File this under what were we thinking.

[Scott Colmer]

Classic Mad Men mentality.

Link is for a kids aurora monster scene model that would NOT fly these days. 

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/AURORA-Moebius-Dr-Deadly-the-Victim-FRANKENSTEIN-Professional-AIRBRUSH-model-/282215369532

 

 

 

[Joe Handley]

Considering some of the stuff that can be had on the aftermarket today, that is mild!

[Harry P.]

I don't see anything wrong with it. But then again, I don't believe in today's PC nonsense.

[peteski]

Cool diorama - I see nothing wrong.  There are a lot more explicit and bloody scenes on network TV (do we still call those stations "network TV")?

[Jantrix]

What? An image of a maniac using hot pokers on a helpless woman, as a toy intended for children and you see nothing wrong with it?

You guys drinking the airbrush cleaner again? I'm a pretty liberal dad but I find this one too creepy. 

[Ace-Garageguy]

What? An image of a maniac using hot pokers on a helpless woman, as a toy intended for children and you see nothing wrong with it?

You guys drinking the airbrush cleaner again? I'm a pretty liberal dad but I find this one too creepy. 

Well, if I remember correctly, most of us knew it was a fantasy, NOT something to be acted out, and the object of the exercise was to rescue the helpless maiden from the evil whatever, and the maiden and the rescuing hero would ride off into the sunset together. I don't recall any upsurge in women being chained in dungeons and tortured when I was a kid, and monster movies with story lines like this were prevalent and mainstream.

Enter the internet. Pornography is rampant, its use is continually on the rise, as is the objectifying of women even in this oh-so-PC age of institutionalized hypocrisy. Romantic, deep and meaningful relationships are marginalized, sex is portrayed as being primarily for "fun", and family units and values are deteriorating daily.

Here's just ONE statistic, among thousands of similar findings...

"In 2013, Google research showed that porn sites get more traffic than Netflix, Amazon, and Twitter combined. In the UK, as of 2013, porn websites were being accessed more than all social networks combined, and more than all shopping websites combined".

And this:

"70% of UK teens say porn is seen as normal by their peers at school.
46% of teens said sexting is a part of everyday life for teenagers.
2/3 of girls and nearly 50% of boys said growing up would be easier if porn was harder to access".

Frankly, I'm just not seeing where the BS PC bit has taken us to anywhere better.

We just sweep the real problems under the rug, and pretend that things like the little monster vignette above were oh-so-terrible, and the world is a brighter, happier place now, full of unicorns and rainbows.

Nah.

 

 

Edited October 20, 2016 by Ace-Garageguy

[Scott Colmer]

Hey Bill,

No the model did not cause anyone to run out a buy a cage for a woman - that I know of. I still think investing an hour or more recreating the torture of a scantily clad woman would not really fly today. I'm not for the overly PC way some people take things but to me this was a bit much. I could see Dan Ackroyd pitching this one on SNL.

As for internet porn-  Just another wrong that does not make a right out of something else. What I've seen in middle school has pretty surprising. One teacher told me that High school sexual activity is down, but middle school is up. I could argue access to internet porn may have helped that trend. 

 

Back in my day....  : 0

 

Scott

 

 

[Harry P.]

The stuff kids are exposed to in video games make this look pretty harmless.

[Scott Colmer]

Harry,

Re: Video Games ...I have been working with the GTA generation. Many of them are very different than the kids of my day. Not in a positive way.

 

Yes, there are worse things than a kidnap and torture model kit, but the subject matter should still be questioned. 

 

This was actually meant to be a humorous look back at a different time in our history.