Yesterday around 11 a.m., I found this AMC. I watched about an hour into it. I found it very interesting that on AMC the
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RugGuy — 15 years ago(September 12, 2010 06:57 AM)
In this case saying the N-word is a plot point, the others aren't. I'm not defending the edit because AMC butchers movies. Their edits of Godfather I & II are more severe that the version that ran on NBC in the early 80's. I'd call it stupidity rather than censorship.
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EmilMuzz — 15 years ago(January 19, 2011 12:19 PM)
The only thing that offends me about AMC is that they DO censor(butcher) their movies. I haven't watched that crap channel in over ten years. I would rather the censorship be confined to network TV and not to movie channels.
As far as whether to censor the dreaded "N-word", I don't think it's part of the FCC's list of dirty words. It's up to the station itself if the word is bleeped out. Some channels(ex. Comedy Central) it'll only get censored if a white guy says it, but if a black guy says n-gg-r, it goes uncensored.- or so the Germans would have us believe
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Mr-Fusion — 14 years ago(September 04, 2011 05:17 PM)
TCM doesnt edit their films. They have F words and boobs.
IFC's the same way. They just don't quite reach the benchmark heights of TCM because they throw in a ton of commercials.
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vestdennis — 14 years ago(November 05, 2011 10:30 AM)
FMC (Fox Movie Channel) also runs unedited movies, which I prefer. Yes, AMC butchers their movies like Jason carves up nubile teen age girls, but it's mainly to slip in more commercials. Commercial breaks are like five minutes long
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lexyladyjax — 13 years ago(April 12, 2012 06:29 AM)
It has more to do with access. AMC is a first tier cable channel which means that nearly everyone receives it when they get cable. Channels which must be paid for, or are second tier, have more leeway with language. Premium channels: HBO, SHOWTIME, all other movie channels, are only available to those who pay for them and thus it's surmised that the people who watch them are tolerant of the language.
It's censorship for the good of children and Mrs Hayes, who are considered too unwise to change the channel. The rest of us have remote controls and Off buttons which we can exercise at our own discretion. Apparently Mrs Hayes cannot and prefers to complain rather than change the channel or turn off her television set, something I cannot and will never be able to comprehend. What's that about? -
MurphAndTheMagicTones — 13 years ago(November 12, 2012 02:17 PM)
Except they butcher their movies worse than TBS does now, and TBS used to be the worst when it came to censoring stuff, especially 80s movies.
People who complain about bad words getting through are just too lazy to use the parental controls or v-chip that is on every cable and satellite box and every TV built since 1995.
"You expect me to talk?"
"No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to
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VomiisaCaasi — 13 years ago(July 06, 2012 05:22 PM)
In the case of AMC it is about their audience.
As someone noted the n word is a plot point while the others would be considered gratuitous.
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