Posted on 11/12/2004 7:21:18 AM PST by DonnDe
This morning I heard a radio caller mention that the Rockford, IL ABC affiliate replaced the Veterans' Day showing of "Saving Private Ryan" with "Born on the 4th of July". I checked the WTVO website (wtvo.com) and it seemed to confirm.
In Lexington, Kentucky we had an Andy Griffith Show marathon! Much better than either Born on the Fourth of July OR Saving Private Ryan!
Ryan was playing loud and clear out of ABC/Moline, IL.
Hey, Mel Gibson plays a veteran in the Lethal Weapon movies. He was a sniper during Vietnam, and a damn good one at that!
Do you really blame the Boston affiliate for not choosing to show Saving Private Ryan? We campaign long and hard to get rid of indecency on prime time television. Some affiliates agree to not show this because they are worried that the violence and language would offend some people, and now you're pissed off about that???
Don't knock Die Hard 2 . . .damn good movie! And with Senator Fred Thompson, nonetheless!!! : )
Saving Private Ryan was fantasy also
They could have based the movie on some actual historical incident
Band of brothers was MUCH BETTER
In Atlanta it was replaced with a documentatory on Jimmy Carter
In Milwaukee it was replaced with 'Far and Away' or "Here or There' or 'Up or Down' or something like that....
Yep.. even WITH the Glock error..
"They were carrying the Glock 9, it's a porcelain gun."
Anyone catch that one?
Ah, I had forgotten about that. However with Danny Glover in the cast, I couldn't bear to watch it.
Now that's obscene, I'd yank their license over that.
In western MA, we had the worst of all it seems: The Tony Danza Show, back-to-back with the Jane Pauley show.
I think this affiliate went out of its way to air the most asinine programming it could lay hands on.
pardon - I was NOT endorsing a PRO COMMUNIST movie "born on the 4th of july"! Neither was I saying anything nice about privat ryan's gratuitous violence and cursing.
Can somebody tell me WHY the older WWII movies - all rated G - are still enjoyed by all?? Americans, that is.
It did not take curses, gutter talk, gallons of blood and sickening special effects then --- why now? Other than the lack of intelligence of those who think that is excellence in entertainment.
A crybaby and a liar. Stone and Kovic fail to mention that he was wounded on his second tour in Vietnam. Kovic begged to be sent back, even going so far as writing a letter to the Commandant of the Marine Corps requesting orders to Vietnam. Read all about it in "Stolen Valor".
The affiliates don't give a rat's behind about indecency on prime time. They certainly are not worried about violence and language offending anyone. These same affiliates air "Desperate Housewives" and "NYPD Blue" every week.
The affiliates were out to make a political statement, period. They want to show the FCC what enforcing the rules to the letter upsets them.
In Atlanta, we got an hour of a Jimmy Carter special. Quite obvious from the stations did show to prove my point.
C'mon, doncha know it's only indecent when the message or the messenger is anti-American? In appropriate contexts the "f" word is perfectly acceptable speech to be shown on prime time TV.
Do I need a sarcasm tag?
"Desperate Housewives" and "NYPD Blue" every week
These programs don't air at 8 at night while the first 30 min of Ryan would.
The FCC told the network/stations that they would have to act on their own "conscience", no waiver would be given. Which is exactly what I mean when I say that there are no clear cut rules about what is allowed and what is not. The definition of actionable only comes AFTER someone else (namely a group of letter writing nanny staters) gets their panties in a twist.
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