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05-16-2008, 10:54 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
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Tim Burton Writes Books?
Turns out he writes books but they suck.
I reviewed one of them. Guess what I said about it?
http://www.printnpost.com/articles/6...ton/Page1.html
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05-16-2008, 11:06 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
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Yeah. My friend bought the "Oyster Boy " book some time ago. I flipped through it. Yeah, I found it fucked up. I mean, I know that by NOW I should have seen enough things in life to desensitize me to a whole lot of unpleasantries. But this was just a parade of "fucked up." I think you were dead on when you said "This book is perfectly hatful, only offering further mental abuse and feelings of rejection to anyone who may have suffered any of these maladies." I think that may have been what bothered me about it.
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05-23-2008, 12:54 PM
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Tim Burton isn't all that bad. It is a rather weird book. I have done a analysis on two poems from the book. One is actually okay. You can also look at the poems for your self to see what you think. I try to be fair whenever possible.
Jimmy the Hideous Penguin Boy (Reasonably good and almost elegant, while being extremely short.)
http://www.printnpost.com/articles/6...ton/Page1.html
Stick Boy and Match Girl (Shallow as Heck.)
http://www.printnpost.com/articles/6...ton/Page1.html
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05-23-2008, 04:25 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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I've got a copy of that book. Admittedly they are a bit messed up, but I think that gives them an original touch. Also in all fairness even the title of the book ("The melancholy death of oysterboy & other stories) suggests that it isn't really a kiddie book and that it's going to be slightly wrong.
I think saying it's "hateful, only offering further mental abuse" is a bit harsh, it's meerly poems about people who don't fit in with society for one reason or another (even if the reasons are far-fetched). Personally, I think Catch and Tea & Cake are taking way too seriously what I see as a bit of light hearted reading.
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05-23-2008, 08:55 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Under the clouds.
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I want to read that book again. I also really enjoyed looking at the pictures as well. I felt sorry for Oyster Boy. There parents only wanted to have sex.
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05-24-2008, 07:19 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: In Your Pants, PA.
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Tim Burton writing a "messed up" book?
UNTHINKABLE!!!!!!!
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05-24-2008, 08:41 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: a sneeze away from San Francisco
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I have yet to read it, but I think I will borrow my friend's copy, lest I waste my own money.
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At some point, you need to look yourself in the mirror and realize that what other people did to you does not define you as a person. You and your actions define who you are as a person. It's up to you to be a good person, in spite of all the evil you've faced. In fact, it should be because of the evil you see that it's good you do. Be the change you want in the world. Next time someone tells me that they're an asshole because they've had a bad life, I'm stabbing them in the eye with a spork.
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05-24-2008, 09:20 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Canada
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Originally Posted by badteccy
Tim Burton writing a "messed up" book?
UNTHINKABLE!!!!!!!
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I know!!!!
Maybe he should stick with his movies? I have to check out that book.
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05-24-2008, 09:24 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: El Paso, Texas/ Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua
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Why do people call it fucked up?
It's not fucked up; it's just amateurish.
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People who say they don’t care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don’t care what people think.
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05-25-2008, 11:48 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: In Your Pants, PA.
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Originally Posted by ††BlackRose††
I know!!!!
Maybe he should stick with his movies? I have to check out that book.
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Ha, I was being saracstic.
Of course it's "thinkable". Also, I do agree with Jillian, it isn't really fucked up, AT ALL...of course, I was reading shit like The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things in 5th grade.
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05-25-2008, 04:48 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: In Your Pants, PA.
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I mean honestly, haven't any of you seen Frankenweenie?
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05-26-2008, 04:32 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: R'lyeh
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"Even though Tim Burton is known for creating entertaining sets to entertain children.
Do not give this book to a child."
I don't think many people would let a child watch Sleepy Hollow.
He has made some rather adult films.
I don't think the book is actually intended for children?
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05-26-2008, 04:37 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
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Originally Posted by Malice In Wonderland
"Even though Tim Burton is known for creating entertaining sets to entertain children.
Do not give this book to a child."
I don't think many people would let a child watch Sleepy Hollow.
He has made some rather adult films.
I don't think the book is actually intended for children?
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I saw that film when I was eight and loved it.
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05-26-2008, 10:30 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: south north america
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I think the book is funny, personally, and I love it.
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05-27-2008, 04:08 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Under Your Bed.
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I like it as well. It almost reminds me of Amphigorey the teensiest bit, though a lot less amusing and, well, awesome.
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05-27-2008, 06:39 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: England
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The melanchony death of oyster boy is my faveourite book. It is both creative and entertaining, along with providing the odd laugh here and there.
Last edited by Chazz; 05-27-2008 at 06:39 PM.
Reason: left an I at the bottom :P
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05-27-2008, 07:30 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Bliss
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I guess the book isn't so bad. I did another poetry analysis of "Brie Boy." It should be on the site tommorrow. It is another playful tale that makes people feel like S&$T.
http://www.printnpost.com/authors/29...ie-Christensen
You know, you could comment there also. I guess there isn't much point because everything is discussed here, but you know. 
(Press the tab that says, "Articles by this Author.")
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06-02-2008, 08:36 AM
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I own all of the books he published so far -- they are wonderful.
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06-02-2008, 11:30 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Gr!mland
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Originally Posted by Godslayer Jillian
Why do people call it fucked up?
It's not fucked up; it's just amateurish.
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I think that's why I like that book so much. It's the way they are written as if for a child to read. But reading into such poems as "the boy with nails in his eyes" you realise with a mixture of confusion and delight that this is far from the truth.
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