From craigmoe@mindspring.com Thu Feb 24 04:46:20 2000 Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan Subject: Re: TAN: A Subject of Paramount Importance From: craigmoe@mindspring.com (Craig Moe) Date: 24 Feb 2000 09:46:20 GMT Alex Goddard wrote: >On Wed, 23 Feb 2000 16:33:53 GMT, kor2@midway.uchicago.edu (P. Korda) >wrote: > >>suppose it's just a matter of time now before we see _RASFWRJ, the >>Motion Picture_, executive-produced by Leigh Butler. > >Remember the stir that was created over the South Park movie? >Multiply it by a factor of ten. From http://www.capalert.com/capreports/rasfwrj.htm Entertainment Media Analysis Report A service to parents and grandparents PI314159 RASFWRJ, the Motion Picture (2004), (R) CAP Score: 8 CAP Influence Density: 18.69 SUMMARY / COMMENTARY The American cinema has finally been treated to a film written, directed and produced by Lucifer and his unholy host of demons. *RASFWRJ, the Motion Picture* trivializes everything the good book teaches in the course of an hour and thirty-five minutes. The movie at times seems to be scripted entirely in four-letter words, primarily the f-word, used 25 times as an exclamation, 43 times as a verb, and 87 tiumes as a gerund. The names of God and Jesus were taken in vain 57 times, often linked with swear words or other unsavory activities, such as "spiritual pub crawls." Worship of other dieties as well as athiesm were portrayed in a favorable light, and scripture was often quoted for the express purpose of being belittled. Virtuous acts and behavior are alternately mocked and perverted. Indeed, one main character's primary description is that he is "The Humblest Person on the Net," a Christian virtue this person most decidedly lacks. Sex and fornication was a constant theme of the film. References were made to numerous bodily fluids, robes flung recklessly open, the licking of various film characters, oral gratification, heaving and bouncing bosoms (occasionally in numbers other than the traditional pair), sex with multiple partners at multiple times in multiple postions while reciting multiplication tables, dialogue of a sexual nature regarding good Christian game show hosts, and use of the term as well as offscreen occurance of "felching," a word this reviewer is unfamiliar with but is obviously something of a sexual nature. When not foisting lascivious writhing upon an unsuspecting audience, *RASFRJ* viewers are treated to extended scenes of violence. Numerous heroic characters express goals to subjegate the entire world, and their successes are graphically portrayed, as hordes of citizens are killed by bloodthirsty hordes, rogue satellites, thermonuclear weapons, and in one particularly horrific scene, three different strains of biological weaponry. This is in addition to numerous scenes of indvidual violence, including but not limited to castration, evisceration and dismemberment, often in the course of rational debate. Most horriffic of all was the obvious delight both adult and children (children!) moviegoers seem to take in viewing this movie. The film may be responsible for the damning of the most people since Mohammed. Any child not irrevocably warped by merely three minutes of this film has the number of the beast inscibed beneath his bangs. Lo, the End Times are indeed upon us. Please see Findings/Scoring below for a full accounting of the findings and scoring. FINDINGS / SCORING: NOTE: Multiple occurrences of each item described below are likely. Wanton Violence/Crime (W): o police brutality o blood splatter and dripping organs numerous times o death, portrayed as a cute goth chick o theft of private property o characters anally raped by a syphillic bear o slap in the face o schadenfraude o brutal wars sparked over text editors o death camp horrors o homicidal sexual organs o grad school horrors o lust for war o death, SPEAKING IN CAPITAL LETTERS o warfare blood and body parts Impudence/Hate (I)(1): o 155 uses of the most foul of the foul words. o 223 uses of the three/four letter word vocabulary by children o text of three/four letter word vocabulary and the most foul of the foul words o vulgar euphemisms o repeated use of a technique referred to as "flaming" o vomiting o vulgar finger gesture o use of rational thought and informed positions in developing opinions o a general theme of anarchy, rebellion, and autonomy o vulgar jokes o repeated references to bodily fluids, including ingesting and burping thereof, as a pejorative. o evolution Sex/Homosexuality (S): o bare posterior o sexual insults, comments, innuendo and questions o description of a homosexual act with sounds o at least thirty-five references to a female reproductive organ. o description of a heterosexual act with sounds o adult males in bikinis o one character attired throughout in a robe recklessly flung open. o sexual encouragement by school employees o profaned teddy bears o repeated use of a technique referred to as "flaming" o description of a bisexual act with sounds o long sequences of homosexual suggestions o male member (large memorial statue) o dismebodied third female mammary and unadulterated worship of said organ. o description of a asexual act with sounds o respected game show host engaging in immoral acts o medley of above homosexual, heterosexual, bisexual, and asexual acts in THX quality sound. o inflatable Love Ewe with a speaking part Drugs/Alcohol (D): o pharmeceutical providing elf Offense to God (O)(2): o mockery of Jesus o mockery of God's lack of night vision goggles o fiery demons from Hell o rampant athiesm o Jesus portrayed on a "spiritual pub crawl" o a hymn-singing Michael Bolton o attachment of a profane gerund to the name of Jesus Christ o false prophesy o lutefisk o tacky Jesus pin o expressions of hate and insult directly at God, including vulgar name-calling, threats of flaming sword wielding violence, and Pascal's Wager. o physicists Murder/Suicide (M)(3): o murder by satellite o murder by thermonuclear strikes (1) As noted in CAP Special Report-001, "Investigation Area and Scoring Trend," of the six CAP Investigation Areas, Impudence/Hate was the strongest presence in all four movie classifications. It has a strong revelation about the entertainment media. No one likes them uppity Hollywood types. (2) The use of the three/four letter word vocabulary without God's name in vain is incorporated into the Impudence/Hate Investigation Area. The use of God's name with or without the four letter expletive is incorporated into the Offense to God Investigation Area. The use of God to endorse commercial p[roducts is examined on a case by case basis. God is currrently negotiating a Nike endorsement. There is no duplication. As required of the Holy Scriptures, unless God's name is used with reverence to His glory and praise, its use is considered in vain. (3) Only portrayal of successful murder or suicide are incorporated into Murder/Suicide. Portrayal of attempts to commit murder or suicide and deaths by police action or war are incorporated into Wanton Violence/Crime. As in ice skating, more points are awarded for a successful completion than merely an attempt. -- Craig Moe "I read that it had some serious side effects. I can't remember any of them, or else I could be informative. But at least I can be alarmist." --Dave Foley