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ericadawn16) wrote2012-05-22 11:55 pm
ericadawn16) wrote2012-05-22 11:55 pm
Never Lose Your Dinosaur
Never lose your dinosaur.
Usually, I totally forget how close in age I am to Tom Hiddleston. After all, he's starred in films made by Oscar winners and I have to occasionally worry about the bills.
Then, he does something like this and it totally hits me. I was ten when Jurassic Park came out and was always good about not drinking too much but everything else is the same.
It was utterly, utterly AMAZING! You have to realize there was nothing like it before at all. It was like you were watching REAL dinosaurs that moved and breathed and didn't have zipppes or claymation parts. They were REAL DINOSAURS!
Sometimes, I think the younger kids are spoiled. They won't ever have that moment of something being real like that because they are constantly surrounded by computer generated images all the time. For example, when someone disses Toy Story without allowing the context of IT WAS FIRST! No one thought a full length CGI film was even possible.
Plus, the females in Jurassic Park were awesome. Heck, all the dinosaurs that were killing everybody and the T-Rex coming in to save them? All female. They even had Lex be a nerd AND save the day. I never got to see females be awesome on the big screen; that was something reserved for the television.
It was my most favorite movie ever for over eight years; the yardstick to which all other movies were measured.
Oh gosh, the raptor bit...so dead on, too.
I also forgot to mention how we went to the Disney Store yesterday. I got my Lotso Cutesation, YAY! They had some Avengers glasses on sale but they only had the main four. The cashier was very empathetic as I explained this. Then, she mentioned how awesome she felt the movie was and how her favorite part was when Hulk hit the guy. She made a motion to demonstrate how she meant Thor but before she did, my mom was agreeing.
Actually, no, the beauty of it was that she was acting out which scene she thought the cashier meant. With her arms and hands, she was acting like she was Hulk slamming Loki repeatedly and she was doing this in the middle of the Disney Store.
It was glorious.
Until I said she meant Thor and then my mom agreed that that was funny, too.
"Basically, if you're an Asgardian, it's not good to be anywhere near the Hulk."
Also, they had Nick Fury, the Hulk and Thor on the magic trees! It was awesome.
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Sometimes, I think the younger kids are spoiled. They won't ever have that moment of something being real like that because they are constantly surrounded by computer generated images all the time. For example, when someone disses Toy Story without allowing the context of IT WAS FIRST! No one thought a full length CGI film was even possible.
THIS SO MUCH. The Toy Story animation got a lot smoother in the sequels, but I remember watching and rewatching a TV special about it that my parents had taped when it had just come out, and it emphasized what a breakthrough the film was again and again. The sequels wouldn't exist without that first one, with the choppier human designs and such. Hell, stuff like Shrek wouldn't exist without it, either.
I felt this way when I recently re-watched the 1978 Superman film: it's slow and cheesy and the plot isn't very cohesive, but it's also the first large-scale superhero ever. A superhero had never flown convincingly before. These didn't come out every summer yet. Just about every franchise since then has followed that one's formula, beginning with the origin story, etc., because you really can't improve on that. And it's still a ton of fun, anyway.
Wait, what's a Lotso Cutesation? Does this have to do with Lotso-Huggin'-Bear? Because I have a lot of confusing feels about him.
LOL. That's awesome. I love picturing how she acted it out.
"Basically, if you're an Asgardian, it's not good to be anywhere near the Hulk."
TOO TRUE.
I went to the Disney Store on May 4, and I felt really self-conscious about looking at the Avengers merchandise because this saleswoman kept hovering near me, so I ended up inquiring about Thor helmets and she pointed out that they were behind the Iron Man masks and Captain America helmet, and I told her I had a nephew who was really into Thor, even though I have no nephews or niece to speak of
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The severed arm of NICK FURY!
*gasp*
No, seriously, Jurassic Park was where I first learned the name of Samuel L. Jackson.
Wait, what's a Lotso Cutesation? Does this have to do with Lotso-Huggin'-Bear? Because I have a lot of confusing feels about him.
Definitely Lotso-Huggin' Bear...
Umm, here's just a few of my Lotso posts...
http://ericadawn16.livejournal.com/135807.html
http://ericadawn16.livejournal.com/159603.html
http://ericadawn16.livejournal.com/159898.html
http://ericadawn16.livejournal.com/174909.html
I actually managed to hug him FOUR times over the course of 2010 and 2011. He was an awesome hugger and by the end, he DID smell like strawberries. This really has a lot to do with it. I mean I thought Lotso looked cool from the first time I saw him. He was based off the Care Bears! However, when I went to meet him at Hollywood Studios, he was just so cuddly and cute and then...he'd already won my mom over by watching him interacting with everyone especially one little baby in particular who was crying and crying until Lotso came over to him. Then, he lit up and smiled and only started crying again when Lotso had to go away. I kept hoping for some sort of redemption. It didn't happen but I still couldn't hate him and I still hoped that he would get off that garbage truck and find his redemption and a new life.
Oh, so I should probably also put this more recent post:
http://ericadawn16.livejournal.com/479077.html