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06-17-21
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Cuties
Posted By
Yoda
Re: Cuties
The answer here (https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?p=2130506#post2130506) is still applicable. It was always a ridiculous attempt with no serious legal standing.
Forum:
Upcoming Movies & Sequels
03-10-21
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106
Cuties
Posted By
Yoda
Re: Cuties
I mean, I said "it's not binary, it's a sliding scale," so the definition of "binary" should make things pretty clear. It means it's not on/off, it's a matter of degree.
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03-10-21
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106
Cuties
Posted By
Yoda
This has been addressed over and over again...
This has been addressed over and over again throughout the thread, just the first two I ran into:
It's not binary, it's a sliding scale. You don't need only wide shots, but neither do you need...
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Upcoming Movies & Sequels
09-19-20
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106
Cuties
Posted By
Yoda
Re: Cuties
There's a quote, I think from Soderbergh, that when an actor takes their clothes off in a film it's "no longer a film, it's a documentary." You can pretend to do a lot of things in movies, but you...
Forum:
Upcoming Movies & Sequels
09-18-20
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106
Cuties
Posted By
Yoda
I cut it because it did not, in fact, clarify...
I cut it because it did not, in fact, clarify your meaning for me, and actually seems dissonant with the rest of it. Just to be clear that it was done for clarity and not to try to hide some obvious...
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Upcoming Movies & Sequels
09-18-20
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106
Cuties
Posted By
Yoda
Right, but that's just about whether it should be...
Right, but that's just about whether it should be depicted, in a binary sense. The thing I've been asking about this whole time is how that's done. For example:
This is what I've been asking,...
Forum:
Upcoming Movies & Sequels
09-17-20
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106
Cuties
Posted By
Yoda
Ah, got it. You think it won't be...
Ah, got it.
You think it won't be disturbing enough if it's only shown from a distance or for a few seconds?
Forum:
Upcoming Movies & Sequels
09-17-20
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106
Cuties
Posted By
Yoda
Cool. :up: What's the "above"? I'm not...
Cool. :up:
What's the "above"? I'm not really trying to defend any specific person's reaction. I just assume people have reacted in unreasonable or over-the-top ways, from places of pure...
Forum:
Upcoming Movies & Sequels
09-17-20
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106
Cuties
Posted By
Yoda
Re: Cuties
Let's start with the boundaries:
Does everyone agree it can be potentially reasonable to depict a disturbing/bad thing in order to expose it, and therefore prevent more of it in the long run?
...
Forum:
Upcoming Movies & Sequels
09-16-20
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106
Cuties
Posted By
Yoda
Inherently? No. But from what I've seen it's...
Inherently? No. But from what I've seen it's difficult to avoid the idea that it goes a bit far in that direction. I can link to some fairly substantive commentary/clips on this if that helps, but it...
Forum:
Upcoming Movies & Sequels
09-16-20
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106
Cuties
Posted By
Yoda
Re: Cuties
Yeah, agreed. That said, I saw some clips and commentary from people who did see it, and boy...sure seems like they lost the plot a little in how they depicted a thing they're trying to criticize.
Forum:
Upcoming Movies & Sequels
09-16-20
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106
Cuties
Posted By
Yoda
Re: Cuties
It's nuanced, which is why people are fighting about it so fruitlessly: because the correct position is not easily summarized or clearly to one side.
It's obvious people who assumed the film was...
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