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12/22/08
I find it very interesting that in both versions, the animals become completely anthropomorphized after the age of man, rather than reappropriating mankind's remains in an animal-y sort of way. Does this imply that the animals would eventually begin behaving the same as the humans did? Or is destruction inherent not in human(-style) society, but only in humans themselves (in an original sin sort of way?).
Also, note the years. 1939 and 1955. So the 1939 cartoon must have been made by isolationists - communists perhaps? Note that the 1939 version alters the carol's lyrics to avoid reference to God, whereas the 1955 remake not only uses the traditional lyrics, but finishes with a shot of a (broken) stained glass cruxifix and a shining star.
And um... I have more notes. God I wish I still had an excuse to write term papers.
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Mourn not for us, for we have known the light,
Have looked on beauty, have lived in peace and love,
Grieve but for those who go alone, unwise,
To die in darkness, never having see the Sun
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Mourn not for us
We have looked on beauty
Have lived in peace and loved
Mourn for those who live in darkness
And never see the sun.
Or at least thats what I remember of it from a couple of decades ago, anyone care to correct me?
12/22/08
Nay, grieve not for the dead alone
Whose song has told their hearts' sad story,--
Weep for the voiceless, who have known
The cross without the crown of glory!
12/22/08
A little boy named Shelby has been orphaned by the violent aftermath of a huge societal breakdown of some sort. He is cared for by his family AI controlled house that throws a Christmas party for him replete with holographic holiday characters even as mob of looters approaches.
12/22/08
Of course, he would take that as a compliment.
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12/21/08
And He-Man actually became a bit of a dick. After King Randor past away, Adam ascended to the throne and passed quite a few tithes on the citizens of Eternia in order to build a new Castle Grayskull with modern plumbing and heating. He is divorced from Teela and shares custody of their two children.
12/21/08
You right-thinking Xtian kids got all the good stuff. Being a no-good heathen mud-person all I ever got were used, chewed-on Micronauts and many lumps of coal, which were welcome as it kept our hovel warm during the bitter Maine winters. I only had one (1!) real Star Wars toy during my entire 25-year childhood, an IG-88 action figure. I told myself he was my favorite anyways and cried myself to sleep on a pile of wood chips and my old man's beer bottles.
Sweet, sweet Holiday Memories.
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This needs to be RiffTraxed even more than the Star Wars Holiday special!
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