tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55830807767176233.post4708223919219993733..comments2023-08-12T07:55:06.441-04:00Comments on Rhymes with Javelin: Precautionary measuresS.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06957943262402999997noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55830807767176233.post-29891755729045065292007-12-11T17:33:00.000-05:002007-12-11T17:33:00.000-05:00Brilliant!!!Brilliant!!!Liz Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09469435277058701080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55830807767176233.post-298186237178714872007-12-11T10:46:00.000-05:002007-12-11T10:46:00.000-05:00I don't think such a site would really be useful t...I don't think such a site would really be useful to me. If something really "triggers" me, I stop reading the book or leave the theater or sit through it hoping it will be cathartic and then never, ever read/watch it again. There is certainly evidence that relieving one's traumas is not productive for many people. I am thinking in particular of the graphic suicide scene in Monsters Ball (forgive me for that spoiler). Having witnessed an actual suicide at age 13, I really don't ever want to see that movie again. <BR/><BR/>But, and I can only speak for myself here, I don't feel the need to be too self-protective. I wouldn't be inclined to use the website you describe. I figure, life itself (let alone fiction) will confront me with additional traumas. Maybe having to face them occasionally and unexpectedly in books/films will actually make it easier to face the ones that will sadly and inevitably come up in my real life, too. Anyway, that's the way I look at it. Hope it's okay that I am offering a different viewpoint.Nonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09709961376174590317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55830807767176233.post-83553510733203370302007-12-10T20:25:00.000-05:002007-12-10T20:25:00.000-05:00Oh, this is brilliant. As it is, I have to pre-rea...Oh, this is brilliant. As it is, I have to pre-read things for RW to make sure nothing Bad happens to any children.<BR/><BR/>Me, I'm mostly okay with things in books. But I really really don't like seeing people stick needles into their arms. Which I found out about 5 minutes into "Trainspotting."elswherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09682431666658202440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55830807767176233.post-67332297325853068292007-12-10T14:56:00.000-05:002007-12-10T14:56:00.000-05:00that is a great idea! i don't see many movies. m...that is a great idea! i don't see many movies. my triggers are varied: can't do vertigo, gun violence, etc.kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55830807767176233.post-9280084735338687282007-12-10T10:11:00.000-05:002007-12-10T10:11:00.000-05:00Now, I have to go read Atonement. I would see the...Now, I have to go read Atonement. I would see the movie, except, really, I don't do movies. <BR/><BR/>Sorry about the triggers.niobehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10685766216611639434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55830807767176233.post-46993214490333816442007-12-09T23:42:00.000-05:002007-12-09T23:42:00.000-05:00That's a brilliant idea.That's a brilliant idea.jo(e)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01488562158252331555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55830807767176233.post-19184460456840323612007-12-09T22:54:00.000-05:002007-12-09T22:54:00.000-05:00Magpie, it *was* good. More's the pity. Because ...Magpie, it *was* good. More's the pity. Because it triggered us just that much more effectively, you know? Also, A. says that if it had been bad we might have got up and left. Maybe.S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957943262402999997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55830807767176233.post-81401336637230379202007-12-09T21:13:00.000-05:002007-12-09T21:13:00.000-05:00Was it any good - or no because it pushed all your...Was it any good - or no because it pushed all your buttons? I haven't seen it (and no plans to), but the book is waiting on my bedside table, just coincidentally.Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15460136246441367993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55830807767176233.post-63798456591009252392007-12-09T13:24:00.000-05:002007-12-09T13:24:00.000-05:00Julia, it was Atonement. And I think that the thi...Julia, it was Atonement. And I think that the things it triggered for us are not triggers for you, at least not so far as I know, so you'd be okay with it. No dead babies or children dying young, anyway.<BR/><BR/>Based on having read the books, I think you'd be okay with The Golden Compass, esp. after talking to my staffer who saw it Friday and said they left out what is probably the most disturbing scene.S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957943262402999997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55830807767176233.post-68417048891134587942007-12-09T13:04:00.000-05:002007-12-09T13:04:00.000-05:00brilliant idea, that.But now I need to know what m...brilliant idea, that.<BR/>But now I need to know what movie, unfortunately, inspired it. We were interested in seeing The Golden Compass, but didn't swing it yesterday. It's not that, is it? And I may still see Gone, baby gone despite it being something that will clearly push buttons. I am just a sucker for those Afflecks, you know?Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745262857388007041noreply@blogger.com