July 30, 2024 • 27 mins
What happens when Captain America doesn't have superpowers? Join us in dad mode as we passionately discuss the latest Captain America trailer featuring Sam Wilson, and share our mixed feelings about Marvel's recent releases. From the post-Endgame cinematic landscape to reminiscing about the grittiness of Netflix's "Daredevil," we dive into the highs and lows of Marvel's journey. We also take a trip down memory lane, comparing the action-packed movies of our childhood like "Commando" and "Bloodsport" with the media our kids consume today. It’s a nostalgic rollercoaster you won't want to miss.
Ever wondered how today's media impacts children, especially those on the autism spectrum? We open up about our personal experiences with our kids mimicking violent behaviors seen in video games and movies. Reflecting on our own childhoods filled with "Mortal Kombat" and "Doom," we discuss the evolution of violence and sexual content in TV and cinema. We also talk about guiding our children as they transition from kid-friendly shows to more mature themes, stressing the importance of parental involvement in media consumption. Whether it's finding family-friendly horror or navigating the complexities of modern media, our conversation offers valuable insights for every parent.
Josh aka Bearded_Nova
I'm from Australia and am what you would call a father who games. I have 5 kids so not as much time to game as I used to. But I still game and stream when I can. So come join me on Twitch in chat as we chill out.
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Josh aka Moorph
I'm a US-based husband and father of two boys. I work full-time and have been a content creator since 2000. I'm a YouTube partner, Twitch and LiveSpace streamer who founded a content creation coaching company called Elev8d Media Group (elev8d.media). I'm a blogger, streamer, podcaster, and video-er(?).
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Turning off normal human mail mode.
Switching to dad mode.
Welcome in to dad mode Withyour hosts Bearded, Nova and
Morph just yeah, I mean, I'lljust all right.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
That was good.
Yeah, I was meant to messageyou the other day.
I mean you see the new captainamerica girl, I mean I'll just
yeah, I mean I'll just prettycool it looks.
I don't know why they, why theyreleased it so soon though yeah
, I was surprised that they'regetting a trailer so early, but
I came for it.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Yeah, I am too.
You know, I do.
I know in the comics that samwilson's captain america doesn't
have powers, but I really wishhe did, because I feel like he's
gonna get his ass kicked.
Yeah, I mean, you know, yeah,although the trail looks like he
was flying like the speed ofsound and stuff.
Yeah, I don't know which.
I don't know how you could dothat with just goggles on.
I feel like it would fuck upyour ears and like, yeah, I
(01:02):
don't know that, but I was.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
I just saw the.
I watched the trailer like hey,you know what this is.
This is some exciting.
Yeah, marvel happening here.
I'm keen.
It's like.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
It's like they got their mojo back all of a sudden
I hope they do, because they'vehad definitely a string of like
I've seen them all, yeah, butthey've had a string of movies
that just were like I think theonly.
Thing after uh end game, itfeels like they didn't know
quite from a story perspective,where to go yeah, marvels yeah,
I mean I'll just watch that one.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Maybe I'll just watch that and I haven't watched it,
liked it.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
I've never watched eternals yeah, oh, and I haven't
watched the eternal and it wasso bad yeah, that's why I just
kind of like it's.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
It hasn't affected any other storyline.
There's no, there's no reasonfor me to watch it.
Oh, if I get, if I want to.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
I think they came up with plans for the sequel they
did, which is crazy because theyleft it as a cliffhanger at the
end of the first one.
Oh, did they?
Speaker 2 (01:59):
they did keen to see reborn daredevil Reborn.
I did like Netflix's Daredevil.
I really did enjoy Netflix'sDaredevil.
I didn't mind.
I didn't mind all of theNetflix series.
Iron Fist Iron Fist was fine.
I didn't have a problem withIron Fist.
I still thought it was for a TVseries.
(02:21):
It was acceptable.
Jessica Jones was pretty.
Luke Cage was pretty.
Luke Cage was pretty.
Luke Cage was alright.
It didn't for a TV series,netflix series.
I think it was perfectlyacceptable for what it was.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
Yeah, but Daredevil was definitely the class of.
Yeah, I mean, jessica Jones wasreally good, though, especially
the first season or two.
Yeah, yeah, I mean All Joneswas really good, though,
especially like the first seasonor two.
Yeah, yeah, I mean all right.
Cage was all right.
I thought like some of thecharacters were just sort of
comic-y.
You know what I mean.
Yeah yeah, and then Iron FistPeople complained about the
action scenes.
(02:56):
I didn't mind them.
I didn't mind them.
I didn't like the maincharacter.
Yeah, yeah, just that he wasn'ta good actor, you know but yeah
I thought that everything elsewas okay about it.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Yeah, that's what I thought, like the acting could
have been better, but the actionand like what?
What iron fist is about waspretty, they solid, they did
that right, they did thatjustice.
Same with even she-hulk.
I didn't mind she-hulk, I findthat's a bit of a shame.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
That's gone I didn't love it, like I know.
Just know it's probably myleast favorite thing that marvel
has done was the she-hulkseries.
Then it started off.
I'm like, oh, it's gonna becool.
Then it just got goofy and thenit just like they want to break
the fourth wall and like, whatare you doing?
She's the only other characterthat does break the fourth wall.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
Besides deadpool, besides deadpool, yeah, yeah, I
mean like technically, that isher like they.
Oh, I can't wait for that oneeither.
Speaker 3 (03:45):
I mean, like it's like, oh, I want to go see it.
Like it's hard bud, no, like,no, you know, I was gonna bring
that up too as a topic.
I don't think it's a fullepisode, though, like you know,
the boy wants yeah, you know,and he wants to play video games
.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
No, we could do that because we both let's.
Let's be honest what we watchas children and what our
children watch is totally twodifferent things yeah, I mean I
watched like it was bugs bunnyand I'll just know.
Speaker 3 (04:17):
Oh shit, watching like really.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
Yeah, I mean I'll just oh man, like by by the time
.
I was, like you know, myfavorite movies in as a child,
like through primary school,where the likes of like commando
and predator and yeah, I, Ilove blood sport.
I was still proud.
I was like any of that shit no,that shit.
(04:42):
I was a young primary schoolkid watching Bloodsport, that
was fantastic, wow yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:49):
When I turned 16, I had a better paying job and I
bought myself my own TV and VCRat the time and then I was just
renting whatever I wanted.
My mom didn't pay attention,but up until that point, no, I
was completely sheltered.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
Oh, wow, oh wow, no, no, no, I I was.
Yeah, I mean I was polaropposite, like we'd watch scream
.
I was late primary school butyou know, seeing the screams, I
watched mortal kombat at the, atthe cinemas.
Yeah, I was there for thelaunch of mortal kombat, just
yeah, I mean there was nothingLike there's a channel here
(05:26):
Australia, it's called SBS.
Yeah, I mean it's kind of like aBBC, australian ABC.
It's a free-to-air channelUsually.
It used to have a lot ofinternational stuff on it, like
news, sky News, et cetera, andthen growing up it got into
weird categories as well.
(05:47):
So late at night I watchedEvangelion Beyond Genesis as a
young child.
Yeah, I mean that was on SBS.
It was always late, like 9.30at night, but we watched it in
our room.
We had a TV in our room so I'dwatch it in my room.
I mean I was in South Park, Iwas on there, so I watched South
Park watch it in my room.
I mean, like in south park wason there, so like I watched
south park from being.
I had a south park watch withcartman as a kid that used to
(06:09):
tell people to fuck off.
They advertise that towardschildren over here, type of
thing, really, really, oh yeah,yeah, there was a whole, is it
all in the toy section, southpark stuff as a, as a child?
Yeah, I mean the other thingthat we call sbs was like, yeah,
before sex, yeah, I mean likethat, because you'd also get the
really adult shows.
(06:31):
Yeah, yeah, on there as well,late at night.
Um, some, especially a lot ofthe, the, the fucked up anime on
that would also be on there.
Yeah, I don't know if you, Idon't know if you ever seen the
movie ninja scroll?
I mean, I haven't seen it.
Classic.
Watch it as an adult.
Watch it.
Don't watch it with yourchildren.
No, I'll watch that, yeah, Imean that's an r-rated anime,
(06:54):
just yeah imagine the type ofscenes that are in a japanese
r-rated.
Yeah, I mean, I'll just like ita bit.
Yeah, I mean, I was exposed toall everything, everything as a
child.
There was yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (07:07):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
Watching my kids now.
You know we're very muchagainst not against but you know
they don't watch a lot ofthings.
Or even the teenage kids.
You know they watch, like someof the movies that were younger,
like the 90s, late 90s.
You know she's All that, thattype of thing and they'll talk.
You know they might havekissing or something on it and
(07:33):
half my kids will go like this.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
I mean, I just think that you shelter your kids from
like movies and games Way toomuch, way too much.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
Like compared to me, way too much compared to me, way
too much.
I'm like no, no, no, no, notype of thing to to so much.
And then I find it hard becauseI think about my own childhood
and the things that I waswatching and I'll be like
whatever.
But nowadays I'm like, no, youcan't.
Yeah, I mean, I'll just watchthat.
There's, you know, boobs in it,right, any year old me boobs,
(08:05):
yeah, man, totally, totally also40 year old dude.
Speaker 3 (08:10):
Same reaction my whole life.
But that's yes, like you knowwhat I mean.
I was really sheltered till Iwas like 15, 16 yeah, and then I
I just did whatever I wantedand like when I I stopped my
kids from like watching orconsuming something I'm like.
But I did it and I turned outokay.
At least some I would say okay,not everybody would say that,
(08:32):
but it's like I don't like.
When I think back, I'm like Ifeel like I was too young for
some of the stuff that I watched.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
100 100 I was way too young for.
So I don't know.
I I know scenes of movies andstuff in my head that I don't
even feel like that I watched asa child, that I feel like it's
not even safe to describe onthis podcast is the best way to
put it Like anyone that's heardany of the stuff that I've said
so far, like the TV shows ormovies that I've watched at a
(09:01):
young age, and they know, theyprobably even know some of the
scenes where they're like, ohGod, yeah, I mean I just know
that, but I don't feel like itchanged me and I guess it goes
back to right.
I guess it goes back to that.
Yeah, I mean of, say, mid 90swith mortal combat, you know,
violence in video games and it'sgoing to affect our children,
(09:22):
blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
Yeah, I mean.
I just I don't feel anydifferent.
It's a video game.
Yeah, I mean it mean it's thesame with a movie.
I guess everyone absorbs itdifferently, but it's kind of
understanding that the fact thatthis is fictional you know what
I mean.
Yeah, yeah, I mean logisticallyit's all made up.
Yeah, I mean logistically it'snot.
Speaker 3 (09:42):
I definitely agree.
But I will say, my younger son,you know, know, he's on the
autism spectrum.
He tends to take things alittle too literally sometimes.
So, like he'll see somethingviolent, he's like oh cool, I
can do that.
I'm like no bud, you can't.
You can't do that to people,right?
Just, we understand that, right?
Um, like, his favorite thing isto put me in a choke hold
constantly, because every time Iwant to give you a hug, I'm
(10:05):
like, at this point, I'm likepoint, I'm putting my hands up
around my neck because I knowhe's going to try to choke me.
He goes Dad, I learned this newmovement from a show and he'll
kick me in the stomach.
I'm like dude, stop, stop doingthat, yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
I mean, that's boys though.
I used to do that with friends.
We'd watch the wrestling orsomething every Sunday morning
and then next thing you know thelounge room's just got cushions
all across the floor andsomeone's older brother is
fucking you know pile drivingthem into.
None of us are professionals,yeah, I mean.
(10:40):
None of us realise the possiblephysical injuries that could
occur.
I mean, we did them.
You know what I mean.
Speaker 3 (10:47):
Yeah, I mean.
Speaker 2 (10:48):
I watch mortal combat and and street fighter and all
that in the cinemas.
Yeah, I mean, I was playing thevideo games and that was cool
and it was cool to.
It was cool to act it out.
I know I couldn't rip someone'shead out, right, you know, I
definitely could punch someonein the balls, though like gora,
but it was, I guess, knowingthat it wasn't real, but still
fun to to pretend to be.
You know, I'm going to beSub-Zero, you're going to be
(11:09):
Scorpion and we're going tofight and someone's back out,
get over here.
Yeah, exactly, yeah.
Yeah, my kids and I'd see thatit's like, yeah, totally
different.
I mean like, yeah, I mean like,yep, you know, fortnite is as
violent as it gets, or Minecraft, or you know, we were playing
(11:29):
like I was playing Doom andQuake and you know, and it was
to be honest I'm not going tolie as a young primary school
kid, you know, late 90s playingit was a bit scary at the time
of the game, but it was stillcool.
Speaker 3 (11:46):
It was still cool like you know, I mean, I mean
like immortal combat was prettygraphic, so yeah it's nothing
compared to the mortal combat uptoday.
Oh my god, the the fatalitiesnowadays.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
Jesus especially, you got the blood.
The boys now starting to showup in mortal combat too.
Speaker 3 (12:00):
I think homeland is in mortal combat now, man, it is
there's an omni man is in theretoo from the invincible series.
So yeah, it's, it's it's.
Yeah, I mean level of violencethat has has ratcheted up a
little bit.
Like I don't want my kids tosee the boys.
You know, I I think the show,the show is good and funny, but
you have to, you have to be moremature to watch it.
(12:23):
It is, it is incredible.
It is, it is incredible.
Half thick.
Speaker 2 (12:26):
Would you think that TV and cinema, besides the
quality, the effects, the CGIit's?
kind of, I guess, blended theidea of you know, some things
are a little bit more detailedcompared to other things.
You know like I was talkingabout.
I watched Bloodsport as a child.
(12:48):
Yeah, I mean I've just seenwhere someone gets his leg
snapped in half and the bonespoking out.
Yeah, I mean I look atBloodsport which is just
basically a martial arts film,something like the boys.
Yeah, I mean I'm violence inthat.
That's totally two differentthings and I feel the same time
the sexualization of things like80s.
(13:08):
You know 80s movies had.
Yeah, I mean like the sexscenes in them and etc.
You know we all know photorecall three boobs.
Yeah, I mean like.
But you know, when you say thatI can still picture it, yeah,
exactly, every boy does.
And that's, yeah, I mean, let'sjust say sex scenes in another
movie, an adult movie.
I guess movies as such don'thave that sexual side of things
(13:32):
like they did in the past.
But TV definitely has a newlevel.
It's way more elevated than TV.
Absolutely.
I just feel like TV's got waymore adult content than what
movies ever could, when we weregrowing up yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah.
But but the movies seem to havelike wound it back a little bit.
Yeah, I mean like the tvsramped it up.
(13:52):
So when you, when you'recomparing something like mortal
kombat movie to the boys, bothare violent.
One looks like you know akindergarten sorry, compared to
the other it's totally different.
Speaker 3 (14:05):
The, the deaths and the boys are like fatalities
from mortal combat.
There was a scene in the recentman of the boys where
homelander puts his arm on aguy's shoulder, puts his other
hand on the other guy's othershoulder and literally just rips
him, rips him apart.
Yeah, I mean, like what it just?
I mean it wasn't like they cutaway, though.
(14:26):
They saw him just rip the guyin half.
It was insane.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
You wouldn't you know .
Yeah, I mean the Commandoseries, that's Schwarzenegger,
or even Predator, predator let'sgo with Predator, because I
think that's a bit more.
Think of the violence in thePredator movie as something I
watched as a child.
It was great.
Yeah, there's birds that makesimilar noise to what the
Predator does.
(14:50):
Yeah, that bird freaked mybrother and myself out at times
because it would have that noise.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
And you know you get a littlebit of freaked out there.
And there was, you know therewas skeletons in there.
You know a couple of beheadings,I guess, in it.
But the violence in that moviecompared to the violence in the
(15:15):
Boys, totally different Again,like the Boys is just a whole
new.
If you had to choose one ofthose two options for your kids
to watch, you would pickPredator over the Boys.
Speaker 3 (15:25):
Yeah, I mean, I would absolutely love to watch
predator over the boys.
You see, you see what I meanyeah, I mean.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
It's hard, I think, because, uh, entertainment's
changed in a different direction.
Now some I guess classificationin a way is, even though it's
very similar to what it was,things have changed so
dramatically.
It doesn't look like that to usbecause we've we've grown,
we've grown up with that change.
Speaker 3 (15:48):
Yeah, think about like the original jaws.
Speaker 2 (15:51):
Yeah, it was rated pg man today would be r yeah, I
mean I'll just yeah, I mean I'lljust bad a movie that compared
to things that we've got, likethe things that kids can watch
really, you see blood in thewater but, like you know, you
don't really see it.
Speaker 3 (16:05):
like today, they would show someone literally
just getting ripped apart.
Yeah, they would.
They would keep pushing theenvelope more and more and more
Exactly.
Speaker 2 (16:13):
And that's a hard thing for us parents to do
nowadays is trying to find thatright content, what's acceptable
, what's not, Because even Ifind it's like the girls are
watching some of those late 90s,early 2000s, freddie Prinze era
, I guess of.
Of those late 90s, early 2000s,yeah, I mean like the prince era
, I guess of.
(16:33):
Uh, yeah, I mean like that'sthose teen movies.
Yeah, I mean like it's in thatthat I've walked past the lounge
room and gone whoa what, whatthey're talking about, that like
, oh, should they be watchingthis?
Yeah, I mean.
Yeah, I mean like just that itis.
I mean even at the time.
I don't even know if I pickedup on these at the time when I
was younger, but I mean it'schanged.
Again, I don't thinkclassifications have changed as
(16:55):
much with it as well.
I mean, like Yep, I think it'sall about letting, talking to
the children about what's insome of these things and what
they will see, and understandingthat it's fictional, explaining
that to them way more detailed,choosing the right way to, I
guess, bring them in, do a newform of of content.
(17:17):
That's something, yeah, I meanagain.
I think 12 year old had watcheda scream movie.
I think scream 5 or somethinglike that, not in order.
I think she'd watch one movieat a friend's house and she
didn't mind it.
So we actually watched theentire.
I mean, yeah, my wife and I andher watched most of them
together with her, even the onesI hadn't seen, and I'll admit,
(17:40):
some of the first two screenswere actually worse than a
couple of others.
But she understood it was ahorror movie, she didn't mind it
, she enjoyed it and I thought,in a sense, when I'm looking at
the slasher horror, I guess, isthe best way to put it that was
probably the best one tointroduce it to that genre.
The next one and the wife, wewere looking through TV and then
(18:03):
I Know what you Did Last Summerpopped up on there, oh yeah,
and my wife goes well, that'sprobably the next one, or she
wants to watch something similar.
That's probably the next step,which is yeah, it is, it's the
same vibe, it's it's vibe, it'sthe same vibe, but it's slightly
I guess a little bit moremature in sense of yeah, I mean
(18:24):
darker, I guess would be thebetter way to put.
It's got a little bit more of adarker tone to it.
It's finding that right movieor right tv show in that
category.
That's not as hard as others.
You know it's like yeah, I meanI didn't open her up with like
the hills have eyes or somethinglike that as her first slash.
Yeah, I mean that's, that'stotally, or hostile, or you know
(18:44):
the source, you know saw seriesor something like we're not,
we're not saying we're gonna gohey, let's, let's have a.
Yeah, I mean let's watch these.
But yeah, I mean I'm like well,I think scream was an
acceptable teen slasher.
It's a better way to put it theteen slasher.
Speaker 3 (18:59):
You gotta look up better way to put it the teen
slasher, you gotta look up tothose other ones you were
mentioning.
Speaker 2 (19:02):
Yeah, exactly, it's a teen slasher, so she you know
she'll come and talk to us aboutit, but you know we were okay
with it.
That's how we've introduced itto that genre.
I guess that's the best way toput it.
Speaker 3 (19:18):
My boys.
Both of them don't seem to beinterested in the scary stuff at
all.
They thought dr strange in themultiverse of madness was too
scary, oh god.
And I'm like, okay, well, Iguess you, I guess I don't have
a buddy to watch horror movieswith any.
You know, yeah, I thought I wasto get one of those, but I
don't, because my wife is.
She could not be lessinterested in in scary stuff
(19:39):
like that, and it seems neithermy kids are.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
So I guess it'll just be me, I'm I mean I'm not
either like I, like I I thinkwe've talked about before.
I kind of dropped off around,yeah, I mean the hostel, the
sore floor, that one stuff.
Yeah, yeah, I mean that waskind of where I was like, yeah,
I'm over the genre.
You know, I dropped off beforethe purge series started and a
(20:04):
couple of like smile and acouple of.
By then I was like I'm, I'mdone, I don't.
I've kind of seen it all.
Now I'm not feeling refreshedin this series.
I haven't bothered, yeah, Imean.
That being said, I still likeall the older stuff.
Yeah, I mean like ifreykrueger's and I am some reason.
Recently I had the idea ofwanting to watch the newer
(20:27):
halloween series.
Okay, just just because I'mlike I haven't seen any of it.
Yeah, I mean it's all finishednow maybe I could watch that.
I think my wife is slightlyinterested in it.
She's normally not that type ofI mean, but I think she's
mentioned it.
I was like, oh, we could watchthis if you want.
Yeah, I mean, like you know,that's a series I can't show.
I could show the old.
That's a brilliant one to talkabout kids.
(20:48):
Yeah, I mean like, I mean thenewer, the newer one, or even
the Rob Zombie.
I mean, like I loved the ones,the ones, yeah, I liked, I
watched them, I thought theywere great, because those ones
are totally different to theoriginal.
Yeah, I mean like yeah, I meanlike it's scary, but it's so
tame compared to everything elsethat's what I mean by we're
(21:10):
talking about here with childrenand what they can watch and
what they can't watch.
That, yeah, I mean like kidsare gonna watch a halloween
series.
I would, I have no problemswith my kids watching one of the
originals, because I thinkthat's way more yeah, I mean
compared to if they came to mewith the rob zombie one.
You know, I mean, if I had tochoose between those two.
That's the path I'm going to goand I think that's what parents
need to think about whenthey're moving into that more
(21:34):
mature content or the next levelof content that they can absorb
in their minds.
Where's the entry point?
What's the best way to dabblethose into it?
Speaker 3 (21:46):
Another piece of advice for parents.
I'm sure we've said this before, but pay attention to what
content your kids are consuming.
Yeah, because maybe you'll hearsomething called the hills have
eyes.
Maybe it doesn't sound that badto you, but it's not
appropriate for yeah, you know.
So like look into stuff beforeyour kids watch it, or whatever.
(22:07):
I mean, I'll just, and that'sjust important to do.
Speaker 2 (22:10):
Yeah, I guess so when that teenager I always speak to
that in last episode isteenagers and changing, that
there's a time where the kidsare no longer watching the
disney channel.
You know what I mean?
They're not, they're not,they're no longer a disney kid.
They'll start yeah, I meanthey'll start wanting to
venturing to, yeah, and I think,hopefully you can talk to them,
(22:35):
at least pay attention to whatthey're watching to see what
that changes.
Because, okay, a great exampleof changing for kids.
I carly, I mean I watched Icarly as a show, but the girls
did, yeah, I mean, back then tothe new.
I carly, the new, I carly grewup along with the show.
Yeah, I mean like it's nolonger the same.
(22:57):
I carly as a whole.
The topics have changed, Iguess, and I guess the topics
that are on these shows or themovies that your children have
to want to watch.
It's a great idea to know whatthose topics are and if that
topic is appropriate for them.
You can't shelter them.
You can't shelter like we talkabout on the internet and safety
.
There's so much you can shelter, but just don't limit.
Speaker 3 (23:20):
Yeah, with media as well just right, they're going
to find out about this stuff.
Yeah, I mean, I'll just.
I think that most kids aregoing to be better off if you,
as the parent, yeah, I mean,I'll just blame this stuff to
them before they encounter it,so that they're not surprised
and it's not like you know,they're like oh okay, I got it.
(23:41):
My mom, my dad, told me aboutthis thing.
You know, but you can't preventthem from seeing stuff, because
, no matter what you try to stopthem doing, their friends will.
They'll find a way to see it.
Speaker 2 (23:51):
Whatever I mean if you're friends with parent,
other parents, yeah, I mean likethe similar ages, or even you
know you have conversations withyour children's friends,
parents probably not a bad ideato see what they're watching and
try and keep.
Yeah, I mean, let's just see ifyour child's head or and or I
want to put it as a race or such, it's not, but I guess,
(24:12):
understanding where your friend,where your children's friends
are as well with what they'rewatching, yep, because it does.
It takes one child to start the, the momentum, I guess, and
that's how I watched a lot ofthe yeah, I mean shows that I
was talking about start on sbswas from other friends that
would go oh, yeah, did you knowyou stay up till you know a 10
(24:35):
o'clock on a sunday.
There's this show that appears.
Yeah, I mean that's we got usedto.
Like 9 30 on a friday was south.
That was when the new southpark episode would come out and
that was.
That took, yeah, I mean, justfive weeks.
That was season one of southpark, but it took all of around
five weeks before majority ofthe boys I knew growing up all
(24:57):
knew that was.
Yeah, I mean I'll just.
And if, to be honest, if oneperson's parents didn't like
them watching it, then they weregoing over to a friend's house
that friday and they wereprobably watching it there.
Yeah, I mean, I'll just yepbecause that parent is doesn't
care as much, or you know, isoblivious, or whatever so yeah,
(25:17):
I mean even, even, even thevideo shops back in the day, the
blockbusters and that sometimeslike they only really cared.
Yeah, I mean like just goinginto behind the curtain area,
like that and but yeah I meanlike the curtain.
Yeah, goodness, sure that'sweird, it's like a changer.
Um, yeah, I mean but, but butyou know, I mean like the m
(25:43):
rated movies.
I could, I could walk into ayeah, I mean one of those shops
and just rent an m rated movie.
You know, as a 12 year old,they don't want to check an id
back then and and netflixdoesn't check id now.
Speaker 3 (25:57):
I mean no and's there's stuff on Netflix.
Yeah, exactly you know.
Speaker 2 (26:04):
So I mean you need to pin, put a pin on the account.
If you really want to show youknow, lock them away.
Speaker 3 (26:11):
But if you're a parent right now thinking, oh my
God, there's so much to thinkabout and worry about, yeah, I'm
not going to tell you any?
Speaker 1 (26:23):
otherwise, there is.
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Morph just yeah, I mean, I'lljust all right.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
That was good.
Yeah, I was meant to messageyou the other day.
I mean you see the new captainamerica girl, I mean I'll just
yeah, I mean I'll just prettycool it looks.
I don't know why they, why theyreleased it so soon though yeah
, I was surprised that they'regetting a trailer so early, but
I came for it.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Yeah, I am too.
You know, I do.
I know in the comics that samwilson's captain america doesn't
have powers, but I really wishhe did, because I feel like he's
gonna get his ass kicked.
Yeah, I mean, you know, yeah,although the trail looks like he
was flying like the speed ofsound and stuff.
Yeah, I don't know which.
I don't know how you could dothat with just goggles on.
I feel like it would fuck upyour ears and like, yeah, I
(01:02):
don't know that, but I was.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
I just saw the.
I watched the trailer like hey,you know what this is.
This is some exciting.
Yeah, marvel happening here.
I'm keen.
It's like.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
It's like they got their mojo back all of a sudden
I hope they do, because they'vehad definitely a string of like
I've seen them all, yeah, butthey've had a string of movies
that just were like I think theonly.
Thing after uh end game, itfeels like they didn't know
quite from a story perspective,where to go yeah, marvels yeah,
I mean I'll just watch that one.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Maybe I'll just watch that and I haven't watched it,
liked it.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
I've never watched eternals yeah, oh, and I haven't
watched the eternal and it wasso bad yeah, that's why I just
kind of like it's.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
It hasn't affected any other storyline.
There's no, there's no reasonfor me to watch it.
Oh, if I get, if I want to.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
I think they came up with plans for the sequel they
did, which is crazy because theyleft it as a cliffhanger at the
end of the first one.
Oh, did they?
Speaker 2 (01:59):
they did keen to see reborn daredevil Reborn.
I did like Netflix's Daredevil.
I really did enjoy Netflix'sDaredevil.
I didn't mind.
I didn't mind all of theNetflix series.
Iron Fist Iron Fist was fine.
I didn't have a problem withIron Fist.
I still thought it was for a TVseries.
(02:21):
It was acceptable.
Jessica Jones was pretty.
Luke Cage was pretty.
Luke Cage was pretty.
Luke Cage was alright.
It didn't for a TV series,netflix series.
I think it was perfectlyacceptable for what it was.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
Yeah, but Daredevil was definitely the class of.
Yeah, I mean, jessica Jones wasreally good, though, especially
the first season or two.
Yeah, yeah, I mean All Joneswas really good, though,
especially like the first seasonor two.
Yeah, yeah, I mean all right.
Cage was all right.
I thought like some of thecharacters were just sort of
comic-y.
You know what I mean.
Yeah yeah, and then Iron FistPeople complained about the
action scenes.
(02:56):
I didn't mind them.
I didn't mind them.
I didn't like the maincharacter.
Yeah, yeah, just that he wasn'ta good actor, you know but yeah
I thought that everything elsewas okay about it.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Yeah, that's what I thought, like the acting could
have been better, but the actionand like what?
What iron fist is about waspretty, they solid, they did
that right, they did thatjustice.
Same with even she-hulk.
I didn't mind she-hulk, I findthat's a bit of a shame.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
That's gone I didn't love it, like I know.
Just know it's probably myleast favorite thing that marvel
has done was the she-hulkseries.
Then it started off.
I'm like, oh, it's gonna becool.
Then it just got goofy and thenit just like they want to break
the fourth wall and like, whatare you doing?
She's the only other characterthat does break the fourth wall.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
Besides deadpool, besides deadpool, yeah, yeah, I
mean like technically, that isher like they.
Oh, I can't wait for that oneeither.
Speaker 3 (03:45):
I mean, like it's like, oh, I want to go see it.
Like it's hard bud, no, like,no, you know, I was gonna bring
that up too as a topic.
I don't think it's a fullepisode, though, like you know,
the boy wants yeah, you know,and he wants to play video games
.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
No, we could do that because we both let's.
Let's be honest what we watchas children and what our
children watch is totally twodifferent things yeah, I mean I
watched like it was bugs bunnyand I'll just know.
Speaker 3 (04:17):
Oh shit, watching like really.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
Yeah, I mean I'll just oh man, like by by the time
.
I was, like you know, myfavorite movies in as a child,
like through primary school,where the likes of like commando
and predator and yeah, I, Ilove blood sport.
I was still proud.
I was like any of that shit no,that shit.
(04:42):
I was a young primary schoolkid watching Bloodsport, that
was fantastic, wow yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:49):
When I turned 16, I had a better paying job and I
bought myself my own TV and VCRat the time and then I was just
renting whatever I wanted.
My mom didn't pay attention,but up until that point, no, I
was completely sheltered.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
Oh, wow, oh wow, no, no, no, I I was.
Yeah, I mean I was polaropposite, like we'd watch scream
.
I was late primary school butyou know, seeing the screams, I
watched mortal kombat at the, atthe cinemas.
Yeah, I was there for thelaunch of mortal kombat, just
yeah, I mean there was nothingLike there's a channel here
(05:26):
Australia, it's called SBS.
Yeah, I mean it's kind of like aBBC, australian ABC.
It's a free-to-air channelUsually.
It used to have a lot ofinternational stuff on it, like
news, sky News, et cetera, andthen growing up it got into
weird categories as well.
(05:47):
So late at night I watchedEvangelion Beyond Genesis as a
young child.
Yeah, I mean that was on SBS.
It was always late, like 9.30at night, but we watched it in
our room.
We had a TV in our room so I'dwatch it in my room.
I mean I was in South Park, Iwas on there, so I watched South
Park watch it in my room.
I mean, like in south park wason there, so like I watched
south park from being.
I had a south park watch withcartman as a kid that used to
(06:09):
tell people to fuck off.
They advertise that towardschildren over here, type of
thing, really, really, oh yeah,yeah, there was a whole, is it
all in the toy section, southpark stuff as a, as a child?
Yeah, I mean the other thingthat we call sbs was like, yeah,
before sex, yeah, I mean likethat, because you'd also get the
really adult shows.
(06:31):
Yeah, yeah, on there as well,late at night.
Um, some, especially a lot ofthe, the, the fucked up anime on
that would also be on there.
Yeah, I don't know if you, Idon't know if you ever seen the
movie ninja scroll?
I mean, I haven't seen it.
Classic.
Watch it as an adult.
Watch it.
Don't watch it with yourchildren.
No, I'll watch that, yeah, Imean that's an r-rated anime,
(06:54):
just yeah imagine the type ofscenes that are in a japanese
r-rated.
Yeah, I mean, I'll just like ita bit.
Yeah, I mean, I was exposed toall everything, everything as a
child.
There was yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (07:07):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
Watching my kids now.
You know we're very muchagainst not against but you know
they don't watch a lot ofthings.
Or even the teenage kids.
You know they watch, like someof the movies that were younger,
like the 90s, late 90s.
You know she's All that, thattype of thing and they'll talk.
You know they might havekissing or something on it and
(07:33):
half my kids will go like this.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
I mean, I just think that you shelter your kids from
like movies and games Way toomuch, way too much.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
Like compared to me, way too much compared to me, way
too much.
I'm like no, no, no, no, notype of thing to to so much.
And then I find it hard becauseI think about my own childhood
and the things that I waswatching and I'll be like
whatever.
But nowadays I'm like, no, youcan't.
Yeah, I mean, I'll just watchthat.
There's, you know, boobs in it,right, any year old me boobs,
(08:05):
yeah, man, totally, totally also40 year old dude.
Speaker 3 (08:10):
Same reaction my whole life.
But that's yes, like you knowwhat I mean.
I was really sheltered till Iwas like 15, 16 yeah, and then I
I just did whatever I wantedand like when I I stopped my
kids from like watching orconsuming something I'm like.
But I did it and I turned outokay.
At least some I would say okay,not everybody would say that,
(08:32):
but it's like I don't like.
When I think back, I'm like Ifeel like I was too young for
some of the stuff that I watched.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
100 100 I was way too young for.
So I don't know.
I I know scenes of movies andstuff in my head that I don't
even feel like that I watched asa child, that I feel like it's
not even safe to describe onthis podcast is the best way to
put it Like anyone that's heardany of the stuff that I've said
so far, like the TV shows ormovies that I've watched at a
(09:01):
young age, and they know, theyprobably even know some of the
scenes where they're like, ohGod, yeah, I mean I just know
that, but I don't feel like itchanged me and I guess it goes
back to right.
I guess it goes back to that.
Yeah, I mean of, say, mid 90swith mortal combat, you know,
violence in video games and it'sgoing to affect our children,
(09:22):
blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
Yeah, I mean.
I just I don't feel anydifferent.
It's a video game.
Yeah, I mean it mean it's thesame with a movie.
I guess everyone absorbs itdifferently, but it's kind of
understanding that the fact thatthis is fictional you know what
I mean.
Yeah, yeah, I mean logisticallyit's all made up.
Yeah, I mean logistically it'snot.
Speaker 3 (09:42):
I definitely agree.
But I will say, my younger son,you know, know, he's on the
autism spectrum.
He tends to take things alittle too literally sometimes.
So, like he'll see somethingviolent, he's like oh cool, I
can do that.
I'm like no bud, you can't.
You can't do that to people,right?
Just, we understand that, right?
Um, like, his favorite thing isto put me in a choke hold
constantly, because every time Iwant to give you a hug, I'm
(10:05):
like, at this point, I'm likepoint, I'm putting my hands up
around my neck because I knowhe's going to try to choke me.
He goes Dad, I learned this newmovement from a show and he'll
kick me in the stomach.
I'm like dude, stop, stop doingthat, yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
I mean, that's boys though.
I used to do that with friends.
We'd watch the wrestling orsomething every Sunday morning
and then next thing you know thelounge room's just got cushions
all across the floor andsomeone's older brother is
fucking you know pile drivingthem into.
None of us are professionals,yeah, I mean.
(10:40):
None of us realise the possiblephysical injuries that could
occur.
I mean, we did them.
You know what I mean.
Speaker 3 (10:47):
Yeah, I mean.
Speaker 2 (10:48):
I watch mortal combat and and street fighter and all
that in the cinemas.
Yeah, I mean, I was playing thevideo games and that was cool
and it was cool to.
It was cool to act it out.
I know I couldn't rip someone'shead out, right, you know, I
definitely could punch someonein the balls, though like gora,
but it was, I guess, knowingthat it wasn't real, but still
fun to to pretend to be.
You know, I'm going to beSub-Zero, you're going to be
(11:09):
Scorpion and we're going tofight and someone's back out,
get over here.
Yeah, exactly, yeah.
Yeah, my kids and I'd see thatit's like, yeah, totally
different.
I mean like, yeah, I mean like,yep, you know, fortnite is as
violent as it gets, or Minecraft, or you know, we were playing
(11:29):
like I was playing Doom andQuake and you know, and it was
to be honest I'm not going tolie as a young primary school
kid, you know, late 90s playingit was a bit scary at the time
of the game, but it was stillcool.
Speaker 3 (11:46):
It was still cool like you know, I mean, I mean
like immortal combat was prettygraphic, so yeah it's nothing
compared to the mortal combat uptoday.
Oh my god, the the fatalitiesnowadays.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
Jesus especially, you got the blood.
The boys now starting to showup in mortal combat too.
Speaker 3 (12:00):
I think homeland is in mortal combat now, man, it is
there's an omni man is in theretoo from the invincible series.
So yeah, it's, it's it's.
Yeah, I mean level of violencethat has has ratcheted up a
little bit.
Like I don't want my kids tosee the boys.
You know, I I think the show,the show is good and funny, but
you have to, you have to be moremature to watch it.
(12:23):
It is, it is incredible.
It is, it is incredible.
Half thick.
Speaker 2 (12:26):
Would you think that TV and cinema, besides the
quality, the effects, the CGIit's?
kind of, I guess, blended theidea of you know, some things
are a little bit more detailedcompared to other things.
You know like I was talkingabout.
I watched Bloodsport as a child.
(12:48):
Yeah, I mean I've just seenwhere someone gets his leg
snapped in half and the bonespoking out.
Yeah, I mean I look atBloodsport which is just
basically a martial arts film,something like the boys.
Yeah, I mean I'm violence inthat.
That's totally two differentthings and I feel the same time
the sexualization of things like80s.
(13:08):
You know 80s movies had.
Yeah, I mean like the sexscenes in them and etc.
You know we all know photorecall three boobs.
Yeah, I mean like.
But you know, when you say thatI can still picture it, yeah,
exactly, every boy does.
And that's, yeah, I mean, let'sjust say sex scenes in another
movie, an adult movie.
I guess movies as such don'thave that sexual side of things
(13:32):
like they did in the past.
But TV definitely has a newlevel.
It's way more elevated than TV.
Absolutely.
I just feel like TV's got waymore adult content than what
movies ever could, when we weregrowing up yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah.
But but the movies seem to havelike wound it back a little bit.
Yeah, I mean like the tvsramped it up.
(13:52):
So when you, when you'recomparing something like mortal
kombat movie to the boys, bothare violent.
One looks like you know akindergarten sorry, compared to
the other it's totally different.
Speaker 3 (14:05):
The, the deaths and the boys are like fatalities
from mortal combat.
There was a scene in the recentman of the boys where
homelander puts his arm on aguy's shoulder, puts his other
hand on the other guy's othershoulder and literally just rips
him, rips him apart.
Yeah, I mean, like what it just?
I mean it wasn't like they cutaway, though.
(14:26):
They saw him just rip the guyin half.
It was insane.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
You wouldn't you know .
Yeah, I mean the Commandoseries, that's Schwarzenegger,
or even Predator, predator let'sgo with Predator, because I
think that's a bit more.
Think of the violence in thePredator movie as something I
watched as a child.
It was great.
Yeah, there's birds that makesimilar noise to what the
Predator does.
(14:50):
Yeah, that bird freaked mybrother and myself out at times
because it would have that noise.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
And you know you get a littlebit of freaked out there.
And there was, you know therewas skeletons in there.
You know a couple of beheadings,I guess, in it.
But the violence in that moviecompared to the violence in the
(15:15):
Boys, totally different Again,like the Boys is just a whole
new.
If you had to choose one ofthose two options for your kids
to watch, you would pickPredator over the Boys.
Speaker 3 (15:25):
Yeah, I mean, I would absolutely love to watch
predator over the boys.
You see, you see what I meanyeah, I mean.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
It's hard, I think, because, uh, entertainment's
changed in a different direction.
Now some I guess classificationin a way is, even though it's
very similar to what it was,things have changed so
dramatically.
It doesn't look like that to usbecause we've we've grown,
we've grown up with that change.
Speaker 3 (15:48):
Yeah, think about like the original jaws.
Speaker 2 (15:51):
Yeah, it was rated pg man today would be r yeah, I
mean I'll just yeah, I mean I'lljust bad a movie that compared
to things that we've got, likethe things that kids can watch
really, you see blood in thewater but, like you know, you
don't really see it.
Speaker 3 (16:05):
like today, they would show someone literally
just getting ripped apart.
Yeah, they would.
They would keep pushing theenvelope more and more and more
Exactly.
Speaker 2 (16:13):
And that's a hard thing for us parents to do
nowadays is trying to find thatright content, what's acceptable
, what's not, Because even Ifind it's like the girls are
watching some of those late 90s,early 2000s, freddie Prinze era
, I guess of.
Of those late 90s, early 2000s,yeah, I mean like the prince era
, I guess of.
(16:33):
Uh, yeah, I mean like that'sthose teen movies.
Yeah, I mean like it's in thatthat I've walked past the lounge
room and gone whoa what, whatthey're talking about, that like
, oh, should they be watchingthis?
Yeah, I mean.
Yeah, I mean like just that itis.
I mean even at the time.
I don't even know if I pickedup on these at the time when I
was younger, but I mean it'schanged.
Again, I don't thinkclassifications have changed as
(16:55):
much with it as well.
I mean, like Yep, I think it'sall about letting, talking to
the children about what's insome of these things and what
they will see, and understandingthat it's fictional, explaining
that to them way more detailed,choosing the right way to, I
guess, bring them in, do a newform of of content.
(17:17):
That's something, yeah, I meanagain.
I think 12 year old had watcheda scream movie.
I think scream 5 or somethinglike that, not in order.
I think she'd watch one movieat a friend's house and she
didn't mind it.
So we actually watched theentire.
I mean, yeah, my wife and I andher watched most of them
together with her, even the onesI hadn't seen, and I'll admit,
(17:40):
some of the first two screenswere actually worse than a
couple of others.
But she understood it was ahorror movie, she didn't mind it
, she enjoyed it and I thought,in a sense, when I'm looking at
the slasher horror, I guess, isthe best way to put it that was
probably the best one tointroduce it to that genre.
The next one and the wife, wewere looking through TV and then
(18:03):
I Know what you Did Last Summerpopped up on there, oh yeah,
and my wife goes well, that'sprobably the next one, or she
wants to watch something similar.
That's probably the next step,which is yeah, it is, it's the
same vibe, it's it's vibe, it'sthe same vibe, but it's slightly
I guess a little bit moremature in sense of yeah, I mean
(18:24):
darker, I guess would be thebetter way to put.
It's got a little bit more of adarker tone to it.
It's finding that right movieor right tv show in that
category.
That's not as hard as others.
You know it's like yeah, I meanI didn't open her up with like
the hills have eyes or somethinglike that as her first slash.
Yeah, I mean that's, that'stotally, or hostile, or you know
(18:44):
the source, you know saw seriesor something like we're not,
we're not saying we're gonna gohey, let's, let's have a.
Yeah, I mean let's watch these.
But yeah, I mean I'm like well,I think scream was an
acceptable teen slasher.
It's a better way to put it theteen slasher.
Speaker 3 (18:59):
You gotta look up better way to put it the teen
slasher, you gotta look up tothose other ones you were
mentioning.
Speaker 2 (19:02):
Yeah, exactly, it's a teen slasher, so she you know
she'll come and talk to us aboutit, but you know we were okay
with it.
That's how we've introduced itto that genre.
I guess that's the best way toput it.
Speaker 3 (19:18):
My boys.
Both of them don't seem to beinterested in the scary stuff at
all.
They thought dr strange in themultiverse of madness was too
scary, oh god.
And I'm like, okay, well, Iguess you, I guess I don't have
a buddy to watch horror movieswith any.
You know, yeah, I thought I wasto get one of those, but I
don't, because my wife is.
She could not be lessinterested in in scary stuff
(19:39):
like that, and it seems neithermy kids are.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
So I guess it'll just be me, I'm I mean I'm not
either like I, like I I thinkwe've talked about before.
I kind of dropped off around,yeah, I mean the hostel, the
sore floor, that one stuff.
Yeah, yeah, I mean that waskind of where I was like, yeah,
I'm over the genre.
You know, I dropped off beforethe purge series started and a
(20:04):
couple of like smile and acouple of.
By then I was like I'm, I'mdone, I don't.
I've kind of seen it all.
Now I'm not feeling refreshedin this series.
I haven't bothered, yeah, Imean.
That being said, I still likeall the older stuff.
Yeah, I mean like ifreykrueger's and I am some reason.
Recently I had the idea ofwanting to watch the newer
(20:27):
halloween series.
Okay, just just because I'mlike I haven't seen any of it.
Yeah, I mean it's all finishednow maybe I could watch that.
I think my wife is slightlyinterested in it.
She's normally not that type ofI mean, but I think she's
mentioned it.
I was like, oh, we could watchthis if you want.
Yeah, I mean, like you know,that's a series I can't show.
I could show the old.
That's a brilliant one to talkabout kids.
(20:48):
Yeah, I mean like, I mean thenewer, the newer one, or even
the Rob Zombie.
I mean, like I loved the ones,the ones, yeah, I liked, I
watched them, I thought theywere great, because those ones
are totally different to theoriginal.
Yeah, I mean like yeah, I meanlike it's scary, but it's so
tame compared to everything elsethat's what I mean by we're
(21:10):
talking about here with childrenand what they can watch and
what they can't watch.
That, yeah, I mean like kidsare gonna watch a halloween
series.
I would, I have no problemswith my kids watching one of the
originals, because I thinkthat's way more yeah, I mean
compared to if they came to mewith the rob zombie one.
You know, I mean, if I had tochoose between those two.
That's the path I'm going to goand I think that's what parents
need to think about whenthey're moving into that more
(21:34):
mature content or the next levelof content that they can absorb
in their minds.
Where's the entry point?
What's the best way to dabblethose into it?
Speaker 3 (21:46):
Another piece of advice for parents.
I'm sure we've said this before, but pay attention to what
content your kids are consuming.
Yeah, because maybe you'll hearsomething called the hills have
eyes.
Maybe it doesn't sound that badto you, but it's not
appropriate for yeah, you know.
So like look into stuff beforeyour kids watch it, or whatever.
(22:07):
I mean, I'll just, and that'sjust important to do.
Speaker 2 (22:10):
Yeah, I guess so when that teenager I always speak to
that in last episode isteenagers and changing, that
there's a time where the kidsare no longer watching the
disney channel.
You know what I mean?
They're not, they're not,they're no longer a disney kid.
They'll start yeah, I meanthey'll start wanting to
venturing to, yeah, and I think,hopefully you can talk to them,
(22:35):
at least pay attention to whatthey're watching to see what
that changes.
Because, okay, a great exampleof changing for kids.
I carly, I mean I watched Icarly as a show, but the girls
did, yeah, I mean, back then tothe new.
I carly, the new, I carly grewup along with the show.
Yeah, I mean like it's nolonger the same.
(22:57):
I carly as a whole.
The topics have changed, Iguess, and I guess the topics
that are on these shows or themovies that your children have
to want to watch.
It's a great idea to know whatthose topics are and if that
topic is appropriate for them.
You can't shelter them.
You can't shelter like we talkabout on the internet and safety
.
There's so much you can shelter, but just don't limit.
Speaker 3 (23:20):
Yeah, with media as well just right, they're going
to find out about this stuff.
Yeah, I mean, I'll just.
I think that most kids aregoing to be better off if you,
as the parent, yeah, I mean,I'll just blame this stuff to
them before they encounter it,so that they're not surprised
and it's not like you know,they're like oh okay, I got it.
(23:41):
My mom, my dad, told me aboutthis thing.
You know, but you can't preventthem from seeing stuff, because
, no matter what you try to stopthem doing, their friends will.
They'll find a way to see it.
Speaker 2 (23:51):
Whatever I mean if you're friends with parent,
other parents, yeah, I mean likethe similar ages, or even you
know you have conversations withyour children's friends,
parents probably not a bad ideato see what they're watching and
try and keep.
Yeah, I mean, let's just see ifyour child's head or and or I
want to put it as a race or such, it's not, but I guess,
(24:12):
understanding where your friend,where your children's friends
are as well with what they'rewatching, yep, because it does.
It takes one child to start the, the momentum, I guess, and
that's how I watched a lot ofthe yeah, I mean shows that I
was talking about start on sbswas from other friends that
would go oh, yeah, did you knowyou stay up till you know a 10
(24:35):
o'clock on a sunday.
There's this show that appears.
Yeah, I mean that's we got usedto.
Like 9 30 on a friday was south.
That was when the new southpark episode would come out and
that was.
That took, yeah, I mean, justfive weeks.
That was season one of southpark, but it took all of around
five weeks before majority ofthe boys I knew growing up all
(24:57):
knew that was.
Yeah, I mean I'll just.
And if, to be honest, if oneperson's parents didn't like
them watching it, then they weregoing over to a friend's house
that friday and they wereprobably watching it there.
Yeah, I mean, I'll just yepbecause that parent is doesn't
care as much, or you know, isoblivious, or whatever so yeah,
(25:17):
I mean even, even, even thevideo shops back in the day, the
blockbusters and that sometimeslike they only really cared.
Yeah, I mean like just goinginto behind the curtain area,
like that and but yeah I meanlike the curtain.
Yeah, goodness, sure that'sweird, it's like a changer.
Um, yeah, I mean but, but butyou know, I mean like the m
(25:43):
rated movies.
I could, I could walk into ayeah, I mean one of those shops
and just rent an m rated movie.
You know, as a 12 year old,they don't want to check an id
back then and and netflixdoesn't check id now.
Speaker 3 (25:57):
I mean no and's there's stuff on Netflix.
Yeah, exactly you know.
Speaker 2 (26:04):
So I mean you need to pin, put a pin on the account.
If you really want to show youknow, lock them away.
Speaker 3 (26:11):
But if you're a parent right now thinking, oh my
God, there's so much to thinkabout and worry about, yeah, I'm
not going to tell you any?
Speaker 1 (26:23):
otherwise, there is.
Yeah, I mean, it's a lot.
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