tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385336331396124855.post6458333750017342502..comments2024-03-19T14:50:46.819-07:00Comments on The Realm of Zhu: V&A War GamesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385336331396124855.post-16669863915306739812015-09-06T08:05:20.380-07:002015-09-06T08:05:20.380-07:00Thank you for this. The perfect tonic!Thank you for this. The perfect tonic!Stefan Poaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192911890556534923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385336331396124855.post-51927247631632091222015-08-20T20:39:17.865-07:002015-08-20T20:39:17.865-07:00I was looking around on YouTube for the movie, but...I was looking around on YouTube for the movie, but had no luck finding it.<br /><br />Since writing my last comment, I've been thinking about this memory. It captures my ambivalence about wargaming -- that is to say, in real life, I'm a pretty pacific guy, and even cringe when I see children running around with toy guns (although of course I did it myself). But there's nothing I like matthewjksullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08126108200355039621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385336331396124855.post-74629900835441566032015-08-19T14:05:30.372-07:002015-08-19T14:05:30.372-07:00That's a great story. I'd like to see that...That's a great story. I'd like to see that film, sounds like something Jan Svankmejer might have made. <br /><br />From the look of the exhibition the curators aren't trying to impose a moral on the objects - as it appears your teachers failed to do! - but engage visitors with the questions that arise and the whole spectrum of responses to the theme. Zhu Bajieehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13945636483237344750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385336331396124855.post-33500539227798987912015-08-18T18:19:02.268-07:002015-08-18T18:19:02.268-07:00Reading your post reminded me (perhaps somewhat ra...Reading your post reminded me (perhaps somewhat randomly) of a memory from grade 4, when - during a Remberance Day ceremony - our teachers showed us a movie about the horrors of war. The 'actors' were all poorly animated toy soldiers and we watched as the gunned each other down, blew each other up and bayoneted each other's guts. Even at the time, I knew that I wasn't quite matthewjksullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08126108200355039621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385336331396124855.post-36474644448234552742015-08-10T01:44:20.245-07:002015-08-10T01:44:20.245-07:00Oh, good catch! I had no idea that's what they...Oh, good catch! I had no idea that's what they were - Manta Force must have completely passed me by, being knee-deep in Zoids and Space Marines.<br /><br />I did recognize the Star Wars Lego prequel Droids and the classic Britains Space (which I'm after for reasonable prices) and of course the Action Man. The Green Ladies with the shoulderpads are exquisitely weird, almost look like Zhu Bajieehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13945636483237344750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385336331396124855.post-5214536358029825092015-08-09T10:15:38.608-07:002015-08-09T10:15:38.608-07:00The sight of the little Manta Force men as Lillipu...The sight of the little Manta Force men as Lillipuians gave me a huge eighties-child-smile :-)George Qhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08706465827178319046noreply@blogger.com