The Shield CENSORED!!!
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The Shield CENSORED!!!
I just finished watching the DVD-R from Tuesday's broadcast of The Shield and I'm f//king appalled!
First the quality was s//t, it looked like low grade VHS. And second it was f//king censored! The first scene after the credits is where I really noticed it... The one where Dutch is standing over the naked corpse, comenting on her breasts...
They digially placed a streak of sunlight over her breasts and a OVEN-MIT over her lower region... I had to watch it twice to make sure, but yup that's an oven-mit. I also noticed little cuts. Like in the opening chase there was a quick shot of the bag tapped to the black guy's balls, that was lifted out. Also in the last scene, they reframed the shot of "The Rat" getting shot I remember originally after he got shot there was a quick shot from behind of him falling infront of camera and you could see the exit wound, that's gone and couple of swears were changed as well.
I probably wouldn't have noticed if it was a new show but I have the DVD set of Season 1 and I've seen the first episode a s//t load of times. It's just f//king annoying.
First the quality was s//t, it looked like low grade VHS. And second it was f//king censored! The first scene after the credits is where I really noticed it... The one where Dutch is standing over the naked corpse, comenting on her breasts...
They digially placed a streak of sunlight over her breasts and a OVEN-MIT over her lower region... I had to watch it twice to make sure, but yup that's an oven-mit. I also noticed little cuts. Like in the opening chase there was a quick shot of the bag tapped to the black guy's balls, that was lifted out. Also in the last scene, they reframed the shot of "The Rat" getting shot I remember originally after he got shot there was a quick shot from behind of him falling infront of camera and you could see the exit wound, that's gone and couple of swears were changed as well.
I probably wouldn't have noticed if it was a new show but I have the DVD set of Season 1 and I've seen the first episode a s//t load of times. It's just f//king annoying.
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Originally posted by SunMonkey
I don't understand. Are you saying they didn't show a nude woman, a guy's balls, or graphic violence on a broadcast TV show?
I don't understand. Are you saying they didn't show a nude woman, a guy's balls, or graphic violence on a broadcast TV show?
Originally posted by Static Cling
It was a DVD-R. Depending on who encoded it, you're going to get poorer quality than the official release.
It was a DVD-R. Depending on who encoded it, you're going to get poorer quality than the official release.
Originally posted by Sierra Disc
Yet another poster who doesn't know what the word "CENSORED!!!" actually means...
Yet another poster who doesn't know what the word "CENSORED!!!" actually means...
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Merriam-Webster :
I don't see the words 'FCC' or 'government' anywhere in the definition or the OP.
Main Entry: 2censor
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): cen·sored; cen·sor·ing /'sen(t)-s&-ri[ng], 'sen(t)s-ri[ng]/
Date: 1882
: to examine in order to suppress or delete anything considered objectionable
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): cen·sored; cen·sor·ing /'sen(t)-s&-ri[ng], 'sen(t)s-ri[ng]/
Date: 1882
: to examine in order to suppress or delete anything considered objectionable
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Originally posted by mikewendt
Actually I do know what it means and that's exactly what this is. This isn't like "Greedo Shooting First" where the creator intentionally changed it, and we all piss and moan over it. This is them cutting parts out for the subject matter not their visions...
Actually I do know what it means and that's exactly what this is. This isn't like "Greedo Shooting First" where the creator intentionally changed it, and we all piss and moan over it. This is them cutting parts out for the subject matter not their visions...
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so let me get this straight, on the original broadcast (and on the dvd's) we saw the nude woman fully (it looked blurred from tuesdays night's showing) and one or two scene's got trimmed. And the video quality was worse right?
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meh, nothing that took away from the plot or the story. It's FX, it isnt HBO or anything major where tits can really be seen. happens. oh well
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I don't know that scene with the drug dealer really confused me. I thought it was missing something when they cut real quick. It's good to know that some things had been cut.
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Frankly when I saw season 1 on DVD, I was kind of shocked at the amount of nudity that appeared. I was wondering how FX was able to show it. I mean granted it is a "cable only" channel, but now that the show is popular and in the mainstream focus, wouldn't advertisers potentially be concerned about this content? I certainly thought some of the season 1 episodes would have had a "graphic violence" warning or some such message when aired on TV.
Aside from that, I'm not sure why mikewendt is burning DVD-Rs of a show he already owns on DVD though...
Aside from that, I'm not sure why mikewendt is burning DVD-Rs of a show he already owns on DVD though...
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Originally posted by Static Cling
So you know the show creators didn't intentionally change it (like the Greedo thing)? FX or someone else made them change the episode?
So you know the show creators didn't intentionally change it (like the Greedo thing)? FX or someone else made them change the episode?
Originally posted by rfduncan
Aside from that, I'm not sure why mikewendt is burning DVD-Rs of a show he already owns on DVD though...
Aside from that, I'm not sure why mikewendt is burning DVD-Rs of a show he already owns on DVD though...
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Frankly when I saw season 1 on DVD, I was kind of shocked at the amount of nudity that appeared. I was wondering how FX was able to show it. I mean granted it is a "cable only" channel, but now that the show is popular and in the mainstream focus, wouldn't advertisers potentially be concerned about this content? I certainly thought some of the season 1 episodes would have had a "graphic violence" warning or some such message when aired on TV.
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Originally posted by mikewendt
Actually... Yes, because they talk about being able to get away with some much and having very few content restrictions (alowing them to get thier original ideas on screen) on the commentary tracks of Season 1's DVD set.
Actually... Yes, because they talk about being able to get away with some much and having very few content restrictions (alowing them to get thier original ideas on screen) on the commentary tracks of Season 1's DVD set.
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also i;m wondering if there is actuall nudity in the pilot that we new comers don't get to see. (we saw vic pull down the guys pants, but we don't see the naked woman dead there. her nipples seemed to be blurred out.)
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I saw the very first airing of The Shield and I'm pretty sure the nipples were always kinda blurred. I don't remember what her lower region looked like, but I remember the nipples because it looked so weird. Maybe for the dvd they showed those scenes uncensored for the first time.
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Originally posted by nny
I saw the very first airing of The Shield and I'm pretty sure the nipples were always kinda blurred.
I saw the very first airing of The Shield and I'm pretty sure the nipples were always kinda blurred.
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I'm not sure about the soft and blurry, but on the commentary for the dvd they say something about the hair on Mackey. I think it was only one scene, but Chicklis said they shaved his head the same as they always did, but the lighting was weird in that scene making it look like he had hair.
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Originally posted by Groucho
I concur with this
I concur with this
Not that I would get turned on by a dead chick, ya unnerstand.