Is there no end to stupidity?

[Bugman]

This thread is drifting a bit off topic,don't ya think?🙂

 

[Dialon]

Wow i come back on today and the topic completely shifted haha

 

[Marquis De Sade]

Wow i come back on today and the topic completely shifted haha

It happens.

 

[Dialon]

It happens.

Yeah its quite easy to shift off topic, i do so all the time (or most the time)

 

[CrystalLight]

My apologies for contributing to the hi-jacking.

I wasn't going to let that one by, though.

 

[CurtWild]

i never notice smoking in movies nowadays anyway.

it's not like flicks from the 30s 40s and 50s where it is very noticeable.

but still, this smoking should get an "R" is just dumb.

now i need i cig dammit....

 

[Marquis De Sade]

i never notice smoking in movies nowadays anyway.

it's not like flicks from the 30s 40s and 50s where it is very noticeable.

but still, this smoking should get an "R" is just dumb.

now i need i cig dammit....

I would love a cig...

And almost everyone behind the scenes in Hollywood, Disney included, is gay.

Hmm...I actually have no idea why I said that or what it does to help things. 😕

I'm hungry...

Sorry...drifting off topic again. YES! Don't ban smoking!! Horrible!! BLAH!! 😀

 

[locker669]

response bomb

I guess if a character in a movie is smoking then the movie has to do with themes not for children. So in that case it will have an R rating anyways.

I don't see any problems with designated smoking areas that are far away from areas near hospitals or buildings. I also don't see any problem with hospitals getting rid of vending machines or McDonald's out of their buildings. You shouldn't be smoking a Marlboro or eating a supersized Big Mac value meal in or around the same place where a doctor told you you have health problems.

I took what Kis123 said about family values and gay pride parades as there are more people not going to Disney because of their policies and less because they don't allow smoking in movies. While I can see how what she said may offend people it didn't offend me.

Disney also won't make a movie that criticizes the government. They are afraid Jed will take away their tax breaks.

Weightwatchers is less than $15 a week, cheap compared to what someone could spend in gas, cigarettes, or a movie. You could go to two classes and know enough to lose the weight on your own.

 

[tickmankyle1]

ok lets make a kids movie with a smoker then magic it will be an R rated movie. what the hell cigars are good for your health kyle

 

[Soda Bobinski]

Yeesh ... These Anti-Smoking Groups .....

I would invite those who wish to control every aspect of our lives to butt out and mind your own damn business.

LOL

"Butt out".

Probably their slogan , methinks.


... & no , kis123 , I don't mean the gay community's. 😛

 

[Cy/MiG]

BREAKING NEWS!!!

Rob Reiner has just declared no more smoking in movies, magazines, TV, billboards or Radio!

There is no end to this evil!!!

 

[PainTrain]

And what's non-family friendly about gay pride parades? Many, many gays have families and are raising children.

Because we do not want our children exposed to that type of "thing". (Biting my tounge so hard I'm tasting blood.) Not to mention that most of these "pride" parades (they are not prideful, that I assure you), are filled with Sexually orientated situations, even full on "intercourse" in some situations.

Smoking will not go away, but it will be relegated to very small areas, thank God.

 

[Skipadeedoodah]

So true - this whole smoking thing is getting way out of hand - I'm not a smoker either...but damn...people need to get a freakin grip.

buncha *****s

 

[Skipadeedoodah]

I put up with it everyday from people who don't even know how racist they are until I land in their lives.

I don't understand this...you're either racist or you're not. Even if you're the first person of your particular race to encounter somebody, you're not going to make them racist based on just you (unless they're incredibly, ridiculously ignorant). My guess, kis, is that rather than meeting you and "discovering" they're racist, they just don't like YOU.

 

[Cy/MiG]

I don't understand this...you're either racist or you're not. Even if you're the first person of your particular race to encounter somebody, you're not going to make them racist based on just you (unless they're incredibly, ridiculously ignorant). My guess, kis, is that rather than meeting you and "discovering" they're racist, they just don't like YOU.

YOWZA!!!


Preparing for 'cat fight' in...

3...2...1...

*Ducks behind couch*

 

[Skipadeedoodah]

LOL I'm not trying to start any fights - I just calls 'em like I sees 'em.

 

[huskys]

This thread is drifting a bit off topic,don't ya think?🙂

Yup, but interesting isn't it!!!! 😉
(Pulls up a seat and passes the popcorn to Bugman) 😛

 

[Marquis De Sade]

Oh my God...😱

 

[locker669]

Imagine all those R rated after school specials about the dangers of smoking...

 

[xionking]

First no smoking.

Soon no drinking then no talking.

 

[Cy/MiG]

First no smoking.

Soon no drinking then no talking.

SHHHHH!

 

[BellaRisa]

First no smoking.

Soon no drinking then no talking.

As much as I love a good Eddie Izzard quote , I'm trying to see the other side of this and I'm not getting it. I fail to see how regulating smoking to adults-only films is a bad thing. Are you folks saying people in G, PG, and PG-13 movies should show smoking in a positive light? That's fighting for our rights? I think not.

 

[Marquis De Sade]

As much as I love a good Eddie Izzard quote , I'm trying to see the other side of this and I'm not getting it. I fail to see how regulating smoking to adults-only films is a bad thing. Are you folks saying people in G, PG, and PG-13 movies should show smoking in a positive light? That's fighting for our rights? I think not.

I think it's just a question of freedom of expression. Depending on the piece itself, if a screenwriter feels he can't depict smoking in a script, he might feel it hinders his creativity and hurt the project's chances of seeming realistic.

A lot of times, it's just seen in the background - atmosphere. Like in the background of a bar scene, specific characters (Jack Sparrow's Dad in Pirates 2 for example - I'm pretty sure he smoked, but that's part of his character, it wasn't focused on that singular aspect), the time period.

If it starts with movies it might soon after extend to television and that would mean the end of the realism in a show like Mad Men, which is set in the 60's and everyone smokes everywhere.

It's hardly ever really focused on though, it's just there. The people that're calling for a ban on smoking in films are similar to the crowd that sit through films looking for editing mistakes. They're looking for what they're looking for.

Christians have people who watch movies and keep track of every swear word and keep a tally on them. Nothing against that btw, that's kinda cool because they post their results up on websites and I'm sure in different forms of media so families know what to expect before taking their kids to go see something. But it must be hard to get lost in a movie when you're keeping score of certain things in a notebook.

 

[BellaRisa]

I agree with you, especially on freedom of expression 😎. As a parent though, I have no issue with that freedom being expressed in appropriate mediums. Mad Men (which kicks ass!) isn't something I watch with my young children. Kids notice and absorb *everything*, and subliminal background material is no less significant to me. I am sooo not saying people shouldn't smoke in movies, I just don't mind if it's only in movies geared toward adults and older teens.

I think it's just a question of freedom of expression. Depending on the piece itself, if a screenwriter feels he can't depict smoking in a script, he might feel it hinders his creativity and hurt the project's chances of seeming realistic.

A lot of times, it's just seen in the background - atmosphere. Like in the background of a bar scene, specific characters (Jack Sparrow's Dad in Pirates 2 for example - I'm pretty sure he smoked, but that's part of his character, it wasn't focused on that singular aspect), the time period.

If it starts with movies it might soon after extend to television and that would mean the end of the realism in a show like Mad Men, which is set in the 60's and everyone smokes everywhere.

It's hardly ever really focused on though, it's just there. The people that're calling for a ban on smoking in films are similar to the crowd that sit through films looking for editing mistakes. They're looking for what they're looking for.

Christians have people who watch movies and keep track of every swear word and keep a tally on them. Nothing against that btw, that's kinda cool because they post their results up on websites and I'm sure in different forms of media so families know what to expect before taking their kids to go see something. But it must be hard to get lost in a movie when you're keeping score of certain things in a notebook.

 

[Marquis De Sade]

I agree with you, especially on freedom of expression 😎. As a parent though, I have no issue with that freedom being expressed in appropriate mediums. Mad Men (which kicks ass!) isn't something I watch with my young children. Kids notice and absorb *everything*, and subliminal background material is no less significant to me. I am sooo not saying people shouldn't smoke in movies, I just don't mind if it's only in movies geared toward adults and older teens.

😉 That's 'cause you're a good parent who's willing to do the work instead of relying on someone else to do it for you. Like slap a giant label on anything that might require someone to do a little extra research.

And yes, Mad Men rules!! No Mad Men during the Emmy's though. It'll come back the week after. Be sure to watch them win everything instead.