Its a sad day in the neighborhood. Mr Rogers R.I.P.

bye!!!

https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--4AhQOoMW--/c_scale,f_auto,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/orz8myqdorfattixqgjp.jpg

yes! i'm sure they preferred Soupy Sales and Chuck McCann too

my best friend and i were both creeped out by the show as kids; thx bye

― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Thursday, June 7, 2018 9:26 AM (eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Somehow both unsurprising and revelatory.

has the meaning of 'bye' changed recently or

Eh, I generally employ it as a prelude to a dramatic 'and another thing...!'

The show was a little saccharine. And felt like it was trying to manifest some Waltonseque fantasy. But it never struck me as condescending, or, well, terribly creepy. Maybe he should have got his cock out a time or two.

He has been my #1 hero ever since my early 20s. My favorite moment is the Emmys speech '97. And nude greeting in the Esquire piece, naturally. Oh and flipping the bird.

Are you talking about morbs?

oh wait I misread this whole exchange never mind

Morbz is currently my #6 all time

Turned out to be quite a bit less of a shameless tearjerker than I was expecting. Still, audiences going to it are acting out of the same impulse that they do going to see, say, Marley & Me. Only the death in this case is the death of decency, gentility, etc.

What does that mean? People are seeing it to be sad at something sad because it's sad and shows something that is missed because it should be missed?

In a nutshell.

I mean, I don't know when decency died, but it's dead and it'd be nice to have it back.

If we could have just one thread where we all agree to refrain from '(thread subject) is garbage' posts, I guess I'd request that it be this thread. Because, really: why.

yes please

post deleted.

oh Christ, ilx's limits discovered at last.

I mean, I don't think deletion was necessary fwiw, but there's still every other thing in the universe for you to hate on, Morbs. Fear not.

how about the third post in the thread, kuntz?

pedophile, pederast, don't be pedantic

I mentioned that I idolize the man, nevertheless I found the new documentary way too close to a puff piece. Any attempts at illuminating flaws or conflicts seemed grudging and perfunctory. And I'd contend that even mentioning his party affiliation was distracting and unnecessary. I could feel the tension in the theater at that moment.

I was born in '61, three or four years too early for his show to have been part of my childhood. (I watched The Jolly Green Giant, and Rocketship 7 out of Buffalo.) So I didn't take that into the theatre, which would have helped. I can see where the film would be very emotional for some viewers, and a couple of times it knocked down my own resistance (I mean, I didn't cry or anything)--most surprisingly with the kid in the wheelchair, which could have been shameless and was instead pretty great. I think it does dodge here and there, and implicitly (which may as well be explicitly) making it about you-know-who in the last few minutes is interesting but a little easy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=34&v=-VLEPhfEN2M

lol why

life is like a box of sweaters

whoops

https://youtu.be/-VLEPhfEN2M

argh

a niceploitation film

Lol

this thing looks like an SNL skit