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From: jeq@laidbak.UUCP (Jonathan E. Quist)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: Women and Horror Films
Message-ID: <216@laidbak.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 22-Sep-85 01:00:20 EDT
Article-I.D.: laidbak.216
Posted: Sun Sep 22 01:00:20 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 22-Sep-85 23:42:07 EDT
References: <140@nvuxg.UUCP> <1902@reed.UUCP> <1512@hammer.UUCP>
Reply-To: jeq@laidbak.UUCP (Jonathan E. Quist)
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In article <1512@hammer.UUCP> seifert@hammer.UUCP (Snoopy) writes:
>In article <1902@reed.UUCP> purtell@reed.UUCP (Lady Godiva) writes:
>
>> Being frightened is great - seeing blood and gore just doesn't
>> do a thing for me though. Anyone else make this distinction?
>
>A scary movie is fun once in awhile. (wouldn't want to see one
>every day)  I agree with Lady Godiva, blood and gore are
>usually unnecessary, and oftentimes unpleasant to sit through,
>especially when they are used in extremes for effect.
>(gratuitous gore)
>
>Some people go overboard on hating violence, though.  Take for
>example "The Blues Brothers": lots of violence, but noone
>ever gets hurt.  It's a riot to see Jake and Elwood get up
>and dust themselves off after a building falls on them.
>Yet some people don't like the movie because "It's too violent" ???

There are also people who find Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies
too violent.  Compare the recent broadcast versions with
the originals.  The distinction between gratuitous violence
and slapstick must be made.  Personally, I find wholesale
gore to be rather boring, unless the special effects
are so bad as to make them comical.

Yes, I realize this discussion has little to do with net.singles,
but it was here, and so was I.  And I rarely let a chance
to flame the censors of Bugs Bunny go by.

Jonathan E. Quist
ihnp4!laidbak!jeq
``Be vewwy quiet!  I'm hunting Wabbit!''