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I'm going to give this a bit of qualification and say that this is the worst film I've ever watched through to the end; Equilibrium.  Fucking hated it.  

I'm sure I've watched worse but this really stick in my mind.  Made my blood boil that I'd wasted two hours of my life watching it.  

Can I add Vanilla Sky as well?

The reason that BR plays in monochrome is that it's probably an NTSC disc.  I think the PS2s are locked to either PAL or NTSC depending on where you bought it.  HTH.

Well, he could except mIRC is a Windows program and fraston says he's using a mac.

Ross

I agree with Milo.  RM was simply a story which used hash as a focal point without resorting to preaching one way or the other.  A plot device and nothing more.

Ross

I believe I did get your point but I don't think it is valid.  2000AD is not responsible for bringing up children and has never pretended to be so.  When launched, the mandate was one of anti-establishment IIRC.  To this point, I don't think the comic has taken either a pro- or anti-drugs stance, though cigarettes have been banned in MC-1 for many years.  I do not subscribe to the "monkey see, monkey do" idea of human nature once a child gets beyond the age where they can tie their own shoe laces.  A young person is far more likely to be introduced to the wonders / tragedy (take your pick) of drugs via peer pressure and not a comic book.  If I knew any kids that read 2000AD I'd ask them but none of them do, they much prefer the insane violence of computer games.
With respect to the Megazine, last I checked it clearly said "Not for children" on the cover which is, well, pretty clear.  
While I can't say I have worked professionally with children I was a Scout and Cub leader for several years so I have talked to young people about the dangers of drugs and how they see them portrayed in the media.  Most of them are pretty well informed.  I don't know what your profession is but I still think you're overreacting.  Also, what does the second half of that sentence mean as it makes no sense to me.
You're right about my final comment, it was immature but I blame partly the alcohol (aargh!  Drug!) and partly the red flag you waved in my face by saying "think before you type".

Ross

Link: http://www.2000ad.nu/tuws/" target="_blank">More of my inane ramblings

You say you "really don't care what people do with their lives" and yet "greater care should be taken with how content is portrayed".  Sounds to me like you do care.  Not that I have a problem with that and for the record, I do care how people live their lives, especially people close to me.
Drug culture is portrayed everywhere these days from fiction to music and has been for a very long time, simply because suddenly there's explicit mention of (ooh, could it be) hashish or acid in 2000AD does not mean that your average 12 year old is going to save up their pocket money for a half weight from the local dealer.  
Honestly, one 5 page satire on marijuana, which I believe was itself a parody of the film Reefer Madness, and the first part of a series about acid, which ended with someone who was going to join the drug takers having her eyeballs skewered, and you think the man is on a mission to dose us all up.  Obviously it's the second wave after the rampant Christianity of Missionary Man.

Next time David, take your head out your arse...

>Add that to the fact that that Gordon Rennie seems
>to be portraying drug-use quite a lot these days

From what I remember there's been Reefer Madness and now Storming Heaven.  Doesn't seem like such a lot to me really.  John Wagner has been portraying violence week in week out for more than 20 years.

Ross

Link: http://www.2000ad.nu/tuws/" target="_blank">2000AD - TUWS

Twas the weekend before Christmas and all through the flat,
A small ginger droid tweaked with this and with that,
For he had a plan, something to achieve,
Other people, he knew would scarcely believe
What he had in store on that cold winters day
To unleash on the web come what will or what may.

Nearly complete, if we ignore any bugs,
He kick starts the engine, it whines, it chugs,
Before springing to life, a Phoenix reborn!
Could it be, tell me so, that by the night's morn,
The people will say, "did you see, can you tell?"
Hend-RE has returned and is weaving his spell!

Now you go and read, I'm off for a snack,
Tell all you know, that TUWS is back!

http://www.2000ad.nu/tuws/

Hend-RE

Link: http://www.2000ad.nu/tuws/" target="_blank">New TUWS