I know, but no one has to do a deep dive to get to Guinevere. What I'm probably having trouble coping with is that rather than the Disney movie being a crappy adaptation (it is), no one knows enough about Arthurian legend to connect it to that and think it's just a romp about a dork and a wizard.
December 25, 2025 at 7:37 AM
I know, but no one has to do a deep dive to get to Guinevere. What I'm probably having trouble coping with is that rather than the Disney movie being a crappy adaptation (it is), no one knows enough about Arthurian legend to connect it to that and think it's just a romp about a dork and a wizard.
This is making me more annoyed with the Disney adaptation for being such a shallow adaptation (emphasis here) Guinevere is obscure. Jeebus.
December 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
This is making me more annoyed with the Disney adaptation for being such a shallow adaptation (emphasis here) Guinevere is obscure. Jeebus.
Ah, I didn't interpret that as a time loop, but as TCE breaking the fourth wall knowing she was running out of time to get Bastian to cooperate.
December 25, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Ah, I didn't interpret that as a time loop, but as TCE breaking the fourth wall knowing she was running out of time to get Bastian to cooperate.
concept of themselves as future people, too. Peter has no future. He can't think of anything that way much less himself. He's forever outside of time. He is unconsciously mourning his self who will never be.
December 24, 2025 at 8:49 PM
concept of themselves as future people, too. Peter has no future. He can't think of anything that way much less himself. He's forever outside of time. He is unconsciously mourning his self who will never be.
of the school year, they only have a concept of themselves doing what they are at essentially just that moment. All they can think is "I'm in school right now," all their experiences are transient. By the end of the year, they'll realize there is stuff beyond now or lunchtime and start having a
December 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
of the school year, they only have a concept of themselves doing what they are at essentially just that moment. All they can think is "I'm in school right now," all their experiences are transient. By the end of the year, they'll realize there is stuff beyond now or lunchtime and start having a
and will never even be able to realize it. He's the biggest tragedy in all of these because unlike Wendy and Edmund and Bastian, he can't grow.
I worked in a kindergarten and thought the most interesting thing about kids that age is their relationship to themselves in time. At the very beginning
I worked in a kindergarten and thought the most interesting thing about kids that age is their relationship to themselves in time. At the very beginning
December 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
and will never even be able to realize it. He's the biggest tragedy in all of these because unlike Wendy and Edmund and Bastian, he can't grow.
I worked in a kindergarten and thought the most interesting thing about kids that age is their relationship to themselves in time. At the very beginning
I worked in a kindergarten and thought the most interesting thing about kids that age is their relationship to themselves in time. At the very beginning
is because he still senses he's missing something by not being able to grow and remember his friends. Wendy is his other in that way and she is eventually so looking forward to growing up she does it one day faster than other girls. But Peter stays in a sort of delightful prison of his own making
December 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
is because he still senses he's missing something by not being able to grow and remember his friends. Wendy is his other in that way and she is eventually so looking forward to growing up she does it one day faster than other girls. But Peter stays in a sort of delightful prison of his own making
him, because he can, as you say, escape more of the consequences of his actions, but also sucks for him and the people around him because he stays "gay, and innocent, and heartless" and all the stuff that happens to him is impermanent. He forgets everything and doesn't realize that when he gets sad
December 24, 2025 at 8:22 PM
him, because he can, as you say, escape more of the consequences of his actions, but also sucks for him and the people around him because he stays "gay, and innocent, and heartless" and all the stuff that happens to him is impermanent. He forgets everything and doesn't realize that when he gets sad
And that the point of Peter Pan! His flaw isn't that he won't grow up, it's that he can't! He's stuck in more of a time loop than Bastian, since he's forever 6 years old, right at the cusp of having to start to enter society and modulate his behavior and Barrie is clear that that is at once good for
December 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
And that the point of Peter Pan! His flaw isn't that he won't grow up, it's that he can't! He's stuck in more of a time loop than Bastian, since he's forever 6 years old, right at the cusp of having to start to enter society and modulate his behavior and Barrie is clear that that is at once good for
part is also valuable to set up Atreyu as a counter to Bastian, since Atreyu is himself without flaws that he ends up hating so much because his own self-loathing is that much stronger.
December 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
part is also valuable to set up Atreyu as a counter to Bastian, since Atreyu is himself without flaws that he ends up hating so much because his own self-loathing is that much stronger.
And that the ouroboros is also a representation of a feedback loop of how what's going on in Fantastica and our world influence each other? I agree that the second half of the book (which did get an adaptation in Neverending Story 2, but I never saw most of it) is the main story, although the first
December 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
And that the ouroboros is also a representation of a feedback loop of how what's going on in Fantastica and our world influence each other? I agree that the second half of the book (which did get an adaptation in Neverending Story 2, but I never saw most of it) is the main story, although the first
Wait, what time loop? I haven't read it in a decade or so, but my impression was that it was a cycle like any other and that Bastian was one of the lucky few to have been bailed out and that the next human child called upon/conned into responding to the Childlike Empress is at risk of the same thing
December 24, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Wait, what time loop? I haven't read it in a decade or so, but my impression was that it was a cycle like any other and that Bastian was one of the lucky few to have been bailed out and that the next human child called upon/conned into responding to the Childlike Empress is at risk of the same thing
Why didn't they just make her Guinevere since this way she'll just get her heart broken later.
December 24, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Why didn't they just make her Guinevere since this way she'll just get her heart broken later.
He was really a co-author of that Ebert review.
December 15, 2025 at 6:53 AM
He was really a co-author of that Ebert review.
It's Christmas time.
December 15, 2025 at 1:18 AM
It's Christmas time.
A guy I knew had a somewhat tame bobcat that would hang out on his porch. He was able to get close enough to put a flea collar on it since I guess it'd get chewed up pretty bad.
December 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
A guy I knew had a somewhat tame bobcat that would hang out on his porch. He was able to get close enough to put a flea collar on it since I guess it'd get chewed up pretty bad.
There's a sequel manga, but I disgree that it needs follow up. The story is about Anthy breaking free from abuse and that story has found its end.
December 8, 2025 at 10:10 AM
There's a sequel manga, but I disgree that it needs follow up. The story is about Anthy breaking free from abuse and that story has found its end.
So's having kids in America.
November 19, 2025 at 5:15 AM
So's having kids in America.
My brother won one and we never played it for this reason.
November 15, 2025 at 10:23 PM
My brother won one and we never played it for this reason.
I admit the last game I played was Sonic and Knuckles with the stacking cartridge.
November 11, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I admit the last game I played was Sonic and Knuckles with the stacking cartridge.
No they aren't, they're hit points. If it was money it'd be like that shitty Ben Affleck or maybe was that Justin Timberlake movie. With only one ring you could survive anything except drowning or getting crushed or being in a place longer than 10 minutes.
November 11, 2025 at 7:58 AM
No they aren't, they're hit points. If it was money it'd be like that shitty Ben Affleck or maybe was that Justin Timberlake movie. With only one ring you could survive anything except drowning or getting crushed or being in a place longer than 10 minutes.
Sonic had rings, not money.
November 11, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Sonic had rings, not money.
And Honest John wasn't a villain! He was a crooked politician and a stereotypical drunk, but he helped Gussie Mausheimer organize the mice to build the Giant Mouse of Minsk to drive the cats away.
November 6, 2025 at 5:42 AM
And Honest John wasn't a villain! He was a crooked politician and a stereotypical drunk, but he helped Gussie Mausheimer organize the mice to build the Giant Mouse of Minsk to drive the cats away.
You're getting your movies mixed. Ratigan was portrayed marvelously by Vincent Price in The Great Mouse Detective, Disney's sadly overlooked 1980s mouse movie. He was not Irish.
The Irish mouse in full on Tammany Hall (explicitly named by the other Irish mouse, Bridget) is Honest John.
The Irish mouse in full on Tammany Hall (explicitly named by the other Irish mouse, Bridget) is Honest John.
November 6, 2025 at 5:29 AM
You're getting your movies mixed. Ratigan was portrayed marvelously by Vincent Price in The Great Mouse Detective, Disney's sadly overlooked 1980s mouse movie. He was not Irish.
The Irish mouse in full on Tammany Hall (explicitly named by the other Irish mouse, Bridget) is Honest John.
The Irish mouse in full on Tammany Hall (explicitly named by the other Irish mouse, Bridget) is Honest John.
I still have my huge Fievel doll, too!
November 6, 2025 at 5:20 AM
I still have my huge Fievel doll, too!