There is an SG NEWS BOT now ?

They probably couldn't find a human editor capable of putting a spin on 'we like money and free publicity' with a straight face.

Ha! I didn't even notice who wrote the article, and thought you guys were just being smartasses.

Is SG getting paid by the inches devoted to this movie or what the fuck?

I'm all-for 'torture porn' when it has some underlying point as the Hostel series does, but I really don't see any purpose to this film whatsoever other than utter depravity. I'm not saying it should be banned at this point, but I really don't believe it was a film that needed to be made.

Be quiet and take your empowerment like a good girl.

I couldn't agree more. And furthermore, the article is misleading. The MPAA has absolutely zero authority to demand anything from these film makers as it concerns their marketing. What they do have, however, is the ability and privilege to change the film's rating based on the graphic nature of its print ads, which is exactly what they threatened to do. Painting this as an issue of censorship is wrong. Films submit to the MPAA on a voluntary basis and use their ratings as marketing to demographics. After Dark was afraid of the box office effects of an NC-17 rating brought about by their disgusting billboards. This is not an issue of straight-up censorship, no matter how the author chooses to portray it.

Torture porn needs to fucking die, pun intended.

I really don't give a rat's ass about this film, the controversy surrounding it in the world at large or here on this site or the sexual politics of it's director. However, I am a bit tired of having these promotional ads mixed in with the normally amusing, diverting and sometimes informative news here on a site that I'm already paying for. I do hope that the SGs involved had a good time or were at least adequately remunerated for their efforts.

It certainly seems that way...

Your statement is misleading as well - the MPAA rating is voluntary - if you don't want your film to screen in any movie theatre in America, you certainly don't have to submit it for rating - but since it is pretty much necessary for theatrical exhibition of any size, I'd say it's an unspoken, if not official, requirement. When the people holding the reins of such an organization require changes to a film so as to match up to their set of acceptable standards, which in turn influences the reach and earning potential that film has, then that my friend is a form of censorship.

But you're right on one thing: torture porn definitely needs to to fucking die.

yep, evil genius salome calls it~!

The association of the film with SG seems so offensive and so OFF -- the opposite of celebrating erotic and empowered women -- which is what i thought this site was about??

*le sigh*

I totally agree with that. I hate that people try to make movies that "go against convention". Just because it's something new to the big screen doesn't mean it's a good idea. It's appalling as opposed to artistic.

Seconded.