Poster
Some stations are refusing to air Saving Private Ryan tonight. They are claiming fear of FCC fines, "bad" words, etc. This movie has aired on TV twice before. Amazing. I think the truth is, the opening scenes are extremely graphic...they show horrendous injuries, and a pretty realistic picture of war. I think they don't want people to see it..you know, the whole..demoralizing thing.
I think this is an insult to Veterans, and people's intelligence.
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Surely they could have shown the "sanitized" version for those who won't face truth?
Mind you, a 15 minute movie isn't going to be much use at holding their attention, it's far too long.
.Political correctness is based on the principle that it's possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.
Poster
LOL. The agreement with Spielberg is absolutely no editing. I've read several news reports, and they do cite the Iraq war as one of the reasons.
Memo, what memo?
BT Rep: +5
The station here says there not airing cause of the fear of FCC, realting to the Janet Jackson scandel.
I feel its an insult to the Veterens...my God there are over 100 stations if you dont want to watch it, change the station!!!
All this policaly correct stuff...WTF
there is no god
So broadcasters have to take a chance..that nobody will complain... seeing as this is a land that burns Harry Potter books i guess nothing can be shown without risk.....Originally Posted by CNN
it’s an election with no Democrats, in one of the whitest states in the union, where rich candidates pay $35 for your votes. Or, as Republicans call it, their vision for the future.
Poster
It's a friggin' movie, get over it. If you want to see it, rent it, buy it, or download it. The thought of this will not cross your mind in a month. Maybe the next time they don't show the Simpsons because of some football or baseball game I should bitch and moan as well.
Tell you what, when they don't show the Simpsons out of fear of the FCC you can bitch and moan.
Last edited by scroff; 11-12-2004 at 01:33 AM.
Ancient Bush family proverb; Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day... drown him in the lake and he'll never be hungry again.
Any Which Way.... because there's more to it than Fox tells you.
Good Post and good point, Comic Peddler. Thanks
Lagomorph
Yes, how insensitive of the networks to think that peoples' children are in harms way at this second and it may not be in their interest at this time just to see how violently their children could die tonight.
We can watch a movie about cancer and slow death, but we don't show this film to cancer patients.
We must not show a movie blind of current events.
Duh!
And how does this insult anyones intelligence? Mothers don't want to see how their children may die tonight.
In times of peace, these scenes are more abstract to the viewers.
Are you not aware of this?
Last edited by hobbes; 11-12-2004 at 01:44 AM.
Aren't we in the trust tree, thingey?
Poster
Fear of the FCC keeps you from seeing shows that simply are nothing but veiled porn, yet you make no grumble of this.
Last edited by Comic_Peddler; 11-12-2004 at 01:39 AM.
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