Comments on: Watch a three-year-old get Spider-Man for Christmas http://boingboing.net/2012/12/21/spidey-xmas.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 26 May 2013 05:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Greg Van Antwerp http://boingboing.net/2012/12/21/spidey-xmas.html#comment-1614517 Greg Van Antwerp Sun, 23 Dec 2012 01:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202561#comment-1614517 I, too, was underwhelmed.  Why was I expecting a kid bouncing off the walls with happiness? Or am I flashing back to my own deeply hidden disappointment with one xmas a long time ago...(*sniff*) I, too, was underwhelmed.  Why was I expecting a kid bouncing off the walls with happiness? Or am I flashing back to my own deeply hidden disappointment with one xmas a long time ago…(*sniff*)

]]> By: EvilSpirit http://boingboing.net/2012/12/21/spidey-xmas.html#comment-1614469 EvilSpirit Sat, 22 Dec 2012 22:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202561#comment-1614469  It's good to have such amazing friends.  It’s good to have such amazing friends.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2012/12/21/spidey-xmas.html#comment-1614390 Brainspore Sat, 22 Dec 2012 19:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202561#comment-1614390 Bobby Drake has ice in his heart too, but that doesn't stop him from appreciating Spider-Man. Bobby Drake has ice in his heart too, but that doesn’t stop him from appreciating Spider-Man.

]]> By: Marya http://boingboing.net/2012/12/21/spidey-xmas.html#comment-1614351 Marya Sat, 22 Dec 2012 18:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202561#comment-1614351  Maybe I have ice in my heart, But how is that kid not spoiled?  Maybe I have ice in my heart,
But how is that kid not spoiled?

]]> By: Madeline Ashby http://boingboing.net/2012/12/21/spidey-xmas.html#comment-1614233 Madeline Ashby Sat, 22 Dec 2012 14:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202561#comment-1614233 This is adorable. But did anyone else flash back to "Audition" when the kid started unwrapping Spidey? The way he was curled up in the paper reminded me of one of the film's first scares. This is adorable. But did anyone else flash back to “Audition” when the kid started unwrapping Spidey? The way he was curled up in the paper reminded me of one of the film’s first scares.

]]> By: Marios P. http://boingboing.net/2012/12/21/spidey-xmas.html#comment-1614221 Marios P. Sat, 22 Dec 2012 13:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202561#comment-1614221 who would have thought that those spiderman poses look much better on paper than in real life who would have thought that those spiderman poses look much better on paper than in real life

]]> By: steve849 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/21/spidey-xmas.html#comment-1614216 steve849 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 12:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202561#comment-1614216 Pass on doing Santa's bells. Pass on doing Santa’s bells.

]]> By: Pobol Pobotrol http://boingboing.net/2012/12/21/spidey-xmas.html#comment-1614214 Pobol Pobotrol Sat, 22 Dec 2012 11:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202561#comment-1614214 Spiderman is for life, not just for Christmas. Spiderman is for life, not just for Christmas.

]]> By: Alex Rains http://boingboing.net/2012/12/21/spidey-xmas.html#comment-1614213 Alex Rains Sat, 22 Dec 2012 11:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202561#comment-1614213 That video was incredibly underwhelming.  That video was incredibly underwhelming. 

]]> By: Slartibartfatsdomino http://boingboing.net/2012/12/21/spidey-xmas.html#comment-1614196 Slartibartfatsdomino Sat, 22 Dec 2012 08:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202561#comment-1614196 SPOILERS!!!  Not any more.  SPOILERS!!! 

Not any more. 

]]> By: Ladyfingers http://boingboing.net/2012/12/21/spidey-xmas.html#comment-1614178 Ladyfingers Sat, 22 Dec 2012 07:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202561#comment-1614178 Surely I get merit for trying? Surely I get merit for trying?

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/12/21/spidey-xmas.html#comment-1614175 Antinous / Moderator Sat, 22 Dec 2012 07:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202561#comment-1614175 <blockquote>I sincerely miss being able to have my wildest fantasies realised by people in shoddy costumes.</blockquote>Drink more. Maybe some day, I'll tell you about that Easter Bunny in the alley outside the bar.

I sincerely miss being able to have my wildest fantasies realised by people in shoddy costumes.

Drink more. Maybe some day, I’ll tell you about that Easter Bunny in the alley outside the bar.

]]> By: Ladyfingers http://boingboing.net/2012/12/21/spidey-xmas.html#comment-1614170 Ladyfingers Sat, 22 Dec 2012 07:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202561#comment-1614170 Incidentally, that kid got a better deal than these ones: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb3txW1p1D8 Incidentally, that kid got a better deal than these ones: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb3txW1p1D8

]]> By: Ladyfingers http://boingboing.net/2012/12/21/spidey-xmas.html#comment-1614165 Ladyfingers Sat, 22 Dec 2012 06:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202561#comment-1614165 I sincerely miss being able to have my wildest fantasies realised by people in shoddy costumes. Yes, yes, smutty implication, but really, imagine being able to believe once again that someone merely sporting a polyester beard was Father Christmas. I sincerely miss being able to have my wildest fantasies realised by people in shoddy costumes.

Yes, yes, smutty implication, but really, imagine being able to believe once again that someone merely sporting a polyester beard was Father Christmas.

]]> By: mccrum http://boingboing.net/2012/12/21/spidey-xmas.html#comment-1614163 mccrum Sat, 22 Dec 2012 06:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202561#comment-1614163 Neither does Spiderman, eh.  He's from Queens.  And you're not raining on our parade.  Just the parade of A SMALL CHILD WHO JUST WANTED TO MEET SPIDERMAN. Neither does Spiderman, eh.  He’s from Queens.  And you’re not raining on our parade.  Just the parade of A SMALL CHILD WHO JUST WANTED TO MEET SPIDERMAN.

]]> By: Justin Forposting http://boingboing.net/2012/12/21/spidey-xmas.html#comment-1614139 Justin Forposting Sat, 22 Dec 2012 05:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202561#comment-1614139 Sorry to rain on everyone's parade, but that's not Santa.  The real Santa doesn't have an Ontarian accent.  (though to be honest, the accent makes for some nice "ho ho ho"s) Sorry to rain on everyone’s parade, but that’s not Santa.  The real Santa doesn’t have an Ontarian accent.  (though to be honest, the accent makes for some nice “ho ho ho”s)

]]> By: Kevin Pierce http://boingboing.net/2012/12/21/spidey-xmas.html#comment-1614089 Kevin Pierce Sat, 22 Dec 2012 03:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202561#comment-1614089 Mary Jane Watson? Mary Jane Watson?

]]> By: Smash Martian http://boingboing.net/2012/12/21/spidey-xmas.html#comment-1614061 Smash Martian Sat, 22 Dec 2012 02:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202561#comment-1614061   <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/squashedflybiscuits_93487" rel="nofollow">Squashed Fly Biscuits</a>?   Squashed Fly Biscuits?

]]> By: Jeffrey Duckworth http://boingboing.net/2012/12/21/spidey-xmas.html#comment-1614052 Jeffrey Duckworth Sat, 22 Dec 2012 02:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202561#comment-1614052 What does a Spider Man eat? What does a Spider Man eat?

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2012/12/21/spidey-xmas.html#comment-1614050 Brainspore Sat, 22 Dec 2012 01:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202561#comment-1614050 Good thing he didn't ask for the Incredible Hulk. Good thing he didn’t ask for the Incredible Hulk.

]]> By: eldritch http://boingboing.net/2012/12/21/spidey-xmas.html#comment-1614004 eldritch Sat, 22 Dec 2012 00:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202561#comment-1614004 @Boundegar - Spydermens are iraqneds, not hyoomuns. :P @Boundegar – Spydermens are iraqneds, not hyoomuns. :P

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2012/12/21/spidey-xmas.html#comment-1613996 Boundegar Sat, 22 Dec 2012 00:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202561#comment-1613996 I am opposed to human trafficking. I am opposed to human trafficking.

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