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Capt. Nemo
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
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 Posted - 07/10/2007 : 02:01:54 AM
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I know this is sort of old news.
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Neville
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Spain
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Posted - 07/10/2007 : 05:25:44 AM
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I'm on the filmmakers' side here. Plus as a viewer I want to see a copy of the film as close as the orioginal as possible. If it took us years to convince everybody that fullscreen is a unaceptable alteration, now we shouldn't accept other people to lift entire scenes according to moral standards we don't necesarily share.
And yes, I understand this already happens when films are submitted to the MPAA, but the points are that 1) the filmmakers can make their own cuts and ask for second ratings and 2) that by accepting the MPAA ratings the film shouldn't suffer any more alterations. |
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Terrahawk
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 07/10/2007 : 08:14:33 AM
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If I remember correctly, the Supreme Court ruled within the last year or so that companies can't edit the released material.
Neville, as usual, I have to disagree with you here. If I buy a film and then send it someplace else to have it edited, no one is harmed. The filmmaker gets his payment for his film and I get the film I want. No one is saying you can't get the original or that someone is imposing their moral standards on you. The question is what can I do with the material once I buy it. In my opinion, except for copying it for distribution purposes, I can do whatever I want with it. I believe the SC was absolutely wrong in it's decision.
A lot of films throw in scenes just to get a worse rating (like from PG to PG-13). You can usually edit those films, get a much cleaner film, and not lose anything in the process. I've always been fascinated by watching cleaned up versions of films on TV and then watching the regular theatrical release. The majority of the time, the TV version is actually better and more watchable.
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