tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432116.post5488584870128604215..comments2023-09-01T04:29:54.172-06:00Comments on Maximum Verbosity: In Case That Last Link Wasn't Random EnoughBettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06403255764384760662noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432116.post-6659442627160014952007-11-15T07:46:00.000-07:002007-11-15T07:46:00.000-07:00I watched Watership Down as a child and loved it. ...I watched Watership Down as a child and loved it. Made me want to wade through the book as soon as I could read and my Mum made me read Alice in Wonderland thru first before I did and I was itching to read it. Even as a really young kid...I liked it. Read it over a gain as I got older and more and more of the story came out...it's a favorite of mine.<BR/>The Fog however? Not something for a 4 year old...Geosominhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15729167937433295927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432116.post-30692989664023521942007-11-10T06:46:00.000-07:002007-11-10T06:46:00.000-07:00I don't even watch any of the new Nostradamus show...I don't even watch any of the new Nostradamus shows because, let's face it, they repeat what we already heard, and, well, it's Orson Welles, isn't it?<BR/><BR/>And, tying that together with scaring the bejabbers out of kids, my mom had nightmares after seeing <I>Citizen Kane</I> when it came out. She still gets nervous if anyone says "Rosebud" to her.Captain Chlorophyllhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16160624482609256786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432116.post-86930155653619174452007-11-10T04:24:00.000-07:002007-11-10T04:24:00.000-07:00I was 15 when Doctor Who started, so I was a littl...I was 15 when <I>Doctor Who</I> started, so I was a little too old to be truly terrified by it.<BR/><BR/>The current Word Verification offering is particularly hard to make out, so I'll be pleasantly surprised if I get to post this at the first attempt. ETA: I was right. I'm now on my second attempt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432116.post-79351093731724584882007-11-09T22:11:00.000-07:002007-11-09T22:11:00.000-07:00Please don`t. Pretty Please.Please don`t. Pretty Please.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432116.post-15288404905569745542007-11-09T19:36:00.000-07:002007-11-09T19:36:00.000-07:00I'm thinking I should send you a copy of Snakes on...I'm thinking I should send you a copy of <I>Snakes on a Plane</I> for Christmas, dad. ;)Bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06403255764384760662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432116.post-50527257113058853722007-11-09T18:55:00.000-07:002007-11-09T18:55:00.000-07:00I wouldnt even let me watch Nostradamas. I never ...I wouldnt even let me watch Nostradamas. <BR/><BR/>I never watched Watership Down until I was an Adult. I must have had a little mind then because it scared me.<BR/><BR/>SNAKES!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432116.post-76399468324629542007-11-09T17:47:00.000-07:002007-11-09T17:47:00.000-07:00Oh, and John: Aren't British kids pretty much expe...Oh, and John: Aren't British kids pretty much expected to grow up terrified by science fiction TV shows? Except I thought it was supposed to be hiding behind the sofa from the Daleks. :)Bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06403255764384760662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432116.post-24148131893744012232007-11-09T17:46:00.000-07:002007-11-09T17:46:00.000-07:00Oh, god, I'm glad it wasn't just me! Because it s...Oh, god, I'm glad it wasn't just me! Because it seems silly looking back on it. I think that thing was probably terribly cheesy, really, and come on... Nostradamus? The guy was a total nut. But I can still hear the narration in my head, telling me "Man will become.. a <I>mean-eater</I>!" (That was Orson Welles, apparently. I'm starting to think there's just something about that man's voice that has the power to cause instant hysteria.)<BR/><BR/>And I guess the snakes in <I>Rikki Tikki</I> <I>were</I> really scary, but I always found them the pleasant kind of scary, I think. Perhaps because I had total faith in the mongoose.Bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06403255764384760662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432116.post-62278474993046876362007-11-09T16:05:00.000-07:002007-11-09T16:05:00.000-07:00Oh man me too on the Nostradamus I think like the ...Oh man me too on the Nostradamus I think like the baby sitter let us watch that. And what freaked me out was the part where we would all become bloodthirsty savages in the future. I was fairly young I think. I still remember how freaked out I was now!. Also Rikki Tikki Tavi scares me too Captain C. Those snakes are creepy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432116.post-13179194366909190122007-11-09T11:50:00.000-07:002007-11-09T11:50:00.000-07:00The only thing I remember really being scared by a...The only thing I remember really being scared by as a child was the TV serial "Quatermass and the Pit":<BR/> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quatermass_and_the_PitAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432116.post-26364959927705402152007-11-09T08:12:00.000-07:002007-11-09T08:12:00.000-07:00Oh, that was something of a favorite of mine when ...Oh, that was something of a favorite of mine when I was a kid, as I recall. And I'm not sure there was anything wrong with the snake's logic. He was just determined to do some bitin'. :)Bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06403255764384760662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432116.post-9563058715752096442007-11-09T07:45:00.000-07:002007-11-09T07:45:00.000-07:00Another kid's movie I didn't like was Rikki Tikki ...Another kid's movie I didn't like was <I>Rikki Tikki Tavi</I>. There's a scene where a cobra threatens to bite a boy if anyone moves -- and also if they don't move. Hmm. Maybe it wasn't fear so much as a resounding problem with the logic (even at a young age).Captain Chlorophyllhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16160624482609256786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432116.post-36807258627992493372007-11-09T07:29:00.000-07:002007-11-09T07:29:00.000-07:00Very true about the kid-trauma stuff. I remember,...Very true about the kid-trauma stuff. I remember, what traumatized <I>me</I> as a kid wasn't any of the movies my parents didn't want me to watch, but some stupid documentary about Nostradamus, which I still vividly remember being freaked the hell out by.<BR/><BR/>(And I loved <I>Coraline</I>, for the record. It was creepy, but it was beautifully creepy. So maybe I'm just a kid at heart. :))Bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06403255764384760662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432116.post-60274716723606903612007-11-09T07:23:00.000-07:002007-11-09T07:23:00.000-07:00Agreed, both the book and movie were very good, bu...Agreed, both the book and movie were very good, but the book was better.<BR/><BR/>It's very tough to say what will and won't traumatize a child; what we find scary as adults and think we think we absolutely must keep away from children often <I>isn't</I> what frightens them. I know when Neil Gaiman wrote <I>Coraline</I>, for instance, adults kept telling him that it was too scary for kids, while kids just said what they liked about the book.<BR/><BR/>I don't think I was personally traumatized by any movies growing up. I remember being scared by <I>Ghostbusters</I>, of all things, which I've happily watched a number of times since then.<BR/><BR/>And the writers strike...yeah, their demands seem extremely reasonable to me. Basically, they get nothing and would like a <I>little</I> something. I'm not so worried about how it impacts the shows on right now -- maybe because I don't <I>care</I> enough about any of them -- but I really do hope it's resolved soon.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00277636954260900156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432116.post-62194247771842826672007-11-09T06:59:00.000-07:002007-11-09T06:59:00.000-07:00Watership Down was a really, really good book. Be...<I>Watership Down</I> was a really, really good book. Better than the movie, I thought, but the movie was pretty good, too. But then, I read it as an adult, and watched the movie after reading the book. Anyway, it's sort of <I>supposed</I> to be traumatic, I think. Or at least disturbing; it's about disturbing subjects.<BR/><BR/>On your possible thing for rabbits, I will not comment. :)<BR/><BR/>I don't even remember the preachy infomercial from when I watched the sodium thing a week or so ago, to be honest. Either I blanked it out of my memory, or I stopped watching the video when it came on.Bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06403255764384760662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432116.post-51876615097521745792007-11-09T06:51:00.000-07:002007-11-09T06:51:00.000-07:00Of those ten movies, I've only seen two. Watershi...Of those ten movies, I've only seen two. <I>Watership Down</I> did traumatize me, and I've never wanted to see it again (nor read the book). Of course, I was at an age to appreciate Jessica Rabbit, so I might have to recuse myself on commenting. (Maybe I just have a thing about rabbits.)<BR/><BR/>I liked the newsreel. (I wondered how one would get the sodium to the lake and avoid the blast radius.) I could do without the preachy informercial tagged on the end, though.Captain Chlorophyllhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16160624482609256786noreply@blogger.com