GAME OVER to be Censored!!
03-09-04 | 01:04 PM
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GAME OVER to be Censored!!
First the outcry over Janet Jackson's bared breast during CBS' Super Bowl telecast compelled producers to trim brief nudity from such shows as "ER," "NYPD Blue" and "Without a Trace." Now even cartoon characters are being forced to cover up.
Viacom-owned UPN has ordered the producers of "Game Over," prime time's first computer-generated animated series, to delete nudity and salty language from the pilot episode airing Wednesday, including one two-second shot in which a female character's buttocks are clearly visible, according to a source close to the production. Executives also want to cut a line in which one character uses a mild scatological epithet to disparage another.
The edict has angered the producers, who are said to have argued that the material now deemed objectionable has been in the episode for months and was included in review tapes sent to critics recently. But network executives apparently will not budge, saying that the Jackson incident has created a climate of heightened sensitivity toward sex and foul language, even in cartoons.
Viacom-owned UPN has ordered the producers of "Game Over," prime time's first computer-generated animated series, to delete nudity and salty language from the pilot episode airing Wednesday, including one two-second shot in which a female character's buttocks are clearly visible, according to a source close to the production. Executives also want to cut a line in which one character uses a mild scatological epithet to disparage another.
The edict has angered the producers, who are said to have argued that the material now deemed objectionable has been in the episode for months and was included in review tapes sent to critics recently. But network executives apparently will not budge, saying that the Jackson incident has created a climate of heightened sensitivity toward sex and foul language, even in cartoons.
03-09-04 | 01:16 PM
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I heard Artie Lange talking about this on Stern this morning. He voices one of the characters in Game Over.
He actually had to go back in to the studio to re-do 2 lines. The first one, 'Breaking balls' was changed to 'Breaking chops.' The second one, 'Numbnuts' was changed to 'Numbnads.'
STOP THE INSANITY!!!
He actually had to go back in to the studio to re-do 2 lines. The first one, 'Breaking balls' was changed to 'Breaking chops.' The second one, 'Numbnuts' was changed to 'Numbnads.'
STOP THE INSANITY!!!
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03-09-04 | 01:29 PM
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Originally posted by Red Dog
Sorry - don't get the reference.
Sorry - don't get the reference.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...glance&s=books
03-09-04 | 01:30 PM
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Sorry - don't get the reference.
Sorry - don't get the reference.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0671...367020-6935033
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03-09-04 | 01:31 PM
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Originally posted by das Monkey
I love this country, but our moral and righteous obsession and repression of "mommy-daddy stuff" is quite enthralling.
das
I love this country, but our moral and righteous obsession and repression of "mommy-daddy stuff" is quite enthralling.
das
Sincerely,
FCC Chairman Michael Powell
03-09-04 | 01:33 PM
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Originally posted by das Monkey
Wow. Considering your age, you should have grown up on the wisdom of the Powter.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0671...367020-6935033
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Wow. Considering your age, you should have grown up on the wisdom of the Powter.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0671...367020-6935033
das
I've heard of the name - didn't know what she did (or apparently wrote).
03-09-04 | 03:01 PM
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RE: GAME OVER to be Censored!!
Oh... I thought we weren't going to have to sit through Triple H promos.
Damn_you, FCC, and your misguided censorship! Shut up Hunter McBoobs instead!
Damn_you, FCC, and your misguided censorship! Shut up Hunter McBoobs instead!
03-10-04 | 03:08 AM
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I want to thank TV execs for saving my virgin eyes from seeing a *FAKE, COMPUTER GENERATED ASS*. Since i guess this country is full of "NUMBNADS" who arent able to tell when something is computer generated or not.
And havent people moved past the whole Janet/breast thing yet? They should.
And havent people moved past the whole Janet/breast thing yet? They should.
03-10-04 | 11:05 AM
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Originally posted by Red Dog
The second one, 'Numbnuts' was changed to 'Numbnads.'
The second one, 'Numbnuts' was changed to 'Numbnads.'
03-10-04 | 08:25 PM
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well the dad did say, "i can see his johnson." when his son dropped his pants.
03-10-04 | 08:33 PM
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I saw an ass. It was a little blurry, was that the editing? I don't think I laughed once during the show. The only part that was going to make me chuckle was when the dad got knocked out by the Vice City looking pedestrian, until he said "what is this Vice City?" Sometimes it's better to be a little less obvious.