3D Short that Plays Before Toy Story

[Northendzone]

So on friday night I had a date night with my 5 year old daughter and I took her to see Toy Strory 3.

Before the movie played there was short 3D stroy about two creatures - one was day the the other night and you could see images in the bodies of the creatures - during several parts of this short thru one creature you could see a woman lying on the beach in a bikini with a radio in the background.

Perhaps I am overanalyzing this, but I could not help but wonder what type of message this sent to my daugher. there were no boys on the beach. I was not offended enough to walk out, and I doubt I would of thought about this short story if I had been with my son - but I could not help but think this sent some kind of subtle message.

Has anyone else seen this short story? Anyone with a dughter care to provide some thoughts?

[Northendzone]

thanks for posting the above clip - i am reffering to the girl sun bathing in "day" - i am sure my daughter simply saw another girl lying on the beach - but why not include a boy or have a family? To me it was just a subtle (but perhpas unintended) message being sent.

[CMPunk]

Because it would have been creepy if Night was going after the boy

[DropIt]

I saw it last night night and thought it was very well done.
I think if you start to over analyze small thing like that, then you are going to have much bigger problems when you are the over protective father/mother who's daughter is rebeling against them because they are over reacting to something as insignificant as this

[DropIt]

Be thankdul that the message is at least telling your daughter to go outdoors

[Northendzone]

Originally Posted by fotze

Also, if a boy is needed, that may send the message that a girl is nothing/not complete unless she has a boy.

interesting take.......i woulldn't say i am overprotective, but i guess i was wondering if i was far off base with my thinking.....and it would seem that i am.

[alltherage]

You are simply over thinking IMO. I think if your daughter has a strong role model in her parents and family then she'll be just fine. I found nothing subliminal or offensive about that.

[DropIt]

Originally Posted by Northendzone

interesting take.......i woulldn't say i am overprotective, but i guess i was wondering if i was far off base with my thinking.....and it would seem that i am.

I don't think anyone will blame you for being overprotective, but in this case I think you may be overthinking it a bit. If your daughter is going to become influenced by every cartoon she sees then you need to throw out any strawberry scented bear you own and throw her toys out before she consider taking them to college

[Bring_Back_Shantz]

I don't even understand what you think the bad message is.

[BlackArcher101]

If older people are having trouble even seeing this subtle message, then I'm pretty sure a young mind won't as well.

Could be far worse... Tyler Durden could have spliced a frame of porn in it somewhere.

[Northendzone]

Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz

I don't even understand what you think the bad message is.

attractive blonde shapely girl in bikini on beach by herself - i saw nothing to provide balance to this woman, and the woman depiction as slim, shapely, blone, tanned etc.......as i said, i wasn't that bent out of shape by the short film, i just thought that adding her to the scene was gratuitous.

i was probalby a little more sensitive to this since a playmate of my daughters told her that she was not pretty because she does not have long blonde hair - i'd be a little surprised if my daugher even remembers this scene.

[Northendzone]

sometimes my son (8) is far more of an emotional wreck than my daughter (5) is. my son was literally scream in hysterics as my wife was cuttting his hair tonight - i expected him to come up from the basement bleeding and cut......

[CMPunk]

I'd scream too if someone was catting my hair

[Ducay]

Might as well just put all children in a bubble. Over-protective parents nowadays are causing way more issues for the current generation than any Pixar movie ever will.

[BlackArcher101]

nm

[amorak]

Originally Posted by Ducay

Might as well just put all children in a bubble. Over-protective parents nowadays are causing way more issues for the current generation than any Pixar movie ever will.

Aka raising young men who think it's okay to dork it up on their ipad on the train and not offer 50 year old woman their seat.

[BlackArcher101]

Originally Posted by amorak

Aka raising young men who think it's okay to dork it up on their ipad on the train and not offer 50 year old woman their seat.

[CMPunk]

Originally Posted by amorak

Aka raising young men who think it's okay to dork it up on their ipad on the train and not offer 50 year old woman their seat.

She can get her own seat damn it

[macker]

I don't see anything there....I was actually impressed at how well done both movies were in this case. Most of these movies like to push things a bit to create things for adults to contemplate and talk about. I took my 5 year old daughter last week also and the only thing that seems to have impacted her is the garbage truck. We were biking the other day and she say one and wanted to bolt the other way. I know exactly the sequence of the movie that caused this drama/trauma for her Nothing to get Happy Feet over imo....

[Phanuthier]

Originally Posted by amorak

Aka raising young men who think it's okay to dork it up on their ipad on the train and not offer 50 year old woman their seat.

No offense, but I never noticed the name amorak until that train seat thread. I think someone has earned a custom user title!