# Flicka!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 10, 2006, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flicka/375874 "2006-10-10T00:48:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flicka/375874/1 "2006-10-10T00:48:42Z")
I just saw a preview for a new movie called “Flicka” which is based on the book _My Friend Flicka_. I LOVED this book as a child. I remember that much. Unfortunately, that is all I remember. DOH! Ok, I know it’s about a horse. And I was very young. Is this going to be good, or am I just remembering something crappy that I thought was good because I was a little kid? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flicka/375874/2 "2006-10-10T01:00:53Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] I just saw a preview for a new movie called “Flicka” which is based on the book _My Friend Flicka_. I LOVED this book as a child. I remember that much. Unfortunately, that is all I remember. DOH! Ok, I know it’s about a horse. And I was very young. Is this going to be good, or am I just remembering something crappy that I thought was good because I was a little kid? [/QUOTE] I don’t want to be insulting, but you do know that the book was made into [a movie](http://www.amazon.com/My-Friend-Flicka-Harold-Schuster/dp/B00007JMDZ/sr=1-1/qid=1160441989/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-9061801-5604069?ie=UTF8&s=dvd) in 1943, right? And that there was also a sequel? ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flicka/375874/3 "2006-10-10T01:06:41Z")
Considering that I was born in the '70s, I don’t think it is insulting. I, like most kids, wasn’t terribly into watching “really old movies” when I was a kid. I have very little interest in watching such movies now, in fact, with a few notable exceptions. Before starting this thread I looked it up on the imdb and saw that there were some really old versions, but that doesn’t really interest me as I’m just about 100% guaranteed to not see those. This new movie, on the other hand, I’d consider taking my son to see… unless I’m just misremembering it as being a good story. ---
**Author:** ![Sonia\_Montdore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Sonia\_Montdore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sonia_Montdore)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flicka/375874/4 "2006-10-10T01:31:31Z")
[QUOTE=Chefguy] I don’t want to be insulting, but you do know that the book was made into [a movie](http://www.amazon.com/My-Friend-Flicka-Harold-Schuster/dp/B00007JMDZ/sr=1-1/qid=1160441989/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-9061801-5604069?ie=UTF8&s=dvd) in 1943, right? And that there was also a sequel? [/QUOTE] There was also a TV show back n the fifties. I used to watch it. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048887/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048887/) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flicka/375874/5 "2006-10-10T01:57:11Z")
I read the book as a kid and I liked it, but I remember almost none of it. I saw the movie as a kid on TV and did not like it much at all. I have a Nine year old Daughter, and of course she is horse crazy, so I will be seeing this new movie when it comes out. Thanks for the info **Opal** , I do not think you missed much by not seeing the 1943 movie. Now the [1944 National Velvet](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037120/) was in Color and stars Mickey Rooney, Elizabeth Taylor & Angela Lansbury and might well be worth renting. A great movie with a great cast. Flicka was also in color and starred the always annoying Roddy McDowall. It really did not appeal to me at all. Jim {YMMV} ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flicka/375874/6 "2006-10-10T02:07:22Z")
There was also a movie I downloaded. Oh wait, that was “My Girlfriend Flicka”. Only loosely based on the book, I understand. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flicka/375874/7 "2006-10-10T02:19:56Z")
[QUOTE=Chefguy] I don’t want to be insulting, but you do know that the book was made into [a movie](http://www.amazon.com/My-Friend-Flicka-Harold-Schuster/dp/B00007JMDZ/sr=1-1/qid=1160441989/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-9061801-5604069?ie=UTF8&s=dvd) in 1943, right? And that there was also a sequel? [/QUOTE] Usually when someone says “I don’t mean to be insulting but…” they intend their hearer to understand that what follows “and…” is something which reveals the hearer to be quite insultable, and they mean to pretend to have been just “forced” by context to say this insulting thing. Is this what you meant? -Kris ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flicka/375874/8 "2006-10-10T02:19:57Z")
I actually watched “MFF” on cable less than 2 months ago. I hope they run the sequel soon as that has a certain personal interest to me. Young Roddy McDowall’s acting style was peculiar, to say the least, even by the standards of the era. The other actors were from the generic B-movie “Here’s your lines, read them.” school. McDowall put emotion and movement into his role that would have been better left out. Sometimes less is more. The remake should be better. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flicka/375874/9 "2006-10-10T03:49:25Z")
[QUOTE=Frylock] Usually when someone says “I don’t mean to be insulting but…” they intend their hearer to understand that what follows “and…” is something which reveals the hearer to be quite insultable, and they mean to pretend to have been just “forced” by context to say this insulting thing. Is this what you meant? -Kris [/QUOTE] I kind of took it that way but wasn’t going to make an issue of it. Frankly, though, I thought the whole comment odd. I still don’t see what his point was… so what if there was an ancient version of it? I am not allowed to be excited that there is a modern version forthcoming? Or to ask on the board if the book was actually good, or if my extremely vague memories of “liking it” were just because I was young…? _shakes head_ Felt patronizing and condescending in addition to totally irrelevant. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flicka/375874/10 "2006-10-10T04:28:55Z")
I’ve heard a rumor that a horse was killed during the filming of this new version of _Flicka_. Anyone know the truth of that? Sailboat ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flicka/375874/11 "2006-10-10T04:55:05Z")
[QUOTE=Sailboat] I’ve heard a rumor that a horse was killed during the filming of this new version of _Flicka_. Anyone know the truth of that? Sailboat [/QUOTE] Very tiny print: “Only one animal was harmed during the making of this film.” -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flicka/375874/12 "2006-10-10T08:08:45Z")
I haven’t read the book or seen the older movies, but I did see a trailer for the new film and noted that it stars Alison Lohman. I thought she was really great in _Matchstick Men_, so I might check this out. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flicka/375874/13 "2006-10-10T08:42:06Z")
[QUOTE=Sonia Montdore] There was also a TV show back n the fifties. I used to watch it. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048887/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048887/) [/QUOTE] So did I… and that other old warhorse (sorry) “Fury” ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flicka/375874/14 "2006-10-10T10:47:55Z")
The imdb trivia section mentions that a horse died while filming, and filming was stopped while there was an investigation, but it was determined to be a freakish accident. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flicka/375874/15 "2006-10-10T10:49:06Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] The imdb trivia section mentions that a horse died while filming, and filming was stopped while there was an investigation, but it was determined to be a freakish accident. [/QUOTE] Probably during horseplay. ---
**Author:** ![Sonia\_Montdore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Sonia\_Montdore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sonia_Montdore)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flicka/375874/16 "2006-10-10T12:32:55Z")
[QUOTE=Cicero] So did I… and that other old warhorse (sorry) “Fury” [/QUOTE] You’re forgiven. I loved _Fury_, too. I get a nostaglic thrill when I see Peter Graves in that Geico commercial. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flicka/375874/17 "2006-10-10T12:34:23Z")
[QUOTE=Sonia Montdore] You’re forgiven. I loved _Fury_, too. I get a nostaglic thrill when I see Peter Graves in that Geico commercial. [/QUOTE] Neigh? ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flicka/375874/18 "2006-10-10T13:27:39Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] The imdb trivia section mentions that a horse died while filming, and filming was stopped while there was an investigation, but it was determined to be a freakish accident. [/QUOTE] Well, unless the movie is about a glue factory or a documentary about the horsemeat trade, aren’t they all “freakish accidents”? I mean, they don’t _set out_ to kill animals as part of the movie’s intention. So when one does die during filming, it likely means some unsafe practice was followed. That’s what it usually means when humans die during filming. In my experience, while freak accidents do exist, each and every non-freak, someone-is-culpable accident is _called_ a freak accident by the parties responsible. It seems like horse lovers are their likely intended audience. You’d think an accident like that would hurt their bo office. Sailboat ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flicka/375874/19 "2006-10-10T13:28:42Z")
[QUOTE=Sailboat] bo office [/QUOTE] BOX office. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flicka/375874/20 "2006-10-10T13:32:32Z")
Huh. I though this was gonna be a [Survivor](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2116756/) spoiler. [latella]Never mind.[/latella] [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flicka/375874.md?page=2)