Friday, May 22, 2009

Would You Rather: 90s Edition

As children, we were constantly yearning for independence from our parents. Sure, they fed us, clothed us, and put a roof over our head, but what did they really ever do for us? Movies featuring kids on their own became a sort of illicit fantasy of autonomy, a state of unlikely non-supervision to which we could eventually aspire.

So, the question is,


Would you rather:


Experience the zany madcap robber-evading adventures of Kevin McCallister in Home Alone


or

Enjoy weeks of non-stop childlike debauchery in a remote setting while assembling an elaborate parent-fooling scheme a la Camp Nowhere?


Explain your reasoning.

17 comments:

Anonymous said...

I loved Camp Nowhere!
I think I'd prefer the Home Alone fiascos...I'm pretty independent, but I'm not really over the top or one to go against authority like the kids in CN.
Plus, I prefer Christmas to getting all bug-bitten in the woods any day!

Laila P said...

HOME ALONE HOME ALONE HOME ALONE!!!
I loved those movies, still do. It'd be great to get up to the stuff young Macaulay Culkin does!

Awesome Sara said...

home alone!!! bc i have never seen camp nowhere.

LWLH said...

I'd have to go with Camp Nowhere..I don't think I would be creative enough to pull off those stunts by myself but deceiving my parents...pie!

Trixie said...

I would have to go with home alone, just because it would be fun coming up with new ideas to stop the robbers.

Optimistic Pessimist said...

Home alone all the way because, well...you'd have all the comforts of home.

Andhari said...

HOME ALONEEEEE :D I'd love that.

Jessica said...

Swell idea for a blog post.

courtney said...

I always wanted to be home alone! Probably just so I could watch all the tv shows I wasn't allowed to watch normally.

Anonymous said...

Totally do Home Alone. LOVE IT!!

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Sadako said...

So Home Alone! Who would pass up the chance to get one over on Joe Pesci and the voice of older Kevin?

Yet said...

well, considering that I never saw camp nowhere, I chose home alone! The boy was a genius!! I want to be!And creative! COme on!! And he's a hero. What more could you want? ...visiting from 20sb "we love comments". Have a great one!!

A said...

It's no contest for me. Camp Nowhere is where it's at!

Red said...

CAMP NOWHERE!!! OMG, i used to watch that, and i had forgotten ALL about it til i just saw this!!

Totally camp nowhere.


PS. Now i have to go find a copy and watch it.

Anonymous said...

Camp Nowhere. I had a serious thing for andrew keegan.

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