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Shouldn't it be infamous for their radical attempts to defend animal rights? Sure they also try to defend the animals themselves, but evaluating their rights is the main purpose of their campaigns, if i recall correctly.News Post said:PETA, which stands for "People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals," is a large animal rights organization infamous for their radical attempts to defend animals.
I'm afraid that I can't even agree with you on this. If they ever actually watch the Pokemon anime (The people who created the game are obviously Pokemon fans because the game shows a deep knowledge of the franchise that they probably wouldn't have just picked up doing some quick research.
Zyflair said:I'm afraid that I can't even agree with you on this. If they ever actually watch the Pokemon anime (The people who created the game are obviously Pokemon fans because the game shows a deep knowledge of the franchise that they probably wouldn't have just picked up doing some quick research.though I can't blame them for not doing so), it's obvious that Ash actually cares, even trying to free Pikachu himself because he thought it would be best for the little mouse.
Sure, there's inside jokes, but PETA seems to know only the "bad" sides of Pokemon.
It seems more likely that the people at PETA directed the game.Dragon Master Ryuuji said:They paid people to make the game, PETA did not make it themselves. So of course the other folks were pokemon fans.
Zyflair said:I'm afraid that I can't even agree with you on this. If they ever actually watch the Pokemon anime (though I can't blame them for not doing so), it's obvious that Ash actually cares, even trying to free Pikachu himself because he thought it would be best for the little mouse.
Sure, there's inside jokes, but PETA seems to know only the "bad" sides of Pokemon.
You do realize that the game is meant as a parody, not as a canonical accurate re-interpretation from someone's perspective.xGallade said:I played Black and Blue, it was jacked up. PETA needs to grow some balls and realize the difference between fantasy and reality.
I agree that saving more animals would be probably a better investment. However, PETA themselves claim to only kill animals who are fatally ill and would anyway eventually die, not because they have too many animals to take care of.Raigetsu said:I also give no sympathy for terrorists who's message is "animals rights" and thinks shoving living dogs/cats/animals in a freezer is a moral way of "putting them down" because they had too many on their hands.
A parody is only effective if it has accuracy to it. Otherwise, it's just an awful misrepresentation.Renoir said:You do realize that the game is meant as a parody, not as a canonical accurate re-interpretation from someone's perspective.
It has accuracy to it. There are recognizable characters and the known setting, but satirized to the point of ridicule. Plus, i can't comprehend why you think such parodies would be ineffective. We here discuss about it, specified blogs and news networks were covering it, even known news agencies featured this subject. It surely gathered attention, which i assume to be the main intention.Zyflair said:A parody is only effective if it has accuracy to it. Otherwise, it's just an awful misrepresentation.Renoir said:You do realize that the game is meant as a parody, not as a canonical accurate re-interpretation from someone's perspective.
Recognizable characters? Yes. Known settings? Yes. Correctly depicting anything about Pokemon? Barely. I fail to see how it's any bit effective when it fails to damage Pokemon's standing at all. Unless PETA's only joking around (they aren't), they merely succeeded in entertaining us. Nothing more.Renoir said:It has accuracy to it. There are recognizable characters and the known setting, but satirized to the point of ridicule. Plus, i can't comprehend why you think such parodies would be ineffective. We here discuss about it, specified blogs and news networks were covering it, even known news agencies featured this subject. It surely gathered attention, which i assume to be the main intention.
Zyflair said:Recognizable characters? Yes. Known settings? Yes. Correctly depicting anything about Pokemon? Barely. I fail to see how it's any bit effective when it fails to damage Pokemon's standing at all. Unless PETA's only joking around (they aren't), they merely succeeded in entertaining us. Nothing more.Renoir said:It has accuracy to it. There are recognizable characters and the known setting, but satirized to the point of ridicule. Plus, i can't comprehend why you think such parodies would be ineffective. We here discuss about it, specified blogs and news networks were covering it, even known news agencies featured this subject. It surely gathered attention, which i assume to be the main intention.
My original point to begin with was that they don't know enough about Pokemon. You have no rights to make a parody about something you know little of because it's just too far off.
First. I did not write it was able to damage Pokémon's standing, i did mention that it was able to quickly gather attention , and i assume that that was their main goal.Zyflair said:Recognizable characters? Yes. Known settings? Yes. Correctly depicting anything about Pokemon? Barely. I fail to see how it's any bit effective when it fails to damage Pokemon's standing at all. Unless PETA's only joking around (they aren't), they merely succeeded in entertaining us. Nothing more.
My original point to begin with was that they don't know enough about Pokemon. You have no rights to make a parody about something you know little of because it's just too far off.
I am not telling you that, i am telling you that i think the campaign is not very seriously in the parodying parts. I never stated that the whole purpose behind consists of solely entertainment, but it sure plays a role as we are talking about a flash game.Zyflair said:So you're telling me that PETA's running a publicity stunt and devoted a staff to simply entertain us?
I just think this so-called "parody" is trash as a message. The knowledge they demonstrated required no more than a few hours of Googling (can I say memes everywhere?).