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13 years ago
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Hey everyfur :D!
YES! I am alive!!!
I'm sorry if for some time now I was a bit absent in the life of FA and stuff. Guess it was the “Back to uni / autumn” thing.
But now I will try to be a more active Agent-bum
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO... For a nice starter I decided to make a small “Top something” list. Yes, one of those... There's still time to leave this journal folks
So... brace Yourself for:
So yes – petrification. It was always one of my fave fetishes. Why? Dunno. Maybe because it is a metaphor of “ultimate” entrapment – being a prisoner of Your own body or something? Dunno, but for me – it's pretty damn hot X3 Also I like to point out that I'm the fan of “Not-so-lethal” petrification theory. In short, I like to imagine that the petrified person is not technically dead: they are either in stasis (as asleep with the possibility of reviving them) or aware, but unable to do anything.
This list shows one of my fave petrification and generally turning to solid material scenes from movies. I'm gonna cheat a little bit about it, cause I will include some animated movies, but at the same time will try to stick to the full motion movie formula. I know a fair amount of this kind of stuff, but sadly... don't remember most of them. So the ones which You will read – those are the ones that fell into my memory the most. Also the list is just “the most memorable” and not really 1st, 2nd, 3rd and so on places... (that I will save for the future ).
With that said: My most fave (or at least those i remember) petrification scenes!
1.Clash of the Titans (both new and old)
Yeah... Clash of the Titans. I love the original movie! Sure, it's that old style campy Hollywood cinema. But I would lie if I said I don't enjoy it a lot. I just have a thing for Greek mythology and stuff. But one of the main elements that really make the movie worth watching for me is the Medusa fight scene. Yeah, the character that had one of the BIGGEST influences on the petrification fetish and is brought to life by the awesome skills of Ray Harryhausen. I guess this scene of one of my first encounters with petrification (apart from some cartoons). Despite it's age, it's still a pretty impressive thing, even though the process of turning into stone is a jump-cut in most cases.
As for the new... well, I won't go into a huge rant about it ^^' But to be honest – I guess it does a bit better job at showing the transformation aspect, mainly to the use of CGI.
Clash of the Titans – what's better to stop huge sea monsters, than good'ol decapitated, serpent haired monsters
2.Chronicles of Narnia
Now here's another, more recent stone-cookie. I'm talking about both “The lion, which, wardrobe” and “Voyage of the Dawn Treader”, though the second having only a lesser petri-thing. The LWW had some really awesome stone transformations, with... actually only few shown on screen (most notable the Griffin and the Fox). The griffin one for me is one of the most memorable due to the fact that... it's actually an awesome combination of image and sound. The griffon is turning into stone in mid air, and the graphics are pretty dang well, but the thing that really makes the scene is... the sound. I know this sounds pretty weird, but the moment the griffon goes silent – it just shows the petrification aspect so well – becoming a silent statue. And I know, I know... he crumbles into pieces. But remember, that it's a kid-mostly movie and he's probably better.
As for the Dawn Treader – well... the Golden Pool. Sadly You can only see an already gold statue and some shoe bling-ification, but it's still a really good idea (though unused ^^').
What to say... “The lion, the witch and the lotsa-petri scenes.”
3.Wishmaster
Good'ol Wishmaster. For those who don't know, Wishmaster was a kind-of-horror movie about an evil Genie (or to me more proper Djinn from Arabic lore) who grants people's wishes and always in the worst way possible. Sure, the movie was a bit dark, gruesome and... has one of the best transformation bundle :D!
Like... seriously.in the first few minutes we get snake tf, tree tf, petrification, and later mannequin tf and glass stastatue :D! And the effects and make up on those is REALLY good.
But back to the plot... The ones I like a lot are the first petrification scene, where a guy is propelled into a stone wall and in a second is “merged” with it, turning him into this stone-carving. The scene itself is very dynamic and very creative - different from the classic portrayals of petrification. Of course it can be overlooked the by the sheer amount of madness that follows it X3
Another one is at the end of the movie, where some random-boobed-lady is turned into a glass statue. Again the scene is VERY short, followed by her turning into glass shards (no worries, she gets better ). But still – glass transformations in live action aren't really something common.
Despite the horror-theme, I wish there were more TF movies like... Wishmaster
4.Troll in central park.
Well...
…
Ok – this isn't really my TOP fave Don Bluth movie folks ^^'. I won't get into too much about it. But it does contain 2 (or 3?) petri scenes. The one which stayed in my memory the most was the bat petrification during the villain-song. Our evil Queen Gnorga (Gesundheit!) has the power to turn thing into stone with her thumb (maybe she picked her nose one time too many?). During her exposition song about how EVIL she is she uses that power to petrify a random bat. Now, what I love about this scene is that it's actually a 2 part transformation. Firstly the bats wing is turned to stone, forcing him to land. To be honest it show pretty well what physical impact such tf would have on someone (try flying with a stone wing!). Secondly – full body stone tf. Again... it's a really short scene, but due to the animation of Don Bluth and some pretty good ideas, it's one of the more memorable for me. It's very similar to the petrification of the crow in Narcoleptic Gal (aka. Sleeping Beauty) but... the disney one is even shorter being “BANG! You're stoned!”.
So... Who would have thought that a kiddy movie would have such a fetishy (for some people ^^') moment
5.Aladdin and the Prince of Thieves.
OK... I only know about this movie that it had a aurification tf in it. But it was a pretty good one! In the ending climax between Aladdin and his Father versus... Some guy who's name starts on the letter ”S” - he had some claws and was kind of like Wolverine of Arabia. The whole dead goes about our macguffin – the Hand of Midas whom our villain wants. The protagonist throws the item to the bad dude, who catches it with his bare hand (Hey, dude! Read Petrification 101 there – never catch those things with bare hand! Haven't You played Tomb Raider or something X3?). Of course what follows is the classic moment of realization, which I like to fall the “Oh-F Moment” and being turned into a nice golden decoration. Then he sinks in a random body of water and that's it...
Still, the writing on that one made it a pretty nice one, and... kind of serious considering the kiddy-ness of the movie in general.
Anyways – not everything that glisters gold, unless You have the hand of Midas
SO! That was mostly it folks. I may expand it a bit in the future and fore sure – do more “Top something” lists.
I do hope You enjoyed it and if You have an opinion about them, or Your own fave petrification scenes – please, share them in the comments section :D!
Thanks for reading Dudettes and Dudes and take care!
-Maciej
YES! I am alive!!!
I'm sorry if for some time now I was a bit absent in the life of FA and stuff. Guess it was the “Back to uni / autumn” thing.
But now I will try to be a more active Agent-bum
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO... For a nice starter I decided to make a small “Top something” list. Yes, one of those... There's still time to leave this journal folks
So... brace Yourself for:
Agent's Top Fave Movie Petrifications !!!So yes – petrification. It was always one of my fave fetishes. Why? Dunno. Maybe because it is a metaphor of “ultimate” entrapment – being a prisoner of Your own body or something? Dunno, but for me – it's pretty damn hot X3 Also I like to point out that I'm the fan of “Not-so-lethal” petrification theory. In short, I like to imagine that the petrified person is not technically dead: they are either in stasis (as asleep with the possibility of reviving them) or aware, but unable to do anything.
This list shows one of my fave petrification and generally turning to solid material scenes from movies. I'm gonna cheat a little bit about it, cause I will include some animated movies, but at the same time will try to stick to the full motion movie formula. I know a fair amount of this kind of stuff, but sadly... don't remember most of them. So the ones which You will read – those are the ones that fell into my memory the most. Also the list is just “the most memorable” and not really 1st, 2nd, 3rd and so on places... (that I will save for the future ).
With that said: My most fave (or at least those i remember) petrification scenes!
1.Clash of the Titans (both new and old)
Yeah... Clash of the Titans. I love the original movie! Sure, it's that old style campy Hollywood cinema. But I would lie if I said I don't enjoy it a lot. I just have a thing for Greek mythology and stuff. But one of the main elements that really make the movie worth watching for me is the Medusa fight scene. Yeah, the character that had one of the BIGGEST influences on the petrification fetish and is brought to life by the awesome skills of Ray Harryhausen. I guess this scene of one of my first encounters with petrification (apart from some cartoons). Despite it's age, it's still a pretty impressive thing, even though the process of turning into stone is a jump-cut in most cases.
As for the new... well, I won't go into a huge rant about it ^^' But to be honest – I guess it does a bit better job at showing the transformation aspect, mainly to the use of CGI.
Clash of the Titans – what's better to stop huge sea monsters, than good'ol decapitated, serpent haired monsters
2.Chronicles of Narnia
Now here's another, more recent stone-cookie. I'm talking about both “The lion, which, wardrobe” and “Voyage of the Dawn Treader”, though the second having only a lesser petri-thing. The LWW had some really awesome stone transformations, with... actually only few shown on screen (most notable the Griffin and the Fox). The griffin one for me is one of the most memorable due to the fact that... it's actually an awesome combination of image and sound. The griffon is turning into stone in mid air, and the graphics are pretty dang well, but the thing that really makes the scene is... the sound. I know this sounds pretty weird, but the moment the griffon goes silent – it just shows the petrification aspect so well – becoming a silent statue. And I know, I know... he crumbles into pieces. But remember, that it's a kid-mostly movie and he's probably better.
As for the Dawn Treader – well... the Golden Pool. Sadly You can only see an already gold statue and some shoe bling-ification, but it's still a really good idea (though unused ^^').
What to say... “The lion, the witch and the lotsa-petri scenes.”
3.Wishmaster
Good'ol Wishmaster. For those who don't know, Wishmaster was a kind-of-horror movie about an evil Genie (or to me more proper Djinn from Arabic lore) who grants people's wishes and always in the worst way possible. Sure, the movie was a bit dark, gruesome and... has one of the best transformation bundle :D!
Like... seriously.in the first few minutes we get snake tf, tree tf, petrification, and later mannequin tf and glass stastatue :D! And the effects and make up on those is REALLY good.
But back to the plot... The ones I like a lot are the first petrification scene, where a guy is propelled into a stone wall and in a second is “merged” with it, turning him into this stone-carving. The scene itself is very dynamic and very creative - different from the classic portrayals of petrification. Of course it can be overlooked the by the sheer amount of madness that follows it X3
Another one is at the end of the movie, where some random-boobed-lady is turned into a glass statue. Again the scene is VERY short, followed by her turning into glass shards (no worries, she gets better ). But still – glass transformations in live action aren't really something common.
Despite the horror-theme, I wish there were more TF movies like... Wishmaster
4.Troll in central park.
Well...
…
Ok – this isn't really my TOP fave Don Bluth movie folks ^^'. I won't get into too much about it. But it does contain 2 (or 3?) petri scenes. The one which stayed in my memory the most was the bat petrification during the villain-song. Our evil Queen Gnorga (Gesundheit!) has the power to turn thing into stone with her thumb (maybe she picked her nose one time too many?). During her exposition song about how EVIL she is she uses that power to petrify a random bat. Now, what I love about this scene is that it's actually a 2 part transformation. Firstly the bats wing is turned to stone, forcing him to land. To be honest it show pretty well what physical impact such tf would have on someone (try flying with a stone wing!). Secondly – full body stone tf. Again... it's a really short scene, but due to the animation of Don Bluth and some pretty good ideas, it's one of the more memorable for me. It's very similar to the petrification of the crow in Narcoleptic Gal (aka. Sleeping Beauty) but... the disney one is even shorter being “BANG! You're stoned!”.
So... Who would have thought that a kiddy movie would have such a fetishy (for some people ^^') moment
5.Aladdin and the Prince of Thieves.
OK... I only know about this movie that it had a aurification tf in it. But it was a pretty good one! In the ending climax between Aladdin and his Father versus... Some guy who's name starts on the letter ”S” - he had some claws and was kind of like Wolverine of Arabia. The whole dead goes about our macguffin – the Hand of Midas whom our villain wants. The protagonist throws the item to the bad dude, who catches it with his bare hand (Hey, dude! Read Petrification 101 there – never catch those things with bare hand! Haven't You played Tomb Raider or something X3?). Of course what follows is the classic moment of realization, which I like to fall the “Oh-F Moment” and being turned into a nice golden decoration. Then he sinks in a random body of water and that's it...
Still, the writing on that one made it a pretty nice one, and... kind of serious considering the kiddy-ness of the movie in general.
Anyways – not everything that glisters gold, unless You have the hand of Midas
SO! That was mostly it folks. I may expand it a bit in the future and fore sure – do more “Top something” lists.
I do hope You enjoyed it and if You have an opinion about them, or Your own fave petrification scenes – please, share them in the comments section :D!
Thanks for reading Dudettes and Dudes and take care!
-Maciej
have to say, high-five for knowing what Wishmaster is! :D love tha tmovie
Yes, that was one of the... well, weakest Don Bluth movies. To be honest even "Rock-a-doodle" had more consistency and sense ^^'
And yes, Wishmaster is pretty wicked :3! But only the first part - every other looses more and more comparing to the original.
Thanks so much for sharing this!
They can't see, but they can still hear and feel things, too.
Gooooooooood one X3
...say wait, what ever happened to that hand? :O
...I'm just hoping there's nobody looking for any gold Argonians. :O
Instead, I just hope that swamp doesn't become full of aurifying water, cause we all know where Argonians are most at home.
Albeit an exotic form of that. :P
That's why i think a fetish-crazed staff member should be mandatory on all movie productions!
...or whoever the mouse was. XD
1) Steal a goblet from the dragon's treasure, thus turning yourself into a badass dragon.
2) Fill goblet with water from the pool.
3) Drink up.
There was also another adaptation of Voyage of the Dawn Treader where the guy put a sword in and it aurified too but it was pretty much the same as the other movie.
He's like woke up in the morning "Well hello world! I so hope someone DROPS BY and sticks for a while! That would totally make my day :D!"
HEck, I wouldn't be surprised if someone didn't come up to you with that idea of someone half-way into the pool and subsequently half-aurified. Unfortunately, it's quite heavy....so...yeah....
Good luck getting that person out of the aurification pool. :P
"I WAS PETRIFIED, TODAY!" *angry face*
Not a fan of the show, but I enjoyed the defeat of Discord in... what, the second season of MLP:FIM? Couldn't say specifics. Only really seen the out-of-context scene.
The Liquidator from Darkwing Duck has been mixed with cement on more than one occasion.
And who can forget the Hand of Midas from the original Tomb Raider and the remake?