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Re: Those darn Midi-things
Posted By: Zarkon, on host 206.119.246.60
Date: Tuesday, July 13, 1999, at 17:03:47
In Reply To: Re: Those darn Midi-things posted by famous on Tuesday, July 13, 1999, at 12:17:47:

> ****** removing text for obvious reasons*********
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> let's remember one thing:
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> IT'S A MOVIE! IT'S A MOVIE! IT'S A MOVIE!
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> fam"still in touch with reality"ous

To which I can only reply:

Bah. Humbug. There's no such thing as 'just a movie'[0]. Mein Kampf was just a movie too[1]. Yes, it's ridiculous to compare the two... but it's obvious that the medium has power over us, and those who create movies have a responsibility to use that power well. In fact, all entertainment has such power. Things such as the movie and television rating systems (and, say, the banning of certain words from this forum by the creator) are acknowledgements of this fact.

[0] I know you didn't use the word 'just'. But you were sure as heck implying it.

[1] Well, OK, it was a book first. But you get the idea.

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