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Comment author: Emile 25 August 2013 12:40:54PM *  8 points [-]

I am reminded of The surprising valor of Barbie movies:

I have a 5 year old daughter, which, in 2006, apparently means: I have a lot of Barbie movies to watch. What is surprising, is that these movies are AMAZING.

These movies have a spiritual strength, and a profound wholeness. They are well cut, well scripted, with excellent technique. The music is top-notch; the London Philharmonic Orchestra plays the music in at least one. The singing is spectacular. The lyrics are uplifting. The art is romantic (as in the era.)

You should consider yourself fortunate to have the opportunity to watch the following movies:

  • Barbie As The Princess and the Pauper
  • Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus
  • Barbie As Rapunzel
    (In the order of my preference.)

This is not a joke. Allow me to refer you to the reviews on Amazon, if you doubt what I am saying to you here. I don’t know how it happened, but somehow, the Barbie staff pulled off something miraculous, and it went totally beneath the radar. This is talent to watch.

I haven’t listed the other Barbie movies, simply because I haven’t seen them yet.

Comment author: CronoDAS 25 August 2013 01:49:23PM *  2 points [-]

On a similar note: Would you believe that this is one of my favorite books of all time?

Comment author: Alsadius 25 August 2013 06:19:37PM 4 points [-]

No, I would not, for the simple reason that it's not a book.

Comment author: CronoDAS 26 August 2013 02:35:24AM 6 points [-]

Oops. Copy/paste error. Link fixed.

Comment author: Alsadius 26 August 2013 02:30:19PM 1 point [-]

Oh, The Brothers' War? Yes, that's was a fine book. Generally agreed to be one of the few worthwhile Magic novels made.

Comment author: Emile 26 August 2013 11:53:39AM 0 points [-]

Oh, I can believe it; after all, I quite enjoyed this books, for which people should have even lower expectations than your example.

Comment author: tgb 27 August 2013 01:52:56PM 0 points [-]

This (and its first sequel) are the only MTG books I've read but for a while it was my favorite book of all time too. I reread it once later and still enjoyed it, though it has now been decidedly moved aside by some other works. It's also a work you might consider rationalist-lite in the sense of encouraging thought, experimentation, and invention over brute force, bravery, or many of the standard heroic traits in stories. It's not HPMOR and doesn't try to teach these traits to people, but at the very least it says that they're good things to have.

Comment author: CronoDAS 27 August 2013 04:25:49PM 0 points [-]

The only MTG books I really thought were worth reading were this one and the other ones Jeff Grubb wrote.

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