Happiness Meme Day 7

[trinityvixen]

Just under the wire!
+Saw Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles down at the "Drive-In" set up in the financial district as part of the Tribeca Film Festival.

Totally worth it. I own the movie, but I haven't sat down to watch it in easily 5+ years. It's ridiculous, and all the parts that I remember liking are the most ridiculous--like Emo!Raphael getting beaten up. (Then being hilariously chucked rather uncomfortably into a tub. I remember that being much more heart-wrenching at the time I first saw it.) We snarked pretty good on the whole set up, which the people in charge had arranged thinking that kids would be there. Oh, there were kids, but it was predominantly people my age (or older). After the movie was over, the guys in front of us turned around and thanked me for hating on the movie. My pleasure, but I made sure they knew I only snarked because I loved. (Clearly, or I wouldn't have stayed so many hours in the cold without a jacket.)

+Totally got me a Donatello paper mask!

+Free popcorn!

+Tomorrow is Friday!

Comments

[moonlightalice.livejournal.com]

That video game is NOT for kids. I mean, it's not brutal and grotesque, but it's definitely not a kids' game.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

Chances are good, however, if the game is popular, that it will bleed through to a younger audience. Though I might lament it, it's true that kids are the taste-generators/money-makers for a lot of media, and video games are no exception. (It is changing as video gamer generations grow up, but younger kids who don't necessarily pay for their own stuff or just have fewer expenses can still spend a significant amount.)

You're right--it doesn't look like it's a "kid's game" but that won't stop it from being popular with younger viewers. Especially if their tweener siblings, who would play it, are playing it around them.