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#46930
Topic
Censorship
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/46930/action/topic#46930
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Originally posted by: ricarleite
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Originally posted by: Bossk
Never heard that about Cinema Paradiso. Did they actually edit based on his "bells"?


Yes, there was a scene in that movie in which the local priest (this was set in early 30s-40s Italy, I think) watched the movie alone and ringed a bell when he saw something that he thought to be inapropriated, like 2 people kissing and stuff. They would out a marker on the celulloid, and cut that scene afterwards.

A friend of mine was watching Matrix Reloaded with his both 3 year old twin sons. His wife freaked out when she saw this. He claimed they were too young too understand what the violence onscreen was all about, and she said "oh yeah? watch this...", and told them both to play as they had guns. One of them shoot his brother with his finger, making "pow, pow" sounds, the other one throwed himself to the ground, as he was "dying". I don't know what to think about this... I've always belived that TV contributes to violence, when they show glorious non-fictional violence on TV. And at the same time, I belive in freedom of expression, and non-censorhip. Maybe we must evolute as a society and ban violence and hate from it, and THEN we'll be able to show extreme violence on TV to our kids with no fears.




I don't think the movies should be censored, but it appears that there are fewer and fewer family oriented shows and movies being made. A responsible parent doesn't want their kids watching something that has an abundance of blood and gore or excessive cussing in it. But yet there are very few forms of entertainment that are not adult oriented. Video games used to be something that kids could play without any repercussions. These days, the vast majority of the games have realistic blood, gore, excessive violence and yes, foul language in them. I don't think everything should be censored, but I don't think Barney should be a parent's only option for their kids. One thing that gets me is that people criticize Nintendo for making a few kid friendly video games, but they tend to forget about a few other games (such as Killer Instinct, The Legend Of Zelda, etc.) that adults like to play as well. As far as Game Genie is concerned, that was nothing more than cheat codes. You could play the game with or without it. There were no copyright infringements taking place.
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#46735
Topic
Censorship
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/46735/action/topic#46735
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I'm not against censorship completely. I think I, as an adult, should be able to get something that has it's original content. But i have no problem with censored versions being available as well. That would not infringe on your constitutional right to choose, as long as both versions are available.
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#44388
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Okay, what did we LIKE about the Special Editions?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/44388/action/topic#44388
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Originally posted by: cubebox
To be honest, i like watching SE versions a lot, they expanded the universe in my mind and i think they released Lucas's imagination a bit more.

But i signed the petition and joyned this site because i have deep respect for preservation of films in their original
forms. I belive that once a film is made it is a part of history and if it ever gets changed,the changes should never
be a replacement for the original. I think Lucasfilm should keep the originals for the future, as an option, so people can
choose what to watch. If people change every historically important movie,then our society is threathened to loose all
records of the culture of our past decades and centuries.

I don't know if i ever mentioned this on the forum,but 20th century fox still has a LOT of original trilogy material from wich
video masters can me made in the future. Lucas owns the original negatives,but Fox has lots of interpositives, duplicate negatives and other materials,
and they are stored in geographically separated locations.
After they release this new DVD, after few years they could prossibly release the originals too because they have the rights,and it would bring them money.



Do you mind if i use your arguments in a letter to 20th Century Fox? They may not have the rights to the Star Wars trilogy, but they can pressure George Lucas to let them release the originals. I believe Jay has their address on the homepage.
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#44273
Topic
A clone?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/44273/action/topic#44273
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I used to have a couple of friends that had the same name. I knew them both. Their names were Mike Rogers and Mike Rodgers. One of them is a friend and the other was someone I knew in High School. The only difference in the name was one of them spells their surname with a "D" and the other one doesn't.

Also, there's two or three people with the name "Steve Perry". One of them was the lead singer of the rock band "Journey". There was another Steve Perry that wrote a Star Wars novel. And there was yet another one that produced at least one of the Lethal Weapon movies.
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#43857
Topic
Your tombstone
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/43857/action/topic#43857
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For all i care, you could fillet me and toss me on the grill. I'll be dead and won't feel a thing anyway. But if i'm to be buried, here's what i'd want it to read:

Here he lies, deader than a doornail.
The only time anyone listened to him was when he'd talk to himself. So don't expect him to be listening to you now.

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#43852
Topic
Banning Jimbo??
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/43852/action/topic#43852
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Personally, i think that if a person is going to be posting on here, they should be required to sign the petition. It doesn't mean they have to run out and buy the original versions when (and if) they are released. I don't agree with his opinion on special editions, but i still respect his opinion. As long as he doesn't insult me in any way, shape or form, i have no problem with him.