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oakenguyThis'll be a pretty scattershot post: there are a lot of little things rattling around in my head.
D and I saw "Finding Nemo" last night, and it was, um, okay. Visually beautiful, some great supporting characters, the dynamic between Marlin and Dory was at time a scary parallel to the one D and I have...but somehow, after "Monsters, Inc." it seemed a bit flat and disappointing. I can see three reasons for this:
1) "Monsters, Inc" was a work of comic genius;
2) As someone with no kids, no interest in having kids, and in fact a desire to NOT have kids, two hours of watching a parent freak out about a missing child wasn't really on my wavelength;
3) Albert Brooks just isn't my comedic cup of tea. He's not only painfully unfunny to me, he's like a comedic black hole sucking all the funny out of any scene he's in.
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Two fun bits of internet culture were on my monitor this morning. First, I got a Nigerian prisoner swindle-spam letter! This is a direct descendent of the "Spanish prisoner" letters which date back to the Spanish-American war and probably even further--only the proper nouns have been changed (and, sadly, the detail of the beautiful daughter has been dropped). I feel like I've touched a part of history. And deleted it.
Second, Boston Craigslist gets stranger and stranger. I look at the 'activities partners' board, and have noticed someone putting up frequent ads--almost daily--saying that he's looking for women to massage. Turns out I've only been seeing the tip of the iceberg--he's also been posting over in 'Men Looking for Women', and over there more and more women are now writing ads of their own to warn others off--"bitter", "bizarre", "freaky", "creep" and "stalker" are some of the nicer terms being used about him. That's finally spilled over to the AP board, and probably 18 others. Sheesh.
D and I saw "Finding Nemo" last night, and it was, um, okay. Visually beautiful, some great supporting characters, the dynamic between Marlin and Dory was at time a scary parallel to the one D and I have...but somehow, after "Monsters, Inc." it seemed a bit flat and disappointing. I can see three reasons for this:
1) "Monsters, Inc" was a work of comic genius;
2) As someone with no kids, no interest in having kids, and in fact a desire to NOT have kids, two hours of watching a parent freak out about a missing child wasn't really on my wavelength;
3) Albert Brooks just isn't my comedic cup of tea. He's not only painfully unfunny to me, he's like a comedic black hole sucking all the funny out of any scene he's in.
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Two fun bits of internet culture were on my monitor this morning. First, I got a Nigerian prisoner swindle-spam letter! This is a direct descendent of the "Spanish prisoner" letters which date back to the Spanish-American war and probably even further--only the proper nouns have been changed (and, sadly, the detail of the beautiful daughter has been dropped). I feel like I've touched a part of history. And deleted it.
Second, Boston Craigslist gets stranger and stranger. I look at the 'activities partners' board, and have noticed someone putting up frequent ads--almost daily--saying that he's looking for women to massage. Turns out I've only been seeing the tip of the iceberg--he's also been posting over in 'Men Looking for Women', and over there more and more women are now writing ads of their own to warn others off--"bitter", "bizarre", "freaky", "creep" and "stalker" are some of the nicer terms being used about him. That's finally spilled over to the AP board, and probably 18 others. Sheesh.
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Date: 2003-06-05 07:02 am (UTC)Re: Aw
Date: 2003-06-05 07:19 am (UTC)It was definitely darker and scarier and less slapsticky. I wonder if that was part of my problem?
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Date: 2003-06-05 08:19 am (UTC)Granted, I haven't seen Finding Nemo yet and we are talking about fine distinctions of "well above average" here.
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Date: 2003-06-05 08:42 am (UTC)Re:
Date: 2003-06-05 08:47 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-06-05 08:53 am (UTC)Question, yet the corollary, watching someone freak out for two hours because he (Sully) has acquired a child is funny? Losing a child is utterly scary to me. I would agree that it doesn't seem like a funny premise. Yet, it is humorous for non-child people to see other people forced to deal with a child. Are we a sadistic culture?
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Date: 2003-06-05 10:14 am (UTC)First, the amount of time Sully spent panicking, as opposed to the amount of time Marlin spent feeling worried and depressed, was much much smaller. Sully and Boo were actually very good together, and the arc of their relationship formed the heart of the movie. If they'd never bonded, if we'd watched Sully spend two hours trying to flush her down the drain, *then* we'd be a sadistic culture.
Next, the freakout was part of the (ooo, unfortunate metaphor under the circumstances) "fish out of water" form of humor. It's funny to watch someone be wildly inept at almost *anything* (just look at Lucille Ball or Dan Quayle). And when it's something I've had to do and felt wildly inept at myself,as an uncle and godparent who's occasionally found myself suddenly dealing with destructive-yet-charming moppets, I could recognize bits of myself in the humor. It's not a people which children/people without children issue, it's a 'finding humor in incompetence' issue.
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Date: 2003-06-05 09:43 am (UTC)Re:
Date: 2003-06-05 09:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-06-05 05:08 pm (UTC)