Huh. I never even considered body image issues in the Tourist Who Can't Get His Ice Cream. I was happily chuckling at a well-worn comedy trope.
Hey, don't worry about it. Nest full of vampires, you come get me, okay. Box full of puppies, that's more of a judgement call.
Jonathan ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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Miracleman - Jun 23, 2008 10:49:23 am PDT #6687 of 10000
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Connie Neil - Jun 23, 2008 10:50:29 am PDT #6688 of 10000
brillig
He could have been a thin schlump, but you never see the pretty people being denied their goodies. It's always the hang-dog guy or the fat guy--the one you're allowed to make fun of.
Sean K - Jun 23, 2008 10:50:31 am PDT #6689 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
The unappealing looking folks deserve their happies, too.
Course they do. I see it as a life like storytelling device. So very often we as people are denied, oftentimes through no action of our own, our happies.
That Trix rabbit still needed to just start shanking some kids, though.
Jessica - Jun 23, 2008 10:52:37 am PDT #6690 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
That Trix rabbit still needed to just start shanking some kids, though.
I'd pay cash money to see that on YouTube.
Connie Neil - Jun 23, 2008 10:53:39 am PDT #6691 of 10000
brillig
Buy your own Trix, bunny! Stick it to the man!
Sean K - Jun 23, 2008 10:57:09 am PDT #6692 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Buy your own Trix, bunny! Stick it to the man!
Possibly related to why I thought Lucky the Leprechaun needed to shank a few kids to get them to stop trying to steal his shit.
Miracleman - Jun 23, 2008 10:57:34 am PDT #6693 of 10000
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Buy your own Trix, bunny! Stick it to the man!
See, this is my problem with the Trix bunny. I don't think the kids were being arbitrarily mean; I think they were performing a citizen's arrest. Damn bunny never seemed to want to *pay* for his fruitily delicious part of a well-balanced breakfast, he just wanted to *take* it.
Fuckin' bunny throws some bills around, those kids would be pelting him with boxes of faux-fruit sugar balls.
Sean K - Jun 23, 2008 11:00:30 am PDT #6694 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Damn bunny never seemed to want to *pay* for his fruitily delicious part of a well-balanced breakfast, he just wanted to *take* it.
a) This is SO TOTALLY GLOSSING OVER the racism inherent in singling out his bunniness every time they snatched sugary bliss from him, and b) You mother never taught you to share?
Fred Pete - Jun 23, 2008 11:03:32 am PDT #6695 of 10000
Ann, that's a ferret.
Which totally avoids the question of whether faux-fruit sugar balls can be part of a well-balanced breakfast.
Unless you're carrying the bowl on your nose.
megan walker - Jun 23, 2008 11:07:45 am PDT #6696 of 10000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
megan needs to see more Miyazaki and Aardman.
I have seen all of Miyazaki up through Porco Rosso (thanks to Scola), I meant to keep going chronologically but haven’t got around to it. But all I’ve seen fall before your 1995 cut-off. I looked at your link and realized I’ve seen the following non-Pixar:
Shrek
Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the WereRabbit
Chicken Run
Lilo and Stitch
The Iron Giant
Shrek 2
The Emperor's New Groove
The Simpsons Movie
Antz
Pooh’s Heffalump Movie (courtesy of my niece)
Ice Age (yes, I'm ranking this below the Heffalump movie)
Of those, I remember liking the first three quite a bit. I saw both Lilo & Stitch and The Iron Giant based on buffista love for them. I was underwhelmed in both cases. I think I’m just not a big animation fan.
Of course, I adored Les Triplettes de Belleville and Persepolis, but don’t really count either as kids fare.
ETA: I fear Sean watched far too many prison movies as a child.