Oh...ouch. Nostalgia hurts, sometimes. :) That was lovely...made me want to pull out the old tapes and give a watch. Or investigate if they ever came out with Season 2 DVDs.
You know...if you joined the SPN fandom, you could make pretties like this with your boy Sam. Muwahahahaha!
As to your point, this is a classic debate in our house. The Husband (did I mention I married my "same old man"?) is in theater biz, so the violence v. sex debate is a hot one. And its morphing...violence in things like TYR or war or cop shows was "defensible" in terms of context. That's the argument that gets lobbed out there. But now you have things like Saw or other thrillers or shows that go for horrifically violent acts for the sake of violence, not to advance or complement the logic of a plot or scenario.
But sex...sex never got that same contextual treatment, and it certainly has no hope for it now unless it's a sexual scenario specifically crafted to gratify a male audience. (Look out, I'm pulling out my soapbox.)
You need to check out "This Film is Not Yet Rated" -- a documentary that will turn your stomach about the MPAA (the movie rating system in the states). It comes down to this on the sex front:
Sex scene where man is shown to be sexually gratified -- OK. Sex scene where woman is shown to be sexually gratified -- Not so OK. Kissing scene in which a same-sex couple is shown to touch lips, and let's not even think about showing sexual gratification -- No fucking way.
OK...for my first post in your journal, I didn't intend to go all ranty on you. LOL
I love rant in my journal *g* Am so close to ficcing more than I've already done and vidding Sam - it all depends on if CSI really stays in the tank shark this season or not. Nick and Rick are closest to my heart.
To me sex is certainly more contextual in everyday life than violence ever will be - why the latter has so much entertainment appeal is beyond me. I guess that's why fanfic is so widespread *g*
Gotta find that documentary - even if it'll piss me off big time to watch it. Thanks for the tip!
You know...if you joined the SPN fandom, you could make pretties like this with your boy Sam. Muwahahahaha!
As to your point, this is a classic debate in our house. The Husband (did I mention I married my "same old man"?) is in theater biz, so the violence v. sex debate is a hot one. And its morphing...violence in things like TYR or war or cop shows was "defensible" in terms of context. That's the argument that gets lobbed out there. But now you have things like Saw or other thrillers or shows that go for horrifically violent acts for the sake of violence, not to advance or complement the logic of a plot or scenario.
But sex...sex never got that same contextual treatment, and it certainly has no hope for it now unless it's a sexual scenario specifically crafted to gratify a male audience. (Look out, I'm pulling out my soapbox.)
You need to check out "This Film is Not Yet Rated" -- a documentary that will turn your stomach about the MPAA (the movie rating system in the states). It comes down to this on the sex front:
Sex scene where man is shown to be sexually gratified -- OK.
Sex scene where woman is shown to be sexually gratified -- Not so OK.
Kissing scene in which a same-sex couple is shown to touch lips, and let's not even think about showing sexual gratification -- No fucking way.
OK...for my first post in your journal, I didn't intend to go all ranty on you. LOL
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To me sex is certainly more contextual in everyday life than violence ever will be - why the latter has so much entertainment appeal is beyond me. I guess that's why fanfic is so widespread *g*
Gotta find that documentary - even if it'll piss me off big time to watch it. Thanks for the tip!
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