my pal eric gave the heads up on this link"UNICEF recently launched a campaign to teach schoolchildren about the horrors of war. Among the efforts are a mini-cartoon, where, yes, the Smurfs are bombed"you can view the video here.
This seems a little fucked to me. I was devestated at five yrs when I saw Bambi's mother die in the forest fire. It's my first memory of horrible sadness. If I saw this ad, I'd be a wreck today.
Exactly why do children need to know about the horrors of war in such a graphic way? Why at all? They're not the ones deciding to annihilate other humans.
Jeebus... if this is really true, I take this as a surefire sign of the armageddon...
kids will be traumatized if they see this.
from that Canada.com story:
The animation was approved by the family of the Smurfs' late creator, "Peyo."
Belgian television viewers were given a preview of the commercial earlier this week, when it was shown on the main evening news. Reactions ranged from approval to shock and, in the case of small children who saw the episode by accident, wailing terror.
Not only did the family probably just ruin the future success of the cartoons, but the creators of the animation decide to broadcast it despite the uproar?!!
Isnt' the point to make kids traumatized[/b] by violence?
I mean, when I was a kid we glorified war bigtime... BIGTIME...
jeez dude, i hope not.
i think the point is to educate and deter them from using that as a means of solving problems. i don't think they have to have the shit scared out of them and made to feel helpless and completely let down by the human race just yet. there is plenty of time for that.
pointing out the obvious here, but for criminy sake: WAR IS FUCKED UP!!!
i read about this yesterday and hell yeah i was afraid to view that thing! i definitely dont think kids should view it, but if watching THE SMURFS DIE makes you upset, imagine the deal Iraqi's have right now. Oh yeah, for "OUR" freedom. Unfortunately, this li'l video will probably be preaching to the chior. I mean, if Georgie saw or heard about the thing, he'd probably think it was some screwy version of "intelligent design".
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This has to be an internet hoax. What's next: an STD lecture from the Thundercats?
i don't think so. there's an article about it on this site
http://www.canada.com/ottawa/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=b0b5606b-bbdf-4c50-aa6a-edd905da290b
and here are all the hits on google news
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=smurfs&btnG=Search+News
LOL
This seems a little fucked to me. I was devestated at five yrs when I saw Bambi's mother die in the forest fire. It's my first memory of horrible sadness. If I saw this ad, I'd be a wreck today.
Exactly why do children need to know about the horrors of war in such a graphic way? Why at all? They're not the ones deciding to annihilate other humans.
"We wanted something that was real war -- Smurfs losing arms, or a Smurf losing a head -- but they said no.''
Is this aimed at kids or adults?
I'm not saying those Belgians ain't wacky, but this thing is bogus.
dude check out all 91 google news hits on this. it's real. it's just a really low budget slideshow kinda video.
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=smurfs&btnG=Search+News
Jeebus... if this is really true, I take this as a surefire sign of the armageddon...
kids will be traumatized if they see this.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1202957
and yes, if i was a kid this would freak me out bigtime
So Gargamel finally put down the spell book and picked up the phone to Lockheed Martin, huh?
from that Canada.com story:
Not only did the family probably just ruin the future success of the cartoons, but the creators of the animation decide to broadcast it despite the uproar?!!
Truly, WTF?!
I mean, when I was a kid we glorified war bigtime... BIGTIME...
jeez dude, i hope not.
i think the point is to educate and deter them from using that as a means of solving problems. i don't think they have to have the shit scared out of them and made to feel helpless and completely let down by the human race just yet. there is plenty of time for that.
not really
i read about this yesterday and hell yeah i was afraid to view that thing! i definitely dont think kids should view it, but if watching THE SMURFS DIE makes you upset, imagine the deal Iraqi's have right now. Oh yeah, for "OUR" freedom. Unfortunately, this li'l video will probably be preaching to the chior. I mean, if Georgie saw or heard about the thing, he'd probably think it was some screwy version of "intelligent design".
Hmm, imagine that.