tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post8943796160945161086..comments2024-03-29T11:07:51.893+13:00Comments on Bowalley Road: Normalising The Unthinkable.Chris Trotterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09081613281183460899noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-65560934607445445902018-12-17T06:04:56.370+13:002018-12-17T06:04:56.370+13:00The subject matter gets darker, the body count gro...The subject matter gets darker, the body count grows, the boundaries of descency plummet. That's the trajectory of what passes for visual entertainment in today's media. Hollywood is obsessed with super heroes who use extreme powers to commit violence against more violent opponents. <br />Violence on steroids. A virtual Colosseum, digitally enhanced.<br /><br />The really disturbing thing is that nobody stops to question the bodycount, the casualisation. Yes we all love the story of goodies beating baddies in a morality tale, but we dont question the means. Which plays nicely into the hands of an industry that competes by upping the ante to sell sell sell. <br /><br />Does it soften us up to the unthinkable? Does it inure us to dubious means that create "collateral"? I don't know. What I do know is that the line where fantasy meats reality is getting blurred. <br /><br /><br />Nick Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-51411131784554681822018-12-12T22:30:01.580+13:002018-12-12T22:30:01.580+13:00All about reducing the population of the Middle Ea...All about reducing the population of the Middle East.peteswriteplacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04474922953916383101noreply@blogger.com