Dreading 50 Shades of Grey: The Movie

*yawns*

Did people ever write essays why Lethal Weapon is a bad representation of real cops?

For all I know, maybe.

What, you never heard of cops getting offended by cop portrayals in the media? I have friends who are burlesque dancers who were highly offended by the musical Burlesque. I have nurse friends who are offended by the portrayal of nurses and doctors in Grey's Anatomy. This is no different. Keep the snark to yourself.
 
Ever watch a movie about a bank heist and they go into the vault where gold and stacks of money are just sitting out?

Yeah... It's not really like that (-_-; )
 
Did people ever write essays why Lethal Weapon is a bad representation of real cops?

Real cops can tell people they're cops. They can explain, in polite company or very publicly, what is wrong with media portrayals of cops. They can expect to keep their friends and their jobs afterward. Nobody will try to take their children away because of what some fictional character with fictional mental problems did.
 
They can expect to keep their friends and their jobs afterward. Nobody will try to take their children away because of what some fictional character with fictional mental problems did.

Right. And this won't change with 50 Shades of Grey.


And if a Dom uses a belt to discipline his 12 year old daughter and takes a shower with her, I think it's quite acceptable that CPS takes a closer look - no matter what your sexual preference is. Being kinky is no excuse for abusing children.
 
There are so many portrayals of cops. Bad cops, good cops, hero cops, family man cops, sexy cops, Cagney and Lacey.

There are very few portrayals of BDSM folk. Of those few instances, how many have depicted balanced, happy people?
 
Right. And this won't change with 50 Shades of Grey.


And if a Dom uses a belt to discipline his 12 year old daughter and takes a shower with her, I think it's quite acceptable that CPS takes a closer look - no matter what your sexual preference is. Being kinky is no excuse for abusing children.

Being kinky is no excuse for abusing children, but I've recently had to deal with an idiot social worker who my ex-husband convinced that my private bedroom preferences were relevant to my ability to take care of a child. (Part of a custody dispute that was going on for other reasons.)

According to the social worker, there were "some studies", which she somehow could never provide any citations for or details about, despite repeated requests, that said that people who like BDSM typically have some kind of psychological problems involving power, stemming from a dysfunctional childhood. She couldn't come up with a single actual example of anything I did or said to suggest that I had some kind of power issues, but kept asserting this to the bitter end.

Call me paranoid if you like, but I have a suspicion that her "studies" might have been 50 Shades of Grey or something similar.

No, I didn't lose custody of my child in the end. But she didn't lose her job either. She's still out there, making recommendations about what's best for other people's children.
 
Being kinky is no excuse for abusing children, but I've recently had to deal with an idiot social worker who my ex-husband convinced that my private bedroom preferences were relevant to my ability to take care of a child.

And without BDSM he would have tried something else. Maybe something where he would have had more luck.

No, I didn't lose custody of my child in the end. But she didn't lose her job either. She's still out there, making recommendations about what's best for other people's children.

Custody and divorce cases are mean mudslinging fights. That's the sad part. What is your solution? To drop any allegations from one party just because the other party denies these?

In any way, I believe 50 Shades of Grey, despite the stupid portrayal and the public spotlight, is doing the BDSM communities a favor. Because only when your next door girl masturbates to 50 Shades of Grey, BDSM will become publicly acceptable. Recently I've seen 50 Shades of Grey as 'Like' on Facebook - liked by the female head of a kindergarten, no kidding. When "normal" people tell you they like BDSM, when "normal" people tell you they are gay, when "normal" people tell you they are crossdressing - only then will the society accept it as normal, because it has become normal.
 
Take hope! I recently read that because of the actor backing off the role(smart career move right there) The movie's release was delayed until 2015.

My hope is the hype finally is allowed to fade and this thing eventually gets shelved for good.
 
I rather hope it is treated like the BDSM equivalent to Rocky Horror. We go in fet gear, and during any scenes of psudo D/s play, all get up and flog/spank etc each other.
Ridicule it or take ownership and potentially bring our kink into the mainstream.
 
I rather hope it is treated like the BDSM equivalent to Rocky Horror. We go in fet gear, and during any scenes of psudo D/s play, all get up and flog/spank etc each other.
Ridicule it or take ownership and potentially bring our kink into the mainstream.

There you go.

Tim Curry as Gray.

Hey Ana, you dumb bitch, it's just a step to the right!
 
LOL ^_^ I love where this is going. Shadow Casts are so much fun!
 
LOL ^_^ I love where this is going. Shadow Casts are so much fun!

I like the Rocky horror approach. A bunch of us get together, go to the screening dressed in "full garb" and we start throwing zip ties at the screen.

Then we can break into a rousing rendition of Devo's Whip it!
 
And without BDSM he would have tried something else. Maybe something where he would have had more luck.



Custody and divorce cases are mean mudslinging fights. That's the sad part. What is your solution? To drop any allegations from one party just because the other party denies these?

In any way, I believe 50 Shades of Grey, despite the stupid portrayal and the public spotlight, is doing the BDSM communities a favor. Because only when your next door girl masturbates to 50 Shades of Grey, BDSM will become publicly acceptable. Recently I've seen 50 Shades of Grey as 'Like' on Facebook - liked by the female head of a kindergarten, no kidding. When "normal" people tell you they like BDSM, when "normal" people tell you they are gay, when "normal" people tell you they are crossdressing - only then will the society accept it as normal, because it has become normal.

It would be a favor if portrayed even remotely accurately. All this book portrays is a wealthy sadistic stalker who takes advantage of (and has to pay on op of that) a naive girl and a virgin to boot. No responsible dom does that.

So no favors are being done here. None at all. My wife works at a shelter for abused women and I volunteer there as well teaching a self defense course.

There are already too many "Christian Grays" in this world. We know, we deal with their after affects and I've come close to serious trouble by getting involved when they show up looking to "reclaim" their whipping posts.

That book is an absolute disgrace. period. Yes its fiction and people need to separate it from reality, but this man was a piece of shit sadist using his abusive childhood as an excuse to hurt women.

Want to be portrayed that way?

As for anyone masturbating to that slop? You have to be goddamn vanilla to think that shit is hot, but its target audience is. It is not even published as erotica. Erotica does not get sold at stop and shop in kiosks.

Tell you what, try this. Find someone you know has no lifestyle experience at all and has read Shades. Now link them to stories here you feel are good examples of BDSM

My money says those stories will not excite them in the least, they will be too much for them.

Shades is not opening the door to real BDSM its opening the door to even more sick sadists to lure women into it.
 
*claps* What a wonderful post lovecraft! I really don't even have anything to add to that, and I was thinking I'd have to get out my fighting gloves for this thread. lol
 
It would be a favor if portrayed even remotely accurately. All this book portrays is a wealthy sadistic stalker who takes advantage of (and has to pay on op of that) a naive girl and a virgin to boot. No responsible dom does that.

So no favors are being done here. None at all. My wife works at a shelter for abused women and I volunteer there as well teaching a self defense course.

There are already too many "Christian Grays" in this world. We know, we deal with their after affects and I've come close to serious trouble by getting involved when they show up looking to "reclaim" their whipping posts.

That book is an absolute disgrace. period. Yes its fiction and people need to separate it from reality, but this man was a piece of shit sadist using his abusive childhood as an excuse to hurt women.

Want to be portrayed that way?

As for anyone masturbating to that slop? You have to be goddamn vanilla to think that shit is hot, but its target audience is. It is not even published as erotica. Erotica does not get sold at stop and shop in kiosks.

Tell you what, try this. Find someone you know has no lifestyle experience at all and has read Shades. Now link them to stories here you feel are good examples of BDSM

My money says those stories will not excite them in the least, they will be too much for them.

Shades is not opening the door to real BDSM its opening the door to even more sick sadists to lure women into it.

Perfection.

<3
 
Personally, I'm hoping it turns out like the Twilight books did when converted to movie form. Poor books turned into poorly made, boring movies acted by actors who couldn't care less. In a few years, it will be all but forgotten by anyone but dreamy-eyed 35 year old women waiting for their Mr. Big Dommy Dom to sweep them away to a world of designer brands and expensive toys.

Frankly I couldn't get through the first few chapters of the book, it was THAT BAD.
 
and that is the most pornographic element of the books, let's face it.
Ugh, lordy! Everything is so "polished mens suit" and " sumptuous leather spanker" I could barely stand it. This truly is porn for women who spend their days wiping snotty noses and scrubbing shit from floors !

At one point the chick even has the density to be impressed by the brand of tea served to her in a coffeeshop. Its a very common tea brand! I have two bags of it at home! and she goes on about how its so considerate of him to get her favorite brand.... There probably wasn't any choice!
 
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