Hulk Hogan Ultimate DVD - Censorship?
10-30-06, 03:22 PM
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Hulk Hogan Ultimate DVD - Censorship?
Censorship or product defect? I recently purchased the Hulk Hogan Ultimate Anthology DVD set. At the end of the match between Hogan and Sgt. Slaughter on disc 2 there is a period of silence. The picture is still intact, but there's no sound. Were the comments by Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan censored, or is the DVD defective? I returned my copy of the DVD to Wal-Mart only to find the same period of silence at the same spot. One of the reviews at Amazon also mentions the same period of silence. Anyone know if the comments were censored?
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10-30-06, 03:25 PM
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I don't know, but it was on mine too. I figure it wasn't censorship, just a production error. The commentators were Gorilla and Bobby Heenan, no problems like that with Jesse Ventura, so. Plus Gorilla's dead.
10-30-06, 03:46 PM
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It could be them saying "WWF," which is now edited out of all WWE productions I believe.
10-30-06, 04:55 PM
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It's a production error, when the sound comes back, it comes back to a point before the sound dies, plays through the pinfall again, then catches up to current time.
I just compared it to my Wrestlemania VII DVD, where the sound plays without a hitch. There's nothing in there that would need to be censored, just seems like a weird audio glitch.
I just compared it to my Wrestlemania VII DVD, where the sound plays without a hitch. There's nothing in there that would need to be censored, just seems like a weird audio glitch.
10-31-06, 10:42 AM
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Originally Posted by DVD Josh
Since a DVD released by a private organization cannot possibly be censored, it must be a production error.
10-31-06, 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by DRG
You're forgetting the "intentional edit" option here.
As per the OP's first line - "Censorship or product defect?". Since those are the only two choices, we are left with product defect.
Perhaps it is the OP that is forgetting that option. I merely addressed his inquiry.
10-31-06, 01:04 PM
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Originally Posted by DVD Josh
No, I'm not.
As per the OP's first line - "Censorship or product defect?". Since those are the only two choices, we are left with product defect.
Perhaps it is the OP that is forgetting that option. I merely addressed his inquiry.
As per the OP's first line - "Censorship or product defect?". Since those are the only two choices, we are left with product defect.
Perhaps it is the OP that is forgetting that option. I merely addressed his inquiry.
10-31-06, 01:07 PM
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It's not like it's the first time Heenan has been edited off a WM. Go check the very end of WM 8 when Warrior returns and they go off the air. Heenan tells everyone to "run for your life" and it is not on the DVD version. Small edit, but for someone who watched that many times it's to be noted. So, edits can happen here in the US too.
10-31-06, 01:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Joe Canadian
A government does not have to be involved for there to be censorship. Censorship means, the act or practice of censoring. A private organization can censor itself.
10-31-06, 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by DVD Josh
We aren't going through this again. You're wrong. Censorship REQUIRES government action. If you want to call it something else when a private organization does it, fine. But it's not censorship.
I'm not looking to get in some internet battle with you, so you don't have to get on with "We aren't going through this again"... I'm just posting the definitions of the words.
10-31-06, 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Joe Canadian
No, it doesn't. Censorship is the act or practice of censoring. Censoring is something done by a censor, who is a person authorized to examine books, films, or other material and to remove or suppress what is considered morally, politically, or otherwise objectionable. A private organization CAN censor it's own material for those reasons.
I'm not looking to get in some internet battle with you, so you don't have to get on with "We aren't going through this again"... I'm just posting the definitions of the words.
I'm not looking to get in some internet battle with you, so you don't have to get on with "We aren't going through this again"... I'm just posting the definitions of the words.
We don't have to battle this out my friend. Countless others have done it for us.
10-31-06, 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by DVD Josh
No, you are posting your own definition of the words. The accepted definition of the words involves the action of government agents. W
We don't have to battle this out my friend. Countless others have done it for us.
We don't have to battle this out my friend. Countless others have done it for us.
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/censorship
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/censoring
... please don't accuse me of making things up. Censorship does not require the action of government agents. Historically it has been used in mainly that context, yes. That doesn't that the word does not apply to things beyond that context.
