Spiderman: The Saving Private Ryan Disease

[Az]

well , what Akka de Vil said. almost.

this is so stupid , this US flag everywhere. Haven't seen the movie though , I can't judge, in this particular case , since it could be made in a good style

[MarkG]

Originally posted by Akka le Vil
The problem is not about patriotism, the problem is about how Americans always find the most ridiculous way to show it.

Amen

it's probably part of the effort to get the message to even the most dumb: "ok, so this was the story of an american superhero living in america and created by americans. but if you really hadnt thought about it until now, here's a flag"

[Akka]

Originally posted by MarkG
Amen

it's probably part of the effort to get the message to even the most dumb: "ok, so this was the story of an american superhero living in america and created by americans. but if you really hadnt thought about it until now, here's a flag"

[MarkG]

looking around the web, i found the following

Posted by mrsjiggy at ip-111-114-84.stockton.navipath.net on September 16, 2001 at 11:45:48:

I was wondering if there is any kind of online petition or anything for Sony to try to encourage them to NOT remove the WTC towers from the movie???

If so, could someone please let me know?

As my husband said this morning, "it would be nice to 'know' that the towers are still standing in an alternate universe." the towers may have fallen here, in reality, but that does not mean they have to cease to exist in the alternate universes of comics and movies.

After all, they will be rebuilt! America will recover! And we will show the world that they may try again and again, but our spirit will not be broken.

In the words of Lee Greenwood, "'Cause the flag still stands for freedom and they can't take that away!"

now that would be a smart way to give a message in honor of those who died, but perhaps i'm asking too much

[Jac de Molay]

Well put. Who says we want the WTC removed because we're too "sensitive"?

As for the movie ending, thats pretty tame compared to how Sept. 11 has been mass-marketed. They have trading cards out now. Collect the whole set.

Dave

[Stefu]

Sales.

[chequita guevara]

I find the mass marketting of 9/11 stuff disgusting.

[The Emperor Fabulous]

Originally posted by Peacemaker
What's the big deal a country's flag is just a symbol and as everyone should know symbols only matter to simple minds.

Then I take it you don't watch films, or at least GOOD films, because the things that make good films good is symbolism.

[Sprayber]

They can remove the flag at the end of the movie Mark, when you remove the avatar that you use. Quite frankly it is offensive to all of us that know that Greece had very little to do with Macedonia. When you stop your displays of simple attachments we may stop ours.

[Peacemaker]

Originally posted by The Emperor Fabulous


Then I take it you don't watch films, or at least GOOD films, because the things that make good films good is symbolism.

Sure I watch films but I never come away from one felling enlightened in any way. After all its just a movie.

[Bereta_Eder]

Spray, Macedonia has to do with Greece the same as Spiderman has to do with the US

[Sprayber]

Originally posted by paiktis22
Spray, Macedonia has to do with Greece the same as Spiderman has to do with the US

Tell me Paktis what city was spiderman based in?

[Bereta_Eder]

Originally posted by Sprayber


Tell me Paktis what city was spiderman based in?

Hey I haven't seen the movie (although I'm going to)

But when I was little reading the comic books I thought it was just a city like mine, it could have been Athens for example for all I knew

[Bereta_Eder]

I think what some people may find irritating is that some things are considered theirs (like Spiderman for example) so to "enforce" a national symbol to their throats kind of puts them off (the feeling is - hey if you want him to be exclusively yours then fine)

OTOH I understand the need to kind of "psych up" the american public.


IMo the best solution would be since there are 2 markets for these things 1 US 2 EU to keep patriotic themes inside a movie to the first market only.
This way people would go see the movie without being put off by the display of what americans naturaly like.

It is just an idea. Then again this "debate" has been going on for some years now

[Chris 62]

Mark, you don't know SQUAT about Spidey.

His creators, Stan Lee and Steve Ditko were Americans, and Spidey did TONS of flag waving through his 40 year run.

Stop obbcessing on the USA, it really looks insane. (except to some people who also suffer from this)