Posted on 06/18/2018 5:23:16 AM PDT by BenLurkin
People who are light-sensitive or epileptic began warning other film-goers on social media.
There is a strobe-light sequence in the picture that apparently caused some people to become nauseous.
Disney/Pixar believe the problem was serious enough to ask theaters to start posting signs warning about the sequence
People tweeted that the strobe effects the villain uses left them nauseous or worse — gave them a seizure
“So as a result, I walked out of the theater with a migraine,” said blogger Veronica Lewis.
That’s why Lewis took to twitter in a thread that’s now gone viral asking Disney & Pixar to do as their character says — make things right.
She makes it clear she thinks the strobe lights are integral to the plot. And she’s not asking for a boycott. She just wants viewers with photosensitive conditions to have a heads up. And the movie to come with a warning
Awwww. Stop the universe for Veronica.
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Loved the first ‘Incredibles’.
Side note on the topic of movies. I strongly advise against seeing the movie ‘Hereditary’ or letting children see it. Just an abomination of a movie with zero redeeming characteristics. Please closely read warnings about specific content if you are considering seeing. I know this may tempt some to see it but you will either leave early or ask yourself why the hell you went if you make it through.
I enjoyed watching this movie yesterday with my adult children and wife. Good father’s day movie.
Photosensitive epilepsy was again brought to public attention in December 1997 when the Pokémon episode "DennŠSenshi Porygon" ("Cyber Soldier Porygon") was broadcast in Japan, showing a sequence of flickering images that triggered seizures simultaneously in hundreds of susceptible viewers (although 12,000 children reported symptoms which may be attributable to mass hysteria).[9][10]
In March 1997, the 25th episode of an anime series called YAT Anshin! Uchū RyokŠcaused a similar incident, when a reported four children were taken to hospitals by ambulances after viewing a scene with red and white flashing colours.[11]
In March 2008, the Anonymous group of hackers was claimed to be behind an attack on a forum for epilepsy sufferers.[12] The Anonymous hackers in turn blamed the Church of Scientology for the attacks, saying they were falsified to hurt Anonymous' image.[12] The attacks first consisted of GIF images flashing at high speeds that were hidden in discussion threads with innocuous-sounding titles. Later attacks redirected web browsers to a page with "a more complex image designed to trigger seizures in both photosensitive and pattern-sensitive epileptics".[13] The technology website Wired News considered it to be "possibly the first computer attack to inflict physical harm on the victims".[13]
An animated segment of a film promoting the 2012 London Olympics was blamed for triggering seizures in people with photosensitive epilepsy. The charity Epilepsy Action received telephone calls from people who had seizures after watching the film on television and online. In response, the London 2012 Olympic Committee removed the offending segment from its website.[14]
Same here. Terrific movie and sequel.
Strobes? Meh.
Apparently, you're not sensitive to that stuff. Good for you. (Most people aren't, actually.) The small number of people who are sensitive to that stuff can have some nasty reactions to it. I'm sure they appreciate the warning. The rest of us can watch the movie in peace.
I saw the movie over the weekend, and I wondered about it when I saw the scene they’re referring to. I know we tend to castigate people for being overly-sensitive to minor things, but in this case, I think the concern is warranted. There is a segment of the movie where the entire screen is filled with a rapidly-strobing checkerboard pattern for nearly a full minute. Unfortunately, cutting that particular scene would remove a fairly important plot point. I wonder how they’ll handle it.
They didn't see any of the previews? Good grief, they were in all of them. The "Screen Slaver" was the main criminal in the movie.
Of course, let's cater to stupidity. After all, nearly half the population voted for Clinton.
I haven't ... I very seldom go to movies. So seldom that the few I do see, I have never seen a preview of.
Oh! I know! They should have a warning before all of the "Incredibles 2" ads! The theaters can tell those seated "If you're sensitive to the following preview, please leave the theater NOW!!!!"
And for the ones broadcast on TV, tell them "FOR GAIA'S SAKE, TURN OFF YOUR TELEVISION NOW!!!"
This is a completely plausible statement, it would probably happen to my daughter and me (both of us suffer from ocular migraines and stimuli like this is a major trigger). I appreciate the warning.
Good! Glad you don't watch television!!! The ads are all over!!!
Thanks for the warning. Last thing I watched on “television” was the Stanley Cup finals. Don’t remember any movie ads ...
this is a cartoon, correct?
Hurry Everybody and run out and spend your Hard Earned money on this Hollywood Production, so they can take the Profits and use it to DESTROY AMERICA and the American Way of Life. This is the Life Source of their HATRED for you and everything you believe, so Hurry and Give them your MONEY!!!
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