2:55am - Back To The Future (Part I) is on TBS - and even though I own the Trilogy on box-set DVD, its an irresistable urge to watch - y'know, that good 'ol Marty McFly, the DeLorean, Doc Brown...Hill Valley, it's all good... "roads, where we're goin' we don't NEED, roads..." beautiful stuff... and then I ask myself, "hey, why's he not swearing where there's swearing?" which brings me to the issue at hand... t.v. censorship.
Now, maybe I've blogged about this before - those of you who are keeping track let me know, those of you who aren't - what good are you?!
But here's what I've noticed thus far in my 26.5 years on this planet - channels on tv, such as TBS or CITY-TV - they air good, indeed, great movies (CITY-TV even goes so far to call one their segments - "Great Movies on CITY-TV" - so, y'know, they've gotta be great) yet there are many a time on either channel where a random censory edit has been performed - and all I'm saying is WHY??
Why bother airing something if it doesn't meet the broadcast decency standards or whatever...I mean either change the rules or don't bother showing that stuff on TV, 'cause quite frankly, no matter how many times you try, no one is ever going to enjoy or get used to John Maclean saying "yippee kiyay mother hugger" it's MUTHERFUCKER...... say FUCK. don't say hug, slug, loser, josher etc...say the word its meant to be or don't say it at all...and I can't even figure out what's worse - editing the words or just mildly bleeping over them, or even better is when you know he's saying fuck and they're trying to convice you he's said and always said "fudge" - puhleese...
But maybe it's just me!
Mutherfudger!
Done.
EM
About the Blogger (things you know or don't know or didn't care to find out about...)
- U2Fan79 - aka Ellie Miron
- TORONTO, ONTARIO, Canada
- I'd like to think that this re-re-vamped blog will take on a whole new dimension of thought and afterthought, given my recent travels of the globe and the forced learning that often came up on the spot for me...I'd like to think that this might continue to bring insight and reverance to a community that may at times fall short of those two commodities...I'd like to think that the Maple Leafs are going to win the Stanley Cup within the next 3-7 years...I'd like a lot of things, but you can't always get what you like (yeah, I changed that up so Mick n' Kief won't sue my sorry ass)...I'd like to think you'll read what I write, and that I'll write things down with more frequency than Brendan Fraser makes his Mummy films (this reference will probably get old in like 3 months)!!
1 comment:
BTTF1&2 are 2 of the best movies of the eighties. i agree they are addictive, you have to watch them whenever they're on. and they're on often!
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