tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104012373258339565.post3411190276472492435..comments2023-10-31T12:10:39.067-04:00Comments on Ladder on Wheels: Deep in the Big Black Heart of the Sunshine State, Pt. 2Michial Farmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10062071425935524922noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104012373258339565.post-44242183011169682392011-10-31T02:50:05.115-04:002011-10-31T02:50:05.115-04:00I really like the points you have made. I love all...I really like the points you have made. I love all of these cartoons to death. And I've also noticed a definite lack of darkness in certain cartoons (although I never thought about WWII's influence on that, that was quite interesting), and I think it's a bit disappointing.<br />I love what Pixar has done, and what the earliest Disney movies have done with causing some sort of terror. I literally got chills thinking about the Queen in Snow White. Scared me shitless.<br />Back to my point, I think it's good to have some darkness in films - especially cartoons - so children know in a way how to cope with it later on. <br />Before I continue rambling, great observations, this was an awesome read! :DAdrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12316816650528561939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104012373258339565.post-54952513170786296162009-07-05T17:20:03.454-04:002009-07-05T17:20:03.454-04:00Man this is great stuff. Hopefully the next line o...Man this is great stuff. Hopefully the next line of 2D films coming out of the mouse will be all the better. More anxiety!Coreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07760537763098373025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104012373258339565.post-69050782748155010252009-06-11T15:33:21.618-04:002009-06-11T15:33:21.618-04:00Another great post. I don't think you're ...Another great post. I don't think you're overthinking any of this at all (to carry on from the last post's comments). I think that one of the main reasons I haven't given many of the older Disney movies much critical thought is just because it has been so long since I had seen them. <br /><br />I just saw "Up." I was so afraid I was going to build it up too much before seeing it, but it was better than even my highest expectations.Tim Rhodeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10253798211455734763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104012373258339565.post-87664332051835634592009-06-11T00:03:08.094-04:002009-06-11T00:03:08.094-04:00I'm embarrassed to say that I don't watch ...I'm embarrassed to say that I don't watch many live-action films--I'm much more into television and cartoons. Call me lowbrow. But I'd imagine you're right; nothing I've seen has compared to 1930s and '40s film noir in terms of existential dread.<br /><br />Except, that is, the Coen brothers movies (I've seen all of them, and I love them), each of which presents man as almost irrevocably stupid and wicked and almost all of which feature a character of pure evil. "No Country for Old Men" is the most obvious.Michial Farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10062071425935524922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104012373258339565.post-76605791013485735472009-06-10T16:26:32.724-04:002009-06-10T16:26:32.724-04:00Really interesting analysis. It seems to me that ...Really interesting analysis. It seems to me that in clichéd rush to make us identify with 'villains' and to make 'heroes' conflicted (this stopped being innovative a decade ago, yet everyone still seems to think it is soooo clever), the narrative space between them has been compressed to the point that dread has been squeezed out. <br /><br />I wonder if you think some of the same principles apply to the evolution of live action films as well?stanfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07591716618038804118noreply@blogger.com