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    Beastly Turns Michelle Tanner Into Souless Dracula Styled Witch Creature

    Modern Day Beauty And The Beast Continues Lie About Inner Beauty

    Hey, You're Getting High School Musical In My Twilight
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    Image of ppyajunebug ppyajunebug
    06/23/09

    In reply to Beastly Turns Michelle Tanner Into Souless Dracula Styled Witch Creature
    Isn't Neil Patrick Harris supposed to be in this too?
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    06/23/09

    @ppyajunebug: I think he's covering Angela Lansbury's role...
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    Image of Daveinva Daveinva
    06/23/09

    In reply to Beastly Turns Michelle Tanner Into Souless Dracula Styled Witch Creature
    As others have said, Beauty and the Beast is an awful story (morally, at least).


    Not so much for the "creepy Buffalo Bill chick collector" vibe as for the cliched "the happy ending is only happy when the beast turns physically into a handsome prince at the end."


    Someone needs to let Hudgens know that the concept of "inner beauty" is meaningful only if there's no outer beauty to match it.

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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    06/23/09

    @Daveinva: That was one of the good things about the 90's show. Beast stayed beastly, it really was about his inner beauty (and awesome voice).
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    Image of oddrid oddrid
    06/23/09

    In reply to Beastly Turns Michelle Tanner Into Souless Dracula Styled Witch Creature
    Awesome, another reworking of a story about how if you are really really nice and love your domestic abuser then everything will work out, he'll turn into a prince and you'll live happily ever after. Valuable lessons for children.
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    Image of paradisefound25 paradisefound25
    06/23/09

    @oddrid:


    Dude, have you read the book this is based on? Totally not like that at all.

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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    06/23/09

    @paradisefound25: To be fair, the article just says it's based on "Beauty and the Beast," which is exactly the way oddrid describes. And, in fact, loving your monstrous abusive husband no matter what is probably exactly the lesson it was intended to teach.
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    Image of paradisefound25 paradisefound25
    06/23/09

    @braak:


    Yeah, but archetypal stories can change over time and reimaginings are influenced by the time they're written.


    "Beastly" the book portrays the Beast as a guy who, completely down on his luck and stymied as to how to undo the curse, rescues the "beauty" from some pretty dark stuff. She lives with him because he can keep her safe from some guy out to kill her. Soooo, completely different stereotype to object to, really. :)

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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    06/23/09

    @paradisefound25: Well, I think archetypal stories, by definition, do not change over time, though you'd be right to say that Beastly actually represents a different archetype.


    I was just objecting to your phrasing, which made it sound like you thought that oddrid wasn't giving the story enough credit, and considering the information he had access to, I'm not sure that's fair.

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    Image of Jon Olson Jon Olson
    06/23/09

    @braak: having read the book recently, I must have missed the part where the beast was at all abusive, other than keeping her his "prisoner." otherwise, she lived a life of luxury and was allowed to leave to see her family when she wanted.
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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    06/24/09

    @Jon Olson: Having read which book?
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    Image of WestMantooth WestMantooth
    06/23/09

    In reply to Beastly Turns Michelle Tanner Into Souless Dracula Styled Witch Creature
    How many films of Hudgens are we going to have to suffer through with promotion and wasted money before admitting she doesn't have any star quality?
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    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    06/23/09

    @WestMantooth: Until she gets to the point where she actually does full frontal nudity for all the kids who watched the HSM films.


    Sorry dude, we're stuck with her.

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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    06/23/09

    @NerD!!! - R.O.A.C.H.: "Until she gets to the point where she actually gets paid for doing full frontal nudity... "
    Fixed that for you.
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    06/23/09

    In reply to Beastly Turns Michelle Tanner Into Souless Dracula Styled Witch Creature
    I wonder how long it will take Ford and Fraiser to start talking about inner beauty on interviews. Tat or its going to be lots of back slapping for the 'younger generatio'. Ooooooh didnt they do well. Get bent!!!


    Will Fraiser and Ford fight till they are dead!?? Or out of career options.


    INNER BEAUTY........INNER BEAUTY. YOU BASTARDS!!!!

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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    06/23/09

    @CoffinDodger: As long as they don't talk about the outer beauty of their younger costars. That would be skeevy.
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    Image of Omaxem Omaxem
    06/23/09

    In reply to Beastly Turns Michelle Tanner Into Souless Dracula Styled Witch Creature
    Vanessa Hudgens
    Harrison Ford
    Brendan Fraser
    Keri Russell
    Mary-Kate Olsen


    One of these things is not like the others...

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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    06/23/09

    @Omaxem: HARRISON FORD IS OLD!
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    04/22/09

    In reply to Modern Day Beauty And The Beast Continues Lie About Inner Beauty
    Why don't hot boys ever fall for beastified women? "Beefcake and the Beast", as it were.


    The thing about the B&B version shown here (other than the psychotic fans who have apparently grown up and birthed Twi-hards), the Beast never changed his looks. He stayed a big furry guy and didn't magically go back to being a handsome human.

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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    04/22/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: Oh gods, are we prompting a Furry debate now? Catgirls... mmm... me watch too much anime.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    04/22/09

    @crashedpc: Dude, don't MAKE me un-friend you.


    I was railing against the dominance of males and pretty people and you're the one who went all Furry on it.

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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    04/22/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: Long day at the office. Brain not processing appropriateness. Whoops.
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    Image of Motoki Motoki
    04/22/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: re: Why don't hot boys ever fall for beastified women? "Beefcake and the Beast", as it were.


    Maybe someone should do a reboot of Babycakes with Susan Boyle.



    + Watch video
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    Image of ragincajun67 ragincajun67
    04/22/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: You ask an excellent question--and one that would provoke hundreds of intense and sometimes disemvoweled posts over on Jezebel (please don't take my vowels for that joke!)


    My immediate response was Cat People, but it's not the same.


    Tough question.

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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    04/22/09

    @Motoki: Because its ok for guys to be slobs, nerds, arrogant asses, and other types of individual, but females need to be skinny and have supermodel good looks. There was a program where they showed that society judges females more harshly then males.
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    04/22/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: I'll have you know that I find the Klingon women quite attractive.
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    Image of jbrecken jbrecken
    04/22/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom:
    There was an episode of Jim Henson's Storyteller called "Sapsorrow" where the handsome prince fell for the beastified girl.
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    Image of FuriousSterling FuriousSterling
    04/22/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: The movie Penelope might be an example of this:


    [en.wikipedia.org])


    But I haven't seen it so I can't say personally.

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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    04/22/09

    @FuriousSterling: In theory, but even with a pig nose, Ricci is pretty cute.


    It's a great movie either way. Highly recommend it.

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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    04/22/09

    @jbrecken: Figures -- Muppets are always more inclusive.
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    Image of Mav Mav
    04/23/09

    @ragincajun67: They don't disemvowel over here. Just Jez as far as I know.
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    Image of Mav Mav
    04/23/09

    @LittleDragon: I don't think you need A specific program for that. Just look at like King of Queens or any "sitcom" right now. The man is chubby slob and the woman is whip thin and petite.


    Men, its fine to be whatever you are and you can still get models!


    Way to perpetuate an unrealistic stereotype world!

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    Image of Lassus Lassus
    04/23/09

    @Mav: You may have missed the responses to Charlie Jane's last rant, because they certainly do.


    Honestly, I always wondered who came up with that tactic at Gawker, disconsonanting would be much cooler and far more difficult to decipher.

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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    04/23/09

    @Lassus: And make everything look Hawaiian!
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    04/22/09

    In reply to Modern Day Beauty And The Beast Continues Lie About Inner Beauty
    Burn This Book!
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    Image of Devo_Almighty Devo_Almighty
    04/22/09

    In reply to Modern Day Beauty And The Beast Continues Lie About Inner Beauty
    Are you sure this book wasn't written by Stephanie Meyer?
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    04/22/09

    @Devo_Almighty: I'm sure the producers are hoping the Twi-hards will flock to see this.
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    Image of Smeagol92055 Smeagol92055
    01/13/09

    In reply to Hey, You're Getting High School Musical In My Twilight
    I'm afraid to hit "play."


    No, really, I'm scared. Hold me.

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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    01/13/09

    @Smeagol92055: Would you like a transcript? I can act it out with sock puppets and a watermelon.
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    Image of Meredith Woerner Meredith Woerner
    01/13/09

    @crashedpc: I do!
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    Image of Slatz_Grobnik Slatz_Grobnik
    01/13/09

    In reply to Hey, You're Getting High School Musical In My Twilight
    One movie to rule them all...
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    01/13/09

    In reply to Hey, You're Getting High School Musical In My Twilight
    Twi School Musical... I pray that this tag will only be used once. 2009 is gonna be AWESOME!
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