Man does anybody remember those incredibly dark kids films from the late 80s and early 90s? Like Secret of NIMH where the widowed mother is just trying to save the life of her bed ridden son and nearly gets murdered by ax wielding psychopathic rats?
Or how bout All Dogs Go to Heaven which starts with the main characters narrowly escaping the penetentiary, going to some underground gambling parlor, getting murdered by some gangster dogs who drown him by tieing him up and rolling him off a pier in a car. Not to mention drive by shootings and kidnappings.
Or Land Before Time which starts with a bunch of parents getting murdered and then the little dinosaurs have to go through hell to meet up with there surviving relatives.
Or Fievel which starts with a bunch of Russian Jewish mice getting forced out of there homeland by murderous Cossack cats and then turns into Gangs of New York with cats and mice.
Or Time Bandits where the main character goes gallivanting with God's midget servants turned thieves only to see his parents get murdered by microwaved evil at the end of the film
Or Dark Crystal, whatever the f*ck that was.
I swear all these crazy dark adult children's films had such a profound effect on my childhood and it kind of makes me sad that nowadays the only things around are happy go lucky kid's films with tons of pop culture references. It's funny to me how people think Toy Story 3 was dark because it looked like they were gonna die in that one scene but that's nothing compared to the kids films from that era. I mean I love Pixar too, and there early films were really part of my childhood, but I'd love to see someone make some crazy dark kid's films again. I mean I don't think the world got any less dark and violent since back then so why should our children's movies?
Or how bout All Dogs Go to Heaven which starts with the main characters narrowly escaping the penetentiary, going to some underground gambling parlor, getting murdered by some gangster dogs who drown him by tieing him up and rolling him off a pier in a car. Not to mention drive by shootings and kidnappings.
Or Land Before Time which starts with a bunch of parents getting murdered and then the little dinosaurs have to go through hell to meet up with there surviving relatives.
Or Fievel which starts with a bunch of Russian Jewish mice getting forced out of there homeland by murderous Cossack cats and then turns into Gangs of New York with cats and mice.
Or Time Bandits where the main character goes gallivanting with God's midget servants turned thieves only to see his parents get murdered by microwaved evil at the end of the film
Or Dark Crystal, whatever the f*ck that was.
I swear all these crazy dark adult children's films had such a profound effect on my childhood and it kind of makes me sad that nowadays the only things around are happy go lucky kid's films with tons of pop culture references. It's funny to me how people think Toy Story 3 was dark because it looked like they were gonna die in that one scene but that's nothing compared to the kids films from that era. I mean I love Pixar too, and there early films were really part of my childhood, but I'd love to see someone make some crazy dark kid's films again. I mean I don't think the world got any less dark and violent since back then so why should our children's movies?
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