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  1. Scribus Scribus

    I just realized that "Rise of The Planet of The Apes" looks a lot like "The Secret of NIMH" on a large scale.

    Monday, 08-Aug-11 21:40:32 UTC from web
    1. naa naa

      @scribus That is a film I have been meaning to see for YEARS.

      Monday, 08-Aug-11 21:49:00 UTC from MuSTArDroid
      1. Scribus Scribus

        @leonkfox I imagine you must mean "Secret of NIMH." :p Good one, one of my favorites even.

        Monday, 08-Aug-11 21:51:12 UTC from web
        1. Gulo Gulo

          @scribus Much like the Highlander and the Matrix, I'm glad that the Secret of NIMH movie never had a sequel.

          Monday, 08-Aug-11 21:54:24 UTC from web
          1. colfax colfax

            @mylittlegulo There were also only three Star Wars movies and two Indiana Jones movies ever made.

            Monday, 08-Aug-11 21:56:04 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
          2. Scribus Scribus

            @mylittlegulo Agreed wholeheartedly, and nothing will convince me otherwise.

            Monday, 08-Aug-11 21:57:33 UTC from web
          3. Meghan Meghan

            @mylittlegulo also, secret of Nimh did have a sequel. I never saw it but it came out in early 2000s

            Monday, 08-Aug-11 22:26:08 UTC from MuSTArDroid
            1. Scribus Scribus

              @allanah Lies. Also, "Welcome!" :p

              Monday, 08-Aug-11 22:30:31 UTC from web
            2. Gulo Gulo

              @allanah Indeed. There was no sequel. Some people have this mistaken idea that they once saw something called "The Secret of NIMH 2" and something about Timmy and rescues, but they're wrong. Horribly, horribly wrong. Secret of NIMH never had a sequel. ;)

              Monday, 08-Aug-11 22:49:52 UTC from web
        2. naa naa

          @scribus Yeah ,I did.

          Monday, 08-Aug-11 21:59:54 UTC from MuSTArDroid
    2. Gulo Gulo

      @scribus To be fair, The Secret of NIMH plot is pretty generic as it's just the "Heroes Journey" AKA the Monomyth: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monomyth

      Monday, 08-Aug-11 21:55:18 UTC from web
      1. Gherkin ☑️ Gherkin ☑️

        @mylittlegulo TropesAreNotBad

        Monday, 08-Aug-11 21:57:43 UTC from web
      2. Scribus Scribus

        @mylittlegulo I thought that the !plot in "Secret of NIMH" was top-notch. lol

        Monday, 08-Aug-11 21:58:16 UTC from web
        1. Gulo Gulo

          @scribus @thelastgherkin I'm not complaining about it, just pointing it out. :) I love the Monomyth and it's funny how far you can apply it; I use it a lot when I write RPG adventures. Sometimes it's more obvious than others (look at the people comparing Avatar with Pocahotas; both adhere to the Monomyth so calling Avatar a copy of Pocahontas is silly since they're all just copying The Odyessy from Homer :D )

          Monday, 08-Aug-11 22:03:06 UTC from web
          1. Scribus Scribus

            @mylittlegulo I think the Avatar/Pocahontas comparison was based more on details than plot structure. The foreigner and the native princess falling in love and all that razmataz.

            Monday, 08-Aug-11 22:04:53 UTC from web
      3. Scribus Scribus

        @mylittlegulo No, seriously, though. The plot may have been standard, but its execution (especially the quality of the animation, and Mrs. F/Brisby's VA) was amazazing.

        Monday, 08-Aug-11 22:00:12 UTC from web
        1. Gulo Gulo

          @scribus Yes, agreed. :) I've bought the movie on VHS 2, 3 times? DVD at least twice? Read the book (Mrs Frisby and the rats of NIMH), wrote fiction about it when I was in school. Wil Wheton and Shannon Doherty were both in that movie, along with Dom DeLuise, David Carradine, all animated by Don Bluth. It is truly an epic film and I'm a huge fan. ;)

          Monday, 08-Aug-11 22:07:46 UTC from web
          1. Scribus Scribus

            @mylittlegulo Is a # appropriate over this?

            Monday, 08-Aug-11 22:16:36 UTC from web