tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post5826296874923624508..comments2024-01-09T06:37:41.791-05:00Comments on The Horror Digest: A Trip Down Memory Lane: The NeverEnding StoryAndre Dumashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07170879111034420803noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-21645516069278652012013-01-28T21:29:59.125-05:002013-01-28T21:29:59.125-05:00This was on of my faves as a kid and still is now....This was on of my faves as a kid and still is now. OMG, that entracne does look like a vagina, you got your labias minora and majora, lol Also, OMG, it's the thing from labyrint, only instead of it being an old man with a bird for a hat, it's a bird with an old man for a hat. Hey I never noticed both the four-faced middle-aged woman and the four-face Victorian fop. Oh, and lbnl, Bastian's actually 10.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-65707288743501461332011-07-19T14:49:03.506-04:002011-07-19T14:49:03.506-04:00Thank you so much for this post!This has been the ...Thank you so much for this post!This has been the ultimate movie of my childhood and I've seen it recently with my best friend.Would you be surprised if I'd tell you that I'm still getting shivers when I see the scene that has the Nothing painting?:))It had always scared me,so that's why I didn't want to watch it alone[thys may sound silly but I had no idea what could have been my reaction to the movie in the present]Watching this movie at the age of 20 I discovered lots of connections that I didn't notice when I was a kid,so yeah,it is a big difference of interpretation:D Again,lots of thanks to you and of course,my parents that showed me the movie in the first place:Dchristinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-86794408578484451722011-02-05T12:16:57.986-05:002011-02-05T12:16:57.986-05:00Thanks Pierce! Ah, you just reminded that I need t...Thanks Pierce! Ah, you just reminded that I need to read that book. I keep meaning to but always get sidetracked with something else. I will put it on my list (yes I have a physical list now). Thanks for reading!<br /><br />Oh and I also need to see the Dark Crystal. Gah.Andre Dumashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07170879111034420803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-79946085702297689062011-02-05T01:12:00.252-05:002011-02-05T01:12:00.252-05:00Thank you very much for sharing this. I look forw...Thank you very much for sharing this. I look forward to reading some of your other stuff on horror movies as I enjoy so many of them.<br /><br />I'm in the process of reading the book of this now, and it explains a lot of stuff that was left unclear in the movie. I highly recommend checking it out. I'm pretty sure Michael Ende was dropping acid when he wrote it, because most people on pure air don't think of such stuff.<br /><br />I find that I appreciate the movie even more as an adult due to some of the cerebral aspects of it. The book, of course, is even more hardcore in that respect.<br /><br />The nostalgia factor definitely contributes to my enjoyment of this movie, as well as Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal. I don't know if I'd enjoy either very much if I hadn't seen them as a child, but since I did, they're both totally kick-ass!Piercenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-22220041088469217172010-11-19T17:18:40.581-05:002010-11-19T17:18:40.581-05:00Hmmm doesn't sound familiar. I've only see...Hmmm doesn't sound familiar. I've only seen the first and 2nd however. Maybe it's from a different movie?! Sounds neat though, tell me when you find out.Andre Dumashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07170879111034420803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-8939155001790066192010-11-19T15:11:12.323-05:002010-11-19T15:11:12.323-05:00Hey I'm wondering if this happened in any of t...Hey I'm wondering if this happened in any of the movies or if it's just my imagination. Growing up I was obsessed with these movies, and I could have sworn as a young child I owned a book (published AFTER the movies were made, obviously) that had a scene where Bastian is in a room wih a woman who has multiple faces. I'm not talking about the character with three different faces on each side. there were like fifty or something. Now I own all three and have watched each scrupiously to no avail of finding said scene.<br />Does anyone know what I'm talking about?realistic cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08326164750118011988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-391293172377968722010-11-15T23:26:49.926-05:002010-11-15T23:26:49.926-05:00Man...this movie. YES. It's much less unimpres...Man...this movie. YES. It's much less unimpressive to those who didn't have an attachment to it as a child (much like the 1970's cartoon The Hobbit, which I watched with my roommate last year and she was nothing but mortified about it), but having the connection with it from when I was a kid just makes it happen.<br /><br />I'm glad you cleared up the name of his mother too. Because I spent the longest time thinking he said something like "Osaya", which now that I play it over in my mind, could have been the way he was sectioning the syllables of Moonchild (Moon-Chy-Ald?). <br /><br />I'm also glad that there are as many lovers of this movie as there are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-84362932960557556462010-05-25T10:40:25.035-04:002010-05-25T10:40:25.035-04:00I am a Labyrinth fanatic, used to beg my mom every...I am a Labyrinth fanatic, used to beg my mom every weekend to rent it and I still watch it regularly. (My daughter likes it too.)<br />I used to watch NES but only key scenes. I guess it just didn't do it for me but it's still a cool movie from the good old days. <br /><br />-shorty spiceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-16860865386930526472010-05-18T23:15:47.335-04:002010-05-18T23:15:47.335-04:00Every time someone says a negative word about Laby...Every time someone says a negative word about Labyrinth, a carnivorous fairy loses her wings :(<br /><br />But le sigh. The rest of this post is positively amazing. And I'm so ever relieved to hear others agree that the name given to The Childlike Empress is nearly impossible to understand.deadlydollshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06061028044836745499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-50258034724110201842010-05-18T10:39:58.348-04:002010-05-18T10:39:58.348-04:00Love this movie. Named my dog Bastian.Love this movie. Named my dog Bastian.JLGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14959744548487866023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-11693988573557607212010-05-18T09:55:21.192-04:002010-05-18T09:55:21.192-04:00I watched this movie everyday when I was a kid. It...I watched this movie everyday when I was a kid. It formed much of my childhood so I am completely with you! <br />Also, I miss these effects that we had in films like Neverending Story. CGI has made us lazy. There will never be any CGI created that matches the awesomeness of Falcor!Sarahttp://loremetodeath.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-31109468327473049992010-05-18T09:41:30.498-04:002010-05-18T09:41:30.498-04:00Kinderscares- Phew! I'm glad I'm not the o...Kinderscares- Phew! I'm glad I'm not the only one!<br /><br /><br /><br />Hahahah! That is an amazing fact about Wee Sol thank you. I love it.<br />Awww man you missed the Goonies? Bummer!<br /><br />Glad you can appreciate the NeverEnding Story though. It is a lovely treasure.Andre Dumashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07170879111034420803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-19959070414937499722010-05-18T09:21:43.891-04:002010-05-18T09:21:43.891-04:00I did indeed see The Neverending Story when it fir...I did indeed see The Neverending Story when it first came out, and it had a big effect on me. Watching it as an adult less so, it does seem like a relatively cheap affair--but the kids love it just like I did! Still has a place in my heart, but it hasn't aged well.<br /><br />I do know what you mean about having a connection to a movie you grew up with, and how it's different if you first see it as an adult. This is the reaction I had to Goonies, which I first saw a couple years ago, and couldn't figure out what the big deal was. It does make a difference if you're exposed to something young, which is why it makes me sad that kids don't get that kind of exposure anymore to things before there time like they used to say, pre-1990 I guess, before cable and home video really took over and syndicated TV died. This is why I have a nice DVD collection of classic stuff to brainwash my own kids with!<br /><br />Also: It took me YEARS to figure out what the heck Bastion's mother's name was. And I too was let down by the fight with the Gmork. That speech by the Rockbiter always made me cry as a kid. And oh yeah, my son insists that Atreyu is a girl, no matter how hard I insist he is a boy!B-Solhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10717121313061173603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-13410216938002861282010-05-18T07:54:12.189-04:002010-05-18T07:54:12.189-04:00I didn't see Labyrinth until I was an adult, s...I didn't see Labyrinth until I was an adult, so I think I missed something there. I don't quite get the fanfare...<br /><br />I LOVED The Neverending Story as a kid. The Nothing was the most terrifying thing I'd ever seen. And Falkor is totally a big flying dog!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-66966991537457022642010-05-17T22:14:09.870-04:002010-05-17T22:14:09.870-04:00Oh but it WAS Moonchild. Check the quotes on IMDB ...Oh but it WAS Moonchild. Check the quotes on IMDB also if you play it over and over again he really does say that. It is kind of a let down and a really strange name but makes sense when revisiting the Native American hint I gave earlier.<br /><br />I wouldn't be surprised if he was walking out of a vagina- since most things have a vagina reference or symbol of some sort. Also it's a kind of flower thing-which tends to look like a vagina.<br /><br />I respect your love for Labyrinth I just wish I had seen it as a young one. I still haven't seen the Dark Crystal but I'm hoping to see it soon!Andre Dumashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07170879111034420803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-45036267992638612992010-05-17T22:10:50.490-04:002010-05-17T22:10:50.490-04:00I grew up with both movies, and I happen to love b...I grew up with both movies, and I happen to love both of them, as well as The Dark Crystal. <br /><br />Two questions regarding TNES...<br /><br />1. Is that tall dude walking out of a vagina?<br /><br />2. What <i>did</i> Bastian name the Child-like Empress (It wasn't really "Moonchild" was it, cause that would be such a major let down)?Aprilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00429718256691772971noreply@blogger.com