tmazanec1
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Post by tmazanec1 on Dec 24, 2006 11:26:05 GMT -5
Are kids getting harder to scare? And if so, why?
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Bampot
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Post by Bampot on Dec 24, 2006 11:29:33 GMT -5
well, of course they are. with all the blood and gore in today's culture and media, a few monster is nothing.
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Post by pitbulllady on Dec 24, 2006 14:12:29 GMT -5
Are kids getting harder to scare? And if so, why? That was pretty much explained by the M.I. tv ad; human children, in so many parts of our world, so so desensitized by REALLY scary things, like violence, war, poverty, etc., whether on tv or in reality, that a monster appearing in their room means nothing. They play video games and watch tv and movies in which killing and violence and strange creatures are common-place, to the point that they cannot separate that from what is real, and for many kids, life-threatening violence IS reality. Kids themselves are becoming very violent and have little compassion, and they are unable to sympathize or empathize with the suffering of others. I would think-and keep in mind that I work with kids on a day-to-day basis-that a monster would stand a considerable risk of being SHOT by a kid, not poisoned, and I'm basing that on the number of guns, knives and other deadly weapons that we have to confiscate from ELEMENTARY students just in the school district I work for. Why be afraid of a monster if you have a Desert Eagle under your pillow? pitbulllady |
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Post by RandallBoggs on Dec 24, 2006 19:01:10 GMT -5
Now recall that it may not be just because of de-sensatization (real word?), but part of what Waternoose WANTED people to believe. Accidents seem to be happening more often at Monsters Inc. And as Waternoose has helped Sullivan, it could be considered he has a card in the potential accidents.
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Post by pitbulllady on Dec 24, 2006 19:29:50 GMT -5
Now recall that it may not be just because of de-sensatization (real word?), but part of what Waternoose WANTED people to believe. Accidents seem to be happening more often at Monsters Inc. And as Waternoose has helped Sullivan, it could be considered he has a card in the potential accidents. Yes, de-sensitization IS a real word. While I can acknowledge that it was to Waternoose's benefit to exaggerate the difficulty in scaring most human kids, he can't be given all the blame for that. I've seen too many things and heard too many things from kids myself, and I know that the innocence of youth, for many, disappears around the age of two, which is how young some of my students were when they witnessed their first gang killing. After seeing that, and feeling NOTHING, you'd be pretty tough to scare, too. Also, can you give specific examples of these frequent accidents? The only one shown in the movie, besides Sullivan inadvertently letting Boo in, was George Sanderson's "2319", which seems to be a matter of George's bad luck more than anything else. There's no way that Waternoose could have planted that sock on the guy while he was still in a kid's room; static cling is to blame for that! pitbulllady |
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Post by RandallBoggs on Dec 24, 2006 19:38:55 GMT -5
Really? Yay ^_^
Well what I mean is, giving doors that aren't compatable with the Scarer. As seen in the commercial, doors are matched to a person.
Well there was the "Days without an Accident" counter if I recall....that they flew down to zero again remember?
As for George....well George isn't really a top notch Scarer and has had more 2319s than mostly anyone, he didn't need Waternoose's help ^_^
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