ben12

Anyone know?

Duder

Maybe name is somehow copyrighted? I have no idea why they'd bleep out any mention of the name

SuckaMC

it wasn't bleeped on my copy :"Cousteau's cronies invented the..." yep, there

ben12

I don't understand what you mean. Are you saying that his name isn't bleeped out on the commentary track of your copy? Or that it manages to escape being bleeping once? There's no way this is some sort of broken audio track on my dvd. This is deliberate. And, since I haven't seen any discussion of this issue, I was wondering why the studio did it.

Does anyone actually know?

Nickofdoom

He's talking about the part Cousteau's name is metioned in the actual movie, not the commentary. It's beeped out over the entire commentary, no idea why.

DVD Polizei

Because he's French. Duh. Would you like more Freedom Fries with your DVD?

TomOpus

If his name is bleeped... how do you know that's what they're saying?

Maybe they're saying "Beatrix"

ben12

That'd be funny if that was the reason.

Mr. Salty

Of course, it isn't. And it would be more pathetic than funny.

pro-bassoonist

I suppose this is where we all laugh....

...as Mr.Salty mentioned...it is pathetic.

Pro-B

ben12

So...uh... no one knows, huh?

Geist

There's that blurb at the end acknowledging him for being an inspiration, but maybe they bleep his name out of the commentary for legal reasons because there is some admission that Zissou was originally more of an outright copy.

After all, they even say that in the early drafts of the scipt the character was called Steve Cousteau. It might just be lawyers being ultra careful that Cousteau's estate has no grounds for a suit.

Or it could just as easily be Anderson messing with people.

SuckaMC

oh, sorry, I didn't catch the "commentary" part. That is weird.

G. Noel Gross

Like recording the commentary at a busy resturant?