Comments on: Captivity Billboard Banned http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/03/20/captivity-billboard-banned/ Blogging the Reel World Thu, 8 Jan 2009 16:42:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Rise With The Tide Towards Divinity « “Cut! No, no, no…” http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/03/20/captivity-billboard-banned/#comment-330843 Rise With The Tide Towards Divinity « “Cut! No, no, no…” Mon, 12 May 2008 09:29:15 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/03/20/captivity-billboard-banned/#comment-330843 [...] Roland Joffé has had a career one would usually call ‘checkered’. After debuting with his lugubrious and masterful onscreen/offscreen war epic The Killing Fields, he has subsequently ‘helmed’ such masterworks as bloated jungle/religion non-epic The Mission, Gary Oldman’s awful all-screaming 1995 version of The Scarlet Letter, and The motherfucking Super Mario Brothers. Having all but disappeared recently - his dull neo-noir Goodbye Lover and most recent Vatel each released, respectively, ten and eight years ago - he now has three features out in the next year. The first, Captivity, a very Saw-like gorefest, opens at Village and Hoyts over a year after it was at the centre of quite a controversy. [...] [...] Roland Joffé has had a career one would usually call ‘checkered’. After debuting with his lugubrious and masterful onscreen/offscreen war epic The Killing Fields, he has subsequently ‘helmed’ such masterworks as bloated jungle/religion non-epic The Mission, Gary Oldman’s awful all-screaming 1995 version of The Scarlet Letter, and The motherfucking Super Mario Brothers. Having all but disappeared recently - his dull neo-noir Goodbye Lover and most recent Vatel each released, respectively, ten and eight years ago - he now has three features out in the next year. The first, Captivity, a very Saw-like gorefest, opens at Village and Hoyts over a year after it was at the centre of quite a controversy. [...]

]]> By: Accerfenoherb http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/03/20/captivity-billboard-banned/#comment-280212 Accerfenoherb Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:15:13 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/03/20/captivity-billboard-banned/#comment-280212 I’d prefer reading in my native language, because my knowledge of your languange is no so well. But it was interesting! Look for some my links: I’d prefer reading in my native language, because my knowledge of your languange is no so well. But it was interesting! Look for some my links:

]]> By: big daddy http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/03/20/captivity-billboard-banned/#comment-159271 big daddy Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:59:36 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/03/20/captivity-billboard-banned/#comment-159271 im too involved with cloverfield, but i happened across this discussion, and id like to say something. i have a 1 year old son, and i understand that in this day and age, you cannot shelter your children. if you are watching tv or driving around and you see that, you need to suck it up and take responsibility as a parent to teach your child. all this B.S. about it being "forced" on you is unconstitutional in my opinion. if you dont like it go to china where they censor everything. here in america, we enjoy the right to advertise, and you should be happy that you "have" to see this, as opposed to you arent allowed to. you parents are forgetting that its your job to raise your kid, not the worlds job, if you shelter them, you'll end up with a pregnant minor whos dropped out and doesnt know who the daddy is, all because they never knew about sex or drugs and they had to learn on their own because you were to busy bitching about a scary billboard. its not even that bad, seriously, the saw ads were worse. im too involved with cloverfield, but i happened across this discussion, and id like to say something. i have a 1 year old son, and i understand that in this day and age, you cannot shelter your children. if you are watching tv or driving around and you see that, you need to suck it up and take responsibility as a parent to teach your child. all this B.S. about it being “forced” on you is unconstitutional in my opinion. if you dont like it go to china where they censor everything. here in america, we enjoy the right to advertise, and you should be happy that you “have” to see this, as opposed to you arent allowed to. you parents are forgetting that its your job to raise your kid, not the worlds job, if you shelter them, you’ll end up with a pregnant minor whos dropped out and doesnt know who the daddy is, all because they never knew about sex or drugs and they had to learn on their own because you were to busy bitching about a scary billboard. its not even that bad, seriously, the saw ads were worse.

]]> By: Trollopoart http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/03/20/captivity-billboard-banned/#comment-98566 Trollopoart Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:12:37 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/03/20/captivity-billboard-banned/#comment-98566 comment_fashion comment_fashion

]]> By: Darrell http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/03/20/captivity-billboard-banned/#comment-73520 Darrell Mon, 06 Aug 2007 20:37:30 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/03/20/captivity-billboard-banned/#comment-73520 And this movie passes for entertainment?!! Gawd this country's in trouble. And this movie passes for entertainment?!! Gawd this country’s in trouble.

]]> By: Alexandra http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/03/20/captivity-billboard-banned/#comment-72110 Alexandra Fri, 03 Aug 2007 03:13:57 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/03/20/captivity-billboard-banned/#comment-72110 Oh, and for the person who said that having tubes shoved up your nose isn't really a torture, I had a doctor's appointment recently and he shoved a tube up my nose. Even with the numbing fluid he used, it was extremely painful, and that was just one tube. I don't even want to think of where the blood is coming from. Oh, and for the person who said that having tubes shoved up your nose isn’t really a torture, I had a doctor’s appointment recently and he shoved a tube up my nose. Even with the numbing fluid he used, it was extremely painful, and that was just one tube. I don’t even want to think of where the blood is coming from.

]]> By: Alexandra http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/03/20/captivity-billboard-banned/#comment-72108 Alexandra Fri, 03 Aug 2007 03:08:54 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/03/20/captivity-billboard-banned/#comment-72108 I simply think movies like this should not be allowed. by movies like this, I mean the Saw movies, I mean House of a Thousand Corpses, House of Wax, Hostel, etc. I'm not talking about scary movies - I love scary movies, movies that make me jump, inch closer to the friend I'm watching it with, hug my pillow - I'm talking about gorefest movies; movies that are created to feed an appetite for sadistic violence. When I want to see a scary movie, I want to be scared, not grossed out. If I'm overly grossed out, then I'm not scared anymore and the movie has failed for me. I don't even mind gore as long as it's not the main theme of the movie, like 300 (despite all the complaints, I thought it was a beautiful film). But what is happening with our culture when psychopaths are glorified? What is happening when the victim in question is given no dignity, no strength, and is simply a toy for the sadist (and for the viewer) to play with? Don't get me wrong here, there's nothing wrong with torture scenes as long as we're empathizing and sympathizing with the victim and hating the perpetrator. If we're rooting for the victim's escape, that's a good thing! But in the case of many of these movies that come out, the attitude is more like "I wonder how this person is going to die?" and a want to see what's going to happen next. I could handle the Texas Chainsaw Massacre because the girl was smart (covered her hand with her mouth so that her breathing would not be heard), courageous (tried to save her friends and a baby), caring (she was very upset when she put her friend out of his misery at his request), and she escaped. I could handle Silent Hill because I could really care about the protagonists and, again, they had strength an dignity. The point is that the victim should be seen as human, not an object. Advertisements that depict people being 'abducted, confined, tortured, terminated', raped, assaulted, etc. do nothing but to glorify those we should abhor and want to separate from society and to dehumanize those we should support and care about. I simply think movies like this should not be allowed. by movies like this, I mean the Saw movies, I mean House of a Thousand Corpses, House of Wax, Hostel, etc. I’m not talking about scary movies - I love scary movies, movies that make me jump, inch closer to the friend I’m watching it with, hug my pillow - I’m talking about gorefest movies; movies that are created to feed an appetite for sadistic violence. When I want to see a scary movie, I want to be scared, not grossed out. If I’m overly grossed out, then I’m not scared anymore and the movie has failed for me. I don’t even mind gore as long as it’s not the main theme of the movie, like 300 (despite all the complaints, I thought it was a beautiful film). But what is happening with our culture when psychopaths are glorified? What is happening when the victim in question is given no dignity, no strength, and is simply a toy for the sadist (and for the viewer) to play with? Don’t get me wrong here, there’s nothing wrong with torture scenes as long as we’re empathizing and sympathizing with the victim and hating the perpetrator. If we’re rooting for the victim’s escape, that’s a good thing! But in the case of many of these movies that come out, the attitude is more like “I wonder how this person is going to die?” and a want to see what’s going to happen next. I could handle the Texas Chainsaw Massacre because the girl was smart (covered her hand with her mouth so that her breathing would not be heard), courageous (tried to save her friends and a baby), caring (she was very upset when she put her friend out of his misery at his request), and she escaped. I could handle Silent Hill because I could really care about the protagonists and, again, they had strength an dignity. The point is that the victim should be seen as human, not an object. Advertisements that depict people being ‘abducted, confined, tortured, terminated’, raped, assaulted, etc. do nothing but to glorify those we should abhor and want to separate from society and to dehumanize those we should support and care about.

]]> By: Movie Review: <em>Captivity</em> : Wonderful Thoughts http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/03/20/captivity-billboard-banned/#comment-68768 Movie Review: <em>Captivity</em> : Wonderful Thoughts Mon, 23 Jul 2007 08:19:48 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/03/20/captivity-billboard-banned/#comment-68768 [...] sparked controversy earlier this year when a series of graphic billboards and posters popped up around Los Angeles. [...] [...] sparked controversy earlier this year when a series of graphic billboards and posters popped up around Los Angeles. [...]

]]> By: Jmh http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/03/20/captivity-billboard-banned/#comment-67845 Jmh Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:42:06 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/03/20/captivity-billboard-banned/#comment-67845 "Look at the saw posters……People didn’t make a big stink about there being severed fingers or teeth hanging from strings. People need to get off their moral high horses and calm down." - Erik Actully they did make a big deal about the saw 2 posters with the fingers because it showed them severed and bloody and had to switch to just seeing the top of the fingers and not see the blood. And as for this billboard what the hell is happening in the torture scene its looks messed up. but other than that frame the billboard isnt that graphic. But kids seeing the torture scene would be pretty upset because thats just sadistic. “Look at the saw posters……People didn’t make a big stink about there being severed fingers or teeth hanging from strings. People need to get off their moral high horses and calm down.”
- Erik

Actully they did make a big deal about the saw 2 posters with the fingers because it showed them severed and bloody and had to switch to just seeing the top of the fingers and not see the blood. And as for this billboard what the hell is happening in the torture scene its looks messed up. but other than that frame the billboard isnt that graphic. But kids seeing the torture scene would be pretty upset because thats just sadistic.

]]> By: Beth http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/03/20/captivity-billboard-banned/#comment-65967 Beth Sun, 15 Jul 2007 00:16:51 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/03/20/captivity-billboard-banned/#comment-65967 I find all this hoopla about a movie billboard very interesting! How extremely smart of the studio execs to make an 'oops'. Like one the previous posters said sure got our attention didnt it. What I dont understand is why the big deal? Sure its scarey, gross, and a bit morbid but for God's sake so is Paris Hilton. Someone up further said talk to your kids and tell them some stuff on the screen is fake and yet some is real but that is what us parents are for to help them understand the freaky stuff of this world. GREAT point. To those that keep complaining about the billboard and kids seeing it.... ummmm they get to watch Paris H, Brittney S., and BRATTS (what is that crap) now theres a good life lesson...sheesh come on folks its a MOVIE billboard thats it. A lady posted that she got to thinking about all the real ladies this has happened to. I appreciate that I honestly do but you can't do that with every billboard or every movie you'll make yourself nuts worrying. What about all the men she killed in "Monster" innocent men! just a thought And one more thing, I am very sorry to say this but I find it MUCH MORE DISTURBING to turn on my tv for a night of laughs and learn yet another young person has been killed in IRAQ!!!!!! Peace and Love :) Now lets all go watch 'GREASE" it'll cheer us up! ;) I find all this hoopla about a movie billboard very interesting! How
extremely smart of the studio execs to make an ‘oops’. Like one
the previous posters said sure got our attention didnt it. What I dont
understand is why the big deal? Sure its scarey, gross, and a bit morbid
but for God’s sake so is Paris Hilton.
Someone up further said talk to your kids and tell them some stuff on
the screen is fake and yet some is real but that is what us parents are for
to help them understand the freaky stuff of this world. GREAT point.
To those that keep complaining about the billboard and kids seeing it….
ummmm they get to watch Paris H, Brittney S., and BRATTS (what is that
crap) now theres a good life lesson…sheesh come on folks its a MOVIE
billboard thats it.
A lady posted that she got to thinking about all the real ladies
this has happened to. I appreciate that I honestly do but you can’t
do that with every billboard or every movie you’ll make yourself nuts
worrying. What about all the men she killed in “Monster” innocent men!
just a thought
And one more thing, I am very sorry to say this but I find it MUCH MORE
DISTURBING to turn on my tv for a night of laughs and
learn yet another young person has been killed in IRAQ!!!!!!
Peace and Love :)
Now lets all go watch ‘GREASE” it’ll cheer us up! ;)

]]> By: Ashley http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/03/20/captivity-billboard-banned/#comment-65869 Ashley Sat, 14 Jul 2007 18:00:01 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/03/20/captivity-billboard-banned/#comment-65869 I don't get it. The posters for the Saw movies and Hostel movies are much worse than this. What is all the fuss about people? It's just a picture. I don’t get it. The posters for the Saw movies and Hostel movies are much worse than this. What is all the fuss about people? It’s just a picture.

]]> By: Efthimios http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/03/20/captivity-billboard-banned/#comment-63940 Efthimios Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:46:30 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/03/20/captivity-billboard-banned/#comment-63940 Nice Nice

]]> By: Aj http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/03/20/captivity-billboard-banned/#comment-62461 Aj Sat, 07 Jul 2007 22:17:14 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/03/20/captivity-billboard-banned/#comment-62461 Torture is hot - period! Torture is hot - period!

]]> By: Mike http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/03/20/captivity-billboard-banned/#comment-29759 Mike Fri, 11 May 2007 05:30:21 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/03/20/captivity-billboard-banned/#comment-29759 I have a response to those comments posted on here. Especially to Mandee in specific. I'm in no way aiming for a form of disrespect when I say this. But I personally don't agree that the movie posters and commercials are going too far. When there is a scary image on screen and a child questions it, or is afraid, I feel that its obligatory of a parent or guardian to explain to a child that such things on TV are fake, that Hollywood makes movies as a form of entertainment the same way that a child plays pretend with a friend. Sometimes images do scare children and effect them in a profound way, but having the ability to explain it to them before their mind grasps onto it as a "reality" is up to the parent. In the same respect - certain images that are scary should be seen and noted. Considering this isn't the 1950's where its safe to leave your door unlocked and let your kids wander the streets aimlessly, (and I am not implying that Mandee or anyone else on here does that, its just a point to be proven.) I think its good to educate kids on bad things that happen in the world - Commercials and Billboards obviously aren't going to do that and it is up to the parent. But these images presented, in a sense pose the question in the mind of the child of what is real and what isn't - therefore bringing to light that topic with a parent. - - - It should be explained that movies aren't real, and it should also be explained that certain things are real and stories are just based on them - personally as a child I was informed very early on of things little ones shouldn't know - I am grateful for that. I had been told of a girl who wasn't much older than me walking home from her middle school taking the shortcut path through the woods that led to the main road, (mind you this path only took approx. 2 minutes to walk through - it was short and everyone took it - I even did when I got to that school - with other children of course, it cut 5 minutes out of the walk to the main road) ...she only lived a five minute walk from where the path let out... on her way through this path, for some reason she was alone on this certain day - she never made it to the street. A search party was formed that night, only to find her body against a tree - She had been raped and strangled, she was found with no clothing but a ripped shirt... My mother explained to me thats why its good not to wander off from a parent and always be aware of surroundings because bad things happen in this world whether or not we want to believe in them. So the point is - those commercials might pose questions of that nature, of what's real and what's fake, but those commercials and billboards are all for the sake of art. I just feel that as time goes on this world becomes more and more violent, and I don't feel the media is completely to blame. - But the thought I pose is - What's the harm in letting a child know that films are fake, that they are made by a crew of people and have many different aspects about them - for them to even go into production. - Taking the magic out of a movie isn't quite the same as diminishing the image of Santa or the Easter Bunny, or whichever figure one's child might believe in. Isn't it better to be alert than kept in the dark on things? I have a response to those comments posted on here. Especially to Mandee in specific. I’m in no way aiming for a form of disrespect when I say this. But I personally don’t agree that the movie posters and commercials are going too far. When there is a scary image on screen and a child questions it, or is afraid, I feel that its obligatory of a parent or guardian to explain to a child that such things on TV are fake, that Hollywood makes movies as a form of entertainment the same way that a child plays pretend with a friend. Sometimes images do scare children and effect them in a profound way, but having the ability to explain it to them before their mind grasps onto it as a “reality” is up to the parent. In the same respect - certain images that are scary should be seen and noted. Considering this isn’t the 1950’s where its safe to leave your door unlocked and let your kids wander the streets aimlessly, (and I am not implying that Mandee or anyone else on here does that, its just a point to be proven.) I think its good to educate kids on bad things that happen in the world - Commercials and Billboards obviously aren’t going to do that and it is up to the parent. But these images presented, in a sense pose the question in the mind of the child of what is real and what isn’t - therefore bringing to light that topic with a parent. - - - It should be explained that movies aren’t real, and it should also be explained that certain things are real and stories are just based on them - personally as a child I was informed very early on of things little ones shouldn’t know - I am grateful for that.
I had been told of a girl who wasn’t much older than me walking home from her middle school taking the shortcut path through the woods that led to the main road, (mind you this path only took approx. 2 minutes to walk through - it was short and everyone took it - I even did when I got to that school - with other children of course, it cut 5 minutes out of the walk to the main road) …she only lived a five minute walk from where the path let out… on her way through this path, for some reason she was alone on this certain day - she never made it to the street. A search party was formed that night, only to find her body against a tree - She had been raped and strangled, she was found with no clothing but a ripped shirt… My mother explained to me thats why its good not to wander off from a parent and always be aware of surroundings because bad things happen in this world whether or not we want to believe in them. So the point is - those commercials might pose questions of that nature, of what’s real and what’s fake, but those commercials and billboards are all for the sake of art. I just feel that as time goes on this world becomes more and more violent, and I don’t feel the media is completely to blame. - But the thought I pose is - What’s the harm in letting a child know that films are fake, that they are made by a crew of people and have many different aspects about them - for them to even go into production. - Taking the magic out of a movie isn’t quite the same as diminishing the image of Santa or the Easter Bunny, or whichever figure one’s child might believe in. Isn’t it better to be alert than kept in the dark on things?

]]> By: ash http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/03/20/captivity-billboard-banned/#comment-23972 ash Wed, 02 May 2007 01:22:23 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/03/20/captivity-billboard-banned/#comment-23972 I'm not sure why The Grudge has been lumped in with the new wave of "torture horror" that some people are talking about The Grudge is far from a spectacle of blood and gore...it's pretty tame compared to most of the other movies mentioned.. I’m not sure why The Grudge has been lumped in with the new wave of “torture horror” that some people are talking about The Grudge is far from a spectacle of blood and gore…it’s pretty tame compared to most of the other movies mentioned..

]]> By: Anonymous Realist http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/03/20/captivity-billboard-banned/#comment-20520 Anonymous Realist Sat, 21 Apr 2007 02:02:48 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/03/20/captivity-billboard-banned/#comment-20520 Eh, I thought they were kinda hot. Bummer. Eh, I thought they were kinda hot. Bummer.

]]> By: Udo Kettner http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/03/20/captivity-billboard-banned/#comment-18769 Udo Kettner Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:09:01 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/03/20/captivity-billboard-banned/#comment-18769 It's stuff like this that has turned the horror genre into a laughable shell of it's former glory with well-written works like Hitchcock. Serial killers are real, and there's tons more of them out there that we never hear about because police don't make the connections. Movies like this glorify violence toward women, pure and simple. There's even serial killer websites out there that glorify violence toward women, turning their battered and smashed faces into ashtrays like on that Mangled Angels website. What kind of sicko puts out cigarette butts INTO a woman's face and then photographs it??? Hollywood is contributing to the decay of western civilization faster than Rachael Rae can cook pork chops. It’s stuff like this that has turned the horror genre into a laughable shell of it’s former glory with well-written works like Hitchcock. Serial killers are real, and there’s tons more of them out there that we never hear about because police don’t make the connections. Movies like this glorify violence toward women, pure and simple. There’s even serial killer websites out there that glorify violence toward women, turning their battered and smashed faces into ashtrays like on that Mangled Angels website. What kind of sicko puts out cigarette butts INTO a woman’s face and then photographs it???

Hollywood is contributing to the decay of western civilization faster than Rachael Rae can cook pork chops.

]]> By: Thinker http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/03/20/captivity-billboard-banned/#comment-12272 Thinker Tue, 03 Apr 2007 05:23:05 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/03/20/captivity-billboard-banned/#comment-12272 The billboard, while potentially disturbing, isn't that far out there, frankly. I don't see why it gets more attention than The Hills Have Eyes, for one thing, and it's not as if the fact that films are often disturbingly violent is news to anyone. There are far worse things in real life -- not in the entertainment world -- for the public to whine about. The billboard, while potentially disturbing, isn’t that far out there, frankly. I don’t see why it gets more attention than The Hills Have Eyes, for one thing, and it’s not as if the fact that films are often disturbingly violent is news to anyone. There are far worse things in real life — not in the entertainment world — for the public to whine about.

]]> By: Bob http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/03/20/captivity-billboard-banned/#comment-10732 Bob Sat, 31 Mar 2007 07:58:09 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/03/20/captivity-billboard-banned/#comment-10732 It's funny how the Saw poster showed dismembered limbs, dead fingers standing up to make a two, and three lonely teeth sitting in the mouth of what obviously was the body of a man who tortured before getting killed off...yet no one complained about those...and I don't necessairly see how this can forever damage our young when my litlle brother, only 11, can distinguish from what is fake and what is reality...and he is not mentally disturbed. Really, there are far worse things to be crying about. It’s funny how the Saw poster showed dismembered limbs, dead fingers standing up to make a two, and three lonely teeth sitting in the mouth of what obviously was the body of a man who tortured before getting killed off…yet no one complained about those…and I don’t necessairly see how this can forever damage our young when my litlle brother, only 11, can distinguish from what is fake and what is reality…and he is not mentally disturbed. Really, there are far worse things to be crying about.

]]> By: Forward to Yesterday - Bob Westal Classic Film, Movie, & Television Blog http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/03/20/captivity-billboard-banned/#comment-9681 Forward to Yesterday - Bob Westal Classic Film, Movie, & Television Blog Thu, 29 Mar 2007 06:04:35 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/03/20/captivity-billboard-banned/#comment-9681 [...] Controversy #1 involves an unusually nasty, sort of vilely hypnotic, sequential posters promoting the torture-centric horror flick, Captivity. (I’m including a link to a photograph of the billboard, but be warned that’s it is very unpleasant. However, it is much smaller and therefore probably far less powerful than it would be in person. It’s pretty bad.)For more, read the words of TV writer/author/concerned parent Jill Soloway, who includes a supportive letter from Joss Whedon (a parent himself), who has some interesting thoughts on traditional horror versus “torture porn.” Naturally, this was noticed and started a lot of discussion among Mr. Buffy-Serenity’s man’s never-shy fans. If you’ve got the geek interest and the time…but mainly lots of time…you can read that here. [...] [...] Controversy #1 involves an unusually nasty, sort of vilely hypnotic, sequential posters promoting the torture-centric horror flick, Captivity. (I’m including a link to a photograph of the billboard, but be warned that’s it is very unpleasant. However, it is much smaller and therefore probably far less powerful than it would be in person. It’s pretty bad.)For more, read the words of TV writer/author/concerned parent Jill Soloway, who includes a supportive letter from Joss Whedon (a parent himself), who has some interesting thoughts on traditional horror versus “torture porn.” Naturally, this was noticed and started a lot of discussion among Mr. Buffy-Serenity’s man’s never-shy fans. If you’ve got the geek interest and the time…but mainly lots of time…you can read that here. [...]

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