Modern Warfare 2 Trailer Criticized For "Going Too Far"
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It's just annoying American patriotism.xavierxenon said:
Seriously folks we need to realize that the USA is not invincible and something like that is entirely possible.
As a U.S. citizen I have to say there's something morbidly awesome about watching DC or any other major city burn in hellish chaos. D.C., however, is probably my favorite to watch burn because it makes me think "Jesus tap-dancing Christ, I can only imagine how horrible this would be in real life". Plus there's just something poetic about imagery of D.C. burning with a severely damaged Washington Monument as the center point.
Why is that going too far? Seriously... we've all seen movies in which a major western city, London, Paris, New york, has goten F.U.B.A.R. and the protagenists struggle to survive. So is it down to the fact that you're a soldier? Or that i could happen VERY soon in our fucked up little world? Besides, that looks very, very, cool.
Is anyone else worried that MW2 might end up, more like a 'James Bond' movie, instead of a 'Blackhawk down' type thing? You know Big booms over gritty realism? Though i suppose that, trailers so far may have been The biggest booms in the game put together.
Is anyone else worried that MW2 might end up, more like a 'James Bond' movie, instead of a 'Blackhawk down' type thing? You know Big booms over gritty realism? Though i suppose that, trailers so far may have been The biggest booms in the game put together.
I declare this to be awesome and I loved the Cain and Abel reference. As for the complaining, crispy fuck. Then I read the Christian part and rolled my eyes so hard, I nearly had them photorealistically blast from my sockets...
Christian science? Can anyone say irony?
Seriously though, does it really matter, it's depicting a real life location to use as a story base. I honestly don't see why that's a big deal
Seriously though, does it really matter, it's depicting a real life location to use as a story base. I honestly don't see why that's a big deal
I will admit, the comma thing is from Zero Punctuation's House of the Dead review, but I take full creative brilliance for the replacing of "mutherfucker" with "Hoo-Ah".Amnestic said:
"The scenes of post-apocalyptic scenes of carnage play out not in some fictional town in eastern Europe, but in Washington D.C. itself."
What an ass, so I guess if it were taking place in Europe it would be okay then?
What an ass, so I guess if it were taking place in Europe it would be okay then?
So apparently in the game D.C. is invaded by a foreign army and burned to the ground, not like that's the first time that's happened. I can basically chalk this form of thinking as similar to pre-WWII 20th century Japan. Like them, our mainland hasn't so much as seen a skirmish in nearly a century, and like them, a depiction of a bombing or battle on the mainland could strike many as very disturbing, as in the meantime we have half convinced ourselves that our respective countries were untouchable.
To those unfamiliar with the meaning of "Christian Science" ... it's not what you think. It's much worse. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Christ,_Scientist]
Ironically though, their famous newspaper [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Christian_Science_Monitor] is a pretty standard secular publication. It's not like WorldNetDaily or some nonsense that's openly biased. This writer is just a nut. Most newspapers have at least one.
Ironically though, their famous newspaper [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Christian_Science_Monitor] is a pretty standard secular publication. It's not like WorldNetDaily or some nonsense that's openly biased. This writer is just a nut. Most newspapers have at least one.
So it would be absolutely fine if it was set in a ruined Eastern Euopean settlement filled with innocent peasants and villagers, but now that American soil is being represented harshly in a game, it's going too far?
Halfway through writing that, I thought I might be exaggerating, but no: that's what he's saying. What a tosser.
Halfway through writing that, I thought I might be exaggerating, but no: that's what he's saying. What a tosser.
