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Re: Totally Random Animorphs Thoughts
« Reply #1785 on: September 11, 2014, 11:07:15 AM »
Pretty funky (uh, rad, groovy, bodacious?) article!

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« Reply #1786 on: September 11, 2014, 12:49:24 PM »
That article. :')

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« Reply #1787 on: September 11, 2014, 01:06:22 PM »
That article was worth reading, for sure. It's odd to see that kind of series in a young teen section, but it was a great series.


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Re: Totally Random Animorphs Thoughts
« Reply #1788 on: September 11, 2014, 01:25:39 PM »
It...was a young-teen series, though.   :huh:

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« Reply #1789 on: September 11, 2014, 01:46:24 PM »
Yes that was the demographic, but I'm saying it's a bit hardcore for a teen book. The demographic for stuff like that is a little higher than what Animorphs was going for, right?

It's like sure, Land Before Time and Secret of NIMH were meant for kids, but they were still prety dark.

Those movies were by Don Bluth, and I think he said somewhere that you can show a kid things that are quite dark, and it's okay as long as it has a happy ending. Apparently it works. Animorphs didn't go with the don Bluth ideology, since it had a downer ending. Not that I think KAA was inspired by Donb Bluth movies.
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Re: Totally Random Animorphs Thoughts
« Reply #1790 on: September 11, 2014, 03:44:11 PM »
Animorphs was the exact same target audience as Goosebumps and Potter.  She just got away with more, for reasons unknown.

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« Reply #1791 on: September 11, 2014, 05:00:23 PM »
I'm aware they had the same target audience. I'm just saying Animorphs is significantly darker than Goosebumps.


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Re: Totally Random Animorphs Thoughts
« Reply #1792 on: September 12, 2014, 05:24:31 AM »
Well, sure.  But what's that got to do with the demographic, or where book stores placed it on the shelves?  They're still YA books, the same target audience.  Harry Potter started out pretty innocent, moved dark by the end.  Goosebumps was mildly scary, but still the same audience as Nancy Drew or whatever.  Dark as Animorphs might have been comparatively, it's still pretty clearly in that 9-14 or so range though, wouldn't logically be anywhere else in a bookstore.

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Re: Totally Random Animorphs Thoughts
« Reply #1793 on: September 15, 2014, 11:13:11 PM »
So, I was driving home from work today and I glance over at the side of the road and oh hey, it's hawk I don't see many of those around here. And then...

"OH MY GOD IT'S A RED TAIL. OH MY GOD."

...That's it. Then I was past it and couldn't see it any more and then really distracted by the fact that it was probably carrying a small mammal considering what it had been doing when I saw it.

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Re: Totally Random Animorphs Thoughts
« Reply #1794 on: September 16, 2014, 11:58:28 AM »
Ooh, small mammals.  Tasty.

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Re: Totally Random Animorphs Thoughts
« Reply #1795 on: September 17, 2014, 10:41:25 AM »
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2014/06/02/woman-knocked-out-cold-by-aggressive-hawk/

URL kinda says it all, really.  I'd been wondering about the actual real-life combat potential of a hawk, but it seems to me that if anything, KAA actually underestimated Tobias' capabilities.

Also, I realized that most of the times they see Visser 3 in the books, Tobias is almost always the first one to go straight for him.  And most of the time, he actually comes out on top.  That's kinda awesome.
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Re: Totally Random Animorphs Thoughts
« Reply #1796 on: September 17, 2014, 10:55:58 AM »
An Andalite's one blind spot is directly above, I think, which is why Tobias kind of has an edge there.


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Re: Totally Random Animorphs Thoughts
« Reply #1797 on: September 17, 2014, 11:02:01 AM »
Actually, an Andalite's blind spot is between its stalk eyes. Because they'd be able to look straight up. Also I feel like there's no way Tobias would be able to drop straight down on anything except from a very short distance. Anything else would require him to come down at an angle if he wants to steer?

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Re: Totally Random Animorphs Thoughts
« Reply #1798 on: September 17, 2014, 03:25:49 PM »
Yet, the best way to seek up on an Andalite is from beneath.
Even with 4 eyes, there's an unacceptable amount of area they can't see.
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Re: Totally Random Animorphs Thoughts
« Reply #1799 on: September 17, 2014, 03:40:39 PM »
Trying to come straight down from too far would mean he'd have to make a high speed 90 degree turn. Certainly not easy. Any battle you can fly away from was a good battle, though.


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