Passing on the torch: 2000ad through 6 year-old eyes

[The Enigmatic Dr X]

A touching moment...

My boy, just picked up this week's prog and asked to read it. He struggled through all the hard words in Flesh, as he's a big dinosaur fan, and was gutted when it was over. Then he perked up when I told him more would come on Saturday.

"I like this comic," he said, an infinitely wise sentiment.

I skpped over the sweary word though judicious use of a covering finger.

A few weeks from now and he'll be making headway into the old 80s progs. I feel jealous of the worlds of wonder that await him.

[House of Usher]

Will you have to cover whole panels of Kingdom with the palm of your hand next week, should we discover whether or not 'doggy style' is Gene and Clara's preferred position?

[The Enigmatic Dr X]

His timing is good, I thought. I dunno how I would have covered up Necrophim. Or explained it - he's a "good guy / bad guy" sort of chap.

[Banners]

Will you have to cover whole panels of Kingdom with the palm of your hand next week, should we discover whether or not 'doggy style' is Gene and Clara's preferred position?

I guess whether that happens will depend on whether Clara can, ahem, get whet...?

[House of Usher]

Ewwwww! 


(Anyway, it doesn't mean that. 'Whet' means sharpened.)

[SmallBlueThing]

Well, I think that's absolutely bloody lovely. Fair play to you, a great moment. Is there a naughty word in Flesh, then? For shame Mr Mills, don't you know there are ladies and children present? Is it an "s" word or an "f" word? Not a cunt, surely?

I'm waiting for Strip #1 for much the same reasons- one shark-obsessed six year old is hopefully going to be very happy indeed!

SBT

[Tiplodocus]

Tiny Tips is working his way through CASE FILES #1 at the moment.

And enjoying it rather a lot.

That and some Batman comics that Alan Grant's brother gave him.

And he's loving teh BATMAN ANIMATED Series that we've been watching on DVD.

Now how do I get him into Star Trek...?

[The Enigmatic Dr X]

Is it an "s" word or an "f" word? Not a cunt, surely?

SBT

Heh. That made me laugh. I'm assuming the full spelling was deliberate!

The bad word was "shit".

[The Enigmatic Dr X]

hat we've been watching on DVD.

Now how do I get him into Star Trek...?

I suggest Primeval as a sci-fi primer. £15 for the first three series on DVD and lots of hot S-Club 7 chick in her pants action. (As we all know, there ain't no party like an S-Club party).

[SmallBlueThing]

In my experience, classic (proper) trek has no interest for small boys these days. Mine were just bored rigid, even by devil in the dark; which i thought might work due to the suspense, gruesome deaths and a monster. They took such a dislike to trek that they wont even watch the (pacier, funnier, special effectsier) recent movie, despite taking eldest to see it when it was in cinemas and he claiming to 'like' it at the time. If i threaten to put on an episode these days, they actually go to their rooms! Maybe the 'cerebral' nature of the series, so at odds with modern sci-fi (new dr who, xmen, transformers, etc) has proven to be its undoing in the long run. Or maybe my boys are just bloody doing it to wind me up. I wouldnt put it past them.
SBT

[Michaelvk]

In my experience, classic (proper) trek has no interest for small boys these days. Mine were just bored rigid, even by devil in the dark; which i thought might work due to the suspense, gruesome deaths and a monster. They took such a dislike to trek that they wont even watch the (pacier, funnier, special effectsier) recent movie, despite taking eldest to see it when it was in cinemas and he claiming to 'like' it at the time. If i threaten to put on an episode these days, they actually go to their rooms! Maybe the 'cerebral' nature of the series, so at odds with modern sci-fi (new dr who, xmen, transformers, etc) has proven to be its undoing in the long run. Or maybe my boys are just bloody doing it to wind me up. I wouldnt put it past them.
SBT

Could be that it looks like someone made it in their garage. There are fanfilms on youtube that look better than the original series. It's desensitization to modern VFX.

[SmallBlueThing]

Nah, my boys are used to basic fx work- theyve been brought up on pertwee and baker dr who, universal horror movies, hammer, etc. Ive made sure they mostly dont watch crappy fx-y things like bay's transformers films, and they honestly prefer ray harryhausen to cgi for the most part. I think trek's problem is its lack of physical conflict, beyond the odd phaser and kirk fisticuffs. The message of peace and understanding is there in every frame, and at odds with the current warmongering we find in most kids' sf.

It doesnt help that, to children of 2011, its basically 'the wiggles in space'.

It's also very gaudy, with a colour scheme that doesnt look like much else on tv now.

But i can live with them disliking it; i refuse to buy the bastardised cgi fx releases. Blood, sweat and tears went into those models, and i love them.

SBT

[The Big Man]

Tiny Tips is working his way through CASE FILES #1 at the moment.

And enjoying it rather a lot.

That and some Batman comics that Alan Grant's brother gave him.

And he's loving teh BATMAN ANIMATED Series that we've been watching on DVD.

Now how do I get him into Star Trek...?

My wee boy, who's 5 and a half loves new and old Doctor Who, he also knows who Judge Dredd is, and we've watched a few episodes of the original Star Trek together, which he also likes.