Would YOU Have Gone to Explore The West Wing in Beauty and The Beast?

[seoulsearch]

Hey Everyone,

I recently saw a movie trailer in which a group of summer visitors were told by the host, "I want you all to have a nice time, but you need to stay away from the basement."

It's the age-old command that set the fall of the world in motion -- "Stay away from..." and human nature seems to make us instantly drawn to whatever we're told not to go near.

But in a more lighthearted view (because it's been a long week and let's have some fun!) -- When you see things in movies or show, how likely would you be to go check out EXACTLY what the other characters are told to avoid, or make the same "dumb" decisions?

For instance, would YOU have gone to explore The West Wing in the Beast's Castle?








I know that I, for one, would NOT have been able to resist. I LOVE looking at living spaces, and I LOVE castles, so the pull to go explore (ESPECIALLY what as off-limits) would have been WAY too strong for me!

HOWEVER.

If someone told me to stay away from a basement... I would probably stay far, far away.

I know it seems ridiculous to make an exception for one and not the other, but let's face it, movies have shown us WAY too many ways all sorts of things can go wrong in a basement! (And I don't even watch scary movies, just some with suspense!)

* What kinds of "off-limits" things would YOU BE ABLE to resist -- and which ones would you find irresistible?

* What about: certain houses (the creepy house down the block,) certain areas of the house as we've talked about, forbidden places, certain objects, certain games or actions, etc. -- Pass, or Play?

* When you watch a movie or show, what things are you yelling at the screen for the characters to NOT do -- but yet you know you would do them yourself?

The answers can be silly or serious, but this thread is meant to be a light-hearted way to kick off the weekend.

Now let's go exploring!

 

[NightTwister]

Never run into the barn with lots of sharp objects.

 

[seoulsearch]

Never run into the barn with lots of sharp objects.

I loved a commercial they had a few years ago -- I can't even remember what it was for.

But a group of young people are running from a made-up horror villain while committing every "stupid person's decision" in horror movies and loudly proclaiming it:

"I'll just hide in here -- NEXT TO THIS WALL THAT'S FULL OF CHAINSAWS!!"

It made me laugh out loud!

 

[Mem]

HOw did Belle end up in the Beast's castle to begin with? I mean, wasn't she was bound to go into the forbidden west wing? But, I'm pretty sure Snow White would have avoided it like the plague.

 

[seoulsearch]

HOw did Belle end up in the Beast's castle to begin with? I mean, wasn't she was bound to go into the forbidden west wing? But, I'm pretty sure Snow White would have avoided it like the plague.

If I remember right (and fairy tale buffs, please correct me,) in the Disney version, Belle's father got lost on the way to an invention convention (say that 5 times fast,) stumbled into the castle, and became the Beast's prisoner.

When Belle went looking for her father, the Beast said he would let him go if she stayed as his prisoner in exchange.

I just remember the scene where the Beast gives her that gigantic library!!!



Shoot, I can't say I would have agreed to marry the guy, but let's just say I wouldn't have been in any hurry to leave soon!

And... I would have most definitely strayed into the West Wing.

 

[Lynx]

If I remember right (and fairy tale buffs, please correct me,) in the Disney version, Belle's father got lost on the way to an invention convention (say that 5 times fast,) stumbled into the castle, and became the Beast's prisoner.

When Belle went looking for her father, the Beast said he would let him go if she stayed as his prisoner in exchange.

I just remember the scene where the Beast gives her that gigantic library!!!

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Shoot, I can't say I would have agreed to marry the guy, but let's just say I wouldn't have been in any hurry to leave soon!

And... I would have most definitely strayed into the West Wing.

What's this about a huge library?

Forget the West wing. I'll just camp out here for a few years.

 

[Lynx]

I remember when my little cat Nancia, definitely an outdoor cat, started to go indoors one day. She wasn't trying to do wrong, just exploring hitherto unknown territory. I made an "aaaaa" growl, the kind of sound you make when a baby is about to stick a fork in the power socket. She looked up at me with surprise and curiosity, because I had never made that sound at her before. I repeated myself. She turned and walked back out, like, "oh. I guess I'm not supposed to be there." And she never tried to go inside again.

That is why I like cats more than I like most humans.

 

[seoulsearch]

I made an "aaaaa" growl, the kind of sound you make when a baby is about to stick a fork in the power socket. She looked up at me with surprise and curiosity, because I had never made that sound at her before. I repeated myself. She turned and walked back out, like, "oh. I guess I'm not supposed to be there." And she never tried to go inside again. That is why I like cats more than I like most humans.

That's funny.

I growl at you ALL THE TIME -- and yet you persist.

Maybe I need to change it up into a remix and start howling instead.

 

[Mem]

If I remember right (and fairy tale buffs, please correct me,) in the Disney version, Belle's father got lost on the way to an invention convention (say that 5 times fast,) stumbled into the castle, and became the Beast's prisoner.

When Belle went looking for her father, the Beast said he would let him go if she stayed as his prisoner in exchange.

I just remember the scene where the Beast gives her that gigantic library!!!

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Shoot, I can't say I would have agreed to marry the guy, but let's just say I wouldn't have been in any hurry to leave soon!

And... I would have most definitely strayed into the West Wing.

Ahh, so. I've yet to see the movie except for some excerpts here and there, but I do remember how much my daughter loved her Belle gress [sic]. Now that I think about it, though, if a courtly candelabra or an attentive teapot didn't phase her well, then...

The library might've keep me busy enough to not wonder what might've been in the west wing, but only if I could ones that were illustrated, and the illustrations had to be just as intriguing as the stories to match. If so, a book on the topic of botany, even if its only categorizing all the different types of mosses, would be enough to distract me from wandering too far.

However, I do have a story about going where I shouldn't have. I don't remember, now, if it was my idea or my bestie's. I just remember the one emboldened the other to check out a legend of the haunted car which culminated with my bestie turned around in her seat staring into the headlights of a phantom car shrieking, no, crying, "Go! Go! Oh, ....pleeeease, Go!!!" as the headlights illuminated her terrified expression. I was greatly disturbed, yes, but I found myself laughing maniacally at the horror was experiencing while I pushed my 4 cylinders to max capacity as the headlights gave every appearance of raming us off the road. All the while, "Is it a ghost car? Is it a real car?..." was going through my head but when I saw that we had come to the railroad tracks a comfort came over me, perhaps this was the impetus for my maniacal laughter, somehow I knew we'd be okay once we got over the tracks and... once we cleared the tracks, indeed, it was gone like it had never been there.

And this brings a reminder to me, also. Recently, I thought of you (having written something about finding good books) while watching a compilation of kids' books by "Vooks" on Youtube with my granddaughter. She insisted that she wanted to watch the 'bear' book, and I had no idea which one she was talking about. This one? no. This one? noo.. Then I thought, 'wait, maybe I'm missing that she wants to rewatch a book and it was the first one that was on and she wants to watch it again (I wasn't paying attention as I was preoccupied with something, and the mister confirmed, "yea, there was a bear in that one..") so I rewinded and she exclaimed, "Yaye!" and so it was, a book by Anna Kang (companied by perfect illustrations) called "I'm (Not) Scared."

 

[Mem]

Ahh, so. I've yet to see the movie except for some excerpts here and there, but I do remember how much my daughter loved her Belle gress [sic]. Now that I think about it, though, if a courtly candelabra or an attentive teapot didn't phase her well, then...

The library might've keep me busy enough to not wonder what might've been in the west wing, but only if I could ones that were illustrated, and the illustrations had to be just as intriguing as the stories to match. If so, a book on the topic of botany, even if its only categorizing all the different types of mosses, would be enough to distract me from wandering too far.

However, I do have a story about going where I shouldn't have. I don't remember, now, if it was my idea or my bestie's. I just remember the one emboldened the other to check out a legend of the haunted car which culminated with my bestie turned around in her seat staring into the headlights of a phantom car shrieking, no, crying, "Go! Go! Oh, ....pleeeease, Go!!!" as the headlights illuminated her terrified expression. I was greatly disturbed, yes, but I found myself laughing maniacally at the horror was experiencing while I pushed my 4 cylinders to max capacity as the headlights gave every appearance of raming us off the road. All the while, "Is it a ghost car? Is it a real car?..." was going through my head but when I saw that we had come to the railroad tracks a comfort came over me, perhaps this was the impetus for my maniacal laughter, somehow I knew we'd be okay once we got over the tracks and... once we cleared the tracks, indeed, it was gone like it had never been there.

And this brings a reminder to me, also. Recently, I thought of you (having written something about finding good books) while watching a compilation of kids' books by "Vooks" on Youtube with my granddaughter. She insisted that she wanted to watch the 'bear' book, and I had no idea which one she was talking about. This one? no. This one? noo.. Then I thought, 'wait, maybe I'm missing that she wants to rewatch a book and it was the first one that was on and she wants to watch it again (I wasn't paying attention as I was preoccupied with something, and the mister confirmed, "yea, there was a bear in that one..") so I rewinded and she exclaimed, "Yaye!" and so it was, a book by Anna Kang (companied by perfect illustrations) called "I'm (Not) Scared."

And now, I'm on a quest to obtain that book for Lettie, and maybe another Anna Kang book, for myself, "It's (Not) Perfect."
But, meanwhile, I think that I found one would be perfect for the cc coffee table.