andrel wrote:
>  5 minutes 53 into 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsb9bPbI7PQ


Oooo. A sparkly!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C0vvrJ6J20&fmt=18#t=5m55s



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   Insanity is a small city on the western
   border of the State of Mind.

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Darren New wrote:
> andrel wrote:
>> What film? 
> 
> It's a Secret.
> 
>  > a place called NIMH

...which, worryingly, appears to actually exist...

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Darren New wrote:
> andrel wrote:
>>  5 minutes 53 into http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsb9bPbI7PQ
> 
> 
> Oooo. A sparkly!
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C0vvrJ6J20&fmt=18#t=5m55s
> 
> 
> 

You know, this was the first of these links I actually opened. Add up
geeky mind, sparkly and NiMH (from the topic of the page, seen before
the film itself) and I expected something else than a cartoon ;).

-Aero

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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> 
> A great movie, even if it does diverge drastically from the book, and
> even fail to completely make sense in places...
> 

Is the book named the same or is it "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH"?
If it's Mrs. Frisby..., I've red the book yeaaars ago.

-Aero

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>> A great movie, even if it does diverge drastically from the book, and
>> even fail to completely make sense in places...
> 
> Is the book named the same or is it "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH"?
> If it's Mrs. Frisby..., I've red the book yeaaars ago.

Yeah, that's the one.

Neat, isn't it?

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Invisible wrote:
> 
> Yeah, that's the one.
> 
> Neat, isn't it?

Yep, the main parts I can remember :). I think I'll need to see the film.

-Aero

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Orchid XP v8 wrote:

> Heh. OK, you may think it's silly and childish. But it's hard-wired into 
> my memory. When I was a child, I used to watch it three or four times 
> PER WEEK. (Remember, to a child, 5 minutes is like 17 lifetimes.) I've 
> memorised every scene, every sentence of dialogue, every inflection in 
> the character's voices, every note and neaunce of the score... This film 
> is part of what makes Andrew... well, Andrew.
> 
> (Or, arguably, part of what makes Andrew... suck.)

It's been a while since I've seen this film. I must watch it again, now :)

Definitely a favorite of mine. It was beautifully animated, IIRC.

I should read the book one of these days.

-- 
~Mike

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Orchid XP v8 wrote:

> There's one key word in that quotation that should be Googlable. (And, 
> weirdly, it apparently exists in the real world as well as in this 
> fictional one...)

Yep. Upon discovering that, I remember thinking, "Oh my, it does exist!"

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~Mike

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Invisible wrote:

> ...which, worryingly, appears to actually exist...

Yes. The National Institute of Mental Health.. :-D

Now... what do you suppose they were doing with super-intelligent rats?

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~Mike

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>> ...which, worryingly, appears to actually exist...
> 
> Yes. The National Institute of Mental Health.. :-D
> 
> Now... what do you suppose they were doing with super-intelligent rats?

According to the notes on the book, there was a "N.I.H." that were doing 
experiments with rats, and they "preferred them wild rather than tame". 
If you read the book, you'll see the modestly close fit there.

Of course, the film is even more of a work of fiction than the book 
is... A truly great film, but even I have to admit parts of it make no 
sense. (I just love the way when Nichodemus is around, objects just 
casually levitate through thin air... I mean, that totally happens, right?)

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