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Post by SnicketFires on Nov 11, 2003 17:50:07 GMT -5
in TSS quigly has snacks in his backpack like carrots etc. i thought that was convienient. also that bacpack has everything in it. thats convienient too. reminds me of my grandma's purse. or mary poppins bag
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Post by ponygirl's vapor on Nov 11, 2003 17:56:23 GMT -5
After reading the Lord of the Rings, several several times- they're more realistic than many books. In a since of what it's like to live in an ancient medieval type word with magic and it's own rules. Not like in the sense of how it is compared to our life right now.
Oh yeah, and A Series of Unfortunate Events- some of the inventions (hot air ballon) seem unreal, as well as Sunny climbing up the elevator shaft.
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Post by notanorphan on Nov 11, 2003 21:53:41 GMT -5
i am taking a psycology class, and we learned you cannot hypnotize people unless they are willing to be hypnotized.
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Post by LyndzDa6AWitch on Nov 30, 2003 0:16:16 GMT -5
yeah but i'm not sure Mary Poppins keeps food in her carpetbag, and quigley can't keep lamps, mirrors or plants in his bag.
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Post by croquetanyone on Jan 28, 2004 23:23:36 GMT -5
In reality, children wouldn't be abused like this. They wouldn't be sent to someone like Olaf without a thourough (SP?) backround search. They wouldn't have even been allowed to live in Olaf's disgusting house. There are people called social workers and there's something called child protection or whatever. An idiot like Mr. Poe wouldn't be a banker or in charge of children. Prufrock Prep wouldn't be allowed to abuse children by putting them in shacks and making them eat without silverware, or have 6 hour recitals and the teachers that they have and the "subjects" they teach, and as a teacher, Count Olaf wouldn't be able to be a gym teacher without a backround check and teacher certification. There are a lot of things that are unrealistic, but they are stories and I like them. I just look past all that because in fiction, anything goes; that's why it's called fiction...
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Post by BaudelaireQuagmire on Jan 31, 2004 2:08:33 GMT -5
I definately agree there. another thing, sorta unrealistic, is in book 8 when they're performing the operation on Violet. Wouldn't doctors who were watching the operation be a little suspicious about the surgeons performing a "craineoectomy"? it's like they were thinking, "hmmm, craineoectomy means the removal of someone's head. so basically, those doctors are going to cut off that girl's head, therefore killing her...wow! what great form of entertainment!" Yeah.I mean,since those people are in the medical scene,they should know that cutting off people's heads will DEFINITELY kill 'em. |
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Post by E on Jan 31, 2004 20:09:05 GMT -5
Yeah.I mean,since those people are in the medical scene,they should know that cutting off people's heads will DEFINITELY kill 'em. I agree, but remember the ongoing theme in the books tends to be that the grownups are the clueless ones. I was just thinking about this... how odd. I see a couple things- 1. Klaus's gum/fishing pole invention at the end of TMM... do you honestly think gum, even a mouthful of it, could move a log? 2. Sunny/elevator shaft, obviously 3. Same for the deus ex machina. 4. If you placed an infant in a birdcage and left them there for a day and a half, I'm fairly certain they'd die of exposure. 5. The reptiles in Uncle Monty's collection- The Incredibly Dealdy Viper, the stained glass toad? 6. The Sunny swordfight thing was a bit much. 7. The casserole in TAA. How big was it? 8. The penthouse appartment in TEE seemed exceedingly large for a penthouse apartment, no? 9. The blue hinterland sunsets 10. The fish in the Stricken Stream 11. The trained eagles 12. Come to think of it, the general store in THH seemed pretty large too, didn't it? 13. Climbing the waterfall in TSS. With forks. Rrright. |
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Post by SnicketFires on Jan 31, 2004 21:28:57 GMT -5
7. The casserole in TAA. How big was it? . Bigger than Uncle Elwyn's lasagna, for one thing. Otherwise, I agree completley. |
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Post by Luigi on Feb 1, 2004 11:20:31 GMT -5
Oh yes, and the fact that a full grown woman could be mistaken for a baby--in THH. They thought Sunny was a WFW. And not to mention, Klaus
Wow. Nice list, E
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Post by Pucca on Feb 1, 2004 11:41:59 GMT -5
There are loads of unrealistic things about ASOUE. But if all the things in the books were realistic the series would be completely dull. ASOUE rocks anyway!
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Post by E on Feb 1, 2004 13:06:40 GMT -5
Oh yes, and the fact that a full grown woman could be mistaken for a baby--in THH. They thought Sunny was a WFW. And not to mention, Klaus Wow. Nice list, E Thanks! I forgot about that WFW incident. Yes, that was pretty strange. You'd think they'd have caught on, especially after she started chewing on Violet... I never thought of it this way before, but the unrealistic parts add some humor to the series, don't they? |
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Post by embah on Feb 6, 2004 3:22:28 GMT -5
I think that the most unrealistic thing in the series is the lack of adult supervision. By that I mean Mr Poe's being too busy to care when all the evidence is there, and also the police. Before the Buadelaires became wanted for murder, the police weren't even interested in the case against count olaf and his team, even though their were witnesses and hard eveidence.
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Post by PJ on Jun 24, 2004 8:12:48 GMT -5
And how Olaf can disguise however he wants, and they dont know who he is! But I dont think they had Social workers back then. Also the "In" buisness in TEE was rather odd. Also how they can disguise themselves as cows. And the fact that Olaf has time to escape, visit Olivia aaaaaaaaaaaaaaal the way in the hinterlands, and then drive back to wherever the baudelaires where in a matter of like a day. Also, how EVERYONE slipped on the VEry Fancy Doilies at the end of TEE
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Post by Antenora on Jun 24, 2004 10:27:02 GMT -5
Is it just me, or is someone ressurecting really old topics? Anyway, I found many of the aforementioned disguise-related situations implausible, unless Olaf's henchmen have a lot of faith in the power of their disguise kit, and thought that it could make a young girl look like a grown woman(who may or may not have garish orange hair).
The series is supposed to take place in an exaggerated alternate reality that emphasizes the absurdities of life and the cluelessness of adults. It's not supposed to be realistic, but melodramatic.
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Post by Luna on Jun 24, 2004 13:45:26 GMT -5
In reality, children wouldn't be abused like this. They wouldn't be sent to someone like Olaf without a thourough (SP?) backround search. They wouldn't have even been allowed to live in Olaf's disgusting house. There are people called social workers and there's something called child protection or whatever. An idiot like Mr. Poe wouldn't be a banker or in charge of children. Prufrock Prep wouldn't be allowed to abuse children by putting them in shacks and making them eat without silverware, or have 6 hour recitals and the teachers that they have and the "subjects" they teach, and as a teacher, Count Olaf wouldn't be able to be a gym teacher without a backround check and teacher certification. There are a lot of things that are unrealistic, but they are stories and I like them. I just look past all that because in fiction, anything goes; that's why it's called fiction... the sad thing is that you are wrong. i'd like to believe that you are right, but the ratio of social workers to needy children is overwhelming and our government isnt helping the situation and sometimes teachers dont get background checks in places where teachers are so desprately needed. i'm not saying that everything in asoue is true and not absurd, but it touches on many fairly true topics. |
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