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Post by sympathetic on Jul 19, 2008 0:29:32 GMT -5
Luckily for me, my family is supportive of my liking Randall. In fact, Randall's also my mom's favorite character - she can relate to him because she used to have a really bad boss when she first started working. That boss promoted people who sucked up to her and took advantage of those who didn't, so although my mom was the one who worked for the longest hours she didn't get the credit she deserved. Her situation was kind of like Randall's.
Oh, and about LGBB's comment on "eating eyeballs" - I have loved eating fish eyeballs ever since I was little (it's a personal quirk)! Recently, though, I've really started stuffing myself with them because each time I eat one, I think of Wazowski. XD
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Nidhiki
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Evil comes in all shapes and sizes
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Post by Nidhiki on Aug 1, 2008 6:02:02 GMT -5
my brother makes fun of randall when Boo hits him with a baseball bat
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Veg
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Post by Veg on Aug 1, 2008 12:43:59 GMT -5
Luckily for me, my family is supportive of my liking Randall. In fact, Randall's also my mom's favorite character - she can relate to him because she used to have a really bad boss when she first started working. That boss promoted people who sucked up to her and took advantage of those who didn't, so although my mom was the one who worked for the longest hours she didn't get the credit she deserved. Her situation was kind of like Randall's. Oh, and about LGBB's comment on "eating eyeballs" - I have loved eating fish eyeballs ever since I was little (it's a personal quirk)! Recently, though, I've really started stuffing myself with them because each time I eat one, I think of Wazowski. XD Pitbulllady has a very interesting story on how most teachers at her work are in the same shoes with Randall. Plus an evil principal/boss. |
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Post by pitbulllady on Aug 1, 2008 13:58:53 GMT -5
Luckily for me, my family is supportive of my liking Randall. In fact, Randall's also my mom's favorite character - she can relate to him because she used to have a really bad boss when she first started working. That boss promoted people who sucked up to her and took advantage of those who didn't, so although my mom was the one who worked for the longest hours she didn't get the credit she deserved. Her situation was kind of like Randall's. Oh, and about LGBB's comment on "eating eyeballs" - I have loved eating fish eyeballs ever since I was little (it's a personal quirk)! Recently, though, I've really started stuffing myself with them because each time I eat one, I think of Wazowski. XD Pitbulllady has a very interesting story on how most teachers at her work are in the same shoes with Randall. Plus an evil principal/boss. I've noticed that a LOT of adults, who have been in the workforce for many years, tend to relate to Randall, because many have been through the same things he has. Most of his real haters are kids, who have not yet experienced the "Real World" out there, beyond their parents' protection, where most folks live paycheck to paycheck. They tend to be a lot quicker to judge Randall as "evil" and assume he's just nasty by default, and not make any connections between Randall's behavior and attitude and everything that is going on in his life and in the workplace. I suppose, that if I'd seen Monsters, Inc. through the eyes of my goodie-goodie, know-it-all teenage self, still living in my parents' home and having no clue what it was like "out there", beyond those sheltered gates, I, too, would probably have simply considered Randall to be inately bad. After all, that's what we kids are supposed to feel about the villains/antagonists in Saturday morning cartoons-that they're just plain mean, and bad from the start, and get their jollies from hurting others or thwarting the Good Guy's plans. We aren't supposed to THINK that there might be a reason why they act the way they do, other than that. As an adult, though, with some very unpleasant experiences behind me, I understood Randall's predicament, and it was like re-living what I'd been through myself, watching that movie. pitbulllady |
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Weasel Freak
Randall's Skivvy (0-299)
Revenge, is so very very sweet..
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Post by Weasel Freak on Aug 10, 2008 18:24:30 GMT -5
I hate to say this, but your mother sounds just a tad...well, immature. I mean, an adult making fun of their kid's fave's? FLABfiction? I would have expected this sort of thing from a 12-year-old(no offense to any 12-year-olds on here, who are apparently more mature than some grown-ups), but not from a parent! >_> ..... *is twelve* |
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Post by randallsnape7 on Jun 2, 2014 3:49:26 GMT -5
I know something that will cheer everybody up:
Imagine.... waiting and camping out in a long, long theater line to attend a 12:01 Midnight showing of 'Monsters 3'. Everybody's got their advance tickets that read:
ADMIT ONE: MONSTERS 3
12:01
You're relaxing, you brought along your trusty Super Mario 64 DS game to keep you company, as the hours tick by.... you beat 'COURSE 9: DIRE, DIRE DOCKS, Episode 6: COLLECT THE CAPS...' while other people take a snooze around you, then you put your game away. To the left behind you is that small group of die-hard geeks who've already read the novelization of the film, and you hear "Dude, you know Randall's gonna have a huge, HUGE role. I read the book, and I was like TOTALLY blown away... this movie's gonna be freaky."
4 HOURS TO GO! (Audience applaudes) A major 'Monsters' fan to your right starts watching the DVD of 'Monsters University', THE FIRST ACT, on his laptop, and some other fans gather around to watch. The excitement starts to build within you... you know that this time, you FINALLY get to progress the story. You applaud when Randall comes out of the dormitory to greet Mike for the first time, and you get a little choked up when you see him hold up that plate of cupcakes that reads: "BE MY PAL"! You shed a tear as the 'Monsters University' Anthem is sung as all the monsters file out into the Final Scare Games Arena, knowing that the Randall/Sulley conflict is about to begin, but then you surpress your breath, knowing that by about 2:00 AM, you'll have seen the final resolution of that conflict.
3 HOURS TO GO! (Audience applaudes again)
'Monsters University' finishes, the end credits roll by, then everybody files into the theater auditorium to take their seats. Some people run in, shouting 'YEAH! WOOO!', then the guy takes out the disc and then inserts 'Monsters, Inc.' Disc 1 into his laptop. A rush of adrenaline kicks in as the people sitting around applaud, but just before the guy hits play, a news reporter shows up to interview some of the attendees at the midnight premiere. Once the news leaves, the guy with the laptop hits 'PLAY', and (gasp), now you get to watch 'Monsters, Inc.', the SECOND ACT. Once Randall appears, you applaud, then cry again. The hairs on the back of your head stand up as you hear Randall say "Ssh-ssh-ssh-ssh. You hear that? It's the winds... of change.".
Midway through the movie, about the time Sulley says, "You... go... to... sleep!", you hear announced loudly:
2 HOURS TO GO! (Audience applauds)
By the time Mike and Sulley get banished into the Himalayas, you start to feel ever antsy, knowing that the big moment is coming. As you watch the Door Vault scene, you get even MORE choked up, knowing that Randall's banishment is laying the groundwork for the movie we've all been dying to see. Seeing Waternoose arrested, you start to feel antsy again, and by the time Boo says 'Kitty!", by the end, and you start hearing "If I Didn't Have You", you can hardly breathe, as if a little 'Coming Up' notice popped up on the TV, saying that the 'Monsters 3' premiere is next.
1 HOUR TO GO! (Audience applauds). After the guy takes the disc out, you tend to your concession needs, you run to the restroom, then start waiting anxiously for the commericals to start... then the trailers. You're subjected to the regular two or three 'World's Coming to an End' epics while you get teary-eyed again, knowing that Randall's redemption is just moments away. You see about 3 air-headed, slapstick comedy films you already know you're NOT gonna see under any circumstances, and hey, when you're preparing yourself to see the end of your favorite purple monster's journey, you're a bit spacy, like "Yeah? Who cares about these other films? I'm here for Randall!". You start to grow impatient, thinking the trailers will never end. Then finally...
FEATURE PRESENTATION. Black screen... dead silence... then.... finally, finally, FINALLY... (after the Pixar Short Film)
...it begins. The audience, unable to contain itself, applauds again. By the last third of the movie, it becomes surreal. You get to see the Randall Boggs you never knew.
Isn't that right, Randall fans? Now, if THIS story doesn't cheer us up, nothing will!
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