2010, 19:05:37 UTC
I remember seeing Who Framed Roger Rabbit when it first came out even though I was quite young. ^_^ A very fun movie and quite groundbreaking with the mix of live-action and animated!
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Also, I completely approve of Disney character crushes. I've always had them, and it seems I always will (as Frog proved to me). Dodger Is cool on paws, anyway, and he has the most awesome-slash-badass song - what's not to like?
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Heh. I could've guessed that you do. You're my go-to person for Disney character crushes. XD Okay, I guess everyone had crushes on animated animals at some point in their childhood. It's only creepy if... it's creepy. Like furry porn creepy. Brr. As far as I'm concerned, no animated animal ever had genitalia. There, that's it. I can sleep at night.
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I think on cartoon character crushes it's rather the idea, the personality, of the character you fall for. They're pure ideas of the things they represent, and if it's Pure Amiable Scoundrel you love, then you start with the toon shape and carry on to, say, Han Solo type and on to more complicated roles, and then maybe into a RL person of vaguely same description. /freudian analyse runthrough
(Funny, another friend just did a cross-reference to childhood shows and characters you loved then... Movie-time, I see. XD )
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Obviously, had I seen the Star Wars trilogy before Oliver and Company, Han Solo would've been the first scoundrel crush on the list. *g*
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Re: Waterworld/The Postman
I've boggled at this strange interest you have before, but I think I understand now, with the RPG setting explanation. I actually almost have to admit that I sort of concur...! I can't for the life of me remember the plot or characters of Waterworld but I remember the village, the catamaran and the tanker quite clearly, and considering that I've only seen it once, they really did leave a positive impression! I actually started thinking that I might want to watch it again, just for props an' shit.
And okay, I could tack The Postman to the list of post-apo flicks I'm (re)watching. It really isn't quite as bad as some on there already to be honest... There's this one movie that I like just because it has giant irradiated scorpions (mmmm, bad early eighties CGI!), but it's actually quite grade A shit. I admit I was and still am horribly biased against Costner, so that coloured my viewing. But still, my biggest problems with The Postman were that it never justified its big ( ... )
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I can't for the life of me remember the plot or characters of Waterworld but I remember the village, the catamaran and the tanker quite clearly, and considering that I've only seen it once, they really did leave a positive impression!
That's it exactly! I mean, what kind of a weird freak watches these movies for the characters? Their outfits have way more personality than they do! And who cares about plot when you don't care about whom it concerns? Seriously, I had a lot more fun watching these movies and letting my own imagination fill the character- and plot-sized gaps.
Um, should I confess that I've actually stolen (or been inspired by, in a Tarantino way) something from Waterworld to my own post-apo crap heap? Whoops. X) And it's not the wispy hair extensions!
Well, so have I. And I'm not even ashamed of it. Tomato plant? Daisy in a bucket? :D
Filuri is a brilliant translation for Dodger! But I really didn't know that there's a Disney ( ... )
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