How did Eastman and Laird feel?

TristanHuwJones · 07-07-2007, 10:42 PM

I wasn't implying that I was in the heads of every kid; I just meant that through conversations I've had with friends in viewing them since, a lot of us were surprised at what DID go over our heads. I had no idea what a Satanic ritual was when I was watching MOTU - to me they were just doing what had to be done in the show. The kids might not be passive to what's going on, but that doesn't mean they know particular things it might be making reference to, or understand the use of the reference because they don't necessarily have the exposure or knowledge required to fully comprehend what truly is going on at those 'darker' moments.

Those shows certainly exposed kids to some pretty dark stuff, but that doesn't mean they could grasp those things totally. I watch The Real Ghostbusters a heck of a lot, and there's possibly more in that show than any other show around at the time that goes totally over kids' heads. Ask a six year old who Lovecraft is, who the Four Horsement of the Apocalypse are, what Ragnarok or the Necronomicon is... when the Grundel episode aired, I had no idea what a parasite was, but I knew it was bad and it made the Grundel pretty damn scary. All the rituals, demons, mythology, just about everything in that show was based on real texts, traditions, etc. but I didn't know that when I was watching it. To me it was just what those characters did in that particular world to make X happen. Of course, I'm a little older now and I hope a fair bit wiser, and am amazed at how in depth these shows were!

I wasn't talking down to you Zarius, I just made a comment with a generalisation - I'll remember not to from now on - but if you're going to be so literal about what people say then you probably shouldn't say things like "it didn't go over ANYONE's heads" in the same paragraph, because even though I wasn't passive to what was going on, the reality of the concept was, for me and a number of other people, beyond total understanding at the time, and there for over A NUMBER of heads.

07-07-2007, 10:42 PM	#23
TristanHuwJones Official TMNT Staff/Cast Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 1,419	I wasn't implying that I was in the heads of every kid; I just meant that through conversations I've had with friends in viewing them since, a lot of us were surprised at what DID go over our heads. I had no idea what a Satanic ritual was when I was watching MOTU - to me they were just doing what had to be done in the show. The kids might not be passive to what's going on, but that doesn't mean they know particular things it might be making reference to, or understand the use of the reference because they don't necessarily have the exposure or knowledge required to fully comprehend what truly is going on at those 'darker' moments. Those shows certainly exposed kids to some pretty dark stuff, but that doesn't mean they could grasp those things totally. I watch The Real Ghostbusters a heck of a lot, and there's possibly more in that show than any other show around at the time that goes totally over kids' heads. Ask a six year old who Lovecraft is, who the Four Horsement of the Apocalypse are, what Ragnarok or the Necronomicon is... when the Grundel episode aired, I had no idea what a parasite was, but I knew it was bad and it made the Grundel pretty damn scary. All the rituals, demons, mythology, just about everything in that show was based on real texts, traditions, etc. but I didn't know that when I was watching it. To me it was just what those characters did in that particular world to make X happen. Of course, I'm a little older now and I hope a fair bit wiser, and am amazed at how in depth these shows were! I wasn't talking down to you Zarius, I just made a comment with a generalisation - I'll remember not to from now on - but if you're going to be so literal about what people say then you probably shouldn't say things like "it didn't go over ANYONE's heads" in the same paragraph, because even though I wasn't passive to what was going on, the reality of the concept was, for me and a number of other people, beyond total understanding at the time, and there for over A NUMBER of heads. __________________ Still alive (somehow)... tristansbones.bsky.social and instagram @ instagram.com/tristans_bones Last edited by TristanHuwJones; 07-07-2007 at 11:38 PM.