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sugarpixel

@Retro_on_theGo: I know... it's just... it's hard to explain... I go to a school that's 6th - 12th grade, and I first noticed her in 6th grade... I never even thought about trying to meet her. And now that she's graduating this year, it strikes me as being a bit too late... I just get the weirdest feeling off of her... I just can't place it.

And she's actually friends with the girl I tried to ask out last year (if you remember that). Speaking of which, all that ended up doing was destroy a perfectly good friendship...

But don't get me wrong: apart from this I'm perfectly happy. But it still sticks in the back of my mind and gnaws away at me sometimes...

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GuSolarFlare

my classmates(not sure if I can call them friends after this, it's been the second time already) forgot about me and left me in the train station... we used to go back together(until the moment when the paths split, of course) today I was talking with them. when I remembered I had to buy the ticket, it didn't take even 5 minutes and they left me behind, again.....

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GuSolarFlare

I couldn't bring myself to directly say what I think to a very special girl today.... and she didn't get it when I was indirect.... I'm disapointed by my weakness....

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mamp

@GuSilverFlame don't worry about it we all suck at those things. You'll get your chance when you see her again just make sure you lay your game down smooth confidence is key my friend so have some of that **** for breakfast.

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Mickey

You're stronger than you think, @GustavoSF. There'll be other chances to tell her. And when the chance does come, know that we're right behind you (in spirit.)

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Mickey

So I was reading about the development of Oz the Great and Powerful and I found this hilarious quote from Joe Roth. Producer of the movie.

...during the years that I spent running Walt Disney Studios — I learned about how hard it was to find a fairy tale with a good strong male protagonist. You've got your Sleeping Beauties, your Cinderellas and your Alices. But a fairy tale with a male protagonist is very hard to come by. But with the origin story of the Wizard of Oz, here was a fairy tale story with a natural male protagonist.

Yeah. We've all had enough of those good strong female protagonists. Why can't the men have some time in the spotlight in this female-centric media we have. In fact, I'd go as far as to say that women have been having it too good for too long.

What an idiot.

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GuardianKing

Mickey wrote:

So I was reading about the development of Oz the Great and Powerful and I found this hilarious quote from Joe Roth. Producer of the movie.

...during the years that I spent running Walt Disney Studios — I learned about how hard it was to find a fairy tale with a good strong male protagonist. You've got your Sleeping Beauties, your Cinderellas and your Alices. But a fairy tale with a male protagonist is very hard to come by. But with the origin story of the Wizard of Oz, here was a fairy tale story with a natural male protagonist.

Yeah. We've all had enough of those good strong female protagonists. Why can't the men have some time in the spotlight in this female-centric media we have. In fact, I'd go as far as to say that women have been having it too good for too long.

What an idiot.

...this quote...just...damn it...

You know, that movie literally got me screaming "you myosin it's f**k!" at the director (indirectly of course) in the theaters because I thought it sucked that badly. Glad to know this is the kind of d**k that writes this crap...

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OptometristLime

You guys can't be serious with this gender stuff, twisting that guy's quote to make him look like a chauvinist.
The way I take it, he was just remarking on a curious trend, in a single genre.

And I like the movie, too; James Franco is my favorite.

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Mickey

@DawnOverALilly Aww. Hope it isn't as bad as it sounds.

@8BitSamurai It's too bad that technology goes away eventually. I hope your other systems fare better than the last two.

@OptometristLime The reason I found the quote was because I was interested in seeing the film and this quote has done nothing to change that (Sorry, @GuardianKing!) This is the entire quote from wikipedia:

Producer Joe Roth became involved for nearly the same reason as Kapner, stating that "...during the years that I spent running Walt Disney Studios — I learned about how hard it was to find a fairy tale with a good strong male protagonist. You've got your Sleeping Beauties, your Cinderellas and your Alices. But a fairy tale with a male protagonist is very hard to come by. But with the origin story of the Wizard of Oz, here was a fairy tale story with a natural male protagonist. Which is why I knew that this was an idea for a movie that was genuinely worth pursuing."

The guy just went off on how good women have it with good strong female protagonists like Sleeping Beauty (Aurora. Who's only "strong" character trait, from what I can remember, was playing in the forest by herself with the animals.) Cinderella (Who just had her dreams come true via Godmother and only went out and became a good strong female protagonist in the now non-canon Cinderella III: A Twist in Time.) and Alice (Who, again from what I can remember, just got what she wanted from complaining EDIT: Forgot, it was all a dream.) And bear in mind, I love all three of these characters! But they're not necessarily what I'd complain about when I'm trying to make a point about how hard it is to find good strong male protagonists. If anything, it makes a good case about how hard it is to find a good strong female protagonist. Anyway, he cites them after referring to how hard it is to find a fairy tale with a good strong male protagonist, so if his original intention was not to imply that Aurora, Cinderella, and Alice are strong good female protagonists, the actual quote on wikipedia was twisted. Even if that's the case, this guy's still going off on how hard it was to find a fairy tale with a male protagonist when, really, WHO CARES! It's not like men have been getting the short end of the stick for the past few decades when it comes to fiction. In fact, now that I think about it, we've had plenty of fairy tales of our own! They aren't necessarily called
fairly tales" (and if you're going to try and make a case about how he might have been referring to how hard it is to find a good strong male protagonist in something explicitly called a fairy tale, don't bother) but they're definitely there! We have stuff like Star Trek and Star Wars! Even Superman can be called a fairy tale if you look at it in a certain way! Point is, that guy's complaining on the wrong side of the argument and he deserved the criticism both I and @GuardianKing gave him.

PS: I'm seriously sorry about lying that one time. It was unethical, I already apologized for it but I'm not sure if you saw that so I'll apologize again. It was stupid of me to lie that one time, I should've just dealt with the truth and not try to pretend things are better in an attempt to ease my own conscience.

EDIT: James Franco is my favorite too.

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GuSolarFlare

the programmer burst in rage today. the motors are running at different speeds(again) and he that said previously "I don't want you guys to mess it up leave it all to me" lost temper because "no one helps" but he bashes anyone's idea if he doesn't understand it..... now the robot isn't going straight, the programmer is raging senseless and the rest of the group wants to buy 2 R$70.00(something close to $35.00) motors instead of fixing the ones we've got..... I'm tired of wasting money on a work when everyone gave up on the competition(we're only still doing it to get the grades, the robot's grade values 30% of the semester....) and that I can't help because my ideas aren't accepted....


moral of this story: never make groups with people who don't work as a group

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OptometristLime

That goes a long way towards addressing the ambiguity, for me. It's true by specifying a strong male protagonist, there is an uncomfortable element of truth in that neither male nor female protagonists rose above the 'lost damsel' archetype, in the roles for women at least. The stereotypes would have to be lifted out of the equation, otherwise a male protagonist would indeed call the director's sensibilities into question.

In that regard, I agree with you @Mickey

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GuSolarFlare

Mickey wrote:

So I was reading about the development of Oz the Great and Powerful and I found this hilarious quote from Joe Roth. Producer of the movie.

...during the years that I spent running Walt Disney Studios — I learned about how hard it was to find a fairy tale with a good strong male protagonist. You've got your Sleeping Beauties, your Cinderellas and your Alices. But a fairy tale with a male protagonist is very hard to come by. But with the origin story of the Wizard of Oz, here was a fairy tale story with a natural male protagonist.

Yeah. We've all had enough of those good strong female protagonists. Why can't the men have some time in the spotlight in this female-centric media we have. In fact, I'd go as far as to say that women have been having it too good for too long.

What an idiot.

@Mickey I think he meant male characters are always generic perfect dudes with no character development in fairy tales they almost always methodicaly apear save the day and get the girl.... not that female characters were any better in old fairy tales.... the thing is fairy tales are about the tales themselves not character development, so I think it's pointless to think much about it, this is just my opinion everyone's free to ignore it unless it's about some important group work of wich I make part, then I'd like to at least be heard by my group (sorry for mixing my disapointment of the day in my answer to yours I'm still mad at that...)

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GuSolarFlare

my previous post was kind of long so I decided to double post instead of editing it....
Disappointment of today number 2 I didn't see her today... it's worse than any petty fight with group members.... but less expensive I still don't believe they want to buy a new set of motors....

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mamp

Failed my first exam for nursing 2. Luckily if was only by 2 points so I just have to do better for my next exam.

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Mickey

@OptometristLime Okay, then. I'm glad this didn't escalate into a full-scale argument.

@GustavoSF Nothing is pointless to think much about. I get where you're coming from, but that doesn't excuse his very inappropriate complaining. Men are always generic perfect dudes... so? That doesn't hurt anybody, if anything, it's flattering. Whereas, with women in fairy tales, they're captured and get turned into a prize for the man. That isn't as flattering as what the generic perfect dude got, why, it's objectifying. And for Joe Roth to bring up Aurora, Cinderella, and Alice as examples of female protagonists and complain about how bad men have it, well, I just think he may be on the wrong side of the argument is all.

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