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60 | 92.31% |
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Does this movie poster make you morally outraged?
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I have no desire to name any names, but over the past couple of days I've had a baffling and frustrating PM exchange with someone I thought I would be helping. I sent a link to Japanese area a site that aggregates links to direct downloads of Asian movies (never mind the legality and morality of that for a moment.) I got the never even dreamed of reply that the site had nudity (it didn't) and he would never look at it again. Okay, so I thought maybe he had mistaken it for a site with direct-to-video porn-- it wasn't-- I pointed out that these are mainstream major theatrical releases. The reply back-- that the site included underage nudity, and he would never look at it again. He kept that stance of never looking at the site again even after I pointed out that the actress in the poster/movie was 20 or 21 at the time of filming-- factually correct or not, he's sticking with his initial moral outrage based on his incorrect jumped-conclusion that the actress was underage. It would not for an instant have crossed my mind that someone would be utterly morally outraged by one mild movie poster out of a dozen or more displayed on the front page of the site, and I would never have for a moment hesitated to send the link to anyone and everyone (other than the copyright issue-- but for movies mostly not even released in Zone 1, and many or most with fansubs-- so even that is a "geographical restrictions" gray ares) without even having a passing thought that someone would be offended by it. So, I ask-- who finds this movie poster offensive? So offensive that you would refuse to ever again visit a site that displays it? ![]() Trailer. Review. Review. Review. The actress at the 2009 Tokyo International Film Festival, showing almost as much skin as in the poster. Last edited by Alexander Turcic; 07-15-2010 at 04:42 AM. |
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Nope, not offensive in the slightest. Whatever you do, don't send this person a link to any Louis Malle films, or you might find yourself being reported as a paedophile.
Now THIS I find immensely offensive, but that's just because it sucks (and not in the proper way vampires are supposed to). ![]() ![]() |
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Not even a quiver of offended, much less outraged. I wouldn't blink an eye if my 14yo son wanted to put it on his wall.
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Nothing offensive in the poster. And the simple math tell us that a film released in 2009 with an actress born on 8.2.1988 must have had a very long shooting in order to violate law against protection of minors.
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I answered the poll, not offended. I don't want to look at it though. I have no problem with adult nudity.
When having a conversation with someone, I try not to jump to conclusions about what someone else meant. I ask them what they meant. I don't read things into what they said. Some of my relatives have claimed we are related to the Pilgrims. So I do things that will hopefully get them spinning in their graves. It is what makes the world go around after all. As for vampires. Not interested as there is just too much drek stories about vampires, and even if good, I am tired of the 'vampire bandwagon'. Movies and books need to have a multitude of subjects, not just 'the vampire thing'. I remember seeing Bela as 'Count Dracula' when I was a kid. Scared me. Some vampire movies seem more like blood splatter war movies. I find those boring. |
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If all you knew was the poster, what then ? Same conclusion ?
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Conclusions about? The age of the actress?
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I get where the guy is coming from, her actual legal age is really irrelevant. The perception from looking at the poster is that she is young, possibly very young, and posed to look innocent and vulnerable. The fact that someone may need to look up her birth-date to verify that she is of legal age says a lot.
I'm not saying that his reaction is justified, but I definitely get what he's saying. |
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Ah, but that assumes that one has only the poster to judge by, and no other trace of evidence. Except, in this case, a click on the poster leads to a trailer for the movie, a synopsis of the movie, a listing of the director, actors, and release date-- even a clickable link to the profile and filmography of the actress in question. All needed information is right there in plain view, one to two clicks away if only one-- being concerned about there being something inappropriate-- made even the tiniest effort at confirming or denying one's suspicions before jumping to conclusions. That is known is "being informed."
For anyone wanting to see the site itself, take the color of a banana and the fancy-schmancy word for "movies" that rhymes with "enema" and stick them together and you have the domain name. |
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![]() To sum me up again: I find the poster OK, but I am Ok with a lot of things. Everyone has the right to fit the poster in a category between "Download link, gimme, gimme, gimme!" and "To hell with the website sending me young Asian girls!" for himself. |
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