#babe pig in the city

[deathcap420]

I just wanna say that the dapper orangutan from Babe Pig in the City saved a baby too, and wasn't even near a microwave. So who's the real hero?

[fanfican]

A Note on the Drama...

I know a lot of you have asked me to comment on the current controversy that's taken over our fandom's little corner of the internet. While I (and most of the other Babe writers I know) do not consider Babe: Pig in the City to be canonical, I understand that some fans like it even better than the original film. I don't agree, but I understand. That said, I feel obligated to vehemently condemn anyone who agrees with the opinion shared by *~PigTales~* alleging that Farmer Hoggett financially abuses his wife Esme. I cannot comprehend how some people out there (including writers I have respected for YEARS) can truly believe that Farmer Hoggett's accident (and resultant injury) when he was trying to fix the farm's well was somehow intentional and calculated. I don't think there is any evidence in either film to demonstrate that Farmer Hoggett would risk his farm and his own health in order to traumatize his wife. Then again, maybe I shouldn't be surprised...many of these fans are the same ones who suggested he was "gaslighting" her in the first film when he didn't tell her about Babe's unique abilities before the televised sheep-herding competition. There is so much nuance in the Hoggetts' relationship that is being ignored by these folks. Ultimately, this work is predominantly a Sky/Rex story (with Sky/Ferdinand as endgame), but I will not cave to the demands of *~PigTales~* and her supporters--Farmer Hoggett/Esme Hoggett will remain a background pairing.

[diet-poison]

David Bowie: You remind me of the babe

Muppet: What babe?

David Bowie: Babe: Pig in the City

[theperfectquestion]

It helps, I think, to regard Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga as less of a prequel to Mad Max: Fury Road and more of a reskin of Babe: Pig in the City.

[slyelias]

good movies

Babe Movies.

Goddamn, I love these movies!

<3

[mariekavanagh]

One thing that I'll never quite get over is that the original Babe movie is pretty much my favourite film of all time and gives me that warm childhood nostalgia every time I watch or even hear the soundtrack, and yet I absolutely despise its sequel for its sloppy plot, inappropriate usage of primates for performing and the fact that it still makes me sad cry as a grown-ass woman.

[thatgeekwiththeclipons]

Happy 78th Birthday to Academy Award Winning filmmaker George Miller! ^__^

[toneyowen]

Cover illustration by: Diane Voyajolu

This artist clearly wasn't briefed on the story beyond the title and "kid has a parrot", but damn if it isn't evocative. Paperback artists should get their names on the cover, not hidden down by the ISBN. No kid would have shelled out for this at the book fair if it weren't for this leering little creep getting weird with his bird.

🦜 ♟️ 👁️ 👄 👁️ 🤦‍♀️

[blacktobackmesa]

popular flanderized HLVRAI characterizations: Bubby is tsundere, Benrey uses modern gamer lingo

my personal HLVRAI flanderization: gman always gets the title of movies he likes just slightly wrong. Like small enough that it's not worth correcting him. It's not on purpose

[dragonskxn]

Starter for @foxedthecards

Out of all the cities she had traveled to since moving to America, Vegas was definitely the most...interesting.

The dragoness had come to enter her pig, Smudge, in a pet competition, held in a hotel of all places. Poor guy only got second place, the winning prize going to a pair of very irritable Sphinx cats wearing matching Elvis outfits.

Still, it was far too late in the evening to try and drive back home, and ironically enough, the hotel that hosted the competition didn't allow pets in their rooms, leaving Annalise to walk the streets of Vegas walking her hog on a leash, looking for a place to stay.

"Smudge, stop pulling so much!" Anna yelps, gripping the leash as the 800-pound hog forces his way through a small gaggle of tourists, parting them like the Red Sea and nearly barreling into the magician performing.

"Sorry, sorry- I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt-" She stammers, finally getting a good hold on the leash. "I guess he really wants to see a magic show."

[cannibalspicnic]

watching Babe (1995) like lol i can't believe this was directed by the Mad Max guy

then Babe 2: Pig in the City (1998) ooooohhhh ok i see it now

*edit I was mistaken. George Miller did not direct the first Babe movie. He co-wrote it. He did direct Babe 2: Pig in the City...and it shows.

[five-five-five]

[biblioklept]

Revisiting Scott Tobias's The New Cult Canon

Today was the last meeting for a Tuesday-Thursday comp class that has been, or maybe I can now say had been, a fucking grind. One bright spot was a student professing an interest in film. A few weeks ago he told me about watching Battleship Potemkin (Eisenstein, 1925), and asked for recommendations. I rattled off titles, unsure how soaked he (and by extent, all) younger persons might be in (my…