GREAT NEWS! NBC's "Big Game Hunt" show has been CANCELLED!!

[MoonRiver]

From PETA:

"We are pleased to inform you that NBC Sports has responded to PETA and compassionate individuals like yourself and has canceled the depraved National Rifle Association (NRA)—sponsored big game hunting show Under Wild Skies. As you know, the show depicted NRA lobbyist Tony Makris as he hunted elephants, hippopotamuses, antelope, buffalo, crocodiles, and numerous other exotic animals—including one episode in particular that featured Makris laughing as he shot an African bull elephant in the face. Thanks to all of you who responded to our action alert, NBC Sports will no longer include Makris' sadistic exploits in its television programming."

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1. +1000! Thanks and wtg PETA!

[snappyturtle]

2. Amazing....but disolving a human being in acid is a teevee hit. nt

[cui bono]

3. Really? What show is that? n/t

[snappyturtle]

4. Breaking Bad. I tried two and a half episodes and that activity

ended it for me.

[MoonRiver]

5. Never watched it.

Now I'm glad I didn't.

[cui bono]

8. They didn't really do that. It's fiction. n/t

[MoonRiver]

17. Yes, but I don't like violent fiction either.

[cui bono]

18. Fair enough. Just wanted to be sure you were clear on it since snappyturtle is talking

about BB as if it is a reality show. Not sure why they brought it up in this thread. Kind of dilutes the power of the OP imo.

[MoonRiver]

20. Yes, I knew, and agree that it distracts

from some truly awesome news.

[Hissyspit]

6. Um, fiction vs. non-fiction?

[snappyturtle]

9. Lots of specifics...true? not true? Some sicko will probably try it. nt

[Sissyk]

14. What??

I've watched vampire movies. Am I going start going around biting people on the neck and sucking their blood?

These two shows are as different as turtles and toothpicks.

[snappyturtle]

23. Violence against animals and human beings is violence.

Vampires are pure fiction. Men trying to dispose of dead humans
is not fiction in the real world...unfortunately.

[Sissyk]

25. Again, what??

You do know Breaking Bad is fiction, correct? A TV show? Made up?

Right?

[KittyWampus]

32. And our subconscious mind does not distinguish between fiction/non-fiction.

Now, make of that reality what you will.

But the fact is, our subconscious mind doesn't see made up story/true story.

It only knows what we habitually focus on.

[cui bono]

30. The men you are talking about ARE fictional.

You are the one blurring the lines of reality and fiction. Your sentence doesn't even make any sense!

Men trying to dispose of dead humans
is not fiction in the real world...unfortunately.

YES! IT IS FICTION!!!! It's in the TV show you are talking about, Breaking Bad. THAT IS NOT THE REAL WORLD!!!

omg....

Wait a minute.... am I on Candid Camera???

[snappyturtle]

33. If I weren't a lady I'd let you have it. I don't care if it's fiction OR NOT!

There's so much violence in the world I guess we're supposed to
be immune. WELL, I'm not. eom

[cui bono]

35. What makes you think anyone watching a viloent TV show is immune to violence IRL?

Or that they think everyone is supposed to be immune to violence IRL?

[snappyturtle]

37. Nevermind.

[cui bono]

7. They never put a human being in acid to kill them.

It's not a snuff show.

You realize the difference between reality and something that is a fictional story, right?

[snappyturtle]

11. No...not to kill him but to get rid of the body. nt

[cui bono]

12. They never put a body in acid to dissolve it.

Again, you don't seem to realize that Breaking Bad is not a reality show.

There are different types of TV programming.

Reality shows, such as the one this OP was about, where people being themselves, not actors, are out doing real things, albeit pushed to go in "dramatic" directions by producers who long for high ratings.

Documentaries, where things are real (non-fiction) and someone is trying to let us know about that subject. The people in them are not actors, well some might be but they are not acting in the documentary.

Narrative shows that are fiction, they are scripted, they use actors who are acting as characters that are written for the screen by writers. The things that you see never really happen in real life, they are staged and created using visual effects to make it seem like it happened for the person viewing the program.

Breaking Bad is a narrative show that is fiction. None of the crimes and physical injuries really happened. No one was actually murdered, hence there was no body to dissolve in acid, which I'm 99.9% sure was also never really on the set. When you watch TV shows or movies that are fiction everything is fabricated to make it seem that you are seeing things happen that aren't actually happening. The "body" of which you speak was not a real dead body. The "acid" was not real acid. They use props, editing and visual effects to make it seem like it happened to make the story work.

Does that clear it up for you? If not, you should watch a documentary about the making of of some big films, there's a great one about Jaws, to learn more about it.

[snappyturtle]

21. Fantasy or not, don't you remember the sequence of events

getting the right kind of 'Rubbermaid' type container from a
big box store to fit the body into? When the chemistry teacher's
cohort couldn't find one big enough that he tested out trying to
fit into the teacher said he should have bought two...one for the
legs and one for the torso. Even told the kid the right kind of
plastic to buy....then the kid puts the body in a bath tub when
the teacher was out of the house and the tub was effected by the
acid and they were scraping up bloody guts and bone fragments
off the hallway floor? You think that's ok...narrative or not? I
find that type of programming depraved. I know it's 'just' a
story but how heinous to even dream up such a story line. imho

[cui bono]

28. You are detracting from the importance of REAL killing of innocent animals

by bringing in something that is entirely fictional! I'm sitting here in disbelief that you continue this and act like BB is the same as the tragedy of the the show discussed in the OP.

[snappyturtle]

31. My point is that everyone is cheering ending a program promoting

violence toward animals and cheering another program (a little
search on DU) that cheers violence towards human beings. Sorry
it's just the way my mind works.

[cui bono]

34. It's not the same thing!!! Equating them is hurting your cause, if you care about REAL killing.

No one is cheering ACTUAL violence towards human beings. If you don't like violent fiction that's one thing, but when you keep equating fiction with reality, well, it's hard not to think you forgot to take your meds this morning. If you are having this much difficulty separating things that actually happen in real life with fictional TV you really do need some help, or don't watch TV, or... something!

[snappyturtle]

36. The power of suggestion is real. Keep it up.

[cui bono]

38. Then start a new thread about it. BB has nothing to do with this reality show where REAL killing

is happening for fun and pleasure.

And the way you spoke of it you made it sound like BB is a reality show that actually disposed of dead human bodies in acid.

[kcr]

39. Um, one is real, the other is not?

I think you should try to train your mind to work differently and tell the difference. Honestly, do you care about anything, or are all horrible things canceled out because horrible violence on TV! Bizarre.

[backscatter712]

13. No, they just poisoned him with phosphene gas.

That wasn't nice. Especially to the survivor.

Which is why I love that show!

[cui bono]

15. Hey! You're going to confuse snappyturtle with that post!

I'm trying to explain the difference between reality shows and narrative fiction.

[Sissyk]

26. Doesn't look possible.

Maybe snappyturtle is puling our leg.

[Quantess]

22. The idea about shooting elephants in the face

was intended to be real elephants shot in the face by real people using real guns.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

10. No!! I want my "gun go boom animal fall down" shows!

I needs my precious. Guns killing large game make me feel powerful. Bring back the boom boom!

[MoonRiver]

19. Yeah, cause murdering innocent animals makes its weenie seem so much bigger.

That's our NRA!

[Puzzledtraveller]

16. Great!

[Demoiselle]

24. Good news.

I love camera safaris. Filmed organized killings not at all.

[lpbk2713]

27. They made the right move. I never saw what was so sporting about ...

shooting an elephant while it was eating.

[Logical]

29. How can killing an animal with a gun be challanging? Now....

If some tough guy does it with his bare hands I might be impressed!

[yuiyoshida]

40. BRING BACK GAME OF THRONES!!

oops, sorry, wrong post. But hey, ya know...I got addicted to it and now I do want more!