Comments on: Does Representitive Sanitisation of Kid’s Movies Send The Wrong Message? http://zombiehamster.com/2010/01/09/does-representitive-sanitisation-of-kids-movies-give-the-wrong-message/ because the hamster knows. Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:42:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: zombiehamster http://zombiehamster.com/2010/01/09/does-representitive-sanitisation-of-kids-movies-give-the-wrong-message/comment-page-1/#comment-1776 zombiehamster Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:28:11 +0000 http://zombiehamster.com/?p=1361#comment-1776 Damn right. I can't wait to have kids so that I can make them watch both of these films every Sunday until they're 16. Damn right. I can’t wait to have kids so that I can make them watch both of these films every Sunday until they’re 16.

]]> By: Jimmy Misanthrope http://zombiehamster.com/2010/01/09/does-representitive-sanitisation-of-kids-movies-give-the-wrong-message/comment-page-1/#comment-1772 Jimmy Misanthrope Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:09:18 +0000 http://zombiehamster.com/?p=1361#comment-1772 Exactly. And kids NEED a good dose of visceral truth. Its GOOD for them. Exactly. And kids NEED a good dose of visceral truth. Its GOOD for them.

]]> By: zombiehamster http://zombiehamster.com/2010/01/09/does-representitive-sanitisation-of-kids-movies-give-the-wrong-message/comment-page-1/#comment-1769 zombiehamster Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:03:50 +0000 http://zombiehamster.com/?p=1361#comment-1769 See! See how well adjusted we all are now? It's true though, as savage and visceral as they were, they were accurate and realistic. One could relate to them (even in childhood) in a way that was not present in some of the more saccharine offerings of our youth. See! See how well adjusted we all are now? It’s true though, as savage and visceral as they were, they were accurate and realistic. One could relate to them (even in childhood) in a way that was not present in some of the more saccharine offerings of our youth.

]]> By: Jimmy Misanthrope http://zombiehamster.com/2010/01/09/does-representitive-sanitisation-of-kids-movies-give-the-wrong-message/comment-page-1/#comment-1766 Jimmy Misanthrope Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:28:28 +0000 http://zombiehamster.com/?p=1361#comment-1766 I love both those films, as you well know. And you're dead right in saying that the chances of either film getting made today is slim indeed. That makes me sad. Those are two movies that were a big part of my childhood, in their way. I saw them for the first time around the ages of 9 (WD) and 10 (PD) and I turned out fine, didn't I? Mwooohahahahagggh! I love both those films, as you well know. And you’re dead right in saying that the chances of either film getting made today is slim indeed. That makes me sad. Those are two movies that were a big part of my childhood, in their way. I saw them for the first time around the ages of 9 (WD) and 10 (PD) and I turned out fine, didn’t I?
Mwooohahahahagggh!

]]> By: zombiehamster http://zombiehamster.com/2010/01/09/does-representitive-sanitisation-of-kids-movies-give-the-wrong-message/comment-page-1/#comment-1763 zombiehamster Sat, 09 Jan 2010 14:27:33 +0000 http://zombiehamster.com/?p=1361#comment-1763 I can see your point on that. I think personally, I would have been drawn towards the original as a kid, but maybe that says too much about how my mind worked as a youngun. I do feel that the modernised version would lead a child into a horrifically false sense of security though, there's nothing to prepare them for the Lagomorph carnage that lies ahead of them. Fields of blood Jamie, fields of blood! The more important factor here is: YOU HAVEN'T SEEN PLAGUE DOGS? Leave that one with me. Snitter is one of the most adorable and heartbreaking characters ever commited to animation. He's all wrong in the head from what the men have done to him. They did brain experiments on him to alter his perception of the subjective and the objective. The psychologically damaged doggie made me cry. On a lighter note The Herpes Hamsters is currently being pitched to Dreamworks. I can see your point on that. I think personally, I would have been drawn towards the original as a kid, but maybe that says too much about how my mind worked as a youngun.

I do feel that the modernised version would lead a child into a horrifically false sense of security though, there’s nothing to prepare them for the Lagomorph carnage that lies ahead of them. Fields of blood Jamie, fields of blood!

The more important factor here is: YOU HAVEN’T SEEN PLAGUE DOGS? Leave that one with me. Snitter is one of the most adorable and heartbreaking characters ever commited to animation. He’s all wrong in the head from what the men have done to him. They did brain experiments on him to alter his perception of the subjective and the objective. The psychologically damaged doggie made me cry.

On a lighter note The Herpes Hamsters is currently being pitched to Dreamworks.

]]> By: jamie http://zombiehamster.com/2010/01/09/does-representitive-sanitisation-of-kids-movies-give-the-wrong-message/comment-page-1/#comment-1762 jamie Sat, 09 Jan 2010 14:16:58 +0000 http://zombiehamster.com/?p=1361#comment-1762 tbh as a kid i probably wouldnt have touched the original watership down cover, as an adult i can appreciate the tone of it, but as a kid i'd have forgotten it pretty quickly. it looks spooky but murky colour-wise, and i'd have assumed it'd be an effort to watch it. so i'd have gone and rented Water Babies instead. that said, Plague Dogs sounds like The Greatest Film Ever Made. you can put disease on any animal and make it a hit. Gonorrhea Guinea Pigs! tbh as a kid i probably wouldnt have touched the original watership down cover, as an adult i can appreciate the tone of it, but as a kid i’d have forgotten it pretty quickly. it looks spooky but murky colour-wise, and i’d have assumed it’d be an effort to watch it. so i’d have gone and rented Water Babies instead.
that said, Plague Dogs sounds like The Greatest Film Ever Made. you can put disease on any animal and make it a hit.
Gonorrhea Guinea Pigs!

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