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[–] 73 points 2 years ago (1 child)

He actually overdoses his grandparents, but that's just the tip of the iceberg

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    And I made an Ask Lemmy thread based on those very pills, although I'm not sure anybody recognised the reference

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    The knids were mentioned by name in the Gene Wilder film. I remember noticing that as a kid and asking if they were going to do the great glass elevator next. My parents were confident they would have by then if they were going to, at least as a continuation if that film

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  • [–] 34 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I recall it being a really entertaining story, but it's been such a long time that I don't remember any details

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    And his will prevents anyone from ever making a movie out if it.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Until copyright lapses anyway

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Or those enforcing the will stop caring to.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It was actually pretty cool if 10 year old me is to be believed

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago

    My teachers read this to us when I was in elementary school. Don't remember much though, except how I love being read to and how it was the best part of the day.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago

    We read that one in elementary school! I seem to recall it being really good, but that was like 30 some odd years ago lol

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago

    I found it quite scary and can't remember much else about it.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I remember reading this as a kid but I don't really remember anything other than them swimming through the air in the lack of gravity

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    If you think that is weird, they actually made a sequel movie set about 50 years later set of a train plowing endlessly through a snow covered post apocalypse

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    What happens when you overdose on age prevention pills?

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    God damn it, the answer was out there. Now it's gone

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I answered but then wasn't sure if we were on the same page. But if you're asking what happens in the book, when you overdose on age reversal pills you go to Minusland.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago*

    IIRC (it’s been decades since I’ve read it) they each pop like 4 pills before waiting to hear how they work (his grandparents are kind of stupid.) Each pill subtracts 20 years, so they all lose 80 years. And one of Charlie’s grandparents is like 78 or 79 so they disappear while the rest are over 80 and go back to being babies/toddlers.

    So Charlie takes the elevator down to Minusland, which is a bit like the Upside Down from Stranger Things, and goes on an adventure to bring his grandparent back.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    I read this to my kids a few years ago, and while super weird, it's also super racist, in the "Chinese say ching chong, haha" kind of way, and it does it with just about any race, culture, and stereotype you can think of (since they take over a space station and it becomes an international incident).

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