Poor Choices
Jul. 16th, 2008 03:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Recently we used our Netflix subscription to get Batman: Gotham Knight which is allegedly an interlude piece between Batman Begins and The Dark Knight.
(aside)We are planning on catching The Dark Knight on Saturday afternoon if anyone wants to join us(/aside)
The six short films were of varying quality, with the animation being generally good quality, if some of the styles were not to everyone's taste. I'd give the overall product 3 out of 5 but that's not really why I'm posting.
Before the movie, there was a brief MPAA PSA about the evils of video piracy. In it, using clips from The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy and her companions are depicted as video pirates while the eponymous wizard is the MPAA. Oz is angry and Dorothy & her friends are clearly intimidated.
Except...
... isn't there that whole bit about the wizard merely being a fraud behind a curtain?
Is this really the message the MPAA wanted to send?
(aside)We are planning on catching The Dark Knight on Saturday afternoon if anyone wants to join us(/aside)
The six short films were of varying quality, with the animation being generally good quality, if some of the styles were not to everyone's taste. I'd give the overall product 3 out of 5 but that's not really why I'm posting.
Before the movie, there was a brief MPAA PSA about the evils of video piracy. In it, using clips from The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy and her companions are depicted as video pirates while the eponymous wizard is the MPAA. Oz is angry and Dorothy & her friends are clearly intimidated.
Except...
... isn't there that whole bit about the wizard merely being a fraud behind a curtain?
Is this really the message the MPAA wanted to send?
Signs and Symbols...
Date: 2008-07-16 07:25 pm (UTC)actualy say are often different things.
Good catch by the way, that fact (may
or) may not have occurred to me if I
were casualy viewing it.
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Date: 2008-07-16 07:32 pm (UTC)::tries to say something wise and witty::
::falls off chair::
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
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Date: 2008-07-16 08:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-17 12:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-18 01:09 pm (UTC)So far we've got
Would you like to join us? Should I pre-order a ticket?
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Date: 2008-07-18 08:00 pm (UTC)Looking forward to seeing everyone. :)
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Date: 2008-07-16 10:27 pm (UTC)I think they were trying to say, "We've always fought for freedom" or some such.
The first thing I thought was, "Huh. So we've become the Red Coats ..."