ANYWAYS
During the loop, they talked about how Disney and Universal will stop showing people smoking in any of their films from now on, especially any movie that’s teen related.
They also went into several points, these 2 were the most important:
– The industry should make any film that has people smoking rated R, that way teens won’t be influenced by movies.
– To an extreme, ban smoking in films altogether.
My take on it, is that people will smoke regardless and this will hardly change any influences toward people. I don’t believe in censorship of anything kind (storywise) if it’s telling a story. Yes, smoking maybe insignificant, but it does show the character of certain characters. Also, how many people can actually say that they don’t know one single smoker. During high stressful situations, what’s more believable:
Someone lighting up a Cigarette?
Or
Someone chewing Gum?
What’s next, no drug use? Drinking? Bad Words? :eye:
Did you know that Movies automatically get and R rating for the use of Fuck? :notgood:
That’s fucking stupid.
Also f*cking stupid.
seriously go fuck yourselves.
😛 They just need to bring back Joe Camel, at least he gave cartoon characters a good name, and started a generation smoking in style ^_^
Dun dun dun-n-n.
And no, movies don’t get rated R for the use of "fuck" if it’s only in there once or twice. One f-bomb is not an automatic R rating.
Merl really did start smoking because of movies (Independence Day), but I still think banning it would be ridiculous. It seems so nanny-state.
don’t ban it
don’t ban it
Oh man that movie is amazing. Jean Seberg is :swoon:
God yes, and Jean-Paul Belmondo has the sexiest lips ever!
I guess banning the image of smoking is easier than raising awareness of the harms of smoking
"Oh no that guy’s smoking in this movie, we must censor it!"
and why stop there? why not ban it in books too!
and if people really get influenced by movies in that way, then they should ban explosions to reduce terrorism.
it’s all so very retarded.
[ftr, this is exactly why you can’t show anyone drinking beer in a beer commercial. they can only show you opening it, pouring it, etc.]
everyone thinks they’re never influenced by the media but everyone is to some extent to another. it can be the extreme cases, like when suicide rates rise dramatically nationwide when a highly publicized celebrity suicide occurred recently, or it can be something significantly more subtle, such as the sexual scripts we have embedded pretty deeply. people know what french kissing looks like, they know that generally comes before undressing. they know that the guy makes the initial moves in the far majority of situations. how would people have any preconceived notions of any of these without the influence of the media?
anyway, I think banning it is ridiculous, but I’d have no problem at all with it being an instant-R kind of thing.
One of the main reasons I gave up smoking (a lot) was that I finally accepted that I would never, ever be as cool as Tony Leung Chiu-wai in, well, any of his films. A Lucky Strike was not going to make up the difference.
weather it`s the rich elite who crack a smoke or the seady mob guys, it`s part of their culture and movies are mirrors of our culture.
Yes people are influenced by movies, but if you start to mimic them and get addicted to the substance, it’s your own damn fault. Addiction is not a disease, it’s a choice.
Case in point? Myself where I smoked half a pack a day for almost a year and then went cold turkey, have yet to have a lit cigerette in my mouth for over 3 years now.
Do I get cravings? Yes, do I give into them? No.