TheSnowStorm Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Reminds me of an old Disney comic I seen a while back where Donald Duck and Goofy are fishing off of a pier. While Goofy is minding his business, Donald is seen with an anchor and wrapping the rope on the anchor on Goofy's leg. Donald drops the anchor off of the pier and Goofy is drag into the deep ocean. Goofy has an evil smile on his face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHands Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 The issues mentioned in the list TheHands provided above can all be explained by one thing: these weren't films for kids.No, seriously, these were movies for adults that kids could come along to. The freaky acid trip stuff was a staple for films (watch some earlier films with dream sequences), and the other stuff was just par for the course in Hollywood. I think it's a bit of a stretch to say that Bambi is pro-hunting. In fact, I think it's a LOT of a stretch. That is stretching on the level of Goatse. There's hunting in the movie, yes, but considering the whole story is told from the perspective of the cute little talking animals, and humans are made out to be shadowy, inscrutable horrors, I wouldn't really call that an advocation. Audiences were not yelling "HELL YES HUNTING" when Bambi's mother got shot.Granted, I suppose you could argue that being portrayed as fear and death incarnate is pretty awesome. Guess my sarcasm wasn't thick enough. Most of the points I made were in jest. Some have merit, most are just absurdities. I'm not surprised that there are scholarly articles written about Disney films, especially with such numbers. It's something that all people can in some way or another relate to, and the writing for the majority of them is above the average animated film. More importantly, many of them take twists on major archetypes that haven't been taken by a mainstream media source in the same way. Ultimately, Bambi is a coming of age story. Same is true for most of the Disney Animated Classics, including (from the list above) Jungle Book, Pinocchio, Dumbo, and The Sword in the Stone. Others take slightly warped spins on other major literary types as well, but I've been on a kick for the coming of age narratives lately. They only grow in number after Walt died. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Cee Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 So after reading all this, I guess that makes Kingdom Hearts pro teen suicide! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pezman Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Come on, Archaon. Like anyone's going to believe you didn't write this. <QUOTE=Archaon;628521>Then I recalled the forest scene. You know, after the hunter decides that cutting a little girl's goddamned heart out</QUOTE> <QUOTE=Article>Aside from the part where the Huntsman is looming over a defenseless teenage girl, ready to cut her heart out and put it in a freaking box</QUOTE> (Quotes intentionally broken to preserve italic formatting) I remember the Pink Elephants scene very well from when I saw that movie as a kid. But not because it scared me. I thought the song was fun and the pink soapy elephants were funny to watch. I had no idea about alcohol or hallucinogenics at all back then, so I just thought it was Dumbo being silly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey Taucer Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 Just look at what I've been saying I'd do with the Pokémon franchise if I got my all-corrupting hands on it. Tell me that wouldn't be awesome. I musta missed this discussion. What would you do with Pokemon? Also, why aren't you running the I, Mario project? You've got the right mindset for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Author Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 Pokemons as post apocalyptic mutants, if I remember correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archaon Posted March 17, 2010 Author Share Posted March 17, 2010 I musta missed this discussion. What would you do with Pokemon? What are you talking about? I made a thread about it. You were the last one to post in it. Come on, Geoff. Also, why aren't you running the I, Mario project? You've got the right mindset for it. I wasn't aware that was a "project" so much as perpetual brainstorming punctuated by the occasional piece of cool art. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey Taucer Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 What are you talking about? I made a thread about it. You were the last one to post in it. I somehow had completely forgotten about this. I'll blame it on pain meds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 So after reading all this, I guess that makes Kingdom Hearts pro teen suicide! I thought it was a metaphor about sexual experimentation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maco70 Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 Come on, Archaon. Like anyone's going to believe you didn't write this. http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/4962-top-11-mindfuck-moments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcana Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 Clearly we should all watch Bambi meets Godzilla, which, by the way, was mandatory study in my Canadian literature course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poke'G Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 Best. Crossover. Ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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