Posted by Martin Heffels on 07/13/06 09:28

On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 23:22:49 GMT, "David McCall"
<david--------@techshop.net> wrote:

>If they are going to make movies about unsavory characters,
>then I see no reason that those actors should act in a manor
>that is inconsistent with the character they are playing.

I don't disagree on that one of course.

[...]
>More often than not, I choose to not go to movies that have
>a lot of violence. That is my personal choice. The level of
>violence that is portrayed in movies makes even being
>concerned about sex and improper language laughable.

Indeed. Why is violence ok, and sex and improper language not? If people
are imitating what is happening in movies, I rather have them swear and
have sex, than violent. And if you leave out sex & swearing, you only have
violent left.

>I can't even think of a sexual activity, or language, that even
>begins to compare with blowing someone's brains across
>the room in full color. If I had a daughter I would much rather
>she sneak off and experiment with sex than to experiment
>with blowing people's heads off.

Hehehhhh.

>Most studios clearly label their videos with approved ratings.
>If a person cares about such things, they should stick with
>videos that have "G" or better ratings. Unfortunately I find a
>lot of the so called "safe" movies to be even worse than those
>with "R" ratings. They blow off peoples heads in cartoons and
>expect the audience to laugh. Now there is a problem worth
>getting concerned about.

Indeed. For instance anime was a way in Japan to avoid censorship, because
according to their censorship laws, you are not allowed to show graphical
sex between two real people. If you draw it, it's ok. So in anime,
everythig is allowed.
But I think you are more thinking in the lines of the Power Rangers. Well,
there are plenty of cases of children who tried to re-enact what the Power
Rangers did, with catastrophic results.
Parents are to blame a bit in this as well, because a good parent would not
put their children away in front of the tv without thinking, but would also
explain their children that they shouldn't try that themselves. Although
that is hard to make a 4 year old understand.

cheers

-martin-
--
"I'm full of dust and guitars." - Syd Barrett
07/07/06 The Crazy Diamond is now a star in heaven

[Back to original message]