TNN's "uncut" movies. Huh?
06-17-03, 08:23 PM
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TNN's "uncut" movies. Huh?
Right now I'm watching "Scarface UNCUT on the new TNN." A parental warning came on before it, claiming that the movie is being shown in its entirety, and it contains graphic violence and intense language. I start watching, and it's edited. All the language is cut out. How exactly does TNN define "uncut"?
06-17-03, 08:32 PM
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Uncut though with the FCC standards still in place.
Cut them some slack, It's bad enough spike lee is sueing them, the last thing they need is the FCC coming down on them..
Cut them some slack, It's bad enough spike lee is sueing them, the last thing they need is the FCC coming down on them..
06-17-03, 09:04 PM
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Originally posted by Jackskeleton
The dvd is pretty bad, but fear not, the new version will come out in august.
The dvd is pretty bad, but fear not, the new version will come out in august.
06-17-03, 10:37 PM
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I think they mean that it is "uncut" in the way that Eyes Wide Shut (U.S. theatrical release and Region 1 DVD) is in that they didn't actually cut anything out. Technically the film is the same length, even if you don't see and/or hear everything originally in it.
06-17-03, 10:44 PM
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One thing it used to mean was that they wouldn't show that stupid black bar on the bottom of the screen during the film. Since it looks like they've finally ditched that horrid thing, I don't know what it really means now. Probably somewhere in between censored and uncut.
06-17-03, 10:49 PM
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Yahoo Mail bothered me for weeks about USA Network airing "Meet the Parents" uncut.
Really, considering that all the words that are usually bleeped are bleeped, and there were commerical breaks. How silly.
Really, considering that all the words that are usually bleeped are bleeped, and there were commerical breaks. How silly.
06-18-03, 09:18 AM
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Originally posted by acmeee
Yeah, sometimes the replacement words can be pretty funny. I was watching one of the Die Hard movies on TV a while ago, and they kept replacing MFer with "melon farmer."
Yeah, sometimes the replacement words can be pretty funny. I was watching one of the Die Hard movies on TV a while ago, and they kept replacing MFer with "melon farmer."
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06-18-03, 09:55 AM
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Originally posted by acmeee
Yeah, sometimes the replacement words can be pretty funny. I was watching one of the Die Hard movies on TV a while ago, and they kept replacing MFer with "melon farmer."
Yeah, sometimes the replacement words can be pretty funny. I was watching one of the Die Hard movies on TV a while ago, and they kept replacing MFer with "melon farmer."
06-18-03, 11:06 AM
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Originally posted by DGibFen
They are showing "The Usual Suspects" tonight uncut. Anyone watched it on TNN to see if it is actually uncut? (Besides the fact it's in Pan and Scan...)
They are showing "The Usual Suspects" tonight uncut. Anyone watched it on TNN to see if it is actually uncut? (Besides the fact it's in Pan and Scan...)
So nothing extra, but nothing lost (other than the swearing). Shady advertising if you ask me.
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06-18-03, 02:21 PM
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Originally posted by Josh Z
Lethal Weapon usually winds up with a lot of "Flip you" and "You flipping airhead" references.
Lethal Weapon usually winds up with a lot of "Flip you" and "You flipping airhead" references.
I turned it off in disgust.
06-18-03, 02:52 PM
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Originally posted by GuessWho
Saw a few minutes of TNN's Scarface...
Only the F-bonb was edited out as far as I saw.
The S-bomb was flowing freely.
Saw a few minutes of TNN's Scarface...
Only the F-bonb was edited out as far as I saw.
The S-bomb was flowing freely.
And this transfer, on TV, was terrible...I've seen divx copies of Scarface that look much much better.
06-18-03, 06:14 PM
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My favorite is Smokey and the Bandit. They couldn't get Jackie Gleason to overdub his profanity so they got Henry Cordon AKA (post Alan Reed) Fred Flintstone to dub him. You half expect him to yell YABBA DABBA DOO!
06-18-03, 09:47 PM
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I just saw some of the "uncut" The Usual Suspects on TNN and they did the same thing. They had Benecio Del Toro saying "He'll flip ya. He'll flip ya for real." I turned it off in disgust.
Freedom from a bad word in a movie about mature subject matter that is on at a time when all kids are in bed
