Comments on: A DIRTY SHAME INDEED http://www.joshuabales.net/wp/2006/01/a-dirty-shame-indeed/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 05 Oct 2011 21:31:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Josh http://www.joshuabales.net/wp/2006/01/a-dirty-shame-indeed/comment-page-1/#comment-1074 Josh Sun, 15 Jan 2006 05:14:28 +0000 http://joshbales.net/2006/01/11/a-dirty-shame-indeed/#comment-1074 Yeah, the media -- and to a larger extent, our entire society -- has really got some fucked up ideas when it comes to sex and violence. You put it quite well, Allan -- it's one big clusterfuck of a double standard. Regarding <b>Devil's Rejects</b>: it was entertaining, but I'm not sure if I <i>liked</i> it. I thought some of the psychological elements (the vengeance-driven sheriff slowly going insane) were intriguing, and I really dug the scenes where the Firefly family fucking with each other, like when they're in the truck. On a whole though, the torture elements in the context of this film didn't work for me as well as they did in the prequel. The cinematography was quite impressive, however. I think Rob Zombie is a very talented director. I'm real curious to see what he could do with a non-horror film. Maybe a romantic comedy? Oh, and let it be known by all -- I have a cable modem. JAB Yeah, the media — and to a larger extent, our entire society — has really got some fucked up ideas when it comes to sex and violence. You put it quite well, Allan — it’s one big clusterfuck of a double standard.

Regarding Devil’s Rejects: it was entertaining, but I’m not sure if I liked it. I thought some of the psychological elements (the vengeance-driven sheriff slowly going insane) were intriguing, and I really dug the scenes where the Firefly family fucking with each other, like when they’re in the truck. On a whole though, the torture elements in the context of this film didn’t work for me as well as they did in the prequel. The cinematography was quite impressive, however. I think Rob Zombie is a very talented director. I’m real curious to see what he could do with a non-horror film. Maybe a romantic comedy?

Oh, and let it be known by all — I have a cable modem.

JAB

]]> By: Ryan http://www.joshuabales.net/wp/2006/01/a-dirty-shame-indeed/comment-page-1/#comment-1073 Ryan Fri, 13 Jan 2006 05:48:54 +0000 http://joshbales.net/2006/01/11/a-dirty-shame-indeed/#comment-1073 You know, when I worked for BlockBuster, some lady came in and demanded to get the number to our District Manager. She demanded that we take the movie <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0285462/" rel="nofollow">Boat Trip</a> from the shelves, as she let her 15 year old son watch it, and walked in right as some tits were bouncin' on the screen. How dare we provide access to such perverseness! If the movie was produced by Rob Zombie, and showed him sodomizing a corpse right after he curb stomped it and ripped out it's kidneys, then im sure that lady wouldn't have said a thing. She would've walked into the room where her son was watching the movie and gasped, not because of what Rob Zombie was doing, but because it was "So gross! Eww!" You know, when I worked for BlockBuster, some lady came in and demanded to get the number to our District Manager. She demanded that we take the movie Boat Trip from the shelves, as she let her 15 year old son watch it, and walked in right as some tits were bouncin’ on the screen.

How dare we provide access to such perverseness! If the movie was produced by Rob Zombie, and showed him sodomizing a corpse right after he curb stomped it and ripped out it’s kidneys, then im sure that lady wouldn’t have said a thing. She would’ve walked into the room where her son was watching the movie and gasped, not because of what Rob Zombie was doing, but because it was “So gross! Eww!”

]]> By: Allan D'Angelo http://www.joshuabales.net/wp/2006/01/a-dirty-shame-indeed/comment-page-1/#comment-1072 Allan D'Angelo Thu, 12 Jan 2006 02:20:30 +0000 http://joshbales.net/2006/01/11/a-dirty-shame-indeed/#comment-1072 The great media double standard with sex and violence. I actually wrote an outline for my next post that deals with the same issue. It is funny that Soviet-controlled Blockbuster tries to be "family friendly" by not carrying NC-17 films, but like you said, carry Unrated films which are NC-17 films that are not submitted to the MPAA. The director made an NC-17 film, edited it down to an R rating to have it released theatrically, then releases it on DVD in its original cut and calls it Unrated. Anyway, did you enjoy <i>The Devil's Rejects</i>? The great media double standard with sex and violence. I actually wrote an outline for my next post that deals with the same issue.

It is funny that Soviet-controlled Blockbuster tries to be “family friendly” by not carrying NC-17 films, but like you said, carry Unrated films which are NC-17 films that are not submitted to the MPAA. The director made an NC-17 film, edited it down to an R rating to have it released theatrically, then releases it on DVD in its original cut and calls it Unrated.

Anyway, did you enjoy The Devil’s Rejects?

]]> By: nathan http://www.joshuabales.net/wp/2006/01/a-dirty-shame-indeed/comment-page-1/#comment-1071 nathan Thu, 12 Jan 2006 02:11:05 +0000 http://joshbales.net/2006/01/11/a-dirty-shame-indeed/#comment-1071 Yeah thanks, point me in the direction of a oh-so-dial-up-friendly video site. Screw you DSL bastards, I'm gonna go view some text sites. Yeah thanks, point me in the direction of a oh-so-dial-up-friendly video site. Screw you DSL bastards, I’m gonna go view some text sites.

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