Watched Harsh Times last night. That's two hours of my life I'll never get back.
Reynolds, I'm a dangerous-minded man on a ship loaded with hurt. Now, why you got me chatting with your peons?
Womack ,'The Message'
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Cashmere - Mar 28, 2007 1:29:59 am PDT #8008 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 28, 2007 3:56:11 am PDT #8009 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I'm just glad to see that Anton and Olga will be featured prominently... I thought the sequel was going to be all about their Daywatch counterparts rather than the characters from the first film.
Strega - Mar 28, 2007 4:17:54 am PDT #8010 of 10001
Oh sweet Christ.
I'm gonna start a massive letter writing campaign to stamp out hysteria, hypocrisy, and moral panics.
Maybe Tipper and Joss will help.
Gris - Mar 28, 2007 9:52:41 am PDT #8011 of 10001
Hey. New board.
I'm gonna start a massive letter writing campaign to stamp out hysteria, hypocrisy, and moral panics.
Maybe Tipper and Joss will help.
What's the address? Should i copy-and-paste something?
Glamcookie - Mar 28, 2007 10:18:56 am PDT #8012 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Strega, did you see the billboard? It was totally traumatizing. I saw it before hearing all the outrage and it did feel like a kick in the teeth. I agree that censorship isn't the answer, but what is being asked for is removing the movie's rating, not censoring it.
Strega - Mar 28, 2007 12:51:35 pm PDT #8013 of 10001
Yeah, and that's basically the PMRC 's strategy, too. I'm not cool with it.
The price of free expression is that you may hear and see things that you don't like, or that upset you.
Polter-Cow - Mar 28, 2007 12:55:05 pm PDT #8014 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
In looking up what PMRC was, I came across Rage Against the Machine's penises, which I did not really need to see.
There's something ironic here.
Sean K - Mar 28, 2007 12:57:00 pm PDT #8015 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
The price of free expression is that you may hear and see things that you don't like, or that upset you.
And I'm generally fine with that, except all expression still has to pass the community standards test, and this one clearly fails. And frankly, there is not a damned thing wrong with a community deciding that this particular billboard was beyond the pale. Free expression as important to me and GC as it is to you, and we both thought it had no place in public.
erikaj - Mar 28, 2007 1:06:47 pm PDT #8016 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
But, as I know from watching "This Film Is Not Yet Rated", denying a film-maker a rating really does mean that nobody sees it. But that was really a disgusting billboard. So basically, this whole dumb post is like "Beats hell out of me."
bon bon - Mar 28, 2007 1:13:23 pm PDT #8017 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Well, the billboard was commercial speech, so it's not legally protected speech anyway. There's lots of regulations on billboards.
Free expression can be limited privately, which is what seems to be happening.