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Post by Ripley on Dec 18, 2016 8:33:10 GMT -5
The 'Absolutely Disgusting' 'Walking Dead' Premiere Inspired Some Amazing FCC Complaints "Over the first five seasons of The Walking Dead, there were 1,216 on-screen deaths, or 512 more than on the equally brutal Game of Thrones during the same time period. That’s a lot of casual violence, but it’s not as if The Walking Dead was ever family-friendly — the pilot kicks off with our protagonist Rick shooting a child. You’d think most people would know this by now, but nope. The Daily Dot discovered that “more than a dozen people sent official complaints to the [Federal Communications Commission] about the show in the days following the premiere.” It’s worth noting that the FCC has no control over cable. That’s why The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story and Breaking Bad can get away with saying certain words you rarely, if ever, hear on broadcast shows. But don’t let common sense get in the way of outrage. (All typos and grammatical errors are original to the complaints.): * The scenes that depicted the death of two cast members was over the top in graphic content. It appall’s me that they depicted this type of violence on a public television broadcast that many ofyoung kids have access to. We wonder why our nations youth is so screwed up anymore…
*While a fan of the show, I think this episode went too far in gore and graphical nature for Television. This would have been rated R or NC-17 in the theater. You don’t show ISIS beheading people on TV, nor should you allow someone to be beaten with a barbed-wire baseball bat.link
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Post by scarletbegonias on Dec 18, 2016 8:58:29 GMT -5
Wow, I didn't like the graphic deaths either, but comparing them to the beheading of real people? That is over the line. The show is rated TVM and comes with a warning disclaimer, I think it's reasonable for people to expect violence and gore and to proceed accordingly. Those people complaining about the trauma to their children should be looking at themselves first and asking what made them think the show was acceptable for kids in the first place. TV shows are always trying to push their limits, remember when married Lucy and Ricky couldn't be seen sharing a bed--for sleep? Perhaps we hit upon a limit here in terms of how much we see, but I doubt TV shows will stop pushing the line. OT, "analready violent society" LOL!!
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Post by Starlight on Dec 18, 2016 9:56:30 GMT -5
This complaining kinda reminds me of people who buy R-rated video games for their kids. and then complain about video games being to violent.
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Post by dark sister on Dec 18, 2016 10:07:15 GMT -5
Oh please, you shouldn't let your young kids watch TWD to begin with. Bunch of pearl clutchers.
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Post by nana on Dec 18, 2016 13:12:49 GMT -5
I have always wondered why people let their kids watch this show. No sympathies.
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Post by murph on Dec 18, 2016 20:58:49 GMT -5
ISIS comparisons? Really? I don't wanna make a big deal of this cuz it is just over a dozen people. That's nothing. It's like, 0.00007% of the viewership. It means nothing. But, I often have little patience for official complaints on TV because often the ones who complain officially do so against gay content.
This just sounds like 'video games are to blame for all violence' attitudes which, you know, no. It's cool if the episode was too much for someone, for whatever reason, but just turn off like so many others did. Rant to friends if you like. But the 'oh I am so outraged and offended I will take my complaint to the top!' thing is just annoying. It's not protest, it's just pathetic.
I'm also not convinced the one complaining about kids having access actually has kids. Or, young kids, at least. Talks about why our youth is screwed up? Not talk of 'my poor kid had nightmares!'? I doubt they're talking about their own kid. It sounds like just wanting to judge from the outside, to me.
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Post by finalgirl on Jan 4, 2017 3:09:37 GMT -5
It's on the wrong network. Period. Sadly we live with that. 7.1 was like overcompensation for them. AMC comparing theirs with more 'hardcore' stations. Darabont pitched it to more 'appropriate' cable outlets. It was rejected. HBO for one. I've often thought about how I really would've preferred it on that or FX. It seems they'd have invested in it more as it deserved.
I love horror; scary movies. That said: not torture porn and overkill. At a certain point...there was just no point to these scenes. It's not about being a pussy or not getting what you're watching. I also took an entire university course in horror film as an elective, and dissected (if you will) even more horror than I even watched in a lifetime on my own. Regardless, I heard about many a gore lover/horror fan besides me tell tales of basically yelling at the screen during 7.1, 'OK enough. Christ. We get it.' It just wasn't enjoyable or fun or why ever else people are still watching lately.
I do think people complaining to the FCC is incredibly stupid, and making ISIS analogies is equally stupid, but people voicing their disinterest in the overkill to the network, etc., is fine. If someone just wants them to know they weren't impressed. I didn't complain to anyone beyond friends or online, but I wasn't impressed with the never-ending monologues, and cheesy comic lines like 'vampire bat' while they not only killed one of many long-time fans favorite original characters, but turned him into road-slime. Really didn't pull many viewers in with these choices.
But people letting their kids watch this show and then freaking out about them being traumatized? Kinda' wanna punch them.
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