# They made a movie about Indigo children. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 15, 2005, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-made-a-movie-about-indigo-children/308330 "2005-06-15T03:49:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-made-a-movie-about-indigo-children/308330/41 "2005-06-16T10:37:39Z")
> [@kingpengvin](#): > > Exactly. My sons are (in my biased oppinion) bright kids. If I were to let them run the house they’d be spending their days in front of the TV playing Star Wars Battlefront and eating pizza five meals a day. Truly, they are as gods. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-made-a-movie-about-indigo-children/308330/42 "2005-06-16T11:19:25Z")
Got to put this into my “You Are Shitting Me” file. Honestly, I can see coming up with the “Indigo” premise for a work of fiction (trite idea, but I guess you could put a new twist on it), but how could you convince people that it’s actually happening in the real world? Okay, don’t answer that; it’s probably got to do with people being effin’ stupid. One thing: > [@](#): > > Extremely bright, precocious children with an amazing memory and a strong desire to live instinctively… How does that work? Which do they want to use – intelligence or instinct? Garden snails “live instinctively”; you don’t need intelligence and amazing memory for that. Am I looking for logic in all the wrong places? ---
**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-made-a-movie-about-indigo-children/308330/43 "2005-06-16T12:59:07Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > And if those grade school kids are so brilliant, how come one of them drew a watermelon on the vine, three feet off the ground? Foolish troglodyte. Once the Indigo Children reach their full potential, they’ll be able to levitate watermelons _with the power of their minds alone._ And remove all the seeds. _With the power of their minds alone._ ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-made-a-movie-about-indigo-children/308330/44 "2005-06-16T14:03:03Z")
> [@Rich Mann](#): > > Wow! My almost-10yo daughter is a semi-indigo. When her mother is around she shows all the traits mentioned on one of those sites. When it’s just me she’s a calm, level-headed honors student. > > I must be having a bad influence on her. Do you suppose her alien god-parents will ‘disappear’ me? Off to the cornfield with you! ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-made-a-movie-about-indigo-children/308330/45 "2005-06-16T14:12:30Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > “Kowtow.” Gesundheit! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-made-a-movie-about-indigo-children/308330/46 "2005-06-16T14:23:33Z")
And here’s a photo of them: [indigo children](http://www.lindseyhaun.com/19/actress/villageofthedamned.html) ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-made-a-movie-about-indigo-children/308330/47 "2005-06-16T14:44:38Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > Off to the cornfield with you! Dammit, I read this entire thread, hoping to make a “cornfield” reference. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-made-a-movie-about-indigo-children/308330/48 "2005-06-16T16:38:04Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > And if those grade school kids are so brilliant, how come one of them drew a watermelon on the vine, three feet off the ground? Because, you inferior mortal, they’re soooooo creative, and they think outside the box! What are mere watermelons to deny their knowledge? If they say watermelons grow on vines high off the ground, then the watermelons best get climbin’! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-made-a-movie-about-indigo-children/308330/49 "2005-06-16T20:35:15Z")
The only thing more satisfying than making a good comeback is knowing that you provided a good straight line. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2005, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-made-a-movie-about-indigo-children/308330/50 "2005-06-17T02:15:32Z")
> [@SolGrundy](#): > > If the parents don’t correct them when they’re young, then when they get a little older they’ll just start playing acoustic guitars and singing folk songs all the time. I started to take offense at this, but then I remembered that I play acoustic _pianos_ and sing folk songs all the time. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2005, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-made-a-movie-about-indigo-children/308330/51 "2005-06-17T03:03:14Z")
> [@Rich Mann](#): > > Wow! My almost-10yo daughter is a semi-indigo. A fuschia? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-made-a-movie-about-indigo-children/308330.md?page=2)