09-22-2003, 06:53 PM
One thing that I am wondering about that might apply with the Buffy thing, is does having pornographic content make a show/movie/whatever pornography?
I can't talk about Buffy because I haven't seen it so I'll use the Matrix Reloaded movie instead since it has a scene with sexual activity and such so should fit what I am getting at. The sexual scene in the Matrix Reloaded movie if seen by itself (chopping off the movie before and after it) would be considered pornography. Now then this could lead you to say that Matrix Reloaded is pornography. The problem with that is that the movie as a whole isn't pornography, it just has that one scene which could be considered porn. My intuition tends to say that you need to look at the product at a whole to determine what it is. So like for the Matrix Reloaded movie one could say that it is a sci fi movie with some pornographic content, but I'm unsure that one could say that the movie as a whole is pornography.
Now taking this back to the Buffy thing, I think the point some people are trying to make is that if you look at all of Buffy then its not pornography. Maybe certain scenes in certain episodes are, maybe a season is, but all of Buffy is? As a whole, you probably can't say that Buffy is. Now as I said, I have never seen Buffy so don't know anything about that, I just wanted to put out there the thought that having pornographic content may not by deault make the whole thing pornography. I think the amount of content matters and the intent of the show as a whole. Most things that are labeled as pornography tend to be heavily focused on that aspect. Meaning that the purpose of the show as a whole is to provoke a sexual responce. So my question becomes, is Buffy as a whole trying to provoke a sexual responce or is just a particular scene trying to do so? Its the difference in having pornographic content and being pornography.
I can't talk about Buffy because I haven't seen it so I'll use the Matrix Reloaded movie instead since it has a scene with sexual activity and such so should fit what I am getting at. The sexual scene in the Matrix Reloaded movie if seen by itself (chopping off the movie before and after it) would be considered pornography. Now then this could lead you to say that Matrix Reloaded is pornography. The problem with that is that the movie as a whole isn't pornography, it just has that one scene which could be considered porn. My intuition tends to say that you need to look at the product at a whole to determine what it is. So like for the Matrix Reloaded movie one could say that it is a sci fi movie with some pornographic content, but I'm unsure that one could say that the movie as a whole is pornography.
Now taking this back to the Buffy thing, I think the point some people are trying to make is that if you look at all of Buffy then its not pornography. Maybe certain scenes in certain episodes are, maybe a season is, but all of Buffy is? As a whole, you probably can't say that Buffy is. Now as I said, I have never seen Buffy so don't know anything about that, I just wanted to put out there the thought that having pornographic content may not by deault make the whole thing pornography. I think the amount of content matters and the intent of the show as a whole. Most things that are labeled as pornography tend to be heavily focused on that aspect. Meaning that the purpose of the show as a whole is to provoke a sexual responce. So my question becomes, is Buffy as a whole trying to provoke a sexual responce or is just a particular scene trying to do so? Its the difference in having pornographic content and being pornography.