# Metropolis (the movie) and child porn **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 3, 2016, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metropolis-the-movie-and-child-porn/770510 "2016-11-03T06:40:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metropolis-the-movie-and-child-porn/770510/21 "2016-11-03T21:45:17Z")
OK. You guys have convinced me. I’m worried about nothing. It’s not so much that the scene disturbs me, as I’ve been conditioned to react to anything in an old movie that might trigger whackos to banning it because out of context it violates something. I read something once where someone thought movies that showed underage people smoking ought to be either censored or banned because it’s illegal now, even though it wasn’t when the film was made. I thought of all the films, from _Stand by Me_ to _The Bad News Bears_ that would be affected, and got a bad feeling. I’d hate to lose _Metropolis_ because of laws made 80 years in another country after the film was released. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metropolis-the-movie-and-child-porn/770510/22 "2016-11-03T22:27:01Z")
Let’s just hope that the OP never sees any of Shirley Temple’s films. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metropolis-the-movie-and-child-porn/770510/23 "2016-11-03T23:28:55Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > I’d hate to lose _Metropolis_ because of laws made 80 years in another country after the film was released. What country are you in now, that you would “lose” _Metropolis_? ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metropolis-the-movie-and-child-porn/770510/24 "2016-11-04T00:00:18Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > I’d hate to lose _Metropolis_ because of laws made 80 years in another country after the film was released. The [Dryden Theater](https://eastman.org/event/film-screenings-live-music/metropolis-0) of the George Eastman Museum of Photography is having a showing on Metropolis on November 18, with music by the Alloy Orchestra. There’s no chance of Metropolis being lost. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metropolis-the-movie-and-child-porn/770510/25 "2016-11-04T00:06:58Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > What country are you in now, that you would “lose” _Metropolis_? I’ve heard that if Hillary is elected, she will come and grab all of our silent movie DVDS! ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metropolis-the-movie-and-child-porn/770510/26 "2016-11-04T05:39:24Z")
If the movie can survive Giorgio Moroder, it can survive anything. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metropolis-the-movie-and-child-porn/770510.md?page=1)