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Why is the amount of sex and violence increasing in motion pictures? Is this a case of Hollywood giving society what they want or is it simply society’s acceptance of what we are given?

That's a good question. I think it's the media equivilant of asking which came first, the chicken or the egg? Humans have always had an infactuation with violence and sex. We used to get our kicks from the gladitors killing each other and now we watch movies like Sin City and Saw.




As each medium (movies included) has become more widespread, there is less control over what we view. Public outcry is less now than it used to be because of increased access. I am convinced that there is a trend of having to "out do" the previous generations extremes. What I consider normal and appropriate, my parents abhor,what me parents considered normal, outraged their parents, and so forth. As fas as media is concerned. An example: I find the movie "Boat Trip" to be amusing and not too bad. I watched it with my parents and they thought it was scandalous. My parents tell me that when they were dating, they went to see "Paint your wagon." I think that movie is great, but in comparison to todays standards, it was really reserved. But for my grandparents, they thought it was inappropriate. So whose standard is best? I don't know, but if the trend continues, my kids are likely to be watch 3D porn and thinking nothing of it.

If you were a movie producer, what would you do to make a box office hit in 2008?

I would take something that was a hit from the past, and recreate it and package it to appeal to everyone. This is like Lord of the Rings, Comic book movies (Spiderman, transformers, iron man, Batmen,etc), Old TV shows (Starsky and Hutch, Miami Vice, etc). These movies will always have their core followers, but then a new group of people that think it is interesting. It will become trendy like transformers. The movie I would like to make would be of the 90's animated cartoon show, Gargoyles.

I think that if it was done like the Batman movies with the crisp feel of good epics like Lord of the Rings or Gladiator, it would be SWEET!!! Key would be getting the right combination of big name actors with lesser known people. I think the females would have to be smoking hot and the main female gargoyle (whose name is Demona for those who aren't fans) would have to be scandalously clad for extra sex appeal. (along the vain presented in the above paragraph). It would be a hit, kids would be getting their Gargoyle toys from their fast food joints. Older people would appreciate the action and the cool storyline of Gargoyles which involves a charismatic and wealthy villain. Also, Gargoyles allows for cool scenes to take place in medieval times, but also modern. I know I could make bank with this baby. (preferably a trilogy, as they seem to be all the rave these days.)