I;m with you -- I think that it's much better to let the kids be exposed to what we find objectionable and then discuss it with them and, most importantly, allow them to forn their own opinions. It's interesting, though, to see your mom have the opposite view than what I'm used to seeing -- that is, her being someone who didn't allow you to read the book because she was afraid of exposing you to religious brainwashing, rather than her disallowing it because she was, like some of my family with their kids, trying to brainwash you and was afraid of certain books undoing that ....
For myself, not having a religious upbringing (mom's an atheist, dad's agnostic, I'm pagan), I did not really get any religious vibe while reading the two volumes I did, although I knew it was *supposed* to be there before I started reading. What really baffled me was the fact that Mr Tumnus, who, being a pan/satyr, was "demonic" in appearance, was a ultimately depicted as a *good guy* in a supposedly Christian work ....
@Dawn Ah yes, the frying pan! Coincidentally, in my first novel I had a scenario where the hero (the one Flynn looks a bit like) walked in on the heroine, accidetally surprising her, and she clobbered him with a frying pan ...
@Beth -- I considered the weight of the hair issue too but decided that it's healing properties/the fact that it was magical probably took care of that. You're probably right about Rapunzel looking enough like her mother for them to see the resemblance, I should have considered that. Heck, maybe she looks like her mother at that age! As for Flynn ... yeah, he's not the first animated character I've had a crush on, not by a longshot, LOL! I even had a crush on Raphael the Ninja Turtle ....
Well, as a huge fan myself *and* an artist, I like them all. :D
(cont) I will agree that Dushku is the weakest link, but for me, even she is getting better over time, especially with the latest ep. And even when she's not-so-much, I've found plenty to enjoy around her, especially with Topher & Adelle. They, especially Topher, are why I stuck with it when it wasn't all that great (well, them and the Ballard/Mellie thing, while it lasted), and they continue to enthrall me now. And Enver Gjokaj is a fantastic actor -- his impersonation of Topher was amazing! Dushku's actying aside, the overall story is getting fantastically dimesnional and mind-blowing; I think the plots are getting even better than the best of Angel! Dollhouse is one of those iinstances where the "important" character isn't really the lead, she's the plot device, the robot Marie, the focal point through which everyone else's character is developed by their reactions to her. She's just the eye of the storm; the hurricane itself is where the action and interest is.
Interesting. I can see why you feel as you do. For me, I thought the show did get significantly better mid-last season, with Man on the Street and Echoes,/ I think it's *awesome* now, this season is rocking my world! So many awesome twists, so many bits of seemingly throw-away dialogue turning out to be significant foreshadowing, some great scene and character parallelism. (to be cont because he box is telling me my message is too long)
Sorry for the delayed response -- I don't get notifications for replies, and stopped checking after a while. To answer your q, no, I don't have anything against interracial couples. It;s just that I am a long-time, die-hard fan of Scarlett/Snake-Eyes and had waited a very long time for a live-action movie, eager to see their love play out on the big screen, only to find one of my all-time fave pairings turned into a "sibling" relationship. :/ I thought I made it abundantly clear that I am a rabid Snake/Scarlett shipper in the article, though. And by the way? While Snake is white in the comics, here, he's Japanese -- just like Ripcord was white in the comics but black here. I still want Scarlett with Snake, regardless of his ethinicity in the film, so how could you think I have a problem with interracial couples if I still want the film version of Scarlett to be a guy who *also* happens to be a person of colour? *scratches head* Espeically since I also asked why they didn't pair Ripcord up with Cover Girl instead?
That's funny -- I was under the impression that it was much, much cooler to be a nerd today than it was when *I* was a kid. Plus I know a fair number of people in the scientific fields today. And it seems like we're launching a shuttle down here in Florida once every few weeks, as opposed to just a few times a year, like when I was growing up. It was the Challenger explosion that put back space exploration, near as I can tell, and we've gotten past it -- the more recent shuttle disaster barely phased Nasa, it seems. The arguements I'm hearing against space exploration are coming form adults who se it as a waste of their money, not kids and teens who grew up exposed to slash (unless they were among the quasi-underground who were writing Kirk/Spock, and I haven't heard any such friends of mine suggest we should stop exploring space -- quite the opposite!) . So where the heck is Spearhead getting the impression that science is even suffering in the first place? XD
"C3PO and R2-D2 are still the hosts" --?? You mean the Disneyland ride was already significantly different from the Disney World ride? Out here, Threepio and Artoo are out in the queue, quarrelling, but it's a novice robot pilot voiced by Paul Ruebens who is your "host" on the ride itself. If that's not the case in Disneyland, curse them for changing it before I could get a chance to see their version! XD And I'm with Mary: having it on Tatooine/prequel-like is dissappointing, as I prefer it in space/original trilogy-like. :(
Me too! XD
I've never cared much for Clark, but if we get lots of Oliver, I''ll be happy -- especially if Rosenbaum comes back, as he's why I started watching the series in the first place! I'm happy to see BAG again, too -- I loved him in Terminator: TSCC!
Doh! I totally forgot about Zipacna! XD Yeah, he sure likes being bad, but my fave of his characters is the super-sweet Joshua ....
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