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[ SECRET POST #4328 ]

⌈ Secret Post #4328 ⌋

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[The Red Green Show]

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Well, sort of. It's not exactly Saw, but there's some dark moments in the book that are more psychologically disturbing. It's been years since I saw the cartoon adaptation but I don't think they pulled their punches much. That said, I don't feel the need to make Watership Down more family friendly and probably won't watch the new adaptation.

I never saw the original movie, though I've meant to for years, but I've passionately adored the book since I was 6 years old. Not really sure why they would try to make it "more family friendly" since the whole survival-in-a-hostile-world thing is the entire premise, and several of the pivotal moments of the story simply would. not. work if you tried to cutesy-fy them or remove the visceral-ness of them. But we'll see how this goes I guess. Hope the final version has better animation than THAT though.

For me the worst thing about the original cartoon adaption has always been Holly's flashback dream sequence because it's so vivid and distressing. Even as a kid the bloody reality scenes were kinda like "ok, that's nature?"

But I first watched the original film in the 90s and Farthing Wood had already desensitised me to animal on animal violence I guess.

The book is quite dark in a couple of places though not exactly life-ruiningly traumatic. I've read it at least four times, twice when I was a kid and I don't feel worse for it.

Yeah, Holly's "We couldn't get out!" was always the bit that got me as well. Didn't help that I was always a bit claustrophobic at the best of times as a kid. It was just ... very vivid. It is one of those things that maybe is a lot worse with audio, particularly.

Yes on Farthing Wood as well! Though the bit of that that got me wasn't the violence, as such, it was what happened to Badger. That was so hard to watch happen.

I always liked Watership Down as a kid. Book and movie. It was definitely dark, things like the shining wire warren really freaked me out, but it always felt like the ending was something fought for? IDK, it made me feel happy and proud. Plus, the whole 'they will kill you if they catch you, but first they must catch you' philosophy was one that made a lot of sense to me as a kid.

Just the thought of being crammed in so closely, panicking because you're trying to escape but you can't breathe. URGH.

I think for me the worst thing in Farthing Wood was what happened to a couple of Fox and Vixen's kids. One of them dies because she wandered off at the wrong moment and the other is outcasted, generally suffers greatly and finally reunites with and forgives his parents before dying. Neither of those were especially violent but gave me pause.

You're so right about the ending of Watership Down being fought for. What happens to Hazel in both the book and the film causes a river of tears every time but I feel kind of happy for him? He's so tired and has done so much but now he gets to rest and be young again forever while knowing he succeeded in securing the future for his children and friends and their children.

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froodle - 2018-11-10 21:23 (UTC) - Expand

If that's what it's gonna look like, I suddenly have a problem with it!

Seriously....is that from the film?

That was my thought, too.

Yeeeah. That would be low quality even 20 years ago...

LOL, yeah. That... really doesn't look promising.

Yep. There are even worse looking shots than that one too.

I think the sequence with the story of the warren getting trapped in the tunnels is pretty upsetting, but the "omg, the bad rabbit with his bloody jaw!" isn't that big a deal and that's the image people seem to go back to. But I never saw it as a kid.

I hope this is good, but "family friendly" makes me worry. Just because it doesn't have to be a gory story doesn't mean it's supposed to be accessible for all ages.

I mean, it *is* for children, so it should be accessible to children who are not too small and sensitive for characters in peril/deaths of non-main characters occurring when said characters are all rabbits.

The book was literally written for children, so I think children should be able to enjoy the movie, but parents of sensitive children might give it a watch ahead of time, I think that's appropriate.

it was meant for kids??! really?

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As a child (and even as an adult!) it was always the flashback to the crush in the warren that got me, and stuck with my for years, though I misassociated it with the beginning of the film at one point.

It was on the other year at Easter when I was with my son (who was about 3) and I put it on and quickly turned it off again when I remembered how it got (he also wasn't interested)

I love the book. I mean, I have a fondness for a lot of the old film now as an adult, where I found it very disturbing in places as a child. Not a fan of the cartoon series at all, though I know that was where a lot of people started.

I'm looking forward to seeing how the new adaptation is handled, though I'm not sure I'll like all of it. John Boyega being cast as Bigwig is enough to have me on board for at least some of the ride.

Exactly! I am stoked for a Boyega!Bigwig

I was a kid when I read it, but I remember the book as a pure, traumatizing, never-ending horror show. I kept hoping they would have safety and peace, but in the end, I wished I had never started reading it in the first place. My kid will be steered away from all versions of it.

The book only isn't that horrible because you don't actually visually see the horror. It is still pretty full of traumatic/dark stuff.

This. I reread it not that long ago and it's got some pretty darn dark themes in it. Like, does no one remember the sorts of things that happened in Efrafa?

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(Anonymous) - 2018-11-11 02:37 (UTC) - Expand

This. It's not obvious gore or horrific things happening, but there's plenty of trauma and issues that I'd say are more for adults than children. Kind of like how Animal Farm isn't really aimed at kids just because it's got barn yard animals in it.

My parents put the old movie on, on new year's eve, so that 4y.o. me would stay out of the way as they prepared for their party. Their reasoning: oh look, a bunny movie. She likes bunnies"

They found me sobbing under the coffee table, an hour later. To say I was scarred for life is an overstatement, but I have no interest in the remake. I don't care how family friendly it is.

DAMN. A secret that's really interesting and I miss it!
I agree, OP - i read the book as as kid, saw the movie as a kid, and loved them both forever. It never seemed traumatizing at all to me.

Plague Dogs, on the other hand.....

I have never read the book or seen the cartoon; should I do both?

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