"Lord of the Flies" is on TCM now

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

It started at 11:00 (half hour ago). Wish I could have seen it from the beginning - I've never seen it.

[skygazer]

1. I never saw it

I read the book for the first time when I was about 10 years old - one of my older siblings had it assigned to her and I picked it up.

My mom found me in a corner totally engrossed and was a little concerned. She asked me, "Do you understand it?" and I told her "yeah, and it's really good!"

So she left me to my own devices with it - pretty gnarly book for a 10-year-old. Always thought that was pretty cool of mom.

Is the movie any good?

[GCP]

2. The English original is the best IMHO

Don't know which one they're showing.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

3. I think that's it - from 1963

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

4. Well, we're not watching it

I hate to start watching a movie after it's a half hour in, especially if I've never seen it before. I'll try to catch it again later or add it to our Netflix queue.

That was cool of your mom!

[skygazer]

5. My mom was great!

When I was in kindergarten in 1966, I started a minor riot on the first day when I refused to sit in a pink chair. Because back then, boys sat in blue chairs and girls sat in pink. :eyes:

I didn't like pink.

I sat in a blue chair and when the teacher tried to get me to move, I clamped onto the seat with both hands and burst into tears. But I wouldn't budge.

So she called my mom who had to come to the school (no doubt wondering what the hell I could have done on the very first day) and when she heard what had happened, she snapped, "Why can't she sit in a blue chair?"

The teacher had no sensible response to that so from then on, we practiced a form of gender equality in my kindergarten class. At least in seating. :P

Yeah, my mom was my hero. :loveya:

[trof]

6. I know it's fiction, but the sociological aspects are still fascinating.

And one of our species dreamed it up.
Would we dissolve into total anarchy without our more-or-less 'civilized' framework of government and 'rules'?
Interesting question.

[Deja Q]

7. And better than that new 'reality' show too where they stick a bunch of snots on a desert island...