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As a writer i can tell you a single simple reason why about 99% of innocent animals are killed in a movie:
To make the killer completely despicable. Killing a person is rather commonplace in movies, but killing an animal in one is an ultimate act of evil . Animals are most often portrayed (like kids) as innocents, and as a result, are a great tool for manipulating the audience.
Look at Dog Soldiers as an example of both. Cooper is the good guy. He not only refuses to shoot the dog at the beinning of the movie, he also pets and looks after Sam later on. Ryan, on the other hand, is the bad guy. he not only kills the dog at the beginning, he tries to kill Sam a couple of times. It is nothing more than influencing the audience, which is all a movie is trying to do anyway.
And not to sound too much like a jerk, but get over it. The Simpsons is a cartoon, so is Southpark. And Family guy, and American dad, Anime, etc. Like austin said, if the parents arent watching what their kids watch, then it's their fault if the kids end up warped.
Hell yes, this kind of imagery can affect people. I saqw Alien at 5, and it stuck with me my whole life. However, due to my upbringing, i am not out performing chest operations on unwilling subjects, i mertely have a strong love of sci fi, horror and monster movies in general.
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