Ninja Turtles, Poster Filmnya Picu Kontroversi
Poster of Ninja Turtles Film Evokes Memories of 9/11 Terror Attacks
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
PARAMOUNT Australia meminta maaf setelah tidak sengaja menaruh foto tragedi 9/11 di poster film terbaru Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Pihak studio menyebar poster pada Selasa melalui halaman Twitter resminya, yang menunjukkan empat kura-kura meluncur dari sebuah bangunan meledak bersama tanggal penayangan perdana di bioskop-bioskop Australia - 11 September mendatang, seperti dilansir MailOnline.
Ketidaksengajaan, tetapi jelas terkait pada serangan teroris di New York World Trade Centre yang memicu reaksi cepat dan kemarahan di media sosial, dan poster tersebut langsung dihapus setelah kritik dan kecaman bermunculan.
Sejak itu, Paramount Australia mengeluarkan pernyataan yang mengatakan ´menggabungkan gambar dan tanggal adalah kesalahan´.
"Kami sangat menyesal telah menggunakan karya seni untuk materi pemasaran mempromosikan 11 September sebagai penayangan perdana di Australia," kata pernyataan itu.
"Kami tidak bermaksud bertindak ofensif dan segera bertindak untuk menghentikan dan mencabut poster tersebut."
Film yang dibintangi Megan Fox dan Johnny Knoxville, dirilis pada Agustus di Amerika Serikat dan Oktober di Eropa, tetapi tanggal rilis Australia berasal persis 13 tahun setelah 19 pembajak mengambil alih empat pesawat dan melakukan serangan mematikan pada 11 September 2001.
Poster kontroversial menimbulkan kemarahan karena kesamaan visual dengan serangan 9/11 serangan, yang merenggut nyawa 2.996 orang.
Salah satu jawaban Twitter, diposting oleh @MorningAfterKill mengatakan: "Jadi siapa yang harus dipecat untuk poster ini? 11 September? Bangunan yang hancur? Orang-orang yang berjatuhan di gedung? Le sigh.´
PARAMOUNT Australia has apologised after accidentally referencing 9/11 in a new poster for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
The studio shared the poster on Tuesday through its official Twitter page, which showed the four turtles diving from an exploding building alongside the date it hits Australian cinemas - September 11.
The unintentional, but unmistakable connection to the terrorist attacks on New York´s World Trade Centre was met with swift backlash and outrage on social media, and was deleted shortly after the oversight was pointed out.
Since then, Paramount Australia issued a statement saying ´combining that image and date was a mistake´.
´We are deeply sorry to have used that artwork for the marketing materials promoting the September 11 opening in Australia,´ the statement said.
´We intended no offence and have taken immediate action to discontinue its use.´
The film, which stars Megan Fox and Johnny Knoxville, is released in August in the United States and October in Europe, but its Australian release date comes exactly 13 years to the day after 19 hijackers took control of four airliners and carried out the deadly September 11 attacks.
The controversial poster evoked anger due to its visual similarity to the 9/11 terror attacks, which claimed the lives of 2,996 people.
One of the Twitter replies, posted by user @MorningAfterKill said: ´So who´s getting fired for this poster art? September 11? Exploding buildings? People falling out of them? Le sigh´.
