DEGENERATING STANDARDS OF ENTERTAINMENT

When I was around 4 or 5, I was younger.

I remember seeing seeing actors in the movies portraying cowboys
engaging in hostile gunfire among themselves, while on horseback,
which (ostensibly) resulted in their sustaining casualties, being blasted
off of their respective horses and hitting the ground. At that age,
I was somewhat aversive to these representations of death.
I mentioned this to my mother, who was credible in her denials
that thay were going to slaughter the actors just to make interesting
movies, but tho I knew that these were just acrobats trained to leap
off horses, I still found this somewhat disturbing until about age 7.

Fast forward to around 3 nights ago.
I saw a movie called Pterodactyl, mostly for its special effects,
which were fairly effective. Among the scenes was one wherein
a lad was being eaten alive over several hours in a nest of baby
Pterodactyls, who were visibly munching on his guts, rather to
his dissatisfaction. The special effects were fairly realistic in
simulating the consumption of the fellow's entrails, while he lived.

I wondered whether there were people of any age,
including kids, who were being grossed out by seeing
simulation of someone being eaten alive. There was
another show, rather similar in principle, back during
Star Trek the Next Generation: an alien had the nerve
to invade the body of some worthy member of Star Fleet.
The 2 heros aimed their fasers at the offender and blasted,
which resulted in his body being disassembled layer by layer.
Reflecting back upon my former distaste for this,
I wondered whether any kids were adversely affected
in their emotions by such displays.

In the early years of television, very demanding standards
of decency were imposed upon the actors, et al.
Those days seem to have vanished.

ANY OBJECTIONS ?

Do those of u with children discern any threat
to the emotional comfort of your children ?

WHATAYATHINK ?