Comments on: Shoot ‘Em Up Posters Deemed Too Violent for the U.K.

By: Week in review « cindychang//DOT//com

Week in review « cindychang//DOT//com — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:42:06 +0000

[...] been good at but lost nonetheless!, and watched Shoot Em Up, which I thought was alright albeit extremely violent. Forgot to mention that we watched the entire 7 episodes of ‘Street Fighter: The Later [...]

By: Liz

Liz — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 00:15:04 +0000

I find the title of the film just as problematic as the image if we’re worried about the concept of gun violence in movie posters.

By: Phil

Phil — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 22:59:54 +0000

I think it’s a welcome break. Having violent imagery everywhere makes us less sensitive to real suffering.

It’s bad for kids.

By: Kurt

Kurt — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 21:20:41 +0000

Did he just say Disirregardless? oi!

And it would be hilarious if they did mandate that guns were not used on posters or DVD sleeves. Just go through the videostore and look at the number of sleeves with a gun in the poster (in any of the ‘genre’s even Drama and Comedy. The mind boggles how many of them have guns on the cover!

By: TheSnowLeopard

TheSnowLeopard — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 21:16:04 +0000

Typical simplistic idiots who think there is a direct correlation between real violence and cinematic violence.

By: Henrik

Henrik — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 18:37:21 +0000

Sex FTW.

By: Marina

Marina — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 18:25:41 +0000

I can’t say I disagreeable with either Dario or Henrik. I don’t think it’s necessary to see the guns in order to promote the film – the trailers do a fine enough job of that – so censor away.

It also goes to the continued argument that Europe is much harsher on violence than on sex. I can’t say I blame them – one kills and the other one doesn’t (most of the time at least).

By: dario

dario — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 17:41:02 +0000

I’m all for that kind of censorship. I mean, it doesn’t affect me at all. I already think a Deagle is cool and can go through walls in cs_assault but I won’t shoot a hooker in the face with it.

But, I learned something interesting recently. In the UK sometimes wanna-be rappers rap about things that aren’t true. For example, in the US (and increasingly in Canada), culture around guns is popular in rap music and most of the time it may be true (T.I.). But when a rapper copies that style and puts out music in the UK, it gives the impression that the streets of London (or wherever) are so dangerous that people have to carry firearms. And this makes young people believe it. And thus begin carrying firearms which ends up making the rap song correct.

It’s probably a bunch of old ladies in party hats complaining about the poster. Disirregardless, there’s nothing good about guns so censor like your life depends on it!

By: Henrik

Henrik — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 16:12:27 +0000

I’m no fan of censorship, but less images of violence is hard to argue against.