Thursday, April 28, 2005
They Missed One . . .
NBC joins the "please-won't-somebody-save-us-from-ourselves" movement by putting little letters next to show listings to indicate whether the content is (mindlessly) violent, sexually explicit(boring) etc. I'm confused by "fantasy violence." What the hell does that mean? Smurf-on-Smurf violence? Tinkerbell blowing away Bambi with an AK-47? I wonder if these content ratings are used by cynical advertisers? ("Heavy ads on all 'v', go light on 'fantasy violence' because nobody watches 'StarTrek' shows anymore...)
I want "I" for "insipd -- content you wouldn't inflict on the comatose..."
NBC joins the "please-won't-somebody-save-us-from-ourselves" movement by putting little letters next to show listings to indicate whether the content is (mindlessly) violent, sexually explicit(boring) etc. I'm confused by "fantasy violence." What the hell does that mean? Smurf-on-Smurf violence? Tinkerbell blowing away Bambi with an AK-47? I wonder if these content ratings are used by cynical advertisers? ("Heavy ads on all 'v', go light on 'fantasy violence' because nobody watches 'StarTrek' shows anymore...)
I want "I" for "insipd -- content you wouldn't inflict on the comatose..."
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