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Post by ruthmadison on Oct 22, 2011 19:42:09 GMT -5
I named all my characters Matthew for a while too, but it was because of Matthew Maddox in A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeline L'Engle. D*mn, was he hot! I think I'd have to say my first Dev media experience was Treasure Island when I was eight. Unless you want to count Mary Poppins when I was four. It's not terribly devy, but it gave me devy feelings anyway!  |
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Post by ruthmadison on Oct 22, 2011 20:17:39 GMT -5
 So freakin embarrassing. But what can you do? I was a baby! lol.
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Post by Valkyrja on Oct 22, 2011 20:56:58 GMT -5
The first movie that made me feel something that can be catalogued as "dev feelings" (though I don´t know why exactly) is a 1946 movie "The best years of our lives" (I saw it when I was about 5)
After that one, about 1 year later I watched a movie about a guy who returnes from the WW2 and he is in a wheelchair (that big, wooden, terrible wheelchair) and he refuses to see (and let her sees him) his fiancee because he doesn´t want her to "see him like that". Sorry but i can´t remember the name nor the actors... but I remember that was orgasmical! LOL
And then, in 1979... (I was almost 10)... I had the pleasure to see "Leave yesterday behind"... OMG, this movie is my Nº 1 because with it, I completely realized about my dev feelings (though I didn´t know I was a dev) LOL
Then, came "Coming Home".... and lot more!
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Post by Peony on Oct 22, 2011 21:23:40 GMT -5
Movies were definitely my first dev media experience...And I think Forrest Gump would have been the first where a lightbulb when on for me, and I kind of realised the best possible outcome for how I felt about wheelers (that scene where Forrest and Gary Sinise are with a girl each? The bells tolled!). When I was really young I remember getting a movie out when I was staying with family friends...I can't remember what it was called, it was about a kid in a wheelchair and aliens, and was true 80s quality. Anyway, I was absolutely mortified that they might think I got it out specifically to watch him (the kid...not the alien)! I am also fairly partial to lady wheelers, and remember watching 'Heidi' with gusto! Although it was pretty lame how she was cured of both asthma and paraplegia...clearly she was just hysterical.
It's weird, but I find it really validating that a lot of devs seem to have 'dev experiences' (whatever that entails) when they are really young, way before that 'sexual' stage (not to infer anything about anyone who came to it later!)
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Post by Peony on Oct 22, 2011 21:30:38 GMT -5
(not to infer anything about anyone who came to it later!) Who, ahem, realised they were a dev later  (crass, and probably totally unnecessary, but I love me some clarification) |
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Post by Peony on Oct 22, 2011 21:32:40 GMT -5
Movies were definitely my first dev media experience...And I think Forrest Gump would have been the first where a lightbulb when on for me, and I kind of realised the best possible outcome for how I felt about wheelers (that scene where Forrest and Gary Sinise are with a girl each? The bells tolled!). When I was really young I remember getting a movie out when I was staying with family friends...I can't remember what it was called, it was about a kid in a wheelchair and aliens, and was true 80s quality. Anyway, I was absolutely mortified that they might think I got it out specifically to watch him (the kid...not the alien)! I am also fairly partial to lady wheelers, and remember watching 'Heidi' with gusto! Although it was pretty lame how she was cured of both asthma and paraplegia...clearly she was just hysterical. It's weird, but I find it really validating that a lot of devs seem to have 'dev experiences' (whatever that entails) when they are really young, way before that 'sexual' stage (not to infer anything about anyone who came to it later!) Was it this? www.imdb.com/title/tt0095560/...and I remember Heidi, too!! LOL It totally was!!! I don't think I've seen it since, weird! And yeah, Heidi. She was a little precious, which p*ssed me off, but still... |
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Post by Valkyrja on Oct 22, 2011 21:51:21 GMT -5
I think you are talking about "Mac and me", Peony...
but it was a 1988 movie, I was about 19 years old... and it made nothing to me when I saw it!.... LOL
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Post by Peony on Oct 22, 2011 21:56:18 GMT -5
Ya...it would be a huge snore to a 19 year old...I was 7 I think, and way too curious!
Edited to add: Thank you for the link, though!
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Post by Valkyrja on Oct 22, 2011 22:10:18 GMT -5
You are welcome, Peony.... sorry to post it late, but I didn´t see the other posts!!
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Post by Peony on Oct 22, 2011 22:17:05 GMT -5
You are welcome, Peony.... sorry to post it late, but I didn´t see the other posts!! No, don't be sorry, it was good! Lucretia's link had gems such as "Eric is new to town, Mac is new to the planet", and I watched your link and laughed while I cringed! ;D |
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Post by Emma on Oct 22, 2011 23:36:49 GMT -5
Who, ahem, realised they were a dev later I realized my interest in disability was sexual later in life. I was 21 years old and searching the relatively new to me land of the internet for info about a Paralympic amputee sprinter I saw on a TV show.....either Ripley's Believe it or not or maybe Dateline. I consider myself to be one of the ones who realized it later in life. I don't remember being particularly obsessed with any movie, maybe because we know now that there are hardly any good amp movies  I know I guiltily enjoyed the disability parts of Born on the 4th of July when I was about 12 or 13 years old. Great thread BTW L! |
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Post by BA on Oct 22, 2011 23:53:08 GMT -5
The first movie that made me feel something that can be catalogued as "dev feelings" (though I don´t know why exactly) is a 1946 movie "The best years of our lives" (I saw it when I was about 5) After that one, about 1 year later I watched a movie about a guy who returnes from the WW2 and he is in a wheelchair (that big, wooden, terrible wheelchair) and he refuses to see (and let her sees him) his fiancee because he doesn´t want her to "see him like that". Sorry but i can´t remember the name nor the actors... but I remember that was orgasmical! LOL That movie was a classic called 'The Men' starring a very young, lean and gorgeous Marlon Brando. ...and quite a number of members of the then newly formed 'Paralyzed Veterans of America' who taught Marlon everything he needed to authenticate the role. There are about 3 or 4 'actors' playing wheelers in this movie. The rest are wheelers. Wonder if any are alive today? |
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Post by Valkyrja on Oct 23, 2011 0:42:43 GMT -5
BA, hun... I´ve seen "The men" but many... many years later, being and adult.
The one I talked about... the wheeler was in a big livingroom, in front of the fireplace... he has his legs covered by a blanket. And I think, because of the wheelchair, that may be it´s about the WW1... I really can´t remember... I was so little!!!
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Post by Peony on Oct 23, 2011 1:17:09 GMT -5
Who, ahem, realised they were a dev later I realized my interest in disability was sexual later in life. I was 21 years old and searching the relatively new to me land of the internet for info about a Paralympic amputee sprinter I saw on a TV show.....either Ripley's Believe it or not or maybe Dateline. I consider myself to be one of the ones who realized it later in life. I don't remember being particularly obsessed with any movie, maybe because we know now that there are hardly any good amp movies I know I guiltily enjoyed the disability parts of Born on the 4th of July when I was about 12 or 13 years old. Great thread BTW L! Ya, I remember you saying that, and Dentelle as well, I think. Didn't want either of you to feel judged! |
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Post by BA on Oct 23, 2011 1:32:24 GMT -5
Val was it black and white or color?
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So freakin embarrassing. But what can you do? I was a baby! lol. 
I know I guiltily enjoyed the disability parts of Born on the 4th of July when I was about 12 or 13 years old. 