Needless violent scenes in TV shows

Fenian Army · 17-08-2012 01:36AM #1

Started watching the second season of Criminal Minds today and in one of the episodes it starts off with a couple getting a letter from their daughter, the letter says she is having a great time etc and theres a DVD, which they assume is pics, turns out to be a DVD of their daughter getting raped.
The scene shows the distressed looking woman getting thrown onto a table by her attacker who is raping her... then you have a reaction shot of the parents(father dies of a heart attack).

I thought it was quite disturbing, but also unnecessary, the reaction shot of the parents would have got the message across grand. Seemed like the scene was just thrown in for the sake of it, it was needless (disturbed me to such an extent that I turned it off).

Does anyone else think that many TV shows are unnecessarily violent?

ChunkyLover54 · 17-08-2012 01:38AM

Dear Mailbag. blah blah blah. sincerely Mary Whitehouse

Where To · 17-08-2012 01:40AM

People watched other people being ripped apart for sport thousands of years ago.

opinion guy · 17-08-2012 01:41AM

OP you should check out this fun family show called 'Spartacus: Blood and sand'

Fenian Army · 17-08-2012 01:41AM

Dear Mailbag. blah blah blah. sincerely Mary Whitehouse

Hardly. I've no problem with vilelnt scenes if they serve a purpose in furthering stories, but a lot of them seem (to me anyway) to be directors a) being lazy and b) showing it because they can, for the sake of it

El Weirdo · 17-08-2012 01:52AM

Fenian Army wrote: »

...I've no problem with vilelnt scenes if they serve a purpose in furthering stories...

Maybe it did.

But you wouldn't know because you switched it off.

KeithM89_old · 17-08-2012 01:52AM

The entire episodes here on youtube if anyone wants to see it

Cookie_Monster · 17-08-2012 01:55AM

it's a bit like cgi and splosions, cram lots of shocking stuff in and you need to worry less about a good plot. laziness basically

17-08-2012 01:57AM

IMO the vast majority of sex scenes are pretty unnecessary and always happen at the exact second someone walks past the door of my room.

tolosenc · 17-08-2012 02:04AM

What next, complaining about gratuitous boobage on TV?

(PS: IIRC, the point of it in that episode is to give an early clue that there are 2 unsubs, as there is someone holding the camera.)

Lyaiera · 17-08-2012 02:06AM

Deleted User wrote: »

IMO the vast majority of sex scenes are pretty unnecessary and always happen at the exact second someone walks past the door of my room.

pro-tip: If you're finished already, turn off the porn.

Millicent · 17-08-2012 02:07AM

Deleted User wrote: »

IMO the vast majority of sex scenes are pretty unnecessary and always happen at the exact second someone walks past the door of my room.

I once watched Secretary with my sister. Now that was an comfortable 90 minutes of viewing. :pac:

It's that Mexican stand-off situation. The atmosphere is weird but no one's about to acknowledge it's weird lest the weirdness be brought out into the open where it's tangible. So we did the only thing possible -- pretended to be cool with it and take an unnatural interest in our fingernails/the curtains/an imaginary mark on a jumper while James Spader is cracking one out on Maggie Gyllenhal's back.

im invisible · 17-08-2012 02:07AM

Use spoilers ffs!!
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:pac:

MarkHitide · 17-08-2012 02:08AM

I've given up watching most British crime drama because of the over reliance on sadism and gore.

Fenian Army · 17-08-2012 02:14AM

tolosenc wrote: »

What next, complaining about gratuitous boobage on TV?

(PS: IIRC, the point of it in that episode is to give an early clue that there are 2 unsubs, as there is someone holding the camera.)

tbf any amount of man boobs is too much

Nodin · 17-08-2012 02:14AM

Fenian Army wrote: »

Started watching the second season of Criminal Minds today and in one of the episodes it starts off with a couple getting a letter from their daughter, the letter says she is having a great time etc and theres a DVD, which they assume is pics, turns out to be a DVD of their daughter getting raped.
The scene shows the distressed looking woman getting thrown onto a table by her attacker who is raping her... then you have a reaction shot of the parents(father dies of a heart attack).

I thought it was quite disturbing, but also unnecessary, the reaction shot of the parents would have got the message across grand. Seemed like the scene was just thrown in for the sake of it, it was needless (disturbed me to such an extent that I turned it off).

Does anyone else think that many TV shows are unnecessarily violent?

Jaysus help ye if ye watch Boardwalk Empire, Spartacus, Rome, the Borgias, The Walking Dead, Spiral, Deadwood, Hell On Wheels........

Chuck Stone · 17-08-2012 02:22AM

Itchy and Scratchy parodies the violence in Tom and Jerry.

Nothing to see here folks, move along.

ColeTrain · 17-08-2012 02:24AM

Go watch the end scene of Casino. Joe Pesci and the boys will make a man outta ya!

17-08-2012 02:25AM

Millicent wrote: »

I once watched Secretary with my sister. Now that was a comfortable 90 minutes of viewing. :pac:

It's that Mexican stand-off situation. The atmosphere is weird but no one's about to acknowledge it's weird lest the weirdness be brought out into the open where it's tangible. So we did the only thing possible -- pretended to be cool with it and take an unnatural interest in our fingernails/the curtains/an imaginary mark on a jumper while James Spader is cracking one out on Maggie Gyllenhal's back.

Yeah watching Boardwalk Empire with my mother was quite uncomfortable at times.

Just out of interest, what kind of angle is that scene from?

1ZRed · 17-08-2012 02:45AM

Fenian Army wrote: »

tbf any amount of man boobs is too much

Pfft! :mad:

Says you maybe

Nodin · 17-08-2012 02:47AM

Fenian Army wrote: »

tbf any amount of man boobs is too much

Thats body-hate. For shame Sir, for shame.

Millicent · 17-08-2012 02:47AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Yeah watching Boardwalk Empire with my mother was quite uncomfortable at times.

Just out of interest, what kind of angle is that scene from?

Just so you know exactly how outraged you should be when you rent the movie later? :pac:

Facing Maggie, James in background, no peen to be seen, IIRC.

17-08-2012 02:53AM

Millicent wrote: »

Just so you know exactly how outraged you should be when you rent the movie later? :pac:

Facing Maggie, James in background, no peen to be seen, IIRC.

Well when I know what's coming it's fine, it's being caught off-guard that's the problem. :pac:

ziggy · 17-08-2012 02:56AM

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Lyaiera · 17-08-2012 03:09AM

ziggy wrote: »

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In fairness, if there was a show about murdering fluffy kittens the whole fecking world would be up in arms.

opinion guy · 17-08-2012 11:49AM

I find this thread most ironic given the Op's username

paddyandy · 17-08-2012 11:52AM

There is no good on the Telly that lasts more than ten seconds though people are fascinated by evil when young .People are hurt at the sight of good soon enough .Amazing that most people don't understand the formula yet .

Nodin · 17-08-2012 11:53AM

paddyandy wrote: »

There is no good on the Telly that lasts more than ten seconds though people are fascinated by evil when young .People are hurt at the sight of good soon enough .Amazing that most people don't understand the formula yet .

...this week, on "wtf is he saying".....

paddyandy · 17-08-2012 09:30PM

For those lacking concentration and attention span;
There is no such thing as 'good' on tv that lasts more than 10 seconds .
People are fascinated by Evil especially when they are young .
People get hurt by envy quite soon.
People don't understand the formula .

Nodin · 17-08-2012 09:34PM

paddyandy wrote: »

For those lacking concentration and attention span;
There is no such thing as 'good' on tv that lasts more than 10 seconds .
People are fascinated by Evil especially when they are young .
People get hurt by envy quite soon.
People don't understand the formula .

Yep. That absolutely clears sweet fuck all up.

El Guapo! · 17-08-2012 09:46PM

Fenian Army wrote: »

Started watching the second season of Criminal Minds today and in one of the episodes it starts off with a couple getting a letter from their daughter, the letter says she is having a great time etc and theres a DVD, which they assume is pics, turns out to be a DVD of their daughter getting raped.
The scene shows the distressed looking woman getting thrown onto a table by her attacker who is raping her... then you have a reaction shot of the parents(father dies of a heart attack).

I thought it was quite disturbing, but also unnecessary, the reaction shot of the parents would have got the message across grand. Seemed like the scene was just thrown in for the sake of it, it was needless (disturbed me to such an extent that I turned it off).

Does anyone else think that many TV shows are unnecessarily violent?

That's exactly what the show is about. It's about serial killers and rapists etc. Of course it's gonna have that stuff in it. Would you rather everything in life was censored?
Some people just love to complain about absolutely everything.

Needless violent scenes in TV shows

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