[Shudder]

[tealin]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!!!

The Barbie Diaries??!?!!?!

(Almost as frightening and disgusting as that email, Disneyboy ... almost.)

Comments

[gryfindormia.livejournal.com]

*fumes, though not surprised*

Why the hell are we telling kids "older audiences, 5-12" that it's okay to DATE?!

[hyel.livejournal.com]

Er... it isn't?

Looks inane to me and immoral for a lot of reasons, but not the part about dating. Immoral more for materialism, shallowness, horrible fashion, and girls whose lives circle around make-up and boys. And the pop music. Oh, gods, it's evil.

[wicked-warrior.livejournal.com]

Oh my, this must be a nightmare *pricks her arm* this must be a nightmare...

Diary entries

[noodledaddy.livejournal.com]

Monday: Yogurt for breakfast. Milk and cheese for lunch. Ooops! That's Dairy entries! Tee-hee

Monday: Washed my hair (carpet shampoo) skin (409) and car (Windex)
Tuesday: That GI Joe is HOT! Gotta dump that looser Ken!!!!!1 Midge came over today, we went my my Malibu Beach House and talked girly stuf. She's so plastic . . . .

More (twisted) diary entries

[disneyboy.livejournal.com]

Wednesday: got a great new "low-maintenance" punk haircut and colorful tattoos from Sid - totally free! Why doesn't Hannah like it? Must be jealous.
Thursday: Not again! Why do my clothes keep disappearing? It's a good thing I'm not ashamed of my body. Also where is my head?
Friday: Sid introduced me to this great big new tanning salon in the kitchen! Apparently I fell asleep in the booth and got a little too dark - but now my clothes will stay on permanently! (sniff) What's that smell? It's, like, everywhere...
Saturday: Met a new man! Big, affectionate, hairy - we were inseperable the whole day - couldn't keep his mouth off me (giggle)! It was so awesome until he chewed my leg off and buried me alive under the tulips out back. It's so hard to write in this thing in the dark...

[aisforamy]

Dude! What are you talking about? I have already reserved TWO copies! One for my kids (who are boys, because, you know, boys must know what girls want!) and one for their school library!





*insert pic of me trying to keep a straight face here*

[thereisnosp00n.livejournal.com]

ew... and anti-girly stereotype girls everywhere cried.

[azvolrien.livejournal.com]

AAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!! 'TIS AN ABOMINATION UNTO NUGGAN!!!!!!!!!

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

Isn't it, though? And it's not even blue!

[rosynose.livejournal.com]

Ugh... I saw a trailer for that on the Madagascar DVD. It looks about as fun as snorting powdered, mouldy marshmallows. Less fun, in fact. I guess the parents of the intended victims market can rest easy that at least their offspring aren't watching South Park or listening to Marylin Manson?

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

There was someone in my grade 6 history class who snorted crushed Smarties* – is it like that?

Come to think of it, I think he went on to watch South Park and listen to Marylin Manson... there's probably a point in that somewhere.

[lostrocket.livejournal.com]

Poor Skipper.

[dragonclaws.livejournal.com]

::cries::

[pyri-prongs.livejournal.com]

It's a new school year, and Barbie hopes it’s going to be totally magical!
Oh goooooosh that sums it up pretty well, plus she's in a band, and has a magic diary (Death Note/Barbie XD), and wishes the boy she liked noticed her! All 5 years olds have the same converns I'm sure
Blerg!

Coincidentaly, my crazy friend made us look up Barbie's vital statistics on the internet today.......O.o Just why someone has figured out what they would be in human size is beyond me.

Yikes!

[(Anonymous)]

I like totally remember when Barbie was, like, an astronaut or a teacher or like, president and stuff. Granted, she was still impossibly proportioned, but at least she like did work and stuff! She must have somehow gotten ten years younger.

[tannhaeuser.livejournal.com]

Eeeew! Call the police!

[(Anonymous)]

Okay, I showed this to my eleven year old sister (not even the upper limit!), and she feels the same way about it I do. Yuck.
Incidentally, does anyone besides me wonder why their lips are fluorescent purple? And what 'innovative animation style' their talking about (I think they would be better off with stop-motion-at least King Kong was attractive).

Re: Eeeew! Call the police!

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

does anyone besides me wonder why their lips are fluorescent purple?

So they can glow in the dark?

I think the 'innovative' animation style is toon-rendered CG; in other words, computer animation made to look like traditional animation by means of putting an outline on things and making them flat colours, as opposed to nicely textured and shaded. You see this in commercials sometimes (and a Robbie Williams music video) but I can't think of a movie or TV show that's a good example. This technique has been around for quite a while, though.

Your sister gives me hope for the females of this species.

[wizardelfgirl.livejournal.com]

May your screams be multiplied to infinitum!
And how the hell did Barbie manage to change her age to that of a teen? Shouldn't Skipper be the star of this movie?
Worst of it all, my cousins are probably going to buy it. And they will make me watch it. So if next time I write you notice lots of stupidness it's because my IQ dropped dramatically.

[mothos.livejournal.com]

I worked in a Toys R Us for ten years, that DVD would just be the tip of the iceberg. $10 says you can already buy the diary/ braclet set.

Hmm... I wonder what new Mega Bloks Dragon sets are out now? ;)

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

I believe the movie comes with the diary/bracelet set. As for buying it already ... I wouldn't know.

My general impression from the movie sales is that Dragons is a declining brand. I saw the first one for sale everywhere but haven't seen the second at all, which is a pity because it was so much better. It nearly got axed right at the beginning because MegaBloks wasn't confident in its selling power, as the previous year's toy line hadn't sold as well as they were expecting and nor had the movie (though that was more due to really really STUPID marketing).

[sreya.livejournal.com]

*cries*

Whatever happened to "We girls can do anything" career oriented Barbies?????? Why must we be plagued by the tabloid-style Barbie and a tween-age Barbie (who should really be Skipper!!!)

Man, it's sad that I actually miss the 80s version of something.

[rebekah-weasley.livejournal.com]

*shudder* Ewww...

[jahboh.livejournal.com]

Oh jeez, I feel like the Bratz dolls on the market these days are equally if not worse.

From Azvolrien whose school computer won't let her log in

[(Anonymous)]

I believe they are far, far worse. Their lips are the same width as their hips! That's just wrong!

[rawrsie.livejournal.com]

wow, imagine the poor saps that have "worked on barbie diaries" in their resume/portfolio...

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

Haha, I believe it was made at Mainframe, so you could work on the sequel if you wanted to!

[thefordmustang.livejournal.com]

I think I just got cavities reading about it. Barbie goes Bratz! Truly a sign that the end of the world is upon us.

[jesskat.livejournal.com]

Two things:

1) The black girl looks kind of evil/horny. I'm definitely picking up some lesbian vibes there.
2) The cover somehow reminds me of "Crossroads" (the Britney Spears movie). Nothing should ever remind me of that movie. Ever.

[webmaster-liz.livejournal.com]

I don't usually post to this blog but I have to comment on this.

I used to love Barbie when I was younger, which makes me even more disturbed by how she is now. When I played with her she had a pleasant, more natural face. Now she's wearing heavy makeup and looks totally artificial. And I echo the question of what happened to her age?! Barbie was always at least in her twenties. She had a sister in high school, a sister in elementory school, a sister in pre-school and more recently a baby sister (btw, where are her parents??).

As someone above said, Barbie always used to be a career girl. The only thing she's never been is an astronaut (sp?). Yes, she had a boyfriend and loved fashion but still. What the heck is happening???

Someone should start a campaign or something.

[disneyboy.livejournal.com]

I didn't completely freak out until I saw the CREEPY cover design (almost real, but with those dead-looking, painted-on identical blue eyes, like mannequins) and then watched the TRAILER! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! You're right, wounds will eventually heal (or at least skin grafts and prothesises may be available) but, burn her, cut her hair, pull off her head, throw her in the dumpster - Barbie is FOREVER! She and her legion fans of giggling ninnies simply won't go AWAY! They're EVERYWHERE - in the toy store, on the top-seller shelves of video stores, on book shelves - even in this post-feminist age her popularity hasn't waned at all - she's just getting bigger!
The hard thing is, I'd love to banish this ridiculous, unhealthy outdated role model for emerging female identities from planet earth...But my little niece loves her. She loves all the recent books, toys, and movies (like "Barbie as Rapunzel" and "Barbie as The Prince and the Pauper" - which, for what they are, I have to say, are pretty well done) She loves her at least as much as Cinderella (if Barbie did a version of that, she'd probably love it more) And speaking of Disney, let's face it: a lot of people blame Walt for making all of these movies, creating this "princess" craze - as an employee, I'm very sensitive to this! I love those old movies even if I don't hold with all of the old-fashioned values they might promulgagte (don't worry about anything, just be good - and be a good housekeeper - and always take it on the chin, and someday a MAN will come and solve all of your problems! As long as you're really beautiful, anyway!). I know my niece will go crazy over this video, and I do worry about what she will take away from it - how old is Barbie supposed to be in this, anyway? Her voice sounds like she's 30 or 40! I bet they're keeping it purposefully vague to broaden the appeal! (I do NOT like the idea of girls who look like they could be 12 or 13 getting serious about dating) What I really hate is this pervasive sexualization of really young girls, be it their Bratz dolls or latest Jordache kids line, featuring preteens in heavy makeup, making it look like being boy crazy and dressing like a prostitute as early as possible is a must (to say nothing of what the "Bratz" line says about materialism - get a cell phone and a credit card and your life will be so much better! Um...wait, my life IS a lot better with a cell phone and a credit card. But they need to be taught to use them responsibly!) And have you listened to some of the stuff they play on "Radio Disney"?? I've caught my little niece (who admittedly probaly has no idea what she's taking about) singing some pretty scandalous lyrics! This dance class that she was in a couple of years ago that got her to do these little bump-and-grind, bootie-shaking routines - it seemed a little obscene to me! It also bugs me (almost as much) that she loves crap like Cinderella II and Little Mermaid II as much or more than the originals (if she has to get entertainment with questionable mixed messages, at least it should be high quality with good production values!) But there is no way I could deprogram the princess out of her even if I really tried (I think her aunt has!)- she was literally BORN a super-feminine, princess-loving girly-girl - if you locked her in the attic and only gave her dirty coveralls to wear and rocks and hammers to play with, she would somehow fashion them into a frilly dress (complete with tiara, high-heeled slippers and fairy wand) and a barbie doll. As much as I may despise what she's embracing, I can understand why her parents don't want to deny her what seems to make her absolutely ecstatic (except those stupid direct-to-video sequels! I wish they would draw the line there, the traitors! Well, now they're not going to make anymore, anyway, so I have the last laugh!) Luckily she is also VERY smart and doing well in school - learning a second language, reading a lot, having very sophistcated conversations...so maybe she will be able to sort all of this nonsense out herself when she's old enough to know better. I hope.

[azvolrien.livejournal.com]

Cinderella II: *COUGH COUGH HAAAAACCHHH*

[miss-ida.livejournal.com]

OMGWTF aahhhhh FLINCH!!!!
ewww The Barbie Diaries...
i always hated girly stuff even when i was very little..

[miss-ida.livejournal.com]

But Actaully i will daresay "rather Barbie than Brazt"
my ten year old sister loves those prostitute like girls with to big heads and to big shoes on their incredibly small slim bodies.
this is bad moral for real!
what is even worser is the by-product Bratz-Babies i mean!WHAT!!! a little kid on 1-2 years old in DARING FASHION, MAKEUP AND BIKINIS! EEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWW a baby prostitute! How can people sell that to Tween girls? its digusting :( and my sister loves it >.

[chupe-38.livejournal.com]

Sadly, my dad has seen little girls dressed like that at the mall.