WARNING: The following is a rant, and thus, it must be read as such. Do not accuse me of being "unfair", "biased", etc. because this is meant to blow off steam. If you reply to the following text, please do so with some semblace of humor. If you must respond seriously, please do so with some civility. Thank you, and enjoy the rant.
Almost every day we hear some new crusader screaming about how the latest fad is "corrupting our childrens' minds", "didentigrating the moral fiber of our nation", or even "making the occult and evil fashionable and cool". And yet, if you look at what's been targeted, you'll notice something, most of it was NEVER MEANT FOR CHILDREN.
Grand Theft Auto? M-rated, justifiably.
50-cent, Nelly, ect.? Most of thier albums have a label that clearly reads "Parental Advisory: Explicit Content"
Gory violence in SAW? I really don't know how that thing avoided an NC-17 rating.
And yet, even though these things are clearly for mature audiences, and literaly labled as such, they attract controversy from all sides for "corrupting" the minds of kids who weren't supposed to see/play/listen too them in the first place.
WHAT'S UP WITH DAT?!?
What REALLY irks me is that stuff that bills itself as "family friendly" contains content that should NOT be shown to kids, and yet it barely raises eybrows.
Case in point:
In G. I. Joe, Pok`emon, and countless other "action cartoons", heroes and villians alike are electrocuted, blown up, fall of cliffs, get in FREAKING GUN FIGHTS, ect. and come out with barely a scratch. It's like, "Oh, don't worry, violence has no consequences."
WHAT'S UP WITH DAT?!?
I mean, sheesh. Showing a big, blood-and-guts fight where someone gets killed is one thing, but having everyone come out of a fight just fine, like nothing even happened? Which do you think is more destructive?
And while we're on the subject of violence, what about the acts of violence themsleves?
In the movie adaptation of My Favorite Martian, there's a scene where two security guards are beating up the hero. His girlfriend, watching in horror, chews some gum that turns her into a huge, tentacled reptilian alien. What happens next?
Does she go for something cartoony, like clunking the guards over the head with a heavy object?
Does the guards run off, sceaming like little girls at the sight of her?
Does the hero just clonk the guards' heads together, or something similar, while the guards are distracted?
The answer is: None of the above.
The heore's girlfriend picks one of the guards up, and after swinging him around, throws him into a computer monitor, which causes the deivce to explode in a shower of sparks. The other guard panics and runs, but is cornered by the heroe's girlfriend, still in her monsterous form. The gurad screams like a mainiac, then the heore's girlfriend EATS THE GUARD, then burps, giggles and turns back into a human like nothing happened.
WTH?!?
Why is it that scenes like the ones described above go relatively unnoticed in kids' movies, but objectonable content in media meant for mature audiences gets everyone up in arms?
In other words....
WHAT'S UP WITH DAT?!?
There's my rant, ladies and gentlemen. Tell me what you think about it, but please remember: If I sounded mad, I was supoosed to, 'cause it's a rant!
Good Night, and Good Luck.
