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BBC remake Watership Down with less violence to avoid 'scarring' children
UKTelegraph ^
| 4/28/16
| Hannah Furness, Arts Correspondent
Posted on 04/28/2016 3:21:09 PM PDT by originalbuckeye
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To: Fhios
I read Seagull in Taipei, as a pirated book. I still recall being amused when Jonathan power dived through the Morning Flock...
The author knew what it is like to fly.
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posted on
04/28/2016 3:46:07 PM PDT
by
jonascord
(It's sarcasm unless otherwise noted... This time, it's not.)
To: originalbuckeye
I read WD in high school... was not scarred. And now they want to give a boost to the female characters, yet cast relative unknowns to play them vs big stars to play the male characters?
To: originalbuckeye
I read Grimm’s Fairy tales to my kids - the real thing and not a watered down version. It’s a good thing Child Protective Services never heard about that one!
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posted on
04/28/2016 3:54:23 PM PDT
by
Pollster1
(Somebody who agrees with me 80% of the time is a friend and ally, not a 20% traitor. - Ronald Reagan)
To: miss marmelstein
Robert E Lee also had a mare named Lucy Long.She went with him during the war as a back-up for traveler.
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posted on
04/28/2016 4:14:47 PM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
To: GraceG
Good grief,that water buffalo again.
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posted on
04/28/2016 4:15:30 PM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
To: miss marmelstein
Trust me. It’s OK and you’ll survive.
To: originalbuckeye
I saw the movie about a month ago on TCM. First time I’d seen it.
The book and movie were big back in the day.
“Prince with a thousand enemies”
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posted on
04/28/2016 4:55:13 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: struggle
Woundwort! Woundwort! Woundwort!
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posted on
04/28/2016 6:01:43 PM PDT
by
Slainte
To: WorkingClassFilth
Don’t be a jerk. It’s all too easy on the internet.
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posted on
04/28/2016 6:35:15 PM PDT
by
miss marmelstein
(Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Turks (Muslims))
To: miss marmelstein
Don’t worry. I’m a jerk in most places - or so I’m told.
To: WorkingClassFilth
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posted on
04/28/2016 6:39:24 PM PDT
by
miss marmelstein
(Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Turks (Muslims))
To: originalbuckeye
BBC remake Watership Down with less violence to avoid 'scarring' children, Just keep away from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
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posted on
04/28/2016 7:09:19 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(An orange jumpsuit is the new black pantsuit.)
To: struggle
Back off bunny, I have Brother Maynard’s Holy Hand Grenade, and I’m not afraid to use it.
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posted on
04/28/2016 8:38:15 PM PDT
by
Riley
(The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
To: discostu; miss marmelstein; SandRat; 2ndDivisionVet
“Watership Down” and “The Wild Geese” came out about the same time in 1978. I was at Ft. Huachuca, AZ, at the time and a couple of us went to see “The Wild Geese” knowing it was about mercenaries in Africa. A couple of marines chided my friend and I about ‘going to see a nature movie about birds.’ The said they were going to see “Watership Down” because it was about people escaping from a sinking ship, or so they thought. Afterwards, we asked them how there movie was and they said “It was about a bunch of (word deleted) bunnies.”
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posted on
04/29/2016 5:14:53 AM PDT
by
GreyFriar
(Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
To: GreyFriar
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posted on
04/29/2016 5:52:15 AM PDT
by
miss marmelstein
(Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Turks (Muslims))
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