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[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 78 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Ironic. A movie exposing the horrors of war and their legal and marketing teams are worried about having "born to kill" on the cover. Don't look too close, you might see what actual war is like .

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 42 points 5 months ago (4 children)

It's one of the dumbest things about American culture.

We have such unique choices about what is acceptable and what isn't in our entertainment.

Curse words? Bad.

Violence? Okay.

Nipple? Bad.

Guns? Okay.

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Yeah but remember the 80's where cartoons couldn't have any real violence in them at all?

He-man Thundercats. Hell Transformers only got away with the violence level it did because they were robots shooting lasers.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

It is so hypocritical that we're constantly told violence and confrontation is never the answer. Laws are passed making it illegal to even defend ourselves. And then 90% of the movies and TV shows are about the glorification of crime, and violence, often with egregious gun usage.

[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 2 points 5 months ago

The people who make movies are not the same people who make laws.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's not arbitrary. Guns and violence are okay because America wants to normalize them joining the army and using them for their imperialism.

[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They even made a free video game for this purpose. But I don't understand how anyone playing America's Army would conclude that they want to join the Army. You die several times per day.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Also not realistic. Where's going to sleep at 11pm then waking up at 2am to prepare for a convoy that leaves at 6am? Where's loading a radio repeatedly because it keeps losing freqs? Where's kicking hummvee tires and checking the oil and calling it good only for it to break down 3 miles down the road?

[–] Swarfega@lemm.ee -3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Can't even call a toilet a toilet. It's a bathroom or restroom.

[–] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Americans use the word toilet. It’s the thing you sit on, not the room itself.

[–] vinylshrapnel@lemmynsfw.com 35 points 5 months ago (2 children)

The worst thing about the streaming era is that the art is constantly altered. Soundtracks changed, episodes removed, and mindless censorship.

[–] TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 6 points 5 months ago
[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

What are you streaming? I don't have that issue streaming from torrents.

[–] Petter1@lemm.ee 17 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Youtube version: “Born to un-alive”

[–] clark@midwest.social 3 points 5 months ago

I thought this was a Lana reference at first.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 2 points 5 months ago

patrick hernandez intensifies

[–] HeartyOfGlass@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

"Born to Liberate"

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago

I guess the executives at Amazon really missed the entire point of the movie. They definitely missed the scene where the fucking words from the helmet and conflicting peace symbol were explained during an awesome conversation between Joker and his commanding officer.

"The duality of man sir!"

"Private, you better pull your head out of your ass and get your head in the game, or I will take a giant shit on you!"

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What the actual fuck. How is that even legal?