site banner
PaperclipPerfector  1mo ago (text post)   2511 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for April 24, 2026

Be advised: this thread is not for serious in-depth discussion of weighty topics (we have a link for that), this thread is not for anything Culture War related. This thread is for Fun. You got jokes? Share 'em. You got silly questions? Ask 'em.

1
Top Bottom Old Controversial Comments
Jump in the discussion.

No email address required.

Ordered Chinese food tonight and then watched Kung Fu Panda with my 5 year old and wife. The older 7 year old still doesn't like movies, hates any kind of tension building or "scary" parts as she calls them. Solid movie. Any other kid+family movies that still kick but?

The Lion King

and here I was hoping you'd post the better version. i cry evrytim

WALL-E unless they need something fast-paced, which it isn't.

Man, I want Chinese food now. Sounds delicious.

Avatar the Last Airbender, while a show, is awesome. Another great kids movie is the Pokemon Movie with Mewtoo, the first one I believe.

I instantly read your first sentence as “… and then watched Kung Fu Panda with my 5 year old wife…”

Morning’s been rough.

How about Paddington?

George of the Jungle. It even has a part where the narrator pauses to reassure the audience that everyone is all right.

Cars? Is the nightmare sequence too scary?

I remember refusing to show my sons Cars because of the frenetic pace of the editing. It seemed like a film designed to induce ADHD.

If the seven year old shows any interest in athleticism, there are a ton of great old sports movies that may be more tolerable. The Mighty Ducks trilogy, Sandlot, Rookie of the Year, Little Big League.

In this house, we watch Remember the Titans on loop.

Shaolin Soccer was also a big hit with my kids, and it's so goofy that it might slip through the scariness.

The dog from Sandlot still gives me nightmares. It may or may not be why I have such visceral disgust for dog slobber to this day.

Disney Renaissance animated movies, in particular Aladdin, The Lion King and Mulan.

I like The Rescuers Down Under and Beauty and the Beast. The three you name aren't bad, but they're a bit pop-y/meme-y, in the Shrek vibe sense, whereas these two are a bit more classic flavour.

The Lion King? No scary, tension-building parts? Seriously?

Edit: wait, there are two kids, I see

Children's movies without any tension building or scary parts barely exist. Ones that "kick butt" and don't have tension I genuinely don't think exist.

And honestly, there's probably one of the easiest cases to argue for it being good for a kid's development to make them face their fears in the form of gentle tension building in family movies while surrounded by their family for support. It's hardly "losing" their kids in the forest with a compass and a knife.

How To Train Your Dragon 1, The Iron Giant (but sounds like your 7 year old would hate this), all Pixar movies through Toy Story 3, Wreck-It Ralph 1, Big Hero 6

What is this place?

This website is a place for people who want to move past shady thinking and test their ideas in a court of people who don't all share the same biases. Our goal is to optimize for light, not heat; this is a group effort, and all commentators are asked to do their part.

The weekly Culture War threads host the most controversial topics and are the most visible aspect of The Motte. However, many other topics are appropriate here. We encourage people to post anything related to science, politics, or philosophy; if in doubt, post!

Check out The Vault for an archive of old quality posts. You are encouraged to crosspost these elsewhere.


Why are you called The Motte?

A motte is a stone keep on a raised earthwork common in early medieval fortifications. More pertinently, it's an element in a rhetorical move called a "Motte-and-Bailey", originally identified by philosopher Nicholas Shackel. It describes the tendency in discourse for people to move from a controversial but high value claim to a defensible but less exciting one upon any resistance to the former. He likens this to the medieval fortification, where a desirable land (the bailey) is abandoned when in danger for the more easily defended motte. In Shackel's words, "The Motte represents the defensible but undesired propositions to which one retreats when hard pressed."

On The Motte, always attempt to remain inside your defensible territory, even if you are not being pressed.


New post guidelines

If you're posting something that isn't related to the culture war, we encourage you to post a thread for it. A submission statement is highly appreciated, but isn't necessary for text posts or links to largely-text posts such as blogs or news articles; if we're unsure of the value of your post, we might remove it until you add a submission statement. A submission statement is required for non-text sources (videos, podcasts, images).

Culture war posts go in the culture war thread; all links must either include a submission statement or significant commentary. Bare links without those will be removed.

If in doubt, please post it!


Rules


Recommended Posts And Communities

Recommended Realtime Chats