wow. what about violence against non-white, non-christian foreign populations? is it okay to glorify the terrorizing and murder of people around the world who aren't deemed loyal to the american empire? is "American Sniper" okay? because if you think apple should avoid content "glorifying violence against people you don't agree with", somebody better get busy pulling content from iTunes.
on a more practical note...this is a great reason to avoid Apple TV+: sanitized, bland programming that will be of no interest to anyone but the flyovers.
There is a big difference between shooting your neighbor because you don't like the color of their skin or their religion or their age or some other thing about them, and shooting an enemy on a battlefield that has brought harm against your allies or countrymen. Politically I think the republicans have taken the wars too far, and the democrats took drone strikes too far, but we also can't forget that we were hit in the mouth on 9/11 and America doesn't take any ****.
Most of our movies are heroes fighting against terrorist organizations, murderers and rapists, genocidal maniacs, aliens attacking from another planet, etc. For instance, I can't think of any movies where we're shooting Chinese Farmers who have embraced a communist ideology. Our movies tend to shy away from heroes shooting innocent people, and if someone ends up getting shot, they tend to set them up as a bad guy first by providing a back story about all the terrible things they did. And if someone innocent is killed by a hero, it's considered a tragedy that typically deeply affects the hero and makes them question everything they're doing and whether they should even continue.
I do agree that there is way too much violence represented in Hollywood and I'd like to see more thoughtful stories replace the grotesque violence. Hollywood loves to rail against gun violence and then fill their movies with as much gun violence as possible, which does help glorify it. One big reason I like Marvel movies is that they tend to be less violent (and when they are really violent, it's usually superpower vs. superpower so they don't get seriously hurt or they don't show it) and they have good, arching storylines with humor layered in. I personally feel that violence is just a cover for mediocre storytelling, acting, production quality, etc. Very few movies do it well as a point of advancing the plot while making you think seriously about the ramifications of such violence and the impact it has on the people in the movie. They just brush it off with pumped up masculinity. That's not even close to how the real world operates.
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Or maybe join the rest of civilized world and instead of blaming TV/games, introduce common sense gun laws.
See comments in two posts above. If the republicans would get their heads out of their rear maybe we could see some change, but that's just not going to happen. You have a better idea?
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Very true point.
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Yeah.... I've *never* been the type to shy away from violence in video games, movies or any other entertainment. But I have to agree. If I was Apple, I'd look at a series like this and ask if it's really worth pursuing when ultimately, they're trying to take a story for Israel and re-frame it as something that works for America. It risks translating poorly as a really good story -- and for what? Just another war story about people who "crack" and start killing randomly outside the war....
Doesn't seem like it has a lot of upside?
Exactly. My comment wasn't just about whether it was a good idea from an ethical point of view, but also from a business point of view for Apple. Two big downsides and maybe a mediocre drama rehash. Also, Richard Gere? Mr. Romantic Comedy/Dramedy? OK, lol.
