Censoring Hollywood - Bilge

I ikitnrev Tiki Socialite D.C. / Virginia Joined: Jul 27, 2002 Posts: 1325	I ikitnrev Posted posted on Wed, Apr 27, 2005 5:05 PM The mom-and-pop companies don't bother me too much, as long as it is kept on a small scale and the films are watched in a private setting. I'm concerned though that the audience for such films could become larger and more powerful, and the presence of such altered films more acceptable, and it could reach a point where local communities could then force various stores to sell only the altered films - just like K-Mart does on a national scale with music. Several science museums around the country are already refusing to show an IMAX film on volcanos, because the film mentions 'evolution,' and that upsets a certain portion of their audience, and the museums wish to avoid controversey and protests. http://www.space.com/searchforlife/seti_censorship_050331.html If they don't like volcanos, they probably won't like tikis either! We may need to form a counter-attack soon. If they are allowed to go against the director's intent by removing what they feel is objectionable, then we should be allowed to similarly alter their own films. We could take the various G-rated films, and then add in various scenes that do include extra sex, violence, or perhaps only altered dialogue, to 'enhance' the subject matter of the film - not necessarily to the X level, but perhaps only to a PG-13 rating. If they can alter, then we should be able to alter too. Vern

The mom-and-pop companies don't bother me too much, as long as it is kept on a small scale and the films are watched in a private setting. I'm concerned though that the audience for such films could become larger and more powerful, and the presence of such altered films more acceptable, and it could reach a point where local communities could then force various stores to sell only the altered films - just like K-Mart does on a national scale with music.

Several science museums around the country are already refusing to show an IMAX film on volcanos, because the film mentions 'evolution,' and that upsets a certain portion of their audience, and the museums wish to avoid controversey and protests. http://www.space.com/searchforlife/seti_censorship_050331.html
If they don't like volcanos, they probably won't like tikis either!

We may need to form a counter-attack soon. If they are allowed to go against the director's intent by removing what they feel is objectionable, then we should be allowed to similarly alter their own films. We could take the various G-rated films, and then add in various scenes that do include extra sex, violence, or perhaps only altered dialogue, to 'enhance' the subject matter of the film - not necessarily to the X level, but perhaps only to a PG-13 rating. If they can alter, then we should be able to alter too.

Vern

Post #155319 by ikitnrev on Wed, Apr 27, 2005 5:05 PM