A CONVERSATION BETWEEN TWO FOOLS.
at: liar
ja: if i went back to school i would move
at: oh wait, i spelled that right
at: LIER
ja: hah why would u spell it wrong
ja: because apparently, america is proud that it's stupid
ja: ehhhh
ja: dont go pc on me....nerd of nerds
ja: ha
at: i'm going to follow the trend
ja: hehe ok... barack for change

*screen names have been changed to protect the chatters from bodily harm.
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I was watching He-Man: The Movie (the cartoon one, "The Secret of the Sword" 1985) tonight. It was a nice change of pace, blast from the past kind of deal.

GIVEN:

• the cartooning sucks
• the plot is overly simplified
• the characters are mostly flat
• the graphics and specials effects are... you know

I LOVED EVERY SECOND OF IT. Why? because it reminded me of the "good olds days." While I'm far from being a relic, it seems like a long, long time ago when things were simpler (a bit more socially/culturally underdeveloped, true, but who bothers to think about that when you're a kid?). I couldn't quite stop myself from saying the magic words "By the power of Greyskull." I guess we idealize a lot of things while wer're growing up. And while I would not trade my Naruto Uzumaki and Ichigo Kurosaki for Prince Adam, there's a big sense of "that's where I came from, I grew up with that guy." And while it's interesting to see the "Beverly Hills 90210" and "Knight Rider" v. 2008 (and yes, there was a remake of "He-Man" in 2002), it will never be the same. Those things were much more than cartoons to us, they were culture, I mean, come on now, She-Ra? Empowerment for the female side!