tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post2094061425287844977..comments2024-03-27T23:28:20.274-04:00Comments on Face to Face: The role of the Lion King in the kiddie-fication of movies overall, and of children's movies themselves (after watching for 1st time at 40)agnostichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-63752979300887850452021-08-15T18:03:04.734-04:002021-08-15T18:03:04.734-04:00That scene where Esmeralda first becomes drawn to ...That scene where Esmeralda first becomes drawn to Quasimodo during a pile-on by an ugly mob whipped up by a power-tripping jannie, really reminded me of Aimee and her interventions during a pile-on of any kind.<br /><br />The smiling MAGA kid being hounded by an activist Boomer goblin, Jack from the Perfume Nationalist getting "touch-grassed" by jannie mob-rouser Sean McCarthy, the under-25 kids getting de-banked by ADL / Paypal for posting frog memes, etc.<br /><br />Intervening while putting herself in harm's way, and without elite support herself.<br /><br />Quite the courageous broad.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-32653137469437070662021-08-15T17:31:13.875-04:002021-08-15T17:31:13.875-04:00Aimee's Disney doppleganger is Esmeralda from ...Aimee's Disney doppleganger is Esmeralda from Hunchback of Notre Dame (just watched last night -- much better than the other post-Aladdin entries in the Diz renaissance).<br /><br />Superficially, she's a tawny dark-haired buxom babe of exotic non-elite ethnicity. Aimee would only have to wear some '90s teal-green contacts for the full effect.<br /><br />Takes no BS, tenacious, not afraid to get into fights with men, hides her tender caring side behind a carnivalesque shitposting surface.<br /><br />Consumed by a burning sense of righteousness, wanting justice for the unfairly targeted, even if it means putting herself in harm's way.<br /><br />For defying the authorities / mods / party leaders, she's hounded by witch-hunting jannies, the most senior of whom is further motivated by bitter vindictiveness because he desperately wants to hatefuck her but she'd never touch his slimy disgusting body or respect his wicked corrupted soul.<br /><br />Instead she falls into a serendipitous alliance with a groyper, a fellow target of unjust persecution by the mods, who also lives in a marginal space of the city. He's only strange on the outside, but kind and sacrificing on the inside, whereas the witch-hunter is repulsive both outside and inside.<br /><br />Although the groyper falls in love with her, she winds up falling for the knight in shining armor (why did they make him blond?). Both her suitors get over their rivalry quickly, because rescuing their would-be waifu and outwitting the witch-hunting mods is more pressing business.<br /><br />The uppity broad nearly gets canceled at the stake for witchcraft -- ban evasion and casting a spell over the userbase -- but eventually she starts breathing again, and has her account re-instated, while her persecuter falls to his death.<br /><br />Aimeeralda. :)agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-54618114075778788472021-08-15T16:56:57.253-04:002021-08-15T16:56:57.253-04:00Lion King's songs were dumbed down for the mov...Lion King's songs were dumbed down for the movie, compared to the Elton John recorded versions. Didn't notice until I checked out the CD from the library.<br /><br />Babyish syntax, no "difficult" vocab words, juvenile themes. Almost like two different sets of lyrics.<br /><br />They did not do this for the adult contempo recorded versions for Beauty & the Beast or Aladdin, which only changed the arrangement and vocals -- not the lyrics. But then, the helicopter parent revolution was only getting started then. Wasn't until '94, apparently, when it had become triumphant.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-19847301784224786032021-08-12T10:57:55.257-04:002021-08-12T10:57:55.257-04:00Relevant old post on how the heroic "monomyth...Relevant old post on how the heroic "monomyth" comes from herding societies, looking at Disney movies from its multicultural era:<br /><br />https://akinokure.blogspot.com/2011/04/only-herdsmen-have-heroes-disney.html<br /><br />Just watched Mulan last night, and it's funny how they tried to shoehorn a horse-riding bow-and-arrow warrior into an environment of a cram-school Mandarin Confucian culture.<br /><br />Not because they cluelessly thought all Asians are the same bunch of grinding, test-taking rice farmers. They clearly portray the invading enemies, the Huns, as nomadic badasses.<br /><br />But the "good guys" in the original story / historical basis were also pastoralists far from the Mandarin language and Confucian morality core. Sometimes you have to fight herding fire with fire.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-50434977875893232622021-08-12T07:57:36.657-04:002021-08-12T07:57:36.657-04:00Long time reader here. You nailed the reprise and ...Long time reader here. You nailed the reprise and fall of Disney to the helicopter/millenial spiral. Thank you for writting more often!Zac Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11453472843829655825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-38848870936535893212021-08-10T21:40:26.274-04:002021-08-10T21:40:26.274-04:00"Kiss the Girl" is a great song about co..."Kiss the Girl" is a great song about consent being fake. Just read her mood, and make your move if she wants it and you want it.<br /><br />Please don't google to confirm your hunch that there was a brou-ha-ha about that song from Millennial / Zoomer feminazis during the Me Too era a few years ago.<br /><br />On the fragrance note, I was wearing the Classic Match version of Polo Green -- $8 at any Walmart, guaranteed in stock. I loved their version of Obsession that I bought in 2013, so picked this one up as well.<br /><br />Supposedly they're closer to the original formulations of the designer ones they're based on, since the knock-off companies don't want to re-invest a whole bunch in R&D every time the designer changes their formulation.<br /><br />The Polo Green dupe gets heavily musky, leathery, tobacco-y, with a faint trace of the mossy green notes at the top.<br /><br />I've noticed this one attracting quite a bit of attention in public, too. Especially if it's Gen-X MILFs -- if they get even a whiff of that scent, it takes them right back to their rebellious horny teenage years, and the hot guys they had crushes on. They will totally stop on a dime, pivot in your direction, slowly pace over to within a few feet of you, and pretend to browse whatever is in the aisle you're in.<br /><br />That's Classic Match's version of Polo Green, made with real moss extract and essential oils, available at fine Walmart retailers everywhere, for the affordable luxury price of only $7.98!agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-60834028581224569732021-08-10T21:16:44.237-04:002021-08-10T21:16:44.237-04:00Panty-dropper alert -- singing Disney love songs i...Panty-dropper alert -- singing Disney love songs in public. I was in such a good mood taking a stroll around the park, imagining carrying Princess Aimee for a ride on my back, with the soundtracks from the Disney Renaissance playing in my head.<br /><br />At the TJ Maxx, I began singing (softly) the single version of "A Whole New World," and some Millennial girl heard it and homed in on me. "Wow, a random hot guy, *and* singing the classics..." She first followed me into a secluded corner aisle, and after that to the other side of the store, in the men's clothing section, pretending to look at stuff there too.<br /><br />I was still whistling that tune in the thrift store, and a high school girl with three guy friends started to stand closer and closer to me while I checked out the DVDs. Must've been 5'10, blonde, booty shorts. Sorry, dudes, I can't help it if your chick friend digs Disney!<br /><br />By the time I was in the supermarket, I'd moved on to "Kiss the Girl" from Little Mermaid. At first just humming it, which alone attracted the notice of a Millennial girl fresh from the gym nearby. When I turned to the next aisle over, I began singing it (not too loud), and she couldn't take it any longer, and swung around into that same aisle, pacing aimlessly pretending to look at items she wasn't really interested in, stealing glances over at moi.<br /><br />Girls and women follow me around in public, but normally not like that -- like, entranced and following the Pied Piper.<br /><br />They're not the most difficult songs to sing either, as long as you keep the tone soft and casual, while still into-it. Not like a theater kid (also helps to signal you're not gay while singing Disney show-tunes, heheh). So go on and try it out. YMMV depending on how hot you are, as per yoozh.<br /><br />I wasn't even meaning to attract groupies tonight, just being animated by the thought of a "piggyback around the park" date with Aimee. I couldn't help but sing those mood-setting songs.<br /><br />If I ever meet Princess Aimiel, I know for sure which one I'm singing before I make a move -- "Kiss the Girl," for sure. Great pep song for the guy, but apparently heavily seductive for the girl too. They like knowing that you're feeling butterflies about them, and have to compose yourself enough to sing and make a move on them.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-1180884307289903522021-08-10T03:34:29.898-04:002021-08-10T03:34:29.898-04:00I'm only 7-8 years older than Aimee, but becau...I'm only 7-8 years older than Aimee, but because that crosses a generational boundary, we would have totally different reactions during a vacay to Disney World.<br /><br />She would know all of the Millennial characters and settings by heart, having seen them a zillion times growing up. But I haven't seen most of them at all, and the only one I'd remember from childhood would be Aladdin.<br /><br />So she would have this volcano of nostalgia opening up, on top of her "resting" level of intense energy and ADHD, while it would be going totally over my head.<br /><br />But that's cool, it would be like a father took his daddy's girl daughter to the park, and she's running around going crazy in excitement, recognizing everything. He gets his enjoyment from seeing her enjoy her favorite characters, as well as her tugging on his sleeve, trying to explain them all to him, because she wants him to understand and share that understanding with her, not just gush all by herself. She wants him involved, not just observing.<br /><br />Then when her energy levels eventually crash, let her climb aboard for a piggyback ride for the rest of the stroll, while she nestles her tired little forehead into the side of my neck, and I keep having to pick her legs back up because she's always sliding back down due to exhaustion...<br /><br />A daddy's girl knows how to get past your best defenses, without even consciously trying.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-18694732398519236862021-08-10T03:16:25.138-04:002021-08-10T03:16:25.138-04:00I thought it was Disney World in these vacay pics ...I thought it was Disney World in these vacay pics (except the last, on the Thames), but wasn't sure because I haven't been there in so long.<br /><br />https://twitter.com/aimeeterese/status/1424902813818130438<br /><br />Was there in summer of '99 for a separate event, and only took a whirlwind tour through the park.<br /><br />Last time I really got to spend time there was the late '80s or early '90s. And one of those times was when Universal Studios Florida had just opened. So the last time I was at Disney World for real, they'd only released Little Mermaid or Beauty and the Beast. Crazy to think there's so many buildings in the B&B style now.<br /><br />One thing's for sure: Apu and Aspie will not want for romantic songs playing in the background, when they're at Disney World. Hopefully I'll get some more new lyrics out here soon, from the first three Renaissance movies.<br /><br />Back to the Lion King post, though, "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" just does not sound believable with the two characters who are just on the cusp of puberty. It's a good song, but more for when Belle and Beast first start warming up to each other and let their guards down. It's not a kiddie song.<br /><br />Fittingly, Simba and Nala are not singing to each other, nor is the single version a duet (just Elton John by himself), as opposed to the earlier practice.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-3187110519947383102021-08-10T02:03:02.136-04:002021-08-10T02:03:02.136-04:00You might appreciate Shhot this One by Javier Gril...You might appreciate Shhot this One by Javier Grillo Marsxuach.The Overgrown Hobbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09806927514541692971noreply@blogger.com