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Is Hollywood more violent? [View all] Lurks Often Jan 2013 OP
Like sex, violence does sell. Puzzledtraveller Jan 2013 #1
I think the biggest difference is how much violence is disentangled from the results of violence el_bryanto Jan 2013 #2
Did we see that in the past? (nt) Recursion Jan 2013 #5
Star Wars is sort of the harbinger of it el_bryanto Jan 2013 #7
Yeah. Godzilla. Any alien invasion movie. randome Jan 2013 #8
Maybe we watched different movies growing up Lurks Often Jan 2013 #10
Ah.....the good old days nt clarice Jan 2013 #13
They also found ways to sex it up even more. randome Jan 2013 #3
If I may clarice Jan 2013 #4
50's and 60's were 'whites only TV' and married couples were protrayed with twin beds.... Bluenorthwest Jan 2013 #14
No, I was speaking more about guts and viscera flying at me in 3D clarice Jan 2013 #16
You're aware that such displays have been a mainstay of live theater for millennia? Orrex Jan 2013 #19
Just not my cup of tea I guess.nt clarice Jan 2013 #20
Fair enough Orrex Jan 2013 #22
LOL !!!!! clarice Jan 2013 #25
Reservoir Dogs was 20 years ago. Texas Chainsaw Massacre was 40 years ago Recursion Jan 2013 #6
It goes in waves Maeve Jan 2013 #9
LOL..I'm old enough to remember drive-ins nt clarice Jan 2013 #12
That's why I said with exceptions clarice Jan 2013 #11
Facts are problematic for those with the Hollywood blame fever...they remember a racist sexist Bluenorthwest Jan 2013 #15
You read a lot more into my OP then what I was trying to discuss. Lurks Often Jan 2013 #21
Thanks Lurks, I tjhought the same thing when clarice Jan 2013 #24
Reservoir Dogs was very realistic, much more so than today's gore porn but being realistic, it Egalitarian Thug Jan 2013 #23
You're right--violence has been popular for decades Orrex Jan 2013 #17
Good Points Lurks Often Jan 2013 #18
All you see is tits, handguns, rockets and kick ass martial arts, non-stop rustydog Jan 2013 #26
A lot of examples of sci-fi and horror movies in this thread but those are less believable. randome Jan 2013 #27
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