Bring'um up right

[modeljunky]

Just sat down with the boy's 13 and 11 and watched The Green Slime (enter theme music).

[belrog999]

Cool! What's next? "Wild, Wild Planet"?

[cire-neivk]

I love the Green Slime. A Classic!

[modeljunky]

Next I'm thinking either Dark Star, Little Shop of Horrors or Attack of the Mushroom People.

[temperflash]

Attack of the mushroom people may be a bit disturbing and depressing for most kids.

[modeljunky]

Attack of the mushroom people may be a bit disturbing and depressing for most kids.

Thanks..Dont remember it much myself, was planning on maybe picking it up at Chiler this weekend,
Just got in King Kong Escapes on br, and even though they have seen King Kong vs Godzilla azillion times they never saw KK Escapes......

[temperflash]

The thing that makes the Mushroom People disturbing and depressing for kids is the starvation angle. With most anything else theres enough pyschological distance that what happens on screen never really gets under their skin, but all kids have an in built and very deep fear of starvation. That makes what happens to the characters more real to them.

Ordinarily anything that resonates with the viewer's mind on a primitive level is a good thing for telling the story but not in this case.

[raydrz]

just don't let the green slime influence their musical tastes

[temperflash]

A film experiance that would be good for todays kids is the old TV series "men into space". Plenty of old time heroics and fairly good science.
I'd like to see them create a modern version of that series, set in the near future when the U S space program gets back on its feet and starts going places again.

The recent movie "Gravity" reminds me of some of the more intense episodes of "Men into Space".

[modeljunky]

Just picked up a little shop of horrors the directors cut. Enjoyed by all. I liked the dc ending better tha the original.... next is the classic King Kong escapes.