Universal Scraps 'The Hunt' Release Following Gun Violence Uproar

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ZMystiCat said:
Do you have any evidence that that was the intent
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“The story follows a group of elites hunting “deplorables” for sport.” That’s a quote from the Hollywood Reporter.

And yes. You have already explained, multiple times, how you want me to think.
Dear Mystic. Things don’t work this way. They don’t even when people have a gun pointing at them.
 
ontheway1 said:
“The story follows a group of elites hunting “deplorables” for sport.” That’s a quote from the Hollywood Reporter.
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"But the elites’ master plan is about to be derailed because one of the hunted, Crystal, knows The Hunters’ game better than they do. She turns the tables on the killers, picking them off, one by one, as she makes her way toward the mysterious woman at the center of it all.”
from Slanted.
 
ontheway1 said:
“The story follows a group of elites hunting “deplorables” for sport.” That’s a quote from the Hollywood Reporter.
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First of all, as has already been pointed out, not everyone followed in a movie is presented in a positive light.

Second, later on in the same article it says: “The violent movie…follows a dozen individuals who wake up in a clearing and realize they are being stalked for sport by elite liberals.” Clearly, “followed” in the article doesn’t mean “exclusive perspective”.

Now, it is entirely possible that this movie will flip the genre on its head and present the hunted more negatively than the hunters, but:
  1. That will probably be an ending twist, since the marketing to this point has indicated otherwise.
  2. We’d need to actually see the movie to confirm that, since, again, it is going against the tropes they’ve already established they’re working with.
So at this point, assigning such an intent is, at the very least, incredibly uncharitable.
ontheway1 said:
And yes. You have already explained, multiple times, how you want me to think.
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Ignoring the irony, if you want to present a viewpoint on a discussion platform that isn’t an echo chamber, be prepared for people to both point out flaws in your view and ask you to support them. It isn’t people telling you what to think. It’s people looking for you to show that the view you think is deserving of worldwide consumption is well-informed, well-reasoned, and well-presented. And if it very clearly isn’t, people may want such an admission, but that’s generally too much to ask on the Internet.
 
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Putting the release on hold is not meant to solve the problem of mass shootings.
It’s done because right now the movie is in poor taste, just as a movie about shooting children would be in poor taste after Sandy Hook. (I don’t know when it wouldn’t be, but anyway.)

It sounds like a stupid movie, since we don’t need more fuel to add to our country’s divisiveness. People are already prejudiced against folks they assume are on the other side, without ever talking to one.

A lot of young people go to movies without even checking to see what’s playing. They don’t need models of shooting anyone, no matter which side is portrayed as the hunters.
 
They didn’t scrap it like the headline says. They just pushed the release back.
Not sure why Catholics want to watch this garbage anyways.
 
I’m with you. I don’t care what the politics are I have no interest in watching humans hunting down and killing other humans. Whatever else it is or isn’t it most definitely is not good for the soul.
 
We just don’t need a movie like this at the present time or at any other time.
 
Didn’t realize President Trump was “the Left”. Please tell us more…
 
Yeah it’s if you disagree with some it must be because your views are flawed. The other aspect is some won’t quit until they get the last word in. They always have to get the last word in. Public service announcement if you don’t get the last word in nobody thinks less of you. It’s not a contest or a formal debate. To the contrary it’s admirable to be not so full of pride that you don’t always feel the need to get the last word in.
 
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ontheway1 said:
It seems to you are proposign a similar treatment for someone who dares to think something that deviates from your idea. But, of course, your methods are not quite that violent (yet).
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Pot meet kettle.
 
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