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GasBandit

GasBandit

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PatrThom said:
Surprisingly, that’s the very scene she was most concerned about, and brought up to me (and why we were doing the PG-13 search). I didn’t even remember it.

—Patrick
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Of course, by that time in my life, I'd seen cartoon characters shoot themselves in the head innumerable times.... soooooo.....
 
Celt Z

Celt Z

GasBandit said:
Of course, by that time in my life, I'd seen cartoon characters shoot themselves in the head innumerable times.... soooooo.....
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I feel like, especially when you're a kid, there's a difference between cartoon violence and live action violence. When real people are involved, even though it's still only make believe, it still makes it harder to process as "not real".

I find myself in the same boat as @PatrThom when it comes to things we want to show Li'l Z.
 
Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

I think about the awful stuff I watched as a kid and I don't know if we were just too insensitive back then, or if we're too sensitive now, or something in between.

But the disparity feels enormous. One of my co-workers hasn't let her 14-year-olds watch anything beyond kids' movies until now and asked me for horror movies to introduce them to. I watched Night of the Living Dead, Carnosaur, and the 70s Body Snatchers all in one depressing rental weekend when I was 8, so I don't know how to approach what's appropriate when they're that old with only watching family films. Though I suspect they've watched stuff their mom wouldn't approve of without her knowing, I can't tell her that.
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

Hailey Zero Mission said:
One of my co-workers hasn't let her 14-year-olds watch anything beyond kids' movies until now and asked me for horror movies to introduce them to.
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Start with films like The Goonies, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, the Harry Potter series, Stand By Me, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Jurassic Park, etc. While technically not horror films, but have several similar elements presented in a more kid-friendly format than, say, Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

—Patrick
 
Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

On the subject of horror movies and kids, here's a story I've told before:

When I was way too young, like kindergarten or first grade, my aunt was watching me and let me watch Nightmare on Elm Street, which scared the shit out of me and made me afraid up go to bed.


My mom was not happy, and eventually had me watch a making of feature for NoES. I saw how they put the makeup on Robert Englund, saw how they did the bloody special effects, and instantly I was no longer scared because it clicked in my little kid brain that it was just pretend.
 
Celt Z

Celt Z

Ravenpoe said:
On the subject of horror movies and kids, here's a story I've told before:

When I was way too young, like kindergarten or first grade, my aunt was watching me and let me watch Nightmare on Elm Street, which scared the shit out of me and made me afraid up go to bed.


My mom was not happy, and eventually had me watch a making of feature for NoES. I saw how they put the makeup on Robert Englund, saw how they did the bloody special effects, and instantly I was no longer scared because it clicked in my little kid brain that it was just pretend.
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This is exactly what my parents did for "Thriller". I loved MJ, they knew I'd want to see it, but it might be too intense for a 4-year-old, so they made sure I watched the "making of" featurette they used to show before the video. Never was scared by it, loved that video.
 
figmentPez

figmentPez

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Mouse Guard is set to start "filming" in January. It's going to be motion capture CGI, so I'm not sure if filming is the right word.

 
Celt Z

Celt Z

Okay, it's not really a movie, but I'm not sure which (witch?) thread would fit:

Anyone else think Henry Cavill's Geralt should be elfing it up in Middle Earth?
 
Far

Far

The wig looks pretty meh but it'll do.

Most of the complaints I've seen is that he looks like a pretty boy. I know the the show is likely more based on the books but Geralt from the games was no dog. Gritty pretty if anything.

I hope they add some scars, or that this is early enough that he shouldn't have many yet.
 
GasBandit

GasBandit

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Far said:
The wig looks pretty meh but it'll do.

Most of the complaints I've seen is that he looks like a pretty boy. I know the the show is likely more based on the books but Geralt from the games was no dog. Gritty pretty if anything.

I hope they add some scars, or that this is early enough that he shouldn't have many yet.
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I think the problem is the only actor who could pull off "Game" Geralt's look would be, once again, Josh Brolin.
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

I’m with Gas, I was certain I had heard he had died, also.
Then I thought maybe it was because I was confusing him with Charles Dance, but Charles is still alive, too.

—Patrick
 
Null

Null

What got me annoyed was one of the trailers pushing hard the "Find out Nagini's backstory!" angle.

WHO GIVES A FUCK WHAT VOLDEMORT'S PET'S BACKSTORY IS? IT'S A FUCKING SNAKE!

Except now it's an Asian woman who literally becomes a white dude's pet and vessel for his seed, er, soul fragment.

Why would anyone think that was a good idea? I mean, if you REALLY have to tie it in, why not just have Voldemort have named his snake after her, instead of making them be the same creature?
 
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