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trinityvixenSo I bought The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge last weekend and have tried it out to general satisfaction. This is not the most complicated game by any means, but that's not a problem for the girl who's a huge fan of Dynasty Warriors and won't play the new Gauntlet Legends game because it requires you to do stuff that isn't just attack-attack-attack-heavy attack-attack-attack-attack-potion-attack.
Anyway, it's cute enough, and I have no problem listening to the midi of "This is Halloween" (subject line reflects that) forever, since I did that in Kingdom Hearts with no problem (and if you can survive the midi of "Under the Sea" from the first game, you can survive anything; ditto "Finny Fun" in the sequel). Even the remade versions of the songs from the movie, with new lyrics to reflect gameplay don't bother me.
What bothered me? I got an icon, which was from the door in the forest to Halloween Town. When I read information about the icon, it informed me that there were other icons to other doors, including the land of St. Partrick's Day, Valentine's, Easter, Christmas, and Independence Day.
That's right: THERE IS AN ENTIRE PATRIOTS TOWN WHERE THEY CELEBRATE HOW WONDERFUL AMERICA IS ALL THE TIME.
I turned to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
feiran in horror, asking her to just imagine it. She had a brilliant observation about it that demonstrated that I had not even plumbed the depths of misery that is Patriots' Town--feiran: I bet it's run by Republicans.
THE HORROR!
Oh, wait, that's kinda like the US today. THE HORROR!
Anyway, it's cute enough, and I have no problem listening to the midi of "This is Halloween" (subject line reflects that) forever, since I did that in Kingdom Hearts with no problem (and if you can survive the midi of "Under the Sea" from the first game, you can survive anything; ditto "Finny Fun" in the sequel). Even the remade versions of the songs from the movie, with new lyrics to reflect gameplay don't bother me.
What bothered me? I got an icon, which was from the door in the forest to Halloween Town. When I read information about the icon, it informed me that there were other icons to other doors, including the land of St. Partrick's Day, Valentine's, Easter, Christmas, and Independence Day.
That's right: THERE IS AN ENTIRE PATRIOTS TOWN WHERE THEY CELEBRATE HOW WONDERFUL AMERICA IS ALL THE TIME.
I turned to
feiran in horror, asking her to just imagine it. She had a brilliant observation about it that demonstrated that I had not even plumbed the depths of misery that is Patriots' Town--feiran: I bet it's run by Republicans.THE HORROR!
Oh, wait, that's kinda like the US today. THE HORROR!
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Date: 2007-08-03 04:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-08-03 04:24 pm (UTC)I guess it's my general abhorrence of the idea of forced happiness and patriotism all the goddamned time. That's just not healthy. At least with Halloween Town, you're being scared but you're also having fun. So, it's balanced out. The elves in Christmas Town work and are happy, but they're not being told to be happy.
One day a year to go "Hey, we've got it pretty good! Thanks, Founders!" is fine. 365 days of "USA! USA! USA!" would drive me bonkers. It's like being stuck in the "United States" section of EPCOT center. Which I was able to stand for about one hour, and only then because leaving the America-love-in animatronics show would have caused trouble.
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Date: 2007-08-03 04:55 pm (UTC)....
Bah. Who am I kidding?
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Date: 2007-08-03 05:05 pm (UTC)Even if it were possible to live in that eden, The Nightmare Before Christmas set it up so that that wouldn't be the case. It would literally be Fourth of July planning all year in anticipation of the big event, just as it was in Halloween Town and Christmas Town.
THE TERROR.