The Dark Knight PETA says "Batman Beats Dogs!"

[DeeBarr]

MercuryEnigma...

Aresome... From now on its Dog Curry for me!!

 

[Sweetchuck]

Why is everyone complaining about PETA. They did their job. They got some free publicity for the movie. Remember even bad press is better than No press.
It normally goes like this...
The movie comes out...
People watch it...
There is a questionable scene that any rational person is fine with.
Peta complains.
People talk about it and the Movie.
People diss Peta.
People Love the movie.
done.



And did Peta complain about the 2003 hulk ripping 3 dogs apart?
And I kinda thought Batman got owned by the 3 rotts. If he hadn't had that elevator shaft to throw them down they would have gotten the best of him.
I think tho if the joker really wanted to win he would have set it up so Batman had to run/fly thru some raw meat juice to get to Joker then have 3 Lions...
huh?

 

[JackBauer24]

Man, I wish I had that video clip of Jack Bauer shooting a dog.

 

[TinkTonks]

I was thinking the same thing myself a week ago, and then my co-worker sent me a link to it, and I couldnt resist to post it.

Haha! I remember thinking something similar when I saw it! I was kinda hoping it wouldn't be taken that serious (hello....it's a *movie*) but I felt someone *coughPETAcough* would say something.....

 

[BatmanFanatic]

Everyone needs to lay of PETA. It's their job to ask questions about animal cruelty or why it is perceived as "entertaining" in our society. If they don't bring it up, who will? And where do we draw the line?

They didn't come out and say "everyone don't go see this movie because he beats dogs!" No, they just raised the question. Why is this entertainment? Why is this acceptable? Why dogs? And why can't he deal with them in some other way? They are doing the responsible thing by questioning it, in order to start a discussion.

I personally don't like the trend of so many movies now days showing the killing or beating of dogs as part of the plot, especially in action films. Resident Evil 1-3 anyone? Snatch? No Country For Old Men?

It also perpetuates this myth that certain breeds of dogs are "evil" (like Rots and Pitbulls) and all they ever do is attack human beings. The truth is any dog will do what you train it to do, and dogs attack human beings when they have been trained to do so (like by the police or military) But when the media/entertainment industry shows the mass public so many images of JUST certain breeds attacking people, you end up with "breed bans" in the cities.

 

[IrishFightin]

Yeah BatmanFanatic, Defend terrorists!

 

[byte19]

no one seems to be mentioning the head honcho sick twist telling ppl in her will to slice her body up in meat-like portions and give them to the top meat markets ceos to eat. to ****ing eat!!!! just to show how "evil" it is to eat meat. i see no one talking bout that.....

 

[Superboy-Prime]

Everyone needs to lay of PETA. It's their job to ask questions about animal cruelty or why it is perceived as "entertaining" in our society. If they don't bring it up, who will? And where do we draw the line?

They didn't come out and say "everyone don't go see this movie because he beats dogs!" No, they just raised the question. Why is this entertainment? Why is this acceptable? Why dogs? And why can't he deal with them in some other way? They are doing the responsible thing by questioning it, in order to start a discussion.

I personally don't like the trend of so many movies now days showing the killing or beating of dogs as part of the plot, especially in action films. Resident Evil 1-3 anyone? Snatch? No Country For Old Men?

It also perpetuates this myth that certain breeds of dogs are "evil" (like Rots and Pitbulls) and all they ever do is attack human beings. The truth is any dog will do what you train it to do, and dogs attack human beings when they have been trained to do so (like by the police or military) But when the media/entertainment industry shows the mass public so many images of JUST certain breeds attacking people, you end up with "breed bans" in the cities.

they whine and whine and whine its just a movie if you dislike seeing a viscous dog being killed off screen why are you ok with watching a human die on screen?

SB-P

 

[BatmanFanatic]

Yeah BatmanFanatic, Defend terrorists!

Wow ... if you can't think of a real argument please don't bother speaking at all.

 

[BatmanFanatic]

they whine and whine and whine its just a movie if you dislike seeing a viscous dog being killed off screen why are you ok with watching a human die on screen?

SB-P

This argument has nothing to do with what I or anyone else is "okay with" seeing. It's about PETAs right, in a society with free speech, to bring up a point for debate.

Apparently this entire thread is arguing AGAINST free speech.

You don't have to agree with PETA, or how much something seen in "just a movie" matters, but you can't say "they should shut up" in a democracy. Anything that gets people to talk about an issue, to discuss it from ALL points of view, is positive.

They may be on the far side of the pro-animal-rights position, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't be allowed to express their views. Certainly people who couldn't care less about animal welfare are making their opinions heard quite clearly, in mass media and elsewhere!

 

[IrishFightin]

They are terrorists.

They support Fire-Bombers.

They value animal life over human rights.

They are vile people.

That's my arguement.

Those that defend them are vile, or misguided.

 

[Tree27]

self defence, pluse, ITS A MOVIE, heh.

 

[Goshdarn Batman]

They are terrorists.

They support Fire-Bombers.

They value animal life over human rights.

They are vile people.

That's my arguement.

Those that defend them are vile, or misguided.

Don't forget that they killed more than 90% of the animals in their care in 2007. PETA = ****ing hypocrites.

 

[sleepwalk]

I, personally, chose not to see X-men when I saw footage of Wolverine engaged in violence against women during his fight with Mystique.

Sorry fols, forgot that sarcasm can't be typed (although I'd think it was obvious.

Hell, that one scene in Mr&Mrs Smith made me laugh out loud AND get a semi!

 

[CaptainClown]

no one seems to be mentioning the head honcho sick twist telling ppl in her will to slice her body up in meat-like portions and give them to the top meat markets ceos to eat. to ****ing eat!!!! just to show how "evil" it is to eat meat. i see no one talking bout that.....

to spite her, I would eat her.

 

[honsq90]

Since when did Batman start beating dogs? That's insane. How did the dogs let him beat them? No wonder they started attacking Batman.

 

[jdre_124]

Wow. PETA is gonna *****ing FLIP when they see Watchmen next year.

"I loved the first part of the movie but OMFG did you see when the ink blot man hit that poor hungry german shepard with a cleaver!?!??!!? I mean all he was doing was chewing on a bone dammit!! I walked out after that!! Onwards!!! To the Protest Cave!!!"

 

[BatmanFanatic]

They are terrorists.

They support Fire-Bombers.

They value animal life over human rights.

They are vile people.

That's my arguement.

Those that defend them are vile, or misguided.

Do you actually believe that because the methods are wrong, the argument is wrong? Even terrorists (which they are not) can have valid points. In fact, I would say that many so called terrorists have such strong valid points that they are willing to die for them. To one country they are terrorists, to the other country they are heros. It's very difficult to determine right and wrong in such a situation, because people don't just start blowing $#!t up, much less *themselves* without a good reason, such as a grave injustice committed against them.

Are you able to understand this?

And beside that point, in actuality PETA doesn't support any of the things you are claiming. Perhaps you've confused PETA with GREENPEACE or something.

 

[Nepenthes]

they objectify women

 

[BatmanFanatic]

they objectify women

Who doesn't these days...

 

[Superboy-Prime]

This argument has nothing to do with what I or anyone else is "okay with" seeing. It's about PETAs right, in a society with free speech, to bring up a point for debate.

Apparently this entire thread is arguing AGAINST free speech.

You don't have to agree with PETA, or how much something seen in "just a movie" matters, but you can't say "they should shut up" in a democracy. Anything that gets people to talk about an issue, to discuss it from ALL points of view, is positive.

They may be on the far side of the pro-animal-rights position, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't be allowed to express their views. Certainly people who couldn't care less about animal welfare are making their opinions heard quite clearly, in mass media and elsewhere!

freedom of speech is different from demands if you dont like that batman DEFENDED himself from guard dogs which were trained to attack and kill him then dont go see the movie.

SB-P

 

[gemini77]

I agree with Superboy prime - people and organazations such as PETA have the right to voice their opinions. Jesus after what our president has done to this constitution we should'nt take this for granted.
But damm its only a movie, FICTION, and rest assured those dogs were not harmed in making the movie. Organazations like PETA discredit themselves by wasting their time dealing with fiction as opposed to reality. Go deal with the Michael Vicks of the world and leave movies alone. People have just gotten way too overly sensitive about any little thing.ITS ONLY A MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Skullen]

I wanna see what a peta member would do if he were getting mauled by vicious dogs.

 

[danoyse]

This argument has nothing to do with what I or anyone else is "okay with" seeing. It's about PETAs right, in a society with free speech, to bring up a point for debate.

Apparently this entire thread is arguing AGAINST free speech.

You don't have to agree with PETA, or how much something seen in "just a movie" matters, but you can't say "they should shut up" in a democracy. Anything that gets people to talk about an issue, to discuss it from ALL points of view, is positive.

They may be on the far side of the pro-animal-rights position, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't be allowed to express their views. Certainly people who couldn't care less about animal welfare are making their opinions heard quite clearly, in mass media and elsewhere!

I don't think it's a matter of whether or not they should be allowed to speak, it's a matter of the fights they are picking.

If Batman killed a dog in TDK just for the sport of it or for a cheap laugh, they would have a point. If the dogs used for filming the scene were treated badly, they would have a point.

The fact that Batman killed the dog in self-defense and even later went to Fox to have stronger armor created that would protect him from dog attacks (and possibly prevent him from having to kill another dog) makes their point moot. That's not animal abuse, and the actual animal was not hurt.

Just because a dog was killed in the film doesn't mean it was animal abuse. And it's just another instance of PETA trying to grasp onto something hugely popular to make themselves known.

They have a right to speak, but others have the right to tell them their complaint is ridiculous.

 

[The Squirrel]

no one seems to be mentioning the head honcho sick twist telling ppl in her will to slice her body up in meat-like portions and give them to the top meat markets ceos to eat. to ****ing eat!!!! just to show how "evil" it is to eat meat. i see no one talking bout that.....

Actually human meat doesn't produce any of the proteins we need to survive, but animal meat does.

Crazy uh.

I think that is how I heard it.