AV Club gives a straight up "A" for Moonrise Kingdom.
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DavidS - May 25, 2012 1:00:30 pm PDT #20628 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Strix - May 25, 2012 2:11:23 pm PDT #20629 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I would like to know, ita ! (I mean, I have more leg strength than arm strength, but arms are better placed and have more finesse. I'm open to either leg OR arm's being the vehicle for pressure-unconsciousness.)
I'd read that i09 article, and I didn't have any desire to see MIB3 anyway, but that killed it.
§ ita § - May 25, 2012 2:18:43 pm PDT #20630 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
So, you're doing a carotid choke, not a bar arm. Your target is the veins on either side of the neck, as opposed to constricting their airway. Simplest way to get good form is to make sure your elbow is pointing the same direction as their adam's apple would be--right out in front of them. So your forearm and bicep are equally situated to compress the vein.
For testing purposes, sit on the ground with them sitting inbetween your legs both facing the same direction. Put on the choke pretty much like this, but get them to raise their arms out to either side before you apply pressure. If you're properly situated, you can go to zero to pressure by just flexing your muscles.
The tap out is when they hit your legs. If they don't consciously do it in time, just passing out will make their arms drop and hit you.
Then, obviously, stop.
That window should be perfectly safe and not cause any oxygen-deprivation problems.
How you fasten the choking arm rightly is a judgement call. I do a crossed arm thing like the guy in the picture, but some people clasp their hands like this.
Zenkitty - May 25, 2012 2:35:04 pm PDT #20631 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
There has never been anyone in my life that I would trust to do that to me!
§ ita § - May 25, 2012 2:38:56 pm PDT #20632 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'd tell you it's not very scary at all (it was an optional part of class, but most people wanted to try both sides of it), but I understand my word isn't actually valuable in that regard.
Zenkitty - May 25, 2012 2:50:30 pm PDT #20633 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
The thing itself isn't scary. I mean, I know what's happening. What's scary is the loss of control and the having to trust the other person to know when to stop. IME the other person has never been real good at that. I have issues.
§ ita § - May 25, 2012 3:15:49 pm PDT #20634 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I find most people are scared to kill you, and it isn't a hard trigger to miss, or a difficult technique to stop. You kinda let go by reflex at that point.
Zenkitty - May 25, 2012 3:38:57 pm PDT #20635 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I find most people are scared to kill you
This is a concept that had honestly never occurred to me.
Juliebird - May 25, 2012 4:08:08 pm PDT #20636 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Man, I haven't watched Somewhere in Time in decades. Forgot how much I loved the music.
Sean K - May 25, 2012 4:11:31 pm PDT #20637 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I want to try both sides!
Yeah, I'm just gonna leave that hanging out there.