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Re: The Lego Group will attempt to stop some "brickfilms"
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sat, 22 Dec 2001 22:15:31 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> In lugnet.mediawatch, John Neal writes:
>
> > to me...Creating "adult" movies out of LEGO MFs is just plain stupid and
> > tasteless.
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> So?
My opinion.
>
> > > To me, LEGO bricks are a hobby. They are a really fun thing to collect and
> > > to to build with for many of us. I know that some of us have started
> > > reselling LEGO bricks via Brickbay, some of us have done commissioned works
> > > for LEGO sculptures, and some of us have made movies. I'm one of the ones
> > > that makes movies.
> >
> > Oh, really Jason? Are all LEGO hobbies that equal? I sell bricks on
> > Brickbay, you display LEGO porn-- sorry, I don't buy it.
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> John, good point! At least Jason is promoting creativity.
>
> > So why sully a good thing by allowing such filth?
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> Filth is in the eye of the beholder.
And I don't want filth in the eye of my or anyone else's child.
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> > If the "sole" purpose of your site is to promote "quality
> > film-making", then why the hell are you displaying this type of
> > material???!!! Sorry to break the news to you since you seem not
> > to have already heard: porn *isn't* quality.
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> Sorry to break it to you, but 'porn' and 'quality' are not mutually exclusive.
Please cite examples, or are you speaking hypothetically?
> It is an economic happenstance that porn is boring.
Come again? Porn has *everything* to do with money and nothing to do with
creativity.
There is no reason that I
> can think of that cineatic depictions can't include sexuality and still be
> riviting.
Must be *some* reason, otherwise I would imagine that the free market would have
already exploited it.
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> > > But we are all more or less mature here
> >
> > You moron! What an ignorant thing to say! *Anybody* can read
> > LUGNET! *Anybody* can download your trash!
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> You really have outdone yourself John. Simply amazing!
So I was a little harsh. But really! We are all *not* more or less mature
here! It's that kind of naivity and disregard that concerns me.
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> > > There is room for serious, gritty movies and children's fantasy. There is
> > > room for serious brick animations and whimsical comedies. There is room for
> > > all kinds of movies here.
> >
> > Really? Maybe there isn't. Maybe you should do what adult sites do and • require
> > some adult ID check before people can enter your site. That would be the
> > responsible thing to do.
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> That would be the cowardly thing to do.
Cowardly? How so?
Why isn't an abstract of the work
> sufficient to steer those who want to view it toward it and those who don't
> away?
For adults that's fine; I'm concerned about kids.
-John
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> Chris
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