Another promo shot from Tarantino's new movie being released on Christmas.
Posted on 12/17/2012 3:50:14 PM PST by jimbo123
Don't blame Quentin Tarantino for Friday's tragic Newtown, Conn., shooting.
The Django Unchained director is tired of having to defend his use of violence in film.
"I just think, you know, there's violence in the world, tragedies happen, blame the playmakers," he said Saturday at a press junket, per the BBC. "It's a Western. Give me a break."
(Excerpt) Read more at eonline.com ...
Let Hollywood and the gaming share some blame. Just watching trailers it is obvious that some very twisted minds are allowed to broadcast and there are even more nightmare minds tuning into their frequency.
I’ve read that Hollywood is the reason we are now hated around the world. Our ‘artistes’ are showing a horrible face to the world.
Violent movies and video games desensitize people. How can anyone shoot those innocent children? Those aren’t “children.” Those are video facsimilies that people “kill” everyday.
This will not end well.
QT has a dark mind.
...they’ll ban Bugs Bunny and Daffy for violence...(censorship)...but you can chainsaw someone in half as long as hollywood gets it’s cut....(rat party donations)
And, for that matter, why do advertisers spend billions of dollars per year on advertising in all forms: TV, radio, billboards, print ads, skwriting, etc.? It sells products, lots and lots of products.
Hollywood is the single biggest contributor to glorification of guns and gun culture, and de-sensitizing people to the reality of violent death. Mature minds can separate reality from fiction but the immature and mentally troubled among us often cannot, with tragic consequences.
” I’ve never been compelled to shoot up a classroom full of children and neither have millions of other Americans who also enjoy these things.”
Perhaps not. But this isn’t about you or other normal people. If everybody was like you and me, we wouldn’t have copycat killings, now would we?
The fact is that a segment of out population, and probably a large segment if you consider youngsters in their formidable years, that ARE susceptible.
Wow! I see the red, but where’s the green?
Oh yeah...in Tarantino’s pocket.
I’ll take a wild guess that he gives his money to dems and is all for gun control?
appear to argue that Americans are evil incarnate (except them and their buddies).
So who needs the influence of violent movies and such? The real history of America proves that we are no good (except them and their buddies).
But, but... we can’t regulate movies and video games, because of the First Amendment!
Idiots. Let’s have a little “common sense” regulation of “free speech” and see how they like the Constitution then.
You are correct. Quentin doesn’t have a clue what he’s talking about.
It’s been known since the 1950’s and 1960’s that observing violence in either a social situation or on tv/videos inspire SOME of the audience to higher violence levels.
And the clinical experiments that prove it have been repeated time and time again.
Google “The Effects of Observing Violence” Leonard Berkowitz Scientific American February, 1964
I blame this race hater for rallying the klan with a tan. I hope he and his family receive the rage and violence he so proudly sows. Double for the limo race master wannabe Jamie Foxx. Let’s hear it for Hollywierd’s rich boy rage victims.
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This coming January, advertisers throughout the land will pay upwards of 1 million dollars for a 30 second spot during the Super Bowl. Seems they’ve come to realize that it only takes 30 careful seconds of planned programming to shape/influence the average American’s decision-making.
How might years of watching violence impact the average viewer ?
That HT, is one of the most brilliant remarks that nobody will want to answer.
I shook my head when I read that short and sweet truism.
Biden can't give credit to Will & Grace for helping to mainstream fabulous gayness but suddenly claim Hollywood violence has no effect on youngsters.
Thanks to the lefts assault on traditional culture through the almighty Fed and the Supreme Court, parents have lost their ability to control what their children are exposed to. Kids have access to porn, violent video games and the unedited versions of hip-hop songs...all on their phones...parents don't have a chance.
No question. I agree entirely. I'd also like to say that IMHO people like Tarantino are not very impressive as ‘artists’. I'm sure there are a ton of teenagers out there that could produce equivalent crap with cheap video cameras without a whole lot of extra effort. I have great respect for people who can get on stage on Broadway and act and/or sing, live, but not a whole lot for the standard Hollywood lot.
Madison Avenue and the advertising trade are absolute proof that media has no influence upon the viewing public.
Right?
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