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Post by savefearow on Apr 30, 2014 7:08:06 GMT -6
Mike taking the Oozma Kappas to see Monsters, Inc scare floor. It gave encouragement to his frat brothers, and was the first time he and Sulley actually connected (when they talk about Scare Card collections.) There's lots of scenes I like but that one really stands out.
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Post by savefearow on Apr 21, 2014 22:33:40 GMT -6
Thanks importantcake. I've never seen the DVD version either, just whatever was broadcast on TV. There are a bunch of Pixar bonus features I haven't watched either.
To be honest, I don't really like that explanation. I would have preferred monsters to have a more supernatural or otherworldly explanation beyond 'ate some weird fruit'. That's like something out of One Piece.
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Post by savefearow on Apr 18, 2014 21:13:25 GMT -6
I think his horns started to grow when he was very small. (I also think that some monsters choose not to have very large horns, so they put de-horning paste to limit the growth, the same way ranchers might put paste on bulls.)
It's possible he could damage his horns in a fight, perhaps wound them so badly they would have to be removed surgically. I don't think he could grow replacement horns, the way deer replace their antlers. This is just my guess though.
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Post by savefearow on Apr 16, 2014 18:49:33 GMT -6
I remember DBZ! Supreme Kai was always telling jokes.
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Post by savefearow on Apr 16, 2014 18:46:47 GMT -6
This was so cute! At work today (DQ) a little boy brought his action figures along! One was Mater and the other was Sulley. A very good Sulley figure, jointed but without the Oozma Kappa shirt! Has anybody seen that before, maybe it's from MI?
Kid was making Mater and Sulley fight each other while waiting for his ice cream. lol
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Post by savefearow on Apr 13, 2014 11:23:07 GMT -6
I think Fear Co. would have to change it's name to Fun Co. or something if it switched to laugh energy. Personally, I like to think that Fear Co. stays a scream factory, because otherwise scary monsters who can't or won't adapt to laugh energy would be out of a job. I'd like there to be at least one major factory where scarers could still seek employment.
But if Fear Co. ever did stop scaring, I see Johnny quitting. He's all about image and I can't picture him collecting laughter. He would find it too humiliating.
(As a kid, the switch to laugh energy was THE main thing about MI that bugged me. I knew that twist was coming as soon as Boo's laugh overloaded the power the first time but I kept hoping I was wrong. I like monsters, I like being scared now and then, and most comedians really annoy me. I'm not the kind of girl who can sit through Tosh 2.0 or Borat or Anchorman.
In my opinion, monsters SHOULD be scary. That's what makes them fun. If one came into my room and started roaring, as a kid I might have panicked at first, but then I would have looked forward to maybe seeing the creature again. If a monster came in and started juggling or throwing cream pies like some demented clown, out you go pal. I ain't dealing with that.)
If everybody switches to laugh energy, then scarers are forced to conform or quit. MU makes that worse, because being a scarer WAS Mike's dream, and if laughter takes over screams permanently, Mike has prevented every other young monster who wanted to be scary but wasn't old enough to seek employment from ever reaching that dream. Harsh.
Additionally, laugh energy seems to be more powerful and possibly less stable than screams. Boo was causing massive power surges at Monsters, Inc. What if they'd been a hospital instead or a nursing home, places where a steady power supply is a necessity. What about delicate equipment like computers? Too much energy WILL overload it, even surge protectors can't always protect them.
Maybe laugh energy would work best for cars or other items that need a great deal of power, but more sensitive machines should be run off the old scream energy, which was proven safe- to monsters anyway- and effective.
Out-of-universe there is the audience reaction. MU I think only made scaring more interesting, by introducing famous scares like Dean Hardscrabble and Frank McCay, spotlighting a college that specialized in scaring, making us root for Oozma Kappa to win a competition where scariness directly impacted their scores, etc.
I can't be the only one who would find a return to "Laugh Factory" MI dull after that, and would worry Hardscrabble and Knight got forced into early retirement, or that the old scaring heroes would become pariahs if monster culture continued to shift away from scaring humans. Would they even publish scare cards anymore? Would Mike and Sulley's scare card collection be permanently devalued? What about the workers at THOSE factories, if scare memorabilia is worthless, they'll be out of work too. :/
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Post by savefearow on Apr 12, 2014 21:58:48 GMT -6
Welcome. I hope you have lots of fun here.
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Post by savefearow on Apr 12, 2014 21:51:26 GMT -6
I think Sulley would be really good at babysitting monster kids. Maybe after he becomes CEO of Monsters Inc. he expands their day care facilities and helps out sometimes.
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Post by savefearow on Apr 11, 2014 4:41:44 GMT -6
Cyborg, Teen Titans. He may or may not have been my favorite part of the show. *Spoiler:* he was.
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Post by savefearow on Apr 10, 2014 19:38:35 GMT -6
Diet Coke. I drink it like every day. ^^; All the Pepsi flavors taste a little too sweet for me.
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Post by savefearow on Apr 9, 2014 12:10:15 GMT -6
I picture him listening to new wave and synthpop, to be honest. I'm too busy to work on this now, but I can picture a MI comic where Randall is subconsciously changing colors in time to the lyrics of Karma Chameleon (lovin' would be easy if your colors were like my dreams; red, gold, and green-- red, gold, and green...)
At the end, he beats up Fungus for leaving the radio on at work.
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Post by savefearow on Apr 5, 2014 17:24:27 GMT -6
Sometimes I do talk too much, and I'm not afraid to say when I'm wrong. So I know part of this is my fault but it's just one of those seemingly minor details) that gets under my skin.
My husbands advised me to 'be like Elsa, let it go' so I'll try. Maybe I should delete some of my posts or change the tags? I don't want to be rude or annoying but I'm actually passionate about this so it's hard. Sorry everyone.
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Post by savefearow on Apr 5, 2014 2:28:19 GMT -6
Brock and the soda machine is my favorite. Great find.
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Post by savefearow on Apr 5, 2014 1:21:41 GMT -6
I feel a little bad arguing with her because when I created a fanfiction/deviantart account, she WAS the first person to ever leave a positive review. But later I learned we did not have many of the same opinions and she would only like my stories or art if they conformed to her headcanons. So it no longer felt special or encouraging to know she had favorited a few things.
I don't feel like that's how writing should be. Sometimes I read stories or watch a movie where what I want or expected did not happen, but they still might have told a good story. I will also add art to my favorites list if I think the drawing is really good, even if they don't feature my favorite characters or pairings, because I believe the artist put effort into their creations and their ideas are valid.
I don't really understand where she is coming from and I wish I could have more productive discussions with her but it's just not happening. I don't like arguing with people, I don't think I'm good at debates, I really ought to leave it alone, but it's hard to ignore MU topics. I thought it was a great movie, I've got some opinions, I'd like to share them and if people disagree I hope we can be respectful.
I can't shake the feeling that I soon as I disagreed with her the first time, I lost what little respect she had for me, and that's disappointing. But I guess I'm always gonna disappoint somebody. *shrugs*
I may follow hopefulartist's lead and stop using/checking the Monsters University tag. Maybe I'll just call tag stuff MU.
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Post by savefearow on Apr 4, 2014 21:28:58 GMT -6
Personally I would like Rex to be canon. (And Randall could still have a prominent female relative if Rex's mother was Randall's sister. They could also give Randall a niece instead of or in addition to Rex.) I have absolutely no idea what direction Pixar is planning to take the Monsters franchise in, but I'm definitely hopeful for more movies. I'm not always concerned about franchises having too few female characters, I just want the ones who are included to be interesting.
LONG POST WARNING
Like, I hear MLP praised up and down for having a mostly female cast but I just don't like the show much. I actually find some of the lead characters boring (Apple family, Cheerilee, Fluttershy) and wish some of the antagonists and supporting characters get bigger roles. Spike is one of my favorites and he hardly ever gets the spotlight. (Spike's greedy and impulsive but he really does care about his friends. It's a shame how often he is left out of the group or treated like a joke.)
~about characterization in general~ I think I just have different ideas on what is interesting. All of my favorite characters, male and female, have at least one definite flaw as well as at least one strong point. My favorite characters do not 'win' every argument, they are not always 'right'. (A definite strike against Applejack whose 'flaws' are being too honest, too hardworking, too protective. Those aren't flaws, those are good qualities that are portrayed as setbacks through very specific and/or contrived circumstances.)
One of my favorite characters is Abigail Lincoln (Kids Next Door, calm leader-type normally but she has a major sweet tooth that drives her to take extreme risks, she's been shown on occasion to lose her temper or not be willing to help someone in need, she fights with her big sister but still respects Cree on some level, she's a 'cool' kid who ends up being attracted to- and marrying- a 'nerd'.) Abigail Lincoln is complex.
Other girls I liked included Helga Pataki (Hey Arnold), Tina Belcher (Bob's Burgers), Bonnie Bravo (Johnny Bravo, she's a mom but I think she still counts as an awesome female character), Oblina (Real Monsters), Dijonay Jones (Proud Family), Ashley Spinelli (Recess), Makoto/Sailor Jupiter (Sailor Moon), Toph Beilong (Avatar: The Last Airbender), and Kasumi/Misty (Pokemon).
When writers try too hard to make a girl a strong female character (Lisa Simpson), make her too much of a winner (Sam Manson, the girl who hates all sports yet is effortlessly the best at running a mile and even her super-powered best friend cannot beat her in a race; gets the boy in the end, is secretly wealthy, can speak Esperanto, masters various skills with little to no practice, claims to value individuality yet her wardrobe and hobbies are chosen specifically to annoy her parents and she tries to force her entire school/community to follow HER lifestyle anyway) or doesn't give her much of a role (Daphne Blake in the older Scooby Doo series, she bought the van and is pretty much there to look cute and pass out Scooby Snax) chances are I'm not going to like them.
~discussion summary~ So yeah, I'd like to see more Pixar girls, and more girls in media, but I'm not going to praise them simply for existing and adding to the Diversity Quota. I am critical of the personality and roles female characters have. I am also critical of the roles male characters have. (I could probly talk for hours about how much I dislike the 'bumbling dad' sitcom stereotype and wish they'd stop writing series whose only joke is 'look how stupid the father is! Ha ha!')
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