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Re:Weekly Top 10 lists of the most-watched TV and films by socialdemocrat on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @10:11PM (#29248952)
Yeah, I am getting really tired of how gory everything has to be today. I think as a culture we should not normalize so much blood and gore. Maybe I think more like this now because I am older and a parent. Plus I have just watched so much violence on TV over so many years that it kind of seems outdated. A cheap trick by people who don’t know how to make tension without gore.
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Re:Weekly Top 10 lists of the most-watched TV and films by sorenjan on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @11:06PM (#29249201)
I'm the opposite. I hate how some movies (PG-13) show people getting shot without a drop of blood, or people getting unconscious from a swift hit to the head and then waking up a few minutes later as if they just went to sleep. Violence without consequence is worse than gory violence, because it teaches the viewers that it's ok.
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Re:Weekly Top 10 lists of the most-watched TV and films by npteljes on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @05:15AM (#29251056)
The alternative to gory violence is not cartoon violence. There's no problem with some shows being gory violent. The parent comment lamented that it seems to be a norm now. Films can tackle the consequence of violence, without explicitly showing it happen, and especially without zooming in it happening.
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Re:Weekly Top 10 lists of the most-watched TV and films by glenneroo on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @11:23PM (#29249270)
> Violence without consequence is worse than gory violence, because it teaches the viewers that it's ok.

On the other hand, I would assume that it desensitizes viewers to violence. I'm not sure how or if that translates in any way to real life violence. I wonder if there are any studies out there on the subject?

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Re:Weekly Top 10 lists of the most-watched TV and films by ZanyProgrammer on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @09:24AM (#29253361)
How is that the norm for so much tv and cinema? Maybe 30 years ago, but I don’t think you can say that violence and gore are underrepresented everywhere but network TV.
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