oh, yeah, I totally grok that the parent should be able to decide what is appropriate for their child, but if the kid is clearly frightened, or disturbing other patrons, they should leave.
I'll just jump in my time machine, go back to the twelfth century, and ask the vampires to postpone their ancient prophesy for a few days while you take in dinner and a show.
Giles ,'Selfless'
Natter 45: Smooth as Billy Dee Williams.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Vortex - Jul 31, 2006 7:43:48 am PDT #9485 of 10002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Aims - Jul 31, 2006 7:44:18 am PDT #9486 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
With sex I don't mind them watching sex in movies when presented in a "normal" manner.
::makes note to send porn to Laura's boys::
Laura - Jul 31, 2006 7:52:32 am PDT #9487 of 10002
Our wings are not tired.
::makes note to send porn to Laura's boys::
Hee. I showed them the "Internet is for Porn" video and I thought they would split a gut. [link] That was made for my boys.
There were kids at the theater when we saw PotC that were too young. Stupid parents. Like the 3 year old kid that cried half the film.
Allyson - Jul 31, 2006 7:58:46 am PDT #9488 of 10002
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I just told a nobel lauriat that "Everything's 5x5, the check went out on Thursday."
The Buffyisms sometimes come out of nowhere, like a burp or my Boston accent.
tommyrot - Jul 31, 2006 7:58:54 am PDT #9489 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
ION, in Minneapolis, Signs of the Cephalopod Underground
A reader discovered this fascinating graffiti in downtown Minneapolis, near the transit center on Hennepin Avenue.
Jesse - Jul 31, 2006 8:00:37 am PDT #9490 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
With violence I tend to not mind them watching the obviously fictional stuff like SciFi while I shy away from graphic violence in a realistic setting like war. With sex I don't mind them watching sex in movies when presented in a "normal" manner. It's all very subjective.
You make a lot of sense -- I know I was way more freaked out by Platoon, which was several years later (and I saw it in a second-run theater), than any of the ridiculous horror movies. Horror movies are good clean fun!
sarameg - Jul 31, 2006 8:03:26 am PDT #9491 of 10002
I recall getting spooked by The Exorcist on cable when I was 14 ish. But that may have been more because I was babysitting late at night, it was storming pretty badly, branches kept falling against the house and there was a high school party down the street which meant random people would occasionally wander drunkenly into the yard, lit up by the strobing lightning.
I saw a lot of the Elm Street and Halloween flicks around 9-13 because my best friend at the time loved that stuff, and when her older brothers' watched us, they'd totally let us rent those. In retrospect, I recall more how stupid and gross they were than scary.
I don't like horror much at all.
Laura - Jul 31, 2006 8:05:40 am PDT #9492 of 10002
Our wings are not tired.
I recall getting spooked by The Exorcist on cable when I was 14 ish.
I watched with hands over eyes in my 20s. Different stuff pushes the buttons.
Steph L. - Jul 31, 2006 8:05:56 am PDT #9493 of 10002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Signs of the Cephalopod Underground
That would make an excellent album title.
sarameg - Jul 31, 2006 8:07:31 am PDT #9494 of 10002
Oh & said kid I was babysitting would walk in her sleep and moan.
I'm sure that didn't help.