Hey Guys,
So after having numerous problems with accounts and emails
and other things, all linked into losing my phone. I have finally got myself
back on track. I’m back making YouTube Vlogs, I’ve got my writing going and
been playing around on Photoshop for different covers and so on. Now I’m back
on here and here are some of the things I’ve created and made whilst
unwillingly being away.
Welcome to Mull Over Monday, This is the day where I pick
something that people discuss and have different opinions about. These things
will normally be to do with film or writing or something that obviously affects
my life directly.
This week the topic is going to
be quite a delicate matter. Now if I say anything that you don’t agree with,
then just remember it is a discussion and is open to other opinions, but let’s
remember to try and keep it above board.
The reason I’m saying this is a
tricky, risky subject is because it is quite fresh in the news. Now I know I’m
from Brittan and obviously this news does not affect us as much as the people
in America, where it happened, but I thought I’d talk about it all.
If you haven’t guessed already I
want to talk about how media blames films for Certain actions. Now this has
sparked back up again due to the recent shooting at a premiere of Batman, The
Dark Knight Rises, in Colorado.
Now I am not going to act as if I
know all the facts or act as if anything I say is right, because it affects
America, and not really anywhere else. Yet the media blames the film itself for
the shooting.
Seeing as the film had just been
released over there, it was a first premiere and that nobody had yet seen this
film, already puts this theory into a bit out of place.
Secondly the gunman himself, not
the most reliable of references I understand; but still, said that it was not
down to the film, or religious views (as some media teams are saying) but still
will not fully explain why.
Now if it was down to the film,
then why just in one place? Why just one guy? Why did he burst into a random
screen? Why did people in the opposite screening, which was a family film, also
get shot by bullets he fired? None of these make sense.
This is not the first time that
media itself has blamed a film for creating violence or destruction. We British
have had a few cases, maybe not as rough and devastating as this case, but
still not all that nice. Where children have gone to see a film out of there
age range with their parents and then allegedly gone and re-enacted that scene
and managed to hurt or kill people in the process.
First off, if you are a parent
and you think that allowing your child of, let us say, fourteen to go and see a
film rated 18 (not sure what that is over in USA) then you are asking for
trouble from the start.
Secondly the group I’m talking
about, who apparently saw the film Child’s
Play then tied another child to a railway track. I have seen this film and
for all I can remember I can truly say I don’t think there was a scene where
this happened. Tell me if I’m wrong because it was a while ago.
Yet because these kids had seen
this film, it got blamed. Some films get blamed for things before they are even
released or seen by audiences. Films such as Blade Runner and Natural Born
Killers where not even allowed to be shown in certain places due to the media
hype, saying that they were bad films that glorified violence and would lead to
problems.
These media nuts do like to take
things out of hand and twist the real reason behind things. They like to do it
with everything and they have gone and done it with the Batman film. They have
made both the cast and crew feel bad about the film and given it a bad name,
when it was not even the fault of the film.
Some media teams apparently even
made up the rumour that the killer called himself ‘The Joker’. Now me wanting
to be a director and want to create films that make people think about things
would not understand why the Media would make up such lies and rumours?
These lies will not sell more papers, more
than often people like to know the truth about these situations. They want to
know what went on; they don’t need to be told that if you see this film it will
lead to violence.
If it was true that films
affected your actions and that people truly go around killing people after
seeing a film or due to seeing something, then don’t you think we would have
many more problems such as these? There would be utter chaos every time
somebody brought out a new film.
As I said at the start, I’m not
pretending to know all the facts or saying that I’m right and all Media is
wrong and judgemental and should be band. I am just viewing my opinion, and
that is that the Media have twisted this out of proportion, as normal when
something like this happens, and they have made people scared. They should be
making people calm about the situation, shouldn’t they?
If you have any views at all
about this incident, or any others that Media blame films for, let me know. I
want you to update me and I want you guys to get chatting about this. Do you
truly think that a film could make somebody act that badly? Or do you think the
Media have it all wrong? Are they just blaming the film because they don’t know
the real reason? Let me know what you think.
If you’ve been to see the Dark Knight Rises, then let me know what
you think also.
Stay safe,
Matt
