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Tuesday, May 8th, 2007

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Why is sex SOOO much worse than violence ?

Thursday, October 6th, 2005

PVP 7-28-2005 The controversy surrounding GTA:San Andreas under scores a serious double standard in America. The disparity in the perception of sex and violence. In America violence is more acceptable than sex.

Growing up I watched a LOT of TV. Especially cartoons. Loony Toons was every bit a staple to me as much as peanut butter, to the point where I could tell the time based on what was on and how many commercials have already played. I was good withing about 3 minutes. I doubt a network executive could have done any better.

Anyway out of all of that TV I must have watched several MILLION act of violence with varying degrees of realism before the age of 10. Everything from car crashes, to gun fights, to Anvils falling on your head. There where several Japanese cities destroyed, during my childhood. And I learned the intricacy of the Dragon, Snake, and Centipede styles of King Fu. I learned how to blow up a building with a bow and arrow and a stick of dynamite. I learned the dangers of loosing control of your emotions if you have been exposed to Gamma Radiation. I learned to NEVER leave your starship wearing a red shirt.

Out of all of that the raciest thing I say was Betty rubble. I take that back. Linda Carter’s Wonder Woman. I take that back too, Nichele Nichols … mm mm mm. Anyway I must f learned the ins and out of several sinister evil plans that could injure hurt or maim but comparativly very little sex, unless I was watching a “soap opera” or something … Americans seem to have a high tolerance for violence. We even have a different name for it when we want kids to watch it. Its called “ACTION.” Action heroes swing in to action pelt the bad guy. And he is almost always packing something. In fact it was a curious thing when when they weren’t packing. Like why didn’t Micheal Knight every carry a gun? Of course when they where Packing they didn’t always make sense. Like the A-Team would expel the equivalent of a a small army’s ration in ordinence and the only thing they could hit where the tires of automobiles. And the bad guys couldn’t hit anything. In any case getting the girl always meant you got to kiss her before the show was over. Face never disappointed.

There’s a point in here somewhere oh yea. The amount of violence depicted on TV is enormous and has always been so. On the original Law & Order, a show that is about 15 or 20 years old, somebody dies every week. Thats the point of the show they investigate homicides. The show has spun off three more shows to depicted even more violence. They are hits. And do I need to talk about Pro wrestling ? The cage match between Mr Morroco & Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka was prolly the bloodiest pre ECW match I’ve seen. I saw that when I was 12. I’m 34 now.

Now back to GTA. The premise of this game is obscene. Granted I have never played it but from what I gather the point of the game is to actually see how violent you can be. The characters go about being generally lawless, without consequence. GTA:San Andreas is about the 5th incarnation of this game. Target & Best Buy where OK selling that. But once you add a sexual component now the game is being banded. The game is prolly more popular then ever now. Nothing makes filth so appealing as making taboo.

They’re messing it up

Tuesday, September 13th, 2005
Venom Sandman Hobgoblin
Tocher Grace Thomas Haden Church James Franco

These three scary guys are slated to battle Your Friendly neighborhood Spiderman in Spiderman 3 scheduled for May4, 2007

Freeze Dried Movies

Sony has been taunting us for quite sometime now and have only given us clues as to who we might see in Spiderman 3, which hits theaters May 4th, 2007. What we know is only that Thomas Haden Church, Topher Grace and James Franco will be in the film and that two out of the three of them are conformed villains.

Actually all three are villains. Topher Grace will play be Venom. Church will play Sandman. And franco will revise is role as Harry Osborn but will become Hobgoblin instead of Green Goblin II(like he is supposed to).

Criticisms

  1. Avoid needless deviations from the original concept
    Harry is supposed to take on the mantle of the Green Goblin, not the Hobgoblin, while Hobgoblin was a formidable foe, his motivation are completely different than that of Green Goblin. Remember it Harry’s own insanity fueled by his the need for his fathers approval that drives Green Goblin II. Hobgoblin in all his forms, was lusted from money and power.
  2. Avoid using too many Villains
    This was one of the Batman Movies flaw, other than poor writing, deranged casting, and weak acting.

  3. Avoid using more Novel Villains just cause their novel.
    They become a crutch for the writer and it shows. I’m talking about venom. compared to Green Goblin, And Doc Ock, Venom is a youngster. Also to make his presence feasible in this story, his origins will have to be changed, unless the movie is going to go through the trouble of explaining the entire “Secrete Wars”, which of course would be a mistake
  4. Break away from the trilogy paradigm
    While I agree the audience is not going to stick around for Spidey 8, I think they could tolerate four or five. This would give them time to deal with more of the ups and downs of Peter Parkers personal life, deal more with J Jonah Jamison’s obsession with spider man. May be even adding in Gwen Stacy, to the mix. Also a few more of the classic villains could be dealt with like Like Vulture, Smyth or the Lizard. The point is to take your time. There is a lot of Spidey history to deal with.

Don’t mess it up

Thursday, September 8th, 2005
Tyrese GibsonLuke Cage

Can the guy on the left be the guy on the right ? That’s the scuttle butt. This will be s John Singleton Joint. I hope he does better than Shaft.

Having been disappointed with Comic book movies more times than not, I am instinctively skeptical when I here one is coming out. Once in a while there is a good one, like the Spiderman Movies or the first Batman movie. You get all jazzed then you see Daredevil, or Hulk and you are back in the basement again. Haven’t seen FF, Batman Begins, or the last X-men movie yet, but I digress.

To tell you the truth, I haven’t seen much of the work that Tyreese has done. So I can’t account for his acting abilities but as a physical type I don’t think I would have casted him for this role. But I willing to be surprised. After all who could have thought that Will Smith could be Ali, or Jamie Fox could Ray Charles, or Samuel L Jackson could be Shaft … ok he didn’t quite pull that off. But you get my drift.

Anyway this guy says he’s previewed the script. Yea I know but read it anyway its kind of funny

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