Legend

[IDE]

No one is making movies about killing dogs.  Did you boycott Harry Potter because of Hedwig?  This dog was turned into a vampire, there is no way that event "hits home" with anyone.  They don't even show the actual killing.  Are you saying you've never seen Old Yeller?  It's a great movie and I'll admit I cried when he died.  I cried manly man tears.  The kind where there is no sobbing just tears rolling down your face like an indian whose seen his homeland littered with coke cans and used condoms.

I guess skipping movies because a fictional animal dies is something you have to have a vagina to understand.

[Bernie AKA]

ARRRRGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!! 

Okay, let's consider this angle:

I'm over 21.
I'm a taxpayer in a democracy.
I like apple pie, Mom, and have, in the past, driven a Chevrolet.
If. I. don't. want.to.see.this.movie. be.it.because.the.dog.dies.or.because.Will.Smith. has.big.ears. I.WON'T. SEE. IT!!!!!!!

Maybe Cartman phrased it best:

WHATEVAH!!! I DO WHAT I WANT!!!!

And Where The Red Fern Grows and Sounder beat Old Yeller all to hell for wringing tears from dog guardians.

Oh, and I really don't know if I'm qualified to answer on the vagina bit since mine is for novelty purposes only. 

[IDE]

No one is saying that you have to see it.  I'm saying its crazy to miss a great movie (not this one persay) because of a fictional dog death.  Nothing will change my mind about this unless you post a picture of your boobs which always achieves a de facto win of any online debate I'm involved in.

[Bernie AKA]

Darling boy, you fear body piercings on a woman over 35 and request boobage of a woman to be 47 in August? 

I could pass muster....play volleyball when young, girls....but I fear fits from Eddie.

And you did get me thinking - I don''t have a DVD in the bunch with a happy ending, unless you count Glen or Glenda when Barbara (a lovely and intellegent girl) gives him the angora sweater to wear.  Even though I own no black vests,  maybe I should stay away from the razor blade aisle in Home Depot. 

Anyway, finally the phone has stopped ringing.  I also object to the brilliant original novel being screwed with.   I don't know what Hollywood has against Richard Matheson, but they did it with this book before in Omega Man, and this time, you have to wait for the DVD and pay again to get the ending consistent with the author's original vision - bah!!   Hell House was ruined on film as The Legend of Hell House.  Bid Time Return was passably adapted as Somewhere in Time, but still...sheesh.  It reminds me of the interview with Guillermo del Toro about fighting the studio tooth and nail to keep Hellboy from driving a Hellmobile and having a "Hellhound" dog as a companion.  And lots of cute warm fuzzy moments with all the kittehs as well, I suppose.  Fer fuck's sake....

[B E C K]

So some movie could be the greatest movie ever but if a dog happens to die in it then you won't see it?

FAIL.

I should've clarified.  With "Legend", it's more like "I don't want to see that fucking lame-ass Will Smith movie-- yet another flick with all gloss and no substance-- that completely whores up a perfectly good story" and a dead dog is just one more reason not to see it.  The whole "I've cured every-1 now I is teh legend" is what clinched that I would never, ever see it.

Are you saying you've never seen Old Yeller?

No, I wasn't but I haven't.  Why the fuck do I need to see "Old Yeller" anyway?  I have no reason in the world to ever watch it.  "I bonded with teh dawg.  I shot it now I be a man."  Fuck you, little boy.  I've bonded with animals and then watched as they were spirited away by the cold, indiscriminating arm of death.  I don't need a movie to see that shit.

I guess skipping movies because a fictional animal dies is something you have to have a vagina to understand.

Or perhaps skipping movies where a fictional animal dies has something to do with the loss of real animals and is completely independent and unrelated to possession of vag.

As for Hedwig, we all knew by Book 7 she had a good chance of biting it.  Nevermind how retarded it would be boycott something already 6 books in.

[B E C K]

I'm saying its crazy to miss a great movie (not this one persay)

Exactly, dammit.

[IDE]

Or perhaps skipping movies where a fictional animal dies has something to do with the loss of real animals and is completely independent and unrelated to possession of vag.

No way, if that was the case then you wouldn't be able to watch when humans die because of it having to do with the loss of real humans.  This must be vag related.

[Rama]

I can see a humans die on film and it does nothing in the way of making me feel sad. Pets, especially dogs, however do.

And then of course there is the one cardinal rule of film making.....Never kill the dog.

[Rodent of Unusual Size]

*plots the screenplay for a zombie dog movie*

BTW, the best movie of all time is Casablanca.  But, I maintain that my favorite remains Ben-Hur.

[Bernie AKA]

Hee - Tim Burton did that in "Vincent":

He likes to experiment on his dog Abercrombie
In the hopes of creating a horrible zombie
So he and his horrible zombie dog
Could go searching for victims in the London fog

[IDE]

When the aliens attack they will broadcast sad fictional dog deaths directly into your brains.  This will incapacitate many panty waists.  It will be up to me and my ilk, who are made of sterner stuff (i.e. we're only effected by actual dog deaths) to save the planet.

[Bernie AKA]

While you're at it, wipe out the notion that average dogs of specific breeds will behave like highly-trained entertainment industry dogs.  It took us a while to get through the overflow of discarded Dalmatians and Jack Russell terriers bought by morons who thought they'd behave like Pongo & Perdy and Eddie from Frasier.

From a dog's standpoint, the relationship between Sam & Neville was ideal.  Migratory life with purpose, leader with an independent mindset....some of the most obedient, well-adjusted dogs out there are with the homeless. Regardless, we don't want to see the movie.  We don't want to see that Disney movie with the abandoned sled dogs.

We have too much bullshit and deception from Eddie's family to deal with right now - there's no use trying to explain what our dogs do for our sanity right now because I really don't think you'd get it, and I'm not trying to insult you.  Not discounting the cats, but they're passive, relaxing comfort.  Right now, active devotion is a big help. Plus when my back is really giving me hell in the morning, Rowan stands by the tub in case I need to put a hand down on his back while stepping into the shower, so Eddie gets to sleep later. I didn't teach him this - he just saw Eddie helping me sometimes and made the connection.   To have a cat tall enough for this, I'd have to pay $20K for an Ashera.

http://www.thegreenhead.com/2007/06/ashera-worlds-rarest-most-exotic-domestic-cat.php

[IDE]

Theres another kind of cat that I want thats pretty exotic.  It looks like a little gray leopard. I think its called a fisher cat but I'm not sure.

I also want one of those long eared foxes.

[ChelseySuzie]

I miss having kitties.  I'm not home enough to buy one right now (I live with my mom), and my boyfriend is allergic to cats and just plain doesn't like them. 

[B E C K]

Or perhaps skipping movies where a fictional animal dies has something to do with the loss of real animals and is completely independent and unrelated to possession of vag.

No way, if that was the case then you wouldn't be able to watch when humans die because of it having to do with the loss of real humans.  This must be vag related.

I can see a humans die on film and it does nothing in the way of making me feel sad. Pets, especially dogs, however do.

And then of course there is the one cardinal rule of film making.....Never kill the dog.

[IDE]

It's the same with me but, like me, I bet he wouldn't boycott a movie over it.

[B E C K]

Where in this thread is there any mention of "boycott"?

[IDE]

Boycott, refuse to see because of, etc.

In fact yes, boycott is the word and it was used properly.

To abstain from using as an expression of disfavor.

[Rama]

I refuse to watch "My Dog Skip." Cause someone told me how the dog died at   the end of the movie and it was the sadest thing I'd ever heard. So I won't watch it cause the dog died.

[Derrick]

*reads the spoiler*

that is so fucking sad

[IDE]

I retract my previous statement...

Rama is in fact a woman.

[Derrick]

THE DAMN DOG GETS WHACKED BY A SHOVEL IN FRONT OF A YEAR OLD!

That and the Patriots losing the Super Bowl this year will probably be the only things that make me cry.

[IDE]

I'm sure moose gave a riveting performance as usual and anyone who is refusing to see him perform is actively insulting his work as an actor.

[Derrick]

Especially when the shovel caused his little eyeballs to pop out of his head.

[Bernie AKA]

Rama is in fact a woman.

Welcome to multiple orgasms and never having to take that little blue pill, Rama. 

[Extra Zero]

Morpheus tells Rama to take the red pill so he doesn't have babies.

[Faye Valentine]

I refuse to watch "My Dog Skip." Cause someone told me how the dog died at   the end of the movie and it was the sadest thing I'd ever heard. So I won't watch it cause the dog died.

how did it die???

[Rama]

Rama is in fact a woman.

Welcome to multiple orgasms and never having to take that little blue pill, Rama. 

Well as long as I can be a Lesbian.

[Rama]

I refuse to watch "My Dog Skip." Cause someone told me how the dog died at   the end of the movie and it was the sadest thing I'd ever heard. So I won't watch it cause the dog died.

how did it die???

Well you never see it on film. But while the kid is away at college the dog curls up on his bed and dies of old age.

[Extra Zero]

If I were the dog, I would have died when I saw Frankie Muniz was my owner.