Flying monkeys or trolls? REAL ONES.

[NKJ nut]

Between flying monkeys and trolls, which are you more terrified of?

I am equally unconcerned with either. One goes away for lack of attention the other you shouldn't be seeing unless you go crazy.

 

[sigp220.45]

I would have given the nod to flying monkeys, until I saw the trailer for Troll Hunter:

The Troll Hunter Trailer - Trailer Addict

 

[USAF385]

I ran into three trolls once. Their names were Tom, Bert, and William..... they weren't much to be afraid of.

 

[GatorFarmer]

I would have given the nod to flying monkeys, until I saw the trailer for Troll Hunter:

The Troll Hunter Trailer - Trailer Addict

HDNet showed it as an exclusive premiere. I saw most of it. It was "eh, okay". But I didn't get to see the scenes of Krags vs. big ugly monsters that'd I'd dreamt of when I first read about it.

 

[NKJ nut]

FLYING MONKEYS

wErn't tHeY a rOcK bAnD iN tHe lAtE 6o'S?

oR wAz tHaT tHe MONKEES?

MONKEES it was. Daddy and Grandpa thought they were a threat to civilization, but even though I was a kid I wasn't the least bit terrified of them.

 

[jkc]

Flying monkeys aren't necessarily malicious ---

"We have lost our way," said Dorothy. " Can you tell us where the Emerald City is?"

"Certainly," answered the Queen, "but it is a great way off, for you have had it at your backs all this time." Then she noticed Dorothy's Golden Cap, and said, "Why don't you use the charm of the Cap, and call the Winged Monkeys to you? They will carry you to the City of Oz in less than an hour."

"I didn't know there was a charm," answered Dorothy, in surprise. "What is it?"

... "It is written inside the Cap ...they must obey the wearer of the Cap ...

Dorothy looked inside the Golden Cap and saw some words written upon the lining. These she thought, must be the charm, so she read the directions carefully and put the Cap upon her head. ... they heard a great chattering and flapping of wings, as the band of Winged Monkeys flew up to them.

The King bowed low before Dorothy, and asked, "What is your command?"

So, what's wanted for flying monkeys is the Golden Cap and the directions for its use. I'm unaware of any such control strategy for trolls.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

looks like there was some serious drinking last night
I'm thinking chimpanzes dusted with anthrax dust launched over the walls with a trebuchet manned by the village troll.

 

[scooter123]

Flying monkeys for me. When I was a wee lad my family used to trek to my paternal gandmother every Thnksgiving. Don't know why but the featured movie every years was the Wizard of Oz. To a 4 year old those beasts were the most frightening thing I ever saw and I suspect that my mother came to really loathe that movie in spite of being a Voice major in college. If those things were actually real today I'd have a flame throwing turret on the roof of my house so I could kill them with fire.

 

[walnutred]

Flying monkeys for me, especially when the have I-Phones and have flash mob capability.

 

[Maximumbob54]

I'm far more scared of flying horses. Anyone else ever had to shovel up their droppings? What if it just started raining that stuff... Scarey indeed.

 

[wuluf]

Bacon....or detcord.

 

[nicky4968]

I'm glad to see someone other than myself grew up in a house filled to the brim with old, old books. I thought I was the only one left who knew about the Golden Cap; or Button Bright; or the Shaggy Man.
Without the Golden Cap, it would be FM for me.
In King Rat there is a description of some sort of venemous snake that can flatten itself out and glide from the treetops much like a flying squirrel. If those are real, I'm going to avoid that part of the world.

 

[jlrhiner]

In King Rat there is a description of some sort of venemous snake that can flatten itself out and glide from the treetops much like a flying squirrel. If those are real, I'm going to avoid that part of the world.

Hell, they wouldn't have to be venemous! ANY snake that flies would keep ME indoors!

 

[pharmer]

I've been waiting 40 years for those Acid flashbacks I was warned about. I'm glad Hiram's getting his. Joe

 

[bubbiesdad]

This kind of troll?

The Bridge of Death - YouTube

 

[BearBio]

Hiram: Hello, Brother.

I taught a course in grad school in Tropical Ecology. The first thing you learn is stay out from under the trees:
1) Coconuts will bust your skull when they fall. Not good if you are in an area where the Dr comes once a week.
2) Monkeys love to drop things-usually something already digested to keep intruders from their territory.

 

[USAF385]

I'm a bit sad nobody got my Tolkien reference.

 

[jkc]

I thought I was the only one left who knew about the Golden Cap ...

I don't recall this book being around during my childhood. I think I took an interest in it well into adulthood, for some forgotten reason. I happened to have a used, cheap, paperback copy around, from which I excerpted the quotations.

This, and other works by its author, L. Frank Baum, ought to be in every children's library. As Baum said, "It aspires to be a modernized fairy tale, in which the wonderment and joy are retained and the heartaches and nightmares are left out."

It's ironic that the "Winged Monkeys" have become iconic of fearful imaginary creatures, thanks to their portrayal in the film (I have a female friend who won't watch the movie, owing to her dread of the monkeys...) which is just what Baum abhorred --- "... the time has come for a new series of 'wonder tales' in which the stereotyped genie, dwarf and fairy are eliminated, together with all the horrible and blood-curdling incidents devised by their authors to point a fearsome moral to each tale." I think he would be mortified that his monkeys have perpetuated the fear and loathing he sought to sanitize from children's lit.

 

[hiram2005]

This kind of troll?

The Bridge of Death - YouTube

Yep, bridge troll.

 

[hiram2005]

I've been waiting 40 years for those Acid flashbacks I was warned about. I'm glad Hiram's getting his. Joe

Man I have flashbacks and never touched the stuff!