What is CleanFlicks doing that broadcast television hasn't been doing for years? R rated movies are "edited for content" which removes nudity, language, or anything else deemed too objectional for broadcast television. Additionally, moviemakers have long made multiple versions of their films to be played in different markets.
--TB
06/08 |
If a film is so horrible it needs this technology to be edited, maybe these aren't family films in the first place. The second a film is edited by someone other than those producing it there is a chance the meaning will be changed. While the meaning may not change much in a movie like "National Lampoons Christmas Vacation" it certainly could change in the flicks decribed by the author. A racist parent could cloud his childrens view point entirely by editing films. A religious parent could shield his or her kids from ever seeing other religious groups in a positive way. If someone does not want to watch a film the way it was produced they should not watch it.
--CTO
06/07 |
Weinstein gave clear examples of the harm done by "sanitizers". Deleting the racial slurs from The Hurricane removes the main characters motivation for his actions, making him look insane instead of persecuted. This single example is nothing less than re-writing history, blinding future generations of the truth. What next? George W. Bush an actual war hero?
--JD
06/07 |
In what way does it harm anyone for people to provide technology to edit (not change, but edit) content as they view it? No one is forced to watch the edited content. There is no attempt to constraint the distribution of the unedited (whatever the hell that is since content is always edited by someone and that someone is seldom the creator) version. Why is this different than "edited for TV", "edited for airline showing", "edited for time", etc. etc. etc.
Jeez don't we have something better to waste our time on?
--PDQ
06/03 |
The P2P issue aside, I'm not sure what the big deal is. Nobody is forcing us to watch only "clean" versions of movies. I'm sure the vast majority of Nerve.com readers (myself included) will always want to see the entire film in its full glory, but there are some families out there who would like to experience the story without actually having to see an alien smashing its way out of someone's stomach. I don't see how it hurts anyone if that's what they want. (When the kids grow up, they'll probably rush out to see the whole thing, especially the parts their parents snipped out.)
--JCF
06/01 |
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