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re: Who here finds it harder to watch animal deaths in movies than people dieing
Posted on 2/3/12 at 9:25 am to Palm Beach Tiger
Posted on 2/3/12 at 9:25 am to Palm Beach Tiger
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We are desensitized to people dying because you see it so much in movies.
I agree--I don't think that people care so much more about animal characters than human characters (especially when both are personally unknown to the viewer), but you see human deaths so much more in movies that it's become very commonplace.
Also, the writers/directors often seem to make the scenes showing animal deaths in a way to evoke emotion from you, dragging the scenes out to get a reaction. In violent movies where there are multiple human deaths, it seems like the death scenes are shorter--"Oh, he's dead now too"--so it doesn't matter to you as much.
This post was edited on 2/3/12 at 9:26 am
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Posted on 2/3/12 at 9:32 am to TeddyPadillac
The mood of this thread changed drastically. Should have know tulane was going to drop in and ruin a good thread making it a religious debate.
Posted on 2/3/12 at 9:35 am to iwyLSUiwy
quote:this
The mood of this thread changed drastically. Should have know tulane was going to drop in and ruin a good thread making it a religious debate.
Posted on 2/3/12 at 9:35 am to iwyLSUiwy
It is a moral and religious discussion by nature. The thread's topic is a way of saying, Which do you value more: animal life or human life? Peter Singer would be proud of many of the opinions in this thread.
Posted on 2/3/12 at 9:38 am to TulaneLSU
it isn't as black and white as that. In movies I do value animal lives and childrens lives over others in movies. In life however it's different. There are very different circumstances.
This post was edited on 2/3/12 at 9:43 am
Posted on 2/3/12 at 9:38 am to TulaneLSU
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The thread's topic is a way of saying, Which do you value more: animal life or human life?
There's a difference between fiction and reality.
Posted on 2/3/12 at 9:44 am to dawgdayafternoon
I'm less convinced there is in this matter. Why? Because I see first hand, every day, how people do value animals more than people. Many pets receive far more attention than the "undesirable" people in our society. Animal abuse is sometimes more harshly punished than assault. Services to pamper and care for animals increase exponentially while the budgets of charities to help the poor shrink.
I am more likely responding in this thread to my dissatisfaction with that reality than to the words of the posters in the thread. Nonetheless, the reality of what I see and the confession that many people mourn the deaths of animals more than people in movies lead me to be concerned about how we view the value of human life.
I am more likely responding in this thread to my dissatisfaction with that reality than to the words of the posters in the thread. Nonetheless, the reality of what I see and the confession that many people mourn the deaths of animals more than people in movies lead me to be concerned about how we view the value of human life.
Posted on 2/3/12 at 9:45 am to TulaneLSU
No. It was a title that was easily twisted for someone wanting to troll. Everyone else but you read this thread title "do you get sad when animals die in movies?". It was as plain as that. It was a perfectly fine thread until you dropped in. You have your own movie review thread where you can turn everything in to a religious discussion. Don't ruin other people threads by sparking a religious debate.
Posted on 2/3/12 at 9:49 am to TulaneLSU
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I think it's a sign of poor moral upbringing when a person values the life of an animal more than the life of a human.
quote:i oddly agree with both of these statements
There are many animals on this earth I value more than a lot of people on this earth.
Posted on 2/3/12 at 10:07 am to Dorothy
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I agree--I don't think that people care so much more about animal characters than human characters (especially when both are personally unknown to the viewer), but you see human deaths so much more in movies that it's become very commonplace. Also, the writers/directors often seem to make the scenes showing animal deaths in a way to evoke emotion from you, dragging the scenes out to get a reaction. In violent movies where there are multiple human deaths, it seems like the death scenes are shorter--"Oh, he's dead now too"--so it doesn't matter to you as much.
Most of them do as you say
quote:but even when an animal death happens where the viewer hasn't seen the animal in the whole movie (for me atleast) is still tough to watch. The only time it wasn't bad was in boondock saints.
the writers/directors often seem to make the scenes showing animal deaths in a way to evoke emotion from you, dragging the scenes out to get a reaction
This post was edited on 2/3/12 at 10:08 am
Posted on 2/3/12 at 10:08 am to iwyLSUiwy
This is one of the worst threads I've read in the past 30 minutes, for sure. At least top 3.
Posted on 2/3/12 at 10:10 am to Muppet
I'm sry I failed to produce a good thread for you muppet 
Posted on 2/3/12 at 10:13 am to KingwoodLsuFan
We had troll guy, "Why do you care what the troll says" guy, and "This thread blows and I'm better than all of you" guy all within three pages. That last guy was pretty poignant with his disconnected and condescending comments, though.
Posted on 2/3/12 at 10:39 am to TulaneLSU
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I think it's a sign of poor moral upbringing when a person values the life of an animal more than the life of a human.
i now know why people on this site hate you. you, sir, are an arse.
Posted on 2/3/12 at 10:45 am to Muppet
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We had troll guy, "Why do you care what the troll says" guy, and "This thread blows and I'm better than all of you" guy all within three pages
Posted on 2/3/12 at 10:48 am to KingwoodLsuFan
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There are many animals on this earth I value more than a lot of people on this earth.
Posted on 2/3/12 at 10:50 am to KingwoodLsuFan
Leave it to TulaneLSU to totally not get the point of this thread and completely derail it.
Posted on 2/3/12 at 10:55 am to Muppet
:notsureifimoneofthoseornot;
Posted on 2/3/12 at 11:19 am to TulaneLSU
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Services to pamper and care for animals increase exponentially while the budgets of charities to help the poor shrink.
Why do I doubt you have recently volunteered your time for the "undesired"?
Troll away.
Posted on 2/3/12 at 11:25 am to NOSA
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Leave it to TulaneLSU to totally not get the point of this thread and completely derail it
I really dont think anyone here, despite what they claim, would value animal life over human life. But i think we all have a stronger reaction to the death of an animal because animals, like children, have no choice in their fate. If the horse dies in a battle, ultimately it was man's choice that caused his death (the horse bieng put there by man). thats a lot tougher to accept than an adult who dies, for whatever reason, as adults have free will and cognative reasoning. they can make decisions to save themselves. Kids/animals can't
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