Previous Trope Repair Shop thread: Needs Help, started by AmateurPolymath on Sep 20th 2012 at 12:14:38 AM
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanCut a long time ago. You'd have to ask in the Trope Repair Shop to get that changed.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanI suspect I know why.
An example necessarily has to be something that's gory for the express sake of the catharsis in the gore itself. From the perspective of the consumer (player, viewer, reader, and so on), that's problematically ambiguous (though not outright subjective); worse, the distinction is very probably lost on a majority of tropers and you wind up with a lot of "examples" that are merely very gory, without any respect or concern for the intent of the scene or work.
We'd basically need Word of God on every single example and that's asking entirely too much.
Likewise. I don't even remember a discussion anywhere about removing Gorn examples.
You might want to direct that question to Fast Eddie, since he was the one responsible for the Example Sectionectomy.
^He has a habit of not responding to PMs; you can try on the forums (Content Violations to be specific) if you want to.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanCan we revisit this? I'm bothered by the implications of permanently removing this examples section. It's fine if gore isn't your thing but looks to me like we're now into the territory of passing judgement on anyone who would want to know the examples. As if there are no such things as fans who consume violent horror flicks as thrillers, or revel in over-the-top-silly splatter, or have group movie nights where it's a matter of shared pride to be able to withstand the most intense images and stories available. How about practical FX enthusiasts or aspirants who are seeking examples to benefit their understanding? There's an implied accusation here that anyone who would want examples in the Gorn section is just looking to satisfy some twisted sexualized fetish because they can't Rosie Palms to the foot-sawing scene in Audition anymore. That's not only ignorant to the point of silliness, it's an actual obstacle to creativity that I feel is counter to the values and best purposes of this community. Plus there's an element of "Complaining About X You Don't Y" to it.
Bring it up in the Wiki Talk forum.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanThe reason given is "Disproportionately targeted at male characters."
That was the amazing part. Things just keep going.Okay, why was Punisher: War Zone taken out? I mean, the movie includes a scene where Frank Castle punches *through* a baddies face. If that's not gorn...
Hide / Show Replies"That would be a man-in-rubber-suit fetish of some sort gone horribly wrong."
I want to high five whoever put that there so much. XD
Because we don't like horribly bloody pictures and have already used the kitty-instead-of-violence joke somewhere else
I'm so confused. Is this trope talking about extreme violence or violence as some sort of sexual fetish?
Guro vs. ero-guro: Ero-guro (short for ero guro nansensu, "erotic grotesque nonsense") is not (necessarily) gorn. It is an art movement that uses disturbing, distorted, or surrealist imagery, which may or may not include gore and/or explicit sexual components. Gorn most closely relates to guro, which is a related genre of violent eroticicism/pornography. For instance, these images are ero-guro but not guro, by artists (Suehiro Maruo, Shintaro Kago) who do both.
Edited by lebrel Calling someone a pedant is an automatic Insult Backfire. Real pedants will be flattered.
Linking to a past Trope Repair Shop thread that dealt with this page: Split off Torture Porn, started by DragonQuestZ on Aug 18th 2011 at 5:29:01 AM
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman