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[MLII]

back at you!

Also regarding Nimh I actually only watched it once when I was about 7 o3o But I do remember bits

[Haruka]

If I remember well the Portuguese dub of that movie (the exact one I own) does have got saxophone background. I would say freely that the last time I've watched the movie was safely like 10 years ago.

[Spanex]

The dutch dub had the saxophone, I'm sure of it. I remembered the tune when I heard it in the earlier comparision video.

[Haruka]

Now here comes the question: why north americans must always ruin a cartoon/animé with their dubs and cuts/modifications? I really never understood this. Epic things like Sailor Moon got hilariously bad and quite distanced from the original quality in Japanese version.

The Portuguese dubs aren't quite better either, at least I think if I compare the cartoon dubs in PT from the 90s to the nowadays ones, they did get worse.

[Spanex]

Okay, I just saw Help! I'm a Fish, and I must say this english dub, it's not bad. Oh, not a big spoiler ahead but there is a short scene with blood in it. Even in the english version. Ooh, crude. And this from a 2000 children's film. Now dat dun happen a lot these days. (I feel like a 40 yr old)

[Adsolution]

I find it great when children's films become more daring - they treat us (them, I don't really know where being 16 would fit in) like we/they're intelligent, instead of dumbing everything down. The Hunger Games is a good example of this: it treated its teenage audience like teenagers were smart, because they are a lot smarter than movies usually depict them, there's no question about it. It poured down some really heavy material (you know, children killing other children), and it knew how teens thought at the age they were at, and not the way they thought in popular culture.

Another movie, Tideland, was extremely daring, even for its adult audience. It really pushed the limits of what would be considered acceptable for public viewing, and it asked questions no one had dared asked before. One of those things is a retarded man in their 20's with the mind of a child that gains a friendship with a nine year old girl, and they eventually start calling it love and fooling around. Even though he is thrice her age, they are mentally the same, and it's completely innocent. Great movie; you'll either love it because of the way it explored the minds of the two so in depth and well, or you'll despise it with everything you can, because you don't find this kind of material acceptable.

[spiraldoor]

Great movie; you'll either love it because of the way it explored the minds of the two so in depth and well, or you'll despise it with everything you can, because you don't find this kind of material acceptable.

Or because it was badly paced, visually dull, and shot and acted in a style completely at odds with its subject matter. The way in which you boiled down the film’s polarising qualities to the retarded paedophilic romance – literal description! – suggests that you liked it for political reasons rather than cinematic ones. I consider Terry Gilliam to be one of the very best directors of all time, but Tideland is a bad film – there’s no question about it. I recommend Stanley Kubrick’s Lolita and Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth – much better films which deal with the same themes.

[Adsolution]

Or because it was badly paced, visually dull, and shot and acted in a style completely at odds with its subject matter.

I disagree. The way it was shot I found very immersing. My "odd" reasoning I suppose is, since the movie was explored through the eyes of the little girl, it almost felt like the wondering camera was her wondering mind. It's vague, but that's immediately and subconsciously how I saw it.

The way in which you boiled down the film’s polarising qualities to the retarded paedophilic romance – literal description!

I know, and that's exactly why I found it so interesting. Though the paedophilia concept is debatable, because while he's physically an adult, he mentally isn't. There isn't exactly clarification as to which it takes into account, but judging from your usual outlook on this sort of thing, I would say that you are fairly strictly set on it being physical, whereas I am not.

but Tideland is a bad film – there’s no question about it.

I disagree, and given your viewpoint, I entirely understand why you think it's such a bad film, and many, many people share that same viewpoint.

[spiraldoor]

I know, and that's exactly why I found it so interesting. Though the paedophilia concept is debatable, because while he's physically an adult, he mentally isn't. There isn't exactly clarification as to which it takes into account, but judging from your usual outlook on this sort of thing, I would say that you are fairly strictly set on it being physical, whereas I am not.

It doesn’t matter if it was physical; romantic relationships between grown men and prepubescent children are not acceptable under any circumstances. However, this had no impact on whether I liked the film; the central relationship in Lolita is also wrong, but at least it’s got a quality film attached to it.

[Adsolution]

It doesn’t matter if it was physical; romantic relationships between grown men and prepubescent children are not acceptable under any circumstances. However, this had no impact on whether I liked the film; the central relationship in Lolita is also wrong, but at least it’s got a quality film attached to it.

I haven't seen Lolita, so I'm not entirely sure what you're talking about. I'll check it out, and maybe I will like it more than Tideland. By no means am I calling this movie a masterpiece, but the certain aspects it explored I feel it did masterfully.

[Phoenixan]

Waiting for me to make a game?

Well, it's not the game you want, but I made a game called Palin Zone last week, and it's had a few thousand plays/visits (according to my web host).

CHECK IT OUT

[beebo44]

Waiting for me to make a game?

Well, it's not the game you want, but I made a game called Palin Zone last week, and it's had a few thousand plays/visits (according to my web host).

CHECK IT OUT

Love it. Seriously.

[Adsolution]

Waiting for me to make a game?

Well, it's not the game you want, but I made a game called Palin Zone last week, and it's had a few thousand plays/visits (according to my web host).

CHECK IT OUT

That is brilliant. Now make us dodge her words.

Watch out, here comes "Obama wants to time travel to the past!" Oh, there it goes-

[Rayfist]

Waiting for me to make a game?

Well, it's not the game you want, but I made a game called Palin Zone last week, and it's had a few thousand plays/visits (according to my web host).

CHECK IT OUT

Virtual boy attacks again

[Shrooblord]

Just discovered this link in Rulez' signature. My soul has now merged with the pure essence of roflol.

[Rulez]

Just discovered this link in Rulez' signature. My soul has now merged with the pure essence of roflol.

Oh thanks.

[Shrooblord]

It's funny man! So crude and just 'droog', if ya know what I mean. Did RayFan have any part in this (seeing as you keep calling her Bningham all the time now, I assumed the character is also her)?

[Adsolution]

It's funny man! So crude and just 'droog', if ya know what I mean. Did RayFan have any part in this (seeing as you keep calling her Bningham all the time now, I assumed the character is also her)?

Well, I go by two names, and Bingham is one of them (it's not official, but I use it with people I don't know personally). And yes, that is me, and I took part in writing some of the second episode.

[Rulez]

It's funny man! So crude and just 'droog', if ya know what I mean. Did RayFan have any part in this (seeing as you keep calling her Bningham all the time now, I assumed the character is also her)?

k, you may ass well watch this bonus episode http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrcooaVGCpU

[Keane]

Did anyone see Metropia?