Witnesses told officers that moviegoers confronted a man who had allegedly peed inside the theater during a showing of the new Demon Slayer movie.
    • OptimusSubprime [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      9·
      3 months ago

      Surprise AZ. It’s a sleepy little inbred mostly white town that lies NW of the Greater Phoenix area. The only exciting thing happening in Surprise is when the fighter jets from nearby Luke AFB flyover.

      I think the guy just wanted the town to live up to its name.

    • fire86743@lemmygrad.mlOPEnglish
      8·
      3 months ago

      Wait, Demon Slayer is a children’s movie?

      You know what, this is actually genuinely debatable, there are strong arguments on both sides.

          • purpleworm [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
            9·
            3 months ago

            That would probably need to be explained as a difference in rating systems, since the movie wasn’t made in America. Demon Slayer was a shonen series in the foremost shonen magazine, the target demo is explicitly adolescent boys.

              • booty [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
                9·
                3 months ago

                the equivalent of shonen in america isnt childrens movies tho???

                The equivalent is super hero comics. Target audience: like 10-15 year old boys.

                s more young adult if you had to pick one

                Young adult is a marketing term for 12 year olds, because 12 year olds don’t like being called children even though they are.

              • purpleworm [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
                5·
                3 months ago

                the equivalent of shonen in america isnt childrens movies tho???

                Right, it’s children’s comics

                it’s more young adult if you had to pick one,

                Right, if you mean it in the YA sense, i.e. a demo of children

                but shonen is so popular even among adults you get stuff like demon slayer that is much more intended for adults

                “Shonen” is literally a demographic designation, the term means “young male” (specifically here young adolescence). If that’s not the target demo, it’s not shonen. It can be action, slice of life, mystery, whatever, what makes it a “shonen” is that it’s primarily intended for young males. It can have deliberate appeal to other audiences – and despite(?) being tremendously sexist, Demon Slayer has a huge female following as well as an adult one – but you are flatly incorrect to say that it is not intended for teenage boys.

                (the first fucking chapter has mutilated corpses of children there is no country in the world that is going to put something like that into a “children’s movie”)

                You’re making it sound more graphic than it is. There are dead bodies and blood everywhere in one scene, but it’s not like there are entrails or something really graphic, it’s just limp bodies with blood everywhere. Even if it was more graphic, that doesn’t really address the point regardless because you’re projecting cultural assumptions in a silly way, and you can easily find things that are more morbid aimed at still-younger audiences, like some of the work of Roald Dahl

        • fire86743@lemmygrad.mlOPEnglish
          9·
          3 months ago

          It’s considered kid-friendly (I think, at least like 12-18 kids) in Japan since the manga is considered to be shonen which is for teenage boys. In the West, it’s often considered to be mature, hence why it’s rated R.

          The series has a lot of blood and violence and general dark themes, this is considered appropriate for kids in Japan but not appropriate for kids in the West.

          Either way, as others have mentioned, there are tons of people outside the target demographic that adore it, such as adults and little kids.

  • LangleyDominos [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
    20·
    3 months ago

    Extensive Slack chat logs passed to authorities:

    Hexbear mod: You weren’t the one who did it right???

    Hexber user: I am I’m sorry.

    Hexbear mod: I thought they caught the person?

    Hexbear user: no, they grabbed some old dude, then interrogated someone in similar clothing. I had planned to dab the tip with a napkin from the concession stand, but most of it had already dribbled down my leg. it’s quiet, almost enough to wipe it on the seat but there’s still a family watching the credits.

    Hexbear mod: Why?

    Hexbear user: Why did I do it?

    Hexbear mod: Yeah

    Hexbear user: I had too much water at the asparagus eating contest. Some times you can’t hold it. If I am able to carry the popcorn bucket I used down to the bathroom, I will have left no evidence. Going to attempt to dump it again, hopefully that family will have moved on. I haven’t seen them question the smell.

    Hexbear mod: How long have you been planning this?

    Hexbear user: Since the third act started I believe. I could have went to the bathroom but I didn’t want to miss the part where the guy slays the demons. I didn’t want to chance it.

  • VibeCoder [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    14·
    3 months ago

    Not me confusing Demon Slayer with Kpop Demon Hunters (my kids are into both and now I feel like the adults who called everything a Nintendo)

  • Rom [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    11·
    3 months ago

    My guy just stay in your seat and pee in a bottle, people do that literally all the time in movie theaters

    • Feinsteins_Ghost@hexbear.netEnglish
      7·
      3 months ago

      yeah I saw that too. I thought he got his ass handed to him also, but looking at his face he doesnt seem lumped up and swollen like I would knda expect.