It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World

[Jessie]

Timothy just cackled his way through this.  I love when he loves a classic. 

[Beefy]

They're applying the classic tag to all kinds of things now a days, aren't they?

[Jessie]

How can you not consider that a classic?

There are like, ten million people in it and it's so cheesy funny.

[BigDun]

I think anything that is over 25 years old can be called classic. At least that's the rule for automobiles.

[Alice]

I think anything that is over 25 years old can be called classic. At least that's the rule for automobiles.

And women.

[Beefy]

It's 30 years, and it's antiquated.  Mad was dated, even back then.

[Jessie]

It kept Timothy's attention, and it's a long ass movie.  He was seriously kneeslapping and rolling around laughing.  He loves slapstick, though.

[Beefy]

It kept Timothy's attention, and it's a long ass movie.  He was seriously kneeslapping and rolling around laughing.  He loves slapstick, though.

That's great.  Seriously.  He has a great life ahead of him as a film historian.  The movie is still pretty frail.

[manosax]

But it is a testament to working actors in the 60's and its pretty dern funny...

[Jessie]

It kept Timothy's attention, and it's a long ass movie.  He was seriously kneeslapping and rolling around laughing.  He loves slapstick, though.

That's great.  Seriously.  He has a great life ahead of him as a film historian.  The movie is still pretty frail.

What he probably has in front of him is years of therapy because he's so mad at me for making him watch old movies.  The first thing he does is open the Netflix envelopes to check the ratings and year made.  If it's before 2000, he groans.  If it's before 1990, he says, "Is this black and white?"

[Beefy]

It kept Timothy's attention, and it's a long ass movie.  He was seriously kneeslapping and rolling around laughing.  He loves slapstick, though.

That's great.  Seriously.  He has a great life ahead of him as a film historian.  The movie is still pretty frail.

What he probably has in front of him is years of therapy because he's so mad at me for making him watch old movies.  The first thing he does is open the Netflix envelopes to check the ratings and year made.  If it's before 2000, he groans.  If it's before 1990, he says, "Is this black and white?"

Time to show him Schindler's List.

And then show him The Black Cat.

[Jessie]

Schindler's List might need to wait a couple more years.  What's The Black Cat?

[manosax]

Have him watch Young Frankenstein or Dr. Strangelove  both B&W CLASSICS!

[Alice]

I doubt a 12 year old would enjoy Dr. Strangelove.

[ursus]

I doubt a 12 year old would enjoy Dr. Strangelove.

I'd go for it. Beats the heck out of most of the drivel made now.

*edit alert!!!*
Movies directed by Michael Bay???   
*end edit alert*

[Jessie]

Transformers was freakin' awesome.  Fantastic bonding experience.

[ursus]

I dug Mad Hot Ballroom and March of the Penguins for the same reasons.

Plus, I didn't walk out of the theater suffering from tinitis.

[manosax]

I doubt a 12 year old would enjoy Dr. Strangelove.

My Niece has been watching that for a few years now and he just started high school... but she is SCARY smart....

[Alice]

I doubt a 12 year old would enjoy Dr. Strangelove.

My Niece has been watching that for a few years now and he just started high school... but she is SCARY smart....

I could believe some 12 year olds would get it, but I'd be willing to bet those 12 year olds are few and far between.  There are a lot of little nuances to that movie.

[ursus]

I doubt a 12 year old would enjoy Dr. Strangelove.

My Niece has been watching that for a few years now and he just started high school... but she is SCARY smart....

I could believe some 12 year olds would get it, but I'd be willing to bet those 12 year olds are few and far between.  There are a lot of little nuances to that movie.

That's not a stretch, we all know adults that "don't get" any number of movies. Doesn't mean a parent needs to subject a child to less than watchable stuff, especially with all the choices out there. Letting them learn to catch those nuances helps them grow. Life has those nuances too, despite what some demagogues would foist upon us.

[Alice]

I'm not saying you shouldn't let them watch the movie.  But a kid watching a movie and a kid enjoying a movie are two totally different things. 

[ReBurn]

I'm not saying you shouldn't let them watch the movie.  But a kid watching a movie and a kid enjoying a movie are two totally different things. 

Oh, like when my youngest watched The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. He was all into it until the kid got shot. That scared him and he wouldn't watch it any more. I guess he couldn't comprehend that someone would shoot a kid in a western.

I guess that's why he's a Jedi now.

[Jessie]

But a kid watching a movie and a kid enjoying a movie are two totally different things.

Timothy watched the original, silent, Nosferatu.

Timothy enjoyed Interview with the Vampire.

[ursus]

Given the predilection folks here have for a certain movie that used ideas first seen in an '80s cartoon, I've edited. My point should have been directed less at that specific feature and more at the POV of the kids.

(The children, what about the children??!!???)

Sorry to have offended.

Thank you.

[Jessie]

Personally, I like to give Timothy a good mix of classics (like the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers), thought provoking stuff (Paperclips) and fun just for the sake of fun (Transformers).

[ursus]

Personally, I like to give Timothy a good mix of classics (like the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers), thought provoking stuff (Paperclips) and fun just for the sake of fun (Transformers).

Sounds great.

So many teachable moments as well as fun.

[Alice]

You haven't offended anyone.  We talk here, it's what we do.  Just because people have differing opinions than you doesn't mean you've offended.  You'd pretty much have to tell someone "fuck you" in a serious manner to really be a jackass here.  The only one that responded to the Transformers movie comment was Jessie and she just said she thought it was freakin' awesome.  That doesn't seem like she's accusing you of offending her delicate sensibilities. 

[ReBurn]

Mah bucket!

[Beefy]

Jessie != delicate

[Alice]

Jessie != delicate

She cried when her cat threw up in her bed.  I'd say that's pretty delicate.

[ReBurn]

Aren't cats always horking something up?

[Alice]

Aren't cats always horking something up?

Yes.  Mostly the pure evil that resides within them.

[Jessie]

I am a delicate flower.

Butters has a very delicate stomach.  If she eats anyting other than her usual fare, she's puking.  When we first got Stevie, it was a nonstop pukefest.  That gets old really fast.

[Beefy]

Jessie != delicate

She cried when her cat threw up in her bed.  I'd say that's pretty delicate.

prone to histrionics != delicate

[Alice]

Jessie != delicate

She cried when her cat threw up in her bed.  I'd say that's pretty delicate.

prone to histrionics != delicate

Once, I thought about calling Jessie a bitch - and she had a self-esteem emergency. 

[Jessie]

Hey, fuck you guys.

**cries**

[Alice]

Like a flower.


A whiney, smelly flower.

[Beefy]

Buddy Hackett frowns upon Jessie's flower

[Alice]

Buddy Hackett frowns upon Jessie's flower

But Paul Prudhomme loves it.



Wait... that was Cannonball Run.  And Dom DeLuise.

[Gamplayerx]

I've tried many times to watch Dr. Strangelove and just can't manage it. 

I'm really good at insulting Jessie, though.

[Alice]

I'm really good at insulting Jessie, though.

Okay, like she doesn't make it super easy?  That's like saying "I'm really good at writing my own name."

[Infobahn]

I'm really good at insulting Jessie, though.

Okay, like she doesn't make it super easy?  That's like saying "I'm really good at writing my own name."

Amen.

[Gamplayerx]

I'm really good at insulting Jessie, though.

Okay, like she doesn't make it super easy?  That's like saying "I'm really good at writing my own name."

Hey!  My name is kind of hard.

[Alice]

Yes, it really is. 

[manosax]

I've tried many times to watch Dr. Strangelove and just can't manage it. 

I'm really good at insulting Jessie, though.

The thing that i find great about Dr. Strangelove is that the only group of people that actually do their job is the bomber crew.  I find myself kind of rooting for them even though that the accomplishment of their goal means the destruction of the planet... and seeing Peter Sellers as three different characters is preety funny.