Labyrinth

The Labyrinth is a very underated film. The very fact that it includes pictures of David Bowie in tights should put it amongst the all time greats list. The fact that at one stage, the upper and more intersting part of the aforesaid tights take up half the screen should make the film known as the best film ever, or of the eighties anyway (I am very aware of many films that are much more intelligent, with a questioning social commentary etc etc, which are generally better films, but you can't beat this one for mindless fun, except perhaps Disney. ) (OK its just the best Bowie film in the world ever, OK?) (Thats notsaying much is it?) (And maybe Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence is a better film, but it's not as interesting, OK?)
So the film is about a teenager called Sarah, who gets stuck babysitting her little brother when her parents go out. The baby crys a lot so she tells him stories about the Goblin King who takes children when their babysitter wish them away. She then wishes the little boy away. The golbins do take him, and the King, Jareth, (David Bowie in tights,) challenges her to complete the labyrinth within thirteen hours or the baby would be his.
She tries the labyrinth, and makes various friends on the way. The strange things is that the end seems to be one of those "aren't friends great" American shite, but it is quite obvious that Sarah has no human friends. That is how this all happened. She is at least 15 and is still acting out strange little chidren's fantasy books with her dog, who's called Merlin. He really is named after the magician. She plays with her toys and doesnt even mention school friends

So, for those interested in that sort of thing, this film was made in 1986, two years after I was born. Mr Bowie was at the tender (!) age of 39 (tender as in he is now 54.) He wrote some of the soundtrack; songs which he performed himself (one of which incidently includes the voice of Danny John Jules, who went on to play Barrington in Maid Marion and her Merry men, and Cat in Red Dwarf) (possibly only the British will understand that statement.)
I am one of those strange people who are obsessed enough to buy the soundtrack on CD, and I include amongst the good crap songs I mentioned earlier. I love the song "As the world falls down" (Im a romantic at heart). Strangely, though I do not have the video its self. I'm not sure why, never got round to buying it I suppose.

I read far too much fanfiction basedhowever loosely around the Labyrinth, so long as it contains Jareth (and/or Jaden). My favourite author of Labyrinth fanficiton is probably Spider Girl, who invented the king of leather; Jaden, brother of Jareth. Yes I am a member of the Cult of Jaden, only for a joke really. I've read all of her Labyrinth fanfic (all that I can find anyway,) and have written some of my own. Well, co wrote one finished, and started another which I am part way through. The unfinished one stars Jaden as well as the only man I've ever seen to look good in tights (I've seen more than you would think - my father is a member of an amateur dramatics gorup which specialises in Shakespeare. shiver.)
   If, my wondereous figments of my imagination, and Vicky and choz, you feel like reading my fanfiction (though vicky + choz have already) please click here to go the the fanfiction homepage.
    So, the first was written by me and my 2 best friends, vicky + chozza. Vicky is a Monkee fan so she only helped to be nice (how sweet.) We couldn't have done it without her - she will be a famous author. Anyway, it is unbelievable how obvious it is that I'm Emily, Choz is Carol and Vicky is Collette. I don't know if other fanfic authors think like this. Of course some things differ between us and the charachters, but not much. The school is obviously ours aswell, and we didn't even bother to change the name of the
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