Timeline for Why were the "Monsters, Inc." monsters told that touching kids would kill them?
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| Mar 26, 2022 at 15:06 | answer | added | Japesh Nanu | timeline score: 0 | |
| Oct 15, 2014 at 13:14 | vote | accept | LCIII | ||
| Oct 9, 2014 at 8:30 | comment | added | BLoB | What about the entertainment value that is probably a big driver behind such decisions? | |
| Oct 8, 2014 at 18:39 | answer | added | Robert Mandeville | timeline score: 34 | |
| Oct 8, 2014 at 14:59 | answer | added | Blazemonger | timeline score: 2 | |
| Oct 7, 2014 at 12:28 | comment | added | Josh | I seem to remember that this is more-blatantly addressed in the prequel, Monsters University. But now I have to go back and watch it again to confirm. | |
| Oct 7, 2014 at 8:41 | comment | added | sampathsris | [A very opinionated comment]: Because the Monster universe is an inversion of our universe. Here, the every child is told that Monsters could kill them. And this fear gets imprinted to the child's mind for a long time. Similarly, every monster child is told that human children could kill them. Reading between the lines, the movie tells us how stupid it is to plant false fears in a child's mind. | |
| Oct 7, 2014 at 8:16 | comment | added | John Demetriou | @BobbyAlexander it currently exists in the movie universe and in the real world as expressed in the movie universe, so in theory it fits here | |
| Oct 7, 2014 at 4:57 | comment | added | bobbyalex | I dont think Monsters Inc exists outside the movie universe. | |
| Oct 6, 2014 at 21:50 | comment | added | Omegacron | @AndrewLewis - that's deep, man. | |
| Oct 6, 2014 at 19:04 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackSciFi/status/519201468239593475 | ||
| Oct 6, 2014 at 16:41 | comment | added | Andrew Lewis | Because the metaphor of the movie is "Fear is Power". Keep the kids afraid, keep the monsters afraid, and you gain power. The point of the movie is to show that it's all a big lie. Love, joy, respect, cooperation, etc is true power. | |
| Oct 6, 2014 at 16:08 | answer | added | Shisa | timeline score: 46 | |
| Oct 6, 2014 at 13:31 | answer | added | Jason Patterson | timeline score: 83 | |
| Oct 6, 2014 at 12:59 | answer | added | FuzzyBoots | timeline score: 22 | |
| Oct 6, 2014 at 12:53 | history | asked | LCIII | CC BY-SA 3.0 |