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My parents brought home The Dark Crystal when I was around six or seven. Can't remember exactly what they said but they were pretty confused as to why a "puppet movie" would be so creepy. Even by Jim Henson standards, it was hella bizarre. Babe: Pig In The City was surprisingly dark and weird for a kids movie too. Especially the part where that dog gets suspended over a body of water with just his head underneath and nearly drowns. When I was five years old, my grandad died and my parents were like "He had this game called Half Life. You should play it." Don't think I got more than 15 minutes into it.
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How has no one mentioned The Brave Little Toaster clown nightmare scene yet (Admittedly, I loved that movie)
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My dad took me and my sister to see Starship Troopers in theaters when we were five and three. I think he assumed it would be like Star Wars in some way? He quickly realized it was a bad idea but found himself enjoying the movie so we stayed. He caught hell for this decision from my mom. It remains one of my favorite movies to this day.
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Lowly posted:I went to see Black Swan with my mom (who is 69) and she didn't care about the lesbian sex. Gee uhh I wonder why? 
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I saw Alien when I was six or seven. I slept with a pillow over my head (because clearly that would stop a facehugger) for the next ten years. I also saw Jaws around that age and I'm still scared of being in the water. That's what unsupervised access to HBO did to me. I still love both movies. They are among my top ten.
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Jun 2, 2015 05:54
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I was born in '85 and saw Aliens in theaters. Apparently I enjoyed it.
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I just realised that Black Swan is Fight Club but with ballet.
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Maybe if you had a proper film rating service that kept children out of adult films like we do in  rather than a bunch of guys who go "a guy punches a guy's head off, eh whatever, bring the kids.....a husband and wife HAVE SEX?!?! BAN THIS SICK FILTH!!!" there wouldn't be an issue. 
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Crow Jane posted:When I was a kid, Dumbo, of all things, scared me half to death. I had nightmares about elephants for years. My brother, two years younger than me, was completely unphased, but certain commercials terrified him. Both of us refused to even be in the room if The Grinch was on, which our parents found hilarious for some reason. The drunk scene in Dumbo is legitimately weird and out of place even as an adult. Hey kids, how about you watch a hallucinogenic sequence! The Grinch was always something I loved though, even as a small child. No fear there. Funny enough there were a couple parts of The Wizard of Oz that kinda spooked me out as a kid, but it was my baby sister's favorite movie of all time. She probably watched it a few hundred times. Celery Face posted:My parents brought home The Dark Crystal when I was around six or seven. Can't remember exactly what they said but they were pretty confused as to why a "puppet movie" would be so creepy. Even by Jim Henson standards, it was hella bizarre. I love the dark crystal but I didn't see it or Labyrinth until I was like 13-14 which is a better age. Especially The Dark Crystal is a little slow and complicated at times for young kids.
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Jun 2, 2015 17:58
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Rudager posted:You know that "Mums and Bubs" sessions are a legit thing at movie theaters, they're usually on in the morning time on a weekday. Never heard of this, don't think it's a thing where I've lived (originally from UK, now in Netherlands). But yeah it's one thing I guess if it's a certain session. Different if it's just "well I cba to hire a babysitter", or some lazy attempt at entertaining the baby. As to traumatizing movies I saw Terminator on TV when I was 5. It freaked me the gently caress out, gave me nightmares and gave me a fear of android type toys etc. Not helped by the fact the Terminator is chasing a woman named Sarah. You can take a wild guess what my first name is.
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Stroop There It Is posted:How has no one mentioned The Brave Little Toaster clown nightmare scene yet Oh man, that whole movie was Nightmare Fuel for me. I don't know why but it freaked the gently caress out of me. That one part where the AC unit goes haywire is pretty drat intense. He loses his poo poo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLJvDadSfns  That's tense.Also you reminded me of the secret of NIMH which is a classic dark children's animated movie. Pretty scary. ...wait which thread are we in? Guess we should get back on topic 
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quote:Having Him Quit Was Just A Bonus A/B = 200 A/(B+1)=198 A=19800, B = 99 I'm the 97 coworkers who didn't complain about getting shafted.
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OldMemes posted:Maybe if you had a proper film rating service that kept children out of adult films like we do in Except you know, try not to replicate the BBFC exactly because they're loving terrible.
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[Five Figure Sum]. That's a new low for NAR.
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Nyarai posted:[Five Figure Sum]. That's a new low for NAR. I'm just surprised they didn't write "[Best Programmer In The Office] did [percentage]% of the back-end himself". Or “MY SEVERANCE PAY, YOU IDIOT! YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO GIVE ME AMOUNT EQUAL TO [number] PAYCHECKS!” Also, I read " F****** A******" as "FAAAAAT AAASSSS".
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Jun 2, 2015 19:39
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SerialKilldeer posted:Also, I read " F****** A******" as "FAAAAAT AAASSSS".
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Jun 2, 2015 20:04
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quote:Owner: “That was my good will. Since we parted kindly I decided to “fire him” before he handed his resignation, so I “had to” pay him severance. I don’t legally have to pay you.” guys I don't think this happened.
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:guys I don't think this happened. STDH in the STDH.txt thread?! 
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EZipperelli posted:STDH in the STDH.txt thread?! I know, it shocked me too
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Zaphod42 posted:Parents want to go see movies and are too busy/cheap to get a babysitter. Everything else is just justification... There are actually "Mums & Bubs" or "Parents and Tots" movies (at least there are near me in Australia) specifically so that parents looking after their kids can get out of the house and see a movie and not feel like assholes for having a crying kid with them because everyone has a crying kid with them. I actually went to see "Wild" a little while back with my 6 month old daughter and wife, and it was a nice way to get out of the house and do something fun. There's no benefit to the child, and I don't think anyone is claiming that there is, but having a child in a carrier for 2 hours is totally fine. My daughter slept on my chest the entire movie, and it was nice to get out of the house on a day where the weather was bad.
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Misogyny aside, why do people think that in order to criticize something you have to be better than it?
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Jun 3, 2015 13:36
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Lblitzer posted:Misogyny aside, why do people think that in order to criticize something you have to be better than it? Because that way they can dismiss people criticising them/the people they like.
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His arm bones just eventually wore down and broke after repeated flyweight pummeling with a light, cushioned object. edit: ah yes, high school girls, never willing to give a jerk the time of day! walrusman has a new favorite as of 15:31 on Jun 3, 2015 |
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Jun 3, 2015 15:27
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Khazar-khum posted:Boy: *in the most insufferably condescending voice you can imagine* This should be appended to the top of every NAW post
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Khazar-khum posted:(The boy takes the guitar, and plays the entirely wrong note.) Out of all the things in this story, I think it bothers me the most that whoever wrote and edited it doesn't know the difference between a note and a chord. Or maybe [song] has the most recognizable first note ever.
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hyperhazard posted:Out of all the things in this story, I think it bothers me the most that whoever wrote and edited it doesn't know the difference between a note and a chord. Yeah, that stuck out to me too. Surely you play at least like a riff or a lick or a bar or phrase or something? One single note and "WRONG" ? Lol. Or yeah, playing the first chord wrong would make sense too. But note?
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Jun 3, 2015 17:58
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Would have been a better story if it was about A Hard Day's Night.
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Jun 3, 2015 18:03
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hyperhazard posted:Out of all the things in this story, I think it bothers me the most that whoever wrote and edited it doesn't know the difference between a note and a chord. No stairway.
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Zaphod42 posted:I have to imagine the same parents took their young kids to see Roger Rabbit and Cool World. Someone brought literal toddlers to "Bad Grandpa". Barely able to talk in complete sentences, still practicing running and frequently babbling toddlers.
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Jun 3, 2015 22:02
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Tunicate posted:No stairway. Freebird!
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Jun 3, 2015 23:09
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Duke Igthorn posted:Someone brought literal toddlers to "Bad Grandpa". Barely able to talk in complete sentences, still practicing running and frequently babbling toddlers. So they were the REAL bad grandpa. Eh? Eh? Did you see what I did there?
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Tunicate posted:No stairway. Denied!
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Elblanco posted:Freebird! Smoke on the Water.
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PotatoManJack posted:There are actually "Mums & Bubs" or "Parents and Tots" movies (at least there are near me in Australia) specifically so that parents looking after their kids can get out of the house and see a movie and not feel like assholes for having a crying kid with them because everyone has a crying kid with them. For my parents, there was no moviegoing while I was an infant, but as a toddler if they couldn't get a babysitter, they'd take me with to the show under the rule of if I wanted to leave at any time, I just had to say I wanted to go and that would be reason enough. I'd already been taught the Movie Rules of don't talk or make noise during the movie, no running in the aisles..etc. So, I ended up getting to see films like The Exorcist, and The Omen during their first runs. Only film I invoked the 'Wanna Go Home' rule was during a rerelease of Bambi when his mother got shot. Though to reel this back to the topic, I wonder how much stdh happened with the cases of parents sticking around when the wrong movie accidentally got shown like the parents taking their kids to see The Last Mimzy and ended up getting Hills Have Eyes 2 apparently not realizing this until the cannibal baby birth that happens early on. Having seen Hills Have Eyes 2, by the time the cannibal kid pops out there's already enough of a lead up that it's pretty drat obvious that this isn't going to be a kid flick.
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Khazar-khum posted:Music Man Meanwhile, in a parallel universe Girl: *Shows video* Boy: Taylor Swift sucks! *farts* Class: *laughs* Girl: Yo-you're stupid-d. Teacher: Billy, that's enough. Thank you, Jessica. Next! Teacher: Drinks self in to stupor later that day.
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Jun 4, 2015 15:26
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This guy got in a fight with the English language and lost
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Cross-post :EZipperelli posted:
Apparently the letter was an actual thing, the incident does very much sound like  though
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Fathis Munk posted:Cross-post : Yup, Dr. Roger Starner Jones did in fact write that letter and it did in fact see publication in his local newspaper. Still STDH, of course. The Snopes link I gave also has someone attacking his letter and his defensive reply that he grew up poor and ignorant, too, but pulled himself up by his bootstraps and made sure to "run with the right crowd" as a lad.
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