Dealbreaker or no? : memes

[–] abbotsbury@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

People realized they could just watch porn

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

There's an old Hollywood dictum; shoot for X, cut for R.

[+] TheBat@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

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[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Interesting take. I'd guess it's pure commercialism. Deadpool went in knowing it was going to be R-rated, and they broke out the strap on. Most of the movies the article mentions are going for PG-13 so they can sell more toys. That's my take.

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

No one is horny? Speak for yourselves, I'm horny all the time lol

I get it tho, movies don't have characters with any libido.

[–] WindInTrees@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

And, everyone is beautiful? Speak for yourselves there too

[–] grue@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The folks responsible for the sexy costumes, Roddenberry and Theiss, died in 1991 and 1992, respectively.

The sexiness of an outfit is directly proportional to the perceived possibility that a vital piece of it might fall off.

This basic theory underwrites Stripperiffic clothing, Impossibly Cool Clothes, and pretty much anything else you stick characters into: what makes clothing sexy is the potential for a catastrophic Wardrobe Malfunction. The Trope Namer is William Ware Theiss, costume designer on Star Trek: The Original Series, who first codified the concept.

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Though Theiss was a costume designer, according to Inside Star Trek: The Real Story by Herb Solow and Robert Justman, most of the costumes — following this theory — were actually somewhat more modest before being "improved" by Gene Roddenberry.

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