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TO CENSOR OR NOT TO CENSOR?
BillieTheBot
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I don't know about you guys, but film censoring for television really pisses me off!
If a film has an 18 certificate, why bother censoring it? you watch a film for entertainment and sometimes to get a shock (if it's a horror film), but you tend to find that it's craply edited.
It really spoils it for mature viewers because they're editing the violence, sex or whatever that gets the film its certificate, just so that it's suitable for minors.
If a film is going to have violence or sex that you disapprove of, you gonna switch over anyway.
In my opinion you either show the film without editing it or not show it at all.
Ok, so some films, eg FIGHT CLUB are gonna have graphic violence that the director or film board are gonna edit. But they don't need editing twice, do they?
OPEN YOUR MIND...
If a film has an 18 certificate, why bother censoring it? you watch a film for entertainment and sometimes to get a shock (if it's a horror film), but you tend to find that it's craply edited.
It really spoils it for mature viewers because they're editing the violence, sex or whatever that gets the film its certificate, just so that it's suitable for minors.
If a film is going to have violence or sex that you disapprove of, you gonna switch over anyway.
In my opinion you either show the film without editing it or not show it at all.
Ok, so some films, eg FIGHT CLUB are gonna have graphic violence that the director or film board are gonna edit. But they don't need editing twice, do they?
OPEN YOUR MIND...
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Sunday Times reports that the head of the censoring office wants "a sex shop in every town." I think he would disagree with your view that a lot of films are over-edited.
In response to your topic, my personal opinion is that films should be censored less, and that viewers should be given a more information to be able to make a better-informed choice.
They choose violent bits for some weird reason, but not usually the most explicit bits. The reason they choose the violent bits is that nothing ever happens in them, no talking which is the most difficult to edit, they usually end fairly abruptly so they r easy to edit out.
It's not really to do with the scenes themselves, all films r edited for T.V it's all a scam that if they say they're editid for nudity sex scenes an violence then people r more tolerant towards them.
A really wierd one was the film Deep Cover which was on C5 last week. The film wasn't cut but the main song on the soundtrack is by Dr Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg. The version at the end of the film has no swearing in it and sounds a lot better than the full on sweary version on the soundtrack album.
Anyone else find it a bit wierd that society views swear words which are essentially sexual in nature as being far worse than words describing violence?
I'd rather be fucked than stabbed.
For example. Jerry Springer. Who watches that at midnight? Adults NOT children. So why do they cut out the swearing? I heard worse at school.
Classic example Rock DJ by Robbie Williams
Anyone see Ali G's first video 'Innit'?
He says some dirty words and blatantly takes the piss saying that the ppl that censor the video don't even know what they mean so they don't remove them! lol!