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Dark fairy tales seem to be a trend, especially Alice in Wonderland and Little Red Ridding Hood. I have to admit, I'm a little tired of people doing it over and over again.

No, I am not one of those fans. I hate 3d period. It hurts my eyes. The reason I said it wasn't worth it in 3d is because its not like Tim Burton said you had to have the full experience in 3d unlike what James Cameron did where in order to get the full effect of this world he created, you had to have it in 3d to make it feel more real.

Saw Alice in Wonderland in Imax 3d and had a headache for three plus hours and when I saw Avatar I went to bed with a headache.

3D films are going to murder our children's eyes!!!

You can check out their product line and see for yourself.

To be fair, that's not all they do, but it annoys the crap out of me.


At least they're keeping close to the source. Remember when Little Red Riding Hood hacked apart a pack of wolves with an axe?



(It's concept art for the same game.)

And I just remembered another oh so creative game: Fairytale Fights.

I swear, that game looked bad right off the bat. Of course, they did go with "cute but violent" instead of dark, but that's another annoying cliche.

Also, I saw this series in a comic store once. Specifically the Alice in Wonderland spin-off.

Man, I can't believe how many of these things are out there. Are people trying to be trendy or something?

To be fair, I guess some of the tales were originally more dark than we're used to, but not to this extent.

I'm going to go crazy if I keep track of all these things.

Orligirl:On the 3D thing, I see what you mean.
I thought the subtle touches of 3D were much more interesting than a flat screen but that's just me.
And I don't think 3D was required to see Avatar, I can get behind IMAX being a necessity but not 3D.
That sucks about your headaches though.
I can see how 3D would make your eyes hurt.

Black:
Haha, thanks.
I finally got an item I'd been wanting for a while so I wanted to use it. C:
I guess I'll really have to read the book now but I still want to see the play.
*likes the theatre*
I'll definitely have to check it out.
And it's alright, we all have our moments. :>

Dornkus:
Yeek
Not just creepy but the girls are all over sexed, of course.
Two of what seems to be the most common cliches stuck together.
I think that speaks enough for the company for me to be displeased with them.

I will admit, that I really like that painting.
The style of it and the action.
But I would not have seen Red Riding Hood if you hadn't said it.
I must have been reading the wrong books as a kid if I missed this key scene!
Or maybe I was reading a completely different story, I only remember one wolf.
Curious.
The cute but violent cliche is annoying, I'd almost rather have dark than cute but violent.
There's a ton of them, I tend not to pay attention to them so I don't see as many.

Just give up now.
We'd rather you don't go crazy.

Haha, silly McGee.
Little Red Riding Hood never fought wolves.
Also, this randomly reminded me of the Red Riding Hood figure in one of the links Dornkus posted.
It doesn't bother me so much that she's oversexed and violent, though I will still say that it's an overdone cliche, but it really bothers me that it looks like the wolf is giving birth to the grandmother for some reason.
I think it just freaks me out a little.

I wonder why gore and sex seem to always be stuck together.
Something I may have to look up.
I actually find dark/violent more amusing in comedy because when they go cute/violent in comedies it always seems like they're trying too hard to make it funny.
I also tend to enjoy a darker humor so dark comedies appeal to me more, so it may just be me.

That still doesn't sound good though.

Pssh. You two have obviously been reading the wrong story. The real Little Red Riding Hood ran around killing wolves while wearing a corset. One out of every 6849 people agree on it.


Someone in an article about Fairytale Fights put it well: "Cute and Violent are like cupcakes and hot sauce (respectively, of course). Both are good, but when they are put together, it just leaves a bad flavor in my mouth."


I think the designer was too busy thinking it would be "so totally awesome" to have the wolf disemboweled (after he had consumed the grandmother), that he or she (probably he) didn't notice the area the guts were coming out of looked kind of wrong.


There are a few possibilities:
1. Guys are usually the ones who like gore. Guys also like sex.
2. It adds to the "maturity" factor.
3. The people in charge are afraid no one will want their product, so they throw in sex appeal to try to reach more people.

I think this is my new favorite quote.



God, I hope so and that it wasn't some strange symbolism he was trying to get in there.
Though they don't seem like the "symbol" type of people.
It still freaks me out a bit.


klikk:
You should propose a movie idea to a really femenist(fem-nazi) director
"Instead of hot chicks running around, demeaning themselves, make the men do it!"
She'll love it.

I'm not exactly a fan or gore so my opinion is obviously biased.
But let me say that guro frightens me.
I can't see how people get off to it at all.
Sex and gore do not mix in my book.

I was wondering about the Hansel and Gretel figurines as well but I was too distracted by the wolf giving birth to Granny that I forgot to say anything.
I found it strange how Gretel looks a good ten years older than Hansel.
They were about the same age, right?
(Or maybe I was reading the wrong stories again. I seem to be having that problem a lot if we're going off of what's been posted in this thread.)

I will admit I found cute horror comedy funny in middle school.
(Like the kind if thing you described.)
But now I just don't see why it was ever funny.
They try waaaaaay too hard.

Your stereotypical male seems to love gore and sex more than your stereotypical female does.
Usually eye candy for women is thrown into movies that are labeled as "chick flicks," and those typically don't have any gore.
"Hot man action" (I guess you can call it that) typically diminishes the allure of a movie to heterosexual males.
Guy parts are usually added for shock value in comedies directed to males. The way I see it is the movie industry tries to cater to the heterosexual male demographic.
Blame society and "The Man" for that one, I suppose.

It probably also comes down to this:
Guy in charge: "Man. Our movie actually sounds like it's going to suck.
Stereotypical Employee: "Yeah. No one is going to want to see this."
*Just then, Greg (the guy who brings the doughnuts) walks in with some maple bars and apple fritters*
Guy in charge: "You there! Bob!"
Greg: "It's Greg."
Guy in charge: "Whatever, Bob. You're an average schmuck! How do we get people see a movie?"
Greg: "Shouldn't you know how to do that?"
Guy in charge: "I don't pay myself to think! Just give me some advice!"
Greg: "Uh. Add boobies to it?"
Guy in charge: "BRILLIANT! You get a promotion! You are now the guy who brings coffee!"
Stereotypical Employee: "What about things to lure ladies to it?"
Greg: "Uh. I dunno. How about some young, muscular, attractive men? You could have them take off their shirts or something."
Guy in charge: "Ew! What kind of man do you take me for?!? You're fired, Bob!"


Probably for reasons similar to the ones I mentioned above.
In addition, the designer was probably a guy.


I really don't know how they do, either. People are into some messed up things. In my opinion, that is.


There are a few interpretations of Little Red Riding Hood that are sexual in nature. That one was probably more blatant than the others.


I just remembered something. Going back to Fairytale Fights and "sex sells": this is one of their ads.

Despite what it may say, it's overall suitable for minors, but for those of you who don't know, all of the "actors" in this commercial are porn stars (which is why it's flagged).