I'm not a fan of government-imposed censorship and I believe that parents should take a more active role in what their children watch on TV and movies.
Hollywood is trying on multiple fronts to eradicate customers' fair use rights. One of their targets is parent's right to control what his children watch.
Several months ago, a new DVD player debuted which would permit the user to "automatically skip sexual content, graphically violent scenes and language deemed offensive". Directors are furious and Hollywood wants these machines off the market. If you'd like to see ClearPlay-enabled players, like RCA's DRC232N back on the market and protected in the future, please sign the Grassfire Family Movie Act petition.
Funky Dung
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Bear in mind that directors also getting angry about having their films modified to fit a television.
They put a tremendous amount of time and thought into planning exactly how they want their movie to appear. Editting away their decisions makes them angry.
I can understand that. If I write something I want control over it. If I made a film, I would not want other people presenting a very similar film and passing it off as my work.
Also, where do you draw the line on what you do and do not censor? It doesn't much matter on run of the mill hollywood tripe, but in a serious film it is deeply important. If you take the violence out of "Saving Private Ryan" or the profanity out of "Good Will Hunting" you are left with fundamentally different movies.
If parents don't want their kids to see a film, they should not let them see it, not gut out parts of it.
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Posted 28 Jul 2004 at 3:16 am ¶"I can understand that. If I write something I want control over it. If I made a film, I would not want other people presenting a very similar film and passing it off as my work."
By your reasoning, I don't have the right to skip certain chapters of a book.
We're not talking about resale or repackaging of the product. The final decision to skip parts lies with the viewer. ClearPlay isn't selling censored versions of movies. They're merely marking the start and end points of potentially offensive scenes.
"If parents don't want their kids to see a film, they should not let them see it, not gut out parts of it."
There have been plenty of times an otherwise wholesome and/or thought-provoking movie has been ruined by a brief of gratuitous expletives, nudity, and violence.
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Posted 28 Jul 2004 at 3:33 am ¶I concur! Have a look at my recent post on "rating creep."
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