tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5189370505125033122.post5235552834330381642..comments2023-11-02T05:04:02.912-07:00Comments on The End Times: a cli-fi newspaper that expires in 2500 A.D.: played out - AN IDEA FROM MAX GOLDSTEIN AND HIS BROTHER IN CONNECTICUTUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5189370505125033122.post-75924396880729267882012-12-20T22:06:25.220-08:002012-12-20T22:06:25.220-08:00Anonymous said...
This is an excellent idea! This ... Anonymous said...<br />This is an excellent idea! This Newton incident topic has just exploded on Twitter, everyone's still talking about it.<br /><br />You know this may be one of those "rare" times that you can use Taiwan Gun Control laws as an example, because citizens are "not allowed" to own guns in Taiwan. But Gun Violence in American movies, it will always be a topic of debate, because Hollywood glorifies Gun Violence, it had become an industry culture, the question is not how to eliminated Gun Violence, but how to blend it properly in movies.<br /><br />Like the movies you like, remember Michael Mann's "Heat"? That finale when they rob the bank, the gun battle was realistic, that I don't think anyone would have a problem with it.<br /><br />Same thing with "Black Hawk Down", the realism of guns, rockets, gave the audience an in depth look on the impact of guns.<br /><br />But when Hollywood makes movies like Clive Owen's "Shoot 'Em Up", that was really meaningless and the movie should never have been made, that was all about glorifying Gun Violence.<br /><br />Yes, I would definitely like to see your voice being heard. I like the letter - especially to Christopher Todd - you notice how he's been keeping his mouth shut throughout this incident? Because he's afraid if he says anything about Gun Violence, people in the industry would say "are you blaming us for Sandy Hook now?" I think he wants to keep his job at MPAA by keeping quiet, ha!<br /><br />I'm glad you are writing the letter to Todd, it's like testing the water, I'm eager to see if he responds.<br /><br />-- LH, film director, Taiwanese-American based in USA<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com