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About Me: Time Bandits
Mar. 22nd, 2016 12:39 amI'll do a proper About Me one day. For now, I want to tell you about Time Bandits.
To be honest, I kind of forgot about Time Bandits. I remember loving The Adventures of Baron Munchausen and watching it any time it was on television but Time Bandits was...before that. I didn't really remember it.
Then, in my first or second year of college, my brothers dropped a bombshell. When I was 2 or 3, probably both, I would watch Time Bandits over and over at the arcade. It was my favorite movie.
No, the arcade is not a fancy courtyard or such. It was a glorious den of scum and villainy and machines that would only work for coins and my mom assumed that two preteen boys could easily watch me for a few hours.
Dammit, I can't find a link to support me although I've found it before but...
Back when VHS was expensive, arcades would have machines where you would pay to watch movies. It was like a Nickelodeon or iTunes...only in 1984 or so.
When I watched Time Bandits again, as an adult, everything made so much more sense. Time Bandits has so much of my feelings and preferences that I would be tempted to wonder if it formed me into being except with my family the way they are...I think I was already formed and this showed me that was okay. It validated my two year old existence.
First of all, short people being awesome! I always assumed that came from Yoda and Ewoks. Nope, it came from this.
British silliness!
People in positions of authority cannot be trusted and are usually stupid!
However, I do enjoy powerful men in 2-3 piece suits being deeply sarcastic...which this film also has...
HISTORY!
Being able to travel anywhere in space and time!
Seriously, why did it take Fox and 13 years for me to watch Doctor Who?
Magic!
Darkness, but in a fun way!
Pirates of the Caribbean reference!
Sean Connery! He's definitely fun as James Bond but this and Darby O'Gill and the Little People are my favorite Connery roles. Indiana's dad being third.
Also, Ian Holm, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Jim Broadbent!
George Harrison song!
British 11 year olds discovering their true potential!
Did I mention the suits? Even the kid wears one.
Finally, it makes it seem like anything is possible. I was never taught to believe in Santa or the Easter Bunny or anything. I knew Mickey Mouse was a guy in a costume but at the same time, I feel like all the honesty made me appreciate magic more and realize how I can make anything be real to me if I believe. Most people have had crisis-es of faith where they question if God exists or something but I always felt God existed because I believed God to be real and it didn't matter what anyone else thought, still doesn't.
P.S. Tom Hiddleston is going to be on Jimmy Kimmel Live! tomorrow WITH Bernie Sanders!
I WANT photos!
To be honest, I kind of forgot about Time Bandits. I remember loving The Adventures of Baron Munchausen and watching it any time it was on television but Time Bandits was...before that. I didn't really remember it.
Then, in my first or second year of college, my brothers dropped a bombshell. When I was 2 or 3, probably both, I would watch Time Bandits over and over at the arcade. It was my favorite movie.
No, the arcade is not a fancy courtyard or such. It was a glorious den of scum and villainy and machines that would only work for coins and my mom assumed that two preteen boys could easily watch me for a few hours.
Dammit, I can't find a link to support me although I've found it before but...
Back when VHS was expensive, arcades would have machines where you would pay to watch movies. It was like a Nickelodeon or iTunes...only in 1984 or so.
When I watched Time Bandits again, as an adult, everything made so much more sense. Time Bandits has so much of my feelings and preferences that I would be tempted to wonder if it formed me into being except with my family the way they are...I think I was already formed and this showed me that was okay. It validated my two year old existence.
First of all, short people being awesome! I always assumed that came from Yoda and Ewoks. Nope, it came from this.
British silliness!
People in positions of authority cannot be trusted and are usually stupid!
However, I do enjoy powerful men in 2-3 piece suits being deeply sarcastic...which this film also has...
HISTORY!
Being able to travel anywhere in space and time!
Seriously, why did it take Fox and 13 years for me to watch Doctor Who?
Magic!
Darkness, but in a fun way!
Pirates of the Caribbean reference!
Sean Connery! He's definitely fun as James Bond but this and Darby O'Gill and the Little People are my favorite Connery roles. Indiana's dad being third.
Also, Ian Holm, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Jim Broadbent!
George Harrison song!
British 11 year olds discovering their true potential!
Did I mention the suits? Even the kid wears one.
Finally, it makes it seem like anything is possible. I was never taught to believe in Santa or the Easter Bunny or anything. I knew Mickey Mouse was a guy in a costume but at the same time, I feel like all the honesty made me appreciate magic more and realize how I can make anything be real to me if I believe. Most people have had crisis-es of faith where they question if God exists or something but I always felt God existed because I believed God to be real and it didn't matter what anyone else thought, still doesn't.
P.S. Tom Hiddleston is going to be on Jimmy Kimmel Live! tomorrow WITH Bernie Sanders!
I WANT photos!
