[in lovely, looping cursive]

[nobleobliged.livejournal.com]

I am loath to cast a vote without knowing for what I'm voting.

If someone would be so kind as to explain "movies" and provide a summary of each of the options, I would be very grateful.

Thank you in advance,
Natalia Luzu Kimlasca-Lanvaldear

Comments

[gald_digger]

I was wondering about this, too! I didn't know what any of them were, so I just voted for the one with 'king' in the title.

-Anise ♥

[nobleobliged.livejournal.com]

That one did seem interesting! I expect that King Kong must have been an incredible king for there to be a "movie" about him, whatever a movie may be.

[feartehreaper.livejournal.com]

It's about a monkey, so not really.

[vstheworld]

Hey, Kong is still pretty incredible, at least. He's the King-est of Kongs there is or ever was! And you should still vote for his movie.

[feartehreaper.livejournal.com]

- How about... no.

[nobleobliged.livejournal.com]

A... monkey.

[feartehreaper.livejournal.com]

Well, I guess it's actually an ape, and it's really big, but... yeah.

[gald_digger]

Wait, what!? No way!! I want a re-vote!

[feartehreaper.livejournal.com]

Sorry. But that's a really old movie... you've seriously never heard of it before?

[nobleobliged.livejournal.com]

Oh, good! I felt that I must ask you to change your vote immediately!

[windstwilight.livejournal.com]

Movies! You know. Something you watch on tv or in a theater. People acting, special effects, cool storyline well. sometimes... the works!

[nobleobliged.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid that I do not know "tv". I have watched plays in theaters, however, and they do meet that description. Are movies another term for plays?

[windstwilight.livejournal.com]

Yeah, sorta. Movies are plays on screens. Like... recorded plays. Taped. With better graphics, usually.

[nobleobliged.livejournal.com]

I've encountered music recorded on fondiscs, though I am unfamiliar with anything capable of recording visuals. They seem terribly fascinating! What do you mean by graphics?

[windstwilight.livejournal.com]

Yep, they sometimes are! And, uh... Like special effects?

[notachick.livejournal.com]

I was wondering this same thing.

Technology is so different here, isn't it?

-K.

[nobleobliged.livejournal.com]

Terribly different! I must admit to being quite relieved that I am not the only one in the dark.

[notachick.livejournal.com]

You're definitely not the only one.

Where I am from, they do not have candles in the ceiling that burn without fire, either. It's somewhat amazing, really.

Although the chairs are very uncomfortable.

-K.

[nobleobliged.livejournal.com]

I think I really must mention this in the suggestion box. Would you recommend I pose the question in light of reality, or the reality as they would prefer it? As loath as I am to play along, I suspect they may be more willing to oblige if I follow their rules in law if not in spirit.

In my land, we do at least have means of lighting without fire, but much of this is truly astonishing. And those funny boxes of juice!

Here, do you mean?

- Nat Natalia Luzu Kimlasca-Lanvaldear

[cannotlogout.livejournal.com]

[Ah-hah! Tsukasa's hobby comes up!]

The Sound of Music is about a nun who becomes governess for a family where the mother had died, and the father was very strict. She teaches them singing and brings happiness back into the household. It's a musical. There's lots of bursting into song and the ending is a little darker than you'd expect when war breaks out.

Casablanca is a love story... sort of. It's set during a huge war that happened during the last century. There's a man who runs a bar in an occupied city, and he comes into possession of some papers allowing free transit around the occupied continent. His ex-lover arrives with her husband, who is a resistance leader and they need the papers to travel to a free country. Um, there's a lot going on, and the ending is kind of bittersweet, but it's really famous. A classic!

King Kong is a classic too! The people above aren't really describing it well. I don't know if it's the original or one of the remakes though. They go to a tropical island to make a movie, but the female star is kidnapped by the natives and is going to be sacrificed to King Kong, a giant ape. But instead of killing her, King Kong rescues her. The film crew rescue the actress, and captures King Kong to take him back to their city and chain him up to put him on display to the public. He escapes and kidnaps the actress and climbs a really famous building until he's killed by the army.

Singing in the rain is another musical and romance. It's a film about films! It's set just as films were starting to include speech rather than being silent. There's a silent film star who dislikes his shallow leading lady, and he meets a woman while running from his fans, who turns out to be a singer. The actor and his leading lady star in a new talking film, but it turns out that the leading lady has a horrible voice so they get the chorus girl to dub it - that's like she does the voice and they match it to the lip movements of the actress on screen. Eventually the deception is brought to light.

[emotionl4arobot.livejournal.com]

Thank you for this, I was hesitant to vote without further information.

- Brainiac 5

[cannotlogout.livejournal.com]

No problem! I've seen all of them and I really like old movies like this.

-Tsukasa

[nobleobliged.livejournal.com]

My! This was enormously helpful.

War, romance, and monkeys... It seems as though King Kong is the odd one out. However, I may have had enough of war, and I am very curious about movies and films.

Though... which, in your opinion, would prove to be the most informative about Earth?

[cannotlogout.livejournal.com]

Most informative? I don't know. They're all pretty old so they don't exactly show the world as it is now. I guess Casablanca is the most realistic in a way? And that war was of huge importance in history. The others are a lot more light-hearted though.

But if you need help, I don't mind talking to you about Earth. I'm called Tsukasa and I have silver hair and red markings on my cheeks.

flkdms so late, sorry!

[nobleobliged.livejournal.com]

I see. Then, I shall cast my vote for Casablanca, thank you! I am unfamiliar with Ear I fear that my condition has lead to my forgetting many of the most common elements of life. on Earth

As such, I am very grateful for your offer, and I would be all too pleased to take you up on your offer. I will be sure to look for you, Tsukasa!