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  • all movies/books should carry disclaimers about content

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  • No movie/book should have a disclaimer

    5 83.33%
  • Books/movies that deal with certain subject should (please expand)

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    The one I hate is "Based on a true story" or "Based on true events" - apart from the subjectivity of what makes something 'true' - this is just licence for Hollywood to screw around with history:

    Braveheart
    The Patriot
    U-571
    Pearl Harbour
    Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace
    The Last Samurai

    to name but a few lousy films, based on someone's interpretation of truth.

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    Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace

    I can see how this one fits with the list.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ahctlucabbuS
    Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace

    I can see how this one fits with the list.
    One word for you: midichlorians.

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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midichlorians

    Curse you for making me read Star Wars lore!

  5. The Drawing Room   -   #15
    Quote Originally Posted by CortexRock
    The one I hate is "Based on a true story" or "Based on true events" - apart from the subjectivity of what makes something 'true' - this is just licence for Hollywood to screw around with history:
    as odd as it may sound: "true story" and "true events" are actually meant to denote two different things. the two labels aren't just applied randomly.

    "true story" means it's a story as it (supposedly) happened in real life. approximately.

    "true events" means it's a mixture of more than one (supposedly) true story, or a liberal mixture of truth & fiction. it's less true than something labelled as a "true story."



    as for the "resemblance" disclaimer. there are only so many stories that can possibly be told, right? i mean, there's only so many basic conflicts & basic themes to go around. most (if not all) of them well-established in classical times. originality is HARD, man. it's a hard thing to achieve. maybe even impossible. it's all been done before? and whenever we call something original or innovative, we really mean it's a relatively original variation or pastiche of something that's all been done before. you know? can't put a copyright on the human condition.

  6. The Drawing Room   -   #16
    Quote Originally Posted by CortexRock
    midichlorians.
    retcon.

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