Ugh. Disgusting!
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — The Dark Crystal
CountVladDracula — 16 years ago(November 30, 2009 09:06 PM)
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?!' -
CountVladDracula — 16 years ago(December 01, 2009 11:18 AM)
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?
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StormSworder — 14 years ago(April 16, 2011 10:25 PM)
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.
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EdmundOG — 16 years ago(December 05, 2009 07:18 AM)
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 -
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duckncvr — 16 years ago(January 30, 2010 08:52 PM)
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 — 16 years ago(February 01, 2010 02:44 PM)
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 — 16 years ago(February 05, 2010 12:03 PM)
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 — 15 years ago(October 27, 2010 07:31 PM)
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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lm362 — 10 years ago(November 21, 2015 10:23 PM)
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.