OMG OMG those animated characters are.....

[Racket_Man]

SMOKING>>>> HIDE THE CHILDREN RUN AWAY RUNAWAY

Rango prompts fears of upswing in kids smoking.

[telecom_goddess]

people need to get over themselves. Smoking exists get over it.

[Andara Bledin]

I love how pretty much every comment is in support of the movie over the reactionary anti-smoking groups.

There are also a lot of comments that state that parenting is the parents job, not the movie studios'. Lovely.

Speaking of, I'm heading out to see Rango sometime in the next week; the trailer looked pretty good, and the reviews are quite positive.

^-.-^

[HYHYBT]

I just find the notion of giving 101 Dalmatians an R rating too funny. (And a non-smoking Cruella would be unthinkable)

[blas87]

I'm amazed they still leave the scenes of Carrie smoking in Sex and the City in there on syndicated networks, considering how anti-smoking this nation has become.

[MadMike]

Wow, I wonder if they can even hear me from all the way back in the 50's.

[Gravekeeper]

.....ok, if your child starts smoking because of an animated iguana, you have failed completely as a parent. It has nothing to do with the iguana. Isn't Rango rated PG? IE Parental Guidence?

I don't smoke, and am no way pro-smoking or anything, but for fuck sakes don't you people have anything better to do? How about taking all of this time and effort and using it to raise your children well? You'd be surprised how much more effective it is to address the root of the problem than rant like morons over the symptoms.

That goes for all of this "Think of the children" bullshit. -.-

[fireheart17]

*sigh*

I saw 101 Dalmatians, both the live-action AND the original cartoon. Did Cruella DeVil smoking make me want to do the same? No....it was more the "how am I going to be able to hide this from mum and dad?" that made me not do it.

Although my brain is now melting....

[lordlundar]

Sick the original Ghostbusters movie on them. The smoking parts alone would make their heads explode. And that doesn't even take into account the rest of the movie.

[blas87]

Ghostbusters was nothing BUT those guys smoking.

Yes, please, show these idiot parents that movie. Their heads may explode, it may be messy, but it will be worth it. We can donate their brains to hungry birds or something.

[HYHYBT]

*sigh*

I saw 101 Dalmatians, both the live-action AND the original cartoon. Did Cruella DeVil smoking make me want to do the same? No....it was more the "how am I going to be able to hide this from mum and dad?" that made me not do it.

Although my brain is now melting....

Well, after all, she was the villain. Did her wanting to make puppy-fur coats convince you to do the same? No? Then why would the smoking?

[Mytical]

.....ok, if your child starts smoking because of an animated iguana, you have failed completely as a parent. It has nothing to do with the iguana. Isn't Rango rated PG? IE Parental Guidence?

I don't smoke, and am no way pro-smoking or anything, but for fuck sakes don't you people have anything better to do? How about taking all of this time and effort and using it to raise your children well? You'd be surprised how much more effective it is to address the root of the problem than rant like morons over the symptoms.

That goes for all of this "Think of the children" bullshit. -.-

As I find myself doing frequently..I will say QFT, QFE of a Gravekeeper post.

[LadyBarbossa]

I'm not really for smoking, but a weird part of me is glad that so much 'lighting up' made it back into a PG film (haven't seen said film yet, though). Maybe I'm just tired of everyone trying to be politically correct all the time. Just because you keep 'bad' elements out of films doesn't mean kids aren't gonna see it walking through the streets every day anyways. Geez.

And speaking of smoking in movies . . . all I can think of right now is the bar scene from the first Gremlins, where that one gremlin has all the cigs stuffed into his mouth at once. Cracks me up every time

[Racket_Man]

And speaking of smoking in movies . . . all I can think of right now is the bar scene from the first Gremlins, where that one gremlin has all the cigs stuffed into his mouth at once. Cracks me up every time

that movie was made back in the good ol days when they could even show people lighting up a joint and smoking it (think Blazing Saddles and Animal House)

[LadyBarbossa]

Another thing, people. Parents. Crazy parents who go nuts over stuff like this, the movie is rated PG. Unless they're living under a rock, it means 'Parental guidance', not 'This film is guaranteed to be family-friendly and not offend ANYONE, YAY!' If they're so worried about it, they should check out one of the dozens of review sites available or go screen it themselves first. My sister did this with both Revenge of the Sith and Dead Man's Chest, just so she wouldn't have to deal with surprises. She took her three boys to both movies anyways, but she just knew ahead of time at which points she might want to quietly warn them or tell the smaller one to look away.

That being said, I saw Rango last weekend and loved it.