Why Must These People Be Alive

[Jonny]

http://stopavatarmovie.blogspot.com/

I'm the usual - are you $%&#ing serious? - type person.

Here's what I wrote elsewhere and just copy and pasted. Hate for me if I'm being stupid or anything but really.. My stupidity doesn't compare to them.

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Stop Avatar Movie: International Day of Protest Against Avatar

Right. I don't want to talk too much about this in case some "gay, bi-sexual, genderless and transgender" people start hate-mailing me or something.

So it's what it says on the tin, International Day of Protest, or for the audience who are .. blessed with common sense know it as the release of James Cameron's science fiction movie, Avatar.

Now I understand if there was some national or international fiasco, and somehow homosexuals, et al. were targeted but this .. Come on .. They're fictional characters, and did I mentioned they're BLUE!?

I'm sorry but how can anyone take offense to a movie such as this. Would anyone take offensive to Goldilocks being white? Or blonde? IS THE AUTHOR A NAZI!? NOWAI.

No.

"Missed opportunity: If James Cameron really wanted to make a daring film with a twist he could have hired Kimber James to play Neytiri."

Seriously. You're pulling my leg here. If James Cameron really wanted to make a daring film with a twist - he would, and possibly did choose a good actor.

I am really sick of the shite that comes from people like this. You just chop off the real reason why someone makes a decision, make that decision a way of antagonising your beliefs and then expect people to follow you.

If you extremists want to bend things into your favour, then I'll most happily support those who think gravity isn't real and will join you .. to watch you jump off a cliff.

Here is how their protest will proceed:

*I refuse to see the film
*I will buy a ticket but will not watch the film
*I will stand up during the film
*I will protest outside of the theater
*I will lay down or sit in the theater lobby
*I'm not sure
*I won't protest

You can selecte more than one, so ..

"I refuse to see the film"

Good for you. If you don't want cereal in the morning I don't want you parading in front of me saying how yoghurt is more environmentally friendly or it helps farmers ..

"I will buy a ticket but will not watch the film"

You do understand how a film theatre works, right? 'I will use my dispoable income to buy everything that I don't like, because that shows people I don't like it. I'll be poor, but I'll be right'

OK ..

"I will stand up during the film"

You do know, when people get angry they won't just sit there watching you stand in front of them .. I don't think so, not in America but happy standing for 2.5 hours.

"I will protest outside of the theater"

I will push through you. And others will follow. If you want to waste your time and possibly mine, give blood or something. Or kill yourself and fill in a donor card.

"I will lay down or sit in the theater lobby"

I will step on you, or "accidentally" spill my drink. Oh dear.

"I'm not sure"

I am sure.

"I won't protest"

Got that right.

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If you are offended by this then:

a) I have no sympathy for you.
b) I really hope you have a self-realisation in the next few minutes.
c) Don't really care, these people are narrow minded, wait, not even narrow - just pathetically screwed up, then I am actually being quite sane.
d) I am fine with gay marriages, etc. let people be but when you start getting insulted by non-homosexual blue people from a science fictional story and think James Cameron is some sort of ignorant tard then you're beyond the point of me giving you any morsel of pity.

I'll go past the moons of Jupiter till I give any. And that's about 390,682,810 km away.

[choucas09]

They're providing Mr Cameron with the best advertising he's ever had. Perhaps we can show some eco solidarity by buying Gibson's Madagascan series guitars and not playing them.

[_tom_]

I can't really be bothered to read that, but would just like to add that I think Avatar looks absolutely shitee, storyline wise. The VFX stuff looks really good though.

[Sifu Ben]

I relly cannot believe that I read that stuff. WTF?  Protesting against a film for promoting heterosexual behaviour because in the future we'll all be gay?????

[Afghan Dave]

I relly cannot believe that I read that stuff. WTF?  Protesting against a film for promoting heterosexual behaviour because in the future we'll all be gay?????

Keep in mind that...

"In space no one can hear you scream"  :? :P

[maverickf1jockey]

I think it's ridiculous to complain that there isn't a character from any specific minority on screen.

For the DVD release they should just have an extra scene with a queue and a voice over.

"This is Jimmy and he's gay, the man behind him is called Terrence and he's black, behind him is Monica who's legal name is Ahmed Jones; he fulfils yet more criteria for tokenism being a Pakistani transvestite from Wales, etc... You may notice we have not unneccesarily shoehorned any Dykes into the film but the carpet munching bitches can quite frankly suck my fat, hairy, smelly Poodle, Hamish. Hamish is from Wigan."

I'd much rater not be represented in a film by a character than have some idiotic stereotype crammed in to appease political correctness.

[MDV]

I cant for the life of me see what the fuss is about.

I also dont know why people that protest about films

A: do it in the first place. If it offends you, dont watch it.

B: Dont realise that for every person that hears about the protest and joins it, 10 will go see it to see what the fuss is about.

[maverickf1jockey]

I can remember all the idiots who got their knickers in a twist about the broadcast of Jerry Springer: The Opera.
These people genuinely complained that they weren't 'consulted' as to whether they wanted to watch it despite having at least four other channels to watch instead.
The sheer arrogance of these people is astounding!

[MDV]

I can remember all the idiots who got their knickers in a twist about the broadcast of Jerry Springer: The Opera.
These people genuinely complained that they weren't 'consulted' as to whether they wanted to watch it despite having at least four other channels to watch instead.
The sheer arrogance of these people is astounding!

Amazing isnt it. I just cant get my head around them. If they dont know how to or cant bring themselves to switch off the TV or change the channel, or simply not go to the cinema and dont watch the offending film then they're in need of serious help. If they feel the need to stop everyone else from seeing it then they're $%&#ed in the head.
Its just a film.

Anyone can choose what media they imbibe (which is at the heart of the matter really*) but where do people get off saying what should and shouldnt be watched/listened to/read/seen by anyone?

*This, to my mind, is pretty closely related to the rage against the xfactor thing. If people want to buy xfactor singles then fine. What do I care? Same for seeing this film. Same for seeing this film if the protaganist were a paralised hermaphrodite and the alien had 3 vaginas, 2 c--ks and 15 tits. What should anyone care? Likewise If either competing song (I dont even know the name of the x factor one, or the singer) is the christmas number one and the people that assess such things can add up then they won the musically bankrupt contest that is a music chart fair and square. No skin off my nose. The problem, if there is one at all, isnt simon cowell, or james cameron, or any other lofty media-controlling body, its that (for whatever reason) people are willing to buy it. Maybe because they like it, fine, maybe because they're suggestible and ad campaigns work well on them, whatever, its not going to be one thing alone anyway.

People that make entertainment only make what they believe a large number of people will find entertaining. For there to be a so much supplied there has to be a demand. Is the demand created on high, round a desk of overpaid manipulative corporate execs or morally bankrupt directors seeking to undermine the validity of 'alternative' sexualities? Maybe. Doesnt matter. People buy it/listen to it/like it/go see it/watch it, and if you dont like it then dont be one of them: case closed.