Mad American Censorship

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

Mad American Censorship

Susan · Tickle me, Elmo! I'm Roger Moore's Stunt Double!

Line 'em up D. Essential if uncomfortable viewing. Like Schindler's List.

sha76jam · Cpt Acorn Short of An Oaktree

OK, so the first film I ever cried at was Dumbo, I was four. This is the only other film I have ever cried at in my life. It is the only film that has ever made me feel physically sick. It makes you realise what war's about. I'm with Susan, every single person on the planet should be made to watch this (even though it wasn't the American's who won the bleedin' war, thank you very much!) & Schindler's List. They show that there's no glamour in dying for your country; that good guys don't have to be nice people, though bad guys might be; that we owe those who fought for us so much more than buying an annual poppy; that we should do all that is possible to stop anyone else going through similar atrocities. I keep meaning to make myself watch them both again, though I keep putting it off, because there's no way I'd ever claim to have enjoyed either. Don't know if you've read the Schindler's Ark book? Normally I hate films watering down books, but if they'd put some of that stuff on a big screen there'd probably have been people throwing up in the cinema.

Thank God Speilberg didn't stop to worry about offending people.

NateO · Vice JDK and Man of the People

I didn't care for P.R. that much...

Halloween II scared the Bejesus out of me! I thought, when I was six, that a light-hearted 'Halloween Special' was coming on!

JonnyStead · **"I'm Lois!"**

Personally I thought P.R. and S.L. were outstanding films and probably required viewing - but I didnt blub at either of them. Now the Green mile that was something different for me...

11.11 is really important though and woh betied any company that doesnt mark the 2 minutes silence for starters!

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

You mean like most of the people in my office?

One guy was wandering down the office whistling at 11 o'clock.

Wanker.

Oops. Sorry. The censor is gonna let that one through, innit? he he he. Bad British words!

Susan · Tickle me, Elmo! I'm Roger Moore's Stunt Double!

I hope you're not including me in your rant. I paid my respects. My watch made it 11:04 when I tried to make contact. Sorry if I offended you.

Andromeda · ***Proud House-Owner***

SPR was good.. not one of my favorites, but decent. I think everyone should see it once, but it's definately not a part of my dvd library.

Now Patriot, that was a good film (even if I am a bit anti-mel gibson for Passion... )

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

I was using GMT.

Sketti · Bored Member

quote:
Originally posted by: ddvmor
"Apparently TV stations in the US refused to play Saving Private Ryan this week because of the violence and bad language and the fear of being fined for broadcasting it: http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,14173,1349169,00.html Personally, I think it's a film everyone should see! Those censors should be shot.-- Edited by ddvmor at 13:19, 2004-11-12"

Hi Darren

Just FYI, the FCC (people who control American airwaves) has not blocked this movie. Some TV stations are trying to fool the American public into believing that Saving Private Ryan is being censored, it's not. As long as there is no cameo by Janet Jackson flashing her boobs in front of small children , I'm pretty sure no T.V. station will be fined for showing this movie.

Sketti

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

Nice to see ya, Sketti.

The way I read the article, it wasn't so much that the neworks would be fined. It was more that they could be fined for showing graphic violence and naughty, naughty words and on that basis they decided not to.

What was most entertaining about the JJ thing was that it was the Network that was fined for showing pornography even though they had no idea she was going to do it. Should have been JJ in my opinion.

Censorship works so much better when those being censored are so afraid of the censors that they censor themselves. Leaves more time for golf.

-- Edited by ddvmor at 09:36, 2004-11-16

Susan · Tickle me, Elmo! I'm Roger Moore's Stunt Double!

quote:
Originally posted by: ddvmor
"I was using GMT."

Sounds like I must've still been on DST. Again, I didn't mean to cause you such offence.