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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2021 23:57:07 GMT
I just can’t get behind this. I think about all those tweets he made. I’m not easily offended, but raping little boys was a bit too far. As a parent. And I know it’s a dark humor joke, and I understand he wouldn’t do it (I hope), but anyone who ever found that funny at any point just makes me feel sick to my stomach.   |
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Post by thisguy4000 on Mar 27, 2021 0:14:58 GMT
James Gunn’s tweets were pretty much your typical edgelord humor that was all the rage in the 2000s and the early 2010s.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2021 0:22:11 GMT
James Gunn’s tweets were pretty much your typical edgelord humor that was all the rage in the 2000s and the early 2010s. Well, that doesn’t make it okay with me. I get it, but at the same time. I had a friend who lived in NYC when 9/11 happened and I also have a little boy. So while it may have been “all the rage” it’s not funny for me. The rape jokes are too far. For me. Just because a lot of people do it, doesn’t make it right. |
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Post by Prime etc. on Mar 27, 2021 0:24:51 GMT
James Gunn’s tweets were pretty much your typical edgelord humor that was all the rage in the 2000s and the early 2010s.
Who didn't make at least one pedophilia joke in the early 2000s right?
He didn't do it once-it was many times.
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Post by thisguy4000 on Mar 27, 2021 0:27:57 GMT
James Gunn’s tweets were pretty much your typical edgelord humor that was all the rage in the 2000s and the early 2010s. Well, that doesn’t make it okay with me. I get it, but at the same time. I had a friend who lived in NYC when 9/11 happened and I also have a little boy. So while it may have been “all the rage” it’s not funny for me. The rape jokes are too far. For me. Just because a lot of people do it, doesn’t make it right. I’m not saying they were right, but Gunn seems to have cleaned up his act since then. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2021 2:09:23 GMT
Well, that doesn’t make it okay with me. I get it, but at the same time. I had a friend who lived in NYC when 9/11 happened and I also have a little boy. So while it may have been “all the rage” it’s not funny for me. The rape jokes are too far. For me. Just because a lot of people do it, doesn’t make it right. I’m not saying they were right, but Gunn seems to have cleaned up his act since then. I’m glad he has. That’s good. At least he isn’t defending it. |
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Mar 27, 2021 2:23:28 GMT
I know I'm supposed to be chilling with the personal shots, but I can't help but think this has less to do with the tweets themselves and more with his MCU background, as per your intense Whedon hatred.
The Spartans were a bunch of pedophiles. Do you like Snyder/300 any less for glamorizing them?
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Post by Marv on Mar 27, 2021 2:40:17 GMT
It looks like a lot of fun. This feels like the vibe the Suicide Squad needs to maintain. Less serious...more goofy...over the top and ridiculous. Im gonna love Tiger Shark, regardless of how different this version is compared to the comics. I saw the term 'wonderfully bonkers' used for this movie and that feels accurate.
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Post by Nicko's Nose on Mar 27, 2021 2:44:40 GMT
This thread really isn’t about the Suicide Squad trailer at all, is it?
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Post by Downey on Mar 27, 2021 3:09:29 GMT
I like the way a user on this thread brushed it off as typical edgelord talk for the 21st century I'm curious what drugs he was on when he posted that... Er the user, not Gunn... Well, the both of them actually. Based on these Twitter comments how he secured a Marvel film is anyone's guess and his Guardians films are shit anyway.
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Post by Marv on Mar 27, 2021 3:12:24 GMT
I like the way a user on this thread brushed it off as typical edgelord talk for the 21st century I'm curious what drugs he was on when he posted that... Er the user, not Gunn... Well, the both of them actually. Based on these Twitter comments how he secured a Marvel film is anyone's guess and his Guardians films are shit anyway. Different strokes and all...but Guardians is one of my favorite marvel flicks. I even enjoyed the second one, although not as much. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2021 11:21:35 GMT
I know I'm supposed to be chilling with the personal shots, but I can't help but think this has less to do with the tweets themselves and more with his MCU background, as per your intense Whedon hatred. The Spartans were a bunch of pedophiles. Do you like Snyder/300 any less for glamorizing them? Making a movie about a group of people from history isn’t the same thing. I have gone on record in the past on the other IMDb board as liking the GotG a lot. But then I found out about these tweets (and it’s a lot, not just oneI haven’t watched it since. I know how it looks, but I’m not being like that. I honestly can’t support someone who makes jokes about people dying in a massive terrorist attack, or AIDS, or raping people while they are asleep etc. I worked at a Child Advocacy Center for 2 years dealing with kids who have been sexually abused and then I worked as a counselor at a prison with pedophiles. It’s not funny. |
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Post by thisguy4000 on Mar 27, 2021 16:31:33 GMT
I like the way a user on this thread brushed it off as typical edgelord talk for the 21st century I'm curious what drugs he was on when he posted that... Er the user, not Gunn... Well, the both of them actually. Based on these Twitter comments how he secured a Marvel film is anyone's guess and his Guardians films are shit anyway. Jokes about rape, pedophilia, and the Holocaust were pretty common back in the day. That’s not up for debate. South Park did those kinds of jokes all the time.
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Post by Downey on Mar 27, 2021 16:39:30 GMT
I like the way a user on this thread brushed it off as typical edgelord talk for the 21st century I'm curious what drugs he was on when he posted that... Er the user, not Gunn... Well, the both of them actually. Based on these Twitter comments how he secured a Marvel film is anyone's guess and his Guardians films are shit anyway. Jokes about rape, pedophilia, and the Holocaust were pretty common back in the day. That’s not up for debate. South Park did those kinds of jokes all the time. And none of them were given creative control over multi million dollar movies. Based on those Twitter "jokes" I would never have given him a job. |
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Post by kolchak92 on Mar 27, 2021 18:26:54 GMT
Wow, it actually looks...kinda good.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Mar 27, 2021 19:52:27 GMT
I know I'm supposed to be chilling with the personal shots, but I can't help but think this has less to do with the tweets themselves and more with his MCU background, as per your intense Whedon hatred. The Spartans were a bunch of pedophiles. Do you like Snyder/300 any less for glamorizing them? Making a movie about a group of people from history isn’t the same thing. I have gone on record in the past on the other IMDb board as liking the GotG a lot. But then I found out about these tweets (and it’s a lot, not just oneI haven’t watched it since. I know how it looks, but I’m not being like that. I honestly can’t support someone who makes jokes about people dying in a massive terrorist attack, or AIDS, or raping people while they are asleep etc. I worked at a Child Advocacy Center for 2 years dealing with kids who have been sexually abused and then I worked as a counselor at a prison with pedophiles. It’s not funny. Well, I respect the work you've done and understand why these jokes might, for lack of a better word, trigger. Although Hollywood is such a cesspool of degenerates and assholes that I feel like you have to be looking the other way on some things to zero in on Gunn. At least he's just trolling, which is more than I can say for someone like Spacey or anyone who was pals with Epstein. |
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Post by moviemouth on Mar 27, 2021 20:01:41 GMT
Making a movie about a group of people from history isn’t the same thing. I have gone on record in the past on the other IMDb board as liking the GotG a lot. But then I found out about these tweets (and it’s a lot, not just oneI haven’t watched it since. I know how it looks, but I’m not being like that. I honestly can’t support someone who makes jokes about people dying in a massive terrorist attack, or AIDS, or raping people while they are asleep etc. I worked at a Child Advocacy Center for 2 years dealing with kids who have been sexually abused and then I worked as a counselor at a prison with pedophiles. It’s not funny. Well, I respect the work you've done and understand why these jokes might, for lack of a better word, trigger. Although Hollywood is such a cesspool of degenerates and assholes that I feel like you have to be looking the other way on some things to zero in on Gunn. At least he's just trolling, which is more than I can say for someone like Spacey or anyone who was pals with Epstein. I personally love offensive humor, though there are limits and sometimes Family Guy and American Dad go a bit too far. For me humor makes the horrible aspects of life more tolerable and also can draw attention to stuff. The more offensive the humor, the more cathartic it can be. Speaking of zeroing in on James Gunn, Tom Cruise is worse than James Gunn.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2021 20:02:56 GMT
Well, I respect the work you've done and understand why these jokes might, for lack of a better word, trigger. Although Hollywood is such a cesspool of degenerates and assholes that I feel like you have to be looking the other way on some things to zero in on Gunn. At least he's just trolling, which is more than I can say for someone like Spacey or anyone who was pals with Epstein. I personally love offensive humor, though there are limits and sometimes Family Guy and American Dad go a bit too far. If I had AIDS I would still laugh at the James Gunn AIDS comment. For me humor makes the horrible aspects of life more tolerable and also can draw attention to stuff. The more offensive the humor, the more cathartic it can be. I agree, to an extent. But I think I was just triggered working with kids who had been sexually abused and women who have been raped. |
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Post by moviemouth on Mar 27, 2021 20:08:46 GMT
I personally love offensive humor, though there are limits and sometimes Family Guy and American Dad go a bit too far. If I had AIDS I would still laugh at the James Gunn AIDS comment. For me humor makes the horrible aspects of life more tolerable and also can draw attention to stuff. The more offensive the humor, the more cathartic it can be. I agree, to an extent. But I think I was just triggered working with kids who had been sexually abused and women who have been raped. Of course it makes a difference if you have a personal connection to something the joke is about. I do understand that. I do agree that it is a lot different seeing some director tweet these jokes just for the sake of offending people and seeing a cartoon character make the same jokes in the context of an entire show where the show more or less involves every type of humor there is.
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Post by Downey on Mar 27, 2021 20:13:19 GMT
Making a movie about a group of people from history isn’t the same thing. I have gone on record in the past on the other IMDb board as liking the GotG a lot. But then I found out about these tweets (and it’s a lot, not just oneI haven’t watched it since. I know how it looks, but I’m not being like that. I honestly can’t support someone who makes jokes about people dying in a massive terrorist attack, or AIDS, or raping people while they are asleep etc. I worked at a Child Advocacy Center for 2 years dealing with kids who have been sexually abused and then I worked as a counselor at a prison with pedophiles. It’s not funny. Well, I respect the work you've done and understand why these jokes might, for lack of a better word, trigger. Although Hollywood is such a cesspool of degenerates and assholes that I feel like you have to be looking the other way on some things to zero in on Gunn. At least he's just trolling, which is more than I can say for someone like Spacey or anyone who was pals with Epstein. You have no way of knowing whether James Gunn is a real pedophile or not you going on your Jessica Fletcher senses isn't going to work in this discussion. His jokes are sick not funny I mean come on a joke about feeling like fucking the little child next to him, seriously? You want to tell me a deal from Netflix for the James Gunn stand up show is on the way to his house for more those types of jokes? |
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