50 Shades of

What! No thread on the latest issue signalling the collapse of civilization, the destruction of all moral standards etc?
According to the Taipei Times, even the local [strike]religious nutjobs[/strike] civic groups have put their homophobia on pause long enough to weigh in on this crisis.

(Disclaimer: I have neither read the book or seen the movie, and have no intention of doing so, although the Missus is making threatening noises about demanding we go- what can I say, I’m dominated, though not by a hot young billionaire, unfortunately)

So, would you put up with a spanking for an Audi- or would you hold out for at least a Jag?

I flicked through the book because someone had left it on a second-hand Kindle I bought. It’s badly-written, tedious tripe. It’s not porn and it’s not literature, so why the hell did it make the bestseller list? Any impeding collapse of civilization is due to too many people being illiterate, I suspect.

my co-worker said his gf said the movie is terrible, but still better than the book… I think that says a lot.

As if Twilight wasn’t cringe-worthy enough… this so called book gives fan fic a bad rep. A movie based on that low bar …

I hear there this 50 shades of thingy is going to be a trilogy…

and they are also making more Twilight movies…

[quote=“hansioux”]I hear there this 50 shades of thingy is going to be a trilogy…

and they are also making more Twilight movies…[/quote]

It’s only a matter of time before “Ow my balls” gets an Oscar.

I hear there this 50 shades of thingy is going to be a trilogy…

and they are also making more Twilight movies…[/quote]

Yep. That is why they bought it and brought it to the large screen, because with a trilogy, any trilogy, you go kachin! Kachin!

TV series use dto be after 5 years then you were a million, 3 years enough for syndication and kachin! kachin! Cable changed that.

Hope someone rescues us with a new marketing strategy. I was reading an article in which Keanu Reeves compared the current outcrop from studios to kiddie porn -recruiting younger and younger actors. There is all this crop of actors/singers/movies that are shoved down our throats with nothing but marketing/auto tune/lots of photoshop behind them. I know each generation has its highs and lows but boy, we are going deep.

One of my nicknames, since ages ago, was 18shades.
Imagine how I feel, much later, to well be grateful for continuing to be 32 short.

Huzzah!

The article in the Taipei Times is totally hilarious and worth quoting at length:

[quote]Civic groups decry effect of populist BDSM movie
MORAL BOOST: It was said the movie ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ would damage the future sex lives of young people and they should attend book exhibitions instead
By Chen Ping-hung and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer

Civic groups yesterday criticized the movie Fifty Shades of Grey, saying it promoted the wrong attitudes toward sex, encouraged domestic violence and skewed perceptions of the sexuality of women.

The protagonist of the film, Christian Grey, is the son of a drug-addicted prostitute who grew up abused by his mother’s “clients,” which led to him developing a predilection for bondage, sadism and masochism (BDSM) as a defense mechanism, Alliance of Religious Groups for the Love of Families Taiwan secretary-general Chang Shou-yi (張守一) said at a press conference in Taipei.

The film is saturated with sexual sadism, which is not a normal or safe sexual practice, Chang said.

If people who watch the film are unaware of this and are persuaded the sexual acts portrayed in the film are normal, it would greatly disrupt society and cause women to be viewed in an inappropriate light, he said.

A complete attitude toward sexual relations must take into account the satisfaction not only of the physical aspect, but also the psychological and ethical, with true climax being the conclusion to an act in which participants are completely immersed physically, mentally and spiritually, Chang said, adding that each participant should also take into consideration love, attitude toward the other and patience.

Chang said he was most worried about the possibility of moviegoers coming away with a skewed perception of the female gender, adding that women should not be wrongly treated or regarded with the wrong mindset, especially as the nation has passed the Gender Equality Education Act (性別平等教育法).

Chinese Regional Bishops’ Conference secretary-general Chen Ko (陳科) said that as money was comparatively hard to come by for young people, and the movie did not really offer a great depth of English vocabulary, it was not really worth the price of a ticket.

If young people have time and money, they should spend it at events more worthwhile, such as book exhibitions, comic shows, learning how to engage in a proper relationship or learning about finances, Chen said, adding that if young people are misled by movies such as this, they would not be able to have a happy or fulfilling sex life when they grow older.

The movie is bad because it stresses the wrong values, such as the pain of masochism equating to pleasure, Chinese Confucius and Mencius Association director Chang Chung-ho (張中和) said, adding that he is afraid that the nation might be hit by a wave of abuse and violence after people watch the movie.

Students from the Protection of Family Values organization said the movie was carrying an embedded message encouraging domestic violence, adding that the film abounded with male dominance and sexual bullying.

According to Hsiao Lin (小林), spokesman of the BDSM Company, the nation’s first open BDSM group, many of the BDSM scenes portrayed in the movie were not consistent with real practice.

The most important aspect of BDSM is that the submissive partner’s safety and feelings must be guaranteed, Hsiao Lin said, adding that it was a difficult boundary to set and one which many BDSM practitioners are still trying to place.[/quote]

Screen this instead:
imdb.com/title/tt0274812/

Everyone tells me the movie sucks.

How do they know?

[quote=“Xeno”]Chang said he was most worried about the possibility of moviegoers coming away with a skewed perception of the female gender, adding that women should not be wrongly treated or regarded with the wrong mindset, especially as the nation has passed the Gender Equality Education Act (性別平等教育法).
[/quote]

Prudery never dies. It merely changes form.

I’m not a prude… not that there’s anything wrong with that.

I am, even as we speak, hard at work on my own fanfic adaptation. Perhaps if I change a few of the names, you’ll soon be able to buy “50 Shades of Jesus” at your local Christian bookseller.

Really, the Christians should love this movie. It affirms heterosexuality and complementarianism (or so I assume–I haven’t actually seen it). The hero is even named “Christian.” The heroine is a virgin who b[/b] marries the man who deflowers her, and in fact puts up resistance, as a nice girl should.

Vox actually had an interesting article about a Christian film that’s a “response” to Fifty Shades - there’s lots about a Christian entertainment culture that I knew next to nothing about: Why are Christian movies so painfully bad?

50 Shades of Grey is a horrific and sexist piece of shit, and the plot is extremely identical to all the Taiwanese crap romance novels out there. :laughing:

[youTubeBB3][/youTubeBB3][quote=“Gain”]50 Shades of Grey is a horrific and sexist piece of shit [/quote]

Art is a reflection of life.

[quote=“Zla’od”]I am, even as we speak, hard at work on my own fanfic adaptation. Perhaps if I change a few of the names, you’ll soon be able to buy “50 Shades of Jesus” at your local Christian bookseller.
[/quote]

I’m hoping Charlie Hebdo will put out a Fifty Shades of Mohammed.

Shades of gray are so depressing. Let’s put out a Fifty Hues of Rainbow for teh gheys. No, make that Fifty Shades of Gay. Or is that homophobic? It’s hard to keep track of all the latest developments in prudery.

How about Fifty Patterns of Plaid for the Scots?

Fifty Flavors of Baskin Robbins?

Fifty Varieties of Ketchup?

Fifty Colors of Crayons! With a built-in sharpener.

Fifty Kittens of LOL.

100 Days of Sodom. Oh wait.

I have often wondered what 50 shades of vomit look like.

If I see the movie, maybe i’ll find out.

Victorian prudes used to refer to trousers as The Southern Necessity.

Well, in the true North they’d be wearing a kilt.

The book was badly written. The movie was worser because Dakota Johnson was too skinny, with protuberant ribs showing. They chose an anorexic actress with zero sexiness. I was hoping for Kaley Cuoco to be Anastasia, a woman hot like that would have saved completely the movie. The guy was nowhere believable either. Michael Fassbender would have been the logic choice for such character. Anyway low budget production.