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This angers the Hell out of me

posted 15 years ago by CountVladDracula
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Ugh. Disgusting!

http://www.popeater.com/2009/11/30/childrens-movies/?icid=main|htmlws- main-n|dl4|link7|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.popeater.com%2F2009%2F11%2F30%2Fchil drens-movies%2F

This person is listing off The Never-ending story, Princess Bride, Nightmare before Christmas, the Wizard of Oz, Labyrinth, Willy Wonka and several other fantasy classics as being unfit for children.

By all means, leave a comment on the article.

Here's the comment I left.

'I am truly disgusted by this article that ANYONE could list off my childhood favourites as being unfit for kids. So you're pretty much saying kids shouldn't see ANY fantasy at all?!'

[–] glr-beltran 15 years ago

I´ve seen most of those films as a child and I love them all,but there are people who says evensesame Street is bad for children!

[–] CountVladDracula 15 years ago

God, I know. The latest release of Sesame Street to DVD of the older episodes has the warning 'May not be suitable for today's children.' What the Hell!? It was suitable for children in 1969 but not today?! Did Children evolve into some strange new species in the last forty years?

It's almost like people are trying to keep kids away from anything strange or fantastic.

[–] Hedley_Lamar 14 years ago

Did Children evolve into some strange new species in the last forty years?

The children, no. The parents, yes.
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[–] StormSworder 14 years ago

There are always people who go on about this or that film/TV show being too violent or too nasty. The dreadful Mary Whitehouse was forever complaining about Dr Who, especially back in the mid-seventies when it was at its scariest. Dr Who was getting 10 or 11 million viewers a week back then, and the BBC go and tell the production team to make it more like a kids show because a handful of people make a fuss! The result was that it got increasingly silly throughout the late 1970s and was down to 4 or 5 million viewers by Tom Baker's last season. People like Whitehouse are just egotists who like the publicity and being the centre of attention. Plus it's easier to blame society's ills on violent/scary TV/films than it is to admit to the fact politicians and their governments are failures.

[–] sikboy21 14 years ago

I think it's bit simpler.

As families get smaller the parents get more protective; and sometimes irrationally so.

Will someone get Greengrass a f*#king steadicam?!

[–] mango63632 15 years ago

This is why I have so much trouble taking people seriously.

[–] CountVladDracula 15 years ago

It's depressing.

[–] glr-beltran 15 years ago

They say that Cookie Monster tells the children to eat a lot,I´ve heard it on Tv news ...

[–] CountVladDracula 15 years ago

Cookie monster now eats healthy foods and cookies are just a 'sometimes' food.

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[–] EdmundOG 15 years ago

I'm not surprised. The old looney toons could be remarkably racist and honestly, a kid watching them without proper context could be in for a nasty surprise.

[–] EdmundOG 15 years ago

Not true, at least, not as you think it to be. The song "Cookies are a Sometimes Food" was sung by Hoots the owl to Cookie Monster, and at the end, Cookie yelled "NOW is sometimes!" and ate the cookie. Besides, Cookie Monster has always stressed the importance of a balanced diet. This is from 1974 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uclriotpbz8.

[–] duckncvr 15 years ago

The dark crystal did kinda scare/creep me out as a kid. The Wizard of Oz scared me, too, but I still loved it.. and Willy Wonka, I loved it as a kid but there was that scene when they're in the boat in the end and watching the films on the wall there is a chicken being de-capitated.. that's kind of vile.. wierd. gross, disturbing. but it's not the first thing i think of when i think of that movie... so, I dont know if they should not be shown to kids.. I might not, though, honestly. The other movies I've never seen..

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[–] dragon_dance 15 years ago

The author of that "article" is an idiot. I certainly prefer dark kids movies compared to something that has frolicking ponies, fluffy earthquakes, etc. The late 70's and early 80's were known for "dark" kids movies, and yet we don't see anything so much like them anymore. Movies affect people in different ways. The Dark Crystal might scare the hell out of a full grown adult, but I saw this movie as early as 5 years old, and never had problems with it. That doesn't mean it won't scare other children though.

I say we get rid of happy movies geared towards children and add some sex, nudity, drugs, and hardcore violence and then we'll see how "unfit" they are for children. Also, I was being sarcastic but hopefully y'all see my point.

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[–] reecespieceshero 15 years ago

THere were intensities that were necessary and definitely worthy. Scary, yes these films can be, but that's why they're terrific. Bitter with the sweet.

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[–] fuzzymilo 14 years ago

Lol. I loved every movie on that list as a child. I don't like several as much now (Flight of the Navigator is boring to me now), but I don't think those are bad for kids.

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[–] danasider 9 years ago

Why leave a comment? You're only giving them more hits on their website. If you are so outraged by such an opinion, don't react or bring others to the flamebait.

[–] lm362 9 years ago

I did not see the article, but I would not let children see the Wizard of Oz, not because it has witches or wizards in it, but because it says witches can be good or bad, which I do not believe. As far as I know Willy Wonka is only about a person who makes candy, right? I have not seen the other movies.