Comments for Darkly Dreaming David

Comment on A Lesbian’s Distorted View of Joss Whedon Deconstructed by SK

SK — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:19:21 +0000

Thank you thank you THANK YOU! I remember reading the article and hating it for being unreasonable, inaccurate and just plain offensive. I am a feminist to a certain level, and I don’t at all see anything anti-feminist in Firefly, Serenity, or any of Joss Whedon’s other works. I actually find a lot of reassuring feminism in many of Whedon’s shows; many of the main characters are strong females (Buffy, Echo, River) who really kick ass!
Anyway, I just wanted to thank you for bringing this article down (as well as its author). Keep up the awesomeness!

Comment on Where the Wild Things Are Reviewed. by DAVE ID

DAVE ID — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:51:02 +0000

WAY WAY Beyond.

Comment on Where the Wild Things Are Reviewed. by Roshan

Roshan — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:59:13 +0000

I think the trailer tells us a very different picture but the movie is one of the top 3 movies that I want to see right now. From the trailer, I actually thought that it was more like a ‘Neverending Story’ kinda flick. After reading a couple of reviews of it, I think it’s way beyond that kind of a film.

Comment on RATE ME… yeah do it… come on RATE ME ahhhhh yes, Yes, YES! by DAVE ID

DAVE ID — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:23:40 +0000

Whatchou talkin bout Willis?

Comment on RATE ME… yeah do it… come on RATE ME ahhhhh yes, Yes, YES! by Ed

Ed — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:04:57 +0000

I’m not rating anything until you turn off the goddamn Snapshots!
http://www.blork.org/blorkblog/2008/03/31/how-to-disable-snap-shots-on-blogs/

Comment on ELECTION WTF-NESS by Martin

Martin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:00:32 +0000

Great post as usuall.

Comment on Dude, Where’s The Beef? by Ame Tourmentée

Ame Tourmentée — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:06:32 +0000

Cool! I shall read that too!
-xxx-

Comment on HP Update FAIL by Cris

Cris — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:15:14 +0000

Any new information on this problem? I bought this computer not 3 months ago… this is really annoying.

Comment on ZOMBIELAND : A Review by Jason

Jason — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:44:30 +0000

I loved loved LOVED this movie… Murray was the best cameo I’ve seen in a movie in a very loooong time!

Did you know Zombieland was originally supposed to be a TV series? http://bit.ly/3vsHYE

Comment on Where the Wild Things Are Reviewed. by blork

blork — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:05:01 +0000

I haven’t seen the film yet, and I only became aware of the book when I was in my 20s, so I can’t speak directly to the childhood experience of the book. But I will say this: To U.S. people, “Where the Wild Things Are” is like “The Catcher in the Rye” for a younger set. It has been hugely popular and well loved for 30+ years. It’s the child’s book that seems to stay with people as they grow up. People who got a copy when they were 6 years old will still cite it as one of their favorites even when they’ve grown up and become adults.

I bring this up in response to “This film was about self-discovery in such a complex way that no child could understand the profundity of this story.” (Yes, I realize you’re talking about the film, not the book.) But I think that kids can absorb things on a level that they might not understand, but it still hits them somehow. The book is hugely simpler than the movie, as it is short and only has a few lines of text on each page, but I think the core of it is similar. And I think kids respond to it so well because it is about self discovery, but not in an obvious or pandering way. It hits kids at a level that they might not realize until years later.

That said, I suspect the biggest audience for the film (or at least the target audience) are grown-ups who loved the book as a kid. It is necessarily more complex because it’s the same basic idea, but it’s intended for grown-ups. Put another way, it’s not really a kid’s movie, it’s a movie for the “child within” we grown-ups.