I have seen one movie in my life where a kid dies as part of the story and it is almost glossed over in the scheme of things, because I guess the director felt that if kids are going to go try and climb a mountain, it’s highly possible someone will die in the process….Return Of Daimajin, I think 1967 or 68, good Saturday afternoon matinee movie….
(My dream is to open a small single-screen theater, where I’d just show movies on a Saturday morning and afternoon that either are 80’s junk like Killer Klowns From Outer Space, or obscure cult classics like the Lone Wolf & Cub series, or the Daimajin trilogy, the above mentioned film being the second in the series, all in the oddly specific genre I’d call religious monster movies 🙂 )
Hey, there’s enough of me to go around, people! LOL
But on a serious note (if that’s even possible right now 😉 ), I concur Squirt wouldn’t be in the lovely (home functional) color illo, top right website, if he is to die now…though we saw the demise of the Undertaker, and yet we have been assured of future encounters (well, future in a case such as this is not exactly a solid concept 🙂 )….so in a Dark Tower sort of way, it is possible as well that Squirt dies now but not for long (Jake Chambers says “Thankee, sai” 😉 )
No matter what happens, I can assure you, any character in this story can die at any point… no matter what material I pop them on. Don’t assume safety from prominence in a piece of promo. 😉
I very much like the premise that Rick can (and maybe will) die in Walking Dead. Without real peril, conflict can become boring.
Your point is taken in the meta-meaning, but we are more concerned with the current/next update or three, so we’re taking a faith-based chance Squirt will live to see the end of the month, at least, is that OK, sir? 😉
Damn, damn, damn, DAMN! 🙁
i second that.
Squirt’s gonna be okay. I mean, Neal wouldn’t kill off the cutest, most innocent member of the main cast so suddenly, would he..?
Oh, wait, this is Neal we’re talking about. Odds are even, at best.
I do hate that convention in movies where children never die… but I love the character of Squirt…. so torn!
Wonder what I did? 😉
If I were to put gambling odds, I’d say 60/40. But I won’t say which direction.
(Obscure Movie Time!)
I have seen one movie in my life where a kid dies as part of the story and it is almost glossed over in the scheme of things, because I guess the director felt that if kids are going to go try and climb a mountain, it’s highly possible someone will die in the process….Return Of Daimajin, I think 1967 or 68, good Saturday afternoon matinee movie….
(My dream is to open a small single-screen theater, where I’d just show movies on a Saturday morning and afternoon that either are 80’s junk like Killer Klowns From Outer Space, or obscure cult classics like the Lone Wolf & Cub series, or the Daimajin trilogy, the above mentioned film being the second in the series, all in the oddly specific genre I’d call religious monster movies 🙂 )
Squirt, if you put a Pop Tart in the microwave, you take the foil OFF, remember? *Kids these days, they know nothing about fire safety.*
Y’know, Kate, you keep talking like that and you’re likely to turn my head LOL
In other words, I like the cut of your jib, missy 🙂
i like the cut of people’s jib who use the phrase cut of your jib.
Hey, there’s enough of me to go around, people! LOL
But on a serious note (if that’s even possible right now 😉 ), I concur Squirt wouldn’t be in the lovely (home functional) color illo, top right website, if he is to die now…though we saw the demise of the Undertaker, and yet we have been assured of future encounters (well, future in a case such as this is not exactly a solid concept 🙂 )….so in a Dark Tower sort of way, it is possible as well that Squirt dies now but not for long (Jake Chambers says “Thankee, sai” 😉 )
No matter what happens, I can assure you, any character in this story can die at any point… no matter what material I pop them on. Don’t assume safety from prominence in a piece of promo. 😉
I very much like the premise that Rick can (and maybe will) die in Walking Dead. Without real peril, conflict can become boring.
And real peril is coming for these people.
Hey, no fair, can’t reply to Lord Baileymort!
Your point is taken in the meta-meaning, but we are more concerned with the current/next update or three, so we’re taking a faith-based chance Squirt will live to see the end of the month, at least, is that OK, sir? 😉
Yeah, for some reason it stops replies at a certain number. I’ll look into it.
As for whether Squirt will survive, I can’t spoil that. 🙂
Fixed the comment thing… now it can go 10 deep. That seems to be the limit, which sucks, but it is what it is, alas.
Seriously, you need to get an official badge from the Dept. of Redundancy Dept. for endorsement of statements such as this LOL