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Gen Z is turned off by onscreen sex, wants no-mance over romance, a new study finds
(www.latimes.com)
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First of all. Are there any stories without sex/romance? I personally would love the occasional platonic story. About people who aren't all trying to get in eachothers pants.
I'm not Gen Z (Millenial) but I do get tired of being bombarded with sex, making out, etc. If it's done well and integral to the plot, then it's fine. But honestly less is more. Do I really need a camera to closeup pan the full length of someone's naked body to realize what's going on? After a while it just gets weird, like I am legit waching porn here, am I supposed to be aroused?
The other problem is how flawless they look. I wouldn't mind seeing some real, average looking people for a change. Hold hands or awkwardly kiss after knowing eachother a few months or years, not like "oh hi we just met and it's the two of us alone how convenient hehe guess there's nothing left to do but use our perfect bodies for totally fake sex".
Has anyone ever had sex and thought afterwards, wow that was just like TV/movies/whatever? In my experience it's both more awkward and way hotter. They're not going to script all the little things we enjoy in reality...
Dredd 2012. Judge Dredd takes on a female apprentice Anderson for a training day. They mop the floor with gangsters and crooked cops. It's a non-stop action thrill ride.
No romance. No sexual tension. They do their jobs.
I absolutely love the part when Dredd is extremely injured and basically walking wounded, Anderson saves him from being executed, and it's the perfect time for the Hollywood 'Anderson nurses Dredd back from near death.'
But what happens? Dredd just field dresses himself, and it's not romantic, at all. She literally covers him while he does it, and then they move on.
There can be. But what if that made you to look other problems of the life? Like poverty and misguided education to help capitalism or like health problems caused by environmental changes or war for drug money? That is why they stick to the emotional side of humans, love of a partner or care of a parent.
Alien and Aliens stand out, and as the poster below said, Dredd as well.
Space Jam
Doom, Event Horizon, Hereditary, Silence of the Lambs, The Big Short, Frank... There's heaps of movies out there for us people who steer well clear of romance. They're just not mainstream and I'm fine with that.
The only romance movies I really like are The Wedding Singer, 50 First Dates and the 1995 Pride and Prejudice series. I think it's because the characters actually have depth and are fun to watch.
What TV-series is this: «Tits and dragons»