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SW Clone Wars FOUL FOUL PENALTY!!!!!
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03-19-2012, 06:41 AM
Jmacq1
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You may not want to hear it, but it's absolutely the truth: "Fantasy Violence" gets a WAY bigger latitude in the US than "realistic" violence.
The battle between Lurtz and Aragorn at the end of Fellowship of the Ring would have been a straight-up R rating if Lurtz were a human and red "human" blood was being spilled.
Likewise, Star Wars lightsaber and blaster violence tends to get a pass because it's "bloodless." Not really something you can pull off with a Ninja sword (at least not without it being silly).
I would also note: You got what seems to be exactly the kind of Joe cartoon you wanted with Resolute. I don't recall any parents complaining. But yes, if they started showing Roadblock exploding Cobra Troopers' heads like ripe melons with .50 caliber rounds...yeah, that's not gonna fly on a "kids" show.
I'm not 100 percent certain, but I think the reason "fantasy/sci-fi" violence gets more leeway is because the idea is that kids can't actually emulate it because things like blasters and lightsabers aren't real. Whereas guns (the preferred weapon of G.I. Joe) very much are (the reason they're almost always made into "lasers" on the animated programs). Little Billy can't rummage in daddy's closet and find a functioning Lightsaber, but he might find a hunting rifle that he could shoot Joey the neighbor kid with.
Is it silly? Sure, but it's a double-standard we've been living with for decades now.
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