Popular culture moral panic you remember - Page 4

*CyberCubed* · 02-10-2017, 12:29 PM

It's just that religious people are so quick to denounce anything as evil.

Videogames are the devil! TV is the devil! Movies are the devil! Coca Cola is the devil! Rock and Roll is the devil! Tattoo's are the devil! Ice skating is the devil! Having two girlfriends is the devil!

It's why I'm not religious at all and barely practice religion. What the hell is the point of denying yourself experience anything in life just because some old preachers tell you not to? To hell with them!

*ToTheNines* · 02-10-2017, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Candy Kappa

I've only seen unironic complaints about Pokemon promoting animal abuse and cockfighting by PETA, and screw those terrorists supporters.

Kids are/were smart enough to distinguish the difference between pokemon and real animals. But within the context of that fictional universe, that's exactly what it was, no?

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Originally Posted by Jester

He's more Jar Jar/C-3PO than Sith.

*Candy Kappa* · 02-10-2017, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by ToTheNines

Kids are/were smart enough to distinguish the difference between pokemon and real animals. But within the context of that fictional universe, that's exactly what it was, no?

Not really, thought. The Pokemon is all aboard having a trainer and getting stronger together, even down to jealously attacking other Pokemon with owners.

*CyberCubed* · 02-10-2017, 02:06 PM

There are literally dozens of Japanese RPG's and anime that have human characters use monsters/animals to battle each other. I wonder why Pokemon is only targeted when there's dozens of other shows and videogames that do the same thing.

*TheSkeletonMan939* · 02-10-2017, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

There are literally dozens of Japanese RPG's and anime that have human characters use monsters/animals to battle each other. I wonder why Pokemon is only targeted when there's dozens of other shows and videogames that do the same thing.

1) Pokemon is way more popular than whatever else you're thinking of
2) Pokemon are usually kinda cute-looking

*CyberCubed* · 02-10-2017, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by TheSkeletonMan939

2) Pokemon are usually kinda cute-looking

This is what Pokemon look like nowadays:

Pokemon has always had a mix of cute and monster/menacing looking designs.

*Utrommaniac* · 02-10-2017, 03:39 PM

You're...using the game legendaries as an example? They've always been a little more on the bad@$$ side of design. It would be like using Lugia and Ho-Oh to describe 2nd Gen Pokemon designs.

*Original TMNT Cartoon Fan* · 02-10-2017, 03:42 PM

I always wondered how the Legend of Zelda videogames have managed to avoid all atacks.

*Utrommaniac* · 02-10-2017, 03:48 PM

They certainly didn't escape my ex-boyfriend's evangelical family. Who were "those" sort of Sonic the Hedgehog people.

*Original TMNT Cartoon Fan* · 02-10-2017, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Utrommaniac

They certainly didn't escape my ex-boyfriend's evangelical family. Who were "those" sort of Sonic the Hedgehog people.

What more did they attack than just Zelda?

*Utrommaniac* · 02-10-2017, 03:53 PM

Mom and the kids decided to watch the Harry Potter films under dad's nose while he was out of town.

But the Twilight Saga, both the books and the films, were perfectly AOK for them. Which I found incredibly unsettling.

*Jephael* · 02-10-2017, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Videogames are the devil! TV is the devil! Movies are the devil! Coca Cola is the devil! Rock and Roll is the devil! Tattoo's are the devil! Ice skating is the devil! Having two girlfriends is the devil!

*CyberCubed* · 02-10-2017, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Original TMNT Cartoon Fan

I always wondered how the Legend of Zelda videogames have managed to avoid all atacks.

Zelda isn't well known outside of videogame fans. Mario and Pokemon became cultural phenomenons outside of just games.

*Original TMNT Cartoon Fan* · 02-10-2017, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Zelda isn't well known outside of videogame fans.

it is well-known even outside, if they're born around 1975 or later.

*CyberCubed* · 02-10-2017, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Original TMNT Cartoon Fan

it is well-known even outside, if they're born around 1975 or later.

Not anywhere as much. Even Donkey Kong is more well known to the general public than Zelda.

*Utrommaniac* · 02-10-2017, 04:38 PM

I'm pretty sure Donkey Kong has fallen out of the public eye a little bit more than Zelda, at least as a Nintendo franchise. Zelda games probably are a bit more well known, but the Grown Ups™ of the public would be more liable to refer to Link as "Zelda".

*Original TMNT Cartoon Fan* · 02-10-2017, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Utrommaniac

I'm pretty sure Donkey Kong has fallen out of the public eye a little bit more than Zelda, at least as a Nintendo franchise. Zelda games probably are a bit more well known, but the Grown Ups™ of the public would be more liable to refer to Link as "Zelda".

I guess a lot of people count Donkey Kong as the Mario universe (which it also is). It doesn't require extremely much videogame knowledge.

*Storm Eagle* · 02-10-2017, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Original TMNT Cartoon Fan

I always wondered how the Legend of Zelda videogames have managed to avoid all atacks.

What do you think they'd be attacked for?

*BubblyShell22* · 02-10-2017, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

It's just that religious people are so quick to denounce anything as evil.

Videogames are the devil! TV is the devil! Movies are the devil! Coca Cola is the devil! Rock and Roll is the devil! Tattoo's are the devil! Ice skating is the devil! Having two girlfriends is the devil!

It's why I'm not religious at all and barely practice religion. What the hell is the point of denying yourself experience anything in life just because some old preachers tell you not to? To hell with them!

Don't kid yourself, Cubed. We all know you practice voodoo and secretly have a voodoo doll of Michael Bay so you can curse him every night.

*plastroncafe* · 02-10-2017, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Utrommaniac

Mom and the kids decided to watch the Harry Potter films under dad's nose while he was out of town.

But the Twilight Saga, both the books and the films, were perfectly AOK for them. Which I found incredibly unsettling.

The Twilight Saga was heavily influenced by the beliefs of the Church of Latter Day Saints.

02-10-2017, 03:39 PM	#67
Utrommaniac Resident overthinker Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: what is going on.......... Posts: 5,318	You're...using the game legendaries as an example? They've always been a little more on the bad@$$ side of design. It would be like using Lugia and Ho-Oh to describe 2nd Gen Pokemon designs. __________________ DeviantART

02-10-2017, 03:48 PM	#69
Utrommaniac Resident overthinker Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: what is going on.......... Posts: 5,318	They certainly didn't escape my ex-boyfriend's evangelical family. Who were "those" sort of Sonic the Hedgehog people. __________________ DeviantART

02-10-2017, 03:53 PM	#71
Utrommaniac Resident overthinker Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: what is going on.......... Posts: 5,318	Mom and the kids decided to watch the Harry Potter films under dad's nose while he was out of town. But the Twilight Saga, both the books and the films, were perfectly AOK for them. Which I found incredibly unsettling. __________________ DeviantART

02-10-2017, 04:38 PM	#76
Utrommaniac Resident overthinker Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: what is going on.......... Posts: 5,318	I'm pretty sure Donkey Kong has fallen out of the public eye a little bit more than Zelda, at least as a Nintendo franchise. Zelda games probably are a bit more well known, but the Grown Ups™ of the public would be more liable to refer to Link as "Zelda". __________________ DeviantART

02-10-2017, 12:29 PM	#61
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 41,042	It's just that religious people are so quick to denounce anything as evil. Videogames are the devil! TV is the devil! Movies are the devil! Coca Cola is the devil! Rock and Roll is the devil! Tattoo's are the devil! Ice skating is the devil! Having two girlfriends is the devil! It's why I'm not religious at all and barely practice religion. What the hell is the point of denying yourself experience anything in life just because some old preachers tell you not to? To hell with them!

02-10-2017, 02:06 PM	#64
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 41,042	There are literally dozens of Japanese RPG's and anime that have human characters use monsters/animals to battle each other. I wonder why Pokemon is only targeted when there's dozens of other shows and videogames that do the same thing.

02-10-2017, 03:42 PM	#68
Original TMNT Cartoon Fan Overlord Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sweden Posts: 10,155	I always wondered how the Legend of Zelda videogames have managed to avoid all atacks.