#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.

[rye-views]

Babe: Pig in the City (1998) dir. George Miller. 7.5/10

I wouldn't recommend this movie to my friends. I wouldn't rewatch this movie.

omg nooo at Arthur getting hurt in the well. Poor Esme tryna survive this city with her pig. Not the fish. No, Flealick.

Wow, this city is beautiful. I love how Babe talks. He's so cute, amusing, and wholesome. This movie is random but good. I like when we really side with babe, esp. the bull terrier. I like the chimp listening to music. I respect Esme.

The people and animals in this city are so mean.

The mice are back.

[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! ^__^

[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

[deathcap420]

Manifests you get crushed by a big ol anvil and a truck backs up over you and you get big ol tire marks all over and dogs start playing with your flattened body as a frisbee and the quiet nights between you and your wife are no longer silent comfort but empty and cold.

Follow for more manifestations that are bad and harm you and ruin your life <3

[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.

[tmrsn]

[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…