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Why are there so many rapes on TV?
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| May 11, 2014
| Jaime Weinman
Posted on 05/12/2014 9:19:56 AM PDT by rickmichaels
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To: rickmichaels
The Walton's was my favorite (and yes, I know about Grandpa).
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posted on
05/12/2014 9:49:53 AM PDT
by
liberalh8ter
(The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
To: Netz
I used to be quite amused by the old The Avengers series with Diana Rigg beating the heck out of all sorts of baddies. Ditto for Wonder Woman. Now it seems every cop show has to have a super tough female cop (who weighs about 120 lbs.) beating the snot out of 250 male baddies. Can’t watch it without laughing.
To: HangnJudge
GOT is a big hit - yet the vast majority of the country does not watch it.
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posted on
05/12/2014 9:52:00 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
To: Netz
I love seeing LA or NYC destroyed because they are leftist icons
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posted on
05/12/2014 9:54:03 AM PDT
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GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
To: Netz
What you said. It's tiresome, boring and banal. There's probably 3-4 mainstream shows I watch. TMC is still at the top of my list.
FMCDH(BITS)
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posted on
05/12/2014 9:55:19 AM PDT
by
nothingnew
(I fear for my Republic due to marxist influence in our government. Open eyes/see)
To: rickmichaels
Our family watches the reruns. You can’t find family friendly shows like that anymore.
To: IrishBrigade
James Patrick Riley of Colony Bay productions wrote a great "review: of Turn.
Our Take on Turn
I also enjoy a story of the American Revolution that is unashamed to recognize the British as the bad guys. They were, after all, morally compromised, fighting for a cause you can tell they had trouble believing. Now, I have not watched the series to the end, and no villain can be so uniformly villainous you have no sense of their humanity, but theres enough here, certainly, to hate and drama thrives on hate. A dramatic, fictional television series cant be as neutral as the bloodless academy observer, clucking on about a war that cant possibly touch him. Men voluntarily enlist in armies and go to war for a reason. Im glad the series producers appear to realize that.
(snip)
We live in a great, though fading republic, and the truth is: we need a lot more of these stories. We shouldnt be counting them on one hand.
I was pleasantly surprised by the portrayal of the Dunnmore Proclamation. They didn't portray it as the kindly Brits freeing the oppressed slaves. They portrayed it honestly as slaves being seized from patriot families and given to British officers, loyalist families, giving them the choice of fighting for the British or being resold.
Its exactly the sort of television conservatives should support in any way possible. We won't win the culture war by retreating from it.
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posted on
05/12/2014 9:58:51 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin.)
To: driftless2
Now it seems every cop show has to have a super tough female cop (who weighs about 120 lbs.) beating the snot out of 250 male baddies
...that annoys the crap out of me...at least the Avengers tried to provide a plausible scenario for it...Peel was an accomplished martial arts expert...but today, they just stand there, toe to toe, and dish it out like a good old boy...and then make some kind of snarky remark after dispatching the guy...
To: minnesota_bound
Hollyweird thinks this is normal behavior.Because it is normal behavior in Hollywood. Ask any child actor, male or female, but mostly male.
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posted on
05/12/2014 10:06:27 AM PDT
by
dragonblustar
( Psalm 103, Psalm 37:7, Ephesians 6:12)
To: IrishBrigade
It’s the same in every action movie as well, always have to have the tough butch chick who kicks guys’ asses.
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posted on
05/12/2014 10:06:33 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: driftless2
The A-Team... hundreds and thousands of bullets fired and perhaps two people ever hit...
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posted on
05/12/2014 10:06:37 AM PDT
by
Ingtar
(The NSA - "We're the only part of government who actually listens to the people.")
To: rickmichaels
Why is TV fascinated with people being violent, hateful, deceitful and rotten to other people? Answer that and you have the answer to this question.
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posted on
05/12/2014 10:12:57 AM PDT
by
I want the USA back
(Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
To: rickmichaels
propaganda. plain and simple.
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posted on
05/12/2014 10:13:44 AM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: driftless2
A 120 pound woman has a very difficult time beating up a 120 pound man. And a 120 pound man has a very difficult time beating up a 250 pound man. Do the math.
OTOH a 120 pound woman with a gun has a slight advantage over a 250 pound man with a gun.
She’s a more difficult target.
To: Sherman Logan
To: I want the USA back
Here is the way I think it works. Executive approve shows they think people will watch. They measure the results of that assumption. People watch what interests them. Based upon how many people watch they get more subscribers or sponsors at a higher rate. The more who watch, the more money the owners make. The more money they make the executives get to keep their jobs.
So tv is not fascinated with anything but getting viewers. Viewers are to blame.
To: IrishBrigade
I wonder if these false scenarios aren’t getting a lot of women who think they’re the physical equals of men hurt. “Gee, I saw that tiny woman on tv whip that big bad man...I guess I can do that too.” Women would be better off arming themselves. Physical confrontations between themselves and men will not end well for them.
To: Ingtar
That’s many, many tv shows and movies going back a long time. I used to get a kick out of scenes where some clowns are firing automatic weapons, and there are no corresponding bullet marks on walls or vehicles at where the shots are being fired. One hundred rounds fired towards a wall behind a target, and maybe ten squibs exploding on the wall. Of course, some shows were better i.e. more realistic than others.
To: cripplecreek
TURN is very good. Hubby and I have gotten quite hooked on it.
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posted on
05/12/2014 10:31:13 AM PDT
by
Hoffer Rand
(Bear His image. Bring His message. Be the Church.)
To: Ingtar
Dozens of weapons listed, pictured, and use described at
Internet Movie Firearms Database, starting with this Beretta:
Seen twice during Season 5. First in the episode "The Theory Of Revolution", when the A-Team show General Stockwell just how many weapons they managed to smuggle into the farmhouse without his security detail noticing. The second time in "Alive at Five", as the sidearm of Tommy Tedesco's right hand man. It has a slide-mounted safety/decocker and a round trigger guard, identifying it as a 92SB.
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