This.
Yes, a lot of people missed the point, though many of those missed it and then came back and got it later.
I don’t think so. Forrest’s good fortune came a lot from his relationship to others. He inspired others by his selfless caring for them that they returned the favor in some way.
Wow, that’s insane. But then again the Tax Day Tea Parties were totally insane.
Heh, my wife had a bit of input on the story. The aspect of the roles was part of an initiative to give girls useful identities in the context of the story rather than the general wallpaper at the whim of the boys with actual personalities thing that’s so common in children’s properties.
Sure, I can see your point of view on it, but at the same time Faeries have always been about being some kind of nature archetype, and so putting a faerie into a prescribed role isn’t so out there. They are given magical powers that make them ideally suited to their job. And there is the scene in the beginning where she CHOOSES who she is.
The problem that I had with it was when she at the very last minute used her technopathy to make everyone else obsolete. 
Wow. I find this post absolutely disgusting.
I have not seen the movie, but may I mention something? It sounds to me as if Tinkerbell did not actually try the role she rejected. That is, she didn’t want it, but hadn’t really thought about it. When she did accept it, she found she not only had a knack for it but that it was fun. Is this perhaps a correct interpretation?
Except that a lot of the good things that happened to him were beyond the control of the people in his life.
The storm that killed every shrimpin’ boat but his? His amazing running ability? His talent for ping pong? No one gave him those things. About the only thing that someone did for him was Lt. Dan investing in Apple, and that was a risky move right there.
I really see it as a Law of Attraction thing.
Isn’t there a Taoist saying about being like a feather on the wind?
I find your lack of a sense of humor disturbing…
Cue heavy breathing…
Yes, that’s pretty much it. The reason she wanted to be a different kind of fairy is because the other fairies got to travel to the ‘mainland’ ie the world of humans to herald the seasons. It wasn’t because she didn’t like her job or felt it beneath her, it was entirely because she wanted to go see the mainland.
It is revealed later that she is actually a bit of a prodigy even among Tinker fairies.
Yes, I think the Taoist interpretation is spot on.
Wait, I still believe that!
Maybe I should hold off on planting this Ebola…
Well, it could be, maybe. But I think Project Mayhem was meant to be extremely creepy.
A little late to the party, but:
Jungle Fever: If you’re a married black man and you cheat on your wife, your friends will have no moral objection to this. Unless the woman you’re cheating with is white.
Whatever. :rolleyes: No, I don’t really find jokes saying it’s fine to “trade your passed-out girlfriend to another guy to do with as he will” very funny. I guess I’m just an oversensitive bitch. :rolleyes:
Yeah, because that’s exactly what I said.
:rolleyes: right back at cha. No one was actually saying they seriously wanted to pass around their passed out girlfriend like a party favor. Especially not in a thread about movies.
Sure. I don’t know if William ever had a shot with Kate. Kate wasn’t William’s love interest. I thought she was into the Mark Addy character.
But he saved his biological son! Isn’t love for family the first & greatest love!?? Yeah, David Brin totally explodes Anakin’s redemption here.
John Waters is not Hollywood.
Well, it’s true! And if football is the Most Important Thing in his world, then…yeah, I got nothin’.
Actually, the role CHOOSES her. She picks up a tool of each trade and nothing happens, she picks up the hammer and it glows (yeah, I suppose one could argue that something inside her made it glow, but remember, this is a show for 3-5 year olds). That’s where my problem comes from. She is literally being labeled.
BTW, IRL I really don’t obsess over Tinkerbell this much.
Ethical considerations aside, I find this hard to dispute.
I didn’t even like Saving Private Ryan, but I thought it was pretty clear that the main characters in the movie - including Private Ryan - thought the mission was bullshit. The question facing everyone - including Private Ryan - was what are you going to make of it?
Exactly. Not every character on every show is meant to be a role model. Some of them are specifically *not * role models. And not every line of dialogue expresses the author’s “message.”
But it’s a little perplexing that you’ve chosen to identify Carol as speaking the message of the episode. Why not Walter, who fully supports Maude’s right to do as she chooses, even though her decision will profoundly affect his life as well?
Exactly. Everybody knows you keep your passed out girlfriend to yourself. What we want is for you to pass your POG* to us.
- I’ll bet you never realized why collecting and trading POGs was such a big craze, did you? The little disks were just tokens to keep score.