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Ninja Turtles 9/11 Burning Skyscraper Poster Pulled
CorbynDallas
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Quote: The poster showed the Ninja Turtle characters from the upcoming film jumping from a flaming skyscraper with the release date of September 11th inscribed below.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28560042
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28560042
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although i doubt someone was intentionally trying to be offensive, they obviously didn't think
Yeah at first I wondered what the fuss was about (granted, it's minimal fuss) and, although unfortunate and in poor taste, it was just a case of the link being missed between the image and the Australian launch date but then I thought surely there is a marketing team or whatever that things like this shouldn't get past?
That said if it is an Australian marketing team then perhaps the date wouldn't have obviously jumped out at them the way it would almost certainly a US team. Tbf they seem to have accepted they dropped an unintentional clanger and have dealt with it well.
We're looking forward to the movie in this house.
What, when can 9/11 or burning skyscrapers be referenced and it not be considered offensive? I don't know. Not yet obviously.
Speaking as someone who lived in NYC on 9/11 (I still have nightmares), it'll never be okay for me, but the world also doesn't revolve around me (as far as I know...:D ). I doubt the poster gaffe was intentional, and I'm certainly not going to boycott the movie over it (I'll boycott it because it looks absolutely ridiculous to me - even my 7 year old boy seems to think it looks like crap). I don't think there's a statute of limitations on how long it takes to get over something like 9/11 (or any other tragedy that one has gone through) but you can't expect the world to stop for you forever because of it.
I can't imagine what it was like for you and I can understand why you still have nightmares; the images we saw on TV from across the Atlantic were so haunting they'll always stay with me, so, as I said, I can't imagine how horrific it was and still is for those of you there.
I had initially thought 'never' when I saw Billy's question, but tbh, not US obviously, I think one day it won't be in the forefront as much. Can't imagine it will be in the next ten years -ball-park figure - though. Not yet.
As for the movie, I haven't seen trailers but our son is such a fan and so excited we were hoping it might actually be even mildly enjoyable. Oh boo!
It looks like they designed the Turtles out of Play-Doh and then someone sat on the models accidentally! My son was like "Why are their heads such a weird shape? And that green looks like puke." I actually don't mind watching the series with him, but this movie seems a bit off.
And thanks - I always hesitate to bring it up (for years, it was something I couldn't even talk about or acknowledge on the date), and I'm not saying I want people to go all out and make fun of the experiences of the day, but I do think that we have to realize that we can't react to everything that happens on that date and tie it back to what happened - yeah, the skyscraper thing was really dumb, but the movie's being released that day and there are going to be a bunch of special effects that may seem inappropriate, but aren't really - it's not like they started making the movie with these effects and knew that it would be released on September 11, 2014.
And I actually laughed at my first 9/11 joke the other day by a stand-up comic (it wasn't anything mean, it had to do with pizza, and honestly? It was funny!) - a little humor is a good thing
sorry about what you went through, as you said itis not worth boycotting because of what im hoping was a case of not thinking, as for the film, i will always love the 90s turtles film, not really interested in the new ones
Look at it this way, some people still take offence at people dressing up in Nazi costumes for fancy dress parties...so a long time yet.
As for a burning skyscraper being insensitive, does that mean we will never see 'Towering Inferno' on TV again? (I have the DVD)
Probably not on 9/11.
The people who designed the poster probably didnt link the image and date together.
That being said, my cynical side says that this market group knew exactly what they were doing and it worked perfectly. Massive publicity for that stupid movie. I know in all my marketing courses in grad school, every single small detail in an add is combed over, and every word, font, color, symbol is put there for a purpose. Marketing houses don't just throw something together with Photoshop. You have to remember who is producing this (Michael Bay), not the most honorable character there is.
Whilst 9/11 and 7/7 was tragic, I think it's time we moved on from that now, doesn't anyone else? We can't keep going on not being able to use specific dates or images because they're a reminder of something bad that happened.
So 9/11 would be the 9th of November or it should have been 11/9
I think it wasn't a matter of any specific aspect but the fact that 1 thing plus another thing plus another thing combined together was kind of cringe worthy. You might want to remember that 470 people that weren't from the US died that day, with the UK representing the most. It might be more than the "Yanks" sensibilities being offended. But continue with you "Yank" bashing.
Unfortunate of course, very few people would see the link anyway only those like spatulagirl, anyone who lost someone or were closely affected would really probably see any link.
Very much an 'oops, bugger' moment.
It didn't actually use 9/11 it was shown as September 11 in smallish writing at the bottom of the poster.
Because they are mutant turtles.
Flaming hell, they certainly didn't. Why did they even think that that was a good idea in the first place?
A release date of 'September 11' on a poster with green fields and puppies wouldn't bother anyone or generate this much attention.
Or, being a tad cynical, maybe someone did spot it.