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- feureau, on 07/19/2008, -5/+76OH YEAH?! Well! We'll see about THAT!
/me goes to thepiratebay.org.
Who's stupid now, MPAA? MWHAHAHAHAHA! - Murrabbit, on 07/19/2008, -5/+72Let me be the first in this comments section to say
***** THE MPAA (and RIAA too)! - supermanred, on 07/19/2008, -10/+49Anyone who would be in a theatre and freak out from seeing a character on the screen point a gun in their direction should be immediately taken into custody (forcibly...very forcibly) and taken outside the theatre and shot dead. Furthermore, their bodies should be incinerated to avoid any chance of their tissues being used for cloning, and therefore continuance of their genetic branch.
- maxgoedjen, on 07/19/2008, -2/+37Anyone that is scared by the image of a gun being pointed at them DESERVES to be scared by seeing an image of a gun pointed at them.
- gs68, on 07/19/2008, -1/+36MPAA, say hi to every James Bond movie ever.
- rearlgrant, on 07/18/2008, -3/+27I recommend "Cecil B. DeMented."
If I were God, er, President, the MPAA would be gitmo'd. - inactive, on 07/19/2008, -3/+19People suffering from PTSD shouldn't be watching movies that might contain gun violence. Its like being allergic to to Peanuts and the stuffing yourself with peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
- wexmajor, on 07/19/2008, -1/+17It's not a COMPLETELY insane concern but it's hardly justification for prohibiting it in any capacity.
- arjie, on 07/19/2008, -1/+17The trailer shows a man using a flamethrower on another, a man being ripped apart, and simply pointing a gun is the traumatic bit? Come on!
- inactive, on 07/19/2008, -0/+13Dude, this trailer is looking awesome. I'm totally going to go see this mo-HOLY ***** TAKE MY WALLET OH MY GOD PLEASE DON'T SHOOT
Oh, it was just a trailer. Not cool, man. Somebody should totally do something about that! - wettestwillie, on 07/19/2008, -1/+12I'm glad the feeling is mutual.
- supermanred, on 07/19/2008, -0/+11...that's a movie, not an advertisment. Read the article...hell...read the title. :)
- RyeBrye, on 07/19/2008, -1/+12What about all the James Bond "back up a barrel of a gun" images? I'm sure I've seen those in trailers or on posters...
- arjie, on 07/19/2008, -1/+11So now we know who watches the Watchmen. It's the MPAA.
- "Okay, then who watches you?"
- "Oh that's easy. We do."
Of all the bloody stupid rules. - mrinsanity, on 07/19/2008, -6/+16Look, I hate the MPAA and their douchebaggery, but isn't it possible that there's someone out there with some kind of PTSD or something that could be triggered by an image like that? Such people should go to the movies knowing what to expect and use their judgment, but it's hard to know what the trailers are gonna have in them. Bury me if you want, but just try an realize that it could very well be a disturbing image for certain people if they're not expecting it.
- pendrachken, on 07/19/2008, -0/+9ughhh, I thought we wanted to cut back on pollution...
- dizzythegreat, on 07/19/2008, -3/+11If God EXISTED, the MPAA would be gitmo'd.
Along with the FCC, the IRS, the Federal Reserve, Exxon Mobil, Dubya, and whoever is actually responsible for 9/11...assuming the last two are, in fact, different people. - BRENTON8907, on 07/19/2008, -1/+8Mutually exclusive means you both cannot occur at the same time... I think the phrase are looking for is "the same."
- pagno, on 07/19/2008, -0/+7Sad to say, your days are numbered.
- zyklon, on 07/19/2008, -0/+6No need. Just put them on a barge, float it out to international waters, scuttle it. SINK THE MPAA
- inactive, on 07/19/2008, -3/+9That's what happens when you hire "Soccer Moms" to rate films!
- notoneofus, on 07/19/2008, -0/+6There are no hard and fast rules for this. Sometimes they allow it, other times they don't. Since the MPAA exists to represent the 6 major studios, smaller and ostensibly more independent studios are more likely to run into trouble with their rulings. It's interesting that Watchmen is under Warner Bros., which is one of those 6.
The MPAA has no legal power here, but can withhold a rating until past the announced release date, keep your film out of some major theater chains, and limit where and when you can market. - dillibob, on 07/19/2008, -0/+5you cant ***** with bond
- grimward, on 07/19/2008, -2/+7Amen brother supermanred, AMEN I say!
- SSXDRN, on 07/19/2008, -0/+5If the trailer scares you *****, regardless of whatever the hell it is... then don't watch the movie. Or do watch it if you like to get scared. The end!
Title of this article is wrong, it should be "The MPAA is stupid" period. - mphree, on 07/19/2008, -0/+5I think a lot of you are missing an important piece of the article...
"For years, the MPAA has prohibited weapons from being pointed at the “viewer” ***in advertising***, presumably for fear that it will freak them out. That’s why you always see guns pointed at angles on ***movie posters and in film trailers.***"
However, I'm still pretty certain that a lot of James Bond advertising has their signature introduction. - btschul, on 07/19/2008, -1/+6The MPAA /RIAA are both living in some sort of weird time warp. They just recently discovered the interweb, and they think that someone who is at a theater seeing a PG-13 movie might be worried for a second that bullets will come out of the screen. I would love to see some MPAA ***** try to explain the origin of this policy.
- Mononuclear, on 07/19/2008, -1/+5I can see what you are saying but if someone has PTSD then there are much worse things in trailers than a gun pointing at camera. Watch the trailer of any action or war movie and a gun pointed at camera is the least of your worries.
- Totz83, on 07/19/2008, -2/+6Part of me is happy that the MPAA is looking out for those afraid of every ***** thing,
only a small part of me,
like a toenail - Mononuclear, on 07/19/2008, -1/+5the sound of gunfire on screen wouldn't be worse? A gun pointed at camera will have much less of an effect than other things shown on trailers.
- icndvl, on 07/19/2008, -0/+4Buying MPAA/RIAA product = Helping organized crime
- Abomonog, on 07/19/2008, -0/+3The audience also gets "shot" in many Bond trailers. This even includes blood trails or red shading trickling down the screen.
- MrPillowPants, on 07/19/2008, -1/+4that was the Replacement Killers, with Chow Yun Fat.
- Campog, on 07/19/2008, -0/+3Doesn't James Bond point a gun at the audience in the opening and some trailers of Casino Royale? How did they get away with that?
- Tyrghast, on 07/19/2008, -2/+5The image of the walkie talkie is barely visible, but the image of him flying into a fountain with a gun in hand is much more clear. Great job MPAA, thanks for letting us know your marbles are still lost and you aren't close to finding them...
- twiztidsinz, on 07/19/2008, -0/+3Wasn't there a movie with Jet Li where the poster showed him pointing a gun... I swear it was split red and white (almost scarface style) and he had sunglasses on, but I can't recall the name of it.
I know Hero had a picture of him pointing a sword outward. - supermanred, on 07/19/2008, -1/+4Here we go again... If you have been through a traumatic episode and can't stand having a gun pointed at you, even one that isnt real and happens to be on a ***** movie screen in front of you, then perhaps you shouldn't go to the theatre to watch a ***** movie that involves people shooting at each other. If you do, you are a ***** moron and deserve the heart attack you get from being there.
Just to clarify: Having that phobia or mental condition due to a past event isn't you're fault. it's okay, really. Just don't go to the ***** movies that involve guns.
Stay the ***** home, and let the rest of us watch the ***** movie the way the director wanted it to be...with Dirty ***** Harry pointing that chrome widow maker straight in our face!
Stay the ***** home.
My dad died of cancer, rather horribly and a lot of blood was involved on his last day... For almost two years I couldn't stand to watch a horror movie or movies that involved too much blood. That doesn't make me a pussy, it makes me human.
On the other hand, if I went around trying to get them to remove blood from all movies because I couldn't personally stand to see it then I would surely deserve an officially recorded, goverment issue "***** Pussy" identification card and corresponding permanent tatoo on my forehead.
In closing, if you can't stand the heat stay out of the ***** kitchen you dip *****. - supermanred, on 07/19/2008, -0/+3***** right they do. They should have the ushers pick up semi-automatic theatrical blood squirt guns and cover us in the *****... and anyone who has a problem with it can stay the ***** home.
Stay the ***** home! - redslash, on 07/19/2008, -4/+7Dude, it's a trailer. It's not the actual movie. It's the trailer. That could be shown in any number of movies. Should someone with PTSD avoid Finding Nemo or something because there might be a trailer with gun violence before the feature film?
- cjpluta, on 07/19/2008, -0/+3I havn't seen someone use /me since old IRC days...
- eurodele, on 07/19/2008, -0/+2After wondering what could be going through the heads of these MPAA morons and coming up dry, I lit on a far-out but still conceivable explanation. This may be an effort to avoid habituation and desensitization to a key sensory stimulus. Suppose that the cinema were under the control of police state censors. Now, a police state encourages the police to point guns and Tasers at citizens, the idea being that citizens should freeze with fear whenever this happens. But if a citizen has already been cinematically exposed to nearly identical sensory data and emerged unscathed, he or she may no longer react with the desired paralysis. That just wouldn't be good police-state citizenship, would it? Solution: eliminate the cinematic stimulus to preserve the desired reaction! (I know it sounds stupid, but that's what sometimes happens when you start with a stupid explanandum.)
- DixonPro, on 07/19/2008, -1/+3I can tell that you're a ***** pussy. PUSSY!!!
- Tryptomine, on 07/19/2008, -2/+4I was thinking of something similar too, actually, but more along the lines of some little kids being scared by it instead. Don't all the trailers have to pass for a "G" rating or something anyways?
Though I'm not sure if there's anyone, child or traumatized, that would be that scared of a gun pointing AT the screen but not by them just being waved around regularly. - damien6669, on 07/19/2008, -0/+2I may hate them, but they have a point. I am pretty stupid.
- xZeddx, on 07/19/2008, -0/+2MPAA, we need to have a word.
The ideology behind your work is .. well at its base its.. bah ***** it. I can't think of anything nice to say. You're a cancer on the creativity of artists working in a medium that you will never, ever understand. Your rating system is *****, your prosecution of college students is *****, and you as an entity is *****. Please die. Thanks. - SanTe, on 07/19/2008, -0/+2"For years, the MPAA has prohibited weapons from being pointed at the “viewer” in advertising, presumably for fear that it will freak them out."
I must have missed something... did the end of one of the best movie trailers of all time, Pulp Fiction, freak somebody out?
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wZBfmBvvotE - inactive, on 07/19/2008, -1/+3Too bad. Cloverfield was a great movie.
- btschul, on 07/19/2008, -1/+3Kids are smart. I am almost sure that the age where they find out what a gun is and the age that they realize that movies are fake overlap, at least by a couple months.
- ArchangelZLT, on 07/19/2008, -0/+2You would hope it's a ***** movie next time someone points a gun at you...
- Swordman554, on 07/19/2008, -0/+2Cecil's ending rant in "Sunset Boulevard" was one of the most chilling scenes I have seen. It was one of the first ones to break the fourth wall. I loved it.
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