1 posted on
11/11/2001 5:20:36 PM PST by
gg188
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To: gg188
it's completely uncut and rated MA LV
2 posted on
11/11/2001 5:24:40 PM PST by
arielb
To: gg188
did you happen to catch Schindler's list when they braodcast it? They even had full nudity.
When the content is deemed as beneficial to society, they allow it. Why censor what the War was REALLY like?
To: gg188
It is my understanding that these words have been used on TV and radio for quite some time now. I don't watch much TV but I did watch The Sopranos and the "F" word was used about five times a minute. I don't think any one word is off limits anymore.
To: gg188
It's called the Speilberg waiver. Any movie he does is deemed to be so important that the normal rules don't apply. No commercials, full frontal nudity, no problem (Schindler's list).
To: gg188
Nothing follows? What you aren't speaking to yourself anymore? HUH?
I am surprised that the F word is on network television, surprised and rather sickened.
8 posted on
11/11/2001 5:28:21 PM PST by
ladyinred
To: gg188
We're watching Mel Gibson on superstation.
9 posted on
11/11/2001 5:30:38 PM PST by
TwoSue
To: gg188
Thursday November 8 8:59 AM ET
ABC to Air 'Ryan' Uncut, Uncensored
NEW YORK (AP) - ABC's broadcast television premiere of ``Saving Private Ryan'' on Sunday will include an uncut, uncensored version of the film's horrific opening D-Day scene.
The network said it would air strict viewer advisories before the movie, which is scheduled for 8 p.m. EST. The brutal opening scene depicts soldiers being attacked as they land on the beach at Normandy.
``We realize we are asking our audience, especially parents, to make a viewing decision that requires a great deal of thought and debate,'' said Stu Bloomberg, ABC entertainment co-chairman.
``With this film, (director Steven) Spielberg was committed to showing the true horrors of war alongside its moments of victory and heroism,'' he said. ``With this telecast, we are committed to that same goal.''
Is the "F" work o.k. on network TV now?If ya view it as work, ya ain't doin' it right.
To: gg188
I think your title is FUBAR!
13 posted on
11/11/2001 5:32:17 PM PST by
PjhCPA
To: gg188
Seems all dams against obscenity and blasphemy have been breached on television. I am apalled by the routine use of both. The coarsening of our public discourse and our language is relentless.
17 posted on
11/11/2001 5:37:09 PM PST by
Gimlet
To: gg188
Yup, ABC (Disney) notified the FCC it would be using the "F" word, and nudity in the coming season.
NBC notified the FCC it would be using "GD" in upcoming episodes of Westwing.
21 posted on
11/11/2001 5:39:24 PM PST by
Dallas
To: gg188
I'l never look at F-Troop the same way again :(
27 posted on
11/11/2001 5:43:54 PM PST by
isom35
To: gg188
"I am sick and tired of the word f---. If I ever hear the f-----g word again I'm going to throw up."
-- Ernie Pyle, quoted in Paul Fussell, Wartime.
29 posted on
11/11/2001 5:44:55 PM PST by
dighton
To: gg188
gg188,
I agree that hearing this sort of language on nationwide, network TV may be unsettling.
BUT, since ABC warned potential viewers about the graphic nature of the show...
it's up to folks to decide if they will watch or not.
Besides, I will say this for "Saving Pvt. Ryan". When I saw it in Los Angeles (UCLA area),
there was a young (teens? twenties?) woman sitting a few rows behind me.
I had heard a lot about the film...and still couldn't restrain myself from getting
choked up during the initial graveyard scene.
But this young woman was sobbing and crying at a number of the emotive high-points of the
film. Maybe this is a sign of how the film reached out across generations,
telling it's story of bravery, sacrifice, loss and triumph.
I also remember the stories circulating around here (LA/Hollywood) about film executives
leaving the early screenings of the film and not being able to return.
As much as I may disagree with Spielberg and Tom Hanks on politics...they did make a
testement to a lot of brave men who overcame their fears and did their duty.
Until someone makes even better films with the same themes...I'll settle for
"Saving Pvt. Ryan" (even if some of the dialogue in the film is rather pedestrian, in my book!).
31 posted on
11/11/2001 5:46:07 PM PST by
VOA
To: gg188
Actually, "indecency" is allowed on all broadcast and cable television during "safe harbor" hours of 10pm to 6am. For example, the show South Park used the word sh*t nearly 200 times in a half-hour period. It didn't break any rules. You don't get a lot of profanity during regular television programs because it would most likely lead to complaints and advertisers may drop. However, in the case of shows like South Park (in which the audience is one that isn't so easily offended) or Saving Private Ryan, the content of the program makes it acceptable. It's a movie about war. It has a MATURE rating. If people take offense to the language used, they should check the TV ratings more closely next time.
34 posted on
11/11/2001 5:47:18 PM PST by
jiggity
To: gg188
EVERYONE here should read and re-read post #16.
To: gg188
I'm appalled by this. No US soldier during World War II would EVER say the *F* word. They need to be historically accurate. Plus there are all those guns on tv and the soldiers are all just kids. Kids with guns. This film should be burned along with all the Harry Potter books.
41 posted on
11/11/2001 5:51:21 PM PST by
Arkinsaw
To: gg188
It will be AFTER TONIGHT! >>>not watching<<<
To: gg188; aculeus
After several years of
f-----g, one did not have to be a puritan to find it tedious. On Guadalcanal, Sherwood F. Moran, a Japanese language expert, said wearily to one marine, Yes, I know, you saw the f-----g Jap come up the f-----g hill and raised your f-----g rifle and shot him between the f-----g eyes.
-- Paul Fussell, Wartime.
49 posted on
11/11/2001 5:55:22 PM PST by
dighton
To: gg188
Anything goes on the "swill" box. "The garbage pit of human thought"
62 posted on
11/11/2001 6:11:37 PM PST by
poet
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